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Articles 12821 through 12920 of 26693:
- India On Path To Sustained 8 Pct Growth - Chidambaram (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 04, 2006)
Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said on Friday the country was on a path to sustained economic growth of 8 percent per year but it had some way to go before full convertibility on the capital account.
- After Patiala Peg,now A Quartet (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Mar 04, 2006)
Just as a Patiala Peg is double that of the regular measure that whisky drinkers take at one time, so the men and women of Patiala are larger in life than other Punjabis.
- Bush Defends Controversial Nuclear Pact With India (Reuters, Steve Holland, Mar 04, 2006)
U.S. President George W. Bush on Friday defended a controversial nuclear agreement with India against criticism from Democrats in the Congress who say the deal rewards New Delhi for bad behaviour.
- Penny For Your Money (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Mar 04, 2006)
One Diwali day a Sardarji rang me up to say he had met God and wanted to tell me about it. He also wanted to wish me a happy Diwali. He turned up a little later.
- State Of Crisis (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 04, 2006)
Democracy is under threat in the Philippines
- Countdown Begins (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 04, 2006)
Ensuring free and fair polls is the first priority
- A System That Killed The Verdict (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Mar 04, 2006)
Ayoung girl is murdered in a crowded restaurant in full view of 600 people. Eye-witnesses tell the police that they can identify the murderer.
- Blind Man’S Bluff (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Mar 04, 2006)
The public outrage over the outcome of the Jessica Lall murder case is understandable, given that while the ramp model was shot at point-blank range in the presence of at least 40 to 50 persons, those accused of killing her have walked away free.
- No Mediation By Us On Kashmir: Bush (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 04, 2006)
US President George W Bush has firmly ruled out his country’s mediation between India and Pakistan on the Kashmir issue and promised to convey in strong terms to Gen Pervez Musharraf that there must be an end to support to terrorist groups ...
- "We Are Closer Than Ever Before" (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Mar 04, 2006)
India's leadership needed in a world hungry for democracy, says George Bush
Freedom is not an American or Indian value — it is a universal value
A small clerical elite in Iran denying basic liberties
- Islamists Promise Protests As Bush Meets Musharraf (Reuters, ZEESHAN HAIDER , Mar 04, 2006)
Anti-U.S. Islamist parties promised more protests on Saturday, as President George W. Bush prepared to round off a South Asian tour in Pakistan by urging President Pervez Musharraf to do more in the war on terrorism.
- Thank You, Mr President (Rediff on the Net, Sheela Bhatt, Mar 03, 2006)
This is what Prime Minister is most likely to say when President George Bush meets him in New Delhi, says a source in the Prime Minister's Office.
- Nuclear India (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Mar 03, 2006)
The Bush administration concluded a deal yesterday on nuclear cooperation with India, stating its willingness to supply India with civilian nuclear technology and thereby effectively accept India's status as a nuclear-weapons power.
- Nationwide Protests Led By Left Mar Bush Visit (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2006)
Tens of thousands of activists led by the Left parties, which provide crucial support to the UPA government from outside, today staged protests across the country to denounce the visit of US President George Bush whom they dubbed a "war criminal".
- Bush Warned Against Banking On "Unreliable" Musharraf (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2006)
In a strongly worded editorial ahead of President George W Bush's Pakistan visit, a leading American daily today warned him against banking on "unreliable" President Pervez Musharraf who has "suppressed secular democratic parties in the . . .
- India's Secular Tradition Wonderful Example Of Pluralism:bush (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2006)
Observing that India's secular tradition was "a wonderful example of pluralism", US President George Bush today said the bonhomie between people of all faiths was important for progress.
- India, Us Must Fight Terrorism Everywhere: Pm (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2006)
Contending that New Delhi sought a neighbourhood of peace and prosperity, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said India and the US must fight terrorism wherever it exists as it threatens democracy everywhere.
- Wb: Bjp Urges Ec To Defer Assembly Poll (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2006)
Citing lack of time for campaign for the coming assembly election in West Bengal, BJP today urged the Election Commission to defer the election schedule, though its ally Trinamool Congress has welcomed it.
- Budget Session To Be Rescheduled, Extended For State Polls (Indian Express, Santwana Bhattacharya, Mar 03, 2006)
The government is planning to reschedule the Budget session of Parliament to allow members from the five states headed for Assembly polls between April 3 and May 8 to do their bit for the election process.
- Wb: Govt Asks Ec To Specify Central Forces Deployment For Polls (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2006)
Caught offguard with the announcement of the five-phase election schedule, the West Bengal government has sought to know from the the Election Commission the availability of central forces to be deployed for smooth conduct of the staggered polls.
- Red Citadel On The Radar (Indian Express, SUBRATA NAGCHOUDHURY, Mar 03, 2006)
The dramatic three-phase reconnaissance exercise by the Election Commission (EC) teams over the past two months, . . .
- Why It’S Not Just About Nuclear Power (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Mar 03, 2006)
The understanding that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh clinched with visiting US President George W. Bush today was only peripherally about renewing civil nuclear energy cooperation.
- Summer Simmer (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 03, 2006)
If Left Front has nothing to hide, it’ll also have nothing to fear from EC’s pre-poll exertions
- Post To Bush: Don’T Bank On Musharraf (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2006)
In a strongly worded editorial ahead of George Bush’s Pakistan visit, a leading US daily today warned him against banking on “unreliable” President Pervez Musharraf who has “suppressed secular democratic parties in the country while striking deals . . .
- India-Us Joint Statement (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 03, 2006)
The following are excerpts from the Indo-US statement issued on March 2, 2006:
- Bush Heads To Hyderabad And More Protests (Reuters, Terry Friel, Mar 03, 2006)
U.S. President George W. Bush heads to one of India's premier tech hubs, Hyderabad, and into more protests on Friday after sealing a landmark nuclear cooperation deal with the world's largest democracy.
- Chidambaram Overcautious (Tribune, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Mar 03, 2006)
There is a danger in trying to please a lot of people simultaneously. You might end up spreading the happiness so thinly that no one is overjoyed. On the contrary, everyone feels a little dissatisfied.
- U.S. Critics Slam India Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Mar 03, 2006)
U.S. critics accused President George W. Bush on Thursday of selling out weapons non-proliferation goals in order to close a landmark nuclear deal with New Delhi, hardening battle lines as the U.S. Congress prepares to debate its fate.
- India, U.S. Seal Nuclear Deal Amid Anti-Bush Rallies (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Mar 03, 2006)
India and the United States sealed a landmark civilian nuclear cooperation pact on Thursday, the centrepiece of President George W. Bush's first visit to the world's largest democracy.
- At The Top Table (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2006)
The visit of the president of United States of America to New Delhi was predicated on the assumption that he would have a deal with India on nuclear matters. The vindication of that assumption is a major diplomatic achievement for India.
- Standing Apart (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Mar 03, 2006)
Globalization has smashed all values to smithereens. Evangelists and idealists, however, still walk the earth, determined to overwhelm humanity with love, goodwill and economic well-being.
- Budget Over, India's Reforms To Resume After Polls (Reuters, Surojit Gupta and Charlotte Cooper, Mar 03, 2006)
India's coalition government steered clear of tackling economic reforms opposed by its communist allies in this week's 2006/07 budget, preferring to hold fire until state elections are over in May, analysts say.
- Election Time (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 03, 2006)
ELECTIONS in four states and a Union Territory have been set in motion with the Election Commission announcing the dates for the same. The commission has its own yardsticks in preparing the schedule. Ordinarily, this is an internal affair of the ...
- India, Us To Cooperate In Fighting Terror (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2006)
India and the US today agreed to the conclusion of a Maritime Cooperation Framework to enhance security in the maritime domain. This agreement would also seek to prevent piracy and other transnational crimes at sea, carry out search and rescue operations,
- Three Priorities For St. Petersburg Summit Of G8 (Hindu, Vladimir V. Putin, Mar 03, 2006)
Global energy security, combating infectious diseases, including bird flu, and education are the three priorities Russia has proposed for the G8.
- Polls To State Rs Seats On March 28 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2006)
Elections to fill up 58 vacancies in Rajya Sabha, including four from Karnataka, would be held on March 28, Election Commission said on Thursday.
- Bar Deaths Emit Rivalry Stench (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2006)
Were the three people killed in the Srirampura bar incident victims of political rivalry? Residents of the neighbourhood on Thursday said the area was infested with “political rowdyism”.....
- Mullaperiyar: All-Party Meet In Kochi On Monday (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2006)
Government has not failed in conducting case in apex court
- India, U.S. Reaffirm Commitment To Expand Ties (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 03, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President George W. Bush express satisfaction with progress in advancing strategic partnership.
- Less Than Half Of Indians Consider Bush A Friend Of India: Poll (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2006)
A modest 45 percent of Indians consider George W. Bush a friend of India, according to a poll published Thursday as the US President paid a maiden visit to the emerging power.
- Terrorists Will Not Prevent Me From Going To Pakistan: Bush (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2006)
"India, Pakistan have historic opportunity to work for lasting peace''
``India, U.S. committed to promoting democracy worldwide"
Need to share intelligence on terrorism stressed
- Us, India Seal Nuclear Deal (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2006)
US President George W Bush got a victory on Thursday on his first visit to India, securing a landmark nuclear energy agreement that he said could help ease energy prices.
- Muslims Stage Massive Protest In Mumbai (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2006)
Rally draws support from the Left and Samajwadi Party; all sects participate
Rally draws support from the Left and Samajwadi Party
Husain paintings, Danish cartoons, Iraq crisis discussed
Imperialist bid to isolate China seen
- India To Open 14 Nuclear Reactors To (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2006)
India today agreed to open 14 of its 22 nuclear reactors to international safeguards under a last-minute deal clinched after intense discussions between the visiting US President George W Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
- Confirming The Stereotype (Dawn, F.S. Aijazuddin, Mar 03, 2006)
There can be nothing more demeaning than living down to the expectation of others.
- Bush’S Agenda For His Visit (Dawn, Talat Masood, Mar 03, 2006)
The forthcoming visit of President Bush to India and Pakistan is a milestone in the on-going engagement and increasing interest of the United States in this part of the world. Several factors have contributed towards making South Asia an attractive destin
- Thar Express — The Hope Of Friendship (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2006)
The Thar Express, which had ‘Queen of Desert Bridge of Peace’ inscribed on its engine, crossed Zero Point in Pakistan and steamed up to Monabao in India on the afternoon of February 18, opening new vistas for people living on both sides of the border.
- Bush: Kashmir Talks Must Be Intensified (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Mar 03, 2006)
US President George W. Bush told India and Pakistan on Thursday not to miss a rare opportunity to work for lasting peace in the subcontinent and said he would urge their courageous and visionary leaders to intensify their dialogue on Kashmir.
- Us, India Sign N-Deal To Seal Strategic Ties (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2006)
India and the United States sealed a landmark civilian nuclear cooperation pact on Thursday, the centrepiece of President George W. Bush’s first visit to the world’s largest democracy.
- Us And India Demand Myanmar Free Aung San Suu Kyi (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2006)
The United States and India on Thursday strongly criticised human rights violations in military-ruled Myanmar and called for the release of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
- Missing On This State Visit: First Dog Barney (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 03, 2006)
A sizeable section of the world’s most populous democracy could believe that the fifth visit to India by an American President would have been an even greater success had Barney accompanied George and Laura.
- Four Years After Fall Of Taliban, Leader's Power Barely Extends Beyond The Capital (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
Standing behind George Bush inside his Kabul palace yesterday, Hamid Karzai radiated the trappings of a powerful president: a confident smile, massed security guards and the legitimacy bestowed by the 2004 election in which he won 55% of the vote.
- India Seeking A Friend, Not A Patron (Asia Times, Ehsan Ahrari, Mar 02, 2006)
As President George W Bush arrived in India on Wednesday, US-India ties were undergoing a process of considerable contemplation and discourse, both in Washington and New Delhi. One has to recall another time - 1972, when president . . .
- Protest Against Bush’S Visit (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
A wordy duel between the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, and the Leader of the Opposition, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, marked the passing of the Motion of Thanks on the Governor’s Address in the Punjab Assembly today.
- 'Important Thing Is To Tell The Story' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 02, 2006)
Pulitzer prize-winning New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd is known for her incisive comments on Bush presidency. Janaki Kremmer speaks to her on US politics and its gender content:
- Howdy, George (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 02, 2006)
Most Indians like what the US president thinks: India can become a great power
- India’S Race Against The Dragon (Statesman, Hamish McRae, Mar 02, 2006)
“Bush in India” may never become an opera like Nixon in China — though maybe Bollywood will some day have a crack at it. But the US President’s visit to India, which starts today, does signal a warming in the USA towards the world’s greatest democracy.
- Aliens Again (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 02, 2006)
New Dispur order could backfire
- Manmohan, Bush Hold Talks, Hope To Seal N-Deal (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
US President George W Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday sealed a landmark civilian nuclear cooperation pact, the centrepiece of Bush's first visit to the world's largest democracy.
- Kalam To Address Bihar Legislature On March 28 (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam will address a joint sitting of the two Houses of Bihar legislature on March 28, Speaker Udai Narayan Choudhary informed the Assembly yesterday.
- Bharat Yatras, Washington Yarns (Indian Express, Inder Malhotra, Mar 02, 2006)
As the fifth US president to visit India, Bush has a lot of history to catch up on
- Mulayam Should Bow Out (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 02, 2006)
Verdict makes ministry’s continuance untenable
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has no right, moral and otherwise, to remain in power after the 2:1 verdict of the Allahabad High Court in a case relating to the status of the 40 rebel . .
- Howdy, Pardner (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
India should welcome George W. Bush. The world's largest economic, military and cultural power, the United States, has the ability to do a great deal of harm, as well as a great deal of good to us.
- Not Starry-Eyed (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 02, 2006)
The visit of the president of the United States of America, Mr George W. Bush, is imbued with significance.
- We're Both Democrats (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
A significant proportion of India's intelligentsia looks upon George W. Bush with derision.
- Ec Bid To Phase Out Poll-Rigging (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
In an open hint to the ruling Left Front that it is bent on ensuring a free and fair election in West Bengal, the Election Commission on Wednesday for the first time announced a five-phase poll in the state.
- Chandy Gives Kerala Vigilance Director The Boot (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
In a surprise move, CM Oommen Chandy today booted out his Vigilance Director P. Upendra Verma. Chandy, hurt by Vigilance Department’s move to file an FIR in the controversial SNC-Lavalin case before waiting for government opinion, . . .
- Poll Schedule For 5 States Announced (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
The Election Commission announced a staggered multi-phased assembly elections in West Bengal, Kerala and Assam and Pondicherry and a single-day for Tamil Nadu beginning on April 3 and ending May eight.
- To Read The Future, Watch Up (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Mar 02, 2006)
With the Allahabad High Court verdict going against Mulayam Singh Yadav in the case of the 40 erstwhile BSP MLAs, Uttar Pradesh is getting ready for the mother of all political battles. The fight to keep Lucknow could also decide what happens . .
- Dharam Singh Questions Deve Gowda's `Silence' On Bangalore Metro Rail Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
`Chief Minister Kumaraswamy has made statements supporting the facility'
Other statements
I have always favoured metro rail for Bangalore
The only issue was the funding pattern
It is for the people to judge who brought down the previous government
- Indian Lessons (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 02, 2006)
Jagdish Bhagwati expanded upon them on the eve of the Bush visit to India
- Bush Brings No Smiles In J&k (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
After voting for your favourite contestants in various talent hunt shows on TV channels, now you can vote for your favourite author too
- Clean B’Lore, Green B’Lore (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
A “Clean Bangalore, Green Bangalore” campaign has been launched on February 25 jointly by Project Agastya, an NGO involved in Urban issues and Rotary clubs of Jayanagar, JP Nagar, Bangalore South, Bangalore South West and Cubbon Park.
- Chorus In The Valley: Us A ‘Concerned Superpower’ (Indian Express, RIYAZ WANI, Mar 02, 2006)
While people across the Muslim world may appear to be increasingly hostile to the United States—unfurling the dreadful prospect of the so-called clash of civilisations—the reality is the opposite in India’s only Muslim majority state.
- Our Taboo May Not Be Theirs (Deccan Herald, Firoz Bakht Ahmed, Mar 02, 2006)
The cartoon outrage is a result of a clash between – not two civilisations – but two orthodoxies
- Do Not Welcome Us President' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
A Joint Action Committee (JAC), comprising different Muslim organisations, has termed US President George W. Bush a "traitor of humanity."
- Stringent Steps To Tackle Naxal Menace Will Continue: Raman Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
No point inviting Maoists for peace talks, says the Chhattisgarh Chief Minister
- Announcement On Rajya Sabha Polls Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
The Election Commission will announce on Thursday elections to 58 vacancies in the Rajya Sabha
- Ap House Suspends 31 Mlas (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
The TDP members insisted that the House take up their adjournment motion on the Election Commission (EC) decision to countermand the byelection to the Visakhapatnam Assembly constitutency due to malpractices
- Ec Move Leaves Egg On Face Of Ap Congress (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
The Election Commission countermanded the by-election that was held on February 19 following the finding of its enquiry that several irregularities had taken place.
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