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Articles 7321 through 7420 of 26693:
- Nepal Govt, Maoists Reach Agreement To End Insurgency (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Nepal’s government and the Maoist militants reached an agreement Friday aimed at ending the decade-long insurgency after a day of unprecedented meetings between rebel leaders and the government, the home minister said.
- Rs 2.155trillion Charged Expenditures Okayed (News International, Muhammad Anis, Jun 17, 2006)
The National Assembly on Friday approved charged expenditures, included in demands for grants and appropriation, to the tune of Rs 2.1558 trillion amid strong criticism from the opposition for not mentioning the expenditures of the National Database . . .
- Us House Rejects Iraq Pullout Timetable (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
The House of Representatives on Friday handily rejected a timetable for pulling US forces out of Iraq, culminating a fiercely partisan debate between Republicans and Democrats feeling the public’s apprehension about war and the onrushing midterm . . .
- Service Of The Nation (News International, Hafizur Rahman, Jun 17, 2006)
By the very nature of his/her duties, a prime minister of Pakistan is serving the nation. So is the leader of the opposition because of the important place that the position occupies in the democratic dispensation.
- 'Iraq Pullout Date Not In Us Interest' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
The House on Friday handily rejected a timetable for pulling US forces out of Iraq, culminating a fiercely partisan debate between Republicans and Democrats feeling the public's apprehension about war and the onrushing mid-term campaign season.
- Rymbai In Delhi, To Discuss Cabinet Expansion With Sonia (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Jun 17, 2006)
Meghalaya Assembly meets, adjourned till June 23
I will like to retain Don Kuper Roy as Deputy Chief Minister: Rymbai
D.D. Lapang will be rehabilitated in a position equivalent to Chief Minister
- Private Quota May Haunt Monsoon Session (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Jun 17, 2006)
The Congress leadership may have put a lid on Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Meira Kumar’s call for SC/ST quotas in the private sector, but the demand for a consitutional amendment to bring that about is gaining strength and could be raised . . .
- Tharoor Nomination: Pakistan’S Rhetoric Is Uncalled For (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 17, 2006)
Pakistan is as much entitled as India to nominate its candidate, who’s more credible is for the UN and global community to decide
- Air India Or A Bongo-Bongo Carrier? (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Jun 17, 2006)
‘Market forces rather than the bureaucracy should shape the future of smiling Maharajah.’
- Polarised Politics (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 17, 2006)
Political rivalry has already moved to the streets
- On Again, Off Again (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 17, 2006)
Govt must decide between saving lives & winning votes
- Pawar Ploy To Enter Bajaj In Rajya Sabha Fits Upa Allies’ Gameplan (Indian Express, Inder Malhotra, Jun 17, 2006)
Once Sharad Pawar played his cards with his usual skill, outsmarting the Congress, the entry of Rahul Bajaj—one of the captains of industry and Pawar’s long-time personal friend—into Rajya Sabha had become a foregone conclusion.
- Quota And Populism (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, Jun 17, 2006)
By a happy coincidence I went to have coffee with Arun Shourie in his elegant Delhi home the day his new book came out. It is called Falling Over Backwards:
- Reading The Tea Leaves Amidst Storm In The Stocks Cup (Business Line, D. Murali , Jun 17, 2006)
"Investing without understanding the economy is like planning a beach trip without checking the forecast," alerts Richard Yamarone in The Trader's Guide to Key Economic Indicators. Over the past century, thousands of indicators have emerged, including . .
- From 'India Shining' To 'India Snorting' (News International, Praful Bidwai, Jun 17, 2006)
The writer, a former newspaper editor, is a researcher and peace and human-rights activist based in Delhi
- Back To No Talks (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Jun 17, 2006)
National Security Adviser MK Narayanan is right in suggesting to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh the futility of going to Pakistan, which has no intention of ending terror as an additionality to its diplomacy.
- Sham Of Secularism (Pioneer, Sunita Vakil, Jun 17, 2006)
With India smarting under the rapid-fire of terrorism, the UPA Government appears busy indulging in minorityism to draw political capital. The standard Government accountability starts and ends with repeating hollow promises of punishing the terrorists.
- Mamata Banerjee Re-Elected As Trinamool Chief (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Mamata Banerjee was on Friday re-elected unopposed for a five year term as the chairperson of the Trinamool Congress in a party organisational poll.
- Debate And Debasement (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 17, 2006)
Geo TV has done a great public service by openly debating and discussing the Zina Ordinance, the most controversial part of the Hudood Ordinances, 1979.
- Hamas Militia Disowns Govt’S Ceasefire Offer To Israel (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Hamas militants distanced themselves on Friday from a ceasefire offer that the Palestinian government led by the Islamist group made to Israel.
- Essence Of The Vedas (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
The Vedas that deal with eternal truths postulate both the theory of the Supreme Being and the atheistic argument as well.
- Candidate Assures Fulfilment Of Demands (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Mr Marithibbe Gowda, an independent candidate standing for the upcoming MLC elections from the SouthTeachers constituency, on Friday expressed confident about his victory.
- Go Forward, There Is No Turning Back: Buddhadeb (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Support to Congress is out of compulsion, he says at a DYFI rally
- Maoists To Join Interim Govt (Tribune, Shirish B Pradhan, Jun 17, 2006)
Maoists in Nepal today agreed to join an interim government to be formed within a month, rebel leader Prachanda announced here after his first-ever face-to-face talks with Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala to resolve the decade-long armed conflict . .
- Bjp Wants Kumaraswamy To Resign, Say Two Former Ministers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Ties between coalition partners worsening, say Chandrashekar and Parameshwar
The right decision is to recommend elections
JD(S) has no moral right to table a Bill to take over BMIC project
- Govt, Maoist Reach Pact (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Jun 17, 2006)
The last time he was seen in Kathmandu was nearly 11 years ago when he came to visit his ailing mother.
- Ramadoss’S Aiims (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Jun 17, 2006)
My country has been kind to me and has asked me to do many things, but the job I loved the most was being vice-chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University.
- China And Iran: A Perfect Match (Taipei Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Those who argue that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a dangerous zealot have plenty of resources to back this opinion, not the least being his call for the destruction of Israel. Such is the extreme nature of his language that potential . . .
- Cross-Dressing Pakistani Hails Media Freedom (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Every Saturday night Pakistani actor Ali Saleem puts on a bright saree and chunky jewellery and transforms himself into glamorous widow Begum Nawazish Ali, who teases guests with flirty questions on a television chat show.
- No Secrecy, Please (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 16, 2006)
The Second Administrative Reforms Commission, headed by Mr M. Veerappa Moily, has rightly recommended the repeal of the Official Secrets Act (OSA), 1923.
- Tharoor India’S Candidate For Un Top Job (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
India has thrown its weight behind the candidature of Shashi Tharoor for the post of UN Secretary- General.
- Politics Above Law (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Jun 16, 2006)
Recent goings-on in the country remind me of a saying in the United States, popular during the prohibition era there, “The administration’s folly makes you feel like crying into your beer and denies you the beer to cry into”.
- Different Faces Of Success (Telegraph, RAVI VYAS, Jun 16, 2006)
Despite the fact that most serious academic books are commissioned, a large number of unsolicited manuscripts turn up on a variety of subjects.
- Rahul Bajaj Elected To Rajya Sabha (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Riding on the support of the NCP, BJP and Shiv Sena, industrialist Rahul Bajaj was today elected to Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra securing 195 ballots while Congress leader Choudhary Mohammad Aslam bagged the seat in Jammu and Kashmir.
- A Silver Lining? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 16, 2006)
It is a commentary on our times that the mere act of members of the Muslim majority organising and attending the funeral of a Kashmiri Pandit is enough to make news.
- Polls On The Horizon (Daily Excelsior, Arun Nehru, Jun 16, 2006)
We have three state elections on the horizon and I think it is time to see the situation prevailing in these states.
- Blow To Harmony (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 16, 2006)
That a Hindu temple has been demolished in Lahore in Pakistan does not give a cause of comfort.
- Nepal Rebel Chief To King: Abdicate Or Face Execution (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Jun 16, 2006)
A ceremonial monarchy will never work in Nepal and if the king does not abdicate he could end up facing trial and even execution, the Himalayan nation's powerful Maoist rebel chief said on Thursday.
- Where The Economy Is Being Chained (The Financial Express, Jayaprakash Narayan, Jun 16, 2006)
The delivery of services is poor and this has to change to put public money to good use
- Cong Bags Lone Rajya Sabha Seat From J&k (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Senior Congress leader Choudhary Mohammad Aslam was on Thursday elected to the Rajya Sabha from Jammu and Kashmir defeating his rival National Conference candidate by a margin of 33 votes, officials said.
- Musharraf's Re-Election Plans "Immoral": Benazir (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
The Opposition Pakistan Peoples Party today denounced as a "monumental political fraud" President Pervez Musharraf's plan to seek another term in the office.
- Mobile Record (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 16, 2006)
It is all very well to know that India now has more than 100 million mobile phone subscribers and has thus overtaken Germany, Italy and Brazil in the numbers game.
- Go For Rural Development! (Tribune, S. Raghunath, Jun 16, 2006)
EVEN after 58 years of independence and throwing off the brutish colonial and imperialist yoke, India is still a basket case going round the world with a begging bowl and with 80 per cent of her population wallowing under the absolute poverty line . . .
- Uniform: A Way Out (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 16, 2006)
Ruling pml President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has said that the Supreme Court may interpret the constitution on issues like President’s uniform, his re-election by the present Assemblies and holding of next elections.
- Rajasthan’S Retrograde Move (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 16, 2006)
Now that the BJP government in Rajasthan has decided to send back the regressive anti-conversion Bill to governor Pratibha Patil, the latter must do what she ought to have done in the first instance: reserve it for the President’s consideration.
- More Violence In Sri Lanka (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 16, 2006)
Despite the best efforts of its Scandinavian monitors, Sri Lanka’s tenuous peace process received another jolt on Thursday when more than 60 people aboard a bus in a Sinhalese-dominated area in the northern part of the island were killed in a mine . . .
- Waiting For Change (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
As expected, as the media hype around the earthquake victims settled down, the post-quake relief and the reconstruction work went on the back-burner.
- Pakistan, India To Slug It Out For Top Un Slot? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 16, 2006)
The current UN secretary-general, Kofi Annan, is scheduled to step down at the close of this year when his second five-year term ends.
- Kumaraswamy To Seek Judicial Inquiry Into Allegations Against Him (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
To consult BJP and JD(S) MLAs before taking a decision on quitting
He will request Chief Justice to appoint a High Court judge to look into the allegation and come out with a report
Accuses Congress of unleashing `politics of vengeance'
- Congress To Field Candidate For Rajya Sabha Election (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Kerala Congress(M) to keep off voting and UDF meetings
Congress prepares a list of seven names for the seat
Party high command to announce candidate today
Congress nominee could win with the support of 34 MLAs
- Tata’S Bangladesh Plan In Cold Storage (Indian Express, DEV CHATTERJEE, Jun 16, 2006)
One of the Tata Group’s biggest overseas investments has been put in cold storage by the Bangladesh government due to imminent elections in the country—implying that the projects will now face significant cost overruns.
- Strange Bedfellows Of Politics (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Jun 16, 2006)
CPM's alliance with TDP in Andhra Pradesh could destabilise the UPA if the experiment succeeds in the panchayat election, says Kalyani Shankar
- Bomber Cleric Walks Free (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 16, 2006)
Out of prison, Bashir is back at his madarsa famous for producing Islamist radicals. This could mean bad news. Robin McDowell in Solo, Indonesia, explains why.
- Koirala, Prachanda Talks Anytime Soon (Hindu, Ameet Dhakal, Jun 16, 2006)
Most of the differences sorted out: Maoists
Meeting may take place today
Our trust level is high, says Minister
- Rift In Coalition Over Bmic Project Termed Minor (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Kumaraswamy, Yediyurappa will iron out differences, says Naidu
LIDKAR to come under Social Welfare Department
Silk units at Chamarajanagar and Kollegal to be revived
Handicrafts exhibition-cum-training centre to be set up
- Government Seeking Legal Opinion Over Mlas' Issue (Hindu, Sujay Mehdudia, Jun 16, 2006)
Sheila Dikshit, Ram Babu Sharma convene separate meetings
Certain sections want to bring an Ordinance
Narendra Nath asked to coordinate further with legal luminaries
- Don't Talk To Ulfa (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 16, 2006)
By carrying out a series of terror bombings across Assam, targeting both innocent people, including school children, and symbols of the state, for instance oil . . .
- Assembly Resumes Sitting Today; Stormy Session Likely (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Governor R.L. Bhatia set to deliver policy address in the House
- Jihadi-Islamist Compact (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Jun 16, 2006)
Former world chess champion and then Fidé president Max Euwe had reportedly exclaimed, after being defeated by a Nepalese competitor in the late 1970s, "Alekhine lives in Nepal!"
- Pmk Fields Nominees In 29 Municipal Wards (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) leader M. Ramadoss said here on Thursday that the party had fielded candidates in 29 wards (20 in Pondicherry and nine in Karaikal) for the municipal and commune panchayat polls.
- Beyond Gesture Diplomacy In Nepal (Indian Express, Virendra Gupta, Jun 16, 2006)
Indian government’s offer of liberal aid package of Rs 1000 crore must have pleased the visiting Nepalese premier.
- Historic Martyrdom (Indian Express, Harcharan Singh, Jun 16, 2006)
Exactly 400 years ago, the fifth Sikh guru, Arjan Dev (1563-1606), sacrificed his life. What Sikhs the world over are celebrating today is his unique contribution.
- Junta In A Time Warp (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 16, 2006)
Myanmar's military junta has done the expected unexpected.
- Nuclear Deal (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 16, 2006)
India should stand firm and not give in to pressure
- Noise City (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 16, 2006)
Noise pollution can lead to several health risks
- Politics And World Cup: An Unbridgeable Divide? (Indian Express, Vikram S Mehta, Jun 16, 2006)
I was in Europe the morning the newspapers headlined “US strike kills Zarqawi” and the general populace woke in eager anticipation of the commencement of the football World Cup.
- Delhi Names Great Indian Novelist For Top Un Job (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Jun 16, 2006)
He left his motherland back in 1978 but Shashi Tharoor, India's candidate for the UN Secretary General's post, prefers to be called an NRI with a difference, one in the "Never Relinquished India" category, since he, unlike most expatriates . . .
- Bjp, Ncp Accused Of Double Standards (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Congress general secretary Ashok Gehlot has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Nationalist Congress Party of "double standards" on the issue of reservation for the Backward Class by supporting the candidature of industrialist Rahul Bajaj . . .
- India As A Rising Global Player (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Jun 16, 2006)
Interest in India was evident at the recent Asia Security Conference in Singapore.
- In Praise Of Citizen Kannagi (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 16, 2006)
Kannagi proved that even a non-native with no money and no family in sight can fight City Hall and win her case — that is inspiring.
- A Government And A Party In Combat Mode (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Jun 16, 2006)
Two years after Sonia Gandhi famously declined the crown, the man to whom she handed power remains the outsider in a party congenitally attached to the first family and unable and unwilling to accept the work division between a non-Gandhi Prime . . .
- Wrath Of The Pro-Israel Lobby (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Palestinian Prime Minster Ismail Haniyeh has tried to move the conscience of the West through an article in the British press.
- Mahajan's Killing, Rahul Case Linked: Pravin (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Giving a new twist to the murder of BJP leader Pramod Mahajan and his son Rahul's alleged involvement in a drug abuse case, the late leader's brother Pravin Mahajan, accused of killing him, on Wednesday claimed the two incidents were inter-related.
- Support For Rahul, Scorn For Father (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Praveen Mahajan today claimed the shooting of his brother Pramod — to which he had reportedly confessed to police — and the drug controversy involving Rahul Mahajan were linked but provided no explanation.
- Care For Health (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 15, 2006)
The report of more than 100 people falling sick after consuming ice-cream at the outskirts of this city must have turned many stomachs upside down.
- Telengana Caught In Power Politics (Daily Excelsior, G.S.Bhargava, Jun 15, 2006)
Failure to redeem the promise to carve a separate Telengana State out of incumbent Andhra Pradesh sticks out like a sore thumb in the two-year record of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
- From Violence To Non-Violence (Daily Excelsior, Lt Col R K Langar, Jun 15, 2006)
We call twentieth century as the century of violence. We saw two world wars during that period and in each of them millions of people have died and many more injured.
- Dubious Gesture (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 15, 2006)
A birthday gimmick from Lalu
Lalu Prasad, like many politicians, has never been known to look beyond his own interests.
- When News Came, Pappu Yadav Got A Hug, Inmates Sweets (Pioneer, Vijaita Singh, Jun 15, 2006)
Out of Tihar Jail and reunited with his family, Rahul Mahajan refused to speak to the world. After being whisked away from the rear gate of Jail Number 3, Rahul clad in a white shirt and blue jeans, stepped out of his steel grey Toyota Camry at . . .
- Congress Urges Poll Panel To Take Action Against Kumaraswamy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Legal action sought against him for filing `false affidavit' before polls
Similar petition to be submitted to the Returning Officer for Ramangaram Assembly constituency
Congress to continue demand for an inquiry into the BMIC project
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