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Articles 10521 through 10620 of 26693:
- How Globalisation Fosters Intolerance (Hindu, Martin Jacques, Apr 18, 2006)
Many now believe that the Western model should be applied everywhere.
- America's Migrants Have Overcome Their Terror (Hindu, Gary Younge, Apr 18, 2006)
A migrant community that has always tried to be invisible has become active. And politicians have to take notice.
- A People-Oriented Transport Policy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 18, 2006)
There is global agreement today that cities can be made liveable only by reclaiming them from the grip of an automobile-based culture.
- Nepal On Knife's Edge (Deccan Herald, Ashok Kumar Mehta, Apr 18, 2006)
It seems certain that the King will be unable to implement his plan for the restoration of absolute monarchy. True, Kathmandu may not have collected 500,000 pro-democracy activists as predicted by UML leader Madhav Nepal.
- Thank God (Deccan Herald, Usha Muliyil, Apr 18, 2006)
Noela Evans writes, “Gratitude is the language of the angels.” In Samuel Johnson’s words, gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation, and is not to be found in gross minds.
- Serious Threat To Pakistan's Civil Society (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Apr 18, 2006)
Last week's terror bombing in Karachi points to one of the least-examined faultlines in Pakistan: the war for power between Barelvi and Deobandi clerics.
- Family In Tow, Sonia Files Poll Papers (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Three weeks after quitting the Lok Sabha in the wake of the controversy over the office-of-profit issue, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today filed her nomination for the May 8 bye-election in Rae Bareli, the traditional Gandhi family pocketborough.
- Time To Move On (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 18, 2006)
It is perhaps inevitable — and wholesome — that a rambunctious democracy like India’s should see passionate debates over big issues. Within the strong currents of disagreement, however, we welcome the Supreme Court’s judgement on the Sardar Sarovar Dam.
- Watch, The Endgame Is Nigh (Indian Express, Mahendra P. Lama, Apr 18, 2006)
When King Mahendra dissolved the 19-month-old first democratically elected government (of B.P. Koirala) in December 1960, no one could have thought the monarchy would survive for the next 30 years.
- Army In A Bind Over Nepal Unrest (Times of India, RAJAT PANDIT, Apr 18, 2006)
The Army, which has "deep stakes" in Nepal, is caught in a quandary over the spiralling developments in the Himalayan Kingdom. While it still strongly feels the Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) should be supported, it also recognises the widespread . . .
- India Asks Nepal Monarch To Initiate Dialogue With Parties (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Expressing "great concern" over the situation in Nepal, India has asked King Gyanendra to immediately initiate dialogue with the political parties aimed at reconciliation and evolving national consensus.
- Sonia Files Nomination Papers From Rae Bareli (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Three weeks after quitting the Lok Sabha in the wake of the controversy over the office of profit issue, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today filed her nomination for the May 8 bye election in Rae Bareli, the traditional Gandhi family pocketborough.
- Nepal Parties To Hold Massive Anti-King Rally On April 20 (Press Trust of India, Shirish B Pradhan, Apr 18, 2006)
Vowing to continue their anti-royal protest, political parties in Nepal will hold a massive rally on Thursday which marks the start of the third week of their pro-democracy agitation.
- Flood Of Tears (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 18, 2006)
Between infighting and sympathy in Malda
- India Tells Nepal King To Hold Talks (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Taking note of the rapidly deteriorating situation in Nepal, India has asked King Gyanendra to hold an immediate dialogue with political parties for restoration of multi-party democracy in the Himalayan Kingdom.
- Sonia Files Nomination, Gets Into Poll Mode (Tribune, Shahira Naim, Apr 18, 2006)
The party has started looking up in Uttar Pradesh, said a beaming Congress president Sonia Gandhi today while summing up the impact of her candidature from Rae Bareli on the health of Congress in UP.
- Social Novel (Hindu, V. Gopalakrishna, Apr 18, 2006)
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- Peaceful Polling In First Phase Of W Bengal Elections (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Nearly 70 per cent polling was recorded in the first phase of West Bengal Assembly elections today across 45 constituencies.
- Misplaced Theory (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Apr 18, 2006)
Whenever there is escalation in militant violence a sort of explanation is given to justify the strikes which miss the target. It is extremely baffling.
- The Poor Have Only Voting Rights ! (Daily Excelsior, Ramesh Kanitkar, Apr 18, 2006)
The lopsided Indian economic growth has divided the country between two segments - 10 per cent of the population only enjoys all the benefits while the remaining 90 per cent are left to the mercy of god to fend for themselves, not even with a . . .
- Mma’S New Move Could Be A Double Game (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Apr 18, 2006)
Circumstances and political expediency might have thrown the Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) and other components of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) together with the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) but the two . . .
- America Balks At Bird Flu (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Researchers today called for more training, better equipment and counselling after nearly half of health workers questioned in a US survey said they would not report for work during an influenza pandemic.
- Indian Shares Rise 1.5 Pct, Colombo Bounces (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Indian shares rose more than 1.5 percent on Tuesday, cheered by robust earnings from software firms and expectations of strong growth.
- Reservation Maths (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Apr 18, 2006)
The Election Commission may have put the government on the back foot with regard to the proposal to reserve up to 27 per cent of seats in schools and colleges for members of the “other backward classes” (over and above the 22.5 per cent already . . .
- Nepal Events Reaching A Climax, Say Diplomats (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Anti-monarchy protests persisted in the Nepali capital Kathmandu on Tuesday despite a steady drizzle as diplomats said the movement against King Gyanendra appeared to be reaching a climax.
- Between The Devil And The Deep Sea (The Financial Express, Mythili Bhusnurmath, Apr 18, 2006)
The Reserve Bank of India governor, YV Reddy, will have to make some tough choices today
- K.J. Rao Back, In A New Avatar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
The former Election Commission observer, K.J. Rao, was in West Bengal on Monday — in a new avatar.
- Aiadmk-Dmk Direct Fight In Four Dindigul Constituencies (Hindu, K. Raju, Apr 18, 2006)
Since its formation AIADMK has been a formidable force in the district
The district has always been special for MGR
It will be MDMK vs CPI(M) in Dindigul
Key contestants are Transport Minister R. Viswanathan, AIADMK State treasurer . . .
- Udf Has Emerged Front-Runner, Says Moily (Hindu, Girish Menon, Apr 18, 2006)
People are happy with the UDF Government's performance'
- Congress, Allies Communalising Issues: Advani (Hindu, Roy Mathew, Apr 18, 2006)
Advani accuses Government of playing vote bank politics `Government is proposing religion-based reservation in the Army'
- 50 Lakhs More For Each Assembly Segment (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
State Cabinet decides to constitute a new district development fund
- Communists Are In For A Shock In West Bengal' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
`In Assam, no government can be formed without our support ,
- The Currency For Carbon Trading (Business Line, Almitra Patel, Apr 18, 2006)
Developed countries have agreed that if their industries cannot reduce carbon emissions themselves in their own countries, they will pay others like India (a signatory to the Kyoto Protocol) to do it for them.
- Rs. 50 Lakh More For Each Assembly Segment In A.P. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
State Cabinet decides to set up a new district development fund
Minister denies move is motivated by panchayat polls
600 posts of resident doctor created
- "None In Upa Stood Up To Modi" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Manmohan still has the opportunity to take a decision: Arundhati Roy
"It seems this Government blinked in the face of fascism and showed itself to be uncertain and unsure of itself"
Women's groups say NBA struggle should not be given "confrontational
- Growth Key To End Naxal Terror, Says Nitish (Tribune, Ambarish Dutta, Apr 18, 2006)
The ruling NDA has reportedly chalked out a comprehensive action plan with a human face to effectively tackle the Naxalite problem in the state.
- Expatriates Vote For The First Time In Italian Polls (Times of India, NARAYANI GANESH, Apr 18, 2006)
Most expatriates who have made the conscious decision to work and live abroad find themselves trapped in a time warp.
- Eelam Issue Takes The Backstage (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Compulsions of alliance politics have acted as a check on parties and leaders backing the cause of the Sri Lankan Tamils, says V. Jayanth
- Jayalalithaa Offers Free Rice To Cardholders (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
"Buy 10 kg at Rs. 3.50, get 10 kg free"
To strive for jobs for 5 lakh youths
Recognition for Theni medical college
Will make efforts to raise the Mullaperiyar dam level
She covers 20 villages
- Good Turnout In Naxal-Affected Lalgarh (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Apr 18, 2006)
Commission's ban on graffiti, flags, buntings takes away colour
Para-military personnel maintain strict vigil
Area out of bounds for those without proper authorisation
- Crpf To Be Deployed For Budhni By-Poll (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
The Election Commission has agreed to deploy CRPF personnel and video coverage of the polling booths during the Assembly by-election in Budhni constituency from where Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is seeking entry into the . . .
- Govt Agrees To Major Demands Of Bhopal Victims (Tribune, Vibha Sharma, Apr 18, 2006)
Survivors unhappy over PM’s inability to hold Dow, UCC accountable
- Sop Story (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 18, 2006)
Tamil Nadu politics has long ridden the gravy train. Promises of free electricity, free saris, free dhotis, cheap rice, even free tooth powder, have powered politicians and parties to the hot seat at Fort St George.
- Delhi Push For Talks (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
As the pro-democracy movement spread like wildfire in Nepal, India today asked King Gyanendra to start immediate dialogue with political parties to end the instability.
- Sound Of Bugle On Home Turf (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Prayer, paperwork, prayer again, and two kilometres separated by faith.
- The Struggle For Survival (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 18, 2006)
The rural poor are often at the end of irrigation systems, and at the whim of richer upstream users for water, or pushed out onto land dependent totally on ...increasingly erratic rainfall.
- A Revolution Next Door (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 18, 2006)
The people of Nepal are furious with King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev.
- Untrusted King (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 18, 2006)
See the writing on the wall
- Political Snapshot (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 18, 2006)
All parties & institutions in a mess!
- The Friendly Neighbourhood Cm (Indian Express, JAYA MENON, Apr 17, 2006)
He doesn’t have a penchant for white Ambassadors or Black Cat security.
- Why The People Of Nepal Are Against A Once-Loved Monarchy (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
There are thousands milling in the streets of Nepal—politicians, activists, professionals, common people—defying curfew and braving bullets to make their stand against monarchy.
- Biman Bose Cribs At Ec Directives (Deccan Herald, Prasanta Paul, Apr 17, 2006)
The EC has also directed that neither a presiding officer nor a polling officer can use a mobile phone inside the booth.
- King Feels The Heat, Meets India, Us Envoys (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Apr 17, 2006)
As the capital and urban areas of the Himalayan kingdom reel with shortage of essential commodities in the wake of the a crippling strike that has further fuelled anti-monarchy sentiments, King Gyanendra has indicated he is worried about the general . . .
- If Us Frees Spy, Will Free Barghouthi: Israel (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
Israel could release jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouthi if Washington grants clemency to a US Navy analyst convicted of spying for the Jewish state in the 1980s, Israel’s Army Radio said on Sunday.
- Disappointed Minister To Fight As Independent (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
Move follows allotment of Oussudu seat here to the DMK
Says he has nurtured the constituency with care
Claims it is a plot by some party functionaries
To quit as Minister, MLA in a couple of days
- A New Kind Of History Textbook (Hindu, Sumit Sarkar, Apr 17, 2006)
Books just brought out by the NCERT teach history in creative ways. All themes are sought to be looked at from the angle of everyday life and its changing patterns, bringing history down from the distant skies, as it were.
- Nepal Parties Intensify Agitation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
Kathmandu: Instensifying their agitation against King Gyanendra, Nepal's Opposition on Sunday launched a ``non-cooperation movement'' and asked people not to pay taxes to the Royal government, as police fired at protesters in various parts of the . . .
- Deadlock Persists Over Iraq Premier Post (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
Talks achieve no breakthrough
- Semiconductor Industry Poised For Dynamic Growth In India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
The meteoric rise of many user industries means an assured vigorous market
The growth in consumption and changes in regulation to encourage local manufacture have attracted a number of foreign companies to establish manufacturing facilities.
- Do Not Ridicule Our Schemes, Karunanidhi Tells Opponents (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
"They could have promised rice to poor at cheaper rates"
Opposition behaving like "enemy" parties, he says
Only DPA victory will usher in people's rule
Karunanidhi completes second leg of campaign in his constituency
- Poll Manifestos Tread Similar Grounds On Education . . . (Hindu, VANI DORAISAMY, Apr 17, 2006)
All parties offer free compulsory education for children under 18
25 per cent reservation for rural students in professional courses also promised
Free computer education, increasing budgetary allocation offered
BJP promises privileges to . . .
- From The Underbelly Of The Beast (Hindu, Kanak Mani Dixit, Apr 17, 2006)
All over the subcontinent, every day, the most disadvantaged fall through the cracks.
- Jayalalithaa Campaigns In Andipatti (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
Talks about welfare schemes implemented in constituency
- Kpsc Selects 153 Officials In Eight Months (Hindu, Alladi Jayasri , Apr 17, 2006)
It is a record of sorts going by the commission's standards
KPSC's main examination was held from July 23 to August 3, 2005
Interviews were conducted from March 20 to April 15
Temporary selection list to be notified on Monday
- Umbrella That Kept Out The Red Storm (Indian Express, SUBRATA NAGCHOUDHURY, Apr 17, 2006)
In the death of Abu Barkat Ataul Ghani Khan Chowdhury the West Bengal Congress has lost a leader who had always played his own brand of politics.
- Mulayam Blames Centre For Power Crisis (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
Creating obstacles in installation of Reliance power project'
- Oil On The Boil, Again (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Apr 17, 2006)
India may need to act on the twin issues of taxation of petroleum products and subsidies.
- India’S Left, Congress In State Poll Standoff (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
Millions of people will vote in India’s West Bengal on Monday as part of elections in five states whose results could further strain ties between India’s left and the national ruling coalition it backs.
- King Seethes At The People, Delhi Steps In (Times of India, Indrani Bagchi, Apr 17, 2006)
Feeling the heat of unrelenting protests against the monarchy, Gyanendra met Indian ambassador to Nepal Shiv Shankar Mukherjee on Sunday evening to offer fresh dialogue with the political parties.
- No Easy Options (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Apr 17, 2006)
As the political crisis in Nepal deepens, Indians are being forced to re-examine their view of a country that they have taken for granted for 60 years, and which is now at a political crossroads.
- Western Hypocrisy (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 17, 2006)
With virtually the entire country in revolt against the monarchy, the ‘usurper’ Nepalese King Gyanendra refuses to bow out.
- The Ghost In The Quota Machine (The Economic Times, Pothik Ghosh, Apr 17, 2006)
Debating societies are notorious for indulging in open-ended arguments. To be conclusive is hardly a virtue in such fraternities.
- Is Azad Cm Of Kashmir Alone? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 17, 2006)
Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has virtually rejected the 23-year old Wazir Commission Report (WCR) and asserted that Kashmir, like the Jammu province, too needed more districts "either through an executive order" or on the basis . . .
- The Power Of Public Opinion (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Apr 17, 2006)
The polling in Assam is over and the results will be announced in a month. Expectedly, before the 'numbers' are made public, 'alliances' will be struck and power sharing agreements signed between parties that contested the election.
- Mullaperiyar: Minister Slams Jayalalithaa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
Says she is making it a campaign issue
- Dangerous Concept Of Nation-State (Tribune, Anita Inder Singh, Apr 17, 2006)
Serb communist-nationalist and President of the post-1991 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
- Patriarch's Passing (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 17, 2006)
In the passing of Abu Ataul Barkat Ghani Khan Choudhury, India and West Bengal have lost yet another of the vanishing breed of patriarchal politicians with large personal followings held together by strong ties of loyalty, and who, in many ways,
- A Part Of Us (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Times, Apr 17, 2006)
All of a sudden Chitral, which was a centre of Buddhist learning and part of the undivided Jammu and Kashmir as it had existed in 1947, has attracted the attention of concerned citizens in Pakistan At an altitude of about 8000 feet from sea level . . .
- Advani Swipe At Pm Over Dam (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
Senior BJP leader Mr LK Advani today accused the Prime Minister of abdicating his responsibility when he was supposed to provide leadership and blasted the Centre for creating an “unprecedented and messy Centre-state stalemate” on the Narmada dam issue.
- How Blows The Wind? (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 17, 2006)
Barring the death of a school teacher in the Bodo region and minor incidents in Karbi Anglong, the two-phase polls in Upper and Lower Assam were peaceful enough.
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