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Articles 5621 through 5720 of 26693:
- Banning Blogs (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 22, 2006)
The Government of India’s ban on 17 websites and web logs (blogs) in the aftermath of the Mumbai blasts exposes the outdated mindset of the authorities.
- Cpm Deserts Rjd To Fight Nda In Bihar Poll (Tribune, Ambarish Dutta, Jul 22, 2006)
The Bihar unit of CPM yesterday closed ranks with the CPI under the LJP led by Mr Ram Vilas Paswan to participate at the Kranti (revolution) rally on August 9 in Patna against the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government by virtually deserting its another . . .
- Where Hard-Line Shiites, Sunnis Meet (Tribune, KIM MURPHY, Jul 22, 2006)
One of the hottest-selling items in Mustafa Hahel’s shop here off Baghdad Street is a poster showing the leaders of Iran, Syria and Hezbollah side by side, smiling pleasantly and surrounded by roses and daffodils. Portraits of the founder of Hamas . . .
- An Act Disabling An Act (Indian Express, Aruna Roy & Nikhil Dey, Jul 22, 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.
- India: Dangerous For Children? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 22, 2006)
A recent poll, which was part of a Reuters AlertNet campaign to focus on neglected humanitarian crises, names India as the sixth most dangerous place . . .
- Ec To Bengal: Give Info On Pleas (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
The Election Commission on Friday rejected the West Bengal government’s refusal to give information on disqualification petitions against seven CPI(M) MPs, including Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, for holding offices of profit.
- Free Information (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 22, 2006)
Less than a year after the government enacted a landmark legislation that gave Indian citizens the right to information, the Union Cabinet has given the green signal for an amendment to the . . .
- Uk Leader Plays 'Hindu Card' For Support (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
Conservative Party leader David Cameron took many by surprise by turning up at a religious function of prominent Indian preacher Morari Bapu in Leicester and lavishing praise on Britain's Hindu community.
- Minister’S Stab At Landfill (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
The state fisheries minister has head-butted a housing project off the EM Bypass for allegedly filling up a waterbody.
- Ec-Bengal Govt Face-Off Imminent (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
Battlelines between EC and Bengal government have been drawn. On Friday, EC "rejected the stand taken by the Bengal government in the matter of providing information related to office-of-profit issue" and asked it to furnish details by July 31.
- Ordinance Will Make Councillors `All Powerful,' Says Mdmk (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
Government should have consulted opposition parties
- Musharraf Hoodwinking Nation, Say Parties (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jul 22, 2006)
PPP leader says statement amounts to rubbing salt in the wounds of the people
- Past Endurance (Pioneer, Anjan Roy, Jul 22, 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.
- Political Myopia (OutLook, G. Parthasarathy, Jul 22, 2006)
National security and foreign policy are being influenced by considerations of domestic vote banks. Establishing 'secular credentials' does not mean ignoring the ISI's role in radicalizing Indian Muslim youths, or the root-causes - Ayodhya 1992 and . . .
- Upa's Hollow Rhetoric (Pioneer, Sunita Vakil, Jul 22, 2006)
The serial blasts in Srinagar and Mumbai are unmistakable signs of heightened terrorist activity.
- Babus Set To Party (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 22, 2006)
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.
- Secrets For Sale (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jul 22, 2006)
The second major espionage scandal in two years highlights the growing vulnerablity of India's covert services.
- Govt. Can't Ignore Electoral Compulsions: Pm (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
"In a democracy, we have to balance various interests," Manmohan tells NGOs and social activists
- Contested Verdict In Mexico (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Jul 22, 2006)
Mexico's presidential election ends in a political stalemate with the left-wing candidate Lopez Obrador rejecting the preliminary result.
- Palestine Under Siege (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Jul 22, 2006)
Israel sticks to its doctrine of disproportionate response by pounding Palestine in retaliation for the abduction of a soldier.
- Shocking (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 21, 2006)
The article "A controversial survey on India" (July 19) on Reuters AlertNet's finding that India is the sixth most dangerous country for children was shocking.
- For A Pot Of Uranium (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Jul 21, 2006)
Scientists in the country’s defence establishments, reports suggest, are seething with increasing resentment even as they become more and more aware of the details of the nuclear agreement the prime minister has signed with the American . . .
- Big Results Require Big Ambitions (Business Line, D. Murali , Jul 21, 2006)
Chanakya's advice is that you should ask yourself three questions before starting any work: "Why am I doing it, what might the results be, and will I be successful?"
- Wto And Eco-Friendly Trade (Business Line, M. Y. Khan, Jul 21, 2006)
The preamble to the WTO agreement sets the goal of sustainable development, explicitly stating the need to protect and preserve the environment. There has been a resurgence of concern for establishing a relationship between environmental standards . . .
- A Protracted Colonial War (Hindu, Tariq Ali, Jul 21, 2006)
In his last interview — after the 1967 six-day war — the historian Isaac Deutscher, whose next-of-kin had died in the Nazi camps and whose surviving relations lived in Israel, said:
- Under The Judicial Scanner (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 21, 2006)
There was no mistaking the mood of the Supreme Court during the hearing of the public interest litigation challenging the controversial Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Act, 2006. While giving the Centre a week to reply to the petitions, the apex ...
- From Nepal To Britain Royalty Draws Flak (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 21, 2006)
Two disparate events in different parts of the world are leading many to one conclusion: It's time to do away with royalty.
- Enough To Shame (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 20, 2006)
Even thick skin has limits
The apex court has yet to utter its last word or pronounce verdict on the Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Act which Parliament approved in unanimous haste to stymie the judicially-directed drive against illegal . . .
- Jayalalithaa Flays Amendment To Municipal Laws (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
It will make councillors "all-powerful"
- Children Of Prez, Vp, And Sc, Hc Judges Out Of Obc Quota (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
Children of President, Vice President and judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts fall under the 'creamy layer' among OBCs under the criteria fixed for exclusion from reservation in civil posts and services.
- Apex Court Objects To Mla's Remarks On Corridor Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
Rajanna had made the remarks in the Assembly against judges
Statement brought to court's notice by NICE counsel
Judges express deep anguish over the remarks
- Children Of Prez, Vp, And Sc, Hc Judges Out Of Obc Quota (Indian Express, PTI, Jul 20, 2006)
Children of President, Vice President and judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts fall under the 'creamy layer' among OBCs under the criteria fixed for exclusion from reservation in civil posts and services.
- Fatal Attraction (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 20, 2006)
The sky was a clear blue dotted with a few white clouds. The sun shone brilliantly but the mountain breeze was gentle.
- Mumbai Serial Blasts: (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Jul 20, 2006)
Wants policy of supporting Musharraf reviewed, more attention towards Nawaz than Benazir
* One ‘punitive step’ could be increasing engagement in Afghanistan and CARs
- Write On! (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 20, 2006)
One of the paradoxes of Indian democracy is that precious little information emerges from the backrooms of its power elite.
- ‘Lashkar-E-Qahar’ Hoaxer Held (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
Bhopal police have detained a local youth on the charge of dashing off e-mails to a couple of media organisations and the Mumbai police in the name of “Lashkar-e-Qahar” accepting the responsibility of the Mumbai train blasts ....
- N-Deal Not Before Summer Recess, Says Senate Chairman (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
The Senate will not take up the Indo-US civil nuclear deal before the chamber breaks for the summer recess on August 4.
- Kashmir Today, Delhi Tomorrow (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 20, 2006)
This refers to Sandhya Jain's article, "Ascent of the anti-Hindus" (July11). Till now we thought the Maoists of Nepal were anti-Hindu because they were rabid Leninist-Maoists, that is avowed atheists.
- Aiadmk Refused To Hold Elections To Local Bodies: Stalin (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
Local Administration Minister M.K. Stalin said that the hurry to issue an Ordinance on local body chiefs was necessitated by the fact that elections had to be held by October.
- Most For No Change In Office-Of-Profit Draft, Cabinet’S Call Today (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
The Cabinet will consider tomorrow the controversial office of profit Bill with the Law Ministry suggesting that no changes be made to the original draft that was returned by the President.
- Cabinet Making (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 20, 2006)
A new foreign minister is not the only fresh face the PM needs to give his government
- Indian Myanmar Relations (Daily Excelsior, MAHENDRA VED, Jul 20, 2006)
Myanmar and Andhra Pradesh may seem two far off places on the map of South Asia. But drawing a straight line across the Bay of Bengal, planners in New Delhi and Yangon have hit upon an imaginative way of linking them.
- The War Against Blogs! (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 20, 2006)
India’s economic success in the early years of this century has led to its successful rebranding. It’s prowess in software is one positive brand attribute but it’s the image of the world’s largest democracy — in contrast to China’s authoritarianism . . .
- After The Storm (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 20, 2006)
The sky was a clear blue dotted with a few white clouds. The sun shone brilliantly but the mountain breeze was gentle.
- India - Pak Peace Process Run Up To The Breaking Point (Daily Excelsior, Sarla Handoo, Jul 20, 2006)
New Delhi and Islamabad reached an agreement that truck service should be allowed on Srinagar -Muzaffarabad road to give a fillip to trade between the two sides of Jammu and Kashmir.
- Israeli Air Raids Kill 70 (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
US, Israel agree on bombardment of Lebanon for another week
- Q&a: 'Colombo Is Procuring Weapons From Pakistan' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
Sri Lanka is on the brink of civil war. R Sampanthan, secretary-general of Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF), which is Lanka's oldest Tamil political party and now a member of the pro-LTTE Tamil National Alliance, indicates that the peace talks . . .
- 55 Killed In Lebanon Blitz As Foreigners Flee (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
At least 55 civilians were killed as Israeli jets and gunboats pummelled towns and villages across Lebanon and tens of thousands of people fled a conflict that both sides defiantly warned would have no limit.
- Defeat Hizbullah (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 20, 2006)
Win a battle against Islamism ---- It is patently absurd to demand, as the EU has done, that Israel must immediately declare a unilateral ceasefire and halt its air strikes against Hizbullah strongholds in southern Lebanon.
- Mischief With Tatas (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 20, 2006)
Khaleda hasn’t changed one bit
The Khaleda Zia government has committed harakiri by playing politics with $3 billion that the Tatas wanted to invest for building steel, power and fertiliser plants, and also for raising untapped coal resources . . .
- Casting A Spell (Indian Express, Norris Pritam, Jul 20, 2006)
It may sound bizarre. But it is true. Pakistan is promoting its tourism to the strains of Indian patriotic songs! Yes, the audio promo of the Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) opens with ‘Aao baccho tumhe dikyane jhanki Hindustan ki’, . . .
- Terror Under Upa (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 20, 2006)
Two front page reports, several inside articles and the editorial in the latest issue of Organiser are devoted to the multiple terror strikes in Mumbai on July 11, and the common thrust is an attack on the UPA government’s ‘‘appeasement’’ policy.
- Mental Blogs (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jul 20, 2006)
At last count, over 42,000 bloggers on the Google-owned domain http://blogspot.com called themselves “Indian”.
- Kumaraswamy Fed Up, Ready To Quit (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Jul 20, 2006)
Would rather resign than yield to `bullying tactics' by a section of the BJP
He will make feelings clear during joint legislature party meeting
Many BJP leaders rally around Chief Minister
Defamation case likely to be filed against Janardhana Reddy
- India's Concerns Found Resonance At G8: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2006)
"G8 had expressed readiness to take steps to bring to justice perpetrators of Mumbai, Srinagar terror strikes
- It’S Time For A Green Conscience And Green Morals (Deccan Herald, Manu N Kulkarni, Jul 19, 2006)
Consumers everywhere have a new challenge: there is no uniformly accepted standard for what constitutes a valid reduction in global warming pollution.
- Scoring Points Over Mumbai (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 19, 2006)
The lead editorial this week in ‘People’s Democracy’ on the Mumbai serial blasts is largely an attack on the Sangh Parivar for what the CPM believes is an attempt to score political points from a tragedy.
- Yet Another Bushfire (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 19, 2006)
Possibly the only world leader with three books dedicated to his speech inefficiencies (The Bush Dyslexicon, The DubyaSpeak Compendium and George W Bushisms:
- Wine’S Better, Bully For Beer- (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Jul 19, 2006)
In an analogy many journalists may appreciate for reasons other than the author’s cleverness, Glenn Reynolds — his Army of Davids, published this year argues technology allows ordinary . . .
- Dhaka Is Looking Up (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Jul 19, 2006)
Whenever I have visited Bangladesh in the past, I have wondered whether the country would ever make it. The words like “a failed state’ has haunted me and I have often expressed apprehension over the future of 150
- Modi Asks Questions (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 19, 2006)
He came, he saw and he left the city mercifully untouched by his visit. Yet the implications of Narendra Modi’s visit to Mumbai on Monday, in the aftermath of last week’s train blasts, are not short-term; Mumbai had far too . . .
- Modi Can’T Fix The Mumbai Mosaic (Indian Express, KUMAR KETKAR , Jul 19, 2006)
Narendra Modi was not on the minds of Mumbaikars as much as he was in the electronic media. Mumbaikars continue to be in sort of a State of Siege, enveloped by fear psychosis and driven by rumours rather than by ministerial assurances.
- A Small Town’S Dreams On Track (Deccan Herald, Gopal Sutar, Jul 19, 2006)
For the first time a corporate entity has come forward to develop an eco-city.
- Shah Bano’S Ghost Over The Rubble (Indian Express, Narayanan Madhavan and Rosemary Arackaparambil, Jul 19, 2006)
Being a party that swears by Hindutva, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) must have reason to believe in the law of karma, and how it can catch up, in its own sweet way.
- Kalam Forwards Oop Plaint Against Jairam Ramesh To Ec (Indian Express, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Jul 19, 2006)
President A P J Abdul Kalam has referred to the Election Commission, a complaint seeking disqualification of Rajya Sabha MP and Minister of State for Commerce Jairam Ramesh for allegedly holding an office of profit by being a member of the National . . .
- A Controversial Survey On India (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jul 19, 2006)
India has been judged the sixth most dangerous country for children — even more dangerous than Afghanistan, the Palestinian Territories, Myanmar, and Chechnya!
- Hdk Digs Out Mining Dirt During Cong Rule (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2006)
Launching a counter-attack over the bribery charges against him, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Tuesday accused the two previous governments of dereserving thousands of acres of forest land for the benefit of miners...
- The Onus Is On The Secularist (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jul 19, 2006)
The terrorist can be isolated only if the community is mobilised. That can happen only when our political leaders give up their habits and strategies of dividing communities.
- N Korea Rejects Un Sanctions (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
North Korea today said it was not bound by a UN Security Council resolution imposing weapons-related sanctions on it and insisted the country would “bolster its war deterrent” in every way.
- Manmohan Singh Spells Out Some Concerns Over U.S. Nuclear Legislation (Hindu, N. Ram , Jul 18, 2006)
No shifting of goal-post, President George Bush assures India
- ‘Rights Getting A Raw Deal In Cambodia’ (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 18, 2006)
Democratic freedoms and human rights are getting eroded in Cambodia, despite a rosy economic picture promoted by the government, a leading human rights group said today.
- Global Warming (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jul 18, 2006)
Over the couple of past many years there has been a regular rise in temperature and in the fairness of terms this is creating problems for the biolife over the only bio sustaining planet and is perhaps the biggest threat for the years to come by.
- Speeding Up The Run Rate (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 18, 2006)
The BCCI’s decision to introduce Twenty20 cricket in India isn’t a bad idea -- as long as it doesn’t dilute the longer versions of the game.
- Democracy & Freedom (Statesman, BP SAHA, Jul 18, 2006)
In a television interview before the elections, the outgoing Speaker of the West Bengal assembly had stated that a strong opposition . . .
- Russia And The G8 (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 18, 2006)
G8 Summits attract mountains of expectation (and generate mountainous costs), but produce molehills of results.
- Make Them Bite The Dust (Pioneer, B Raman, Jul 18, 2006)
Government should revert to the 'talk-talk, hit-hit' policy to fight terrorism, which it sensibly followed till the mid-1990s ---- In cautiously-worded remarks after a visit to Mumbai on July 14, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been quoted as . . .
- Wipro Announces E-Waste Disposal Services For End-Users (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
We are highly environmentally conscious, says software major
- Us Will Not Go Beyond Commitments On Nuke Deal: Bush To Manmohan (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
In a significant statement assuaging Indian concerns that Washington was shifting goalposts in the nuclear deal, president George W Bush on Monday assured Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that US will not go "beyond" the reciprocal commitments . . .
- Maulana Fazlur Rehman’S Supple Approach (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jul 18, 2006)
The secretary-general of the Muttahida Majlis Amal (MMA), Maulana Fazl ur Rehman, coming out of the alliance’s Supreme Council meeting, once again demonstrated a nuanced and supple approach to the growing government-opposition confrontation when . . .
- Irresoluteness, A National Disease (Pioneer, A Surya Prakash, Jul 18, 2006)
The Mumbai blasts, which have claimed over 200 lives and maimed or injured over 700 people, constitute a terrible tragedy for the victims and their families.
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