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Articles 7421 through 7520 of 26693:
- Environment Panel Seeks Report On Pollution Due To Oil Spill (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
No Minister visited Karwar after the accident, says committee
Criticism
Port authorities ill-equipped to meet emergency situations
Pumping of oil from the wrecked ship was not done systematically
- It Is Witch-Hunting Of Doctors: Apollo Chairman (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
This is the statement issued by Pratap C. Reddy, Chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group, on Wednesday:
- Parties Field Candidates For Municipal Chairperson Posts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
AIADMK has more number in fray than its allies
S. Tamizhselvi and S. Saraswathy, are contesting for chairperson posts of Pondicherry and Karaikal respectively
While DMK has fielded B. Sridevi and Bhuvaneswari in Pondicherry and Karaikal
- Us Troops In Iraq Greater Threat To World Peace: Poll (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
The presence of US troops in Iraq is considered a greater threat to Middle East stability than the current Government in Iran, according to a poll of European and Muslim countries.
- Charges Absurd, Says Apollo Chairman (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
New Delhi: Refuting the allegations of tampering with evidence and misleading the investigation in the Rahul Mahajan case, the Chairman of the Apollo Hospitals Group, Pratap C. Reddy, said it was absurd that so much falsehood should be provided to . . .
- Nine Days After Arrest, Rahul Mahajan Out On Bail (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Nine days after his arrest for alleged drug abuse, Rahul Mahajan was today granted bail by a Special Court with the prosecution having failed to prove his involvement in "systematic and organised drug trafficking" or for possessing a commercial . . .
- Secularists On A Sabbatical (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 15, 2006)
Why doesn't Government speak out against the ongoing minority bashing in Pakistan and Bangladesh, asks Anuradha Dutt.
- Why Don't We Protest? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 15, 2006)
If there is anyone who is to be squarely blamed for the demolition of temples in India and its neighbourhood, it is Hindu leaders, says Prafull Goradia.
- Reasons To Be In China (Pioneer, Dmitry Kosyrev, Jun 15, 2006)
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation has a place for everyone who is accepted in the region, from Japan to India
- Two-Nation Theory (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 15, 2006)
For CPI(M), Bengal is not India ---- It is typical of the CPI(M)'s schizophrenic existence that in a week when India's leading Communist party took to the streets to protest against the rise in petroleum prices and organised a "state-sponsored bandh" . .
- Left Plans To Go On Offensive At Today's Upa Coordination Meet (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Jun 15, 2006)
The Left-UPA coordination committee will meet on Thursday to discuss a range of issues, including oil price hike and internal security.
- Flawed Fundamentals (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 15, 2006)
The free fall of the Bombay Stock Exchange sensitive index gives cause for concern. But what is more disturbing is the fact that reforms have hit a roadblock. On the first, it is clear that foreign institutional investors (FIIs) call the shots on the . .
- Rahul Mahajan Gets Bail (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
A city court today granted bail to Rahul Mahajan in connection with a case of alleged drug abuse.
- Parties’ Strength To Decide Plot Sizes (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Jun 15, 2006)
If the proposed policy for allotting land to political parties is given the go-ahead at the next Union Cabinet meeting, the size of the party’s support base will determine the size of the plot it is entitled to.
- Us Image Slips Further Worldwide (Times of India, Brian Knowlton, Jun 15, 2006)
The global image of America has slipped further, even among people in some countries closely allied with the US, a new opinion poll has found.
- Embarrassment For Karnataka Government (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Even as differences surfaced between the ruling BJP-Janata Dal (Secular) coalition partners on the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) project, the Karnataka Government suffered a loss of face after a Rs 5 lakh cheque issued to the . . .
- Plan For Human Development (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jun 15, 2006)
It is time the concept of public-private partnership is tried at primary and secondary education levels, with social empowerment and equality as the guiding principles.
- Palestinians Storm Parliament, Attack Hamas Lawmakers (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Dozens of Palestinian civil servants stormed the parliament on Wednesday to demand long-overdue salaries, pelting Hamas lawmakers with water bottles and forcing the speaker to flee the building.
- Dmk Script Now Playing In Tn, 1 Cr Tvsets In 4 Yrs, At Rs 2,000 Cr (Indian Express, JAYA MENON, Jun 15, 2006)
Come September 15, when the DMK celebrates the Mupperum Vizha — three celebrations including the birth anniversary of Dravidar Kazhagam founder Periyar, the party would have made a token gesture of fulfilling its main poll promise by providing 25,000 . .
- Scientists Urge G8 Not To Ignore Global Warming (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
World leaders must not allow concern for energy security to distract them from taking promised action on global warming, top world scientists said today. Climate change solutions agreed at the G8 summit in Scotland a year ago risked being pushed . . .
- Universities And Schools (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 15, 2006)
The author is chairman, Indian Council for Social Science Research
In the course of the 20th century, universities throughout the world have become socially more and more inclusive.
- Bush Rejects Troop-Withdrawal Talk After Iraq Trip (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
President George W Bush, just back from Iraq, dismissed calls for a US withdrawal as election-year politics and refused to give a timetable or benchmark for success that would allow troops to come home.
- Pramod's Murder, Rahul's Case Interrelated, Says Pravin (Pioneer, TN Raghunatha, Jun 15, 2006)
Pramod Mahajan's younger brother Pravin, accused of gunning down his elder brother, on Wednesday made a startling allegation that the murder of the BJP's GenNext leader and the case against his nephew Rahul Mahajan were interrelated.
- Political Vendetta (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 15, 2006)
Bachchans are being harassed ---- There is something rotten about the manner in which the Income Tax Department is seeking to overwhelm filmstar Amitabh Bachchan and his wife Jaya Bachchan with a flood of notices.
- Pml-N For Provincial Autonomy (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
The Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) on Wednesday said a strong centre without giving autonomous status to all the federating units does not guarantee a strong Pakistan.
- Deve Gowda Puts Bjp On Notice (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Jun 15, 2006)
Discord over acquisition of large tracts of government land for infrastructure development
No question of going against Supreme Court orders, says former Prime Minister
Legislation meant to acquire land for infrastructure projects
Public . . .
- Sale At Utility Stores (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 15, 2006)
Every year the government provides about Rs100 billion in subsidies to public sector corporations which can't make enough money to run their affairs without this helping hand.
- Plan Targets China, Korea Growth Path (Indian Express, Kandula Subramaniam, Jun 15, 2006)
Approach Paper for inclusive growth, sets 9.5% target for last years
- A Tale Of Two Polls (Dawn, S. M. Naseem, Jun 15, 2006)
The gloom that has been hanging over the nation for the past five years is showing some signs of being dispelled.
- Bhutan Through Political Reforms (Daily Excelsior, Sondip Bhattacharya, Jun 14, 2006)
Thirty-two years rule of King Jigme Singye Wangchuk has ushered in a new era of democracy.
- On Banning The Da Vinci Code (Hindu, N.L. Rajah, Jun 14, 2006)
To ban the film in India, reacting to demands from some, is grave constitutional impropriety, besides being imprudent.
- Bangla Protests Turn Violent (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Almost 100 people were wounded in Bangladesh today as Opposition activists fought with police at the start of a two-day strike for electoral reforms.
- King Only In Name (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 14, 2006)
Two very significant milestones mark Nepal’s resolute march on the republican route. The first was King Gyanendra being stripped of all parliamentary powers and the right to veto laws passed by the House of Representatives.
- Left Takes To The Streets (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
The Left parties, joined by regional forces like the Samajwadi Party and Telugu Desam Party, today staged street protests to demand the rollback of the hike in fuel prices as the Communists said the UPA government could not take their support for granted.
- Voices From Doda (Times of India, YOGINDER SIKAND, Jun 14, 2006)
Early last month, unidentified gunmen shot dead 22 Hindus in Kulhand, a remote mountain village in Doda in Jammu and Kashmir. Local opinion is divided on precisely who was behind the massacre. Many Muslims claim that it was the handiwork of the 'agencies'
- Us In Ocean Region (Tribune, Amit Kumar, Jun 14, 2006)
Ever since President George W. Bush’s March visit, both New Delhi and Washington have been looking forward to intensifying the bond of cooperation in the Indian Ocean region.
- Mulayam Criticises I-T Dept, Congress (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
If one of the ideas Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is toying with fructifies, you have to pay more to send SMS’ in the near future, the extra amount going for payment of termination charges for the receiving operator.
- Coalition Partners' Stand On Bmic Project Drives Government To . . . (Hindu, K.N. Venkatasubba Rao , Jun 14, 2006)
Cabinet skips discussion on project; BJP, Janata Dal (S) Ministers hold separate meetings
Cabinet meeting scheduled for 4 p.m. was held at 8.30 p.m.
Kumaraswamy, Yediyurappa tight-lipped about discussions at meeting
- Pm Under Siege (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Jun 14, 2006)
Main Threat From Within?
The Constitution defines how politics should be conducted. The system determines how politics is actually run.
- Nepal's Rough Road Ahead (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Jun 14, 2006)
How many zeroes does it take to make Girija Prasad Koirala smile? At least three - quipped a wag, as mandarins in the Ministry of External Affairs sweated in the Delhi heat to create an aid package that would meet the expectations of India's neighbour . .
- Price Of Power (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 14, 2006)
Congress paints itself into a corner ---- The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has once again done it! While extending support to the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance Government at the Centre without participating in it, it has joined . . .
- Zarqawi Successor Next Target: Bush (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
President George W Bush vowed on Monday that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s successor as al Qaeda’s chief in Iraq would be “on our list” of targets and said US troops must stay for now to help secure the country.
- `Rail Roko, Chakka Jam' Mark U.P. Bandh Against Price Hike (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Government claims protest symbolic; rail passengers inconvenienced
- We Have No Role In Pok Polls: Pakistan (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jun 14, 2006)
``Elections were determined by its constitution''
Nominations of 30 candidates of JKLF rejected
Region's constitution includes requirement to sign accession declaration
- Congress To Spend Rs.30 Crores On Campaign: Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Party to complain to EC on 'violation of code' by Congress
CPI(M) flayed for tying up with the TDP even after describing its chief as World Bank agent
CPI(M)'s truck with the TDP aimed at gaining political power
- A Turning Point? (OutLook, B. Raman , Jun 14, 2006)
Now is the time for the US and Iraqi authorities to reach out to the Sunni community, else they would be presenting the successor to Zarqawi with an opportunity to regroup.
- Indo-Us N-Deal Faces ‘Testing’ Times (Daily Excelsior, V Mohan Narayan, Jun 14, 2006)
The hype over the agreement between India and the United States on cooperation in civil nuclear energy has subsided with reality checks in both countries.
- Us Congress To Debate Resolution On Troop Wi (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Top Republican lawmakers in Washington have said they will submit a resolution to the House of Representatives on Thursday that would reject a timetable for a US troop withdrawal from Iraq.
- More Is Good (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 14, 2006)
In Quetta on Sunday, Saleem Saifullah Khan provided both an answer to many of the problems the provinces in Pakistan are faced with and a reason why this seemingly right answer cannot be applied.
- Musharraf To Be Re-Elected In Uniform: Wasi (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Federal Minister for Law Wasi Zaffar said Tuesday President Gen. Pervez Musharraf can retain both offices at a time and he would be re-elected as president for next five years.
- Pml-N For Polls Under Neutral Govt (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
The Central Working Committee (CWC) of the PML-N here on Tuesday resolved to speed up its struggle for the establishment of a neutral caretaker government in the country to conduct credible elections through an independent and effective Election . . .
- Palestine Further Destabilised (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 14, 2006)
Palestinian factional rivalry erupted into unprecedented violence on Monday as followers of President Mahmud Abbas set Parliament and West Bank cabinet offices ablaze while Hamas supporters tried to storm a security compound in Gaza.
- Death Of A Bigoted Militant (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Jun 14, 2006)
Two months ago, The Washington Post, citing “internal military documents and officers familiar with the programme”, reported:
- Hats Off, Imf! (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 14, 2006)
If a competition were to be held to adjudge which of the international organisations has the most admirable grasp of the obvious, the prize will easily go to the IMF.
- 'Dalits Have Not Benefited From Quotas' (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Professor P Radhakrishnan of the Madras Institute of Development Studies is a well-known social scientist. Some of the key areas of his research include affirmative action; agrarian problems; backward classes and reservations; backward class . . .
- Does The Mha Need To Change Tack? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 14, 2006)
The upsurge in left-wing violence in a number of states currently poses the most serious threat to India’s internal security.
- Story Of Profitable Politics (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 14, 2006)
UPA Government must not rush into passing the Office-of-Profit Bill without giving serious attention to the President's concerns, says CP Bhambhri
- The Palestinians’ Palestine Question (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 14, 2006)
It’s unfortunate that an errant rocket, presumed to be Israeli, which killed a Palestinian family in Gaza last week has turned out to be a catalyst for renewed violence in the region.
- Politics And Football: Bridgeable Divide? (Rediff on the Net, Vikram S Mehta, Jun 14, 2006)
More than any other public event, the ongoing world cup is witness to the brotherhood of merit.
- World Cup Unity In West Bank (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 14, 2006)
It is about the only issue Israelis and Palestinians can agree upon. The TV subscription rates to watch the football World Cup are too high.
- Left Protests Against Oil Price Hike (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Restructure customs and excise duties; do not pass on the burden to States: Karat
- Crisis Blows Over As Coalition Government Defers Discussion . . . (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Jun 14, 2006)
Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister and others spend four hours on Tuesday trying to save the Government
The partners are not seeing eye-to-eye on the issue
Cabinet meeting commences five hours late
- Where Leaders Come To Learn (Deccan Herald, Manu N Kulkarni, Jun 14, 2006)
The country's political and academic institutions must take firm efforts to groom future leaders
- When Democracy Died... (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Jun 14, 2006)
The book is a personal journal, recording the Emergency as seen from an insider’s point of view.
- Giving It Back (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 14, 2006)
New Delhi has finally chosen to prick the rather thin bubble of justification that Pakistan has constructed for itself in the parts of Jammu and Kashmir that it controls.
- Azad Kashmir: Longing For Normality (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Most visitors to the earthquake-devastated areas in Azad Kashmir come away with a distinct impression that while the victims are showing great courage and resilience in rebuilding their shattered lives and broken houses brick by . . .
- Mahajan Jr Case: Police May Question Apollo Ceo (Hindustan Times, Sobhana K., Jun 14, 2006)
Apollo CEO Pratap Reddy and administrator Raji Chandru may soon have to answer some uncomfortable questions from the police in the Rahul Mahajan case.
- No Truck Yet With Technology (Indian Express, SUMANT CHAK, Jun 14, 2006)
While the Maybachs and Bentleys have made inroads and new technology cars like Swifts and Santros zip around us, our trucks seem to be caught in a time warp.
- A Tax Is Best Offence (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 14, 2006)
Sideshows sometimes show up fundamental flaws in our system. For example, the little drama going on about Amar Singh, the Bachchans and income tax returns demonstrates gross political immaturity.
- Plenty Of Enemies To Go (Deccan Herald, Thomas L Friedman, Jun 14, 2006)
Al-Zarqawi reminds us that open societies are threatened by his kind of ruthless jihadists
- In Quota’S Defence (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 14, 2006)
There are no fewer than five pieces on reservations in the latest issue of People’s Democracy including one on ‘the dark world of the media’ that focuses on the ‘upper caste domination in the media’.
- A `Temple Of Learning' Inaugurated (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
Sri Jnanakshi Vidyaniketan gets a new building
- Plea To Regularise Services Of Cooperative Bank Employees (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
The Tamil Nadu Cooperative Employees' Federation, affiliated to the CITU, has urged the Government to regularise the services of those who had put in 480 days of continuous service in cooperative banks.
- Lessons For The League (Pioneer, K Govindan Kutty , Jun 13, 2006)
Iuml's defeat in the Kerala Assembly election reflects its alienation from the poor masses who form its social base ---- Mr E Ahamad, the Minister of State for External Affairs, remains in office not because he has no reason to resign.
- India Slams Bar On Ajk Parties (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Jun 13, 2006)
Taking note of reports of the disqualification of certain political parties and candidates from contesting the upcoming elections in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, India on Monday said it had exposed Pakistan’s insincerity and was a U-turn from President . . .
- Oath Of Transparency Instead Of Oath Of Secrecy, Says Arc (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
The second Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC) headed by M Veerappa Moily not only wants the antiquated Official Secrets Act to go but also wants all public servants from Prime Minister downwards to take the oath of transparency in place of the . . .
- Choice Is Clear (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 13, 2006)
Kumaraswamy's way, or highway----It is typical of the infuriating ironies of Indian politics that the Golden Quadrilateral, the highway development programme that is contemporary India's showpiece infrastructure project, has swiftly seen a change . . .
- Imam's Call To Party (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 13, 2006)
Bukhari dreams of Muslim votes----Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari of Delhi's Jama Masjid is being truthful when he says that 'secular' parties have treated India's Muslims as nothing more than a vote-bank to be tapped at the time of elections through . . .
- Nepal To Free Maoist Detenus (Hindu, Ameet Dhakal, Jun 13, 2006)
Talks with Prachanda fruitful
Maoists hint at readiness to drop House dissolution issue
Next round of talks to focus on ceasefire monitoring
- Kumaraswamy Ready For Debate With Nice On Bmic Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
Company accused of unleashing a hate campaign against Government
Chief Minister says...
I am ready to surrender my land if it falls in BMIC project area
My Government will allow the project according to the original agreement
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