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Articles 5421 through 5520 of 26693:
- Top U.S. Lawyers Attack Bush's Legal Exceptions (Hindu, Julian Borger , Jul 26, 2006)
The American Bar Association accuses the President of using "signing statements" to create unconstitutional loopholes to laws passed by Congress.
- Can Mumbai Take Any More? (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Jul 26, 2006)
Bombs and floods in the course of just one year are not something we can just shrug off.
- Varanasi In The Time Of Terror (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Jul 26, 2006)
State action against terrorism will succeed if Muslims have the confidence that the community as a whole will not be called to account for terror executed by a few. Communal harmony is not a pseudo-secular cliché, it is a necessity in the . . .
- Costly Name! (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 26, 2006)
What’s in a name? Well, it may cost you several crore rupees, as the Andhra government recently learnt.
- Batting For Palestine (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 26, 2006)
In the face of Israeli raids on Lebanon, the CPM believes that India cannot be a bystander.
- Talking Aimlessly (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Jul 26, 2006)
Stephen Miller's book is a lament on and an elegy for the declining art of conversation.
- Seeking Sanity In The Real Estate Market (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 26, 2006)
"Today, though the real estate sector is growing at a blistering 30 per cent annually, our cities are crumbling with little or non-existent infrastructure — all a result of haphazard or no urban planning." — MR DEEPAK S. PAREKH, CHAIRMAN, HDFC
- Moon, Tharoor Top Contenders (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
India's nominee for the post of U.N. Secretary-General Shashi Tharoor and South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki Moon have emerged key contenders among the four declared candidates for the top post in the first informal poll held by the 15-member . . .
- Israel Seizes Main Hizbollah Headquarters (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
Israeli warplanes blasted southern suburbs of Beirut on Tuesday and troops battled Hizbollah guerrillas as Israel effectively ruled out any chance of a rapid ceasefire to end the two-week-old Lebanon conflict, and warned it could set up its own . . .
- Managing Diversity (Tribune, Anita Inder Singh, Jul 26, 2006)
As Bombay recovers from the latest terrorist attacks, as London continues to tackle with the fallout caused by 7/7, and as West European democracies grapple with real or imagined problems caused by their diverse peoples, some 14 per cent of whom . . .
- New Law To Include Sonia On Jallianwala Bagh Trust (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
At its weekly meeting this Thursday, the Union Cabinet is expected to clear a new legislation ensuring a permanent slot for the Congress president on the Jallianwala Bagh Memorial Trust.
- Rbi Raises Rates To Fight Inflation (Reuters, Anirban Nag and Surojit Gupta, Jul 26, 2006)
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) raised its main policy rate by a quarter of a percentage point as expected on Tuesday, pushing it to its highest in four years as it sought to fight mounting price pressures in the fast-growing economy.
- Proxy War Shows No Signs Of Abatement (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jul 26, 2006)
On July 26, the nation will pay its homage to martyrs of the Indian Armed Forces who made the supreme sacrifice during the Kargil operations seven years ago. Will the nation observe it as the final Vijay Diwas ? Unlikely.
- Un Straw Poll: Tharoor Gets Second Highest Endorsements (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
India's candidate for the post of UN Secretary-General, Shashi Tharoor, has got the second highest endorsements in the first informal poll held by the 15-member Security Council for the top post.
- Thai Poll Officials Jailed For Fraud (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
Thailand’s Criminal Court today convicted three election commissioners for malfeasance and sentenced them to four years in jail.
- Demands Of A Letter (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 26, 2006)
Much has been written and said about the letter written to the president, and simultaneously released to the press, by a group of retired . . .
- Tharoor Trails ‘Big Ban’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
South Korean foreign minister Mr Ban Ki-moon has emerged top of the heap among the four declared candidates for the United Nation’s top post in the first informal “straw poll” held by the 15-member Security Council. India’s nominee for the . . .
- Hezbollah Chief Vows To Fire Beyond Haifa (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah vowed on Wednesday that his guerrillas will fire rockets on Israel beyond the northern city of Haifa and counter Israeli military advances inside southern Lebanon.
- Impartial Cops (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 26, 2006)
The controversy in Madhya Pradesh over a Christian police officer removing an image of a Hindu deity from his new office raises queries infinitely more basic than the Bajrang Dal’s bid to exacerbate religious tensions.
- Bush, Maliki Agree On More U.S. Troops For Baghdad (Reuters, Steve Holland, Jul 26, 2006)
President George W. Bush and Iraq's prime minister agreed on Tuesday that more U.S. and Iraqi troops will go to Baghdad to try to curb sectarian violence that has raised fears the country is sliding into full-scale civil war.
- Next Ninety Days (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Jul 26, 2006)
What follows is largely conjecture. Consider the West Asian crisis. It has led some media commentators to speculate on whether it heralds World War Three.
- Mulayam Exploring All Options (Tribune, SURENDRA MOHAN, Jul 26, 2006)
The National President of the Samajwadi Party and Chief Minister of UP, Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav, will have to face a tough general election for the State Assembly early next year.
- Office-Of-Profit Bill Tabled In Rajya Sabha (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
Reeling under intense controversy over offices of profit being held by sitting MPs for months, the Congress-led UPA government today started the process of again ensuring the passage of the office-of-profit Bill in Parliament in the same form in . . .
- Beyond The Ceasefire (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Jul 26, 2006)
The hostilities in west Asia make it imperative that the prime minister, Manmohan Singh travel to Havana in September to attend the next non-aligned summit.
- Govt Backs Kalam’S Decision On Chawla (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
The UPA government has defended the decision of President A.P.J Abdul Kalam to send NDA’s representation on the appointment of Navin Chawla as Election Commissioner (EC) to the Prime Minister in its response to the Supreme Court notice, claiming . . .
- Centre Gives Clean Chit To Navin Chawla (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Jul 25, 2006)
Says no ground for interference; Jaswant's charges `unfounded'
- Not By Musharraf Alone (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jul 25, 2006)
After the Mumbai blasts and the meandering investigations by the government, one thing stands out. India has no easy options in dealing with either of the twin challenges that confront the nation — terrorism and relations with Pakistan.
- Aiadmk, Dmk Clash Over Waiver Of Crop Loans (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
"Banks have not released jewels pledged by farmers"
"Only Rs.11.7 crore, including jewel loans, has been disbursed so far"
All the needy farmers will be given crop loans, says Ko.Si. Mani
Stringent measures ordered against those who smuggle rice
- Terror Therapy (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 25, 2006)
Strange are the ways of the UPA Government. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tells the nation that he "will do whatever is required" to "win this war against terror" and admits that the Congress-led regime's response to terrorism has been "inadequate".
- Fallout Of Climate Change (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Jul 25, 2006)
Latest scientific findings on the impact of climate change on biodiversity
- Saddam On Hunger Strike, Trial Resumes Without Him (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
The trial of Saddam Hussein resumed on Monday without the ousted Iraqi leader, who has been receiving medical attention for his hunger strike.
- The Upa’S Best Minister (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Jul 25, 2006)
Laloo’s successful track record in railway management strengthens the case for reservation
For a long time the Indian media harassed Laloo Prasad. So long as he was around Bihar politics it portrayed him as a corrupt and inefficient man.
- Ib: Bereft Of Accountability (Deccan Herald, R N KULKARNI, Jul 25, 2006)
Human intelligence operations are the key to counter terrorist strikes.
- Fencing With Terror (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 25, 2006)
Two weeks after Mumbai’s Terrible Tuesday, investigators are hardly surprised by the emerging links between local terror groups, the Lashkar-e-Toiba and the ‘signature’ of the Pakistani mastermind, the Inter-Services Intelligence.
- Passed By (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 25, 2006)
One measure of a government’s strength is how it is perceived at home and abroad.
- Dangers Of A Time Lag (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jul 25, 2006)
The recent poll conducted across the country has given the benefit of doubt to the prime minister, Manmohan Singh.
- Sardar Attique: Right Pm At Right Time (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 25, 2006)
The electoral process has culminated in Azad Jammu and Kashmir with the oath-taking of the members to the Legislative Assembly and elections to the top slots.
- Literary Crossover (Hindu, Prema Nandakumar , Jul 25, 2006)
The sacred and the secular form a perfect helix in the best of Indian culture.
- Sensexocrats: The New Ruling Caste (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Jul 25, 2006)
The anguish of terrorism breeds a thousand questions, each troubling, one more difficult than the other.
- A Letter Of Good Intent? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jul 25, 2006)
Variant interpretations have been placed on the intent behind the letter written by a group of well-known citizens to President Pervez Musharraf, advising him to separate his contentious offices and ensure free and fair elections in 2007.
- A Reminder To The President (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 25, 2006)
The letter to President Pervez Musharraf by some intellectuals, retired generals and serving and former parliamentarians breaks no new ground and states the obvious.
- Preference For Capital Banks; Need To Meet Basel-Ii Norms (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 25, 2006)
The government’s proposal to introduce a separate amendment to the banking regulation act allowing public sector banks to raise capital through preference shares is welcome. Fast-growing India needs robust banks.
- A Passage Thru Jannat (OutLook, MANJU KAPUR, Jul 25, 2006)
Occasionally the book reads like a catalogue of Kashmiri Muslim rituals from prayer to wazwan, but her compassion shines through. The telling is straightforward, the mode realist and the pace, especially in the last section, swift.
- When The Water Touches The Nose (OutLook, Dunu Roy, Jul 25, 2006)
Environmentalism isn't a luxury of the rich, sure. But when he really had to say why, he loses nerve.
- A Dubious Project (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 25, 2006)
Vague parameters define LSTV ---- The notion that Parliament has got its own channel with the launch of Lok Sabha TV (LSTV) is entirely misplaced.
- Let’S Help Ian Mcewan Write (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 25, 2006)
We are, more or less, at the mid-point of the literary festival season... Thirty years ago, such events were virtually unknown.
- Dinosaurs' Fossils In Danger: Sc Issues Notice To Centre (Times of India, Dhananjay Mahapatra, Jul 25, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Monday took up a PIL, which alleged that dinosaur fossils found in the North-East are facing danger from rapid industrialisation.
- "Nuclear Policy Has A Purely Defensive Orientation" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
India changed its policy and developed nuclear deterrence only after powerful nations did not give up their nuclear weapons and its neighbours began taking strides in this direction, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here on Monday.
- Your Mp, Live On Tv (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 25, 2006)
That Parliament wasn’t exactly a model of diligent legislative work and sparkling debate on Monday — the day Lok Sabha TV (LSTV) went on air — may suggest to some that the annual Rs 15 crore spent in broadcasting MPs’ actions live is another . . .
- Bjp To Kalam: Ask Sc If You Can Bypass Cabinet (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Jul 25, 2006)
The word “liar” is a grossly unparliamentary term but charges of lying flew thick and fast in the corridors of Parliament through the day, underlining the breakdown of trust between the BJP-led Opposition and the UPA government as well as between . . .
- Terror Accused Mahdani Most Valuable Ally For Left, Cong (Indian Express, RAJEEV P I, Jul 25, 2006)
If the DMK government in Tamil Nadu is arranging for 1998 Coimbatore blast accused Abdul Nasser Mahdani’s Ayurvedic massages, the Left and the Congress in Kerala have been doing the stretching—prostrate at his feet.
- Rice Meets Lebanon Pm, Expresses Support (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
Us Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora in Beirut on Monday in a show of support for that country’s weakened democracy, which is struggling to contain the fighting between the Hizbollah and Israel.
- India Has Fought Terrorism Effectively Respecting Human Rights: Pranab (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
Union Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here on Monday that India has fought the scourge of terrorism effectively and has respected human rights and "this is an important distinction between the defence and security policies of democracies . . .
- Nepal Rebels Tell U.N. Won't Surrender Arms (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
Nepal's Maoist rebels will not give up their arms before a likely vote next year to decide the political future of the restive Himalayan nation, rebel chief Prachanda has told United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan.
- Rewarding India (USA Today.com, Editorial, USA today.com, Jul 25, 2006)
President Bush controversially promised to help India build nuclear power plants last week. With that step, he essentially welcomed India to the elite club of recognized nuclear powers in all but name.
- Thai Pm Files Defamation Suit Against Critics (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Monday sued an anti-government protest leader and 11 others for defamation and demanded $26 million in damages, his lawyer said.
- Not Exactly Total Recall (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jul 25, 2006)
Jaswant Singh provides a partial account of a key period in Indian diplomacy
- A Covert To Violence (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jul 25, 2006)
Never in life Jammu and Kashmir Jamaat-e-Islami's Moulvi Yusuf Shah would have thought that he would one day be bracketed with a mafia don of global disrepute.
- Fault Lines Of Colonial System Of Policing (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jul 25, 2006)
The British left us saddled with a police structure vastly different from what they themselves had back home.
- Right To Information Legislation In J&k (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jul 25, 2006)
Corruption is a major issue grappling the Indian society and polity and the right to information is a major tool in the hands of the citizens in their fight against corruption as this right can impregnate secrecy which is the breeding ground of . . .
- Smoke Around Nuclear Real (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Jul 25, 2006)
The pitch against the one-year old-Indo-US nuclear deal will undoubtedly rise manifold as Parliament began its monsoon session and the Left has put the UPA Government on notice over emerging contours of the agreement.
- Ch Pervaiz Deserves This Honour (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 25, 2006)
Punjab Chief Minister Ch Pervaiz Elahi has been elected unopposed as President of the Pakistan Muslim League, Punjab. No other candidate has filed nomination papers for the coveted post.
- For An Office With Profit (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Jul 25, 2006)
It is a well-known maxim that the questions one asks determine the nature of the responses elicited.
- Claptrap Of The Politician (Statesman, Jagmohan , Jul 25, 2006)
Few of us realise that the issue of illegal constructions and conversion of properties in Delhi is not merely one of civic governance; it extends to a much larger realm of constitutional morality and the way our democracy is functioning in practice.
- Food For Thought (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 25, 2006)
English food seems to have two distinct faces: the first is the decidedly grey image of boiled meat, the very emblem of blandness.
- Australian Oppn Leader For Liberal Uranium Export Policy (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
The leader of the Opposition in Australia, Kim Beazley, has withdrawn support for a long- standing ban on new uranium mines in the country and instead suggested a policy of liberal mining and exports.
- The President Has No Red Cards (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jul 25, 2006)
He has no mandate to set himself as a constitutional referee.
- The Jvp Makes Its Move (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jul 25, 2006)
The party's plea in the Sri Lankan Supreme Court against the "temporary merger" of the north and the east has sparked concerns.
- South Korea, Indian Rank First In U.N. Leader Poll (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki Moon and U.N. official Shashi Tharoor received the most endorsements in the Security Council's straw poll for the next U.N. secretary-general, diplomats said on Monday.
- Time For Parliament To Step In (Hindu, K.C. Pant , Jul 25, 2006)
Rarely before has a bilateral accord carried such far-reaching implications for India as the nuclear deal with the United States. It threatens to compromise the country's freedom of action. An extraordinary situation calls for an extraordinary . . .
- I Will Continue To Write Against `Patriarchal Discrimination': Taslima (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen on Sunday said she would continue writing against "patriarchal discrimination'' against women and support secular humanism in all parts of world where religious minorities were persecuted.
- Why Didn’T Left Profit (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 24, 2006)
Priyaranjan Das Munshi said all the right things about respecting the president while returning the un-amended office of profit bill.
- Ard Tactics That Won’T Work (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 24, 2006)
The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) — a conglomerate of opposition parties including the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) of Benazir Bhutto and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) of exiled premier Nawaz . . .
- Icici Bank Q1 Profit Up 17 Pct, Beats F'cast (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
India's second-largest lender, ICICI Bank, on Saturday posted a 17 percent rise in its quarterly earnings, beating forecasts, riding on strong loans demand from individuals and companies expanding capacity.
- Musharraf Asked To Separate Offices Of President, Army Chief (Press Trust of India, K J M Varma, Jul 24, 2006)
As Pervez Musharraf planned to get elected as Pakistan President for another term next year, 18 prominent Pakistanis, including six retired Generals, have asked him to separate the offices of President and Army Chief, saying combining . . .
- A Big Step Backwards (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 24, 2006)
In a decidedly retrograde move that borders on the outrageous, the Union Cabinet has decided to bring in amendments to the Right to Information Act (RTI) 2005 that will curtail public scrutiny of file notings by restricting access to them.
- Ec Stinker To Bengal: Give Us Facts On Office Of Profit, Not Whitewash (Indian Express, Santwana Bhattacharya, Jul 24, 2006)
Two days before the monsoon session in which Parliament is set to re-legislate on the controversial office-of-profit bill returned by the President, the Election Commission has hauled up the West Bengal government for refusing to provide information . . .
- Scoops, Spooks And Scepticism (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Jul 24, 2006)
I was going to start this edition of the column talking about general TV reportage on two definitely bearded men, Amitabh Bachchan and Swami Ramdev, who allegedly infiltrated a proud . . .
- Indian Maoists Criticise Prachanda (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jul 24, 2006)
Multiparty democracy, U.N. supervision a "dangerous" mistake.
- Eliminating The Quotas (Tribune, Pran Chopra , Jul 24, 2006)
A tragic situation arises when one cherished principle collides with another which is equally cherished.
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