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Articles 9721 through 9820 of 26693:
- Roti, Kapada Aur Ctv! (The Economic Times, R K NANDAN, Apr 30, 2006)
The ongoing election campaign in a few states in southern and eastern India has seen political parties striking new lows by promising the moon to the electorate!
- Who Gives A Dam? (Business Standard, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Apr 30, 2006)
The scale and manner in which people are being shortchanged is astonishing.
- 68 Pc Turnout In 2nd Phase Kerala Polls (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
An average 68 per cent of voters exercised their franchise on Saturday in the second phase of assembly polls in Kerala covering 66 segments in six central and northern districts.
- Democratic Polls Worry Bengal Reds (Pioneer, Swapan Dasgupta, Apr 30, 2006)
In a week that has witnessed needless euphoria over the victory of Maoist-inspired mob power in the streets of Kathmandu, it may be prudent to celebrate a dramatic but silent victory of Indian democracy right on our doorstep.
- Ensuring Press Freedom (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 30, 2006)
IN an interview with this newspaper and in his address to other forums during his first visit to Lahore after assuming the office of Federal Information Minister, Senator Muhammad Ali Durrani talked about wide range of issues, including domestic . . .
- I'm A Soldier Of The Congress, Says Rahul (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
"I see a distinction between work and post; as far as a post is concerned, I will only take it up when I have done adequate work"
- Nothing Is Ruled Out In Tamil Nadu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
The only thing that can be said with a measure of certainty is that — barring a late swing — no one party is likely to get a majority on its own, say Yogendra Yadav and Sanjay Kumar
- Al-Qaeda Claims Karachi Us Consulate Bombing Responsibility (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Seven people were injured in a collision between a coaster and dumper near Pakistan Steel Mills Sunday morning here.
- The Man Of The Season (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
V.S. Achuthanandan has caught the imagination of the public in a way few leaders have, says C. Gouridasan Nair
- Exit Poll Says Ldf Will Gain 58 Seats, Udf Lose 56 (Hindu, Renu Ramanath, Apr 30, 2006)
The India Vision-AC Nielsen Exit Poll conducted among the Kerala voters on Saturday predicted that the UDF share would go down to 37 seats.
- It's Pakistan's War (News International, Editorial, The News International, Apr 30, 2006)
When Ayman Al Zawahiri said in a video message released yesterday that the Pakistani people and army should rise up against their government, it's as if the Al Qaeda No 2 were corroborating President Musharraf's published statement the previous day . . .
- Challenge Of Coexistence With India (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Apr 30, 2006)
Having been created in the teeth of India’s opposition, whose Hindu majority considered the division of “Bharat Mata” (Mother India) a sacrilege, Pakistan has had to contend with India’s hostility from its very birth.
- Chirac’S Commendable Move (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 30, 2006)
French President Jacques Chirac’s proposal for setting up a special World Bank account to channel money to the Palestinians could help relieve the current financial crisis in the occupied territories.
- Kalam Calls For Evolving 'Enlightened Citizenry' Round The Globe (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
President APJ Abdul Kalam has called for the evolution of an enlightened citizenry round the globe, with the introduction of moral value system in education and by making religion graduate into a universal spiritual force.
- India’S Icici Bank Net Profit Up 28% (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
India’s largest private sector lender ICICI Bank beat forecasts on Saturday by posting a 28 percent jump in its quarterly net profit but said its retail loans growth rate could slow.
- Icici Bank Q4 Net Up 28 Pct, Beats F'cast (Reuters, M.C. Govardhana Rangan, Apr 30, 2006)
India's largest private sector lender ICICI Bank beat forecasts on Saturday by posting a 28 percent jump in its quarterly net profit but said its retail loans growth rate could slow.
- Pm Speaks To Koirala, Offers Nepal All Help (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday assured Nepal all help in its economic recovery.
- "There Is A Fury Building Up Across The Country" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
In this excerpt from a much longer interview, Arundhati Roy updates her essay on the Narmada issue,The Greater Common Good, published in 1999 inFrontline. The interview was done byShoma Chaudhuriover a period of several days, in person and on email.
- Aiadmk Main Political Adversary, Says Brahmins Association (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
"Polls opportunity for Kanchi devotees"
- Election Commission Issues Notices To Dmk, Congress (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Apr 29, 2006)
Alleged code violation at rally in Chennai during Sonia Gandhi's visit
- Supreme Court Issues Notice To State On Transfer Of R. Nataraj (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Apr 29, 2006)
EC counsel says it involves serious questions of law for future
- Won't Allow Vat: Mulayam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
No also to allowing foreign firms to open outlets without safeguards
- I’M Not Bush’S Poodle: Musharraf (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
General Pervez Musharraf, facing a surge of anti-American sentiment, on Thursday warned that covert US air strikes against al-Qaeda inside Pakistan were an infringement of national sovereignty.
- India Hints A Giftwrap Of Revival Package (Indian Express, ANANDA MAJUMDAR, Apr 29, 2006)
With Nepal taking the first major step towards popular rule when its Parliament was reconvened after four years today, India has decided to propose a package for the country’s economic recovery.
- Celebration Of Democracy (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Apr 29, 2006)
The vote in Kolkata on Thursday — in the third phase of polling for the West Bengal Assembly elections — is set to go down in the State's election annals as one of the most keenly watched battles of the ballot.
- Siddu Forthcoming, Others Reserved (Deccan Herald, B S Satish Kumar , Apr 29, 2006)
Siddaramaiah’s AIPJD has scored a point over other parties by demanding reservation in the private sector
- New Nepal Commits To Maoist Talks (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Apr 29, 2006)
The new government of Nepal has committed itself to holding a dialogue with the Maoists, declare a ceasefire and move towards a Constituent Assembly.
- India To Boost Co-Habitation Of Maoists (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Apr 29, 2006)
As the Nepal conundrum continues to stare in the face of policy-makers here, there is one thing which New Delhi is going to encourage: co-habitation of Maoists in the Nepalese political set-up.
- Southern Record (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Apr 29, 2006)
South India has an enviable history of reservation in education.
- Jayati Ghosh: Protecting Foreign Investors (Frontline, Jayati Ghosh, Apr 29, 2006)
Bilateral investment treaties have become potential weapons of multinational companies against developing country governments and societies.
- Who Cares For Myanmar? (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Apr 29, 2006)
Last month, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran spoke at a well-attended lecture organised in Washington by the Heritage Foundation.
- Country First (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Apr 29, 2006)
Bollywood has always taken great pride in swearing by secularism. But when Feroze Khan, one of its well known faces, sought to wear it on his sleeve in Pakistan earlier this week, it created a controversy of sorts.
- The National As Local (The Economic Times, C P Bhambhri, Apr 29, 2006)
The Lok Sabha and the state assembly elections in India of the twenty-first century have all-India significance because neither the Congress nor the BJP, the two claimants for an all-India political space, are able to form a central government on . . .
- Sonia Tn Rally Invites Poll Panel Notice (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
The EC on Friday slapped showcause notices on the Congress and the DMK for using as many as 228 vehicles, instead of the mandated three, for Sonia Gandhi’s joint April 25 rally in Tamil Nadu. ‘‘In complete violation of the model code of conduct,
- Markets Are Essential, So Is Regulation (Tribune, Johann Hari, Apr 29, 2006)
The first has been conducted in the United States over the past 25 years, increasingly setting corporations free from regulation and safeguards. The second experiment has been conducted in Argentina over the past five years, and lies at the opposite . . .
- Parliament Reconvenes In Nepal (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Apr 29, 2006)
Resolution on constituent assembly tabled; debate, vote on Sunday
- A Policy Of Deception On Nepal (Indian Express, S. D. Muni , Apr 29, 2006)
India has turned back from the brink of disaster over Nepal. For years it has remained a confused and uncertain observer of the Nepal crisis that was precipitated by the Maoist uprising and King Gyanendra’s despotism.
- Tamil Nadu Jananayaka Congress Candidate Found Dead In Karur (Hindu, L. Renganathan , Apr 29, 2006)
Election process in the constituency will continue: Collector
- 'Bhasha Writers Are Closer To Indian Reality' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 29, 2006)
Krishna Sobti has enriched Hindi fiction with her path-breaking novels like Mitro Marjani and Ai Ladki. Whether it's the theme of Partition or a mother-daughter relationship, Sobti has brought them alive through her strikingly indivi-dual style of . . .
- Metro At Last (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 29, 2006)
Public transport will be revolutionised with the metro
- Is 'Euston-Ism' The New Left In The U.K.? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Apr 29, 2006)
The only Left bit of the "Euston Manifesto" is its faintly Left jargon. On the other hand, there is a lot in it that neo-conservatives are more likely to find to their taste.
- Who’Ll Police The Police? (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Apr 29, 2006)
A number of cases of gross miscarriage of justice have come to light recently.
- Politics Amidst Turmoil (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 29, 2006)
Four months after the December 2005 election, Iraq's parliamentarians finally picked nominees to fill the seven top spots in the governmental structure.
- I'm Not Bush's Poodle: Musharraf (Hindu, Declan Walsh, Apr 29, 2006)
Pakistan's General Pervez Musharraf, facing a surge of anti-American sentiment, on Thursday warned that covert U.S. air strikes against Al-Qaeda inside Pakistan were an infringement of national sovereignty.
- 'Step Up Political Pressure On Ltte' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Calling it a "close and friendly neighbour", Sri Lanka wants India to assist in "political and diplomatic terms to the peace process".
- Extremist Positions (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 29, 2006)
In Kerala, militant fundamentalism is now hogging the inviting political space that the two coalition fronts have kept open, for a legitimacy that it never managed to have before. But no one is complaining, not when few Malayalis can tell — or care . . .
- Facts Still Incomplete And No One Knows Why (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Apr 29, 2006)
“The way television channels have hyped the attack on Pramod Mahajan and his subsequent hospitalization for two days… crossed the limits of sanity.
- What Is This Law About? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 29, 2006)
Does Vasundhara Raje need a poll debacle to withdraw the recently passed Freedom of Religion Bill 2006, as Jayalalithaa had to do after the drubbing she and her party received during the 2004 Lok Sabha . . .
- Tn Women Shgs In Eye Of A Storm (Deccan Herald, S Murari, Apr 29, 2006)
Women’s self-help groups, which have grown exponentially in the last five years, find themselves in the eye of the storm.
- Sonia Flays Left Front In W Bengal (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Congress President Sonia Gandhi, whose party heads a coalition at the Centre with outside support of the Left front, on Friday lambasted the Front for . . .
- Count The Votes For Democracy (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Apr 29, 2006)
The outcome of the by-elections in Jammu and Kashmir proves that the hardy plant of democracy survives despite the jehadi challenge.
- Who Gives A Dam? (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Apr 29, 2006)
The scale and manner in which people are being shortchanged is astonishing.
- ‘My Popularity Has Gone Down’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Talibanism spilling over into settled areas: Musharraf
Says US covert strikes are infringing on Pakistan’s sovereignty
* I’m nobody’s poodle
* I have a lot of teeth to bite back with
* Baloch rebels are mercenaries, pgymies, merely pinpricks
- Nepal Parliament Reconvenes After Four Years (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Nepal’s Parliament reconvened on Friday for the first time in four years, with legislators proposing a ceasefire with the country’s Maoist rebels and elections to a constitutional assembly.
- Another Blow To Lanka Peace (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 29, 2006)
Following Tuesday’s suicide attack on the army headquarters in Colombo and retaliatory air strikes by the military on Tamil targets in the north-east of the island, Sri Lanka’s fragile truce is once again on the verge of collapse.
- Change In Nepal (Tribune, Pran Chopra , Apr 29, 2006)
Within a matter of days, if not hours, Nepal has emerged out of an unprecedented crisis to knock at the doors of a kind of opportunity it has never had before. It is not certain yet that it will be able to sustain the chance till its fruition.
- Second Phase Of Polling Begins In Kerala (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Polling for the second phase of assembly elections in Kerala, covering 66 constituencies in six central and northern districts, began this morning.
- Nda And Trs (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 29, 2006)
Advani takes opportunistic line
Whatever the NDA may think of the alliance between the Congress and the Telengana Rashtra Samithi, forged prior to the last assembly poll essentially to dislodge Chandrababu Naidu, it is plainly opportunistic on . . .
- Nepal Parliament Reopens, Ailing Pm-Designate Absent (Reuters, Gopal Sharma, Apr 29, 2006)
Nepal's parliament opened on Friday for the first time in four years, but the country's 84-year-old prime minister-designate was too ill to attend the opening or his swearing-in ceremony.
- Classy Cast Of Mind (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 29, 2006)
The announcement that reservation for other backward classes is to be extended to IITs and IIMs has provoked much debate in the press. Critics say the move will undermine the functioning of these institutions by devaluing the principle of merit.
- Pm For Poll Fund Reforms (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, believes that corruption in Indian public life has greatly reduced after dismantling of licence permit raj and taxation reforms, but it cannot disappear altogether unless there are reforms in financing of elections.
- Nepal’S Revived Parliament Meets (Tribune, Shirish D. Pradhan, Apr 29, 2006)
Nepal today took first step towards multi-party democracy with its Parliament holding its first meeting in four years, but Prime Minister-designate, Mr Girija Prasad Koirala, could not attend it due to ill health.
- I'm Not Bush's Poodle : Mush (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Insisting that he was 'not a poodle' of US President George Bush, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said that covert US air strikes against al-Qaeda terror network inside his country were an infringement of national sovereignty.
- Triumph Of Politics (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 29, 2006)
The first thing that strikes one about Monday's by-elections in four Assembly constituencies in Jammu & Kashmir, the results of which were announced on Thursday, was the high percentage of polling.While the average was 61 per cent, the turnout at . . .
- Trends In Myanmar (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 29, 2006)
Junta’s fraud on the people reaffirmed
The Myanmar military junta’s threat to dissolve Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy is another desperate attempt to tighten the screws on an icon of the democratic movement in Asia.
- Record Victory (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 29, 2006)
This was the first popular election that Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad had contested and what a victory he scored! The record margin of over 58,000 votes by which he won the Bhaderwah Assembly seat gives solid legitimacy to . . .
- Nepal's Parliament Reconvened; Maoists Wooed For Dialogue (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Nepal's Parliament was reconvened on Friday for the first time in four years, and legislators proposed a cease-fire with Maoist rebels and elections to a constitutional assembly.
- Parties Gear Up In Nepal (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Apr 28, 2006)
People's revolution still alive
More than one lakh people congregate in Kathmandu
Ready to cooperate, provided three conditions are fulfilled: Maoists
G. P. Koirala taken ill on eve of Parliament session
- Bhasha Dam (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 28, 2006)
The delayed groundbreaking ceremony of Pakistan's biggest water reservoir Bhasha dam was finally held on Wednesday.
- China Confirms New Human H5n1 Bird Flu Case (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
General Pervez Musharraf pledged to hold free and fair elections next year.
- Pakistan Must Qualify For Hrc Membership (Dawn, I. A. Rehman, Apr 28, 2006)
The report that Pakistan is a candidate for election to the new UN Human Rights Council (HRC) has aroused considerable interest among human rights activists in the country.
- Chinese Reticence (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Apr 28, 2006)
Indians have much to learn from the Chinese on how to keep things to oneself. During the recent visit of an Indian business delegation to that country, members tried hard to find out how China had managed to shift polluting industries from major . . .
- Blending Socialist Ideals With Market Imperatives (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Apr 28, 2006)
China concedes that FDI has had the most favourable impact on the development of its economy in the opening up process.
- Policy Paralysis (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Apr 28, 2006)
Don’t hold decision-making hostage to polls
- Time To Consolidate Democracy In Valley (Pioneer, Ghazanfar Butt, Apr 28, 2006)
Musharraf should concede self-rule to the people of POK before questioning India on the rights of Kashmiris, says Ghazanfur Butt
- Maoist Vipers (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 28, 2006)
On the eve of Nepal's reconvened Pratinidhi Sabha's meeting to formally elected Mr GP Koirala as Prime Minister at the head of a seven-party alliance Government, two important statements have emanated from Kathmandu. Comrade Prachanda, chairman . . .
- Courtiers Hailed As Democrats (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Apr 28, 2006)
Today's historic meeting of Nepal's Pratinidhi Sabha presents a challenge not just to the kingdom's three main contenders for power - King Gyanendra, the constitutional parties led by Prime Minister designate Girija Prasad Koirala, and Comrade . . .
- Use The Democratic Dividend (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Apr 28, 2006)
Did India handle the Nepal crisis properly? Detractors claim that India's response was ham-handed and did not reflect the mood of the Nepalese people.
- Sp, Tdp Allege Ec Favouring Sonia (Pioneer, Deepak Kumar Jha, Apr 28, 2006)
Accusing the Election Commission of favouring Congress president Sonia Gandhi and discriminating against Jaya Bachchan, Samajwadi Party and Telugu Desam Party on Thursday demanded that the same yardstick should be adopted against both.
- Tough Task Ahead For Rahul Gandhi (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 28, 2006)
At one level, Rahul Gandhi’s offer to lead the Congress in Uttar Pradesh holds little surprise.
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