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Articles 14821 through 14920 of 26693:
- Basic Difference (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 19, 2006)
What would have happened had India not been partitioned in 1947? The question was raised during an enlightening discussion at a book release function in Lahore recently.
- Karnataka: 'Cong Has Treated Jds Badly' Says Deputy Cm (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Accusing the Congress of treating his party "badly" in the coalition arrangement and encouraging "anti-JDS forces", Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and senior JDS leader M P Prakash today said efforts were on to find an amicable settlement.
- U.S. Upbeat On India Nuclear Deal Despite Problems (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
The United States is confident of reaching a deal with India on nuclear cooperation even though differences remain over plans to separate India's civil and military programmes, a top U.S. official said on Wednesday.
- Deve Gowda's Party Splits, Karnataka Govt May Go (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
The 20-month-old Congress-led coalition in Karnataka disintegrated on Wednesday after a breakaway group of key ally JD (S), led by state party working president HD Kumaraswamy, forged an alliance with the BJP for the formation of a new government.
- Defusing Iran With Democracy (Los Angeles Times, Shirin Ebadi, Jan 19, 2006)
Lost in the international fury over Iran's partial restart of its nuclear energy program, and the deplorable statements by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad regarding Israel, has been the fact that respect for human rights and a democratic political . . . .
- Bullet-Proof ‘Monks’ (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Jan 18, 2006)
Even by Jammu and Kashmir standards, this is an alarming turn in the battle against militancy. For the first time in 15 years, investigations into fidayeen attacks in the state are increasingly pointing at the involvement of elected representatives . . .
- In Need Of A Water Solution (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 18, 2006)
The results of the survey conducted by the Fluorosis Research and Rural Development Foundation (FRRD) are disturbing.
- Clemenceau: Egypt Didn't Consult India (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jan 18, 2006)
No effort made to get fresh certificates that would have highlighted the present situation
Old certificates issued by the Indian authorities and sent by a tugboat company relied upon
- Can Do Without Chaotic Decision-Making (The Financial Express, S NARAYAN, Jan 18, 2006)
The Red Queen advised Alice: ‘If you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there.’
- Recipe For Success Of Rural Roads Projects (The Financial Express, GV RAMAKRISHNA, Jan 18, 2006)
Recently, there’s been a great deal of criticism about misuse of allocations by MPs under the Local Area Development Schemes. I would like to make suggestions for minimising, if not overcoming, the defects in the implementation of projects under MPLADS.
- 'Indian And Pakistani Punjabs Can Help Agriculture Together’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
* Agriculture universities of Faisalabad and Ludhiana to sign MoU
* Cheque for Rs 0.3m for earthquake victims
- What Lies Beneath The Economy (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Jan 18, 2006)
Every economic activity in the informal sector does not always result in tax evasion. Thus, while tax evasion may be evil, all unreported incomes and assets cannot be tarred with the same brush. says T. C. A. Ramanujam.
- Spirit Of Sacrifice (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 18, 2006)
A friend, who is a devout Muslim otherwise, has made a bizarre comment on the ritual of sacrifice performed on the Eid-ul-Azha. He says, “I think the poor goats, sheep and other animals give their lives on Eid day for nothing.
- Goa To Encourage Planting Of Jatropha For Bio-Diesel (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
The Goa Government has decided to encourage panchayats and educational institutions to take up plantation of jatropha trees in a big way as Government intended to promote it as an alternative fuel.
- A Working Mother, At The Head Of A New Chile (Indian Express, Patrick J. McDonnell, Jan 18, 2006)
Michelle Bachelet, a socialist who was jailed and went into exile during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, was elected the first female president of Chile on Sunday in a historic vote that underscored a leftward drift in the region.
- A Dangerous Incoherence At The Core (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jan 18, 2006)
Even after 20 months in office, the ruling dispensation at the Centre is yet to acquire any kind of political coherence. There is a lack of political synergy between the Congress party and the Government.
- Parliament And A Tale Of Two Scandals (Hindu, Era Sezhiyan, Jan 18, 2006)
There is a wrong impression that Speaker Somnath Chatterjee is heading for a confrontation with the judiciary over the expulsion of MPs. In such cases, Parliament is the sole authority under Article 105 of the Constitution and the Supreme Court . . .
- France's First Woman President? (Hindu, Jon Henley, Jan 18, 2006)
Segolene Royal is suddenly looking like the obvious Socialist challenger to Nicolas Sarkozy in next year's presidential poll.
- Ring Out The Old, Ring In The New (Greater Kashmir, Jehangir Ali, Jan 18, 2006)
In a perpetual darkness you are fortunate enough to have some occasional flashes of light, comments
JEHANGIR ALI
- Janata Dal (Secular), Bjp Moving Towards Coalition? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
H.D. Kumaraswamy meets MLAs; State BJP leaders in Delhi
Janata Dal (S) is for heading an alternative coalition with Kumaraswamy as Chief Minister, say sources
He is stated to enjoy the loyalty of a majority of JD(S) MLAs
- Congress Is Isolated, Says Pinarayi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
The invitation to DIC(K) activists by KPCC president Ramesh Chennithala and former Chief Minister A. K. Antony to rejoin the Congress reflects the sense of defeat that has set in Congress circles, according to CPI(M) secretary Pinarayi Vijayan.
- Puzzles Aren’T Paradoxes (Telegraph, Tapas Majumdar, Jan 18, 2006)
Happily, many among our economists are now coming out to share their professional woes through the columns of India’s leading national weeklies and dailies.
- Eighty Plus Club (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jan 18, 2006)
Some time back we had referred in these columns to quite a few veterans above the age of 80 years who are still active in public life and continue to enrich our environment especially in this region. Many younger people have telephoned us to convey their
- Kumaraswamy Calls Party Mlas’Meeting (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
The fate of N Dharam Singh government hangs in balance with some prominent JD (S) second-line leaders headed by its working president H D Kumaraswamy reportedly convening a meeting of the party legislators on Wednesday to decide on forming . . .
- Administrators Likely For Five Zilla Panchayats (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
The Government is planning to appoint administrators to zilla panchayats of Mandya, Mysore, Chickmaglur, Bellary and Gulbarga if the presidents and vice-presidents cannot be elected within the timeframe prescribed by the State Election Commission.
- Pakistan Defers Safta Ratification (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Pakistan Cabinet today deferred ratification of South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) agreement reportedly on the advise of the Commerce Ministry which reccomended to the government not to endorse it until visible progress was made on the Kashmir issue.
- More Teachers For Punjab (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Merit should be sole consideration
There has never been any doubt that Punjab needs more teachers, even as there have been reports of many rural schools that have instructors on their rolls, but no one to impart education to the students.
- Musharraf’S Demilitarisation Balloon (Tribune, Gen V.P. Malik (retd), Jan 18, 2006)
Disappointed at the lack of progress in resolving the Kashmir issue through the Indo-Pak composite dialogue, Gen Pervez Musharraf is reported to have said, “Let me give another bombshell, I propose, one way of moving forward.... Take three towns, . . .
- Good Press Is A Legitimate Weapon (Tribune, Michael Schrage, Jan 18, 2006)
Precision-guided munitions and night vision are terrific military technologies, and no one would deny them to our soldiers in Iraq.
- Bjp Stages Demonstration (Hindu, Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar, Jan 18, 2006)
Congress letting Ottavio Quattrocchi off the hook, says Arun Jaitley
- Cbi's Credibility A Casualty: Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
"Find out where Quattrocchi funds are"
Rajnath expected to announce new office-bearers after January 20
Replacement for Sanjay Joshi not clear
- ``Caste An Imperfect Indicator For Quota'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Suggests merit scholarship system
Public sector educational institutions have failed to emerge as centres of excellence
Calls for a more "invasive and inquisitive" democratic culture
- Wb: Mamata Turns Down Congress Condition Of Dumping Bjp (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Spurning the Congress offer of an electoral tie up with the party in the ensuing assembly election in West Bengal sans BJP, Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee today refused to dump the saffron party and asked Congress to decide . . .
- 'Court Has No Say In Mps' Expulsion' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
In a development that has the potential to create confrontation between Legislature and Judiciary, the Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee is firm on his stand that the courts have no jurisdiction on expulsion of MPs from Parliament.
- Sri Lanka Military Ambushed As Envoys Visit Rebels (Reuters, Peter Apps, Jan 18, 2006)
Suspected Tamil Tigers ambushed military vehicles in north and east Sri Lanka on Tuesday, the army said, killing one soldier as Nordic envoys visited the rebels ahead of key peace meetings next week.
- Nepal Parties Vow To Defy Protest Ban (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Nepal's main political parties said on Tuesday they would go ahead with an anti-King rally in Kathmandu despite a ban on protests by the royalist government.
- Cuts In The Middle (Greater Kashmir, Jehangir Ali, Jan 18, 2006)
In a perpetual darkness you are fortunate enough to have some occasional flashes of light, comments
JEHANGIR ALI
- Rebranding Of Bihar (Indian Express, Shaibal Gupta, Jan 18, 2006)
On the face of it, Bihar continues to make news for the same reasons — another schoolboy was abducted even as an abducted businessman was reportedly freed on Tuesday.
- Maha Farce (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 18, 2006)
The way pre-election politics is moving in West Bengal, two things are clear already. The conscientious and determined officer of the Election Commission will serve up a formidable challenge to the entrenched Left Front when the poll comes.
- Bofors Is Dead, Long Live Bofors (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Jan 18, 2006)
Through an astonishing display of political maladroitness, the Congress government has managed to breathe new life into a dead scam.
- Bengal Poll: Ec Observers To Submit Report Today (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Nineteen observers who were sent by the Election Commission to supervise revision of electoral rolls and preparation of photo I-cards in poll-bound West Bengal, will submit their report tomorrow.
- The West Has Picked A Fight With Iran That It Cannot Win (Guardian (UK), Simon Jenkins, Jan 18, 2006)
Never pick a fight you know you cannot win. Or so I was told. Pick an argument if you must, but not a fight. Nothing I have read or heard in recent weeks suggests that fighting Iran over its nuclear enrichment programme makes any sense at all.
- Doing Nothing In Iran Is Not An Option (Telegraph (UK), editorial, telegraph UK, Jan 18, 2006)
As we survey, with appropriate unease and foreboding, the events now unfolding in Iran, we might like to reflect on one of Enoch Powell's less well-known, but most universal, obiter dicta. "The supreme function of statesmanship," he once wrote, "i . . .
- What The Constitution Really Says (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
While I'm here in the opposite hemisphere, The Debate is going to be a little more free form. Today, we have a thought-provoking post from Guest Blogger Jason Scorse, a professor who decided to take a closer look at the document that provides the. . . . .
- Karat Offers To Mediate In State Coalition Crisis (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
The ongoing political crisis in Karnataka on Monday saw the mediation of CPM general secretary Prakash Karat who called on Janata Dal (Secular) supremo H D Deve Gowda....
- Terrorism, Human Rights, And Development (Hindu, C. Raj Kumar, Jan 17, 2006)
Responses to terrorism ought to be based on a holistic understanding of security, within the human rights and rule of law framework.
- A National Aptitude Test Is The Answer (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Jan 17, 2006)
The Centre must fulfil its obligation of bringing in a law on professional courses.
- Pm Gifts Poll-Bound Assam Rs 6,000 Cr Investment (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
The Prime Minister laid the foundation of a 500-MW thermal power project at Salakati in western Assam’s Kokrajhar district. The power plant will be commissioned by the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC).
- New Global Human Rights Body In Offing (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Jan 17, 2006)
Erring nations have to fear the new global human rights council
With freedom, democracy, and human rights having come to the centre stage the world over, the burning question facing members of the United Nations is how to create . . .
- Speeding Up Bus Rapid Transit (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Jan 17, 2006)
Rail-based systems may be necessary in the metros, but bus systems offer solutions for all Indian cities staggering under the effects of unsustainable automobile use.
- Nepal Imposes Night Curfew In Kathmandu After Raids (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Nepal's royalist government on Monday imposed a night curfew in Kathmandu, saying it was stepping up security after Maoist rebels killed 12 policemen in weekend raids near the city.
- Sonia Wants Law To Take Its Course, Says Congress (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Neither she nor party interferes with the functioning of CBI or Ministry: spokesman
- Sc Refers Expulsion Of Mps Controversy To Constitution Bench (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
In a significant development, the Supreme Court today decided to examine the powers of Lok Sabha to expel its members from the House and referred the issue to the Constitution Bench.
- Hrd Instinct (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 17, 2006)
Murli Manohar Joshi and Arjun Singh have more in common than you would imagine
- Given Our Resources, We’Ve To Adopt A Lifestyle That Leaves A Smaller Footprint On Nature Than West’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 17, 2006)
The greatest threat to our and future generations is not terrorism—it’s climate change. Dr R K Pachauri runs the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and, yes, he’s a fellow Indian.
- Consume Cautiously (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
India must consider taking steps to bring down compulsive consumption
Two recent reports have drawn attention to the threat posed by India and China to the world’s environment and ecological health.
- Nepal Blues (Daily Excelsior, Tushar Charan, Jan 17, 2006)
All too soon it is back to square one in the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal. The Maoist rebels have announced the end of the (extended) ceasefire unilaterally announced by them four months ago, leading to fears of eruption of violence that has already . . .
- Clemenceau Will Not Enter India Till Court Makes Decision (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
"We will ask the ship to stay outside Indian territorial waters till the matter is heard"
French Government sticks to its guns, says ship contains no asbestos
When the French Government had not permitted the ship to be broken there, . . .
- Up: 'Phone-Tapping Charge On Sonia To Divert Public Attention' (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
The Congress today said Samajwadi Party was trying to drag the name of AICC President Sonia Gandhi into the phone-t apping controversy to divert public attention away from the SP-led government's failures with an eye on the approaching Uttar Pradesh . . .
- Uphill Task For Bjp President (Daily Excelsior, Deepayan, Jan 17, 2006)
Many Indians believe that when trouble comes it comes from all directions. That seems to be the case with the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- What Is It The Customer’S Looking For? (The Financial Express, Mahesh Bhatt, Jan 17, 2006)
It wasn’t the pain of her fall, but the humiliation when she fell that made her cry.
- Cong Attempts To Lure Mamata Away From Bjp (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
The Congress has sent a formal letter to the Trinamul Congress stating that it is willing to project its chief Mamata Banerjee as the Opposition chief ministerial candidate in the coming assembly elections in West Bengal, provided she parted ways . . .
- Sc Bars Clemenceau From Indian Waters (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Monday barred the entry of controversial decommissioned French warship Le Clemenceau carrying toxic wastes into India and said it would not allow the vessel to be scrapped on the Gujarat coast till the Customs department clarifies its
- Central Queries On Desalination Plant Project Answered (Hindu, T. Ramakrishnan, Jan 17, 2006)
"Studies show there will be no adverse impact, either on marine system or fisherfolk"
- Sdic Says Clemenceau Will Not Enter India Till Court Makes Decision (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
"We will ask the ship to stay outside Indian territorial waters till the matter is heard"
French Government sticks to its guns, says ship contains no asbestos
When the French Government had not permitted the ship to be broken there, . . .
- Ouster Of Mps: Sc Notice To Speaker (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Despite Speaker Somnath Chatterjee’s assertion that the courts cannot intervene in the matter of expulsion of MPs, both the apex court and Delhi High Court have issued notice to him.
- Mini-Vietnam Syndrome (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jan 17, 2006)
Iran to gain as US plans Iraqi withdrawal
AS if by instinct, events are moving towards an era of inevitability in Iraq, the Bush administration having dramatically scaled down its bar for a “victory”.
- A Voice Called Arundhati Roy (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 17, 2006)
Arundhati Roy’s turning down of Sahitya Akademi award should not surprise many. She has already denied to be a doll in the hands of those who reward their pets, reject their rivals.
- Bangarappa Foresees Mid-Term Elections To Assembly By April (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Samajwadi Party leader rules out alliance with other parties
`State Election Commission did not act on complaints'
Minorities, BCs, farmers neglected by Government: Bangarappa
Telephone tapping condemned
- Mint Road Signals (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jan 17, 2006)
RBI stance in Temasek could confuse investors
- Target Practice (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Jan 17, 2006)
The Maoists’ kindling of tribal discontent is likely to create more situations like the one in Kalinga Nagar, writes Sumanta Sen
- Sc Notice To Speaker (Tribune, S.S. Negi , Jan 17, 2006)
Ahead of the all-party meeting called by Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee to discuss the issue of court’s “intervention” in the expulsion of MPs “involved” in the cash-for-query scam in the wake of the notice issued to him by the Delhi High Court, ...
- Nepal King Imposes Curfew (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
A year after imposing direct rule in Nepal and claiming the security situation had improved considerably, King Gyanendra’s government today imposed indefinite curfew in Kathmandu Valley as Maoist guerrillas shook up the administration with a spate . . .
- Chile Elects Socialist President (Tribune, Patrick J. McDonnell, Jan 17, 2006)
Michielle Bachelet, a socialist who was jailed and went into exile during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, was elected the first female president of this South American nation on Sunday in a historic vote that underscored a leftward drift . . .
- Nitish Kumar Woos Nris (Tribune, Ambarish Dutta, Jan 17, 2006)
It was more a drive for image makeover than immediate investment by NDA Chief Minister Nitish Kumar when he attended the just-concluded three-day “Prabashi Bharatiya Sammelan” (NRI conclave) in Hyderabad between January 7 and 9.
- Mps Expulsion: Court Issues Notice To Lok Sabha Speaker (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Jan 17, 2006)
Matter should be placed before a five-judge Constitution Bench, it says
Notice issued to Election Commission, Centre, Attorney-General
Petitioner's plea to restrain EC from holding election to vacant seat declined
- General Will "Hit Balochis Hard" (Daily Excelsior, K.N. Pandita, Jan 17, 2006)
"I will hit them so hard they won't know what hit them", thundered the General in Islamabad.
- The Economic Decline Of Maharashtra (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Jan 17, 2006)
The economic decline of Maharashtra began in 1995-96 with the coming to power of coalition governments. The State's debt has now reached a staggering Rs 1.15-lakh crore and the debt servicing burden has risen sharply despite the lowering of interest ...
- Sri Lanka: Threat Of Civil War (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 17, 2006)
Once again, there are ominous signs that Sri Lanka, after nearly four years of an uneasy truce, is sliding back into civil war.
- Curriculum Change Controversy (Dawn, Omar R. Quraishi, Jan 17, 2006)
Curriculam revision seems to have become a very controversial issue in the country with not a month going by without some political or religious party objecting to a reported change in some textbooks or syllabus.
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