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Articles 11921 through 12020 of 26693:
- Epic Distribution For Those Who Failed To Get It (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
The exercise will be on till March 31
- Interpreters Bridge Language Divide For Foreign Patients (Hindu, M. Dinesh Varma, Mar 24, 2006)
Hospitals in city either have in-house interpreters or commission someone from outside Hospitals in city have in-house interpreters or commission someone from outside Most visiting groups of foreign patients are accompanied by an English speaking . . .
- Sonia Had No Option: Naidu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
"Unfortunate that Sonia Gandhi's compulsion is made out to be a sacrifice"
Election laws have to be uniform for all parties
People will see through the game
President urged not to approve the ordinance
- Dpa Completes Identification Of Constituencies (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
Pattali Makkal Katchi signs agreement with the DMK
- Dic(k) Clinches Deal With Congress, Gets 18 Seats (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
Not to contest on `hand' symbol of the Congress
High drama at Karunakaran's residence; Murali walks out
Formula will now be a written agreement
- Sonia Punctures Oppn Campaign (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
Taking the battle into the Opposition camp, Sonia Gandhi today resigned from Lok Sabha and as Chairperson of the National Advisory Council, a post she probably feared could unseat her from Parliament.
- Second Thoughts (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Mar 24, 2006)
The Congress party has made a habit of doing the right thing after taking a first mis-step.
- Many Delhi Legislators Feel The Heat (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
"Holding offices of profit"
- Profit And Loss: Sonia Goes (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Mar 24, 2006)
In a stunning move to take the wind out of the BJP-led Opposition’s legal campaign for the termination of her Lok Sabha membership over the raging “office of profit” dispute, Sonia Gandhi on Thursday quit her parliament membership and resigned . . .
- Uttaranchal Bjp Targets Cong Mlas (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
Former speaker and BJP leader Prakash Pant on Thursday demanded the disqualification of 13 ruling Congress MLAs claiming that they were holding offices of profit.
- Good Versus Evil Isn't A Strategy (Los Angeles Times, Editorial, Los Angeles Times, Mar 24, 2006)
The Bush administration's newly unveiled National Security Strategy might well be subtitled "The Irony of Iran."
- Hc Moved Against Bjp Yatras (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
Apprehending communal hatred in the country, a voluntary agency today filed a petition in the Delhi High Court seeking direction to stop the ‘‘rath yatras’’ by BJP leaders L.K Advani and Rajnath Singh from Dwarka and Puri respectively, from April 6.
- Kerala: Cong To Move Cautiously On Tie-Up With Dic-K Says Chandy (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today said Congress was moving "cautiously" on having poll adjustments between his party-led UDF and DIC-K, considering the "track record" of K Karunakaran while he was in the party.
- ‘Save Sonia’ Bid Rocks Houses (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Wednesday opted to stay away from presiding over the proceedings of the House on the ground that he has been named as one of the persons holding an office of profit, reports PTI from New Delhi. ....
- ‘Hamas Will Not Lay Down Arms’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
Hamas leader-in-exile Khaled Meshaal said on Wednesday the Palestinian militant group will continue to fight Israel and told the United States that its Middle East policy would fuel terrorism.
- Abrupt End To Budget Session (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
Bid for ordinance on office of profit: Opposition
No business left for post-recess session: Government
Samajwadi Party seeks removal of Navin Chawla
- Election Commission's Fiat On Rural Job Scheme (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Mar 23, 2006)
"Don't increase number of beneficiaries in 5 States"
Only job cardholders should be provided employment, if they demand work
If no job could be provided in ongoing works, competent authority can start new work from approved projects
- Deve Gowda Denies Recognising His Son As Legislature Party Leader (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
Says it is Speaker who granted recognition to Kumaraswamy
Mr. Gowda says that a powerful disinformation campaign has been launched against him
Says he has not approved of the alliance entered into by his son with the BJP
The party has not . . .
- Ec Justifies Decision To Transfer Nataraj (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
"It was taken keeping in mind importance of neutrality, fairness"
Nataraj's reported statement praising the Chief Minister "can create serious apprehensions in the minds of electors, candidates"
Under Article 324 of the . . .
- Five-Phased Polling To Ensure Free Voting: Chief Election Commissioner (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
Officials review situation for elections in districts of West Bengal
Election observers must provide level-playing field for all contestants
Central paramilitary forces to be deployed in sensitive areas
Exit poll results must be announced only . . .
- Musharraf Open To Talks On Waziristan And Balochistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
President says govt won’t be blackmailed
* No challenge to state writ acceptable
* Musharraf and Aziz discuss cabinet reshuffle
- Strategic Partnership (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Mar 23, 2006)
After the Bush visit, there are new opportunities for commercial space cooperation with the US
- Kerosene For The Unscrupulous? (Deccan Herald, B V SHENOY, Mar 23, 2006)
There is need to devise a better system of subsidising kerosene
- Top Cop’S Transfer Was Necessary For Fair Poll: Ec (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
The Election Commission today told the Madras High Court that its directive to the Tamil Nadu government to transfer Chennai Police Commissioner R. Nataraj, ‘‘was aimed at ensuring a free and fair election in the state and at preserving the public . . .
- Adjournment Aimed At `Saving' Sonia (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Mar 23, 2006)
Opposition alleges bid to introduce ordinance
- The Peace Of God (Deccan Herald, Usha Muliyil, Mar 23, 2006)
Have you noticed that many saints and ascetics do not have families of their own? In Vedanta, this is known as a release from the desire for home, spouse and children.
- Nepal Diplomacy Horns In On Controversy (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Mar 23, 2006)
The gift appears to have been packaged to wrangle an invitation from the Schonbrunn Zoo in Vienna.
- Karunakaran Vitriol Leaves Cong Bridges Burned (Indian Express, RAJEEV P I, Mar 23, 2006)
In a day of high drama, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and the wary state Congress leadership have virtually ended K Karunakaran’s hopes of pulling his outfit into the Congress-led UDF camp this Assembly poll. Though the Muslim League, the . . .
- Nitish Kumar Consolidates Hold On Bihar (Tribune, Ambarish Dutta, Mar 23, 2006)
AS the ruling NDA completed 100 days in office last week,Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is firmly in the saddle and has established his supremacy both in the party and the government.
- Poll Observers To Meet Tomorrow (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
The Election Commission announced on Wednesday that a meeting of poll observers from Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Pondicherry would be held here on Friday. While Kerala is having a three-phase poll on April 22, 29 and May 3, Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry . . .
- Fearful Of Flexploitation (Deccan Herald, Naima Bouteldja, Mar 23, 2006)
Last week, an estimated 1.5 million people surged on to the streets of France in protest against Dominique de Villepin’s faltering government.
- Four By-Elections (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Mar 23, 2006)
The spotlight is gradually shifting to the coming four assembly by-elections in the State - one in Jammu region and three in the Valley.
- Karunakaran Hints At Accepting Sonia As Leader (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
Former Congress leader K Karunakaran on Wednesday indicated he was willing to accept Sonia Gandhi as his leader, saying he had not attacked her.
- Engaging Dhaka (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Mar 23, 2006)
Considering how important Bangladesh is for India, the first bilateral visit of Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has been somewhat low-key.
- Underwater, Not Underhand (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Mar 23, 2006)
Let’s, for a moment, take the NDA’s latest charge against the UPA government at face value.
- A Few Good Men (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Mar 23, 2006)
Sumanta Sen speculates on why some former administrators are being given poll tickets by the political parties, especially the Marxists
- Afghanistan Under Pressure To Free Christian Convert (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
International pressure mounted on Afghanistan on Wednesday over the case of a man who faces the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity.
- Sense Of Direction (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 23, 2006)
It has become a ritual for newspapers to write editorials and publish supplements on March 23, the day the Pakistan Resolution was adopted in 1940;
- Our Globe-Trotting Rulers (Dawn, Sardar Mumtaz Ali Bhutto, Mar 23, 2006)
China, if not already there, is well on its way to becoming a superpower.
- Parliament Rocked By Govt's Move To Bring Ordinance (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
Parliament was adjourned today sine die amidst indications that the government was paving the way for promulgation of an Ordinance to identify some posts as not office of profit, a move the opposition alleged was a ploy to "save" Sonia . . .
- Us And China To Launch Latin America Dialogue (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
The United States, wary of potential ''crossed wires'' as China steps up its involvement in Washington's traditional sphere of influence in Latin America, plans to start a dialogue with Beijing on the issue.
- Iraqi Shi'ite Pilgrims Ambushed, More Bodies Found (Reuters, Ross Colvin, Mar 23, 2006)
Gunmen in Baghdad killed at least 15 Shi'ite pilgrims and wounded dozens on Wednesday, raking vehicles with machinegun fire in the latest outbreak of sectarian violence that threatens Iraq with civil war.
- Hamas On Course To Govern Despite Plo Objections (Reuters, Nidal Al-Mughrabi, Mar 23, 2006)
Hamas said on Wednesday the Palestinian parliament would meet next week to vote on its new cabinet despite the Palestine Liberation Organisation's rejection of its governing agenda.
- Ktk: Gowda Targets Left Parties, Asserts He Remains Secular (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
A day after coming under fire from some of his partymen for vouching for his son and Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, a beleaguered JD(S) supremo H D Devegowda today did a volte-face, asserting the issue of initiating action against rebel party . . .
- Crisis And Response (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 23, 2006)
Anil Biswas is so identified with the organisation that his absence from Alimuddin Street when the assembly election is less than a month away should have thrown the party into confusion.
- Srinagar To Varanasi (Statesman, Jagmohan , Mar 23, 2006)
Overriding Need To Move Towards National Consensus
- Natural Allies ? (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Mar 23, 2006)
India needs to be careful not to become euphoric over US President George Bush’s description of our new emerging relationship as being one among "natural allies". Because it has taken so long for the most powerful democracy in the world to . . .
- Double Standards (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Mar 23, 2006)
It is a game at which politicians, especially those belonging to the Congress, are experts:
- An Adjournment And A Proposed Ordinance (Hindu, Harish Khare , Mar 23, 2006)
If the Congress amends by ordinance the Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act, 1959, after adjourning Parliamentsine die,it will not save Sonia Gandhi from embarrassment.
- Italy At The Crossroads (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 23, 2006)
The issues ahead of the Italian polls (April 9-10) to elect the 15th Parliament are as much about tackling the country's daunting economic challenges as about the restoration of the credibility of democratic institutions.
- Dmk, Cong Seal Seat Deal In Tn (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
The agreement was signed by Tamil Nadu Congress Committee President M Krishnaswamy and DMK leader M Karunanidhi in the presence of AICC General Secretary in charge of Tamil Nadu Veerappa Moily here on Wednesday.
- Domestic It Market To Top Rs 6,600 Cr: Study (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
In-house spending on IT services (such as training costs, salaries and associated overheads) still accounts for more than 50 per cent of corporate IT spending in India, it adds.
- Iraq War To Last My Term, Says Bush (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
White House officials cautioned that Bush was asked when “all” US forces would withdraw and pointed to recent comments from US generals in Iraq predicting substantial reductions later this year and into 2007.
- Bush's Tame Excuse (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 23, 2006)
DESPITE the obvious fact that the US invasion of Iraq has not paved the way for democracy in the beleaguered country, President Bush continues to delude himself with the belief that democracy is on the march there.
- Pakistan Day (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 23, 2006)
While the ruling PML holds a party convention today at Minar-e-Pakistan, where the history-making 1940 Resolution was passed 66 years ago, it is only right to undertake an exercise in soul-searching to determine what it has done to fulfil the . . .
- Remembering Lahore Resolution (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 23, 2006)
The nation is celebrating Pakistan Day today with traditional political fervour in remembrance of the adoption of Pakistan Resolution at the historic Manto Park in Lahore on this day in 1940 that led to the creation of Pakistan as independent and . . .
- Burns Trying A ‘Hard Sell’ On India-Us Nuclear Deal (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Mar 23, 2006)
US Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns told a news conference on Wednesday that his country’s relationship with Pakistan was strong and that the nuclear deal with India would not affect the close ties between Washington and Islamabad.
- Deal In Us Interest: Bush (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
US President Mr George W Bush has said that it was in America’s interest to work out the civilian nuclear deal with India and develop the “important relationship” with New Delhi by setting aside cold-war era tensions.
- It's Nothing But A Fight For Gaddi (The Economic Times, P R RAMESH, Mar 22, 2006)
“Expose and defeat mafia-linked men within the CPM
“Expose the men who are patronising the loot of Kerala’s natural resources
“Denial of a ticket to VS Achuthanandan will see the end of genuine Left movement in Kerala
“Pinarayi Vijayan is the favour
- Do Iims Offer More Than Raw Talent? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 22, 2006)
In all the investments we make in life, we basically seek answers to two questions.
- Women In Agriculture (Daily Excelsior, Prof R D Gupta, Mar 22, 2006)
When women move forward, the family moves, the village moves and the Nation moves’’,
- Pakistan Clamours For Same U.S. Nuclear Deal As India (Reuters, ZEESHAN HAIDER , Mar 22, 2006)
Stung by U.S. President George Bush's refusal to grant access to American nuclear know-how, Pakistan accused the United States of discriminating against it and of upsetting the balance of power in South Asia.
- Payback Policy (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Mar 22, 2006)
The euphoria over the Indo-US nuclear deal has vanished. With the legislation having been tabled in the US Congress last week for validating the agreement between the prime minister, Manmohan Singh, and the president of the United States of America . . .
- Us Congress Must Approve N-Deal With India: Bush (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Mar 22, 2006)
Admitting his decision to broker a civilian nuclear agreement with India was a controversial one, President George W. Bush says he is comfortable recommending it to the US Congress for approval and believes the lawmakers ought to approve it.
- Pcs Officers As Dms? (Tribune, Shahira Naim, Mar 22, 2006)
A recent decision of Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav to allow the Provincial Civil Services (PCS) cadre entry into at least two posts of District Magistrate is causing deep fissures in the state’s civil services.
- What’S Left Without Kerala? (Indian Express, ANANDA MAJUMDAR, Mar 22, 2006)
What is the Left if it doesn’t win West Bengal and Kerala?” a senior CPM leader told newspersons recently, explaining why the party’s energies were being focused on these two states. Yet the latest People’s Democracy carries little on Kerala,
- Bush Sees Troops Still In Iraq In Three Years (Reuters, Steve Holland, Mar 22, 2006)
President George W. Bush said on Tuesday it is possible some U.S. troops will still be in Iraq after his presidency ends in three years time, but he insisted civil war had not erupted there.
- Jds May Issue Whip Against Ananthamurthy (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
In a bid to counter former deputy chief minister Siddaramaiah and other MLAs backing litterateur U R Ananthamurthy’s Rajya Sabha candidature, the state JD(S) is contemplating to issue a whip for the biennial elections slated to be held on March 28.
- He Knows Best (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Mar 22, 2006)
Pakistan’s fourth military ruler, General Pervez Musharraf, often makes statements that make eminent sense.
- Privatisation: Come Hell Or High Water (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Mar 22, 2006)
Converting water to a commercial good to be sold for profit invites disaster. Most of all for poor people whose already pathetic access to water will shrink swiftly.
- India Helps Set Up Bio-Resource Institute In Sri Lanka (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Mar 22, 2006)
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse has inaugurated a bio-resource institute in central Sri Lanka, started with Indian expertise.
- Back To Square One (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 22, 2006)
After knocking at the doors of both the Left Democratic Front and the United Democratic Front, the Democratic Indira Congress (Karunakaran) is back to charting its own course in the Kerala Assembly elections.
- Cpi (Ml) To Contest Elections On Its Own (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
Party says it will field candidates in four constituencies
- Us Keeping Close Eye On Trial Of Afghan Christian (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
The United States said on Monday it was watching closely the trial of an Afghan man who could face death for converting to Christianity in a test of religious freedom for the key US ally.
- China Simply Unstoppable (Deccan Herald, K P Prabhakaran Nair, Mar 22, 2006)
India should emulate China to avoid the mismatch between foodgrain production and fertiliser use
- Water Day (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 22, 2006)
A natural resource, we have been guilty of commodifying water
- Ec Can Make Only Preliminary Enquiry: Sezhiyan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
Model code has no statutory backing
Government alone can take disciplinary action
There is a limit to Commission's discretion
- Legislature Party Leader Status Thrust On Us: M.P. Prakash (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
There is no party that can claim to be secular, he says
- How To Turn The Clock Back (Dawn, Mansoor Alam, Mar 22, 2006)
According to a recent World Bank report, Pakistan, India and Bangladesh — quite contrary to the common perceptions — have higher prevalence of malnutrition than certain countries of Sub-Saharan Africa and are unlikely to achieve the millennium . . .
- Committed To Women's Bill Passage, Says Manmohan Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
"Quality of debates has improved although there are moments of tension"
Upper House bids adieu to 58 members
MP draws attention to industrialists becoming Upper House members
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