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Articles 15921 through 16020 of 26693:
- Mafia Rules, Ok? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Let us demolish one thing in Delhi — the belief it has a modern, efficient chief minister
- To Silence Bjp, Arjun Refers To Advani’S Jinnah Remark (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Dec 22, 2005)
BJP benches plunged into an embarrassed silence and their leader was left red-faced when Union HRD Minister Arjun Singh, in one pithy rejoinder, revisited L K Advani’s ‘‘Jinnah is secular’’ thesis in the Lok Sabha this evening.
- Bridge, Women And Champagne (Deccan Herald, VIJAY NAMBISAN, Dec 22, 2005)
K R Narayanan did not become the President because he was a Dalit, but in spite of it.
- The Story Of Man (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 22, 2005)
Darwinism, in its modern form, goes from strength to strength
- Special Summary Revision Of Poll Rolls Soon (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Dec 22, 2005)
File FIRs against politicians for submitting bulk applications of bogus names, says EC
Senior official coming for discussions
Draft electoral rolls to be published, displayed
- Lok Sabha Passes Quota Bill (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Reservation in private unaided educational institutions
Of 381 members present, 379 vote in favour
BJP amendment rejected
- No Indian Arms For Nepal, Says Patil (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil here on Wednesday refuted allegations that India continued to help Nepal with arms even after the royal take-over.
- Ties Of Time (Indian Express, Humra Quraishi, Dec 22, 2005)
For most people, Aligarh conjures us images of the university. For me, it is a city of endless surprises. For instance, I met in Aligarh at least two well-to-do Muslims who talked very nostalgically about their Rajput forefathers.
- Gail, Bpcl To Sign Accord For City Gas Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
GAIL opens diagnostic centre for pollution-related diseases
- Consensus Eludes All-Party Meet To Resolve Srisailam Project Row (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
A.P. to go ahead with earlier plan to increase regulator capacity
- Mps Question Motives Behind Sting Operations (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Facts being distorted: Prabhunath Singh
"Thin" evidence against three MPs in Operation Chakravyuh
Operation Duryodhan sold to TV channel for Rs. 58 lakhs
- Pre-Project Work Started For Six Power Units: Npcil Official (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
"Koodankulam project designed to withstand shock waves" The first and second units of the Koodankulam project would start generating power by 2007 and 2008 respectively, says Mr. Agrawal
- View From The Right (Indian Express, Sonia, Dec 22, 2005)
The lead article on the front page by M.D. Nalapat sharply attacks the Manmohan Singh government’s alleged subservience towards Sonia Gandhi and claims that ‘‘the entire UPA is now pre-occupied with a single objective, saving the Leader from the stain of
- Polls In India's Neighbourhood (Daily Excelsior, Vijay Satokar, Dec 22, 2005)
There may not be anything common between the two countries. Sri Lanka has long history of democracy while in Afghanistan there was hardly any democracy during the last 100 years.
- European Gulags To Fight Terror (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Dec 22, 2005)
Many European countries are said to be fuming with anger over the disclosures that a large number of CIA flights had used their airports to ferry terrorists to ‘unknown’ destinations and the charge that certain European countries had provided ‘facilities’
- Step Into Future (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
The re-election of Mr Omar Abdullah as president of the National Conference was never in doubt. It was expected to be a mere formality which it has turned out to be.
- J&k Already Enjoying Self-Governance: Baig (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Amid demands for "self-rule" in his State, Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Hussain Baig today asserted that the State already enjoyed "self-governance" and that its quantum was a matter of discussion.
- Melting Permafrost Threatens Homes And Roads (Hindu, David Adam, Dec 22, 2005)
A major change in climate is expected by the end of the century.
- Quota Bill Sails Through (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
The Constitution (104 Amendment) Bill providing for reservation to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in unaided private educational institutions sailed smoothly after the Lok Sabha debated it for more than five hours on Wednesday.
- India Defends Nuclear Deal With U.S. (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Dec 22, 2005)
India on Wednesday defended a controversial new civilian nuclear cooperation deal with the United States and rejected demands by American critics that New Delhi accept curbs on its atomic weapons program.
- "India Should Be Involved In Peace Process" (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Dec 22, 2005)
Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse is keen on a key role for India in the peace process and rebuilding along with the U.S., the EU, Japan, and Norway.
- Pakistan, India Agree On New Bus Links (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Pakistan and India agreed on two new bus links on Wednesday, the latest progress in a hesitant peace process between the nuclear-armed rivals.
- Unequal Gains (Telegraph, Achin Vanaik , Dec 22, 2005)
The author is professor of international relations and global politics, Delhi University
- Us Congressmen Oppose N-Deal (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Two US lawmakers have proposed a resolution expressing congressional disapproval for President George W Bush's "sweeping" nuclear agreement with India, one of the Congressmen said.
- No Returns (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 22, 2005)
Power, not ideology, drives the Indian politician. Mr Raj Thackeray is the fourth Shiv Sena leader to have left the party, although his departure cannot be likened to that of the others.
- Gandhi & Ambedkar-I (Statesman, SUBRATA MUKHERJEE, Dec 22, 2005)
With the establishment of the Indian National Congress in 1885, the social discourse which began with Raja Rammohan Roy in the 1820s slowly moved towards the political.
- Not Libertarian But Anti-Social (Hindu, George Monbiot, Dec 21, 2005)
The car is slowly turning the British, like the Americans and the Australians, into a nation that recognises only the freedom to act.
- Computers Can Help Tease Out The Origins Of Life (Hindu, Paul Davies, Dec 21, 2005)
Darwin famously didn't tell us how life began, but modern computers can help to provide clues.
- Cash For Questions (Daily Excelsior, Deepayan, Dec 21, 2005)
The cash-for-question members of parliament are out in the dock, thanks to a TV sting operation.
- Party Time In Mumbai And Hyderabad (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 21, 2005)
The recent sting operations only confirm the rot in the political arena, which can be traced directly to the crisis in the party system. The onus is on the BJP and the Congress to show the way for a re-vitalisation.
- Changes In Leh (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 21, 2005)
To protect women against cervical cancer, India would try a brand new foreign vaccine for which the manufacturer has filed the licensing agreement with US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just 15 days ago.
On Tuesday, the manufacturer — pharma giant
- Mid-Year Review — Setting The Economic Priorities (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Dec 21, 2005)
The economy appears well-set for a sustained high-growth path, judging by the average of 7 per cent recorded three years in a row (2003-06) and all indicators pointing to a continuing boom in investments and soaring business confidence derived from ...
- Of Politicians Who Crack Mirrors (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 21, 2005)
Another sting operation reveals more of the seamy side of Indian politics. In the US, President Bush's ratings are at an all-time low. And it is perhaps through Harold Pinter's mirror that one can begin to understand how politicians operate with . . .
- Education For A Livelihood (Hindu, Xavier Alphonse, S.J., Dec 21, 2005)
The alternative system of community colleges aims at helping the disadvantaged find employment in collaboration with the local community and industry.
- U.S. Congressmen Seek To Oppose India Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Reuters, Dec 21, 2005)
Two U.S. lawmakers have proposed a resolution expressing congressional disapproval for President George W. Bush's sweeping nuclear agreement with India, one of the congressmen said on Tuesday.
- First Sikh Officer In Pakistan Army (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 21, 2005)
Pakistan Army has got its first Sikh officer in its 58 years of history. Harcharan Singh (19) been who has commissioned in the army as an officer recently, hails from Nankana Sahib, the birth place of Guru Nanak.
- An Election That Resolves Little (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 21, 2005)
Believe it or not, President George W. Bush claims the United States-led occupation forces are on their way to victory in Iraq. By way of proof, he points to the significant turnout in the December 15 parliamentary election.
- Democracy Gets Royal Sanction (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 21, 2005)
King Jigme Singye Wangchuk’s announcement that he would abdicate as soon as Bhutan holds its first democratic elections in 2008 gives a big boost to the democratic experiment already underway in the Himalayan kingdom.
- Bush And Iraq Elections (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Dec 21, 2005)
The much-awaited Iraqi elections are over. The Iraqi administration and the Americans can take satisfaction from the fact that there was a large turnout in the Sunni majority provinces and that the insurgents lived up to the expectations created . . .
- The Death Of Science (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Dec 21, 2005)
It is a pity that science which is the antidote to irrational thinking and obscurantist behaviour is being slowly strangled to death in Pakistan, that is if we presume that it had a modestly glorious existence in the past in this country.
- Taliban Dismisses Parliament As Us Forgery (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
A statement attributed to the leader of the ousted Taliban regime on Tuesday dismissed Afghanistan’s first parliament in 30 years as a US forgery and vowed the American ‘invaders’ would be forced out.
- Confusion At Afghan Assembly Session (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Afghanistan’s first popularly elected parliament in more than 30 years struggled with the business of government in its first full session on Tuesday, haggling over procedural issues and failing to select leaders.
- First Sikh Enters Pak Army (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
A 19-year-old Sikh youth has become the first person from the minority community to become an officer in the Pakistan Army.
- Gogoi Okays Safe Passage For Ulfa Heads (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
The Assam government is not going to oppose “safe passage” for leaders of the United Liberation Front of Assam (Ulfa) when they come over to hold direct talks with the Centre in the near future.
- Mojadidi To Head Upper House (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
A day after the inauguration of Afghanistan’s first parliament in decades, lawmakers on Tuesday picked an ex-president to head the upper house, but squabbled over how to choose the influential leader of the lower house.
- Far From Vietnam (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 21, 2005)
A disaster both at home and the world
President George W Bush’s internal policies as much as his conduct of foreign affairs get murkier still.
- Himalayan Contrast (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 21, 2005)
Bhutan’s far-seeing King
Butan is moving fast in the field of development and democratisation, and all credit to its dynamic 50-year-old ruler, King Jigme Singhye Wangchuck who assumed the monarchy when he was 23.
- Lankan Rebel Allies Cause Parliament Suspension (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Sri Lanka’s parliament was suspended briefly on Tuesday after political proxies of the Tamil Tiger rebels staged a protest, shouting slogans and demanding the army pull back troops in the minority Tamil north.
- Small Troop Cut In Afghanistan (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
The Pentagon has called for a small cut in the American troop numbers in Afghanistan - from the existing 19,000 to about 16,000 by next Spring.
- India Opposed To Elections, Feels Nepal (Statesman, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Dec 21, 2005)
Nepal’s most senior minister, Dr Tulsi Giri, today said, without naming India, that external powers would like to see anarchy in the Himalayan Kingdom when he was speaking about the civic elections called by King Gyanendra on 8 February.
- Bjp For Fighting Wb Assembly Poll Projecting Mamata As Cm (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
The BJP in West Bengal today proposed fighting the coming assembly election in the state projecting Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee as Chief Ministerial candidate of the opposition alliance.
- Nuclear Deal And After (Tribune, T.P. Sreenivasan, Dec 21, 2005)
The think-tanks in Washington are divided right in the middle”, said Mr Stephen Cohen, the South Asia specialist at the Brookings Institution. Nothing unusual, I thought to myself.
- Politicians, Maoists Unite Against Nepal King (Tribune, Naveen S. Grewal, Dec 21, 2005)
There is a clear division as to whose writ runs in Nepal. The state controls cities like Kathmandu, but the Maoists run their own government of sorts in the rural areas.
- The Israeli Puzzle (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 21, 2005)
Mr Benjamin Netanyahu’s election as Likud chief is bad news for peace in the Middle East. With Prime Minister Ariel Sharon out of Likud, Mr Netanyahu will be the most important challenger to Mr Sharon in elections due in March next.
- Nepal Arms Deals Worry India (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
India is worried about reports that China and Pakistan are giving Nepal military help, The Asian Age newspaper reported citing Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
- ‘Problems Should Not Defeat Me. I Should Defeat The Problems And Succeed’ (Indian Express, VARGHESE K. GEORGE, Dec 21, 2005)
From the imposition of President’s rule in Bihar, to the valiant sacrifices of India’s Manjunaths and Satyendra Dubeys, President A P J Abdul Kalam fielded questions as diverse as they were pointed at the India Empowered Conclave
- Evolve System To Disqualify Dubious Politicians: Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
"Election officer can glean track records " "The core of empowerment for prosperity of one billion Indians was connectivity and partnership between governmental and multiple institutions in the public and private domains"
- Kalam For Good Governance Through Net Use (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam today made a strong case for good and transparent governance through the Internet revolution based on “physical, electronic and knowledge connectivity”.
- Finally, A Sikh Becomes An Officer In Pak Army (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
A 19-year-old Sikh youth has become the first one from the minority community to become an officer in the Pakistan army.
- Cub Versus Tiger (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 21, 2005)
For long years, Raj Thackeray was the presumptive heir to the Shiv Sena throne. Bal Thackeray's nephew lived and breathed the Sena's street politics in a way his less demonstrative and more sophisticated son never could.
- Government Confident Of Bill Passage (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Dec 21, 2005)
Ruling benches will be able to get the majority, says Dasmunsi
BJP does not want to be seen stalling a Bill to aid SC/ST/BCs
All parties have told their MPs to be present for the vote
- Participatory Politics Is The Solution (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 21, 2005)
Indians at large do not tire of celebrating India’s status as the world’s largest democracy. But this democracy is also a bundle of institutional failures.
- Winds Of Change (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 21, 2005)
Bhutan’s moves towards democracy
NEW winds have been blowing in the Land of the Thunder Dragon, named after the storms that blow through the mountains and valleys of this Himalayan kingdom, for quite a few years now.
- India Developing Weapon Locating Radar (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
India's defence engineers have developed a surveillance central acquisition radar and is also working on a weapon locating radar, officials of Electronics and Radar Development Establishment (LRDE) and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) said Tuesday ...
- Bjp Bats For Mamata As Cm (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
The BJP in West Bengal today proposed fighting the Assembly elections in the state projecting Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee as Chief Ministerial candidate of the Opposition alliance.
- India, Run With The Big Guys Now! (The Financial Express, S NARAYAN, Dec 21, 2005)
The media and the government breathed a sigh of relief that the agony of the Hong Kong WTO ministerial is over, and that the agreed text of Sunday night did not cause any political damage at home.
- A Modi-Cum Of Strategy (Indian Express, VIRENDER KUMAR, Dec 21, 2005)
When Narendra Modi announced that he was going to campaign in the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation elections recently, Mukul Wasnik, AICC general secretary in charge of Gujarat, declared that they had won half the battle.
- India-Bharat Connectivity And Logging In To Hope (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Dec 21, 2005)
A mother fights back tears and asks the highest Constitutional authority in the land: Do you have a plan to ensure that no honest young Indian ever faces the hapless fate of my murdered son?
- About The Holy Capitalists (Deccan Herald, DAVID BROOKS, Dec 21, 2005)
The world’s greatest discoveries and innovations have had a strong relation to faith
- India Connected, India Empowered (Indian Express, APJ ABDUL KALAM, Dec 21, 2005)
I am delighted to participate in the interactive session of the India Empowered event. It was a delightful experience for me to study every day from August 14 2005, the writing on the subject, ‘Empowering India’, . . .
- Us Congressmen Seek To Oppose India Nuclear Deal (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Two US lawmakers have proposed a resolution expressing congressional disapproval for President George W Bush's "sweeping" nuclear agreement with India, one of the congressmen said.
- Kalam Way To Untainted Polls (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
If President A P J Abdul Kalam had his way, rejecting an election candidate with criminal antecedents will only be a double click away.
- No Noisy Money (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 21, 2005)
Money’s welcome, but pro-American publicity isn’t, not with an aggressive Left constituency around.
- Correct Mistakes (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 21, 2005)
The TN govt should have taken safeguards to avoid a second stampede
- Nato, Eu Hail First Afghan Assembly Session (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Reaffirm commitment to help Afghanistan meet its aspirations
* Japan pledges support for Afghan nation-building
- Afghanistan Becomes Democracy After 30 Years (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Former warlords, ex-communists, Taliban defectors and women activists were sworn in on Monday as members of the first Afghan parliament in more than 30 years amid hopes of national reconciliation after decades of bloodshed.
- More Mps Fall For Money (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
More MPs have been caught in a bribe scandal even before the probe into 11 of their fellow members taking cash to ask questions in Parliament is complete.
- Democracy D-Day In Kabul (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Former warlords, ex-communists, Taliban defectors and women activists were sworn in today members of the first Afghan Parliament in over 30 years amid hopes of national reconciliation after decades of bloodshed.
- History, Democracy And Iraq (Dawn, Niall Ferguson, Dec 20, 2005)
I saw two of my former students last week; one I taught at Cambridge, the other at Oxford. One of them has spent the better part of the last three years on her majesty’s service in southern Iraq.
- Omar Raps New Delhi On ‘Fake’ Talks, Calls Congress ‘Mistress Of Mistakes’ (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Dec 20, 2005)
Elected as president of Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (NC) for the second consecutive term of three years, Omar Abdullah today asked both, militants as well as security forces, allow peace to return without any more mayhem and bloodshed. Describing
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