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Articles 9221 through 9320 of 26693:
- Pitroda Meets Pm Amid Rift On Obc Quota (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
Sam Pitroda and other members of the Knowledge Commission, which is divided on the controversial issue of OBC quota in premier government-run higher educational institutions such as IITs and IIMs, today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
- Sonia Set To Win Rae Bareli Bypoll (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
Congress President Sonia Gandhi has established a lead of nearly three lakh votes over her nearest Samajwadi Party rival Raj Kumar Chowdhury in the prestigious Rae Bareli bypoll, improving her margin from the 2004 Lok Sabha elections by almost 50,000 vote
- Old Horse Karunanidhi Gallops In Tamil Nadu (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
As counting of the millions of votes cast in the staggered assembly elections is underway, at least three major states may get new governments.
- Putin Calls For Strong Army (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , May 11, 2006)
President Vladimir Putin has called for a dramatic defence buildup to enable Russia to resist external threats and pressure.
- Israeli Threat To Hamas On Borders (Hindu, Atul Aneja , May 11, 2006)
Accept terms and resume talks, Palestinian group told
- India To Make U.N. Rights Council A Strong Body (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
The election is a recognition of the country's "diplomatic standing," says the Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson
The council has 47 members
India's solidarity with G-77, NAM key to garnering votes
Council's first meeting to be held on . . .
- A New Equation (Frontline, Deb Mukharji, May 11, 2006)
Indo-Nepal relations must evolve from one of largely personal linkages to one truly between two sovereign states.
- For Lasting Peace (Frontline, Kanak Mani Dixit, May 11, 2006)
The people and the political players pull Nepal back from the brink, with some help from India; now it is time to let the U.N. to play its part.
- Indian Flip-Flop (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, May 11, 2006)
The Indian government managed to retain some credibility by going with popular sentiments despite its slipshod initial reaction.
- Pml-N To List Govt Employees Aiding Poll Rigging (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has said it will prepare lists of all those government employees, including military personnel, who, they believed, will become tools for rigging in the next general elections while performing duties.
- Protecting Consumer Rights (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 11, 2006)
Unfortunately, Pakistan remains a corner of the world where consumer rights have been given little or no attention over the last half-century.
- Benazir Says Musharraf Won’T Arrest Osama (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto has said that capturing Osama bin Laden is not in President General Pervez Musharraf’s interest because that will deprive him of the justification for his rule.
- Chill-Out Time On Gulmarg Heights (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, May 11, 2006)
Year-old cable car service turns a big tourist draw
- China, India Are Fast-Growing Polluters - World Bank (Reuters, Deborah Zabarenko, May 11, 2006)
Greenhouse gas pollution from China and India rose steeply over the last decade, but rich countries, including the United States, remain the world's biggest polluters, a World Bank official said on Wednesday.
- Rally Staged Against Tadadi Project (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
The seer was irked by statements made by scientists that fly ash was not a cause of concern.
- Nepal Rising (Frontline, Siddharth Varadarajan, May 11, 2006)
A road map exists, and the people of Nepal are anxious to get moving. But there are also seven roadblocks to be overcome.
- Arjun’S Comments On Quota Not Against Code: Ec (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
The Election Commission (EC) has disapproved HRD Minister Arjun Singh’s comments on the reservation issue while the election process was on in five states, but held that he could not be accused of violating the Model Code of Conduct.
- Don’T Tolerate Intolerance (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 11, 2006)
When is one considered to be misusing the right to freedom of expression guaranteed to us in the Constitution?
- India Elected To New Un Rights Body (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
India has been elected to the newly constituted UN Human Rights Council, securing the highest votes in the Asian category, in the largest ever election conducted in the UN history.
- Another Pitch To Iran (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, May 11, 2006)
It was hard not to be struck by the sequence of developments on Iran on Monday.
- In Iran, Apocalypse Vs. Reform (Washington Post, Jackson Diehl, May 11, 2006)
In a dusty brown village outside this Shiite holy city, a once-humble yellow-brick mosque is undergoing a furious expansion.
- Govt To Bring New Bill On Oop (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 10, 2006)
The Union Cabinet on Tuesday decided to bring a Bill to amend the 1959 Act of Prevention of Disqualification of Members of Parliament to end the raging office-of-profit controversy.
- Bjp Sharpens Claws, Left To Fake Attack In Parliament (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
With the Opposition BJP all set to step up its attack on the UPA Government, there are clear indications that the Government would be under increasing pressure even from its key allies and supporters when the two Houses of Parliament reconvene on . . .
- Enter Dmk, Predict Exit Polls (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
All three exit polls conducted in Tamil Nadu, which went to the polls on 8 May in a single phase, have uniformly predicted a win for the DMK front.
- Pm Takes To Bjp Road (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
Within days of the BJP winding up its Bharat Suraksha Yatra, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today asked young men and women to hold nationwide yatras to mark the 150th anniversary next year of the 1857 uprising, an event he cited as an example of . . .
- Ltte's Efforts To Provoke Colombo Have Not Succeeded . . . (Hindu, Amit Baruah, May 10, 2006)
Says the onus of resuming the peace process is now on the Tigers
"LTTE using Karuna issue as a pretext not to return to negotiating table"
He spells out goals for innovators
Facilitator's task a "thankless one" given the complexity of ethnic problem
- Three Steps To Mid-Course Correction (Hindu, Harish Khare , May 10, 2006)
The challenge is to convert the UPA arrangement into a maximal concord, which will re-design the polity as the facilitator of a forward-looking Indian state.
- Industrial Units Get Pollution Board Letter Of Consent On The Dot (Hindu, S. Vydhianathan, May 10, 2006)
Sector-wise approach speed up things; experts' opinion elicited
Earlier, units had to run from pillar to post for renewal letter
It took at least three months, even if they satisfied all conditions
This year pollution control board sprung a surprise
- The Real Issue (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 10, 2006)
GENERAL Musharraf, who has been interacting with the central and provincial leaders of the ruling party and lately started inviting district nazims to these meetings, has made a sort of prejudgment about Ch Shujaat Hussain's re-election as the . . .
- Liberalism Has Failed, Ahmadinejad Writes To Bush (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
Iran’s President declared in a letter to Mr George W. Bush that liberalism and democracy had failed, criticising the USA, among other things, for invading Iraq and supporting Israel.
- Iran Letter To Bush Flays Us Govt (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
Iran's president declared in a letter to President Bush that democracy had failed worldwide and lamented "an ever-increasing global hatred" of the US Government. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice swiftly rejected the letter, saying it made no . . .
- Bending The Constitution (Pioneer, MC Joshi, May 10, 2006)
The provision of reservation for the Scheduled Castes and Tribes was incorporated in the Constitution for a limited period.
- Re-Polling Ordered In Virudhunagar, Ramanathapuram Districts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
It will be conducted on Wednesday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Nepal Scraps Some Royal Decrees, Eases Media Curbs (Reuters, Gopal Sharma, May 10, 2006)
Nepal's new multi-party cabinet scrapped several royal decrees on Tuesday, including easing media curbs that were imposed by King Gyanendra after he sacked the government and seized absolute power last year.
- Bjp National Executive In Delhi On May 29-30 (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
The first national executive meeting of the BJP after Rajnath Singh took over as party president would be held here on May 29-30.
- Non-Existent Evils (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 10, 2006)
Biman’s way of charging up cadres
Biman Bose, appointed the CPI-M’s state secretary after the passing away of Anil Biswas, has a style that is radically different from that of his predecessor.
- Transition Tryst (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 10, 2006)
Common purpose is what Nepal needs
- Who Needs America? (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, May 10, 2006)
Last fortnight an Indian engineer in Afghanistan was beheaded by the Taliban. This followed a demand that India quit Afghanistan. The Indian government firmly stated that it would not withdraw from Afghanistan.
- Wb: Five-Phase Assembly Polls Record 82% Voting (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
West Bengal registered 82 per cent voting in the five-phase assembly elections, seven per cent higher than in the 2001 assembly polls, Chief Electoral Officer Debashis Sen said today.
- Latin America’S Turn To The Left (Dawn, Mahir Ali, May 10, 2006)
Towards the end of last month, Fidel Castro played host to a pair of neighbours, Hugo Chavez and Evo Morales, with whom he signed a pact titled the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas.
- Another War Will Be Mad (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, May 10, 2006)
The “generals' revolt” may have sent a warning to America's military establishment to beware of reckless political leadership.”
- Why Rae Bareli Matters (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
There have been no exit polls for the Rae Bareli by-election since no one has any doubt about the outcome. Even if the Gandhis are largely absentee landlords, they continue to enjoy an almost god-like status in this territory.
- Ensure Rehabilitation Of People Displaced By Project: Bangarappa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
A proper package is as important as the project itself, says the former Chief Minister
The Shimoga MP says
Consider geographical area and not population for delimitation of constituencies
A third political front is possible if Left parties . . .
- Groundrules On Gujarat (Indian Express, ANANDA MAJUMDAR, May 10, 2006)
Against the backdrop of the demolition of the Sufi shrine in Vadodara and the terrorist strike in Doda, the CPM’s message to the UPA is clear: firstly, the government cannot be a bystander and secondly, the Left’s support to the UPA was clearly to . . .
- Poll Vaults (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 10, 2006)
The moment of pause which intervenes between the last vote being polled and the last vote being counted lends itself to introspection on elections, on democracy, and the link between them. Each set of elections throws up its own peculiar challenges.
- Admk Worker Hacked To Death, Anbumani, Father Named In Fir (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss and his father Dr. S. Ramadoss, the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder, have been named in an FIR relating to the murder of an AIADMK functionary, Muruganandam, in Tamil Nadu on Monday night, hours after . . .
- Battle For Tn Or Southern Blockbuster? (Statesman, Usha Mahadevan, May 10, 2006)
The people of Tamil Nadu await a verdict on their franchise sealed in mute voting machines till 11 May, but the battle for the state had all the elements of a southern blockbuster ~ vendetta, histrionics and farce.
- How Will Mahajan’S Death Affect Bjp? (The Economic Times, Swapan Dasgupta, May 10, 2006)
Death, according to some of the great religious traditions, is the great leveller. In Indian public life, however, death becomes the spectacular elevator.
- Stature-Worthy Verdict Of Thai Court (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 10, 2006)
Thailand’s apex court has invalidated last month’s controversial elections and ordered fresh polls within 60 days, clearing the way for an end to months of political turmoil.
- Centre Sweats To Save Mps (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
With the Supreme Court showing no mercy and a political consensus proving elusive, the Centre today shrugged off an air of indecisiveness and decided to expand the list of offices of profit immune to the disqualification law.
- Musharraf Denies Snap Poll Reports (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
Gen Musharraf, who has been meeting a number of ruling party politicians in recent weeks as part of his efforts to revitalise the alliance led by ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q), told a group of legislators on Monday that the assemblies would . .
- Leader Article: Fresh Beginning (Times of India, Rajeev Dhavan , May 10, 2006)
In October 2005, I was privileged to interact with some of Nepal's formidable and courageous lawyers while delivering a speech before Nepal's Bar Council in Kathmandu.
- Ex-Mp Jaya Bachchan (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 10, 2006)
The Supreme Court’s rejection of Jaya Bachchan’s petition against her disqualification from the membership of the Rajya Sabha by the Election Commission on grounds of holding an office of profit was not entirely unexpected. Ms Bachchan has been . . .
- Isro, Nasa Ink Historic Mou For Moon Mission (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
India moved one step closer to the Moon on Tuesday with Nasa becoming an active participant in Chandrayaan-I.
- Upa To Face Left, Oppn Heat In Parliament Today (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
The Congress-led coalition at the Centre is expected to come under intense pressure from the Left parties in the second phase of budget session beginning on Wednesday.
- India Elected To Un Panel (Hindustan Times, DHARAM SHOURIE, May 10, 2006)
India was on Tuesday elected to the Human Rights Council of the United Nations.
- Blair Hints At 2007 Summer Quit Date (Telegraph, GEORGE JONES AND BRENDAN CARLIN, May 10, 2006)
Tony Blair abandoned his election promise to serve a full third term last night, indicating that he could stand down next summer.
- Emission & Noise-Free Transport (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 10, 2006)
The public transport strike in Karachi is nothing short of blackmail by bus and minibus owners to force the government to back out of implementing a Sindh High Court ban against smoke-emitting and noisy vehicles.
- Loss Of Muslim Vote In Assam May Hurt Cong Minority Tag (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
The success of the Muslim-centric Assam United Democratic Front (AUDF) in the Assam elections may contain a sombre lesson for Congress.
- Indian Forces Killed 733 Kashmiris In 2004: Us State Department (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
Indian security forces have killed 733 civilians in so-called counterinsurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir during 2004, said a US State Department report on human rights violations.
- The Fast-Lane Present (Telegraph, Shahid Amin, May 10, 2006)
The 150th anniversary next year of the 1857 Uprising and the staging of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi have begun a rethink on what we — living in a fast-lane present — have done to our built heritage.
- Lankan Foreign Minister For Negotiations To Settle Ethnic Issue (Tribune, T.R. Ramachandran, May 10, 2006)
Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera categorically said today that Colombo was not looking for a new facilitator as Norway was doing its best and his government would continue to seek a negotiated settlement to the protracted ethnic issue . . .
- Towards A Foreign Policy Of Realistic Idealism (Tribune, Madeleine K. Albright, May 10, 2006)
Recent events in Iraq and the Middle East have revived the hoariest of academic debates – between the so-called realists in foreign policy and the idealists.
- Critical Mass With Iran (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
Top diplomats of the world's major powers met in New York on Monday to see if they could agree on whether the UN Security Council should demand that Iran suspend its uranium enrichment and stop building a heavy-water nuclear reactor. They couldn't.
- Nepal's Trust For Democracy (Daily Excelsior, Arun Deep Singh, May 09, 2006)
After the Indian Prime Minister's special envoy, Dr Karan Singh went to Kathmandu on 20th April and met King Gyanendra, the later restore Nepal's Parliament. One can say now emphatically that in this round, it is a clear victory for pro-democracy . . .
- Showing Who's The Boss (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 09, 2006)
It has been barely a week since Prime Minister Koirala took over the reins in Nepal but the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) government he heads has quickly understood a key principle of political survival: the amount of power it wields is a function of . . .
- Growing Isolation (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 09, 2006)
Blair may have to decide to make a dignified exit
- The Ultimate Car-Rally (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 09, 2006)
Forget the bumpy Kenyan safari! Forget the gruelling Paris-Dakar car rally! Commuting to work and back in Bangalore is the ultimate test of a car driver’s motoring skills and the state of his peripheral vision!
- Nosedive In Blair’S Popularity (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 09, 2006)
The outcome of Local Bodies’ elections in the United Kingdom clearly shows that the incumbent Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair is facing the wrath of the public opinion.
- Dmk Front Headed For A Big Win In Tamil Nadu (Hindu, Sanjay Kumar, May 09, 2006)
The HinduCNN-IBN Exit Poll finds 10 % point lead, predicts 157-167 seats for DPA; coalition government likely
- Presidential Election (News International, Editorial, The News International, May 09, 2006)
It is not usual to begin an editorial with a fresh quote but this one is too apt to go unreported. "Now who is electing whom? They electing him -- isn't it vice versa?" responds a young journalist spontaneously as she hears of the ruling Pakistan . . .
- Reading The Lines Of Future (Pioneer, K Govindan Kutty , May 09, 2006)
Anyone who can peep into time's womb wins instant respect. Whether it is the wandering woman with the clairvoyant parrot in the cage, or the man on the pavement with the magnifying glass who reads in the lines of the hand life's secrets, or the poll . . .
- Axe In Albion (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 09, 2006)
Mr Blair’s desperate and sweeping reshuffle
Friday’s reshuffle of the British cabinet is a desperate move by Tony Blair to shore up his image after a series of scandals now exacerbated by the resounding defeat in local elections.
- Secularism Of Convenience (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 09, 2006)
A 'dargah' where 'puja' is held can be termed Islamic only in Gujarat because it's convenient, says Tarun Vijay
- Who Is Stoking Communal Fire? (Pioneer, A Surya Prakash, May 09, 2006)
A week ago two Indian States - Muslim majority Jammu and Kashmir and Hindu majority Gujarat - were in the news for all the wrong reasons.
- Nda Kid Gloves For Shahabuddin (Statesman, Manoj Chaurasia, May 09, 2006)
Bihar’s regimes change; ways don’t. Not when the crime-prone state has to cope with someone like Siwan’s Rashtriya Janata Dal member of Parliament, Mr Mohammad Shahabuddin, facing more than 50 criminal cases, including one of treason.
- 67 Pc Polling In Bengal (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 09, 2006)
An estimated 67 per cent voters exercised their franchise in six districts of West Bengal in the fifth and final phase of polling on Monday, reports reaching the election headquarters here said.
- Getting Real About Oil Prices (Deccan Herald, Bhamy V Shenoy And A Madhavan, May 09, 2006)
Crude oil prices have surged from $ 18 per gallon to $ 75 since 2002, with no ceiling in sight. For India, which annually imports more than 74 per cent of its crude oil demand, this is the third oil shock. The government has tried in vain to contain . . .
- Dmk Candidate Beaten Up After He Smashes Evm (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 09, 2006)
DMK candidate from Andipatti Assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu was today beaten up by some people after he allegedly smashed an electronic voting machine following an altercation with an AIADMK agent at a booth when voting was on, police said.
- Mk Predicts Landslide Victory For Dpa (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 09, 2006)
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader and four times Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, who is leading a six-party Democratic Progressive Alliance, told reporters here on Monday that his alliance would get not less than 200 seats in the 234-member Tamil Nadu . . .
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