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Articles 17421 through 17520 of 26693:
- Indira Gandhi Prize For Hamid Karzai (Deccan Herald, DH news, Nov 20, 2005)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been chosen for the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2005.
- Finally, Sonia Stepping Out Of Mrs G’S Shadow? (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Nov 20, 2005)
Delhi is India’s most sycophantic city and even bows, as the old Punjabi saying goes, to the rising sun.
- The Perfect Storm (Indian Express, Santwana Bhattacharya, Nov 20, 2005)
As Parliament readies for its winter session, Santwana Bhattacharya reads the acrimony on the wall
- Maoists To Lay Down Arms (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 20, 2005)
Maoist rebels in Nepal spearheading a decade-old insurgency have agreed to lay down arms under UN supervision and support the movement launched by an alliance of seven political parties to limit King Gyanendra’s role as a titular head, higly placed politi
- Exit Polls Predict Nitish's Victory (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 20, 2005)
Exit polls after fourth and final round of polls for the 243-member Bihar Assembly predict the Nitish Kumar led NDA alliance could garner a simple majority securing 117 seats, leaving Lalu Prasad’s RJD-led alliance trailing way behind the magic figure of
- Nda May Fall Short Of Majority' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 20, 2005)
The Nitish Kumar-led National Democratic Alliance may end up just short of a majority in the Bihar Assembly, exit polls conducted at the end of the final phase of polling predicted on Saturday.
- According To Exit Polls Nda Has Won In Bihar – Will Form Government In Alliance With A Few Independents And Small Parties (India Daily, Balaji Reddy, Nov 20, 2005)
As predicted again and again in India Daily, NDA has won in Bihar
- We Will Restore Governance In Bihar: Nitish (Tribune, Satish Misra, Nov 20, 2005)
DISTURBED over Bihar’s plight and image, National Democratic Alliance’s chief ministerial candidate, the 54-year-old electrical engineer-turned politician Nitish Kumar
- Lalu-Nitish Marathon Heads For Epic Finish (Times of India, Rajeev Deshpande, Nov 20, 2005)
Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad have been running this race for a long time. At least for 10 years now. For most of this political marathon, Lalu looked way ahead. But somewhere along the way, Nitish began to slowly, inch by inch, close the gap. Almost befor
- Cause And Consequence (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Nov 20, 2005)
When armed people capture a town, storm a jail and bail out the inmates, as they did in Jehanabad in Bihar on Sunday night, several questions will be asked.
- 48% Polling In Bihar (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Nov 20, 2005)
An estimated 48 per cent of the 8.86 million electorate voted in 41 constituencies in the fourth and final phase of elections to the 243-member Bihar Assembly on Saturday
- Bihar Poll Largely Peaceful (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 20, 2005)
The month-long Assembly elections, Bihar’s second this year, came to an end today as the fourth phase of polling in 41 constituencies passed off by and large peacefully.
- Nda Just Short Of Majority: Exit Polls (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 20, 2005)
After the final phase of voting in Bihar, two television exit polls tonight predicted that Nitish Kumar-led NDA may end up just short of the winning post in the Assembly polls with projections giving it 117 of the 243 seats, way ahead of the RJD-Congress
- Sri Lanka: A New President (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 20, 2005)
THERE were no surprises when the results of Sri Lanka’s Nov 17 presidential election were announced.
- Moves On To Ban Use Of Lindane (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Nov 20, 2005)
It could be listed as Persistent Organic Pollutants under Stockholm Convention
- Maharashtra By-Elections Peaceful (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Nov 20, 2005)
Voting in Saturday's by-elections for the crucial Malvan-Kankavali Assembly constituency and the North-West Mumbai Lok Sabha constituency in Maharashtra was peaceful, state Chief Election Officer, U.P.S. Madan told reporters here.
- Congress Faults Cpi(m) Tie-Up With Telugu Desam (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Nov 20, 2005)
The Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee has termed as unfortunate the alleged tie-up between the CPI(M) and the TDP in the election of Chairman of the Khammam District Cooperative Central Bank.
- India Supportive Of Russian Initiative On Iran (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Nov 20, 2005)
As the crucial November 24 full-board meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Iran’s nuclear programme draws near, National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan has reached London to discuss with his British counterpart the international co
- Chill Freezes City (Deccan Herald, DH news, Nov 20, 2005)
According to the Meteorological Department, the biting cold that has been pervading in Bangalore for the last 24 hours will continue to make its presence felt for a couple of days more.
- Singular Girl Child (Telegraph, RUDRANGSHU MUKHERJEE, Nov 20, 2005)
Birthdays are important to Indians. They form the basis of drawing up the horoscope of an individual. But the importance of the birthday does not end there.
- 45 To 50 Pc Voting In Bihar Polls (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 20, 2005)
The month-long Assembly elections, Bihar’s second this year, came to an end today as the fourth phase of polling in 41 constituencies passed off by and large peacefully, with an estimated 45 to 50 per cent voter turnout.
- Bsf, Pak. Rangers Agree On Joint Border Patrols (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 20, 2005)
The winter session of Parliament beginning on Wednesday is expected, by all accounts, to be stormy with the Congress-led coalition facing a determined Opposition in the wake of the Volcker report on Iraqi oil payoffs and the Left allies anger over its sta
- Spare Them (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 20, 2005)
Some times it is good to spare the political class. It is very easy to blame it for all the ills of society, be it corruption or lack of discipline in life.
- Winter Session Of Parliament Likely To Be Stormy (Press Trust of India, PTI, Nov 20, 2005)
The Winter Session of Parliament beginning Wednesday is expected, by all accounts, to be stormy with the Congress-led coalition facing a determined Opposition in the wake of the Volcker report on Iraqi oil payoffs and the Left allies anger over its stand
- An Introduction To Archives (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 20, 2005)
If the average man on the street were asked why Governments establish archival institutions, he would probably ask, ''What are archives and what are archival institutions ?
- Long March To A Narcostate-Jeremy Seabrook (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 20, 2005)
In the 2005 UN Human Development Index, Afghanistan stands 175th out of 177 countries. Less than 30 per cent of the population is literate, and life expectancy is below 45 years.
- Which Way India? (Pioneer, Rai Singh, Nov 19, 2005)
Disclosures about India in the Volcker Committee report have generated a political storm affecting Indian foreign policy as well as party politics at home.
- Rajapakse Elected President (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Nov 19, 2005)
Defeats Wickremesinghe by a margin of 1.8-lakh votes, calls it a victory for peace
- Maoists Tie Up With Political Parties To Cut The King To Size (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Nov 19, 2005)
In a key push towards democracy in Nepal, the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoists), spearheading a decade-long insurgency to turn Hindu Nepal into a Communist republic, has reached an understanding with an alliance of seven political parties.
- Tiger Poll Boycott Helps Lanka Pm To Presidency (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Sri Lanka’s hawkish prime minister, Mahinda Rajapakse, won the island’s presidency on Friday after a Tamil Tiger boycott torpedoed his main rival, and vowed to forge an “honourable peace” with the rebels.
- Polling Begins In Last Phase Of Bihar Assembly Elections (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Polling began this morning in 41 out of 243 constituencies, in the fourth and final phase of the long-drawn Bihar assembly elections, amid heavy security.
- Suicide Bombers Kill 77 At Iraqi Shi'ite Mosques (Reuters, Faris al Mehdawi, Nov 19, 2005)
Two suicide bombers strapped with explosives killed 77 people and reduced two crowded Shi'ite mosques to rubble during Friday prayers in a northeastern Iraq town, deepening the country's sectarian conflict
- Fossilized Droppings Found In India Show Dinosaurs Grazed (Reuters, Maggie Fox, Nov 19, 2005)
Fossilized dinosaur droppings found in central India show that giant dinosaurs known as titanosaurs ate grass, an international team of researchers reported on Thursday.
- Daunting Tasks Ahead For Rajapakse (Deccan Herald, S Murari, Nov 19, 2005)
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse of the ruling United People’s Freedom Alliance, who has scraped through one of the closest elections...
- Suicide Bombers Kill 74 In Iraq Mosques (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Two suicide bombers killed at least 74 people when they blew themselves up inside two crowded Shi'ite mosques in the northeastern Iraqi town of Khanaqin on Friday, police said
- Don’T Bridge The Persian Gulf (Indian Express, K SUBRAHMANYAM, Nov 19, 2005)
Don’t bridge the Persian Gulf
Why show solidarity with Iran in the name of non-alignment when India has always opposed the NAM consensus on nuclear issues?
- Bihar Campaign Over, Now Uma Readies To Fight Gaur (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Having kept her word by not rocking the boat of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Babulal Gaur till the end of the Bihar election campaign, BJP leader Uma Bharati has started gathering her supporter-legislators here to embark on a decisive battle to reclaim
- 77 Killed In Iraq Suicide Bombings (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Two suicide bombers strapped with explosives killed 77 people and reduced two crowded Shia mosques to rubble during Friday prayers in a northeastern Iraqi town, deepening the country’s sectarian conflict.
- Rajapakse New Sri Lankan President (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Sri Lanka’s prime minister, Mahinda Rajapakse, was proclaimed winner of the presidential election on Friday and vowed to forge a “honourable peace” with Tamil Tiger rebels.
- Glimmer In Heart Of Darkness (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 19, 2005)
On the last day of polling in Bihar, the question you are asked, particularly if you are just back from there, is still the same that you would have been asked in the past many elections: is Bihar ready for a change?
- 83 Killed In Iraq Suicide Bombings (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Two suicide bombers strapped with explosives killed 77 people and reduced two crowded Shia mosques to rubble during Friday prayers in a northeastern Iraqi town, deepening the country’s sectarian conflict
- Bjp Begins Talks On Replacing Babulal Gaur (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Nov 19, 2005)
The exercise is in keeping with the promise made to Uma Bharti
Uma Bharti will not make comments
She "cannot be fobbed off now"
- Rss Chief Meets Advani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief K.S. Sudarshan met Bharatiya Janata Party president L.K. Advani for nearly 90 minutes over lunch on Friday afternoon at Mr. Advani's residence taking forward the discussions between the RSS and BJP leaderships on the
- Final Phase Of Bihar Elections Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Red alert issued, district borders sealed, shoot-at-sight orders issued Heavy security has been put in place in the bastions of RJD chief Lalu Prasad and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar
- Bjp Activists Held On Charge Of Burning Copies Of Daily (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Eight BJP activists, including Medical College ward president Suresh Kumar, were arrested by the police in connection with the burning of the copies of an eveninger in front of Kumarapuram school at 1.15 p.m. on Friday.
- Bihar Poll: Final Round Today (Deccan Herald, Abhay Kumar, Nov 19, 2005)
The fourth and last round of elections in Bihar on Saturday, in 41 of the state’s 243 constituencies, will be a decisive battle. After the NDA romped home with 25 out of 41 seats in the February Assembly poll, the alliance is under pressure to retain . .
- Mahinda Rajapakse, A Politicalleader With A Mass Base (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Nov 19, 2005)
"I miss moving freely with the people because of the security cordon"
- Not In Front Of The Children (Hindu, Mark Lawson, Nov 19, 2005)
That popular politeness, "not in front of the children" — employed to protect offspring from knowledge of family deaths and divorces — can now be applied to children's entertainment.
- Iraq Dogs Bush As He Crosses Asia (Hindu, DAVID E. SANGER, Nov 19, 2005)
The U.S. President and his aides are busy trying to justify the war on Iraq.
- Aiadmk Plea To Election Commission (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Delimitation of number of constituencies in the Union Territory
- Voting Underway In Last Phase Of Bihar Polls (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Polling for the fourth and final round of the Bihar assembly elections began on Saturday morning on a peaceful note amid unprecedented security arrangements.
- Newsmaker - Sri Lanka Pm's Gamble On Marxist Allies Pays Off (Reuters, Kesara Abeywardena, Nov 19, 2005)
Mahinda Rajapakse staked his bid for the Sri Lankan presidency on pacts with hardline Marxists and Sinhalese nationalists opposed to the island's Tamil Tigers. On Friday the prime minister's gamble paid off.
- Sri Lanka's Hawkish Pm Wins Presidency, Vows Peace (Reuters, Simon Gardner, Nov 19, 2005)
Sri Lanka's hawkish prime minister, Mahinda Rajapakse, won the island's presidency on Friday after a Tamil Tiger boycott torpedoed his main rival, and vowed to forge an "honourable peace" with the rebels.
- Exclusive - Nepal Rebels Seen Ready To Accept Democracy (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Nov 19, 2005)
Nepal's Maoist rebels are ready to accept multiparty democracy, stop terrorising civilians and return to the political mainstream of the revolt-torn country, a top Nepali politician said on Friday.
- Winning Is Everything (Hindu, Pankaj Vohra, Nov 19, 2005)
The battle for Bihar has reached a decisive stage and in eight days, the country will know whether Lalu Prasad Yadav’s writ will continue to run in a state where he has virtually been in power for over 15 years.
- Pm Singh Makes Minor Cabinet Changes (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made minor changes in his cabinet on Friday, shuffling some ministers to fill vacancies caused by deaths, job moves and resignations, a spokesman said.
- Missing The 'Bengal Tiger' (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economist, Nov 19, 2005)
West Bengal urban development minister Ashok Bhattacharya obviously feels that playing the November 25th India-South Africa one-day international at the Eden Gardens without Sourav Ganguly would be like staging Hamlet without the Prince of Denmark!
- What About Our Right To Dissent? (Indian Express, JOHN THOMAS & NILANJANA SENGUPTA, Nov 19, 2005)
It is unfortunate that the peaceful protest staged by the students of Jawaharlal Nehru University during the prime minister’s visit has been portrayed by a section of the media as “disruption”.
- President Rajapakse (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 19, 2005)
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse — who won the presidential election on the day he turned 60
- Goa’S Ore Turns Fodder For China (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Nov 19, 2005)
Beyond the deceptively placid beaches of Goa dumpers and excavators are furiously ripping apart the verdant state’s bowels for iron ore to fill China’s insatiable appetite for iron ore.
- Cause And Consequence (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Nov 19, 2005)
When armed people capture a town, storm a jail and bail out the inmates, as they did in Jehanabad in Bihar on Sunday night, several questions will be asked.
- A U.S.-Japan Equation To Counter China (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Nov 19, 2005)
The move by the U.S. and Japan to strike a "joint-operations posture" is a qualitatively new feature of the East Asian security landscape. For China and others, this is an emerging reality to reckon with.
- Mr Pm... President (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Prime Minister Mr Mahinda Rajapakse today won Sri Lanka’s presidential election with one of the smallest ever majorities in the country’s electoral history.
- 68 P.C. Polling In Byelection (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Voter turnout almost equal to that of 2004 figures
- Singh Makes Minor Cabinet Changes (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made minor changes in his cabinet on Friday, shuffling some ministers to fill vacancies caused by deaths, job moves and resignations, a spokesman said.
- Japan And Russia -By Dmitry Kosyrev (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Only a month ago, it seemed that Russia was the only regional country to maintain good relations with Japan, as compared with recently revived animosity toward that country on the part of Beijing and Seoul.
- Lanka Votes, Tigers Stay Away (Indian Express, Simon Gardner, Nov 18, 2005)
Sri Lankans voted in a closely fought presidential poll on Thursday seen as a referendum on how to rescue the country’s faltering peace process and tsunami-hit economy, but a Tamil Tiger boycott and sporadic violence marred the election.
- India, Russia To Renew Defence Programme (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Nov 18, 2005)
Our defence relations is a continuous process, says Pranab Mukherjee
Some projects will overlap the 2010 threshold
Discusses agenda of Manmohan's visit
Asks MiG to give a presentation on fifth generation aircraft
- The King Loses Credibility (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 18, 2005)
Going by the assurances given by King Gyanendra at the Dhaka summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, and separately to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at their brief meeting on the summit's sidelines, . . .
- Least Polluting Countries Will Be Hit The Hardest (Hindu, Ian Sample , Nov 18, 2005)
The change in climate will exacerbate the problems poor countries face from disease, because bacteria spread more rapidly causing greater contamination of food and water.
- Bush's Problem With History (Hindu, Sidney Blumenthal, Nov 18, 2005)
One year ago, after his re-election, President Bush brashly asserted: "I earned capital in the campaign, political capital, and now I intend to spend it. It is my style."
- Japan's New Nationalism Threatens Asian Cold War (Hindu, Martin Jacques, Nov 18, 2005)
The past year might be described as the moment of China's rise. Of course its rise long predates these years, but this fact has suddenly been recognised worldwide, well beyond the global elite. It is now part of the popular common sense, ...
- Heightened Violence (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 18, 2005)
The attacks are to protest the change of leadership in Jammu and Kashmir
- Earthquake Disaster Management (Daily Excelsior, Mohan Singh Kalla, Nov 18, 2005)
It was my first experience to witness how relief was distributed to the victims of earthquake and steps were taken for their rehabilitation in Uri, where I visited twice.
- High Turnout In Lanka Election (Deccan Herald, S Murari, Nov 18, 2005)
Sri Lankans turned up in large numbers in most parts of the country on Thursday to vote in the closely-fought fifth presidential election that will decide who will rule for the next six years–Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse of the ruling Sri Lanka . . .
- Down To The Wire, Paswan Is Slipping Off Bihar Poll Map (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Nov 18, 2005)
The bridge over the Budhnad rivulet at the entry point to this interior village in north Bihar is still broken. But as we wander around the dirt tracks of Singhwara and talk to the same people that we did during the February polls, . . .
- Sonia Is A Woman Of Substance: Shatru (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2005)
Saying Congress president Sonia Gandhi is a ‘one man army’ of her party, BJP veteran, former Union Minister and cine star Shatrughan Sinha waxed eloquent in praise of her, the Sangh Parivar’s main competitor.
- Us, Muslims And Democracy (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Nov 18, 2005)
American officials must recognise the contradiction in their simultaneous support for democracy and dictatorial Muslim regimes.
- Clean, For A Change (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Nov 18, 2005)
This is the first time in a long while that the two leaders at the helm of government and party have a reputation that is squeaky clean, supported by inherent integrity and morality,
- Bihar Campaign Ends (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2005)
The campaigning for the fourth and final phase of Bihar elections ended on Thursday evening
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