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Articles 13521 through 13620 of 26693:
- The On-Again, Off-Again Nuclear Deal (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Feb 15, 2006)
As the Budget session of Parliament gets underway and Assembly elections approach in West Bengal and Kerala, the political atmosphere is hotting up.
- History Takes Wing (Telegraph, Shahid Amin, Feb 15, 2006)
If there is one area where the United Progressive Alliance has succeeded in initiating far-reaching changes, it is arguably in the field of the school curriculum.
- Budget Session — Government On Sticky Wicket (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Feb 15, 2006)
With a slew of worrisome developments since the end of the winter session, Parliament faces an uneasy Budget session beginning February 16. Moreover, some old issues are still alive such as the Volcker report that had led to the resignation . . .
- Two Cheers (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Feb 15, 2006)
Three cheers for the UPA! The government has stood firm and notified the guidelines for foreign direct investment (FDI) in single brand retail, despite vociferous opposition from its Left allies.
- Nepal Court Frees Deuba (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
Almost 10 months after he was arrested from his residence in a midnight raid and jailed for alleged corruption, . . .
- Twist Of Irony (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 15, 2006)
If the left is increasingly willing to wound the government of Mr Manmohan Singh and yet afraid to strike at it, the reasons may be very different from what they appear to be.
- A Tough Decision For India (News International, Jyoti Malhotra, Feb 15, 2006)
The battle for the mind of India will finally climax this week, as New Delhi at last arrives at a decision over separating its civilian nuclear programme from its military one.
- Dangerous Talk (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 15, 2006)
For reasons that would be hard to justify, some politicians have begun demanding a postponement of the general election due next year.
- Army ‘Census’: Nda Knocks On Kalam Door (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
The NDA today called on the President, Dr APJ Kalam, and expressed strong disapproval of proposed head count of Mus-lims in forces.
- Latin America's Leftist Regimes Get Cozy With Iran (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
When the 35-nation board of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna voted to refer Iran's energy case to the United Nations Security Council earlier this month, there were three notable "no" votes.
- Nepal Govt Frees Ex-Pm Deuba (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
Nepal's royal government freed a former prime minister who had been jailed on graft charges by an anti-corruption commission that was annulled this week by the Supreme Court, an aide said on Tuesday.
- That Idea Again (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 14, 2006)
Third front is not politically viable. That’s a good thing given its policy approach
- Iran Should Take Steps To Resume N-Talks: Annan (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has urged Iran to take steps to resume talks on its controversial nuclear programme before the IAEA meeting next month and prevent any action that might escalate its dispute with the West.
- Saving India's Endangered Wildlife (Daily Excelsior, G L Khajuria, Feb 14, 2006)
We deserve no right to live over this globe, if we don't bear sympathy in mind for a variety of animal life that surrounds us,
- Hamas Causes Terror In Us (Dawn, Eric S. Margolis, Feb 14, 2006)
How, one wonders, can the Bush administration, with its huge intelligence apparatus and large diplomatic corps, keep getting everything wrong about the Muslim world?
- Watched By A New India (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Feb 14, 2006)
Prakash Karat has now openly called for a new configuration at the Centre.
- Dialogue With Ulfa (Daily Excelsior, M V Naina, Feb 14, 2006)
Political expediency in time for the assembly polls in Assam in May 2006 appears to have guided the second round of talks between the Central Government and the 11-member Peoples Consultative Group (PCG), hand-picked by the outlawed . . .
- Nepal Court Rules King’S Panel On Corruption Illegal (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Feb 14, 2006)
In a judicial verdict with far reaching constitutional and political implication, the Supreme Court today declared as unconstitutional the appointment of the Royal Commission on corruption by King Gyanendra last year.
- Remembering A Liberal Humanist (Deccan Herald, Satya Narayana Sahu, Feb 14, 2006)
K R Narayanan wanted safe pedestrian crossings for the unempowered in the fast lane of liberalisation, privatisation & globalisation
- Ousted Nepali Prime Minister Released From Prison (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
Jailed former Nepali prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba was freed from prison on Monday after the Supreme Court dissolved the controversial anti-graft panel which jailed him, a relative and party officials said.
- Supreme Court Orders New Panel For "Toxic" Ship (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered a new panel be set up to investigate whether a "toxic" French warship should be let into India to be broken for scrap, after a committee failed to make a firm recommendation.
- Centre Commissions Coastal Hazard Zone Mapping Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
A management system essential to protect coastal communities
- If Music Be The Food Of Love (Telegraph, JOYDEEP BISWAS, Feb 14, 2006)
How one contestant in a musical talent hunt has united all of the North-east
- Iraq Gets Its Pm (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 14, 2006)
But government formation a tough task
Despite the efforts to avoid voting for the appointment of Iraq’s first full-fledged Prime Minister, the dominant alliance in the 275-member parliament, the United Iraqi Alliance (128 members), . . .
- Politics In A State Of Flux (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Feb 14, 2006)
The prevailing political turbulence in the country can be ascribed to many factors: the string of state assembly elections starting with West Bengal, Mr Deve Gowda’s dubious role in his son’s collective defection to the Bharatiya Janata Party . . .
- Army Against Recruitment By Religion, Says Gen Singh (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
The Army chief, Gen J J Singh, on Monday vehemently opposed the government’s move to gather information on the number of Muslims in the armed forces, saying that every citizen had an equal chance to serve in uniform.
- Assam: Sonia Orders Healing Touch (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
Apparently worried about a voter backlash in the run up to the Assembly elections in Assam, Congress President Sonia Gandhi said she has taken “serious” note of the death of nine people in police firing in the state and asked the Centre . . .
- Form Committee On Clemenceau: Sc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to suggest four to five names of retired navy personnel having experience in manufacture and breaking of ships to give opinion on the controversial French ship Clemenceau.
- A Setback For Washington (Dawn, Niall Ferguson, Feb 14, 2006)
While the United States has become fixated on the Muslim world, a region much closer to home has been quietly spinning out of American control.
- The Right To Abuse And Insult? (Dawn, Qazi Faez Isa, Feb 14, 2006)
The odious cartoons depicting the Prophet of Islam, Hazrat Mohammad (PBUH), lit a fuse that Osama bin Laden would have loved to ignite.
- It's An Indian Army (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 14, 2006)
The person heading the Prime Minister's High Level committee on the social, economic and educational status of the Muslim community, Rajinder Sachar, has eminently secular credentials.
- The Cooperative Movement (Hindu, S. Vydhianathan, Feb 14, 2006)
It is unfortunate that the cooperative movement in India, which is 100 years old, is passing through a difficult phase.
- Left Conveys Concern Over Centre's Decisions (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
To insist on debate in Parliament on the Iran nuclear issue
Calls for a full discussion on the implications on vote on Iran
"Stand on Iran has nothing to do with the minorities"
- Left Not To Back No-Trust Move Against Upa Govt (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
As the Left ruled out supporting any no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha against the Congress-led UPA government, Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said there was no threat to the coalition at the Centre either from the Left or the Right.
- Forcing A Change (Telegraph, Tarunabh Khaitan, Feb 14, 2006)
The suggestions of the new committee on police reform will remain a dead letter unless the states implement them, writes Tarunabh Khaitan
- Perils Of Three-Way Security Cooperation (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Feb 14, 2006)
Tokyo wants India, Japan, and the U.S. to develop a trilateral framework for security cooperation. But New Delhi has good reason to be wary.
- Us Can Help Solve Kashmir Issue, Says Musharraf (News International, KAMAL SIDDIQI, Feb 14, 2006)
Terror suspects violated our sovereignty; Balochistan to be largely converted into ‘A’ areas; Pakistan to go ahead with Iran pipeline
- Good Governance (The Nation, FIROZUDDIN AHMED FARIDI, Feb 14, 2006)
The events in Hangu (NWFP) Balochistan, Waziristan and, indeed in Pakistan where electricity lines, water-pipelines, gas-pipelines, railway tracks and passenger buses are under daily attack underscores the paramount importance of good governance.
- A Budding Relationship Between U.S. And India (US News & World Report, Thomas Omestad, Feb 14, 2006)
Through a period of foreign policy upheaval dominated by the Bush administration's war on terrorism, a major shift in U.S. policy with enduring consequences has received far less public attention in America: Washington's embrace of New Delhi and . . .
- More Skeletons (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 14, 2006)
EC observers do a good job in Bengal
The second visit by the Election Commission observers to West Bengal confirms that the electoral rolls are far more polluted than the CPI-M is even now willing to acknowledge.
- We Follow Secular Norms: J.J. Singh (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Feb 14, 2006)
Chief of the Army Staff J.J. Singh said here that the military would continue to follow secular norms in recruiting soldiers. The armed forces never considered recruitment on the basis of community.
- Pakistan Powerless To Stop Us Attack On Iran: Musharraf (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
* Pakistan going ahead with Iran pipeline
* Cartoons issue uniting moderate and radical Muslims
* Uniform no threat to democracy
- What Is The Need To Hurt Sentiments? (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Feb 14, 2006)
The western world has to reassess its values after the violation
- British Brutalitiesin Iraq (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 14, 2006)
A London tabloid newspaper has published video footage showing the British troops punching, kicking and hitting with batons young Iraqis in a military compound.
- Airports Modernisation: Demerits Of ‘Right’ Policy (The Financial Express, PUSHKAR, Feb 14, 2006)
We frequently compare our airports to railway stations. Everyone seems to agree that Indian airports need serious upgrade.
- Indian Allies Unlikely To Pull Down Govt: Official (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
The communist parties that support India’s coalition government are not threatening to call a no-confidence vote, but are seeking a parliamentary debate over the government’s decision to back the referral of Iran to the UN Security Council .. .
- Rethink In Bjp On Iran Vote? (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Feb 14, 2006)
RSS stand may influence view
Statement likely today Emphasis can shift to U.S. pressure Brajesh Mishra special invitee
- Kashmir Ripe For Resolution: President (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf Monday emphasized that Pakistan and India must seize the opportunity for addressing the longstanding Kashmir dispute, which he said was “absolutely ripe for a resolution.”
- Court For New Panel On Clemenceau (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Feb 14, 2006)
Bench asks Centre to name retired naval officers
Earlier order that ship should not enter Exclusive Economic Zone to continue French Government to indicate quantum of asbestos on board
- High Expectations (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 13, 2006)
The new Chief Minister, Mr H D Kumaraswamy, who easily won the motion of confidence by 138 votes to 66 in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, has promised a pro-active government for Karnataka and sought three months’ time to prove...
- Cpi(m) Working On Third Alternative: Karat (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Feb 13, 2006)
"Cannot allow vicious cycle of Congress and BJP coming to power alternately"
- Cpi(m), Cpi Send Different Signals Ahead Of Meeting (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 13, 2006)
Ahead of UPA-Left Coordination Committee meeting here tomorrow against the backdrop of their soured ties over Congress-led government's Iran and economic policies...
- Al Jaafari To Head New Iraqi Govt (Indian Express, QASSIM ABDUL ZAHRA, Feb 13, 2006)
Shi’ite lawmakers today chose Prime Minister Ibrahim al Jaafari to head the new government, selecting the incumbent by a one-vote margin over Vice-President Adil Abdul Mahdi, Shi’ite officials said.
- Hamas, Moscow Talks Draw Low-Key Response From Israeli Pm (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 13, 2006)
Russia’s plans to talk to Palestinian election winner Hamas drew a low-key response today from Israeli interim PM Ehud Olmert, according to an official.
- Shia Lawmakers Choose Jaafari For Prime Minister (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Feb 13, 2006)
Leaders set to begin the difficult task of government formation
The United Iraqi Alliance (UIA), the Shia grouping that has won the maximum number of seats in Iraq's parliamentary elections, has picked Ibrahim al-Jaafari as its candidate . . .
- We Will Forge Third Front: Cpm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 13, 2006)
CPM General Secretary Prakash Karat on Sunday said that his party would carry on with its efforts to build a Third Front.
- Media’S Subversive Role (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Feb 13, 2006)
Prophet Mohammed cartoons show how the media takes sides
- Third Front On, In Touch With Upa Partners: Karat (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 13, 2006)
CPM: Says US trying to make India a ‘colonial state’ and the UPA’s ‘obliging shamefully’
- North-South, East-West, Nowhere Corridors (Indian Express, KANDULA SUBRAMANYAM, Feb 13, 2006)
This was perhaps more daring a dream than the Golden Quadrilateral—highways to connect four corners of India, Srinagar with Kanyakumari, Silchar with Porbandar.
- Supremely Erroneous Zones (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Feb 13, 2006)
As a person of the conservative persuasion, I am almost always on the side of minimal government and low taxes. But I have profound objections to Special Economic Zones (SEZs), the rules for which came into force last Friday.
- Loud Thinking (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 13, 2006)
Election politics are behind the Left’s recent protests
The Left parties, which extend crucial outside support to the UPA coalition, are positioning themselves to confront the government in Parliament when it meets for the budget . . .
- Balochistan Issue To Be Resolved Through Talks: Pm (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 13, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Sunday expressed his government’s resolve to solve all issues of Balochistan through dialogue but warned no one would be allowed to challenge the writ of the government.
- Resurrection Of Congress In Up (Daily Excelsior, Pramod Mishra, Feb 13, 2006)
Congressmen in Uttar Pradesh are enthused as in-fighting in the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) intensified.
- Nepal's King Faces Exile Or Execution - Maoist Chief (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 13, 2006)
Nepal's King Gyanendra will ultimately be exiled or executed because he has closed the door to any political compromise since seizing absolute power a year ago, the reclusive leader of the country's Maoist rebels said.
- More Marx For Upa (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 13, 2006)
CPM should not scuttle policies
The outcome of the CPM’s two-day Politburo meeting in Kolkata may stir the Congress-led UPA somewhat but is unlikely to shake it in any way.
- Protest Against Bid To Stifle Democracy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 13, 2006)
``Nepal's monarchy an obstacle to peace''
Call to work actively to end "America-sponsored imperialism"
The monarchy is on the brink of collapse.
- The Court And The House (Tribune, Pran Chopra , Feb 13, 2006)
Some suggestions have lately appeared in the Press for resolving the conflict between the Supreme Court and the Speaker of the Lok Sabha over the expulsion of some members of the Lok Sabha from the House on the ground that they had been receiving . . .
- Switch It On (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 13, 2006)
CMs didn’t discuss power reform last week. That could be one postponement too many
- Understanding Asean (Daily Excelsior, V M G Das, Feb 13, 2006)
For over two millennia, Indians have nursed the Vishal Bharat concept of a vastly extended frontier in Southest Asia, where they brought religious (Hinduism and Buddhism), trade and a vast variety of socio-cultural mores. India's northeast and . . .
- Old Battle, New Battlelines (Daily Excelsior, Fazal Mehmood, Feb 13, 2006)
The UPA Government is likely to bring legislation in the budget session of Parliament for reservation of jobs for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in the private sector.
- All Doors Open To Murli Deora (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Feb 12, 2006)
Murli Deora or Murli Bhai, as he is known to his countless friends and admirers, has been a “friend of friends.”
- A.P. Unfazed By Karnataka's Efforts To Bag Fab Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Project will create thousands of jobs: Rajasekhara Reddy
Unperturbed by Karnataka's attempts to woo Fab City project from Andhra Pradesh to the neighbouring State, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy on Saturday said . . .
- Cpi (M) Steps Up Campaign On Iran (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Complete understanding with SP, says Karat
Meeting in furtherance of Polit Bureau decision
Chandrababu Naidu supports SP's no-trust plan
Congress policies hurting interests of people: SP chief
- Aspirants Galore For Party Ticket (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
AIADMK has sold over 9,000 application forms, DMK nearly 4000 forms
- Talk It Over (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Guns no solution to Nepal anarchy
Nepal’s Maoists have called off their seven-day bandh, happy it served the purpose of sabotaging the 8 February municipal elections.
- J&k Recruitment (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 12, 2006)
Decidedly encouraging is the overwhelming response to the army’s recruitment drive in Langate in North Kashmir: which happens to be in Kupwara, one of the three districts which Pervez Musharraf wants demilitarised.
- Cpm, Sp Join Hands On Iran Issue (Tribune, T.R. Ramachandran, Feb 12, 2006)
The Left parties are keen on forcing the Congress-led UPA government’s hand on the Iran vote issue having given a notice for a debate in Parliament under Rule 193 which does not require voting and the CPM and the Samajwadi Party . . .
- Iran Vote: Tdp, Sp Plan No-Trust Motion (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Giving indication of the formation of a secular, non-Congress alliance, Telegu Desam chief Chandra Babu Naidu and Samajwadi Party’s Mulayam Singh Yadav today declared to bring in a no-confidence motion against the UPA government on the issue of vote again
- The Business Of Expelling Excellencies (Tribune, T.P. Sreenivasan, Feb 12, 2006)
We are not unfamiliar with stories of punishment being meted out to the messenger for the message that he has brought.
- Firing Cloud On Peace Talks (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
The team of negotiators chosen by the banned Ulfa today threatened to pull out of the peace process with Delhi in the aftermath of yesterday’s police firing on civilians at Kakopathar in Assam’s Tinsukia district, where the toll rose to 10 today.
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