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Articles 6921 through 7020 of 26693:
- Tax On Luxury Items To Mobilise More Revenue In Kerala Budget (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
LDF Government's Budget gives emphasis to farmers' issues
- The Time To Get Out Is Now (Hindu, Geoffrey Wheatcroft, Jun 24, 2006)
"qandary for the Democrats," said the newsreader early on Thursday on BBC Radio's World Service.
- Congress' Chances In Civic Polls Bright: Sudhakar Reddy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Secretary of the All-India Congress Committee P. Sudhakar Reddy on Friday said the chances of the Congress-led Democratic Progressive Alliance in the civic polls in Pondicherry and Karaikal were bright.
- Immigration Bill Kicks Up Dust (Deccan Herald, Yogi Aggarwal, Jun 24, 2006)
The bill comes at a time when Europe is battling a new influx from Africa through Spain.
- Tata Steel Smelter In S Africa Gets Go-Ahead (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Tata Steel was today given the go-ahead to build a carbon ferrochrome smelter in South Africa after a provincial government concluded that its construction would not cause any environmental damage.
- Manmohan Deplores Fall In Values (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Prime Minister releases coins in commemoration of social reformer Basaveshwara
- Jinnah And Haroon (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Jun 24, 2006)
Mohammad Ali Jinnah's papers confirm his reputation as an incorruptible politican.
- Malaria Malpractice (Frontline, R. Ramachandran, Jun 24, 2006)
The Lancet' charges the World Bank in India with medical malpractice in malaria programmes, but the government is equally culpable.
- Scrap The Two-Child Norm (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 24, 2006)
Panchayati raj minister Mani Shankar Aiyar’s position that the two-child norm for candidates seeking election to panchayat bodies is discriminatory is beyond dispute. His perseverance, considering that he reiterated his stand in Orissa recently . . .
- Silly Point (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 23, 2006)
The debate on whether politicians should control sports bodies is stuff of school essays.
- Blair's Tactical Blunder (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Jun 23, 2006)
Despite last weekend's protest demonstration by 5,000 people, the most remarkable feature of the June 2 episode in the east London suburb of Forest Gate is the restraint so far of those at the receiving end . . .
- Efforts To Vacate Stay On Land Acquisition For Mysore Airport (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
High courtround-up KIADB plans to take over a layout of 16.5 acres
Hearing adjourned till Monday
Owner of layout challenges acquisition
Layout classified as agricultural land
- M.P. Prakash Gets Home, Public Works For Revanna (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy has given up the Home portfolio in favour of M.P. Prakash, who was Deputy Chief Minister in the Dharam Singh Government.
- Inconvenienced By Another Truth (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 23, 2006)
As long as pollution is ‘free’, the price for sustainability will remain too expensive for the world to buy, says Roy Morrison
- Peru: Garcia's Return (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Jun 23, 2006)
Alan Garcia wins the presidential election on a nationalistic platform, with right-wing support. By John Cherian
- Ec Writes To Bengal On Offices Of Profit (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
The offices of profit issue is refusing to die down, even after the political class has come together ignoring their political and ideological divisions in order to protect their interests.
- Bangaladesh In Crisis (Frontline, HAROON HABIB, Jun 23, 2006)
General elections in Bangladesh are just round the corner, but how fair and free they will be remains to be seen.
- East Asia: Divide And Rule (Frontline, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Jun 23, 2006)
At the annual Asia Security Summit, the U.S. outlines a "security architecture" for the continent, as seen and shaped by it.
- Palestine: Threat Of Civil War (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Jun 23, 2006)
The referendum called by President Mahmoud Abbas is a recipe for civil war given that Hamas and the Fatah are on either side of the debate.
- Sri Lanka: Truce In Danger (Frontline, V.S. Sambandan, Jun 23, 2006)
With a communiqué on June 9, the LTTE puts an end to the latest phase of negotiations with the Sri Lankan government.
- Cec For Barring Candidates Facing Trial From Polls (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Chief Election Commissioner B B Tandon today suggested that candidates facing trial in criminal cases should be barred from contesting polls to prevent the criminalisation of politics.
- Ulfa On The Backfoot (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 23, 2006)
That the PMO did not postpone the third round of talks with the Ulfa-appointed People’s Consultative Group despite a series of bomb blasts in Assam early this . . .
- Funds Quota For Minorities (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Fifteen per cent of funds allotted for development and welfare schemes will now be set aside for the minorities.
- A Tale Of Two Democracies (The Economic Times, Alok Sheel, Jun 23, 2006)
If the American concept of liberty bears the indelible imprint of the Wild West, the Indian variant has been shaped by its colonial past.
- Kerala To Seek Cancellation Of Minority Status For Colleges (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Baby pilots Bill on professional colleges in Assembly
Education Minister says these institutions do not fulfil prescribed norms
Finds national minority panel's decision a breach of promise
Wants State Government to be heard before granting the . . .
- Back Off On Iran, Democrat Tells India (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Jun 23, 2006)
A leading US lawmaker has warned that the pending India-US nuclear deal could be called off if Delhi continues to show even an ounce of support for Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
- Politics Of Prices (Indian Express, Seema Chisti, Jun 23, 2006)
The retail price of food. Let’s start with the prices of vegetables.
- A Referendum In Palestine (Statesman, Marianna Belenkaya, Jun 23, 2006)
Mahmoud Abbas, head of the Palestinian National Authority, has announced a referendum on the National Accord Document, which envisages the creation of an independent Palestinian state with the capital in East Jerusalem and within the borders that . . .
- The Other Gods Of The South (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 23, 2006)
Power has alternated in Tamil Nadu for almost forty years between the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, two parties that share the same ideological roots.
- Cheney Urges Congress To Ok U.S.-India Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Jun 23, 2006)
Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday urged senior lawmakers to help win congressional support for a controversial U.S.-India nuclear cooperation agreement as opponents launched a grass-roots campaign to scuttle the deal.
- Images On Water (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 23, 2006)
Across the Mystic Shore can be termed a novel on the nature of love. The lives of the protagonists become a search to discover whether love necessarily entails the need to possess, whether it is synonymous with desire or if it is possible to love . . .
- Catch The Real Thieves (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jun 23, 2006)
While this government, despite having the great reformer of the Indian economy at its helm, continues to make life more difficult by making saral income tax forms kathin, and discouraging people from using their . . .
- Lanka Foreign Minister Briefs Pm (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Jun 23, 2006)
Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera today briefed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about the situation in the island nation where the Sri Lankan Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) are virtually on the verge of . . .
- The View From The Hospital (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 23, 2006)
Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, and its staff have been criticised and maligned by the media over the last few days on its handling of the Rahul Mahajan case.
- Yeh Hai Mumbai, Dr Singh (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Jun 23, 2006)
Bas! Ab aur nahin saha jaata. Enough! We cannot tolerate this any more.
- For India, Wrong Move, Wrong Time, Wrong Man (Indian Express, Ranjan Gupta, Jun 23, 2006)
The worst thing India could have done was propose a light weight for the job of Secretary General at a time when the United Nations is facing its most serious crisis.
- ‘8% Growth At Some People’S Cost’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 23, 2006)
I joined the NAC two years ago, encouraged by many of the assurances contained in the National Common Minimum Programme (NCMP) of the UPA government.
- Pursuing The ‘Most Impossible Job’ (Indian Express, SHASHI THAROOR, Jun 23, 2006)
“The most impossible job on earth” was how the first United Nations secretary general, Trygve Lie, described the post of Secretary-General of the United Nations to his . . .
- Attack On Press Freedom (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 23, 2006)
On a number of occasions President Musharraf has boasted about the press in Pakistan enjoying more freedom today than any time in the past.
- Stop This Witch-Hunt (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 23, 2006)
It is time the Delhi police were firmly told what the Rahul Mahajan case is about
- Us Hypocrisy (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 23, 2006)
The inconsistency in the US position on the so-called 'axis of evil' countries such as Iran and North Korea is more than a little confusing. At a summit in Vienna on Wednesday, President Bush and leaders of the European Union urged both Iran and . . .
- Nepal’S Maoists Refuse To Disarm (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Nepal’s Maoist rebels said on Thursday they are not prepared to disarm but are willing to put their army and their weapons under the supervision of the United Nations.
- Pakistanis Hold Negative View Of Westerners (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Support for Osama bin Laden has declined but remains relatively high in Pakistan, where many people regard Westerners as intolerant, cheap and dishonest, according to the results of a global poll released on Thursday.
- Are India’S Rich Getting Richer? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Jun 23, 2006)
India now produces more millionaires per annum than every country except South Korea and that Mumbai is the rudest city in the world...
- Third Front Definitely Possible: Jayalalithaa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Says it is essential "for future good and welfare of the nation"
- Unhealthy Trend (Deccan Herald, N Haridas, Jun 23, 2006)
The power to purchase seats is a new threat to democracy for which the political leadership is also guilty
- Dashed Hopes (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 23, 2006)
Suu Kyi has been imprisoned for 16 years now
- Friday Feature: Values Laid Down By Islam (Dawn, Haider Zaman, Jun 23, 2006)
According to a recent news report, the Muslim Imams of Europe have pledged to work hard to prove that Islam is compatible with western values of democracy and human rights.
- France And L'affaire Dreyfus Revisited (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jun 23, 2006)
The 100th anniversary of the rehabilitation of Captain Alfred Dreyfus is an occasion for an analysis of past wrongs. This can be salutary at a time when France is in the process of re-examining its criminal justice system.
- "Violence Is Not The Way To Achieve Political Goals" (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jun 23, 2006)
With the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam slamming the door on ceasefire monitors from European Union countries, Sri Lanka is headed for another phase of violent uncertainty. In an interview in Colombo,Palitha T.B. Kohona, Secretary-General of the . . .
- U.S. Lags In Role Of Women In Politics (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
For all the talk about Hillary Rodham Clinton and Condoleezza Rice battling for the presidency in 2008, the closest a woman has come to the Oval Office is actress Geena Davis, star of the recently canceled TV series ``Commander in Chief.''
- "Orange Revolution" Allies Form Ukraine Coalition (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Jun 23, 2006)
After months of bitter haggling over government posts, Ukraine's pro-Western parties have formed a ruling coalition sidelining the main pro-Russian party, which came in first in the March parliamentary election.
- Amarinder Seeks Rs. 2,060-Crore Package (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
With the Punjab Assembly elections due next year, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here on Thursday and sought a relief package of Rs. 2059.95 crore to bail out the State's farmers from the debt trap.
- Civic Polls In Pondy After 38 Years (Hindu, S. Nadarajan, Jun 23, 2006)
First phase tomorrow in Karaikal, Mahe, Yanam
Voting will take place from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
117 candidates in fray in Karaikal Municipality
In Mahe, 50 candidates are contesting for 14 seats
- 2007 Assembly Polls: ‘Power Axis’ Of Up Polity (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Power has become a major poll issue in the run up to the 2007 Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, even as the severe electricity crisis refuses to subside any time soon.
- Price War Amid Mischief Theory (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
The Centre today announced steps to rein in food prices, scrambling amid whispers of divisions within the cabinet to address an issue that could gift the Opposition a potent weapon.
- Nuturing Economy With Caution (Daily Excelsior, S. V. Vaidynathan, Jun 23, 2006)
Notwithstanding a brave face put up by finance minister, Mr. P. Chidambaram, in the budget session of parliament, India's external debt in 2005-06 stood at $128.78 billion.
- Jaya Doubts Stalin Attack (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Jayalalithaa today said the recent attempt on the life of DMK youth wing leader M.K. Stalin could have been “stage-managed”.
- Pangs Of Rebirth (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jun 23, 2006)
It is easier said than to rebuild a region ravaged by a natural calamity. This is evident from the example of "Azad" Kashmir as the occupied territory across the Line of Control is locally known.
- 80 Workers Kidnapped In Iraq (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Eighty Iraqi workers were abducted by gunmen in a city north of Baghdad, officials said.
- Bjp, Rss Think-Tank Discuss Party's Future Course Of Action (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Led by former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the senior BJP leaders and top RSS functionaries on Thursday sat across the table to chalk out the future course of political action marked by 'mutual understanding and cohesion' between them.
- Is Iran Studying North Korea's Nuclear Moves? (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
There may be no such thing as a North Korea playbook for would-be nuclear proliferators.
- Has Europe Lost Its Way? (Dawn, Shadaba Islam, Jun 22, 2006)
Suddenly, it all seems to be going wrong. Just a few years ago, the European Union was aspiring to bigger and better things: a new constitution, more member states, a revamped economy and global power status to rival the United States.
- A Bill Returned (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam becomes the first President to return a Bill to Parliament for reconsideration, bringing to the fore a host of issues.
- Road To Nowhere (Frontline, Ravi Sharma , Jun 22, 2006)
Land acquisition controversies stall the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Project.
- Bullish On Bangladesh (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 22, 2006)
In spite of sporadic unrest, rampant corruption and a polarized political system that’s all but dysfunctional, Bangladesh finds itself in the midst of a sustained boom. The main drivers: surging export growth and a robust service sector
- Bumpy Cab Ride (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 22, 2006)
he man who heads the Cricket Association of Bengal must possess the time, dedication and energy to represent the cricketing interests of the entire state ~ not just Kolkata, or a southern suburb called Behala.
- In The Line Of Hire (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 22, 2006)
Of late, a series of incidents have taken place involving senior officers of the Armed Forces in acts of gross misdemeanour and worse.
- In The Political Corridor (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
L'AFFAIRE BMICP (Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Project) has all the makings of a political thriller: a Chief Minister who accuses the company executing the project . . .
- Uniform My Second Skin: Musharraf (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, who plans to seek another term in office, said he is not going to quit the post of Army chief as military uniform is his "second skin".
- Cbse To Revise Merit List For Admission To Mbbs And Bds Courses (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
The Supreme Court today permitted Central Board of secondary education (CBSE) to revise the merit list for admission to MBBS and BDS courses.
- Mumbai Needs Better Governance, Says Pm (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Jun 22, 2006)
The Vilasrao Deshmukh-led government came in for criticism from the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, today for the poor state of Maharashtra’s cities, particularly the country’s financial capital — Mumbai.
- The New Middle East (Daily Excelsior, V.N. Paranjape, Jun 22, 2006)
One dividend of the peace process is the positive regional ramifications in the "New Middle East", a term that denotes the post-Madrid and . . .
- Hate Lessons In Saudi, Pak Textbooks (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Jun 22, 2006)
Even as the so-called war on terror continues with little success and the fool hardy attempts by the US to transport ‘democracy’ to reluctant shores make the Americans even less liked in the Muslim world, one of the main worries in the West remains . . .
- Nepal King, Rebel Chief No More Media "Predators" (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
A global media watchdog said on Wednesday it had dropped Nepal's King Gyanendra and Maoist rebel chief Prachanda from a worldwide list of enemies of press freedom.
- Himalayan Challenge (Tribune, Shastri Ramachandaran, Jun 22, 2006)
For a nascent democracy that was being repressively trampled under by a Canute-like king, Nepal has risen with remarkable resolve to march ahead for consolidating the gains of the struggle for popular rule.
- India May Intervene In Lanka Again (Tribune, Arup Chanda, Jun 22, 2006)
India might intervene in the imbroglio between Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elaam (LTTE), if not directly like the last time, but indirectly.
- No Direct Questioning Of Nuclear Scientist Khan By Us: Musharraf (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Voicing concern over the US reopening investigations into the proliferation network of disgraced Pakistan nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan, President Pervez Musharraf has said he will not permit any direct questioning of the scientist.
- Pm Flags Off Mumbai’S Metro Rail To The Future (Indian Express, Rakshit Sonawane, Jun 22, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today flagged off the Metro Rail dream of Mumbai—the city with the widest infrastructure deficit among global giants: a network spanning 146 km, costing Rs 19,525 crore, to be completed by 2021.
- ‘If I Don’T Discharge My Duties, Who Will?’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 22, 2006)
Pointing out that the Governor has been made the chairman of the Amarnath Shrine Board by the state, Lt Gen (Retd) S K Sinha says it is his job now to facilitate the yatra. The controversy was an unnecessary one, created by politicians, but it is . . .
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