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Articles 15121 through 15220 of 26693:
- Free Advice Galore (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Jan 11, 2006)
THE latest medical bulletins on Ariel Sharon’s health suggest that the Israeli prime minister will probably survive the massive stroke that he suffered a week ago but that his ability to function effectively will have been impaired beyond repair.
- Centre Invites Non-Hurriyat Outfit For Talks First Time (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 11, 2006)
Outrightly rejecting much touted ‘self-rule’ and de-militarisation’ proposals mooted by Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf for resolving Kashmir issue, Chief Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad today said that aspirations of all the six regions of Jammu
- The Balochistan Situation Has Some Similarity To 1971 (Daily Times, Sardar Sherbaz Khan Mazari, Jan 11, 2006)
* The situation in Balochistan has been further aggravated by the government..
- Karat And Stick Show, 24x7 (The Economic Times, P R RAMESH, Jan 11, 2006)
Indian Left has a fascination for contrarian positions. When India powered its way into the world of the nuclear powerfuls,
- Pakistan: Haunted By Balochistan (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Jan 11, 2006)
The Balochis, marginalised from the mainstream, are up in arms against the Pak army.
- Govt To Exit Maruti (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 11, 2006)
Pouring cold water on the hopes of four crore subscribers, the government today notified 8.5 per cent interest on the Employees Provident Fund for 2005-06.
- Unserious Consequences (Wall Street Journal, Editorial, Wall Street Journal, Jan 11, 2006)
Iran's decision yesterday to resume what it dubs "nuclear research" is garnering stern criticism in unexpected quarters.
- Tn :No Change In Bjp Decision To Go It Alone In Polls (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
There is no change in the BJP's decision to go it alone in the assembly polls in Tamil Nadu, a senior BJP leader said today.
Former Union Minister and BJP's National Executive member S Thirunavukakrassar told a press meet here today the party . . .
- On Muslims, Upa Has Bad Answers (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Jan 10, 2006)
The UPA government’s approach to the well-being of Muslims is threatening to inject an insidious poison into Indian politics, whose ramifications for all Indian citizens are too dreadful to contemplate.
- South Asia In Deep Freeze (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Jan 10, 2006)
The big chill that has descended on North India has also begun to engulf India’s relations with her key neighbours. India’s emerging difficulties in the neighbourhood also threaten to mar the big bash that New Delhi is planning for President George Bush..
- Now Mulayam ‘Wealth’ Under The Sc Scanner (Indian Express, R VENKATARAMAN, Jan 10, 2006)
The Supreme Court today issued notice to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, seeking reply why criminal trial should not be ordered against him for allegedly accumulating wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income.
- Caves Of Antiquity (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Sanjay Biswas and Shubha Chacko are mesmerised by the ancient temples and sculptures of Aihole that silently speak of people who lived fifteen hundred years ago.
- Securing Human Rights For All (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 10, 2006)
On Human Rights Day, December 10, what must worry the world is the silent violation of human rights
- Hc Notices On Cash-For-Query (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Delhi High Court asks Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, EC and Centre to reply
In a move which could trigger a stand-off between Parliament and the judiciary, the Delhi High Court today issued notices to the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Secretariats, . . .
- Justice By Fractions (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 10, 2006)
UPA brings high maths and low politics into welfare. Economic logic loses out, so do minorities
- Serious Threat-Ii (Statesman, PR DUBHASHI, Jan 10, 2006)
It has been stated on behalf of the BJP that they had no alternative but to boycott Parliament because all along they had been treated by the UPA government as an enemy rather than an adversary and were not even allowed to speak on the floor . . .
- Mqm ‘Ultimatum’ And After (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 10, 2006)
There has been a major development over the weekend, and it is positive and political.
- Yogi And Commie Star (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Jan 10, 2006)
Brinda Karat is suing a Trivandrum publisher who published a photo of hers together with a quotation from an interview of hers to the effect that yoga was the secret behind health and beauty — although he published an apology the next day.
- New Key (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 10, 2006)
It is impossible to miss the irony in the change. Communists in India have always put the compulsions of mass politics above economic logic.
- Coalition Under Stress, Says Gowda (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
JD(S) to decide on continuance in or withdrawal from Ministry
JD(S) upset at Congress "plan" to align with rebels
Congress deviating from understanding: Gowda
Issue will be sorted out: Jayanthi Natarajan
- Jehanabad Jail-Break: Hc Pulls Up Bihar Govt (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Taking serious note of the lapse, the High Court on Monday asked the government to explain it by January 30 how the lapse occurred, and what steps had been taken to prevent recurrence of such incidents.
- Nepal Says Maoist Threats Will Not Delay Polls (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Nepal’s chief election commissioner said on Monday that long-delayed municipal elections set for February would not be postponed despite a threat from Maoist rebels to disrupt polling.
- Importance Of Being Mp! (Daily Excelsior, MD Vazeeruddin, Jan 10, 2006)
"Nothing became him so well in life as the leaving of it," says one character of another in Shakespeare's "Macbeth".
- Hurriyat To Delhi: Show Flexibility On Kashmir (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
The Hurriyat Conference has urged the Centre to show flexibility in resolving the vexed Kashmir issue and called for immediate demilitarisation in the state, saying peace cannot be restored in a “heavily militarised environment.”
- The Mobile Revolution: Global Scale Is Critical (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
From the 1910s to the mid-1990s, the United States dominated the mobile business. It was the delay in the commercialisation of the cellular technology — from 1947 to 1983 - that opened the window of opportunity to mobile challengers in Europe and Asia.
- It Could Be A Trying Time (Telegraph, Jyoti Malhotra, Jan 10, 2006)
How Pervez Musharraf handles India will determine if his seventh year in office will be a dream or a nightmare, writes How Pervez Musharraf handles India will determine if his seventh year in office will be a dream or a nightmare, writes Jyoti Malhotra
- Nris Protest Award To ‘Modi Ally’ (Telegraph, G.S. RADHAKRISHNA, Jan 10, 2006)
The Gujarat riots cast a shadow on the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas here when a doctor said to be close to Narendra Modi was honoured today.
- Insurgency In Iraq Sunnis Hold The Key (Tribune, Maj-Gen Ashok Mehta (retd), Jan 10, 2006)
Since the fall of Saddam Hussein, plenty of water has flown down the Euphrates and the Tigris.
- The $4 Bn Industry That Is America’S Guilty Secret (Tribune, Rupert Cornwell, Jan 10, 2006)
Lobbying is Washington’s grubby secret. Some say it is part of the democratic process. Others claim it is legalised bribery, even corruption. But love it or loathe it, it is the way Washington works.
- Overseas Indians Unsettled Over Delhi’S View Of Them (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Say government should be open to their ideas and innovation, not just their money
* Troubled by governmnet’s emphasis on money and investment
- Court Takes Moolah-Am Count (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
The Supreme Court today asked Uttar Pardesh chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav to respond to charges that he and his family owned unaccounted assets worth crores.
- Bengal’S New Deal (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 10, 2006)
The Left Front government appears to be floundering in its quest for FDI, paradoxically a Marxist panacea to shore up infrastructure.
- Terror Kept Nris Away: Govt (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Minister of State for Overseas Indian Affairs, Oscar Fernandes, on the sidelines of the 4th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, explains how the mega event this year was different from the previous ones, instead of being a carnival to a . . .
- Watch This Space Tourism (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 10, 2006)
America’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) always thinks ahead.
- Building Bonds (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 10, 2006)
OCI scheme is the first step towards conferring full citizenship rights on NRIs.
- Atheists Seem Ready To Believe Anything (Hindu, MADELEINE BUNTING, Jan 10, 2006)
Richard Dawkins's latest attack on religion is not worthy of a great scientist.
- How Lobbyists Poison Politics (Hindu, Gary Younge, Jan 10, 2006)
The U.S. Congress stands at the pinnacle of American democracy, which the nation is proud — on occasion — to export at the barrel of a gun. Inside, 100 senators and 435 members of the House of Representatives balance the interests of the nation and . . .
- Hc Notice To Rs, Ls, Ec And Centre On Expulsion Of Mps (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
In a move which could trigger a stand-off between Parliament and the judiciary, the Delhi High Court today issued notices to the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Secretariats, Election Commission and the Centre on petitions by eight of the 11 expelled MPs . . .
- Behind Bangalore: The Long Jihad Today (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jan 10, 2006)
The second and concluding part of an investigation into the Lashkar-e-Taiba networks that operate across India.
- Britain’S New Opium War (Dawn, Simon Jenkins, Jan 10, 2006)
In the next few weeks, an army of 3,400 British troops expects to be deployed to Helmand province in southern Afghanistan. This is nearly half the number deployed in Iraq. Everything I have heard and read about this expedition suggests that it makes . . .
- A Widening Chasm (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Jan 10, 2006)
Americans, more than most people, treat the passing of one year and the dawn of another as a moment of deep reflection. Many questions get asked. Among them the most frequent ones raised this year are those related to the way the country has . . .
- Two Years After The Saarc Declaration (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Jan 10, 2006)
Two years have passed since President Musharraf and Prime Minister Vajpayee, taking advantage of their participation in the Saarc summit, held official talks that led to the Islamabad Declaration of January 6, 2004. Since then, the two sides have met . .
- Protest Marks End Of Pravasi Divas (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Protest and controversy marked the presentation ceremony of Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards at the concluding function of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2006 today.
- Lobbying Scandal Set To Engulf Us Political System (Tribune, Rupert Cornwell, Jan 10, 2006)
Jack Abramoff, the disgraced former Republican super-lobbyist, has agreed a deal with US government prosecutors, opening the way for what could be the biggest political influence peddling scandal in Washington for decades.
- Congress-Jd(s) Crisis Deepens (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
"The media and my opponents call me a dictator and say that mine is a party of father and sons. I have given time for consultation within the party." Deve Gowda
- Protest Mars Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award Function (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
A group of overseas Indians opposes selection of US-based doctor for honour
Kalam attends Pravasi Bharatiya Divas valedictory
Police seize placards and detain three
11 overseas Indians given the prestigious award
President releases special postal
- Mutual Banking — An Emerging Tool In Retail Banking (Business Line, J. Sethuraman, Jan 10, 2006)
FEE-BASED income through hybrid product and service offerings has already emerged as a profitable business model in the retail bankscape, and mutual fund (MF) distribution has become a fashion statement among all banks.
- Turkey’S Eu Prospects (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 09, 2006)
GIVEN the hard entry negotiations that are likely to delay Turkey’s membership of the EU, one should not be surprised if the number of Turkish enthusiasts for entry into the European Union has gone down from 70 to 55 per cent.
- President Bush At Recess (New York Times, Editorial, The New York Times, Jan 09, 2006)
It is disturbing that President Bush has exhibited a grandiose vision of executive power that leaves little room for public debate, the concerns of the minority party or the supervisory powers of the courts.
- More Anarchoterror In Gaza (Washington Times, Editorial, The Washington Times, Jan 09, 2006)
Even before the major stroke that felled Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Israelis were bracing themselves for the reality that security conditions in Gaza have rapidly deteriorated in the wake of the IDF withdrawal, completed four months ago.
- Revisiting J&k’S Autonomy (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Jan 09, 2006)
NO less momentous than the dramatic change in Pakistan’s policy on Afghanistan is the progressive scaling down of the commitment to the Kashmiri right of self-determination to whatever is embodied in the code-phrase ‘demilitarization and self-government’
- Recklessness In Indonesia (New York Times, Editorial, The New York Times, Jan 09, 2006)
Freeport-McMoRan, an American company that operates a giant open-pit copper and gold mine in Papua, is a major contributor to Indonesia's economy.
- Serious Threat-I -By Pr Dubhashi (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 09, 2006)
Indian democracy seems once again to be undergoing a major transformation.
- India Rejects Pakistan's Proposal For Demilitarized Kashmir (India Daily, Anil Rane, Jan 09, 2006)
India has asserted that the issue of withdrawal of security forces from Jammu and Kashmir or the deployment of forces there is sovereign decision of New Delhi and cannot be decided by a foreign government.
- India Backs Nepal King As Symbol Of Unity, Not Political Player (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
The Indian ambassador to Nepal, Shiva Shanker Mukherjee, has expressed the view that the king should not compete for political power with the political parties.
- Reflections On Turning Points In The Economy (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jan 09, 2006)
POLICIES change and nations embark on new paths. It is often difficult to discern any pattern or design behind most of these occurrences, however hard we try.
- Terrorism, Corruption Major Challenges: Baig (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
Deputy Chief Minister, Muzaffar Hussain Baig has said the major challenges facing the governance today are terrorism and corruption which could be tackled only through coalition of right-thinking forces.
- The Confirmation: Female Foeticide In India Crossed 1 Cr In 20 Yrs (Hindu, PALLAVA BAGLA, Jan 09, 2006)
The first-ever systematic scientific study on female foeticide by an Indo-Canadian team in India presents a shocking picture.
- Checking Mamata -Police Cruelly Exposed In Bengal (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
On the face of it, the warrant of arrest against Mamata Banerjee follows a directive from the Election Commission to the police to nab those said...
- Pawar Rules Out Third Front (Hindu, ARUNKUMAR BHATT, Jan 09, 2006)
NCP to contest polls only in alliance with other parties
With just 7 MPs, the NCP cannot consider forming a third front
Denies small parties like NCP were pressuring the UPA Government
- Hurriyat Delegation Returns From Pak (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 09, 2006)
The Hurriyat Conference has urged the Centre to "show flexibility" in resolving the vexed Kashmir issue and called for "immediate demilitarisation " in the State, saying peace can not be restored in a heavily militarised environment.
- A Harvest Of Treachery (NEWSWEEK, Ron Moreau, Jan 09, 2006)
Jan. 9, 2006 issue - In the privacy of his sparsely furnished house in Kabul, a veteran Afghan Interior Ministry official says the situation may already be hopeless. Although he has no authorization to speak with the press, and he could be in . . .
- Hurriyat To Delhi: Show Flexibility On Kashmir (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
The Hurriyat Conference has urged the Centre to show flexibility in resolving the vexed Kashmir issue and called for immediate demilitarisation in the state, saying peace cannot be restored in a “heavily militarised environment.”
- Pakistan Warns India Peace Process At Risk Over Baluchistan Issue – What About Continued Pakistan Sponsored Terror In India? (India Daily, Anil Rane, Jan 09, 2006)
Pakistan may be trapped in its own game. There is no proof that India is helping Baluchistan rebels.
- Karur Bridge Work: Karunanidhi Contests Cb-Cid Claim (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
"Build, Operate and Transfer concept was mooted only by AIADMK Government"
- Religious Reservation And Amu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
It was a flawed move from the start. When Aligarh Muslim University announced that 50 per cent of its seats in some post-graduate courses would be reserved for Muslim students, there was doubt whether this could be legally sustained.
- Left Front Seeks A Massive Mandate (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
No alternative to the Front, says Buddhadeb
Opposition's attempt to forge alliance "an unprincipled exercise"
Industrialisation to be top priority if voted back to power
- Parliament Shows The Way Forward (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jan 09, 2006)
The determined way both Houses acted against the MPs involved in the cash-for-questions case has given rise to hope that something can be done to curb corruption in the country.
- Woman Leader Of Nepal Maoists Held In India (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
An executive member of the women's wing of Nepal Communist Patry (Maoist) who was arrested from a tea estate in Darjeeling.
- Party Hangover (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 09, 2006)
The real test for Sonia and the PM will be cabinet changes, not CWC musical chairs
- Empty "Bombshell" (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 09, 2006)
If one has to take notice of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's recent utterances about Jammu and Kashmir it is because of sheer hilarity.
- Mind The Negativism, Please (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Jan 09, 2006)
Many years ago one of Delhi’s most endearing and enduring politicians, the late Jagpravesh Chandra, presented me his book on why the Capital badly needed a mass rapid transport system.
- Compare And Contrast (News International, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jan 09, 2006)
The Jamea mosque is just around the corner from my house in UK. Five times a day people come to worship there, many of whom I know by sight or name.
- Most Pakistanis Want To Befriend India But... (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Jan 09, 2006)
Khurshid Kasuri has said that compared to peace overtures President General Pervez Musharraf had made India’s response was ‘halting.’ and ‘not flexible.’
- No Compromise On Party Ideology, Says Rajnath ..... (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 09, 2006)
While preferring to steer clear of the ongoing debate on the relationship between the RSS and his party, BJP President Rajnath Singh appears to be in a tearing hurry to cleanse the 25-year-old organisation of all the ills afflicting it.
- Parliament Under Cloud (Daily Excelsior, Sunil Gatade, Jan 09, 2006)
It was black December for In-dian Parliament as its worst nightmare came true for the largest democracy in the world.
- Marathi Poet Bags Jnanpith Award (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
Noted Marathi poet Vinda Karandikar has been chosen for the Jnanpith award for 2003.
- Welcome Nris, You May Soon Get To Vote In India (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said that the demand for voting rights by NRIs in the Gulf has a convincing basis and that the proposal for granting voting rights to Indians living abroad is at an advanced stage of consideration.
- The Dream Team: A Critique-Iii-By Subroto Roy (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 08, 2006)
The Government of India, like many others, has been sorely tempted to finance its extravagant expenditures by abusing its monopoly over paper-money creation.
- Poorly Served (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 08, 2006)
India needs mature media policy
It is a sad truth of contemporary Indian public life that allegations and so-called revelations almost never move towards any kind of satisfying clarity and get, instead, murkier by the day.
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