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Articles 12921 through 13020 of 26693:
- Musharraf Seeks Bush’S Influence In Kashmir Settlement (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said he expects US President George W Bush to use his influence to help settle the Kashmir dispute because "now is the ideal time and ideal environment to resolve it".
- Unprecedented Schedule: Cpi (M) (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
Congress blames it on law and order
The election schedule for West Bengal was unprecedented, Senior Polit Bureau member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) Anil Biswas said here on Wednesday.
- Poll Code To Hit Government Programmes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
Special Cabinet meet to announce pay revision for Government employees today
Plans for laying foundation stone for Vizhinjam project by the Prime Minister will have to be abandoned
- 3 Up Ministers Quit In Wake Of Hc Verdict (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
Jaiveer Singh, Surendra Vikram Singh and Dharm Pal Singh, all Ministers of State, on Wednesday met Governor T V Rajeswar and submitted their resignations stating that after the High Court judgement they had been “reverted back” to the BSP and . . .
- A Lot Is Rotten In The State Of Denmark (Dawn, Karamatullah K. Ghori, Mar 02, 2006)
Pakistan is on fire, as are a dozen other Muslim states over the cartoon controversy sparked by the Danish newspaper, Jyllands-Posten
- Anti-Bush Rally In New Delhi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
Leaders of several political parties on Wednesday joined hands with various Muslim organisations to oppose the visit of U.S. President George Bush at a massive rally held at Ramlila Grounds here
- Furore In Assembly Over Visakhapatnam Bypoll (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
31 TDP members suspended for paralysing proceedings
- Full Voter Id Cards Coverage Unlikely (Hindu, Karthik Subramanian, Mar 02, 2006)
Only 10 out of 14 constituencies covered
- European Aid Cannot Buy Hamas: Meshaal (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
European aid to Palestine could not persuade the Palestinian group Hamas to change its policy positions, a leader of the radical Islamic movement due in Moscow for talks this week said in an interview published here on Wednesday.
- Deve Gowda Leads Anti-Bush Protest (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
JD(S) MPs to participate in Left parties' protests in Delhi today
The former Prime Minister, H.D. Deve Gowda, on Wednesday led a demonstration by the Janata Dal (Secular) here against the visit of U.S. President George Bush and ...
- Bush Vows Osama Will Be Captured (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
Says ‘infiltration’ issue to be taken up with Musharraf
- Us Human Rights Record (Dawn, ALI DAYAN HASAN, Mar 02, 2006)
Islamabad will be sealed off so that President Musharraf can welcome US President George Bush to his capital. Bush is making the journey to compliment and compensate Musharraf on services rendered in the ‘war on terror’.
- Bush To Help Resolve Kashmir Dispute, Hopes Musharraf (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf said on Wednesday he expected US President George W. Bush to use his influence to help settle the Kashmir dispute.
- Comfort For Markets With Political Stability (The Financial Express, RAJIV KUMAR, Mar 02, 2006)
The finance minister has taken advantage of strong economic growth and the economy’s healthy state to bring the fisc back on track for achieving FRBM targets.
- Assembly Polls From April 3 To May 8 (Hindu, Siddharth Narrain , Mar 02, 2006)
Five-phase exercise in West Bengal
- Two Cs And Two Ds Make Four As (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Mar 02, 2006)
Making the top grade in four dimensions: Civil society and commerce, democracy and demography, India, to give a Hollywood metaphor, is the world's Million Dollar Baby. This has been so for long, though it has not won many contests because . . .
- 30 Tdp Mlas Suspended (Statesman, A N Sudarsan Rao , Mar 02, 2006)
Thirty TDP MLAs were suspended from the Assembly today for two days over the alleged election code violations in the Visakhapatnam-I by-election.
- Indian Budget Wins Praise (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
India’s new "common man" budget combining populism with pledges of strong growth and fiscal vigilance spurred shares to a record high on Wednesday as it won praise from economists, business and traders.
- Endgame For Mulayam: The Right Price For Politicking (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 02, 2006)
Mulayam Singh has dealt democracy a body blow. The trust vote his government sought and won — immediately after the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court invalidated the merger of 40 BSP MLAs into SP in 2003 — is an example of the lengths . . .
- Thank You, Mr President (Rediff on the Net, Sheela Bhatt, Mar 01, 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.
- 71% Indians Are Positive About Us, Says A New Poll (Press Trust of India, SEEMA HAKHU KACHRU, Mar 01, 2006)
While United States favourability ratings have plunged in many countries, Indians are significantly more positive about the US now than they were in the summer of 2002, a new opinion poll has said.
- Roundtable Meets Ultimate Solution: Mufti (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
Welcoming the ‘bold decision’ of Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh in calling a roundtable conference on Jammu and Kashmir in the Union Capital recently, People’s Democratic Party patron and former Chief Minister Mufti Mohd Sayeed today said . . .
- Govt Vows More For Poor, Budget Banks On Growth (Reuters, Unni Krishnan, Mar 01, 2006)
The government pledged on Tuesday to boost spending on health, education and rural infrastructure to help the poor, unveiling an annual budget designed to foster growth and rein in the country's federal deficit.
- Bush To Begin India Visit, All Eyes On Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Mar 01, 2006)
- U.S. President George W. Bush arrives in India on Wednesday on his first visit to the world's largest democracy, hoping to elevate a new friendship between the two nations into a strategic partnership.
- Bush Heads To India, Pakistan, Leaving Domestic Troubles Behind (Reuters, Steve Holland, Mar 01, 2006)
U.S. and Indian negotiators were working to try to reach a nuclear agreement as President George W. Bush flew to New Delhi on Tuesday, his top officials said.
- Stance At Mar 6 Iaea Meet On Iran To Be Based On 'Merit':india (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
Just a week ahead of the IAEA meeting on Iran's controversial nuclear programme, India today refused to spell out the stance it will adopt there, saying it will make a judgement based on "merits" when the time comes.
- Opposition Rises Against Thai Pm (Tribune, Bruce Wallace, Mar 01, 2006)
TENS of thousands of protesters, many swathed in headbands declaring “Save the Country,” answered Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s weekend snap election call with a festive nighttime rally on Sunday calling on him to quit instead.
- Celebrate The Budget’S Irrelevance (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Mar 01, 2006)
For an industry looking to analyse tax impact, P. Chidambaram’s Budget 2007 is going to provide nothing but disappointment.
- Executive Decisions (Indian Express, MICHAEL GREEN, Mar 01, 2006)
Natural allies? If only their countries would appreciate the direction taken by Manmohan Singh and George W. Bush, says MICHAEL GREEN
- 3˝ Looking At 10 (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Mar 01, 2006)
Budget wants 10% GDP growth. It hopes economy will be on autopilot
- Chidu Bats For Growth (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
With the coming assembly elections in mind, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday presented the Union Budget for 2006-07 in the Lok Sabha, keeping harsh reforms at bay, proposed no changes in personal Income Tax rates and lowered customs and . . .
- For Mature, Strong Bonds (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 01, 2006)
That much used word is an understatement when describing the readers' response evoked by the appointment of the Readers' Editor for The Hindu; the first in any Indian newspaper. There was an avalanche of letters — a representative selection . . .
- Delhi Declaration Still Relevant, Says Mikhail Gorbachev (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Mar 01, 2006)
President of erstwhile Soviet Union foresees a great future for India-Russia ties
"Reliance on the use of force, on the role of the world policeman cannot do any good, but can only make processes more painful and provoke explosion"
- From Eisenhower To Clinton To Bush (Hindu, Harish Khare , Mar 01, 2006)
The India-U.S. relationship cannot easily graduate into a strategicjugalbandhiwithout all shades of Indian nationalism feeling comfortable with Washington's global agenda.
- Election Commission Countermands Vizag Byelection; Repoll On March 25 (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Mar 01, 2006)
Orders replacement of State Chief Electoral Officer M.Narayana Rao
The Election Commission on Tuesday countermanded the byelection held for the Visakhapatnam Assembly constituency on February 19 on the ground that large-scale . . .
- Lucky And Wise (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Mar 01, 2006)
An exercised journalist asked P. Chidambaram at his post-budget press conference whether he would have to pay 12 per cent service tax on all the cash he withdrew from an automatic teller machine.
- Mulayam Seeks, Wins Trust Vote Amid High Drama (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
After Allahabad High Court disqualifies 40 BSP rebel MLAs who joined SP in 2003
Bench leaves it to Speaker to decide on disqualification
Entire Opposition stages walkout
- Sachar Panel: A Demoralising Element (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
I am sure those who are news freak must be aware of Sachar Committee.
- With Hope And Confidence (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 01, 2006)
By leaving personal income tax unchanged, the Budget for 2006-07 may have dampened the enthusiasm of the salaried people who were waiting for some extra cash in their pocket, but it has other benefits for individuals.
- Pc's Budget Not Taxing; Cars, Idli-Dosa Made Cheaper (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
With key elections round the corner, the finance minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday presented a political Budget, re-asserting the UPA government's social commitments. However, the Left -allies at the Centre but already making grounds . . .
- Marginal Slash In Project Tiger Fund, Environment And Forest Ministry Gets Rs 241 Cr More (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
Budgetary allocation for Project Tiger was cut marginally in the Budget while funds given to the ministry of environment and forests were increased by Rs. 241.84 crore.
- Protecting The Environment (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 01, 2006)
What is the use of having detailed legislation for the protection of the environment when those who are supposed to enforce it do not do so? This point came in for a sharp rebuke for the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) . . .
- ‘India’S Success Marred By Social Inequality’ (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Mar 01, 2006)
The post-1991 dismantling of India’s nationally regulated economy has been accompanied by a rapid growth of social inequality and economic insecurity, according to an analysis published by the World Socialist Website (WSWS).
- The Pain Of Being Displaced (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Mar 01, 2006)
In late January some members of the Hindu community living in Rehmatia Colony on the south bank of the Lyari river in Gulshan-i-Iqbal Town — now razed to the ground to give the right of way to the Lyari Expressway Project (LEP) . . .
- Implications Of Bush Visit (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Mar 01, 2006)
Soon we will have the US president in Islamabad. What message will the world’s most powerful leader bring us and what advantages can accrue to the country from this event?
- Grappling With The Ghosts Of Russian History (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Mar 01, 2006)
Russian television planned last week to mark the 50th anniversary of a turning point in Soviet history with a documentary. For reasons that are not very clear, the project was abandoned before it could be aired. “I don’t feel they want very much to mark t
- A Difficult Task Well Done (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Mar 01, 2006)
The Budget, above all, is an exercise in brand-building, besides being an attempt at substantial changes in economic policy. The Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, has served both purposes well as also balanced his books and . . .
- Minimalist Budget (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Mar 01, 2006)
But FM does well on fiscal management
It is a minimalist Budget, befitting today’s minimalist age. That was only to be expected.
- As The Crisis Deepens (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 01, 2006)
ACTS of terror and disruption in Balochistan have now become a daily occurrence and seem to be assuming new dimensions.
- Fm’S Emergence As God Of Small Things (The Financial Express, YASHWANT SINHA, Mar 01, 2006)
The economy has been on a high growth path for the past three years. Except for some underlying concerns, this trend is likely to continue. What is more, confidence level in Indian economy, in India and abroad, is very high.
- Poll Wonder For Bengal (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
The Left MPs from West Bengal were quick on the draw to find fault with what the finance minister had to offer today and it was ironic that the Speaker had to caution against a “running commentary”
- Aiadmk, Dpi Seal Electoral Pact (Hindu, S. Dorairaj , Feb 28, 2006)
Thirumavalavan satisfied with allotment of nine seats
- Making Of Carnatic Music (Hindu, PUSHPA SUNDAR, Feb 28, 2006)
Traces the traditional music's adaptation to the postcolonial social realities
- Stand On Iran Not Final: Pranab (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
Says India's position could change; efforts on to evolve consensus
The Government on Monday indicated that the position it took on the Iran nuclear issue at the February 5 meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was not final
- Don’T Expect Hard Reforms (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
Political compulsions in view of forthcoming assembly elections may force the Finance Minister to keep hard reforms at bay when he presents the Budget for 2006-07 today. .....
- Rajapakse's Allies Reject Geneva Agreement (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Feb 28, 2006)
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse's electoral allies — the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) — have rejected the Geneva agreement between Colombo and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) . . .
- Governance Of Global Finance (Hindu, A. Vasudevan, Feb 28, 2006)
An institutional perspective along with unusual themes such as gender, risk, politics and democracy in the management of global finance
- Court Seeks Status Report On Bangladeshi Immigrants (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
Petition alleges inaction in preventing illegal entry of immigrants and seeks their deportation
- Mullaperiyar Dam: Factors That Are Favourable For The State (Hindu, Roy Mathew, Feb 28, 2006)
It has certain advantages when it comes to legal jurisdictions It has certain advantages when it comes to legal jurisdictions
- Shed These Blinkers (Indian Express, Nilofar Suhrawardy, Feb 28, 2006)
With due respect to the armed forces and their secular stance, and with due respect to the views expressed by Shekhar Gupta on the subject (‘Kitne Musalman hain?’,IE, February 18), one is compelled to raise a small question.
- Body Blow (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 28, 2006)
It would be alarmist to call it a spectre that is haunting Bengal. But it could be a costly mistake to ignore the fact that Maoists are growing bolder in some parts of the state.
- The Power Of Silence (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Feb 28, 2006)
Demolitions — the new mantra that the ‘authority’ in urban India seems to be obsessed with. Wholesale corruption has been an intrinsic part of the urbanscape for as long as I can remember.
- India Offers Better Returns Than China (Tribune, Sudhir Hindwan, Feb 28, 2006)
Due to the pressure of all-round competition inspired by globalisation and liberalisation, comparisons between the economies of China and India have gained an overriding emphasis.
- Campaign Against Bush Visit Gains Momentum (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
Committee says "he is not welcome in India;" marches to be organised in Delhi on March 2 and in Hyderabad the next day
"Bush is topmost official of U.S. imperialism, leading enemy of the sovereignty of nations and the peoples of the world today"
- "We Cannot Accept Safeguards On Our Indigenous Fast Breeder Programme" (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 28, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says the decision on what facilities may be identified as civilian will be made by India alone, and not by anyone else.
- Ploughing A Lonely Furrow (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 28, 2006)
When people have nowhere to go, they usually choose to go home. But for the Democratic Indira Congress (Karunakaran), a breakaway party of the Congress in Kerala, this is a difficult choice to make.
- No Erosion Of N-Doctrine, Says Pm (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Feb 28, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today made his government’s first major policy announcement on the Indo-US nuclear deal when he told Parliament that while preparing a Separation Plan, there had been no erosion of India’s Nuclear Doctrine . . .
- Living With Secularism (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Feb 28, 2006)
Secularism in India comes in many shades and colours, but the manner in which the concept is being abused across the political spectrum should set alarm bells ringing. Nothing illustrates this better than the public speech . . .
- Getting Out Of The Crevice (Dawn, Irshad Abdul Kadir, Feb 28, 2006)
The proverb: “Whom the gods wish to destroy, they first drive mad”, may seem at first to approximate the vandalism visited on Lahore and Peshawar consecutively on February 14 and 15, by radical mobsters protesting against the publication . . .
- Pak-Us Talks To Focus On Kashmir, Terrorism: Fo (News International, Mariana Baabar, Feb 28, 2006)
President George W Bush will be paying a two-day official visit to Pakistan later this week, the dates and timings for which are not being announced for security reasons. Both sides will focus on a wide range of issues besides Kashmir, terrorism and ...
- A Coverup Committee (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 28, 2006)
That the United States Senate has a body called the intelligence committee is an irony George Orwell would have truly appreciated. In a world without doublespeak, the panel, chaired by GOP Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas, would be known . . .
- Infrastructure Threat (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Feb 28, 2006)
The Indian economy has entered a virtuous cycle of higher savings, higher investment and higher growth, says the latest Economic Survey. But wimpish politics threatens to trip this growth, over an infrastructure hurdle.
- Fake Ration Cards (Statesman, SUNANDA SANYAL, Feb 28, 2006)
On coming to power in 1977, the CPI-M hit a gold mine through Bangladeshi infiltration. Many of the Hindus that sought refuge in West Bengal during East Bengal’s fight for independence stayed back.
- Bush Visit To India An Unproductive Exercise? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Feb 28, 2006)
With his words carrying little weight in his own country, being enmeshed in such controversies as illegal wire-tapping, detainees at Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib, his poor handling of domestic issues after the Katrina disaster, and . . .
- Ap By-Poll: Ec Team Spots Violations (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
The Election Commission (EC) team, which investigated the allegations of irregularities committed by the Congress candidate in the by-election to the Visakhapatnam Assembly seat, has reportedly found evidence of inducements like money and . . .
- New Runway At M’Lore Airport By March 31 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
The construction of the new runway at Mangalore airport will be completed by March 31, 2006, but declaration of the airport as an international airport is contingent on the completion of the entire project including terminal building
- Aiadmk Ropes In Dalit Outfit (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
The Dalit Panthers of India on Monday forged an alliance with the ruling AIADMK under which it will contest nine seats in the coming elections to the 234-member Tamil Nadu Assembly. The deal was clinched when DPI leader T Thirumavalavan . . .
- Budget? What Budget? Wonder India's Poor (Reuters, Surojit Gupta, Feb 28, 2006)
When India's finance minister tells parliament on Tuesday how much money he has in the budget to aid millions of poor, it will mean little to many of the people he aims to help.
- Managing Farm Waste- A Golden Step For Vermicomposting (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Gupta, Feb 28, 2006)
In village and cities lot of waste of the farm, kitchen gardens is to be burnt by majority of the people, therefore, wasting large quantity of nutrients which otherwise can be proved as most important ingredient for Vermicomposting.
- Bias Takes A Nasty Turn (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Feb 28, 2006)
There can be no doubt about this. Growing prejudice in the United States against the Muslim world took a nasty turn as a result of the stance taken by a number of prominent politicians to challenge President Bush over his administration’s . . .
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