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Articles 13321 through 13420 of 26693:
- To Be Free Is Not A Luxury (Telegraph, Salman Rushdie, Feb 19, 2006)
Allow me, please, one moment in this beleaguered time to savour a narrow but vital victory for freedom of speech.
- Why Not Also Revise Mbbs Curriculum? (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Feb 19, 2006)
If the Govt of India has undertaken a gigantic exercise to revise the syllabi and modify the teaching curriculum at the NCERT level and to some extent also at the nonvocational graduation level, why can't a similar exercise be carried . . .
- Telling Right From Left (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Feb 19, 2006)
As someone who believes that Indian communists always act against the interests of India I pay close attention to what they say.
- 'Karunanidhi Is Chief Of Dpa. He Will Be Chief Minister When We Win Elections’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
‘Karunanidhi is chief of DPA. He will be chief minister when we win elections’
- The Utopian Third Front (Daily Excelsior, Sondip Bhattacharya, Feb 19, 2006)
Will the rainbow coalition called the third front take a shape once again? If the past experience is any guide the CPI (M) general secretary Prakash Karat's plan of cobbling the third front is a pipe dream.
- Power Supply And Education Need Cm’S Urgent Attention (Deccan Herald, Dr R G Kumble, Feb 19, 2006)
The new Chief Minister’s willingness to listen to citizens’ suggestions brings a ray of hope to those living in rural Karnataka. Two areas need his urgent attention: power supply and education. As a retired Central Government officer living and . . .
- Palestinian Vote Has Given West First Opportunity To Legitimise Hamas (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 19, 2006)
The electoral verdict of the Palestinian people has given the West its first and probably only opportunity to legitimise Hamas and simultaneously inhibit it with political respectability.
- U.S. Wants Iraq Held Together, Says Clinton (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
`India must help in preserving democracy'
- Udf Has Set Development Agenda, Says Oommen Chandy (Hindu, Roy Mathew, Feb 19, 2006)
Says he has got maximum support for this from Malayalis abroad
- The Newer Left (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 19, 2006)
More reformist signals for the election
Prior to the assembly election in 2001, the CPI-M had signalled a change by getting Jyoti Basu to step down in favour of Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee.
- Tasks Before The Soli Sorabjee Panel (Tribune, Doel Mukerjee, Feb 19, 2006)
The Soli Sorabjee Committee constituted by the Manmohan Singh government to review the Indian Police Act is a major boost for the civil society and the citizens who have often faced the brunt of police excesses.
- Iran Believes Russian N-Proposal ‘Useful’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Iranian legislator hopes Russia will not act like America
- Google Ranks Censorship As Trade Issue (Tribune, Stephen Foley, Feb 19, 2006)
Google pledged to reconsider its controversial decision to launch a self-censored web search business in China, if it looked as if the internet was failing to improve freedom of expression in the People’s Republic.
- Bush Visit Will Give A Boost To Indo-Us Ties: Inderfurth (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Feb 19, 2006)
The Indo-US relations have been marked by reciprocal visits to New Delhi and Washington by the leaders of both nations. President George W. Bush will visit India in March.
- Is Love Really In The Air? (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Feb 19, 2006)
In middle-class families, the young still don't have much of a choice when it comes to choosing their life partners.
- ‘Vhp To Create Hindu Vote Bank’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
The Viswa Hindu Parishad (VHP) would create a 15-crore “Hindu vote bank” in the country which would play a key role in the coming elections, its international president Ashok Singhal said here on Saturday.
- India Will Be A Major Polluter Without N-Power, Says Chirac (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 19, 2006)
India will become a major polluter unless it can generate electricity using nuclear power, French President Jacques Chirac said on Saturday.
- Jd (S) Suspends Kumaraswamy, 39 Other Mlas (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Decision to topple Dharam Singh Government is "against the accepted principles of the party"
- Delhi Demolition: What Is At Stake (Daily Excelsior, Jagmohan , Feb 19, 2006)
How true was Mahatma Gandhi when he observed: "Politics bereft of principles are the death traps; they kill the soul of a nation." What we, of late, have been witnessing in Delhi is not only a spate of illegal constructions or their demolition but . . .
- Fuelling ‘Minority Complex’ Among Indian Muslims (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Feb 19, 2006)
My good friend M J Akbar raises a question in his introduction to late Dr Rafiq Zakaria’s seminal book Indian Muslims: Where Have They Gone Wrong?
- Falling In Line (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Feb 19, 2006)
The BJP’s foreign policy has traditionally tilted towards America and the viewpoint of the Islamic world gets short shrift.
- The Communist Connection (Tribune, G.S. Bhargava, Feb 18, 2006)
The newspapers bristled with headlines like “Left”tells PM and Sonia its patience is wearing thin; slipping on secularism? “Left” tells the UPA it will have to do better against the BJP or as the Hindi daily Hindustan put it, . . .
- ‘I’D Have Been A Communist’ (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Feb 18, 2006)
“I WOULD have been in the Communist Party if there had been no partition,” says Atal Behari Vajpayee, former prime minister, who led the BJP coalition for six years at the centre.
- The Rage And Fury Over Cartoons (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 18, 2006)
After weeks of violence and much fraught soul-searching, European Union governments are hoping that Muslim outrage over the publication of the caricatures of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) will soon die down. Muslims have now vented their fury over the insult,
- Aiadmk, Dic(k) Clinch Alliance For Kerala Elections (Indian Express, KN ARUN, Feb 18, 2006)
The Democratic Indira Congress (Karunakaran) (DIC-K) led by former Kerala Chief Minister K Karunakaran and the AIADMK on Friday formally clinched an alliance to face the forthcoming Assembly elections in Kerala.
- The Elusive Goal Of Energy Security (The Economic Times, NK SINGH, Feb 18, 2006)
Energy issues are in sharp focus. The ‘State of the Union’ address by President Bush, preceded by former president Clinton’s remarks in Davos, are being interpreted as America’s growing unease with both the economics and politics of energy management.
- Clean The Political Scape (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 18, 2006)
There was a time, when he first came to power, that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav used to defend his association with criminals, arguing that like his one-time political mentor Jayaprakash Narain, his aim was to reform them.
- The Silence Of Liberal Muslims (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Feb 18, 2006)
I am sorry if you feel you have had enough of the latest religion vs freedom of expression controversy: the fuss over the Danish cartoons that featured the Prophet Mohammed.
- The Hand Shakes (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Feb 18, 2006)
The Congress appears to be as worried about its prospects in the elections to five state assemblies later this year as about the acute factionalism and lack of strategy that is threatening to weaken its foundations in Maharashtra and Delhi.
- Free, But Not Fair (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Feb 18, 2006)
Islam is by no means the only religion which gives its founder greater respect than God. It is equally true of other religions as well.
- The General Is Here Again (Daily Excelsior, Sarla Handoo, Feb 18, 2006)
Pakistan President General Musharraf is back at his favourite game of blowing hot and cold against India these days. At the Economic Meet in Davos, he replayed the Kashmir tune and pleaded for demilitarization of Kashmir and . . .
- Cartoons: Clinton & Chirac Say Publication A Mistake (Indian Express, Faisal Aziz, Feb 18, 2006)
Anger against cartoons of Prophet Muhammad flared anew in Asia on Friday in Pakistan and Bangladesh.
- Kitne Musalman Hain? (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Feb 18, 2006)
Let me ask you a question I like to put often to the top brass of our armed forces, as well as the police, paramilitary and intelligence organisations: when was the last time you heard a column of the army, called out to restore order in a communal riot,
- Jayakumar, Shettar Among 20 New Ministers Sworn In (Hindu, T.S. Ranganna , Feb 18, 2006)
14 of them have become Ministers for the first time; 12 more posts vacant
Ministers were sworn in one by one
All of them have been given Cabinet rank
Function ended by 10.45 a.m. in view of the High Court sitting
- Hamas Faces Economic Stranglehold (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Feb 18, 2006)
A collective punishment on the Palestinians: Islamic group "The world should realise that more pressure on the Palestinian people will create more tension and everyone is going to be a loser, including Israel."
- Voter Cards Issue From February 20 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Royapuram, Harbour, R.K.Nagar in first phase
Only names figuring in the draft rolls released last month will be taken up now
Officials to take up door-to-door campaign for the EPIC coverage
New cards can be claimed for lost or damaged ones
- Amnesty Urges Sanctions To End Nepal Abuses (Reuters, Mark Williams, Feb 18, 2006)
International sanctions against the government of Nepal's King Gyanendra must be considered in a bid to end human rights abuses and restore democracy, the head of Amnesty International said on Friday.
- Cpi(m) Decides Against Truck With Karunakaran's Outfit (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
LDF will fight poll on alternative development plank, says Karat
- Eshwarappa, Horatti Among 20 Cabinet Ministers Sworn In (Hindu, T.S. Ranganna , Feb 18, 2006)
14 of them are first-time Ministers; 12 more posts vacant
In the first expansion of the two-week old Janata Dal (Secular)-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Government, Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Friday inducted 20 Ministers . . .
- Pranab Swears By Secular Nature Of Armed Forces (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Advani calls it "vote-bank politics"
Heated exchange caps pre-lunch proceedings
Communal head count, says Advani
Cause is noble, method adopted is wrong: CPI
- Cpi(m) Not To Have Truck With Dic(k) (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
LDF will fight Assembly election on alternative development plank, says Karat
- Govt, Opposition Clash Over Muslim Survey In Forces (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
The survey of Muslims in armed forces spared off clashes with the government and Opposition accusing each other of “communalising” the issue for “vote-bank politics” in both the Houses of Parliament.
- Abbas To Ask Hamas To Form Government, End Violence (Reuters, WAFA AMR, Feb 18, 2006)
The Palestinian parliament will be sworn in on Saturday with Hamas as its majority bloc, paving the way for the Islamist group to form a cabinet despite calls by major world powers to boycott it.
- Cong Finds Ally In Bjp (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
The fact of the Congress having more in common with the BJP on foreign policy than with its Left allies came out in the open in Parliament today when the Prime Minister mounted the government’s defence for voting against . . .
- Pak Shield For Iran N-Fire (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
The Prime Minister kept America out of the picture as he defended his government’s vote on Iran today, focusing solely on the Tehran-Islamabad link and the threat it posed to India.
- No Thought Control (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Feb 18, 2006)
India, despite being the largest democracy in the world, sometimes tends to ride roughshod over civil and political rights of individuals and institutions.
- Intensive Verification Begins (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Feb 18, 2006)
Electoral teams to visit State to check whether claims are being processed properly
- The President Speaks (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 18, 2006)
Address exudes hope and confidence
THE President’s Address to Parliament on Thursday makes three key economic announcements: a 10-year national manufacturing initiative, a common market for agricultural produce and special zones for petroleum, . . .
- Bad For All (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 17, 2006)
There is more than one indication that intelligentsia in Pakistan is keeping its fingers crossed whether the country's President Pervez Musharraf would hold general election as scheduled in 2007.
- Mplads Comes Under Judicial Scrutiny (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
The MP Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) today came in for scrutiny before the Supreme Court which is examining the constitutional validity of the controversial Scheme.
- Great And The Good (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
We can’t all keep bickering. We need a thinking elite that bats for the country
- President As Supreme Commander — Need For Law Vesting Powers And Authority (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Feb 17, 2006)
India's President is a "paper super", being neither supreme nor a commander. He should have the right to approve the postings, promotions, transfers and punishments of officers of the rank of at least corps commanders and above;
- Aicc Expels Dissident Tn Leader From Party (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
A day after appointing M Krishnaswamy as the new Tamil Nadu Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) chief, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Thursday expelled former PCC chief T Ramamurthy from the party’s primary membership for six years, . . .
- India Rejects Bush Factor In Kashmir Talks (News International, KAMAL SIDDIQI, Feb 17, 2006)
India on Thursday brushed aside calls for US President George W Bush to use his influence in facilitating a more focused dialogue on Kashmir between Delhi and Islamabad during his visit to the region next month.
- Spending Isn’T Shining (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Feb 17, 2006)
How is the economy doing? Pretty well. We have clocked real GDP growth of 8.5 per cent in 2003-04, 7.5 per cent in 2004-05 and perhaps 8.1 per cent in 2005-06.
- This Ostrich Act Is Misconceived (Indian Express, Seema Alavi, Feb 17, 2006)
As a citizen of India and as a Muslim I would like to know the Muslim representation in the armed forces. I think I have a right to this information because no institution in this country is beyond the purview of the Right to Information Act.
- West Bengal : Electoral Conundrum (Daily Excelsior, Arup De, Feb 17, 2006)
New permutation and combination are being worked out in West Bengal for the state assembly polls scheduled in April-May. The Left Front as usual will be fighting on its own strength, but the Trinamool Congress (TMC) of Ms. Mamata Banerjee . . .
- The Politics Of Science (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 17, 2006)
It is a rare thing for the biography of a 24-year-old NASA spokesman to attract the attention of the national media. But that is what happened last week when George C. Deutsch tendered his resignation.
- Mulayam Must Quit, Says Congress (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
The Congress on Thursday said Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has "no moral right to continue" in office following a television exposure that one of his Ministers agreed to carry narcotics in his official car for a consideration.
- Mplads Is Constitutionally Valid, Court Told (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Feb 17, 2006)
"Enough safeguards in revised guidelines"
The scheme is not bad because of irregularities in its implementation
It is a massive fraud on the public exchequer, says counsel
- Bjp Finalises List Of Ten Probable Ministers (Hindu, Alladi Jayasri , Feb 17, 2006)
Choosing 10 from 79 MLAs proves to be a tough task for the party leadership
Top leaders hold daylong meetings to draw up list
Coalition partners keen to have full complement of ministers as soon as possible
- The Answer Is Boycott (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Feb 17, 2006)
Sequence and consequence do not always follow the same logic: the publication of the gratuitously offensive cartoons against the Prophet of Islam (you can translate that, literally, to the Prophet of Peace for Islam means peace) has already resonated ....
- West Bengal Polls: 8 Ministers Do Not Figure In Left Front List (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
CPI(M) to contest 209 seats, AIFB 34, RSP 23 and CPI 13
Eight Ministers of the West Bengal Government — seven belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and one to the All India Forward Bloc — have been denied ticket for the . . .
- India, France "Close" To Nuclear Deal, Says Chirac (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
France for special status to India in Nuclear Suppliers Group
Arcelor case has nothing to do with France, India
Tariff, non-tariff barriers hampering exports
Solution will be found for Clemenceau dismantling
- Cpm Attempts Facelift (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
The CPM has decided to take on Mamata Banerjee in areas she considers her stronghold.
- Wb:left Front Drops Nearly Half Of Sitting Mlas, 8 Ministers (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
In a major exercise to project a new face, the Left Front, ruling in West Bengal for the last 29 years, today dropped nearly half of its sitting MLAs, including eight ministers, as the nine-party alliance announced nominations for the forthcoming . . .
- I Tarzan, You Terrorist (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Feb 17, 2006)
What explains the American reaction to the Hamas victory?
Cutting corners Ashok mitra
- New Shade Of Red (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Feb 17, 2006)
The soundbytes coming out of West Bengal nowadays are likely to make Marx turn in his grave.
- Threat To Democracy-Ii (Statesman, AMLAN DATTA, Feb 17, 2006)
Maoism should be thanked for drawing attention to the rural problem in India. Since Independence, the country has been ruled by an elite of which the leading component is an urban educated middle class which dominates the administration . . .
- Before The Vote (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 17, 2006)
Even “foreigners” can be an election issue in India. In Assam, all elections have been dominated by controversies over the Bangladeshi aliens living there.
- Getting India Right (Policy Review, Parag Khanna, Feb 17, 2006)
Parag Khanna is a fellow at the New America Foundation and author of The Second World, forthcoming from Random House. C. Raja Mohan is strategic affairs editor of the Indian Express in New Delhi.
- Look Beyond Differences (Times of India, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Feb 17, 2006)
The differences between the Left and Congress in recent weeks have provoked a flurry of partisan commentary. On the airport privatisation question, the Left stands accused of protecting an already pampered group of white-collar workers.
- Reshuffle In Bjp: Rajnath Singh Springs Surprises (Times of India, Mohua Chatterjee, Feb 17, 2006)
BJP chief Rajnath Singh undertook his first significant reshuffle of organisational responsibilities, coming up with some surprise choices.
- Ec Raps Officials (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
The Election Commission (EC) today directed the state government to take action against 19 officials for irregularities in revision of electoral rolls.
- Iraq Faces More Instability (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 17, 2006)
The election of Ibrahim al-Jaafari as Prime Minister of Iraq by just a single vote has only underlined the deep divisions between and within Iraqi communities that the United States-led military invasion opened up.
- The Basra Video Should Lay To Rest A Lie (Hindu, Jasem al-Aqrab, Feb 17, 2006)
Since April 2003, the people of Basra have been bemused by reports that they and their city enjoy a state of stability under the British forces, in contrast to the north of Iraq and the so-called Sunni triangle.
- A Question Of Identity (Deccan Herald, S. Padmanabhan , Feb 17, 2006)
The army, regardless of societal pressures, successfully retains its secular character as a combat organisation
- A Scholarly Challenge (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
Some interesting reads in Kannada
History has always been the main forte of communal propaganda. While objective historiography is utopia, the developments in other branches of archaeological sciences have been increasingly reducing . . .
- Marriage As Contract (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Feb 17, 2006)
We welcome the Supreme Court’s directive that the government amend the necessary rules and procedures so that registration of marriages becomes mandatory. Its implementation would deepen democracy and advance the project of building a modern state.
- Should Mlas Be Made Board Chiefs? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Feb 17, 2006)
Expanding the Council of Ministers this afternoon will be easy for H D Kumaraswamy.
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