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Articles 13621 through 13720 of 26693:
- Scrap Mplads And Strengthen Decentralisation (Tribune, Mahi Pal, Feb 12, 2006)
The MPs’ Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) needs to be examined from the perspective of decentralisation efforts in the country.
- The Little Guy From The Corner (Hindu, Sevanti Ninan, Feb 12, 2006)
In a national singing contest, ethnicity is big. So is aspiration.
- Iran: Tdp, Sp Forge Front Against Upa (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Telugu Desam Party leader Chandrababu Naidu has declared his party’s intent of standing by the Samajwadi Party on the Iran issue.....
- The First Gandhian Intellectuals (Hindu, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Feb 12, 2006)
But only two of them would go so far as to call themselves that.
- Poll Strategy: Bjp Meet Begins Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State committee is meeting at Ambalappuzha in Alappuzha district on Sunday and Monday to discuss the party's strategies for the next Assembly elections.
- Ec Directives Will Be Strictly Followed: Poll Official (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
A day after the Election Commission made critical observations about the West Bengal government's unsatisfactory electoral roll revision, the State unit chief of the poll watchdog said the EC's directives would be strictly followed . . .
- Punish Those Behind Custodial Death, Sonia Tells Pranab (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Feb 12, 2006)
Death toll in Kakopathar police firing goes up to eight
Farmer's widow to get job; Army to take care of children
Security situation in Assam has improved much: Sonia
Party workers urged to ensure the poor are registered under the employment scheme
- Kumaraswamy For Mutual Talks On Cauvery Issue (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Saturday said the Cauvery tangle could be resolved through mutual talks and not through court of law, which would be a long-drawn process.
- To Sting Or Not To Sting (Hindu, POOJA GAUTAM, Feb 12, 2006)
A Journalist once said: "News is something someone somewhere does not want to be published — all the rest is advertisement." That may be considered a far-fetched definition in today's media world, which considers advertisements the lifeblood . . .
- Lords Out Of Time (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 12, 2006)
Rituals are often bits of history surviving as habit. They are enacted almost unthinkingly, but on reflection, might be seen as embodying attitudes or relations that have been carried forward, in some form, into the present.
- Zawahri’S Relative Died In Bajaur... (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday condemned the US air strike in Bajaur and termed it interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign country. At the same time he said those illegally staying in the country by exploiting religion were also wrong.
- Eye On Polls, Sonia Woos Minorities (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
A day after the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government decided to amend the Foreigners Act, Congress President Sonia Gandhi launched the party’s campaign to win back the trust of Muslims in poll-bound Assam.
- Nepal Hits Back At Global Criticism Of Polls (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Nepal's royalist government hit back on Saturday at global condemnation of local elections it held this week, saying the polls were a victory against a Maoist revolt that has disrupted democracy in the country.
- The Silence Of Liberal Muslims (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Feb 12, 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.
- Sri Lanka Navy Says Rebels Blew Themselves Up On Boat (Reuters, Peter Apps, Feb 12, 2006)
The Sri Lankan military said Tamil Tiger rebels blew themselves up on a trawler smuggling weapons on Saturday to avoid a search ahead of peace talks in Switzerland later this month, but the rebels denied involvement.
- Eu's Solana In Mideast To Limit Fallout Of Cartoon Row (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana embarks on a Mideast charm offensive Monday to calm protests over blasphemous cartoons, and to limit the diplomatic fallout from the row.
- `Forget Things Like Hindutva' (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
As the political crisis unfolded in Karnataka in the new year, it was clear that H.D. Kumaraswamy, the newly sworn in Chief Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) leader, was metamorphosing from a novice politician who consulted his father on every issue . . .
- John Cherian (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Feb 12, 2006)
The Hamas victory in the Palestine elections, facilitated by the corruption in the Palestinian Authority run by the Fatah, promises a dramatic change in West Asian politics characterised by an Islamist upsurge.
- 2006: A Year Of Consolidation (Indian Express, N K Singh, Feb 12, 2006)
Jaipur, one of India’s prime tourist destinations, recently played host to a high-profile investors’ conference. The 10th India Investors’ Conference, organised by Merrill Lynch, witnessed high-quality presence of global institutional investors . . .
- ‘Deve Gowda Told Son After Dec Local Polls That Continuing In Coalition Is Not Possible’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Clad in a dhoti and a shirt—‘‘We are like this only’’—Dharam Singh looks a more relaxed man now. With H D Kumarawswamy winning the confidence vote in the Assembly comfortably, any last hopes of JD(S) MLAs developing cold feet over allying . . .
- Twist In The Tales (Deccan Herald, Melanie P Kumar, Feb 12, 2006)
Although tighter editing would have improved the book, its stories tug at the heartstrings and have compelling endings.
- Car Bomb In Baghdad Kills Eleven (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
A car bomb exploded in Baghdad on Friday, killing at least 11 people and wounding 38, doctors at al-Yarmuk hospital said.
- Cpm Plans Stir During Budget Session (Tribune, Subhrangshu Gupta, Feb 11, 2006)
CPM general secretary Prakash Karat today reiterated that they (Left parties) would launch agitations from February 16, the day of the opening of the Budget session of the Lok Sabha, both inside and outside Parliament against the UPA’s . . .
- King’S Elections (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 11, 2006)
Municipal polls cannot tackle the crisis
King Gyanendra of Nepal seems to be a firm believer in the left-handed adage that “the king can do no wrong”.
- The Coming Budget (Tribune, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Feb 11, 2006)
When Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram gets up in the Lok Sabha to present the third budget of the UPA government on the last day of February, many would be wondering what face of the Harvard-educated lawyer-turned-politician would be revealed.
- Karat Will Push, Not Shove, On Iran (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
CPM threatens to put govt in dock if it votes with US, demands House debate
- Silver Lining In Dhaka Clouds (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Feb 11, 2006)
It was a sea of humanity. Tens of thousands of Bangladeshis converged on Dhaka early this week after trudging along for four days from different parts of the country.
- Poor Polls In Nepal (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 11, 2006)
Given the opposition parties’ boycott of Wednesday’s municipal polls and the Maoist threat to disrupt the process, the low turnout at Nepal’s first local election since 1997 was to be expected.
- Assam:centre To Amend Foreigner's Act (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
Ahead of the Assam assembly elections, the Congress-led government today dropped the idea of bringing in a new law but decided to amend the Foreigners' Act to ensure fair hearing to a person before declaring him a foreigner.
- Taking God Seriously (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Feb 11, 2006)
I see a perverse saving grace in an Iranian newspaper’s tit-for-tat promise of a contest of Holocaust cartoons.
- Samajwadi Party: Light Years From Lohia (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Feb 11, 2006)
The Samajwadi Party has grown and prospered notwithstanding internal discomfiture over its new orientation. Today while the SP hogs the limelight for the wrong reasons, the BSP is determinedly expanding its base.
- A Royal Farce In Nepal (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 11, 2006)
A nationwide election that could not be held in half the number of districts in the country; which all major political parties boycotted; for which candidates could be found only for a third of the available posts;
- Power Connection For All By 2009 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
The Finance Minister Vakkom Purushothaman has announced the Government's policy to provide electricity to everyone by 2009.
- Sops For Government Staff, Farmers, Weaker Sections (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
Kerala Budget proposes additional resource mobilisation
The final Budget of the United Democratic Front (UDF) Government in Kerala, presented in the State Assembly by Finance Minister Vakkom Purushothaman on Friday, proposes additional . . .
- Over 5,000 Applications For Inclusion Of Names (Hindu, Karthik Subramanian, Feb 11, 2006)
Sunday last day to raise objections ahead of publication of final voters' list
- A `Taxing' Task, Indeed (Hindu, K. V. S. Madhav, Feb 11, 2006)
Race against time for 12 civic bodies on house tax front
Some need to collect more than 40 per cent of the total target set for them for the year
It is literally an uphill task for LB Nagar Municipality with only 37 per cent collections made so far
- Incentives For Government Staff, Farmers And Weaker Sections (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
Kerala Budget proposes additional resource mobilisation of just Rs.17.34 crores
- Oil Pipeline By March (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
Terminal will cater for 11 districts
The Tiruchi terminal of the Indian Oil Corporation's Chennai-Tiruchi-Madurai pipeline project would be commissioned by April 1, the Director (Marketing), IOC, N.G. Kannan, said here on Friday.
- Centre To Amend Foreigners Act (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
Tribunals for determination of illegal migrants
Act to be amended for fair hearing
Decision taken at CCPA meeting
- Congress Planning Tacit Tie-Ups, Says Cpi (M) (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
The party is out to expose such covert understanding, says Karat
Party ready to counter any anti-Left combination, overt or covert
Emphasis would be laid on increasing independent strength in Tamil Nadu Assembly
- Spineless Nation (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Feb 11, 2006)
No book has depressed me more than B.N. Tandon’s PMO Diary II: The Emergency (Konark).
- Polyphony From The Left (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Feb 11, 2006)
Want to try something more challenging than your daily Sudoku? Try and crack this puzzle.
- Am-Bushed (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 11, 2006)
Being uncivil about the US president is a reflection on India’s institutional maturity
- A New, Clear Doctrine (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Feb 11, 2006)
After 40 years of ambiguity, we took the big risk in Pokharan II. It worked. The US N-deal means reaping rewards, let’s not blow it
- Pro-King Party Wins Most Seats In Nepal Polls (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
Nepal’s pro-King Rashtriya Prajatantra Party (Thapa) led by Home Minister Kamal Thapa has won most of the seats in the municipal polls which were boycotted by key political parties amidst charges of rigging and misuse of security forces.
- Iraq's Sadr Says Prophet Images Must Unite Muslims (Reuters, Khaled Yacoub Oweis, Feb 11, 2006)
Muslims must unite and set aside sectarian differences to counter a Western "crusade" on Islam following a furore over cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad, Iraqi Shi'ite leader Moqtada al-Sadr said on Friday.
- More Violence As Nepal Mulls Fresh Polls (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
Even as they called off their four-day nationwide bandh, Nepal’s Maoist guerrillas struck again in western Nepal, ambushing a security convoy and capturing 12 soldiers and policemen.
- History Will Be Kinder To Greenspan (The Financial Express, V ANANTHA NAGESWARAN, Feb 11, 2006)
On February 15, the new Federal Reserve chairman, Ben Bernanke, would testify to the US Congress on the outlook for the US economy and monetary policy. Global financial markets would be super-attentive: it would be the first time for Mr Bernanke.
- The Battle Over A Warship Continues (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Feb 11, 2006)
Opposition is growing in France to the Government's efforts to get theClemenceaudismantled in India.
- Beware: Division Can Be A Chain Reaction (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 11, 2006)
Communal tensions in Ladakh and Jammu must be quickly addressed, says Muzamil Jaleel
- High Expectations (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 11, 2006)
The new dispensation has promised to be proactive
The new Chief Minister, Mr H D Kumaraswamy, has easily won the motion of confidence by 138 votes to 66 in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly.
- Pakistan, 2005 (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 11, 2006)
Day in, day out Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, his Prime Minister and other ministers talk of "demilitarisation" and "self-rule" in Jammu and Kashmir. What is the scenario like under their very noses?
- 7 Killed As Nepal Mulls Fresh Polls (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
day after they called off their four-day nationwide bandh, Nepal’s Maoist guerrillas struck again in western Nepal, ambushing a security convoy and capturing 12 soldiers and policemen.
- What About Freedom From Violence? (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Feb 10, 2006)
The row over the offensive caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad published in the European press is the latest event in the “clash of civilisations” between Occident and Orient.
- The Show Goes On In Kathmandu (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
King Gyanendra must have decided to hold municipal elections in Nepal for want of anything else to commemorate one year since he seized absolute power.
- Cpi (M) Discusses Poll Strategy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
Polit Bureau meeting begins in Kolkata, Surjeet unable to attend
- India-Us Accord On Civilian Nuclear Uses (Daily Excelsior, O.P. Sabherwal, Feb 10, 2006)
The India-US nuclear accord, agreed in principle last July, is to promote civilian nuclear power and other peaceful nuclear applications by India.
- Threshold Stumble (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Feb 10, 2006)
Newly appointed minister of state for commerce, Jairam Ramesh, got a rebuff last week. Without waiting for a room to be formally allotted to him, he parked himself in one occupied by erstwhile MoS EVKS Elangovan, who retained the status but . . .
- Anil Group Questions Ril Pacts (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
The bitter fracas between the Ambani brothers refuses to die down. This time the Anil D Ambani Group (ADAG) has raised its voice against the gas supply, non-compete and brand agreements signed between Mukesh Ambani controlled Reliance Industries and . . .
- India, Us Slam Nepal Municipal Poll As ‘Hollow Exercise’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
While the US slammed the elections in Nepal as a hollow attempt on the part of the King to legitimise power, the pro-government candidates in Nepal continue to sweep the polls.
- Buddha Calls Bush Names, Us Protests (Indian Express, ANANDA MAJUMDAR, Feb 10, 2006)
With US President George W Bush expected here next month, a new row is building between the Left and the US envoy. Ambassador David Mulford has written a protest letter to West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, . . .
- Suez, Hungary, Zhou And Ike (Indian Express, Inder Malhotra, Feb 10, 2006)
A new volume of Jawaharlal Nehru’s papers highlights his refusal to be bound by realpolitik, says INDER MALHOTRA
- What Lies Between The Congress And The Centre? (Indian Express, ANANDA MAJUMDAR, Feb 10, 2006)
Prakash Karat’s article in the latest issue of People’s Democracy on the AICC Plenary session in Hyderabad highlights not merely the disconnect between the Left on the one side and the Congress and the UPA on the other, but between the Congress and . . .
- Should Ias Men Act In Films? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Feb 10, 2006)
A fleeting glance at cinema posters and supplements touting this week’s Kannada releases reopens the old chestnut about whether serving IAS officers should be allowed to act in, direct or (clandestinely) produce feature films, TV serials and plays.
- Challenges Before New Regime (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
Winning is not everything. Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy easily won, by 138 votes to 66, the confidence motion in the Karnataka Assembly.
- Cpi(m) Politburo Meet Kicks Off (Deccan Herald, Prasanta Paul, Feb 10, 2006)
The crucial two-day CPI (M) politburo meeting which began here on Thursday is likely to deliberate on some key economic and political issues of the Manmohan Singh government, besides thrashing out a strategy to enable the party to wriggle out . . .
- Moily Rules Out Karunakaran's Return (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
The Congress Working Committee member Veerappa Moily has ruled out any question of seeking the Democratic Indira Congress (Karunakaran) leader K. Karunakaran's return to the party as he is negotiating with the Left Democratic Front (LDF) . . .
- Us, India Democracy Plea To Nepal (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
The extremely low voter turnout for Nepal Municipal elections yesterday has led to India, as well as the United States of America, asking King Gyanendra to change his stance on talks with the Opposition political parties.
- Budget Set Against Market With High Expectations (The Financial Express, SUMANT SINHA, Feb 10, 2006)
Budget set against market with high expectations
With the government’s ability to manoeuvre quite limited, it is to be seen how it will shape reality
- Bush Visit To India — For A New Strategic Partnership (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Feb 10, 2006)
Working towards stability in West Asia and the possibilities for greater cooperation in hi-tech transfers and Defence equipment are important issues for India and the US to discuss during the forthcoming visit to India of the US President, Mr George Bush.
- Funding Patronage (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Feb 10, 2006)
Ever since it was hastily introduced in 1993, MPLADS programme has been under a cloud. Its constitutional validity has been challenged in court.
- Jaswant In Advani’S Footsteps (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Feb 10, 2006)
Only a few newspapers in this country have taken note of BJP leader Jaswant Singh’s overland pilgrimage to various shrines in Sindh and Balochistan provinces of Pakistan, and that too to record the host country’s surprise at his decision to . . .
- Pm To Be Focus Of Budget Session (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, rather than Finance Minister P Chidambaram, is likely to be the focus of the budget session of Parliament, beginning next week, as the opposition and the left, besides the Samajwadi Party, . . .
- Telling Message (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 10, 2006)
That the Army's recruitment drive in the Valley has drawn an overwhelming response sends a significant message. It puts the harsh economic truth in right perspective.
- Ring In The Changes (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Feb 10, 2006)
Are we headed for a mid-term poll? Whenever any prime minister denies vehemently that there is no question of a mid-term poll, chances are that there will be one. It is so predictable.
- Himalayan Farce (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 10, 2006)
Autocrats also love the trappings of democracy. But Nepal’s King Gyanendra deceives no one with Wednesday’s civic elections in the country. By any measure of electoral democracy,
- A Brain Drain Threatens Afghanistan's Future (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
On the eve of the Soviet invasion almost 26 years ago, I left Afghanistan as a young man in search of a better life.
- Shut And Open Cases (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 10, 2006)
Also punish those who abetted riots
The very decision to reopen as many as 1,500 cases relating to the infamous Gujarat riots is testimony enough that the administration had gone horribly wrong during those cruel days.
- Russia Intends To Invite Hamas For Talks (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
Russian President Vladimir Putin today said Moscow intends to invite leaders of the Palestinian Hamas to visit Russia for talks following the militant group's crushing victory over the long dominant Fatah in the January elections.
- Mittal Will Retain Control Of 'Hire And Fire' At Merged Group (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
NRI steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal will control all appointments at a merged Arcelor-Mittal Steel group if his bid to take over the European consortium goes through, even though he removes his family's special voting rights, raising fresh questions . . .
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