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Articles 15221 through 15320 of 26693:
- Lives Of The Powerful (Greater Kashmir, Dr Syed Amir, Jan 08, 2006)
They record their events for us to read them, writes Dr Syed Amir
More than 150 years ago, the Scottish historian and essayist, Thomas Carlyle, in his book On Heroes and Hero Worship noted that “the history of the world is but the biography . . .
- ‘I’Ve No Ego In Meeting People. If I Can Meet Leaders Of Other Parties, Why Not My Own?’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
I’ve no ego in meeting people. If I can meet leaders of other parties, why not my own?’
- War Of Words On Demilitarization Issus (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
India on Saturday rejected Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s suggestion for demilitarization of three places in Jammu and Kashmir and asserted that it was a “sovereign” decision to be taken by New Delhi based on security situation and could . . .
- Tigers Sink Lanka Navy Patrol Boat (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide squad sank a patrol boat off Sri Lanka’s east coast today and 13 of the 15 crew are missing, feared dead, the navy said.
- Higher Education In J&k (Daily Excelsior, Parkash Parihar, Jan 08, 2006)
The history of higher education in Jammu and Kashmir can be traced back to 1904 when two colleges were established- Prince of Wales College in Jammu now GGM Science College and SP College in Srinagar.
- New Job Scheme Path-Breaking: Raghuvansh (Tribune, Prashant Sood, Jan 08, 2006)
Union Rural Development Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh has started the new year by announcing the date of the launch of the ambitious National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme.
- Pm Inaugurates Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Unveiling a string of initiatives for the benefit of NRIs, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the government would soon grant voting rights to overseas Indian workers and professionals, launch a liberal insurance scheme for them and modernise. . .
- Advani’S Swan Song (The Week, Debashish Mukerji, Jan 08, 2006)
RSS wants to know who would succeed Venkaiah Naidu
The list of contenders remained broadly the same. But their rankings kept changing every week. However, one front-runner has emerged in the race for the next BJP president once Lal Krishna Advani . . .
- Pm Promises Voting Rights To Nris (Tribune, Ramesh Kandula, Jan 08, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today announced a number of sops and initiatives for the benefit of overseas Indians.
- Rai, Shareef First Overseas Citizens Of India (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Ms Nivruti Rai and Mr Iftekhar Shareef from the US have become the first recipients of the much awaited Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cards today at the inaugural day of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD).
- Shotgun Weeding (The Week, R. Prasannan, Jan 08, 2006)
Television stings have caused a stir; the big battles will follow
- A Challenging Role For Rajnath (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jan 08, 2006)
The new BJP President, Rajnath Singh has gained wide experience at his age. He is just 54. Known as a soft spoken and low profile gentleman-politician, he lacks the stature to lead the second biggest political party after the Congress.
- Religious Leaders Strengthen Resolve To Intervene In Aids Prevention (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Faith-based organisations needed at district level: former Chief Election Commissioner
- Cleaning Up Congress (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 08, 2006)
Like Enron’s Andrew Fastow or WorldCom’s Bernard Ebbers in the scandals that shook corporate America earlier this decade, Jack Abramoff is the quintessential “why stop there?” character in the lobbying scandal currently roiling Washington.
- Pm Says Expats In Gulf Will Vote (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
India plans to allow millions of its nationals working in West Asia to vote for elections back home as they have a vital stake in the governance of the country, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Saturday.
- Suspected Rebels Attack Sri Lanka Navy, 13 Feared Dead (Reuters, Ranga Sirilal, Jan 08, 2006)
A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide squad sank a patrol boat off Sri Lanka's east coast on Saturday and 13 of the 15 crew are missing, feared dead, the navy said.
- Warning Wasted In Bangalore (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jan 08, 2006)
Poor communication, bureaucratic delays
ID card of suspect referred to J & K police more than three months after it was found
Common-sense procedure not followed
Weapons transported from J & K
- Deciphering The Mirwaiz’S Statements (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jan 08, 2006)
Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, chairman of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) who is visiting Pakistan, has said that the proposal for self-rule or self-governance should not be confused with “autonomy”.
- Grab The Judge (The Week, Tapash Ganguly, Jan 08, 2006)
Fundamentalists in Bangladesh are trying to take over the judicial system
- Russia Against Enlargement Of G-8 (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Russia, the present president of the G-8, is against the expansion of the body and the induction of countries like India and China as they could introduce an "element of conflict", a senior Duma official has said.
- Pm Promises Voting Rights To Overseas Indians (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
After granting citizenship to Overseas Indians, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today announced that they would soon be granted voting rights.
- Is The Federation At Risk? (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Jan 08, 2006)
Can the building of the Kalabagh dam and the bombing of Baloch insurgents (or call them miscreants) lead to the break-up of the federation?
- India Rejects Suggestion For Demilitarisation (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Categorically rejecting Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s suggestion for demilitarisation of three places in Jammu and Kashmir, India tonight asserted that it was a "sovereign" decision to be taken by New Delhi based on security situation and could n
- Old Order Gives Way (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Jan 08, 2006)
The year just begun is likely to see a radical change in the political equations between the country’s principal parties broadly divided into two: the Hindu Right-wing and others.
- Ec Calls Meeting To Discuss State Funding Of Polls (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
The Election Commission (EC) has called a meeting of recognised national and state political parties here for February 15 to elicit their views on the proposal of the government over state funding of elections.
- Democracy On A Sticky Wicket? (Deccan Herald, P V Subraya, Jan 08, 2006)
The views aired in the book by persons connected with the judiciary have been debated many times before
- Chances Slipping For West Bengal ‘Mahajot’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
With Assembly polls around the corner in West Bengal, the formation of a united ‘‘mahajot’’ against the ruling Left Front continues to evade the opposition parties in the State.
- Upa’S Plan For Minorities: We Will Fix Govt Spending As Per Their Population Share (Indian Express, Amitav Ranjan, Jan 08, 2006)
In what could open the floodgates to political and legal controversy, the UPA Government is ready to announce a “15-point programme” for what it calls the “welfare” of minorities despite a categorical opinion from the Union Law Ministry that the . . .
- Manmohan Announces A Slew Of Concessions To Overseas Indians (Hindu, S. Nagesh Kumar, Jan 08, 2006)
Decision on voting rights to non-resident Indians in Gulf soon
Overseas Citizen of India card presented
Easy-to-use remittance facility; liberalised insurance scheme
- New Delhi Rejects Musharraf Proposal (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jan 08, 2006)
Pakistan's commitment to end cross-border terrorism unconditional: spokesman
Deployment of security forces a sovereign decision
Joint control or management of Jammu & Kashmir ruled out
Allegations of Indian hand in Balochistan rejected
- Russia Against G-8 Expansion (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Analysts said Mr Kosachyov's statement betrays Russia's concerns over its own status in G-8, which it received as a reward for dismantling communist regime and embracing democracy under former president Boris Yeltsin.
- Vishwanath Plea To Sonia On Aicc Revamp (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
A senior backward class leader of the Congress in Karnataka on Saturday urged party President Sonia Gandhi to give representation of forward communities in the AICC.
- State Funding Of Polls: Ec Calls Meet Of Parties (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
The Cabinet would consider the matter again after receiving the views of the Commission and the various parties whether the recommendations could be implemented without any changes or with deletions or additions.
- Myanmar Hints At Relocating Capital (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
In November, the junta announced it was moving the government to Pyinmanar, a logging town 320 km north of Yangon.
- Overseas Indians Get Multiple Entry Visas (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh launched the Overseas Citizen of India scheme that confers a hassle-free, life-long multiple entry visa for overseas Indians here on Saturday at the fourth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, an annual three-day get-together . . .
- ‘Education Cannot Be Based On Money’ (Deccan Herald, K Jayalakshmi, Jan 08, 2006)
To achieve the task of making India a knowledge-based society, we simply have to decommercialise education” - Dr P M Bhargava
- Let’S Tango, Bjp Tells Jd(s) (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Cashing in on the simmering discontent among the coalition partners – the Congress and the Janata Dal (Secular) – following the Taluk and Zilla Panchayat election results, the State Unit of BJP is prepared to form an alternative government . . .
- Pm’S Left Hook (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Jan 08, 2006)
The Left saw another side to the usually soft-spoken Manmohan Singh when it made an issue over the joint Indo-US air force exercise in Kalaikunda, West Bengal, last November.
- 11,000 Demats (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jan 08, 2006)
Even as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) finds more banks were ensnared by Roopalben Panchal and her family in the demat account scandal, the Income Tax Department has also made major new discoveries.
- Bjp: Present Tense, Future Uncertain (Tribune, Satish Misra, Jan 07, 2006)
Last month’s silver jubilee celebration of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Mumbai will go down in the party’s history as a landmark which focused on the past, but refused to take up the present and shied away from the future.
- Holding The Banner Of Harmony Aloft (Hindu, S. Dorairaj , Jan 07, 2006)
It all occurred over 18 years ago. A gang of terrorists stormed Sohal, a tiny village in Amritsar district of Punjab, around midnight on July 21, 1987. The gun-toting Khalistanis opened fire using automatic weapons.
- Highs And Lows (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 07, 2006)
Wonders will never cease. Seeing as how of the original Seven Wonders of the World (selected by Philon in 200 BC) only the Pyramids at Giza survive, a Switzerland-based organisation launched a global poll to elect the new Seven Wonders.
- West Bengal Is Not Bihar, Says Jyoti Basu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
Communist Party of India (Marxist) in West Bengal is not unduly concerned over any step the Election Commission might be contemplating for the State in the run up to the coming Assembly elections, senior Polit Bureau member Jyoti Basu said on Friday.
- Conversation With Manmohan Singh (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Jan 07, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been always effusive and warm whenever I have discussed India-Pakistan relations with him. This time I found him a bit distressed and disappointed. He is not as optimistic as before because he says he does not know . . .
- Year 2005: Best And Worst Of Times For Parliament (Business Line, R.C. Rajamani, Jan 07, 2006)
It was the best of times; it was the worst of times... It was the spring of hope; it was the winter of despair.
- Invasion Of Privacy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 07, 2006)
Telephone tapping and all that
THE exposure of telephone tapping of politicians has once again brought to the fore the larger issues of individual freedom and the right to privacy.
- Afghan Talent Show A Hit Four Years After The Taliban (Daily Times, Emmanuel Duparcq, Jan 07, 2006)
The scene, unthinkable only four years ago under the ousted Taliban regime who banned music and television, plays out in Kabul’s Ariana cinema
- Bjp After Advani’S Exit (Dawn, Afzaal Mahmood, Jan 07, 2006)
Under fire from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and party hawks after he praised Quaid-i-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah during his Pakistan trip, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president L.K. Advani has been forced to quit the top party post.
- Hurriyat Leaders Call On Musharraf (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jan 07, 2006)
Any solution to Kashmir within the framework of the Constitution will not be acceptable: APHC
- Ltte Testing The Waters In Tamil Nadu? (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Jan 07, 2006)
There appears to be a renewed pro-Eelam campaign by some parties in Tamil Nadu. Why now?
- Africa's Only Woman Head Of State (Hindu, Cameron Duodu, Jan 07, 2006)
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf will have an impact well beyond her own country.
- Sharon Leaves No Heir (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jan 07, 2006)
If the massive cerebral haemorrhage suffered by Ariel Sharon marks the end of this remarkable man's political career, then Israeli public life is about to lose the figure who above all others reshaped Israeli politics and diplomacy in the post-Oslo period
- Let’S Pretend (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 07, 2006)
Let's say you’re rich. Not just rich, but filthy rich. Then let’s pretend what will it cost you.
- India's Wealth And Squalor (Daily Excelsior, Sisir Basu, Jan 07, 2006)
The international media have covered the upswing of the Indian and Chinese economies. It is suggested that the Chinese economy would overtake Japan's currently the second largest, by 2016 and would be as big as that of the United States of America . . .
- Third Decree Treatment (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 07, 2006)
As in real estate, so in minority politics. When in trouble, ordinance
- Bjp Deserts Nepal King? (Statesman, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Jan 07, 2006)
Is one reading too much into it or is the BJP finally throwing its weight behind Nepal’s Opposition?
- Why Are They Running Scared Of Ideology? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jan 07, 2006)
Increasingly, ideology is portrayed as something to be despaired of — a hang-up, and a hindrance to progress in a world in search of quick fixes. But pragmatism without a political vision seldom works in the long run.
- Coalition: Jd(s)to Wait & Watch (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
Unhappy with the Congress high command move to leave the issue of forging alliances in the hung zilla panchayats of the state to the local party units, the Janata Dal (Secular) is likely to take a decision on...
- Follow Which Leader? (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Jan 07, 2006)
The Ramlila in the BJP seems to be over and hopefully, its new president, Rajnath Singh — who is not Ram, Lakshman, Hanuman or the infamous dhobi — will get down to the serious task of putting the party back on track.
- Making A ‘Menace’ Of Migrants (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 07, 2006)
Do you know how many illegal Bangladeshi immigrants there are in India? Are there 30 million of them? What about 20 million? Or is the figure as low as 10 million?
- Old Order Gives Way (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
The year just begun is likely to see a radical change in the political equations between the country’s principal parties broadly divided into two: the Hindu Right-wing and others.
- Even Lohiaites Are Learning (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 07, 2006)
If, like this writer, you too are a believer in economic reform leading to free markets, shrinking of the state’s role in economics and unshackling India’s creative and entrepreneurial energies, and are dismayed at the road-blocks and rollbacks at . . .
- Suspected Rebels Attack S.Lanka Navy, 13 Missing (Reuters, Ranga Sirilal, Jan 07, 2006)
Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels attacked and sank a small naval boat off Sri Lanka's east coast early on Saturday and 13 of the 15 crew were missing, the navy said, amid growing fears of a return to civil war.
- Changing Profile Of Al Qaeda (Daily Excelsior, P Bhattacharya, Jan 07, 2006)
On 5 February, 2003, the then US Secretary of State, Gen Colin Powel had said at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) that, ''Iraq today harbors a deadly terrorist network, headed by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, an associate and collaborator . . .
- Lanka In Diplomatic Push As Attacks Stoke War Fears (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
One person was killed and six were wounded in sporadic attacks in Sri Lanka’s...
- Kashmir Twist In Iisc Probe: Valley Teacher Picked Up After His Ec Identity Card Surfaces In Bangalore (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Jan 07, 2006)
A school teacher in Anantnag district has been picked up by the state police who are investigating whether he holds the key to what could be the first indication of a Jammu and Kashmir link to the Bangalore terror attack at the Indian Institute of Science
- In Nepal It Is A Three-Horse Race Once Again (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Jan 07, 2006)
As the Maoist ceasefire ends, Yubaraj Ghimire argues that the king cannot delay reaching out to pro-democracy forces much longer
- Lights Out In Power Ministry (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Jan 07, 2006)
Despite the hype and expectations, the ministry of power continues to hold back progressive initiatives of successive Central governments.
- Russia Against Enlargement Of G-8 (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
Russia, the present president of the G-8, is against the expansion of the body and the induction of countries like India and China as they could introduce an "element of conflict", a senior Duma official has said.
- More Trickle Out Of Sena (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
Rocked by rebellion and its morale at an all-time low, the Shiv Sena today suffered another setback after two more MLAs quit the party.
- Query On Inquiry (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jan 07, 2006)
Some years ago Justice R.S. Sarkaria was approached for his reaction to the delay in the implementation of his voluminous report on the Centre-State relations.
- Natwar Not Included In Revamped Cwc (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Jan 07, 2006)
Congress President Sonia Gandhi today chose to make minor and necessary changes instead of going in for a major overhaul of the party organisation when she reconstituted the Congress Working Committee (CWC) and the AICC secretariat today.
- Jobs And Sops (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 07, 2006)
Basu becomes source of embarrassment
How Jyoti Basu could use a rally organised by the coordination committee of state government employees to announce a “cabinet decision’’ to recruit 40,000 people in various departments of the government and . . .
- Alleged Tapping Of Telephone: Jayalalithaa Comes Out In Support Of Amar Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
Says "shocking act" infringes constitutional rights; wants UPA Government to take responsibility
Chief Minister says nation reminded of Watergate scandal
"Incident has shaken basic structure of our great democracy"
- Politics Rarely Takes A Vacation (Daily Excelsior, Arun Nehru, Jan 06, 2006)
The New Year is upon us and politics rarely takes a vacation. Last six months I have written consistently about the Third Front and this is more than a reality and by the middle of 2006 we will see two large groups emerging to change the current . . .
- Uma May Comeback (Daily Excelsior, Yashpal Singh Tomar, Jan 06, 2006)
The new BJP president, Rajnath Singh, is expected to re-induct the expelled Dalit face of the BJP sadhvi Uma Bharati into the party. She is on her way to Ayodhya with a slogan Ram-roti, and has been drawing gullible crowd at every stop.
- Return Of The Natives (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 06, 2006)
The question of Pandit return looms large over the larger Kashmir dispute.
- Kalabagh: The Question Of Alternatives (Dawn, S.M. Naseem, Jan 06, 2006)
The rush to build the Kalabagh dam is taking General Musharraf and many of his supporters, including some born-again superpatriots, to heights of irrationality.
- Centre Tapping My Phone Calls, Alleges Jayalalithaa (Tribune, Arup Chanda, Jan 06, 2006)
Even while the Amar Singh phone tapping controversy continues to rock the Central Government, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa today dropped a bombshell alleging that her telephones were also being tapped by the Centre.
- Whither Nepal? (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 06, 2006)
King the bigger threat to peace
With Nepal’s Maoists calling off their unilateral ceasefire, yet another bloody chapter is likely to be added to the country’s already smeared history.
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