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Articles 8021 through 8120 of 26693:
- Maoists In Nepal Accuse Govt Of Plotting With King (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Jun 03, 2006)
Always a fateful day in the history of Nepal and its royal family, this Friday struck a double blow for monarchy as the residents of Kathmandu virtually ignored the death anniversary of their king and queen and the public appearance of the current . . .
- Japan Considers Adding Patriotism To School Curriculum (Tribune, Bruce Wallace, Jun 03, 2006)
If the Japanese government gets its way, educators will soon add another course to the standard curriculum of reading, writing and arithmetic: teaching students to show love for their country.
- Chemical Onslaught On Human Life (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 03, 2006)
There was a time when man derived all his requirements from nature. He used naturally available herbs as medicine, naturally available nutrients and colours as cosmetics, and so on.
- Caste Matters In The Indian Media (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jun 03, 2006)
If television and newspaper coverage of the anti-reservation agitation was indulgent and one-sided, the lack of diversity in the newsroom is surely a major culprit.
- Republicans In Trouble (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 03, 2006)
After the United States President, George W. Bush, won re-election in 2004, the Republican party believed it had a good chance of preserving its majorities in the two Houses of Congress over the next few electoral cycles.
- Koirala To Visit India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
Nepal Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala will pay an official visit to India from June 6 to 9 at the invitation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the External Affairs Ministry said on Friday.
- Bush Circles The Wagons As Approval Ratings Slip (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
With just five months to go before the midterm elections, President Bush, whose once-faithful base has abandoned him in droves, is turning to the same conservative hot-button issues that won him re-election in 2004 -- homosexual "marriage" and . . .
- Military Officers To Administer Tribal Areas (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
In a major policy decision, President Gen Pervez Musharraf is reported to have approved the appointment of senior military officers as administrators of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata).
- 51pc Danes Want Troops To Return From Iraq: Poll (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
Fifty-one percent of Danes want their troops to be pulled out of Iraq, according to a new poll.
- The Social `Trilemma` (Business Standard, T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan, Jun 03, 2006)
Equity, justice, efficiency-all three cannot be pursued simultaneously. One must be sacrificed.
- Gears That Move The Innards Of Growth (Business Line, D. Murali , Jun 03, 2006)
Three books by Indian writers chart the course of economic growth in the country, looking at it from various angles — the sources of growth, growth theory and macroeconomic policy. Interesting and informative reads, says D.MURALI.
- Bjp To Probe All Angles (Statesman, Dipankar Chakraborty, Jun 03, 2006)
The BJP is looking at all angles, including a conspiracy theory and possible drug abuse, to arrive at its own conclusion and weigh the chances of the late Pramod Mahajan’s son’s entry into the party fold.
- Rahul Mahajan Critical After Snorting Cocaine (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
Pramod Mahajan's secretary Bibek Moitra dead; three young men who supplied drug surrender
Police looking out for three persons who had come to meet them
Some white powder, suspected to be a narcotics substance, purportedly recovered from . . .
- Maoists Lay Claim To Kathmandu (Statesman, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Jun 03, 2006)
Always a fateful day in the history of Nepal and its royal family, the day came as a blow to the monarchy, as residents of Kathmandu ignored the death anniversary of their King and Queen and the public appearance of the current King and Queen . . .
- Payback Time (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Jun 03, 2006)
The writing was always there on the wall. But, typically, we Indians failed to see it.
- Will India Run Aground Or Muddle Through? (The Financial Express, V ANANTHA NAGESWARAN, Jun 03, 2006)
Either way, India’s future seems flawed; eternal optimists should tone down expectations from it.
- Oil Spill From Vessel Continues (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
Coast Guard taking steps to contain slick from ship that ran aground off Karwar coast
Devbag beach near Karwar is affected by oil slick
Experts airlifted to the wrecked ship to locate the source of oil leak
- A Rosy Statistical Picture (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 03, 2006)
The National Economic Council (NEC) has projected an ambitious overall development expenditure for the next fiscal year.
- Tap Ceos For Top Jobs: Follow Us Example (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 03, 2006)
Is it possible for Deepak Parekh or K V Kamath to become India’s FM? The answer is likely to be no, because of perceived conflicts of interest and also because the political system doesn’t trust businessmen. That’s a state of mind, which is a . . .
- Shocked Bjp Keeps Fingers Crossed (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
The second tragedy in late Pramod Mahajan's family on Friday left the BJP leaders stunned.
- Parliament To Discuss Oop Bill In Monsoon Session (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
The Office of Profit (OoP) Bill, returned by President APJ Abdul Kalam for reconsideration by Parliament, will be taken up by the two Houses in the Monsoon Session beginning last week of July.
- Ppp, Mma Strike Seat Deal For Ajk Election (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
The People’s Party Parliamentarians and Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal have reached a seat adjustment agreement for the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council elections to be held on July 11.
- 'Ist Airbus Plant Outside Europe To Start Production In China' (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
European aircraft giant Airbus has chosen the northern Chinese city of Tianjin as the site for its first overseas assembly plant to make the popular A-320 plane, a media report said here today.
- All Ongoing Schemes Will Be Evaluated, Says Karunanidhi (Hindu, R.K. Radhakrishnan, Jun 02, 2006)
"No mindless scrapping of projects initiated by AIADMK"
Free bicycle scheme for class 12 students to continue
Free marriage scheme for poor women to commence from June 3
- Congress-Communist Camaraderie (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Jun 02, 2006)
There are moments in history when forked tongues will no do, and when overly nuanced appraisals of events amount only to equivocation.
- Opting Out Of The System? (Dawn, Tahir Mirza, Jun 02, 2006)
When you retire after almost 50 years in active journalism, are you also in some way perhaps opting out of the whole system in which you have been involved, have written about and reported on?
- Gujarat Communalised (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Jun 02, 2006)
The BJP attempted to make Gujarat chauvinism synonymous with Hindutva for better poll prospects
- Radhakrishnan Elected Speaker Of Pondy Assembly (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
A.V. Sreedharan is the Deputy Speaker of the House
- The 2008 White House Race Is Wide Open (Hindu, Simon Tisdall, Jun 02, 2006)
Hillary Clinton is regarded as a divisive figure in some quarters
John Mcain could be "too old" by January 2009
Jeb Bush is popular but the problem is his name
A fresh face could be what America is waiting for
- The U.S. And The Strategy For Freedom (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Jun 02, 2006)
A remarkable feature of U.S. perceptions of West Asia is an inability or unwillingness to acknowledge linkages.
- Maoists To Hold First Rally In Nepal Capital In 3 Yrs (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Nepal's Maoist rebels are set to hold their first mass rally in Kathmandu in over three years on Friday, in what their chief negotiator said would be a peaceful demonstration after a ceasefire declared in April.
- Multi-Racial Fiji (Statesman, Sam Rajappa, Jun 02, 2006)
The dream of the late Timoci Bavadra of a multi-racial Fiji for which he launched the Fiji Labour Party in the 1980s providing a common platform for the indigenous Fijians and the Fiji-Indians was at last realised in the just concluded parliamentary . . .
- National Assembly, Senate Begin Stormy Budget Sessions Today (Dawn, Raja Asghar, Jun 02, 2006)
Both houses of parliament will meet on Friday to begin what are likely to be tense budget sessions that will be keenly watched for government-promised relief in the face of one of the severest price hikes prevailing in the country.
- From `Volumes` To `Value` (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 02, 2006)
Brands and marketers should start tapping the opportunity at the top of the pyramid.
- Jihadis Hit Again (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 02, 2006)
There is no denying the fact that had the terrorists who set out on Thursday morning to blow up the RSS headquarters in Nagpur succeeded in their mission, jihadis both in India and abroad would have celebrated while the Government and its security . . .
- Waving, Not Drowning (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Jun 02, 2006)
If the BJP wants to stage a comeback, it must regain the Opposition space that it has lost to the Left -
- Appeasement As State Policy (Pioneer, Sanjog Maheshwari, Jun 02, 2006)
While the past decades have witnessed relentless competition among various political organisations to appease the minority community in a bid to cultivate the Muslim vote-bank, none can match the UPA Government's firestorm of minorityism.
- Trinamool Fans Farmers' Ire On Land For Tatas (Pioneer, Saugar Sengupta, Jun 02, 2006)
For the first time after the elections, the Nationalist Trinamool Congress on Thursday got down to testing the political waters in Hooghly district by galvanising disgruntled farmers at Singur block to protest against the "unlawful and impetuous . . .
- Opening Doors To Islamists (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Jun 02, 2006)
After sealing the fate of Indian academics with 27 per cent reservation, Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh is off on a nine-day trip to the Gulf to explore possibilities of cooperation in academics between the two countries.
- Clinton Gains Delegates’ Support For Re-Election (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
With her husband sitting a few feet away, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton accepted her party’s unanimous re-election endorsement on Wednesday — even as state Democrats denounced the ‘‘error’’ of invading Iraq, an action Clinton strongly supported . . .
- Left Tells Ec To Keep Off Oop Issue, Says Parliament Has Right (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
In the wake of President APJ Abdul Kalam returning the Office-of-Profit Bill, the Left on Thursday warned the Election Commission not to "get embroiled in another controversy by proceeding on disqualification notices."
- Why’S Kalam Mum On Quota? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Jun 02, 2006)
Although his decision to return the Office of Profit Bill has won him the applause of a middle-class suspicious of the motives and motivations of the political class, a good question to ask is: why has President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam been silent on the . . .
- Smoke-Screen (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 02, 2006)
The government is past master at the art of diversion. If a book or a film proves controversial, it reacts by banning the work. It implements social justice by ruining our universities, instead of tackling the problem at its root — ensuring that . . .
- Nepal Maoists Revile All Things Indian (Pioneer, Akhilesh Suman, Jun 02, 2006)
Even after the establishment of an interim government in Nepal with support from Indian soil in various forms, Nepal's Maoists (Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist) are still pursuing their agenda of removing Indian influence from Nepal politics and . . .
- Saudi Media Calls Arjun An ‘Icon Of Indian Secularism’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
The Saudi media has heaped praise on the visiting Union Minister for Human Resource and Development Arjun Singh, describing him as a very “seasoned politician” and an “icon of Indian secularism”. Giving wide coverage to Singh’s visit to Saudi . . .
- Council Poll: Cong Wins 'Prestige Battle' (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly, Mr N Dharam Singh, said the victory would mark the beginning of the end of the JD (S)-BJP government.
- Left Takes A Right Hand Turn (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 02, 2006)
Under Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, West Bengal's lapse into capitalism is a foregone conclusion,
- Sudan Is The Most Failed (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Jun 02, 2006)
The recently released annual global “failed states index” covered 146 states from all continents. Each country was scored from one to ten according to a dozen criteria and was ranked according to its score. Those scoring highest were rated the most . . .
- Keep Out Of Profit Row, Karat Tells Ec (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
As the office-of-profit controversy locks the country’s President and Parliament in a stalemate, the woman with whom it all began shook herself free from its shadow today.
- Office-Of-Profit: Special House Session May Not Be Convened (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
PM Manmohan Singh who consulted some of his ministerial colleagues, including parliamentary affairs minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi on the office of profit issue, is reportedly unwilling to appear completely impervious to President Kalam's view on the issue
- Gap With Govt Widening, Say Maoists (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Communist rebels today acknowledged widening differences at peace talks with Nepal’s new government, accusing the ruling alliance of reneging on promises that could push the country back into conflict.
- Reserve And Destroy (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jun 02, 2006)
As the populism fire rages, Indian forests are under profound threat.
- Rule And Ruin (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Jun 02, 2006)
This is the story of a day that shook India as few other events have done since 1947.
- Two Brands That Have Taken The Market By Storm (Telegraph, Raju Mukherji, Jun 02, 2006)
David Beckham is among the best known names in the world today. The surname rings more bells than those of kings or prime ministers, politicians or authors.
- One Answer To 5 Tricky Questions (Indian Express, M. Rama Jois, Jun 02, 2006)
The on-going controversy over OBC reservations raises some important questions: is reservation on the basis of the decades old OBC list really in favour of socially and educationally backward classes? Is reservation at the post-graduate level justified?
- Mahajan's Secretary Maitra Dead, Son Rahul In Icu (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Rahul Mahajan, son of late Bharatiya Janata Party leader Pramod Mahajan, has been admitted to the Indraprastha Apollo hospital in New Delhi, while the late leader's secretary, Vivek Moitra, died of suspected food poisoning.
- Buddha Takes A Brief Break (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Vacation after victory is but natural. Only, in the case of Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, victories are more frequent than vacations.
- Why Pakistan Should Look At Nigeria, Nepal (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Jun 02, 2006)
Recent developments in Nepal and Nigeria offer an example for Pakistan on how to overcome entrenched authoritarian structures through popular mobilisation and thoughtful political action.
- Maoists Accuse Nepal Govt Of Reneging On Promises (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Maoists in Nepal today charged the government of Prime Minister G P Koirala with going back on promises and trying to push the country back into conflict .
- Ruthless Merit (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 02, 2006)
There is an English disease, peculiar to a particular class, of using language to mask feelings rather than express them.
- True Cost Of Elections (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 02, 2006)
To date, there have been no authentic, overarching studies assessing the cost of elections in India.
- Checks And Imbalances (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Jun 01, 2006)
President Kalam’s return of the Office of Profit Bill raises three questions.
- The Stock Market Slump (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 01, 2006)
A report carried in Wednesday’s Dawn says that a hefty amount of Rs600 billion has been wiped out by plummeting share prices and falling KSE-100 index between April 17 and May 30.
- Quota Move Brings Out Caste Divide In Young Indians (Daily Times, Kamil Zaheer, Jun 01, 2006)
Modern India likes to boast about its emergence on the world stage and its booming information and pharmaceutical sectors, but the country is still grappling with the ancient Hindu caste system which divides its people
- Nepal Again Plans To Humble King (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Jun 01, 2006)
The king will no longer be the appointing authority of ambassadors and chiefs of constitutional bodies like the chief justice and chief election commissioner.
- ‘Kalam Move No Setback For Party, Govt’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
A day after the President returned the Office-of-Profit Amendment Bill, the Congress party’s response was a calibrated defiance.
- Maoists Step Up Anti-India, Us Propaganda Ahead Of Talks (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Jun 01, 2006)
Ahead of their first-ever public meeting in Kathmandu due on Friday, the Maoists seem to have revived their anti-India stance.
- Look Who Profits (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 01, 2006)
With the government in effect refusing to admit there’s anything too convenient by half in the amended office of profit rules — the president will reportedly be asked to sign the very bill he has questioned — probably the last chance for injecting . . .
- The Lady Is Not For Turning (Deccan Herald, Fred Hiatt, Jun 01, 2006)
The day Aung San Suu Kyi should have been freed, last Saturday, was also the 16th anniversary of the election that should have made her prime minister.
- To Harry Sir With Love (Indian Express, Sandeep Narayan, Jun 01, 2006)
A Sense of nostalgia came over me when I read a report in the Indian Express of May 28 about cricket coach, Harry Ramdas. For some he is better known as the man who taught the great Brian Lara in his youth, but to me and many other young . . .
- Office Of Profit: Kalam Move Has Mps On Toes (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
The ghost of disqualification is revisiting several MPs, including Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee and ministers, in the light of President A P J Abdul Kalam returning the controversial Office of Profit Bill to Parliament with the main . . .
- The Fallout And The Falling Out (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Jun 01, 2006)
The more one searches for credible political rationale behind Mandal II, the more baffled it leaves you. It is only going to leave a trail of losers, not winners.
- Amend Office Of Profit Bill (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 01, 2006)
The objections that underpin President A P J Abdul Kalam’s decision to return the Office of Profit bill to Parliament indicate that the legislature has, in its attempt to amend the Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act, 1959, failed to . . .
- Thank You, Kalam Saab (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 01, 2006)
The Office-of-Profit Bill deserved this
- Credit It To ‘‘Condi’’ Law Makers (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 01, 2006)
After all that was said and done by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US President George Bush last month, the real person who is pushing the nuclear deal is Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice.
- Virtues And Vices Of Coalition Rule (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Jun 01, 2006)
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, in an interview to the BBC has hinted at the possibility of a new political equation and even a mid-term election in the post - poll scenario to four state assemblies.
- Bjp Urges Students To Listen To Sc On Strike (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
The opposition BJP, which has been sympathetic to the agitating medicos, today counselled them to pay heed to the supreme court’s direction to call off their ongoing strike against the OBC quota.
- "V. P. Singh Dancing To Congress' Tune" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
Uttar Pradesh Transport Minister Naresh Agrawal on Wednesday alleged that former Prime Minister Vishwanath Pratap Singh was dancing to the Congress' tunes.
- 'The Army Has To Come Out' (OutLook, Arundhati Roy, Jun 01, 2006)
'The Indians are teaching the Americans, too, how to occupy a place ... The occupation of Kashmir has taken place over years. ... In Iraq, you have 125,000 or so American troops in a situation of war, controlling 25 million Iraqis.
- Nobody Profits (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 01, 2006)
While sending the Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Amendment Bill back to Parliament for its reconsideration, President APJ Abdul Kalam has highlighted what could be deep flaws in the proposed law to exempt MPs holding certain offices of . . .
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