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Articles 5521 through 5620 of 26693:
- Understanding Terrorism (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 24, 2006)
One of the surprises to emerge from recent terrorist acts around the world is the involvement of highly successful elite professionals who kill themselves even as they take numerous other lives.
- Free Lunch (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 24, 2006)
Those who came up with the adage that there's no such thing as a free lunch hadn't heard of India's public servants. They were handed a bonanza by the Fifth Pay Commission which threw the country's public finances out of kilter, with no discernible . . .
- At Meet, Left Will Press For Debate On N-Deal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
The Left parties plan to raise their objections to the Indo-US nuclear deal at the UPA-Left coordination meeting on Saturday and demand that the agreement be discussed in Parliament.
- Sixth Pay Panel Needs New Guidelines (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 24, 2006)
Financial disasters can sometimes be moderated by skilled manipulation.
- Opinion: The Rising (Daily Excelsior, Deepti Priya Mehrotra, Jul 24, 2006)
When Narmada Bachao Andolan's Medha Patkar broke her 21-day hunger strike, a journalist asked her whether "pressure tactics" like indefinite fasts should be used to influence decisions.
- Change Across Loc (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jul 24, 2006)
Now that the election dust has settled down in "Azad" Kashmir it appears that Sardar Attique Ahmad Khan is set to become the new "Prime Minister" of the occupied country across the Line of Control.
- Comatose Sharon's Condition Worsens: Docs (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
The condition of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has worsened, doctors said on Sunday, more than six months after the hawkish leader fell into a coma after suffering a massive stroke.
- Tourism Spots To Get Facelift (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
In Kanyakumari district, says Collector
- When Hard News Is A Casualty (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 24, 2006)
Every journalist must have a nose for news, said my editor to me one day long years ago. I gently answered, sir, you must agree that each nose is different.
- Resurgent Russia At The High Table (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 24, 2006)
Russia demonstrated to the world its restored power and global status when it played host to the Group of Eight summit at St. Petersburg. President Vladimir Putin greeted his guests on the steps of a sumptuously refurbished 18th century imperial . . .
- The Poor Deserve A Slice (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Jul 24, 2006)
One per cent of income from development projects can be distributed to those losing land and habitat as royalty.
- A Clear And Present Danger (Deccan Herald, JANARDHAN ROYE, Jul 24, 2006)
What does chicken-feed have to do with global warming? Plenty, if the example of what is happening in Europe is anything to go by. Poultry farmers there feed their birds with Brazilian soya bean – a crop cultivated in the vast tracts of Amazon . . .
- ‘Statute Is Important’ (Deccan Herald, Ambrose Pinto S J, Jul 24, 2006)
‘The State cannot abdicate its responsibility by permitting elite institutions to go their own way after establishing and funding them. These institutions are expected to fall in line.’
- In France, A Story Of Love And Politics (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 24, 2006)
When Segolene Royal, the Socialist Party's front-runner in opinion polls, and her companion, Francois Hollande, the party leader, head to the Cute d'Azur on vacation, they will not just sunbathe . . .
- Oop To Kick Up Stink In House (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
The government may have been able to convince President A P J Abdul Kalam that the bill on office of profit, returned by him, should be passed in the present form. But its efforts to reason with the Opposition BJP have faltered with the latter . . .
- Time To Get Back To Business (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jul 24, 2006)
Intelligence sources in New Delhi have been quoted as saying that if there is another terrorist attack India “will act with the hard option”.
- If A Disaster Is To Be Averted (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 24, 2006)
AIR pollution in Karachi is fast approaching calamitous levels.
- Power Vision For Pakistan (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 24, 2006)
Water and power are no more synonymous.
- Empowered Victim (Frontline, AMAN SETHI, Jul 24, 2006)
A woman sarpanch belonging to an Other Backward Classes community in Madhya Pradesh is asaulted and paraded naked.
- An Act Disabling An Act (Indian Express, Aruna Roy & Nikhil Dey, Jul 24, 2006)
If the people of this country wanted to know what it would mean to have a right to information law amended as per the reported cabinet decision, questions about how this decision came about would provide enough of an answer.
- Justice Demolished (Tribune, Jagmohan , Jul 24, 2006)
Few of us realise that the issue of illegal constructions and conversions 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.
- Bjp States Walk Off With Sonia Largesse (Pioneer, Akhilesh Suman, Jul 24, 2006)
Madhya Pradesh tops in delivering NREG benefits to aam aadmi ---- Congress may take the credit for launching the National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme (NREG) , but at the ground level, the Opposition-ruled States have excelled in delivering . . .
- Saddam Fed By ‘Force’ (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
Saddam Hussein was taken to hospital and given food today after 16 days on hunger strike and will not attend court tomorrow, the chief prosecutor in the former Iraqi leader’s trial for crimes against humanity said.
- Stemming Research (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 24, 2006)
US President George W. Bush decries attempts of scientists to play God by conducting human embryonic stem cell research. Yet, ironically, it is he who ends up playing God.
- Reprisals Are Necessary (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Jul 24, 2006)
In the wake of Mumbai bombings, the issue of effective steps against terrorism must be discussed threadbare.
- Profit Bill Debate Tomorrow (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
The controversial Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Amendment Bill, 2006, better known as the office of profit bill, will be first debated in the Rajya Sabha expectedly on Tuesday.
- Ziegenbalg's Mission (Frontline, S. Viswanathan, Jul 24, 2006)
The tercentenary of Tranquebar Lutheran Mission is celebrated in Chennai.
- When The Water Touches The Nose (OutLook, Dunu Roy, Jul 24, 2006)
Environmentalism isn't a luxury of the rich, sure. But when he really had to say why, he loses nerve.
- Govt Ignores Kalam Queries (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Jul 23, 2006)
The Union Cabinet on Saturday decided to return the Office of Profit Bill as it is, refusing to respond to queries raised by President APJ Abdul Kalam.
- Qazi’S Undemocratic Demand (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 23, 2006)
President of Majlis-e-Amal and Amir Jamaat-e-Islami Qazi Hussain Ahmad while reiterating the call for resignation of President Pervez Musharraf has also demanded formation of the interim government and holding of free and fair elections under an . . .
- Babus Set To Party (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 23, 2006)
Taxpayers will foot the bill ---- In announcing the setting up of the Sixth Pay Commission for Central Government Employees, the UPA regime has only added to the bill it is set to leave for its successor to pick up.
- Icici Bank Q1 Profit Up 17 Pct, Beats F'cast (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 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.
- Abuse Of Power (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 23, 2006)
President Musharraf's reported regret to 80-year-old Brigadier (retd) Muhammad Taj, a war hero decorated with the 'Sitara-e-Jurat' and 'Bar for Valour', over the misuse of power by members of the ISI is laudable.
- Past Endurance (Pioneer, Anjan Roy, Jul 23, 2006)
A terrorist attack in New York results in the launching of a campaign against the Taliban and Al Qaeda. Bomb blasts in London generate a whole new debate on threat of Islamic radicalism in the UK.
- Upa's Hollow Rhetoric (Pioneer, Sunita Vakil, Jul 23, 2006)
The serial blasts in Srinagar and Mumbai are unmistakable signs of heightened terrorist activity.
- Manmohan For Campaign On Recharging Groundwater Level (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , Jul 23, 2006)
Management of groundwater resources key to country's water security, he says
Revive community-based water management concepts
Groundwater level fell by over four metres in 306 districts in the last 20 years
- Tamil Nadu Will Join Vat Regime In January, Says Anbazhagan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
"It is expected to benefit about 45,000 traders in the State"
Tax-free budget presented for 2006-07
Two technical universities coming
Pilots' training centre to be set up
- Siddaramaiah Meets Sonia Before Joining Congress (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
Former Karanataka Deputy Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today met Congress president Sonia Gandhi ahead of his formal induction into the party.
- Us Panel Goes Gaga Over Nuclear Deal With India (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
The India-US nuclear deal expected to come up for Congressional approval this week has been hailed by a key panel of the legislature as "perhaps the most important strategic diplomatic initiative" undertaken by the Bush Administration.
- Oops! Ramadoss, It's Time For Loss Of Office (Pioneer, Navneet Anand, Jul 23, 2006)
Cabinet returns Bill to Prez 'as it is' ---- With the Cabinet deciding to return the Office of Profit Bill to the Presi-dent as it is, Health Minister A Ramadoss is all set for disqualification as an MP.
- The Two Presidents In Adversity (Dawn, Anwar Kemal, Jul 23, 2006)
Poles apart in many ways, George W. Bush and Pervez Musharraf have at least one thing in common: they are presidents in adversity. Both are under attack at home and abroad and their policies are being denounced by their opponents.
- '1998 N-Tests Turning Point In Indo-Us Ties' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
Noted US strategic expert Ashley J Tellis has termed the May 1998 Pokhran nuclear tests conducted by India as the turning point for consolidating New Delhi's position on the global stage as also its relations with Washington.
- Sheila Government Has Broken All Records Of Corruption: Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
MCD by-election will mark the beginning of the end of Congress rule in Delhi'
People are waiting for an opportunity to teach the Congress party and its Government a lesson'
- Portrait Of Artiste As Historian (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
Sujit Chowdhury remembers renowned portrait photographer Arnold Newman, who captured 20th century’s history through indelible images.
- Centre Decides To Re-Adopt Oop Bill (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
Ending the suspense over the controversial Office of Profit Bill, the UPA Government on Saturday decided to move a motion in the monsoon session of Parliament to re-adopt the Bill in its present form and send it for a second time to . . .
- Siddaramaiah Joins Congress, Vows To Bring Party To Power (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
Admitted in the presence of Congress president Sonia Gandhi
Congress the only secular party with which he could associate
People of Karnataka have never accepted any regional party
- The Story Of A Gentleman Villain (Deccan Herald, M BHAKTAVATSALA, Jul 23, 2006)
What can one say about a man who lived in penury till the age of 40 devoting his life to theatre, his greatest love, and then suddenly finding himself in the heady world of cinema as the highest paid character actor for the next 30 years and then as . . .
- Siddaramaiah Prefers Karnataka To Delhi (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi wanted backward classes leader Siddaramaiah to serve the party at the national level but he declined the offer, preferring to work in Karnataka.
- A Compelling Tale (Deccan Herald, Vijay Nair, Jul 23, 2006)
The book unfolds on a grand scale and addresses sensitive issues in a gently ironic fashion.
- India’S Pathetic Response To Musharraf (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Jul 23, 2006)
In response to President Musharraf’s request for evidence of Pakistani complicity in the Mumbai blasts, the Indian government has demanded
- Pressure Mounts On Karzai As Afghan Violence Surges (Reuters, Robert Birsel, Jul 23, 2006)
The Taliban for now have no chance of defeating Afghanistan's Western-backed government but the insurgency is sapping support for President Hamid Karzai who is facing his most difficult days since coming to power in 2001.
- Sourav’S Salvo (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 23, 2006)
Think of how the partnership began
From the point of view of the august personage who had once ruled global cricket and was now sloshing about in the good, old mulligatawny, it was like Job discovering another boil on his shoulder.
- Sonia Most Preferred Choice For Pm: Poll (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
Congress President Sonia Gandhi has been voted as the most preferred choice for Prime Ministership in an opinion poll although Manmohan Singh is shown to have gained popularity by about 16 per cent since 2004 despite not handling properly key issue .. . .
- Ringing A Bell (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 23, 2006)
Being “clever” is a BJP speciality. At times it is too clever to be wise. Sounding an alarm on terrorism would underpin its plans to have bells rung across the nation to coincide with the quorum bell to launch the monsoon session of Parliament.
- Discontent Sows Seeds Of Jihad Among Indian Muslims (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Jul 23, 2006)
These are bad times, says the chief priest of a small mosque in the heart of the Muslim quarter of Asia's largest slum in India's biggest city.
- Prez Left With No Choice On Profit (Times of India, Dhananjay Mahapatra, Jul 23, 2006)
Discarding President A P J Abdul Kalam's suggestion to junk the office-of-profit Bill for a comprehensive legislation on the controversial issue, the Union cabinet on Saturday decided to present the Bill in its original form again before . . .
- Rediscover The Khalsa’S Values (Tribune, S.S. Dhanoa, Jul 23, 2006)
The general elections expected some time early next year in Punjab seem to be casting their spell on events in Punjab.
- Stemming Research (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 23, 2006)
US President George W. Bush decries attempts of scientists to play God by conducting human embryonic stem cell research. Yet, ironically, it is he who ends up playing God.
- Is It An Action Or Reaction? (Deccan Herald, N J Nanporia , Jul 23, 2006)
When Zinedine Zidane uses his head as an assault weapon he unknowingly made a point applicable to the world beyond a football field. The picture he made was perfect for TV.
- Scoops, Spooks And Scepticism (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Jul 23, 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 entity, Great Britain. But 24x7 TV news is so unsettlingly dynamic.
- An Act Disabling An Act (Indian Express, Aruna Roy & Nikhil Dey, Jul 23, 2006)
If the people of this country wanted to know what it would mean to have a right to information law amended as per the reported cabinet . . .
- Inhuman Sacrifices (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jul 22, 2006)
Islamists have harvested the public outrage against the Srinagar sex scandal.
- Ec Rejects Bengal Stand On Profit (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
There seems to be no end to the running battle between the CPM-led Left Front and the Election Commission.
The EC today rejected the West Bengal government’s bid to withhold information relating to disqualification . . .
- Both Sides Have Badly Miscalculated (Hindu, Jonathan Steele, Jul 22, 2006)
Miscalculations by Israel and Hizbollah have weakened Lebanon's fragile unity. A ceasefire is needed immediately.
- Govt Beats Retreat On Bmic (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
The Karnataka Government will not go ahead with the setting up of a judicial commission to inquire into the controversy of allotment of excess land to Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise (NICE) to construct the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure . . .
- Nuke Secrets Leaked From Pmo: Jaswant (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
Former foreign minister Mr Jaswant Singh has alleged that someone in the PMO during PV Narasimha Rao-led Congress government had been leaking nuclear secrets to the USA and “we are still being snooped”.
- Nepal Peace Talks Put Off (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
The fourth round of peace talks between the Maoists and the seven-party ruling alliance in Nepal was put off on Friday after the parties sought more time to thrash out the agenda among themselves.
- Blame It On The Third World (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jul 22, 2006)
Many in the West find it convenient to see their problems as the result of "contamination" by the Third World. Such commentaries sound patronising, even racist.
- Pak May Field Candidate For Top Un Post If Tharoor Advances (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
Pakistan may field its own candidate for the post of UN Secretary General if India's Shashi Tharoor makes it to the final stage of the selection process.
- Enacting Farce And Tragedy (Deccan Herald, B G Verghese, Jul 22, 2006)
Should New Delhi’s policy makers adopt a hard military option with Pakistan or pursue the peace process?
- It’S Agnipariksha For Hdk (Deccan Herald, Ramakrishna Upadhya, Jul 22, 2006)
When he assumed power as the chief minister of Karnataka five-and-a-half months ago under the most fortuitous circumstances, Mr H D Kumaraswamy, one of the youngest to occupy the post, would not have imagined that he would be subjected to an. . .
- British Asians ‘Desis’ Or What (Daily Excelsior, Atul Cowshish, Jul 22, 2006)
A Government-aided survey in Britain says that British Indians do not want to be known by the omnibus moniker of ‘Asians’, preferring one of the three options:
- Indonesian Tsunami Death Toll Nears 550 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
The death toll from the Indonesian tsunami rose to nearly 550 today as the President vowed to speed up the installation of a nationwide system capable of warning coastal communities of killer waves by mid-2008.
- Stemming Research (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 22, 2006)
Bush’s veto on stem cell research is silly but there’s a rare research opportunity for India
- Friendly Warnings (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Jul 22, 2006)
British politicians are widely regarded as the wittiest and best read in the world.
- Scoops, Spooks And Scepticism (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Jul 22, 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 entity, Great Britain. But 24x7 TV news is so unsettlingly dynamic.
- Stormy Monsoon Session Ahead (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Jul 22, 2006)
With many contentious issues, the monsoon session promises to pour trouble for the government.
- Upa-Left Panel Meeting Today (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
The crucial meeting of the UPA-Left Coordination Committee will take place tomorrow amidst indications that the Manmohan Singh government can face embarrassment both inside and outside Parliament over its move to curtail the purview of the Right . . .
- In The Heat Of British Politics (Tribune, K.N. Malik, Jul 22, 2006)
The United Kingdom has been sizzling in heat. From the sub-continental point of view temperatures of 37 C to 38 C are no big deal. This country, however, is not equipped to bear this heat.
- Peace In The Region (Tribune, Major-Gen Ashok K. Mehta (retd), Jul 22, 2006)
Last month I was in Dublin and Belfast, Northern Ireland in the UK to study how a successful peace process there compares with peace processes in India’s neighbourhood.
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