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Articles 4821 through 4920 of 26693:
- Buffett And Hezbollah (The Financial Express, Thomas L Friedman, Aug 10, 2006)
The most important thing you need to know about Israel today and how it has performed in the war with Hezbollah is Warren Buffett.
- Other Side Of Auto Revolution (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 09, 2006)
For long, there were only three models of cars on Indian roads — Landmaster/Ambassador, Fiat and Standard. All this has changed, as Suzukis, Hyundais, Fords, Chevrolets, Mercs and BMWs jostle for the limited road space.
- Politics Of Paralysis (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 09, 2006)
There's nothing unusual about what happened on Monday: Both Houses of Parliament were adjourned after ruling and Opposition MPs paralysed proceedings.
- Pm Shouldn't Give Me Lessons: Natwar (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Stung by his suspension from Congress, former External Affairs Miniter Natwar Singh, indicted in Iraqi oil scam, on Tuesday night launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Ministerial Council and declared that he was ready . . .
- Compensate Indians Displaced From Lebanon (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 09, 2006)
The CPM does not merely want India to stop buying arms from Israel because that helps in “enriching the coffers of a country which attacks with impunity its neighbours and massacres their people”.
- Fill In The Blanks In Quota Debate (Indian Express, RAVINDER KAUR, Aug 09, 2006)
The interim report of the Veerappa Moily-headed oversight committee on OBC reservation leaves much unsaid.
- India A Responsible Actor On Non-Proliferation: Us (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
The Bush administration has said that the sanctions imposed on two private Indian firms for allegedly providing Iran with nuclear material did not reflect New Delhi’s non- proliferation record and hailed India as a ‘‘very responsible actor’’ in the field.
- Deja Vu On Israel ? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 09, 2006)
All Urdu dailies continue to give extensive coverage of the war in west Asia. India’s policy on Israel has got a special mention in many papers.
- Karnataka Cm In ‘Bjp Durbar’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy called on BJP leaders Atal Bihari Vajpayee and LK Advani today, six months after he formed a government in alliance with the saffron party.
- Suspended, Natwar Kicks And Screams (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Aug 09, 2006)
Comes out with Amar Singh to say this PM didn’t even win a municipality election and what about Quattrocchi?
- Politics Of Aggrandisement (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 09, 2006)
I have nothing against the MPs who have prevailed upon the government to curtail parliament’s session by three days. My worry is over the cause for which they have done so.
- Sonia’S Hoarding Evokes Protest (Tribune, Shahira Naim, Aug 09, 2006)
The launch of the Congress campaign for the Vidhan Sabha elections at the “Nav Nirman” rally here got entangled in a controversy over party president Sonia Gandhi’s depiction as Durga on a massive hoarding near the rally venue.
- Lee Hails Economic Momentum Of India, China (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Aug 09, 2006)
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Tuesday hailed the "momentum" that India and China had achieved in Asia's economic domain at this stage.
- India, A Responsible Nuclear Actor: U.S. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Information not withheld from Congress
Sanctions on Indian firms do not reflect New Delhi's record
"Nuclear deal is good for the U.S.
- Very Cross (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 09, 2006)
Art, in its engagement with religion, has always relished hell-brink blasphemy. And Madonna is one contemporary artist whose appetite for it remains insatiable.
- Portrait Of The Goddess As Sonia (Telegraph, Tapas Chakraborty, Aug 09, 2006)
Goddess Durga has descended in Kanpur a full month and a half before she is due. In the avatar of Sonia Gandhi.
A cloth banner with a figure of the goddess as Sonia has been blowin’ in the wind at Phoolbag over the past two days. Full with the . . .
- Joint Nepal Letter To Un Planned (Telegraph, J. HEMANTH, Aug 09, 2006)
The Nepal government today announced that a joint letter, bearing the signatures of Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and Maoist chief Prachanda, would be sent to the UN tomorrow asking the world body to monitor the arms of the Nepal Army and the . . .
- Terror Leader: 'Nobody Can Hand Me Over To India' (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
The Kashmir issue can never be resolved through talks, believes Syed Salahuddin, leader of the Hizb-ul Mujahideen terrorist group, and chairman of the Jihad Council, an umbrella outfit comprising over a dozen Kashmiri terrorist groups.
- Casual Labour Problem (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 09, 2006)
“If the ministry’s action weakens the system, then the Moody’s might go moody and the Standards will rate us ‘poor’”
- West Asia: Use Crisis As An Opportunity (Pioneer, BULBUL ROY MISHRA, Aug 09, 2006)
Israel and Palestine can yet find a solution by hypothetically inter-changing their traditional positions, says Bulbul Roy Mishra
- Water, Water Everywhere But Not Where Needed Most (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 09, 2006)
Half-way through the monsoon, the country’s 76 major reservoirs are almost full. Last weekend’s rain meant that some of the dams in Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh had to release their excess . . .
- Reject Maharashtra's Claim Over Our Villages, State Urges . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
30-member all-party delegation led by Kumaraswamy calls on Manmohan Singh .
- It Was Not Expected Of Vajpayee: Dasmunsi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
We never expected him to question impartiality of the Chair: Left
Speaker ``bulldozing'' House into transacting business: BJP
Vajpayee has no respect for the institution: CPI
Boycott betrays lack of faith in Parliament: Congress
- Nda Boycotts Lok Sabha (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Return to House, says Speaker
Members criticise attack on office of Speaker
Questions, calling attention motion put off
- Sonia Asks Mulayam To Quit As Cm (Asian Age, Amita Verma, Aug 09, 2006)
Without mincing any words, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday asked UP chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav to quit his chair and pave the way for a "new and better Uttar Pradesh". "Unko gaddi chhodni padegi (He will have to quit)," she emphasised.
- A Many-Sided Threat (Tribune, Balraj Puri, Aug 09, 2006)
The Government of India has postponed the scheduled talks between the Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan and so is the proposed visit of the Prime Minister to Pakistan.
- Ls Speaker Wants To Quit (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
The severely strained relations between the Speaker, Mr Somnath Chatterjee, and the principal Opposition, the BJP, has now hit a new low with Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee joining the fray to gun for Mr Chatterjee followed by the Manmohan Singh government . . .
- Can The Revolution Outlive Castro? (Daily Times, Mahir Ali, Aug 09, 2006)
It probably would not be considered particularly ageist to contend that no nation’s fortunes ought to be linked to a supreme leader having been in office for several decades.
- The War Of Terrorisation (News International, Shireen M Mazari, Aug 09, 2006)
Five years on from 9/11, what the Muslim World is beginning to witness is the transformation of the war against terror into a War of Terrorisation of Muslim polities and Muslim civil societies -- and all this under the continuing guise of the war against
- Towards A Nuclear-Free South Asia (News International, M B NAQVI, Aug 09, 2006)
The writer is a veteran journalist and freelance columnist.
- Lebanon - Israel Conflict - A Proxy War? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 09, 2006)
Before analyzing the more than three weeks old Israel attacks on Southern Lebanon, three factors in the global security environment needs to be taken into consideration.
- Cong Gives Up, Suspends Natwar (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
After its carrot and stick approach failed to cut any ice with the rebellious Natwar Singh, the Congress on Tuesday midnight suspended him from the primary membership of the party and decided to serve a show cause on him.
- Master's Course In International Business To Be Launched (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
The self-financing course will start from 2006-07
- Waiting For The General's Story (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 08, 2006)
There is already a buzz about Pervez Musharraf's soon-to-be-released autobiography,In the Line of Fire.
- Uncalled-For Expulsions (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 08, 2006)
The writer is editor current affairs, The News, and editor
- When Self-Defence Becomes Lawlessness (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Aug 08, 2006)
Israel's right to self-defence has never been the issue. The issue is whether its response has been proportionate.
- Party Whining (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Aug 08, 2006)
It is often said that Indian political parties engage in vote bank politics.
- The Buddha Of The Fast Lane (Indian Express, SUBRATA NAGCHOUDHURY, Aug 08, 2006)
Six months is an extraordinarily long time in politics. On January 8 West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee had held US President George W. Bush guilty of the world’s “worst organised murder” during a massive election rally at . . .
- Cob Cornucopia (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 08, 2006)
As the cloudy skies break into a shy shower I creak open the refrigerator, putting a stubby cob of corn upon the gas grill.
- Nepal Maoists Say Peace Talks Close To Collapse (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Senior Maoist leader Baburam Bhattarai said on Monday that peace talks with the government were close to breaking down over the two issues of rebels surrendering their arms and the future of the monarchy, but also ruled out a return to war.
- Filters Of American Objectivity (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 08, 2006)
You neither need to work in an American newsroom nor need to visit this country to understand its media's objectivity. Here is a simple formula. Just read what its press wrote after 9/11 and before the Iraq war.
- Are Us-Iraq Ties On Cusp Of Change? (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Aug 08, 2006)
Americans believe that the time has come to stop wasting American lives and money.
- General Anaesthesia (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 08, 2006)
Islamabad's brutal treatment of an Indian diplomat, who was hooded, handcuffed and confined at an undisclosed location before being expelled from the country, doesn't square very well with its insistence that the peace process must not be affected . . .
- Report "Leak" Rocks Parliament (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Proceedings held up as the Opposition seeks to bring in privilege motions
- Crop Diversification Vital For Distress Alleviation (Tribune, S.S. Johl, Aug 08, 2006)
Since the submission of the report on restructuring of agricultural production patterns for productivity and growth in Punjab in 2002, some hard-boiled opponents of diversification are putting forth arguments that are not tenable in any respect.
- The Enemy Within (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Aug 08, 2006)
India is perhaps the only country where two forms of fanaticism is currently prevalent.
- New ‘Regional War’ In The Middle East? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 08, 2006)
The Syrian foreign minister, Wahid Muallam, said on Sunday that his country was ready for a ‘regional war’:
- Indian Dam Flooded By Democratic Values (Daily Times, Simon Denyer, Aug 08, 2006)
‘For the construction of the dam, some people will have to suffer but there will be many benefits’
- Niranjanananda Puri Is New Head Of Kanaka Peetha (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
He succeeds Beerendra Keshava Tarakananda Puri Swamiji
- ‘Peace Mom’ Resumes Protest Against Bush (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Cindy Sheehan, nicknamed “the Peace Mom”, has resumed her protest against the Iraq war, in front of President Bush’s Crawford ranch where he is vacationing a year after her first such protest.
- Time To Look Back Without Anger (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 08, 2006)
The tit-for-tat expulsion of an Indian and Pakistani diplomat each over the weekend clearly signifies a new low in the bilateral relationship. What is worse is the media spin being put on the story, which, in fact, makes out the situation to be . . .
- Scripted Out (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 08, 2006)
If information is power, then the custodians of the Indian democracy are still deeply unsure about how much of both is good for its citizens.
- Groundwater Not The Culprit (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Aug 08, 2006)
The cola companies are taking the consumers for a ride in developing countries, giving false excuses.
- Natural Adversaries (The Financial Express, Mythili Bhusnurmath, Aug 08, 2006)
Differences between central banks and governments are inevitable. The only way out is for governments to give central banks independence in setting interest rates
- Dmk's Tantrum (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 08, 2006)
Spare the nation regional politics ---- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) supremo M Karunanidhi's peremptory demand, conveyed through a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, that there should be immediate and . . .
- Headless Chicken (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 08, 2006)
We are a brave democracy now, and to prove it, we shall take on the big bad cola companies.
- Daylight Robbery! (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 08, 2006)
Paying unacceptably higher auto fair is equal to losing the wallet.
- Fighting External And Internal Enemies (Pioneer, Asheesh Shah, Aug 08, 2006)
All political and social organisations should review their policies in the interest of the nation to keep India ahead, says Asheesh Shah.
- Israel Will Not Capitulate (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Ben Caspit proposes the text of a speech by the Prime Minister that would explain to the world what exactly Tel Aviv is fighting for
- War Of The Little Comrades (Pioneer, K Govindan Kutty , Aug 08, 2006)
Left's petty politics spares none; in Kerala, VS Achuthanandan is being targeted on the issue of self-financing colleges, endangering careers of students ----
- Natwar Determined To Tell His Side Of Story (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Aug 08, 2006)
Seeks time from RS Chairman ---- Former external affairs minister Natwar Singh is determined to tell his side of the story in Parliament on his indictment and Congress exoneration by the Justice Pathak . . .
- Pakistan Army Uses Fundamentalists, But Scorns Them, Says Cohen (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
“The fundamentalists are not really that strong in Pakistan; the army has contempt for them, but uses them.
- Loc Tense Again, Says Sultan (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry, former prime minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and convener of People’s Muslim League, said on Monday that troops’ build-up along the Line of Control (LoC) had begun again, and the Indian army was committing . . .
- Indo-Pak 'Peace Meeting' In Lahore Put Off (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
An Indo-Pak "peace conference" that was to begin in Lahore today was put off due to the Pakistan government's reluctance to grant visas for 182 Indian delegates, including Magsaysay winner Sandeep Pandey and documentary filmmaker Anand Patwardhan, . . .
- Hec Needs Sound Financial Backing (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 07, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that higher education is essential for the nation’s future development and lauded the services of Dr Attaur Rehman, chairman of the Higher Education Commission to focus the significance of higher education . . .
- A Congress Mole In The Bjp? (OutLook, Salman Khurshid, Aug 07, 2006)
Jaswant Singh seems to have had the better of the call of BJP culture but gaps remain in his tell-all
- Speak Turkish To Syrians (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, Aug 07, 2006)
There will be an international force (in Lebanon), because all the key players want it," a US official asserted recently. He appears to be right, as even the Israeli Government embraced the plan, announcing it "would agree to consider stationing . . .
- Division In The House (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 07, 2006)
UPA will face trouble on the Indo-US nuclear deal in Parliament, with combined opposition pressure mounting against it, says CP Bhambhri.
- Singh-Song Goes Life (Pioneer, Ajoy Bose, Aug 07, 2006)
One wonders why there are such tall tales being told by our politicians, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing ---- Two non-issues with little contemporary relevance hijacked the Monsoon session of Parliament last week, and may do so again.
- Poll Panel Acts To Ensure Free And Fair Polls In Up (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Though polls to the Uttar Pradesh Assembly are still months away, the Election Commission has embarked on an exercise to fine-tune measures to ensure free and fair elections in the politically crucial state.
- The Good Side Of Global Warming (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Aug 07, 2006)
We have had nine normal monsoons in a row. People of the country are happy. This fortunate circumstance owes itself partly to the rise in temperature of the earth due to global warming.
- Analysis - Passions Rise As Flagship India Dam Fills (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Aug 07, 2006)
It is held up as a flagship for the development of modern India, and reviled as a symbol of how the rights of the poor are trampled upon.
- Citizen Narain (Business Standard, Sunil Jain, Aug 07, 2006)
Life’s been quite a whirl for Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Director Sunita Narain ever since she unveiled CSE’s second set of tests that showed the country’s soft drinks industry hadn’t improved its act over the past three years with . . .
- Indo-Pak Peace Moot Put Off (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
An Indo-Pak peace conference that was to begin in Lahore on Sunday was put off due to the Pakistani government’s refusal to grant visas to 182 Indian delegates including Magsaysay award winner Sandeep Pandey and documentary filmmaker Anand Patwardhan, . .
- Welcome, The Old World Order (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Aug 07, 2006)
It is ironic that even the leaders who call for the new world order and who, one would think, have the power to make it happen, are complicit in perpetuating the old world. From the various pulls and pressures around the world, mainly by the US and . ..
- In Memoriam: Nandini Satpathy (Indian Express, Inder Malhotra, Aug 07, 2006)
For many years until the rather terse announcement of her death on Friday, few outside Orissa had thought or heard of Nandini Satpathy, at one time a woman of power and glory in both New Delhi and Bhubaneswar.
- When It Comes To Mr Q, The Right To Know Doesn’T Apply (Indian Express, Arun Jaitley, Aug 07, 2006)
Despite request under RTI, CBI declines information on freezing, defreezing of Quattrocchi accounts, Central Information Commission says ‘any attempt to compile voluminous information will disproportionately divert public resources’
- Ngos Irked Over Open Debate On Environment (Tribune, Ruchika M. Khanna, Aug 07, 2006)
The decision of Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) to hold public hearing on projects (as specified under the Environment Impact Assessment Notification) at the site of the project has drawn flak from various non-government organisations.
- Centre Creating Problems For State Govt (Tribune, Sarbjit Dhaliwal, Aug 07, 2006)
Instead of extending a helping hand to its own government in Punjab at this crucial stage when the Assembly poll is not too far, the Congress- led UPA Government at the Centre is creating one problem after another for the state government.
- Indo-Pak ‘Peace Meeting’ Put Off (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
An Indo-Pak "peace conference" that was to begin in Lahore today was put off due to the Pakistan Government's reluctance to grant visas for 182 Indian delegates, including Magsaysay winner Sandeep Pandey and documentary filmmaker Anand Patwardhan . . .
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