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Articles 18421 through 18520 of 26693:
- A Bleak Choice For Sri Lanka (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2005)
Since adopting a presidential form of government in 1978, Sri Lanka has voted in four rather unique presidential elections. There is a sense of déjà vu about the fifth in the series.
- Now They Have To Battle The Cold (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 17, 2005)
Survivors of the Kashmir earthquake face a brutal challenge: the Himalayan winter.
- A Crisis In Meghalaya (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Oct 17, 2005)
The D.D. Lapang Government is caught in the crossfire of a Khasi-Garo spat over the Board of School Education.
- Bihar Set For Elections Tomorrow (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2005)
Campaign ends for first phase, unprecedented security in place
- Strong Sunni Turnout As Iraq Votes For Statute (Deccan Herald, Dexter Filkins and John F. Burns, Oct 17, 2005)
The voting results are unlikely to come in untill the middle of the week, election officials said.
- Police Mission, Finally (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Oct 17, 2005)
The Director, Intelligence Bureau, must be a very happy man after the DGPs’ conference which concluded recently.
- India Gives Equal Rights To Minorities (Daily Excelsior, Uma Shankar Joshi, Oct 17, 2005)
India is the second most populous nation in the world and its dimensions are sub-continental.
- Proposal For A 'Police Mission' (Daily Excelsior, Uma Shankar Joshi, Oct 17, 2005)
India is the second most populous nation in the world and its dimensions are sub-continental. For as long as one can remember it has been a plural society.
- Six Years Of Musharraf's Rule (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Oct 17, 2005)
The October 8 killer earthquake in parts of Pakistan and Kashmir under its control could not have come at a more inopportune time for General Pervez Musharraf than the eve of the sixth anniversary of his Military coup.
- The Alliance Still Holds Its Ground (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Oct 17, 2005)
The most remarkable thing about the six component parties of the MMA is that in spite of the usual rumblings and bickering, they have still managed to stick together — even though there were occasions when it looked as if the adhesive was beginning . . .
- Divisions In Sunni Ranks (Hindu, Peter Beaumont, Oct 17, 2005)
Many in Iraq's minority feel that after boycotts the time is ripe for compromise. That is why some voted for the constitution on Saturday.
- Campaigning Ends In Bihar (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2005)
Though all the parties utilised the services of their star campaigners, with the strict enforcement of election code of conduct the campaign was low-key.
- Parties Sans Democracy (Deccan Herald, G S Bhargava, Oct 17, 2005)
Most political parties in the country today are either family affairs or are plagued by infighting
- No Party Games (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 17, 2005)
Confusion reigns when the government proposes and the governing party disposes.
- No Respect For The Pm? (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2005)
Everyone in the Congress knows that Manmohan Singh holds the office of prime minister thanks to supreme leader Sonia Gandhi.
- We Want People To Use Rti Act, Says Habibullah (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Oct 16, 2005)
Wajahat Habibullah, who has just retired from the Indian Administrative Service (Jammu and Kashmir cadre), is busy with basic homework — studying the Right to Information Act as he prepares to take charge as the Chief Information Commissioner.
- Bush Urges Iraqis To Defeat Terrorism In Their Homeland (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2005)
Observing that Iraq's national Constitution referrendum is a "critical step forward", US President George W Bush today said the vote would help usher in democracy in the war-ravaged nation.
- Bush Says U.S. "Will Not Run" From Iraq (Reuters, Caren Bohan, Oct 16, 2005)
President George W. Bush vowed on Saturday that the United States "will not run" from Iraq as it did from Vietnam, as he welcomed voting on a new Iraqi constitution and called it step forward for democracy.
- No One Listening But Advani Keeps Demanding Pm Manmohan Singh's Resignation – When Will The Joke End And Bjp Take On Real Work? (India Daily, Preetam Sohani, Oct 16, 2005)
While terrorists are planning to use Google’s satallite mapping service to pin point and take out strategic Hindu targets in India,
- Brand India: All Power, No Vision (Indian Express, Bharat Wariavwalla, Oct 16, 2005)
Advertisments say many things about the mood and taste of the people.
- Rocket Sense (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2005)
The successful second manned space flight launched by China earlier this week will inevitably raise questions on whether New Delhi should or could find ways to match Beijing’s capabilities in a sensitive area.
- Kalam's Friendly New India: 'Alienation Leads To Terrorism' (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2005)
President APJ Abdul Kalam on Saturday suggested that the police force needs to be friendly, corruption free and responsible for playing a role in the development of the country.
- A ‘Radiant’ Entry (Deccan Herald, Vijjay Nair, Oct 16, 2005)
Cyrus Mistry has heralded his arrival on the literary scene with a book that has all the pre-requisites for appreciation across the seas.
- Gail Plans Petro Complex (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2005)
Kochi project to have Rs. 7,000 cr. outlay
- The Bihar Verdict (Daily Excelsior, Arun Nehru, Oct 16, 2005)
The Supreme Court gives its verdict on Bihar and it is a stinging reverse for the UPA.
- Enlightened Citizens For Renaissance (Daily Excelsior, Lt Col R K Langar, Oct 16, 2005)
Enlightenment means to throw light or to give light so as to make people understand the positive aspects of life.
- Jayalalithaa's Stand On Sethu Project Flayed (Hindu, CORPORATE BUREAU, Oct 16, 2005)
Project has become a reality under the UPA Government, says Karunanidhi The project which had remained a dream for 150 years has become a reality under the UPA Government
- Russia Hopes To Sign Military Intellectual Property Pact With India By Year-End (India Daily, Kiran Chaube, Oct 16, 2005)
Russia has said that absence of an agreement with India on protection of military intellectual property right (IPR)
- Pressing On (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 16, 2005)
Gyanendra drops a bombshell
- Israeli-Turkish Relations (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Oct 16, 2005)
Turkey recognized Israel in 1949. It may be recalled that Ismet Inonu was the president of Turkey at this time.
- Taking The Peace Process Forward (Dawn, Talat Masood, Oct 16, 2005)
As India and Pakistan prepare to enter the third phase of the composite dialogue, it is important to asses how far the two countries have moved forward since the initiation of the peace process, and what impact this has had on the security and strategic.
- Crusader On Foreign Origin Issue (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Oct 16, 2005)
In the weird world of politics, morality and ethics have been the biggest casualty and rare are persons who hold on to these values.
- Pinter To Continue Anti-War Campaign (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 15, 2005)
Acceptance speech to deal with the "state of the world'' in the light of Iraq and Afghanistan
- It, Prosperity And Equity (Deccan Herald, Rajesh Kochhar, Oct 15, 2005)
IT firms should catch people young and train them to their own requisites, rather than lose talent to one another
- Uk Govt Bans 15 Organisations (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2005)
At least five Pakistan-based militant outfits active in Jammu and Kashmir and one Bangl-adesh-based extremist organization are among the 15 organisations banned in the UK this week, official sources said on Friday.
- Air Pollution Research Centre Opened (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2005)
This is sixth of 22 centres planned by GAIL in as many cities
Centre set up at a cost of Rs.20 lakhs at MNJ Institute of Oncology
To work as R and D to develop facilities for research and diagnosis besides treatment
- India Asserts Need For Developing Countries To Safeguard Farmers Livelihood And Food Security Concerns (India Daily, Kiran Chaube, Oct 15, 2005)
India on Thursday asserted that developing countries should have the right to select its own ''Special farm Products'' on which protection could be continued to safeguard farmers livelihood and food security concerns.
- 2-Phase Zp, Tp Polls On Dec 19 And 23 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2005)
With the code of conduct coming into force, the Cabinet revamp and appointments to Boards and Corporations will now have to wait till January.
- Second Rung Ringtone (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 15, 2005)
He has taken the debate another step back
- Brand India: All Power, No Vision (Indian Express, Bharat Wariavwalla, Oct 15, 2005)
Advertisments say many things about the mood and taste of the people.
- In Search Of A Settlement In Afghanistan (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Oct 15, 2005)
The central objective of the Bonn accord was to stabilise the security situation but this did not happen. What are the American intentions in Afghanistan?
- Seduction Of Solitude (Tribune, Suchita Malik, Oct 15, 2005)
Almost everybody, rich or famous, the page 3 stuff or VIP or even otherwise, is a regular with brisk walks along the lake in all seasons.
- American “war On Terrorism” (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Oct 15, 2005)
History recreated mythology on October 1 as explosions rocked the deceptive idyll of Bali only three days before Balinese Hindus were due to celebrate an earlier clash of dharma and adharma.
- Left Out Of Lurch (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 15, 2005)
IT would be premature to cheer the return of the Left parties to the coordination committee of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA).
- Condoleezza Rice’S ‘Mission’ (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 15, 2005)
Central Asia is now the focus of America’s drive to “spread democracy” the world over.
- Craving For Power (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Oct 15, 2005)
There was this former President of India, a very distinguished man indeed he was.
- Rocket Sense (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 15, 2005)
India needs to respond to China’s triumph
- Forgotten Pioneer By Jagmohan (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 15, 2005)
Hardly anyone in present-day India knows that the Grand Old Man of India, Dadabhai Naoroji, and the legendary English “Lady with a Lamp”,
- Japanese Parliament Approves Bill To Privatise Postal Services (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Oct 15, 2005)
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's key reform-initiative of postal privatisation was approved by Diet (Parliament) on Friday. This has given
- The Blogging Generation (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 15, 2005)
The news from our ICM poll that a third of young people online have launched their own blog or personal website may come as a surprise to many older people only dimly aware of what blogging is all about.
- Blood Is Thicker Than Water (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 15, 2005)
Sufferings efface identities. I thought something like that would happen when the earthquake struck Islamabad and both sides of Kashmir, more Pakistan’s than India’s.
- Time For Stocktaking (Dawn, Prof Mohammed Rafi, Oct 14, 2005)
Ramazan comes every year to remind us that it is not a month of mere fasting but a time to re-assess our commitment to God for upholding and practising His directives as revealed in the Quran.
- Power Play In Central Asia (Dawn, Tayyab Siddiqui, Oct 14, 2005)
The central Asian states that emerged independent after the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 have since remained in a state of ferment and turmoil.
- Let Leaders Unite And Solve The Dispute Together - I (Greater Kashmir, NISAR A PATIGAROO, Oct 14, 2005)
We need to rise above our petty political interests and find out a solution that lasts, comments
NISAR A PATIGAROO
- Let Leaders Unite And Solve The Dispute Together - I (Greater Kashmir, NISAR A PATIGAROO, Oct 14, 2005)
We need to rise above our petty political interests and find out a solution that lasts, comments
NISAR A PATIGAROO
- Jumping Jack Flash (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 14, 2005)
Nationalist Trinamul Congress leader PA Sangma, who resigned his Tura Lok Sabha seat, was a worried person after his Meghalaya unit of the NTC merged with the Nationalist Congress Party.
- Propagate Gandhi's Views On Hinduism (Daily Excelsior, Jagmohan , Oct 14, 2005)
On Gandhi's birthday (Oct 2), instead of going round the 'Samadhis' and attending prayer meetings ritualistically, . . .
- Minister In The Dock (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 14, 2005)
When in trouble, they’re all the same
Reacting to the Supreme Court’s verdict on the dissolution of the Bihar assembly, Prakash Karat feels this is the time for a review of the Governor’s discretionary powers.
- Hollow Promise (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 14, 2005)
Even monarchs and military dictators sometimes pretend to be democrats. It is easy, though, to see through the democratic pretensions of Nepal’s King Gyanendra.
- In Search Of Money, We Lose Peace (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 14, 2005)
A bad bargain indeed. We leave our parents to die. We push ourselves to desperation by leaving our home to earn more and more outside.
- Mishandling The North-East (Tribune, Maj-Gen Ashok Mehta (retd), Oct 14, 2005)
MOST of our policy-makers have little sense of history and even less of geography. Otherwise, the North-East of the country would not languish in a state of neglect.
- Let New Ideas Flowmalvika Singh (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 14, 2005)
I have never been able to comprehend why India makes the straightforward things of life, living and work so complicated.
- Iran's Heritage Deserves Respect (Hindu, Martin Woollacott , Oct 14, 2005)
As the protests and demonstrations that led to the fall of the Shah swelled in 1978, Western reporters travelled to Iran to cover each new outbreak.
- Nda Meets Kalam To Oust Governor (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2005)
BJP president L K Advani and his party’s allies met President A P J Abdul Kalam on Thursday to demand that Governor Buta Singh of Bihar be removed..
- An Iron Lady For Germany (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 14, 2005)
A physicist, MS Angela Merkel's approach to politics is said to be quite like solving a science problem:
- The Dynasty Forever? (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Oct 14, 2005)
To suggest that the young MP was speaking off the record and therefore one should not take seriously all that he said is little short of fatuous. Since he was speaking off the record, all the greater reason to believe he spoke his mind . . .
- State Of Paralysis? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 14, 2005)
There’s a coalition govt in Germany at last but it is unlikely to last long
- Where Is The Indian Public Intellectual? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Oct 14, 2005)
The writer William Dalrymple created a stir with his claim two months ago that “since 1997 there has been no new galaxy of (literary) stars emerging to match the stature of those of the 1980s and ‘90s”.
- The Rupee Is Back In Focus (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 14, 2005)
After a fairly long period of relative calm, the exchange market has turned volatile from the beginning of this month. The rupee touched a ten-month low of Rs.44.25 against the dollar on October 7.
- Second Rung Ringtone (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 14, 2005)
BJP General Secretary Pramod Mahajan’s sudden comments on the state of his party are easily slotted.
- Bjp May Go For ‘Collective Leadership’ After Advani (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Oct 14, 2005)
The party might change its constitution to accommodate the concept of a Presidium with a rotational post of party president.
- `Advise' Manmohan To Quit, Nda Urges Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2005)
Bihar Assembly dissolution a "fraud" on the Constitution
The dissolution even before the Assembly was constituted was a "classic example" of the "worst-ever misuse" of Article 356: Advani
Blames the Prime Minister for "misleading" the President
- Bird Flu At Europe's Borders (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2005)
The detection of H5N1 bird flu among poultry in Turkey means that the most-feared strain of avian influenza is now at Europe's borders after erupting in Asia and Siberia.
- How To Make Rural Job Guarantee Plan Effective (Tribune, Puran Singh, Oct 13, 2005)
Will the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme be able to provide 100 days employment as planned, to about 20-25 million job seekers at a cost of Rs 25,000 crore annually?
- A Desi Grand Coalition? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 13, 2005)
The news that Angela Merkel is set to become Germany’s next chancellor is significant for more reasons than one.
- Leave It To The Market (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2005)
Tuesday’s intervention by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in the foreign exchange market indicates that, on this front at least, nothing has changed.
- Waiting For A Messiah. Will He Come! - Ii (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 13, 2005)
They need us, our help, our support and everything that we can offer, Tanvir Sadiq narrates his emotional encounter with lepers
- Democracy Is A Pathetic Belief In The Collective Wisdom Of Individual Ignorance (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 13, 2005)
TO BETTER understand why you need a PC, or personal computer, let's take a look at the pathetic mess you call your life, says Dave Barry.
- Preference In Conversion (Business Line, T. V. Narayanaswamy, Oct 13, 2005)
T. V. Narayanaswamy on the applicability of Takeover Regulations to the conversion into equity shares of preference shares which carry voting rights
- Best Practices For Micro-Finance, Please (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Oct 13, 2005)
The general literature on micro-finance leaves the impression that there are no best practices in place as yet but that a consensus is developing in this direction.
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