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Articles 9521 through 9620 of 26693:
- Metro Plus Rapid Bus Transit (Deccan Herald, Asha Krishnaswamy, May 05, 2006)
Curitiba, with a population exceeding 1.7 million, has one car for every three inhabitants — the second largest car per capita figure in Brazil. But its auto fuel consumption per capita is the lowest among Brazil’s cities, thanks to the integrated . . .
- Untimely Death (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 05, 2006)
BJP has lost a promising second rung leader
- Old Query On Young (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 05, 2006)
With Pramod Mahajan no more, Uma Bharati out and Rajnath Singh’s earlier elevation to party presidentship in some ways taking him out of the future race, the BJP’s so-called second generation leaders have less competition but are perhaps no more . . .
- Curfew Relaxed In Vadodara (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, May 05, 2006)
Clash in Navapura before Army moved in
Army stages flag march in affected areas
"Handling of situation by police raises a lot of questions"
- Cbi Raids Chautala Residences (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
The CBI, which started the raids early on Thursday, said preliminary investigation revealed that the family has both movable and immovable property worth hundreds of crores of rupees in Delhi (including four huge farm houses in . . .
- Bjp, Aiadmk Have Secret Pact: Brinda Karat (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Says Jayalalithaa is not attacking BJP, RSS, due to this
Describes AIADMK Government as anti-poor, anti-peasant, anti-Dalit"
Praises DMK's election promise of subsidised rice
- Is The Tn Poll Free And Fair? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, May 05, 2006)
When the Election Commission has been piling up accolades for managing even more complex assignments with aplomb, it might seem an odd question to ask, but it must be asked: are the Tamil Nadu elections really free and fair?
- Arjun Calls On Ec, Clarifies Stand (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
With less than a week left for the model code of conduct to get over, HRD minister Arjun Singh came calling on the full Election Commission on Thursday.
- Snap Poll In Singapore (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, May 05, 2006)
The May 6 election is viewed as an exercise in the politics of stability.
- Help Workers Cast Their Votes, Intuc Tells Ec (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Unorganised sector should be given wages as compensation
- Indian-Origin Sunita Williams To Make Maiden Space Expedition (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
She will serve as a flight engineer on NASA's six-month mission
- Over 5,000 Police Personnel To Be Deployed For Elections (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Around 140 booths identified as sensitive; flag march held at Namakkal
- Washington Still Needs Islamabad (Hindu, Simon Tisdall, May 05, 2006)
When america's world changed after 9/11, President Pervez Musharraf adapted faster than most. He severed Pakistan's official links with the Taliban, backed the U.S. war on terror, and set about taming lawless tribal areas abutting the Afghan border. Gen.
- Sabre-Rattling Against Iran Unlikely To Succeed (Hindu, Tariq Ali, May 04, 2006)
Ringed by nuclear states, Teheran's atomic programme is scarcely unreasonable. So why has Washington manufactured this crisis?
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 04, 2006)
Two articles — "India Inc., liberalisation, and social responsibility" by Sushma Ramchandran (Editorial page, April 25, 2006) and "The ideological debate in China" by Pallavi Aiyar (Op-Ed, April 25, 2006), have a reader asking: Ms. Ramachandran . . .
- Russia's Energy Diversification Moves (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , May 04, 2006)
Irked by attempts to block it out of Europe's energy retail market, Moscow has begun to seek other export routes.
- A Man Of The Modern World (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , May 04, 2006)
There was no job in the BJP that Pramod Mahajan did not handle — and handle with some finesse. Whether he was in the party or the government, he took every job seriously, working out every detail.
- Nepal's Monarchy At A Crossroads (Hindu, Ameet Dhakal, May 04, 2006)
Nepal's reinstated House of Representative passed a unanimous resolution on Sunday to go for constituent assembly elections to draft a new constitution. Will ballot power overthrow the 237-year old monarchy?
- Man In A Hurry (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, May 04, 2006)
For the fledgling Bharatiya Janata Party, New Year’s Day, 1985 was not the occasion to celebrate. As the general election results poured in, the anticipated victory of the Congress turned into an avalanche.
- Nellithope Crucial For Both Dmk, Aiadmk (Hindu, S. Nadarajan, May 04, 2006)
An ex-serviceman and an ex-CM lock horns in the poll battle
Janakiraman has been holding the seat since his first win in 1985
Segar is a green horn in the poll battle
Nellithope has a total of 22,758 voters with 11,645 women voters and 11,113 men
- Sonia Woos Women For Votes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
`You have to play an important role in the development of society', says Congress chief
- Rocket-Rattling Over Iran (Deccan Herald, Tariq Ali, May 04, 2006)
Till now, what has prevented the crisis in Iraq from becoming a total debacle for the US has been the open collaboration of the Iranian clerics.
- On The Fast Track (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 04, 2006)
The Union Government has given the green signal to the metro rail project in Bangalore.
- Ec Submits Its Opinion On Nine Office-Of-Profit Leaders To Kalam (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
With the Parliament slated to debate on the issue of office of profit while it reconvenes next week, the Election Commission on Wednesday forwarded its opinion with regard to nine Parliamentarians to President APJ Abdul Kalam.
- Rest In Peace (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 04, 2006)
Whenever he was buffeted by a political storm, and there were many in the two-and-a-half decades that Pramod Mahajan spent in the BJP, he would resolutely battle on, refusing to accept defeat.
- Changing Geo-Politics Of Central Asia & India (Daily Excelsior, Sudhanshu Tripathi, May 04, 2006)
The Central Asian region is one of the most prominent socio-political cultural units in the contemporary world. Its location in the middle of Islamic, Christian and Buddhist radicalized civilizations makes the region as the most convenient transit . . .
- Eco-Bird' To Monitor E-Waste Recycling (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
11 recycling units form an association to promote clean practices
- Pramod Was A Caring, Generous Friend (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, May 04, 2006)
When the mission in Cairo was informed that a parliamentary delegation would be visiting Egypt, a collective groan went up.
- Obituary: Pramod Mahajan (Statesman, Pramod Mahajan, May 04, 2006)
A strategist & an expert organiser
An iconoclast till his last day, Pramod represented that new breed of hyperactive “Gen next” eager to make an impact at the centre-stage of the national politics.
- Ceasefire Ceases (Statesman, Sam Rajappa, May 04, 2006)
The suicide attack on the Sri Lankan Army Commander, Lt.-Gen. Sarath Fonseka, on 25 April, by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, marks the end of the 2002 Ceasefire Agreement between the government and the militant organisation.
- Surviving Devils (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 04, 2006)
Dum Dum hoodlums mock CM’s assurances
- Petrol, Diesel And Cooking Gas Prices Likely To Go Up Soon (Hindu, SUSHMA RAMACHANDRAN , May 04, 2006)
Fall-out of sharp increases in global crude oil prices and under-recoveries by public sector oil companies
Kerosene may be spared price hike
Extent of increase likely to be a political decision
- 76% Vote In Fourth Phase Of West Bengal Assembly Poll (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Exit poll predicts clean sweep for Left Front in three districts
Turnout high in both urban and rural areas
Fate of 288 candidates decided
- Nepal Announces Indefinite Ceasefire (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Nepal’s new government announced today an indefinite truce to match a ceasefire declared by Maoist insurgents and said it would seek the withdrawal of Interpol arrest warrants against rebel leaders.
- India Seeks Human Rights Council Membership (Tribune, Tripti Nath, May 04, 2006)
Members of the United Nations in the race for the first election for membership of the newly established Human Rights Council, will face tough competition with revised requirement for absolute majority and reduced strength.
- Jaya Woos Voters With Gold (Tribune, Arup Chanda, May 04, 2006)
Andipatti in Tamil means “the land of paupers”. But being the Assembly constituency of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayaram Jayalalithaa it is now being turned into a land of gold.
- Kathmandu Spring (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 04, 2006)
For a while during the past three weeks of turmoil in Nepal, observers would have been forgiven for thinking that the crisis had more to do with Indian domestic politics than with events in the Himalayan kingdom.
- Widow Of Indian Bandit Fights Election (Daily Times, CORPORATE BUREAU, May 04, 2006)
The widow of one of India's most notorious bandits is contesting a state election, saying she wants to fulfill her husband's ambitions by becoming a lawmaker and fighting for the poor.
- Bandh In Jammu (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 04, 2006)
It did not need call by any political party for people in this region to observe bandh on Tuesday in protest against massacres in Doda and Udhampur districts.
- Nepal’S Maoists Write Off New Leaders, Refuse To Disarm (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Richard Boucher ignores king in a quick-fire series of meetings with Nepal’s power brokers
- A Flamboyant Warrior (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 04, 2006)
Pramod Mahajan's tough as nails image and the aura of invincibility around him suggested that he would simply shrug off the worst crisis of his life, that he would somehow conjure a miracle that would place him once again in the thick of action in . . .
- Another Step Forward (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 04, 2006)
After a lull, there is some forward movement on the India-Pakistan diplomatic front. At the end of two days of official-level talks, the two countries have decided to take some more confidence-building measures (CBM).
- Nepal Declares Truce (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, May 04, 2006)
Lifts ban on Maoists, calls for talk
- How ‘Failed’ Is Pakistan? (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 04, 2006)
NOT for the first time has an international thinktank cast Pakistan among failed states. But the latest such report, compiled by the US Foreign Policy magazine and the US-based Fund for Peace think tank, which puts Pakistan at number nine among the . . .
- Horse-Trading (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 04, 2006)
THE report that the Jamaat-e-Islami has expelled two of its NWFP MPAs, including a Minister in the provincial cabinet, from the party on Tuesday after a special committee constituted by it came to the conclusion that they had not cast their vote for . . .
- Hamas Could Match Israeli Peace Moves — Mishaal (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Hamas could reciprocate Israeli moves towards peace if the Jewish state agrees to withdraw from all lands occupied in 1967 and acknowledges Palestinian rights, the group's political leader Khaled Mishaal said on Wednesday.
- Sonia Hits Rae Bareli Turf (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
For the electorate, it was a three-hour wait under the blistering summer sun for a 10-minute speech by Sonia Gandhi. But that did not stop the crowd from cheering the Congress President as she got on to the dais in the Sarini Assembly segment of Rae . . .
- Iran, Us Share Afghan Goals (Christian Science Monitor, David Montero, May 04, 2006)
The smooth blacktop roads and 24-hour electricity of Herat set this Afghan commercial capital apart as a model of stability in a country still struggling to get on its feet. Much of the wealth in this western city, with its tree-lined streets and . . .
- Sonia Visits Rai Bareli Today, Confident Of Victory (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi will leave for Rae Bareli on Wednesday. She will campaign in the constituency for two days.
- Nepal Maoists (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, May 03, 2006)
The American Connection And More
- Blair's Survival Trick: 'Chindia' Scare (Times of India, RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL, May 03, 2006)
Britain's embattled prime minister Tony Blair seized upon the economic successes of India and China and the threat they would leave the UK behind to ram his nine-year-old message home to mutinous workers ahead of crucial local elections - Labour . . .
- The Conspiracy Of Selective Silence (Pioneer, Seema Sarin, May 03, 2006)
When a mosque was demolished in India there was an international outcry, but nothing when a temple was destroyed in Malaysia, says Seema Sarin
- "Dmk And Aiadmk Have Ruined Democratic Fabric" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
Former Union Minister and spokesperson of the BJP, Sushma Swaraj today lashed out at the DMK and AIADMK, charging them with ruining the democratic fabric of the country.
- Violence Overshadows Pm's Kashmir Peace Talks (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Kashmiri separatists will try to revive a faltering peace process on Wednesday in talks overshadowed by this week's massacre of Hindus and resurgent violence in the disputed region.
- In Search Of A Solution (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, May 03, 2006)
Next to cricket legend Brian Lara, Norwegian peace negotiator in Sri Lanka Erik Solheim is the best known name there. He is in Kathmandu today instead of Kilinochchi where he might have been counselling LTTE to rejoin the on and off Geneva peace talks.
- Development Axe Falls On Santiniketan (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
A few civil society groups including teachers and alumni of Visva-bharati and other intellectuals are trying hard to save the Khoai, the unique landscape in Santiniketan that once fascinated Tagore.
- Sonia Gandhi's Word Final, Says Ysr (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
Congress president yet to reveal her mind on the issue
- Stand Up (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 03, 2006)
It is time for all men of courage having faith in communal harmony to stand up and be counted.
- India Without Policy Options In Sri Lanka (Daily Excelsior, Jayant Muralidharan, May 03, 2006)
Setbacks are hardly sudden; they usually have a buildup. The ceasefire between the Sri Lankan Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), mediated by Norwegian peacemakers in 2002, is suddenly looking shaky.
- Balloon In Air (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 03, 2006)
About two years ago a group of Indian journalists had an interesting inter-action with "Azad" Kashmir "Prime Minister" Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan in Muzaffarabad, the Capital of the occupied territory.
- Fdi Can Step Up Growth (Tribune, C.L. Singla, May 03, 2006)
PRIME Minister Manmohan Singh, while inaugurating the Hannover Trade Fair in Germany on April 24 said that “India is in tune with new realities of the global economic order…and it is at the cusp of a historic transformation”. Having emphasised . . .
- Go For It (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 03, 2006)
With Kofi Annan quitting by the year-end, the United Nations secretary-general's post will be up for grabs. There is already plenty of speculation about who is going to be the next SG.
- Hurriyat Leaders Arrive For Talks With Pm (Tribune, Prashant Sood, May 03, 2006)
The All Party Hurriyat Conference led by Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, which will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tomorrow for second round of talks, is likely to put forward concrete proposals for structured dialogue on the Kashmir problem.
- J&k Peace Process Will Roll On: Patil (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
`Jammu attacks no deterrent'
- Fourth Phase Of Poll In Wb Today (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
A day prior to the fourth phase of poll in West Bengal, Marxist veteran and former Chief Minister, Mr Jyoti Basu, today said whatever might be the elections results, the CPM and other Left parties would ensure that the UPA government remains in . . .
- Hamara Paisa, Hamara Hisab (Daily Excelsior, Ajit Bhattacharjea , May 03, 2006)
For me, Nevathi Bai is the icon of the movement that has won us the revolutionary Right to Information Act, 2005. Nine years have passed since, drawing a typical multi-coloured Rajasthani ohrni from her face, she walked up to the microphone to demand . .
- Advani Says Siachen Pull-Out Would Be A Sell-Out (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
The BJP today said any “ill-conceived” pull out from Siachen would be a “sell-out”.
- India, Iran Energy Deals Under Cloud (Tribune, Manoj Kumar, May 03, 2006)
The Manmohan Singh government’s anti-Tehran vote on the nuclear issue seems to have cost dearly with Iran taking a tough stand on the $22 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) deal and Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline amidst fears that crude oil . . .
- Will Bihar Politics Have Any Bearing On National Politics ? (Daily Excelsior, Ashok Thakur, May 03, 2006)
In politics there is no permanent friend or foe. The ouster of George Fernandes as the president of the Janata Dal (United) by Sharad Yadav in league with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is an example of the age-old adage. Mr. Nitish Kumar has not made . . .
- View From The Left (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 03, 2006)
Buoyant after the success of Sitaram Yechury’s Nepal initiative, the CPI(M) has set its target high — the abolition of monarchy.
- 'A Clean River Brings People Together' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 03, 2006)
The Thames River in London was no cleaner than Delhi's Yamuna or Varanasi's Ganga. Thames21 helped change all that.This environmental charity has been mobilising thousands of volunteers every year to clean up the river of industrial and household waste.
- Desperate Measure (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 03, 2006)
Dynasty sells. At least Congressmen believe so. Indira, Rajiv, and, to some extent, Sonia have proved that a significant number of Indians respond to the political legacy of the Gandhi family.
- As Jhelum Courses Down (Indian Express, WAJAHAT HABIBULLAH, May 03, 2006)
Four seats of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly were contested and won on April 24, 2006. Of these, all apart from the Bhaderwah seat, won handsomely by Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad of the Congress, fall in the Kashmir region. So what, the reader will ask
- Nehru-Gandhi Family Neglected Amethi, Rae Bareli: Mulayam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
Rs 1,026- crore package given, says CM
- The Vadodara Test (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 03, 2006)
Seen in isolation, the violence in Vadodara that left four people dead, two of them killed in police firing, doesn’t amount to much in a country where life is cheap. But this happened in Gujarat, where every incident must be . . .
- Ec Observers Pay Price For Holidaying (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
Three Election Commission (EC) observers who chose to holiday in the hill station of Kodaikanal instead of looking after the assembly constituencies allotted to them have been sacked by the EC for “dereliction of duty”.
- Canada Announces Probe Into 1985 Air-India Bombing (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
Fulfilling an election promise, Canadian PM Stephen Harper has ordered a ‘‘thorough’’ public inquiry into the 1985 Air India bombing.
- Nepal Pm Lines Up Team Amid Protests (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, May 03, 2006)
It took God seven days to create the world. And it took Nepal’s new Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala the same to announce a mini cabinet of seven members after a long week filled with bickering among allies, warnings by an enraged public and even . .
- End The Killings Now (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 03, 2006)
Sunday night's carnage in the mountains of Doda and Udhampur has demonstrated how surreal the idea of peace remains for ordinary people in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Of Hi-Tech, Low Efficiency, And Malls (Hindu, P. SAINATH, May 03, 2006)
India's development debate has actually regressed this past decade. A single, homogenised view of development is being shoved down from above.
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