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Articles 9921 through 10020 of 26693:
- Barbed Wire And Bridges (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 27, 2006)
The Balkans will continue to fragment unless the EU makes cooperation a condition of membership.
- Bankers Urged To Speed Up Loan Disbursal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 27, 2006)
District Collector S.S. Rawath on Wednesday urged bankers to extend loans to beneficiaries of various schemes within a period of three months.
- Abdullah Haroon: A Leader And Philanthropist (Dawn, Prof Sharif al Mujahid, Apr 27, 2006)
Among the All India Muslim League’s second cadre leadership, Abdullah Haroon, though actively associated with the AIML for only five years (1937-42), stands high in its echelons.
- Karuna Days Or Jaya Hey, No One Can Say! (Pioneer, K Venkataramanan, Apr 27, 2006)
With less than two weeks to go before Tamil Nadu elects a new Assembly, the election scene presents a hazy picture with neither of the two main fronts having a clear look at the finishing line.
- Lessons From Nepal (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 27, 2006)
After 19 days of violent protests that left hundreds injured and at least 14 dead, the people of Nepal have humbled oppressive King Gyanendra.
- Gearing Up For Elections (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 27, 2006)
With the President announcing that elections will be held in 2007, political parties are expected to put their act together post haste.
- Ballot Beats Bullet (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Apr 27, 2006)
There is a very interesting story doing the rounds in political circles these days. A representative of a section of the Pakistan media got in touch with a secessionist leader wanting to know his reaction about the polling in four Assembly . . .
- Teacher-Institution Relationship (Daily Excelsior, Dr J L Raina, Apr 27, 2006)
Every profession is expected to evolve a set of ethical Principles to guide the conduct and behaviour of its members.
- Need For Social Auditing Of Pollsters’ Predictions (Daily Excelsior, Fazal Mehmood, Apr 27, 2006)
Come parliamentary or state assembly elections exit pollster breed get busy forecasting the outcome.
- Nuclear Deal On Fission Course (Daily Excelsior, Atul Aneja , Apr 27, 2006)
It would appear that efforts made by the foreign secretary, Shyam Saran, at selling the civilian nuclear cooperation deal between India and the US during his recent visit to Washington have not been very successful in winning over the critics, both . . .
- Nepal Rebels Declare Three-Month Ceasefire (Reuters, Gopal Sharma, Apr 27, 2006)
Nepal's Maoist rebels declared a three-month unilateral ceasefire from Thursday, easing tensions in the impoverished kingdom, but again underlined their demand for a new constitution.
- India Has Sold Its Nuclear Soul To The Us (Rediff on the Net, Brahma Chellaney , Apr 27, 2006)
The US waiver bill to give effect to the nuclear deal with India shows just how wide the gap is between what America promises and what it sets out to do.
- Outrageous Attack (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 27, 2006)
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam has once again shown that it is not interested in a negotiated settlement to the conflict in Sri Lanka.
- Whither Sri Lanka's Peace Process? (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Apr 27, 2006)
Will the situation spiral out of control or will it ultimately veer back to the path of negotiations? The international community could help determine what happens.
- Watch That Growth (Deccan Herald, GOPAL K KADEKODI, Apr 27, 2006)
Growth-linked development does not deliver much, particularly in areas such as employment, equity and social security
- Maoists Lift Blockade (Tribune, Shirish B. Pradhan, Apr 27, 2006)
Maoists in Nepal today withdrew their blockade of Kathmandu and district headquarters till Friday, when the first session of the restored Parliament begins, following a request from Mr G P Koirala who has been named to head a new government.
- Naxalites Blow Up Railway Track, Cabin (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 27, 2006)
In less than 24 hours after gunning down senior JD(U) leader Ashok Kumar Singh and six others at Deojara village in Aurangabad district, Maoists, in yet another daring attack, hit the Narganjo railway station on the Jhajha-Asansol railway line in . . .
- Jaya Promises Special Status For Pondy (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 27, 2006)
In this Congress bastion, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa is trying her best to dislodge the party which has remained in power since time immemorial.
- Historical Links, Civilisational Affinities (Hindu, N. Ram , Apr 27, 2006)
Uzbekistan and India share a tradition of secularism and accommodating the interests and aspirations of diverse ethnic groups.
- 1,000 Foreign Criminals On Prowl In Uk (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 27, 2006)
Britain said on Tuesday it had freed over 1,000 foreign prisoners, including murderers, rapists and paedophiles, who should have been considered for deportation at the time of their release.
- View From The Left (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 26, 2006)
When Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee speaks on economic policies of the West Bengal government, there is usually a debate over whether the Left is shifting its position on economic cooperation and investment.
- Nitish For ‘Democratic Change’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
A democratic change, according to Bihar chief minister, Mr Nitish Kumar, “is always beneficial to the people. It has happened with Bihar and it will happen with West Bengal this time too”.
- Maoists Plan To Engage India In Trench Warfare (Pioneer, Navin Upadhyay, Apr 26, 2006)
The developments in Nepal have a menacing overtone for India. The Maoists' rejection of King Gyanendra's decision to restore Parliament clearly indicates they are more interested in capturing power rather than restoring multi-party democracy.
- Over 300 Activists Released In Nepal (Press Trust of India, Shirish B. Pradhan, Apr 26, 2006)
Life returned to normal in the Nepalese capital today, a day after opposition parties named veteran politician Girija Prasad Koirala to lead the new government and over 300 activists and civil society leaders, who took part in the pro-democracy agitation,
- In Sivakasi, Caste Holds The Fireworks (Indian Express, JAYA MENON, Apr 26, 2006)
A pall of gloom hangs thick over Pernayaganpatty.
- Misplaced Tokenism Destroys (Indian Express, J.S. Rajput, Apr 26, 2006)
While delivering the Patel Memorial lecture in 1958 Dr Zakir Hussain asserted that “our future as people will depend in no small measure on the ideas and principles which inspire Indian education”.
- India Thinks It's Got A Breather (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Apr 26, 2006)
With King Gyanendra reinstating Parliament, India on Tuesday heaved a sigh of relief.
- Iron Hand (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 26, 2006)
Rahul Gandhi saying he’s ready to take charge of the Congress in Uttar Pradesh won’t help the party much if Sonia Gandhi doesn’t take charge of the Congress in the country.
- 12 School Going Children Among 32 Injured In Grenade Attacks (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
A day ahead of peaceful polls, at least 32 persons, including twelve school going children, were injured in separate grenade incidents in Tral and Kupwara today, while as a trooper injured in Batmaloo blast on Monday night succumbed today in a hospital.
- Revenge Factor (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 26, 2006)
UP promises a lot of drama
Raj Babbar, known for spirited confrontations on the screen, was only expected to fight back after crossing swords with Amar Singh and being virtually thrown out of the Samajwadi Party. In the contest between his two lieutenan
- On Nepal, Natwar Is Wrong (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 26, 2006)
Natwar Singh’s statement on India’s Nepal policy is reflective of a simplistic and naive view of politics in that country.
- Bengal Bjp's Best Bet Is Young Gun (Pioneer, Ashok Malik, Apr 26, 2006)
The unlikeliest would-be heroine of the West Bengal election is a BJP candidate living in a small middle class house in this little town in South Dinajpur district, at the north-eastern edge of the State.
- Sonia Stamp On Madurai Campaign (Statesman, Radhika Giri, Apr 26, 2006)
The visit was short, but sharp. Congress president Mrs Sonia Gandhi, who spoke at her maiden campaign meeting in Tamil Nadu today, made it clear that she was attempting to return a favour done by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.
- Corruption Propels Naxilism (Daily Excelsior, Ravindra Shukla, Apr 26, 2006)
The Naxalite affected tribal areas of Chhattisgarh are very backward. The tribal population lives on the verge of starvation.
- Capitalism Lumpenised (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 26, 2006)
Mr Bhattacharjee’s headache on home turf
It is difficult to imagine that Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who plays footsie with tycoons and speaks the language of what he in his younger days would have called a capitalist roader, should so consciously suffe
- Royal Irrelevance (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Apr 26, 2006)
New Delhi should have realised it was futile to continue support to the king
- Vote Dpa To Power For Welfare Of Tn: Sonia (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday appealed to the people of Tamil Nadu to vote the DMK-led Democratic Progressive Alliance to power in the May 8 Assembly elections so that it could work in tandem with the UPA government at the Centre for . . .
- Sonia Kicks Off Dpa Campaign, Fails To Impress Tamil Nadu (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
In a lack-lustre speech that drew few cheers, Congress president Sonia Gandhi launched the election campaign of the Democratic Progressive Alliance in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday, promising that good work of the UPA government . . .
- An Experiment In Social Engineering (Deccan Herald, S Murari, Apr 26, 2006)
By fielding a woman from the scavenger community in the Sankarankoil reserved constituency in southern Tirunelveli district, film star and new president of the Tamil Nadu unit of the All India Forward Bloc Karthick has sought to expand his party’s . . .
- Thank You, Jessica (Times of India, ANAND SOONDAS, Apr 26, 2006)
All she wanted to do was hold on to club house rules. And she died for that. But whether she can see it from above or not, in death Jessica Lal has changed the way India and its people perceive justice and rule of law.
- A Sophisticate Comes Of Age (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
Mr Dayanidhi Maran, Union Minister for Communications and DMK President M Karunanidhi’s grand-nephew, is not cast in the classical Dravidian mould.
- Going Green (Jordan Times, Neil Stormer, Apr 26, 2006)
With all that is going on these days, it was easy not to notice that this past Saturday was Earth Day in America and elsewhere (some countries celebrate it on the vernal equinox).
- Pressure On Sc Over Office Of Profit Norms (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
With the Election Commission deciding to proceed with scores of petitions seeking disqualification of elected representatives on the ground of holding offices of profit, Samajwadi Party sponsored petitions kept knocking the doors of the Supreme . . .
- Multinational Democracy (Deccan Herald, Prasanta Paul, Apr 26, 2006)
The city’s cosmopolitan population are sore over the political parties’ apathy towards them even though it is election time and parties of all hues are out on the street to woo the electorate.
- Words And Deeds (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Apr 26, 2006)
It is just a coincidence that Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and National Conference patron Farooq Abdullah have spoken more or less on similar lines at two different functions on the same day.
- Benazir, Nawaz To Take On Musharraf (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
Meeting in London, two former prime ministers of Pakistan both in exile, launched what many of the Pakistanis here term as fight against Musharraf.
- Koirala: Nepal’S Grand Old Man (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 26, 2006)
Nepal’s seven main political parties have announced that former Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala would head the new government.
- Minority Complex Amu Case Merits A Defining Verdict (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 26, 2006)
In temporarily restoring the Aligarh Muslim University's "minority" status and yet asking the institution not to implement its 50 per cent quota for Muslim students in post-graduate courses, the Supreme Court has been both fair and legally correct .
- Disintegrating Empire (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 26, 2006)
The hold of the United States over Latin American countries has weakened considerably in recent years, says Noam Chomsky
- Cpi-M Flays Merger Of Villages With Shimla Civic Body (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
"Government's decision undemocratic and against the wishes of the local villagers"
"Virbhadra Singh government had done this earlier too and had faced the wrath of local
- India's Folly Lets Maobadis Win (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Apr 26, 2006)
Switching on the television set in my hotel room in Kasaragod early Tuesday morning to catch up with the news, I was greeted by a newsreader on a 24x7 channel informing the world how "people's power" had won in Nepal.
- Victory For The People Of Nepal, Says Pranab (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
India on Tuesday reacted positively to King Gyanendra's decision to revive Parliament in Nepal. Being the closest neighbour, India is now turning its focus on bringing back Himalayan kingdom to normalcy.
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 26, 2006)
A few readers have pointed out factual errors in the report "No new surgery on Pramod Mahajan for now" (April 25, 2006). The caption of the accompanying PTI picture read:
- A Challenge For Democratic Institutions (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 26, 2006)
The victory of Italy's centre-left coalition in the recent general election, confirmed by the Interior Ministry after incumbent Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi alleged fraud in the counting of the ballot, has been validated further by the . . .
- Koirala's Task Govern And Crush Maoists (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 26, 2006)
Mr Girija Prasad Koirala, who, by all accounts, is set to be Prime Minister of Nepal once again, and the seven-party alliance which has chosen him for the job, have a heavy responsibility to discharge.
- A Lethal Mix Of Race And Rage (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Apr 26, 2006)
The anti-immigrant British National Party is now being seen as a potential option by white working class voters disillusioned with mainstream parties.
- Rangasamy Says He Owes It To Sonia (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
In her presence, urges voters to give Congress a second chance
- Who Is Afraid Of Peace With Pakistan? (Hindu, Harish Khare , Apr 26, 2006)
There is no dishonour in exploring the flexibility and leeway provided in the Constitution to satisfy the demand for self-governance in Kashmir.
- A People's Victory (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 26, 2006)
The announcement by King Gyanendra restoring Nepal's Parliament that was dissolved in 2002 is a historic victory for the country's pro-democracy movement.
- Now For A Constituent Assembly (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Apr 26, 2006)
Empowered through battle, a victorious people savour their moment.
- Justice Kohli Transferred To Jharkhand (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
A day ahead of peaceful polls, at least 32 persons, including twelve school going children, were injured in separate grenade incidents in Tral and Kupwara today, while as a trooper injured in Batmaloo blast on Monday night succumbed today in a hospital.
- No Time To Despair (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Apr 26, 2006)
The continued impasse between key negotiators has made it clear that the April 30 deadline for World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks will not be met. WTO director-general Pascal Lamy has already admitted that it would be futile to hold a . . .
- X-En, Supplier Held By Svo (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
day ahead of peaceful polls, at least 32 persons, including twelve school going children, were injured in separate grenade incidents in Tral and Kupwara today, while as a trooper injured in Batmaloo blast on Monday night succumbed today in a hospital.
- Office-Of-Profit: Names Of Mps And Mlas Put On Ec Website (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
The Election Commission today put on its website a list of 43 MPs including Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, Union Ministers Pranab Mukherjee, Sharad Pawar, Meira Kumar and T Subbirami Reddy and more than 200 MLAs including several Chief Ministers whose . . .
- Will The Nawaz-Bb ‘London Plan’ Fly? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Apr 26, 2006)
After a two-hour meeting in London, Pakistan’s two exiled former prime ministers, Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, issued a statement calling for the ouster of President General Pervez . . .
- Factored Economics In Our Nepal Strategy? (The Financial Express, S NARAYAN, Apr 26, 2006)
As Indo-Nepal trade is growing fastest within Saarc, the crisis there has special . . .
- A Caretaker Set-Up (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 26, 2006)
AN acting government to oversee the general election due next year is good news in a country where the sanctity of the ballot paper is no part of the political culture.
- Jd(u) Plans Alliance With Jan Morcha (Pioneer, Akhilesh Suman, Apr 26, 2006)
Janata Dal (U) is ready to align with VP Singh's newly formed Jan Morcha for the coming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. "We will join Jan Morcha," JD(U) spokesperson Sambhu Srivastava told The Pioneer.
- An Anticlimax In The Offing? (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
The cine glitz of the south may not be the tradition in Bengal polls, but the state is now poised to watch for the first time a real star war between a hero and a bad boy of Bengali film industry from the city’s Alipore constituency.
- Redlining And The Israeli Real Estate Industry (Jordan Times, Fred Schlomka, Apr 26, 2006)
The recent Israeli elections were followed by a number of pronouncements by US officials praising democracy in Israel.
- Not Enough, Say Ultras As Koirala Is Named Pm (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
The seven-party alliance on Tuesday chose Nepali Congress president Girija Prasad Koirala to head the all-party Government.
- What’S Really Missing In Our Infrastructure (The Financial Express, Janmejaya Sinha, Apr 26, 2006)
Education, safe property transactions and health care are just some needs that should be addressed
- Radial Literacy (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Apr 26, 2006)
Sure that the country’s best roads are in the capital city and northern metros? Golden Quadrilateral and six-laners, move aside, since competitors exist and thrive far down in the south, if the sales books of Antonio Capellini, South Asia chief of . . .
- People Power (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 26, 2006)
Historically, the English Revolution of 1640 decided the outcomes of all future conflicts between kings and their people.
- Onus Of Tradition (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 26, 2006)
The Aligarh Muslim University has a rich legacy which it is unable to reconcile with modern reality. It began life as an institution dedicated to educating Muslims in English and in the Western sciences.
- People’S Victory In Nepal (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 26, 2006)
Nepalese King Gyanendra’s announcement on Monday night that he will reinstate parliament has been greeted with jubilation by the people who see his capitulation as a triumph for them.
- Keeping The Beaches Clean (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 26, 2006)
IT IS rather tragic that about 300 school children who were due to participate in a beach-cleaning operation in Karachi on Saturday to commemorate Earth Day, were unable to do so because a city government squad demolished a camp set up by the . . .
- The Last Gasp Of A Monarch? (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Apr 26, 2006)
IT has been at least 20 days since the people of Kathmandu took to the streets and — surprise, surprise — their revolt against a degenerate, autocratic and anachronistic monarchy remains unlabelled.
- Dispensation Of Timely Justice (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 26, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that speedy justice is the major demand of the common man and urged the legal fraternity to ensure dispensation of timely justice at grass-roots level.
- What Bb, Mns Should Pledge? (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 26, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that speedy justice is the major demand of the common man and urged the legal fraternity to ensure dispensation of timely justice at grass-roots level. Addressing a gathering of lawyers at the ground-breaking . . .
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