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Articles 19221 through 19320 of 26693:
- The Govt Is A Dead Elephant (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, Sep 17, 2005)
The Indian bureaucrat does not want India to become a rich country, he does not want free markets and he does not want a truly free society because when these things happen, his powers diminish immediately
- Scorpene Deal, Once More With Sense (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 17, 2005)
It was ’82 when India acquired the world’s most advanced submarine building facilities from Germany, installed them in Mazagon Docks and, after building two boats, gave up submarine construction.
- Impressions: Dr Singh At The Un (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2005)
The United Nations is a wonderful place, especially on a warm summer day.
- Voters Reverse Islamists' Rise In Pakistani Politics (Christian Science Monitor, Scott Baldauf, Sep 16, 2005)
Candidates in Sunday's vote won't be presented on the ballot as members of a party.
- Civic Fathers Fell 4,000 Trees (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2005)
The felling of thousands of trees dotting city roads has left citizens and environmentalists in a tizzy.
- Divide And Vote (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 16, 2005)
In a mature democracy, the people vote, not as members of a group, but as free individuals.
- Firms May Log In At It Show (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2005)
To appease the IT sector the government has promised a slew of short, medium and long term steps to improve infrastructure.
- Publication Of Final Electoral Rolls Begins (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2005)
The process will be completed before September 20, says Chief Electoral Officer
Final rolls published in most Assembly constituencies
Online database will be available in 10 days
Another round of summary revision before Assembly poll
- Ppp Dented In Punjab (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 16, 2005)
An influential family of Sargodha — Pirachas have bade farewell to the Peoples Party and joined ruling Pakistan Muslim League.
- 31 Killed In Iraq Blasts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2005)
Two suicide car bombers struck within a minute of each other and just a km apart in south Baghdad shortly before noon Thursday,
- Manmohan Makes A Pitch For Democracy (Hindu, Harish Khare , Sep 16, 2005)
"We believe that it empowers the most humble citizen and gives him a sense of dignity"
- Sethu Project Was Due To Party's Sustained Effort:vaiko (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2005)
150- year-old dream of Tamils had become a reality
- Ranil To Adopt "Unifying Policies": Unp (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Sep 16, 2005)
Rajapakse's agreements criticised
- World's Hottest Eye Bharat (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2005)
India's booming technology and telecoms industries will see more investment coming their way from Asian companies such as Flextronics and Kyocera as they tap Asia's third-largest economy for its lower cost structure and growing demand.
- International Coastal Clean-Up To Begin On Friday (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2005)
‘‘Indian Coast Guard will observe International Coastal Cleanup-2005(ICC) on Saturday in the beaches of coastal Karnataka spanning up to 300 km covering beaches of Someshwar,
- Managing Defence Personnel (Tribune, R.B. Suri (retd), Sep 16, 2005)
AT the heart of effectiveness of the armed forces lies its system of personnel management.
- Iraq's Constitution, A Failure For The U.S." (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2005)
Preeta Bansalof the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom advises President George Bush on foreign policy in relation to religion.
- Taxonomy Award For T.C. Narendran (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2005)
.C. Narendran, insect taxonomist has been selected for the L.K. Janaki Ammal National Award for Taxonomy— 2004, in recognition of his research contributions.
- Indo-Us Deal On Track (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 16, 2005)
Wednesday's exchange of views between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President George W. Bush in Washington showed that nothing would be allowed to come in the way of July’s Indo-US agreement for cooperation in nuclear power production for peaceful....
- Small Family Norm (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 16, 2005)
Union Panchayati Raj Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar’s about-turn on the two-child norm for panchayat members comes as a great surprise,
- Swap' Is From The Practice Of Slapping Hands Together (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 16, 2005)
On the diplomatic front, we saw the swap, across Wagah, of prisoners of India and Pakistan to push ahead the peace process, even as Zimbabwe and China swapped animals in tiger relations.
- Negotiating The Persian Maze (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Sep 16, 2005)
There has been a naive expectation among professional seminarists that New Delhi would somehow be stampeded into lining up with Washington on the Iranian nuclear issue when the IAEA Board in Vienna takes up the matter on September 19.
- Politicians Least Trusted People (Deccan Herald, Brian Whitaker, Sep 16, 2005)
The BBC survey says while people felt religious leaders to be the most trusted they preferred “intellectuals” to be given more power.
- We Stand Or Fall Together: Annan (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2005)
'Millions of lives, and the hopes of billions, rest on the implementation of the pledges to fight poverty, disease, illiteracy and terrorism.'
- Stop Killing Naxals, Kcr Tells Congress (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2005)
TRS chief K Chandrasekhara Rao on Thursday questioned as to how many more women they will turn widows by killing Maoists in the name of curbing terrorism in the State.
- Mumbai's Suffocation (Business Line, P. T. Jyothi Datta, Sep 16, 2005)
The lopsided perspectives of Mumbai's so-called civic ministries which trot out weak-kneed excuses for breaking the law are reasons why Mumbaikars are being suffocated, both literally and morally.
- When Jaswant Took Indian Politics To Foreign Shores (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Sep 16, 2005)
When the Bharatiya Janata Party chose to protest the fact that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had made a reference to Atal Bihari Vajpayee's opposition to the India-United States nuclear agreement....
- India Stamps On Myanmar Rebels (Asia Times, Bibhu Prasad Routray, Sep 16, 2005)
Indian police in Mizoram claim to have destroyed one of the largest Myanmar rebel bases in India, deep in the mountainous jungles of Mizoram state.
- A Maoist Threat And The Political Implications (Hindu, K. Srinivas Reddy, Sep 16, 2005)
The Maoists in Andhra Pradesh hold out a severe threat to the Congress but go soft on the Telangana Rashtra Samithi.
- Koizumi's Decisive Victory (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 16, 2005)
The victory of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party in the recently-held parliamentary elections means Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi can take up his proposed economic reforms without any opposition
- Options Narrow For Nepal's Isolated Monarch (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Sep 16, 2005)
Pressure is mounting on Nepal's King Gyanendra to restore democracy after he seized power earlier this year, but there is no sign yet of the monarch relenting despite his increasing isolation, analysts say.
- Power Regulation — Time To Get Back To The Basics (Hindu, Sudha Mahalingam, Sep 16, 2005)
Electricity regulators, who could have formed the bridge between the uninformed consumer and the power utility, have unfortunately failed to rise to the occasion.
- Officials Asked Not To Be Present For Ministers' Visits (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2005)
State Election Commission's directive to Collectors
- Bjp Pins Its Hopes In The South On Karnataka (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Sep 16, 2005)
Chennai meet may give push to party in the region "Party wants to move away from the vengeful politics of the AIADMK and the DMK to give people a third alternative."
- Secular Parties Should Form Front Against Congress, Says Mahanta (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Sep 16, 2005)
Asom Gana Parishad denies split in party
- German Chancellor Elections Could Be Heading For Dead Heat (Hindu, Luke Harding , Sep 16, 2005)
Schroeder may retain power at the head of a new coalition
- Pollution Punctures The Protective Layer (Daily Excelsior, G L Khajuria, Sep 16, 2005)
Ozone layer, a protective sheeth encircling the space ship "Mother earth" is protecting all the bio-life sustaining on it from ultraviolet rays of sun.
- Troop Cut In J&k: Musharraf Seeks U.S. Help (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2005)
Hours before his meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday sought the U.S. help in persuading India on area-specific troops reduction in Jammu and Kashmir, to move forward in resolving the Kashmir issue.
- The Challenge Before The United Nations (Deccan Herald, Maggie Farley, Sep 15, 2005)
As Annan put it, the UN has come to ‘a fork in the road’ and must reinvent itself or fade into irrelevance
- Irresponsible! (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2005)
The police have once again displayed their ruthlessness by manhandling the detainees in Srinagar central jail after forcing entry into the detention centre.
- Natural Disasters And Man (Deccan Herald, JANARDHAN ROYE, Sep 15, 2005)
The recent extreme weather fluctuations, as in the case of the Katrina disaster, have raised the fear of an environmental catastrophe.
- Should The Police Role Be Expanded Further? (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Sep 15, 2005)
The more immediate need is to retrain and reorient the force.
- Manmohan Makes Pitch For Democracy (Hindu, Harish Khare , Sep 15, 2005)
"We believe that it empowers the most humble citizen and gives him a sense of dignity"
- Yatras On The Move In Bihar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2005)
Poll petitions before Supreme Court have not deterred key players
Paswan cobbling up third front
Barring NDA, all coalitions are yet to take final shape
"Total alliance may elude Congress and partners"
- Closing Of The American Mind (Dawn, A.B. Shahid, Sep 15, 2005)
In 1987, Allan Bloom authored a book with the same title pointing to the intellectual deficit in US educational system which was imparting knowledge based on superficial coverage of disciplines.
- Poor Human Development (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Sep 15, 2005)
The annual reminder of how backward we are in the realm of human development has come again.
- Night Stains Of Tyranny (Dawn, Feryal Ali Gauhar, Sep 15, 2005)
...can darkness hide stains Which the night of
tyranny Itself has etched onto our souls?
— “Tyranny”,
by Shahryar Rashed
- Steps To Check Pollution Of Pugalur Channel (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2005)
Heeding a long time demand of the farmers, efforts are under way to prevent pollution of the Pugalur Channel in Karur district.
- Let There Be Light (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 15, 2005)
Salman Rushdie Distributed by The New York Times Syndicate
A few weeks ago, in a column written in response to the London bombings, I wrote about the urgent need for a “reform movement to bring the core concepts of Islam into the modern age”.
- Batle For Bihar (Daily Excelsior, Kshama Sunil, Sep 15, 2005)
The Assembly polls in Bihar in November is likely to be the keenest battle of ballot fought for control of the second most important state in the Hindi heartland since Independence.
- C.N. Annadurai's Mission Incomplete (Hindu, R. Kannan, Sep 15, 2005)
Today is the 96th birth anniversary of Anna. His sense of mission, his simplicity, compassion, and talents may seem outmoded. But so long as human values remain a worthy goal, his legacy will be relevant.
- We Must Nip Terrorism In The Bud, Bush Tells U.N. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2005)
Pledges to remove farm subsidies to free flow of goods, services
"We must send strong message to terrorists"
Seeks support for democracy efforts in Iraq
- The Celestial Sage (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2005)
Narada is one of the seven celestial sages and it is not an exaggeration to say that without him Sanatana Dharma would have been a lot poorer.
- Empowering Women (Tribune, Rajinder Sachar, Sep 15, 2005)
Is a decade too short a period for doing gender justice. This is the defiant query being raised after the hypocritical stand of all parties on the Women’s Reservation Bill?
- Divisive Politics On Onam (Indian Express, T V R Shenoy, Sep 15, 2005)
His Imperial Majesty Mahabali is conducting the annual tour of his erstwhile realm as you read this.
- Bihar Election Under A Cloud (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Sep 15, 2005)
The Election Commission has maintained all through that it was required by law to hold the Bihar election within six months of the dissolution of the Assembly.
- Indian Intelligence Agencies Under Fire (Statesman, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 15, 2005)
Following the example of a section of the American intelligence operatives,
- Upper House Stands Lowered (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2005)
The first day’s proceedings of the Senate on Tuesday were marred by ugly scenes due to strong protest by the Opposition against delay in the election of the Deputy Chairman and chairing of the House by a member whom they described as ‘stranger’.
- State Of Relations With Kabul (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Sep 15, 2005)
With the global focus still on terrorism, the US is obviously banking on a successful completion of elections in Afghanistan scheduled for September 18.
- Will Indo-Afghan (Daily Excelsior, Atul Cowshish, Sep 15, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has made his maiden visit to Afghanistan which sections of the media has hailed as both 'historic' and 'successful' and India's array of offers to Kabul were on full display to the discomfort of some in the neighbourhood.
- Annan Rues Lack Of Consensus On Reforms (Tribune, T.R. Ramachandran, Sep 15, 2005)
India does not believe that US President George Bush is trying to draw a line between India-Iran relations on Teheran’s nuclear programme and implementing the joint agreement reached in July whereby Washington expressed its resolve to fully cooperate ....
- Us Committed To N-Energy Deal (Tribune, T.R. Ramachandran, Sep 15, 2005)
India does not believe that US President George Bush is trying to draw a line between India-Iran relations on Teheran’s nuclear programme and implementing the joint agreement reached in July whereby Washington expressed its resolve to fully cooperate with
- Afghan Ballots Carry Mullahs, Jihadis, Women (Christian Science Monitor, Scott Baldauf, Sep 15, 2005)
A mullah, a feminist, a jihadi, and a communist: It sounds like the start of an Afghan joke, but instead, it is the makings of Afghanistan's first-ever elected parliament.
- Yet Again (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2005)
If they had their way, not a few Indian politicians would have democracy only on their terms.
- Better Representation Must For Social Change (Times of India, Amrith Lal, Sep 15, 2005)
It is yet another ranking where India is at the bottom of the pile. Data from the Inter-Parliamentary Union ranks India 134th among 183 countries in terms of percentage of women legislators (8.3%) in the national Parliament.
- Parliament Is Not The Final Word In Politics (Times of India, Amrith Lal, Sep 15, 2005)
Statistics can mislead. The Inter-parliamentary Union data on women in legislatures across the globe merely points to the fact that legislating is a preferred profession for men.
- India, Pakistan Leaders To Push Peace Process In U.S. (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
The leaders of India and Pakistan meet in New York on Wednesday to push forward a peace process which is beginning to offer a realistic chance of a lasting rapprochement between the long-time foes.
- Rajapakse Exchanges Papers With Buddhist Party (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Sep 14, 2005)
Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse and the all-Buddhist clergy parliamentary party, Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) on Tuesday exchanged a 12-point poll pact in which Mr. Rajapakse agreed to safeguard the unitary character of the state in any . . .
- United States Wants To Help Out India, Pakistan, Says Kasuri (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 14, 2005)
It is keenly watching the meeting between Manmohan and Musharraf
Composite dialogue must continue: Condoleezza Rice
Fed up with allegations, Pakistan offers to fence border with Afghanistan
- No Change In Oslo's Role, Says Solheim (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Sep 14, 2005)
"There will be absolutely no change"
- Gram Panchayat Removes Employee On Gender Basis (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
Man appointed to post of peon, woman sacked as she was `unsuitable for the job'
- Congress Promises 24-Hr Water Supply In All Towns (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
Development to go hand-in-hand with interests of poor
- Manmohan To Meet Bush Today (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
The Prime Minister, Mr Manmohan Singh, will meet the US President, Mr George W Bush at 6.45 pm (4.15 am IST Wednesday) at the American leader’s request, four hours after his arrival in New York from Paris to attend the UN General Assembly session.
- Democracy Activists Arrested In Nepal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
U.S. to continue arms embargo
- Notice To Pawar On Model Code (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
Announcement on revival of sugar mills in Bihar a violation
Pawar asked to reply by Friday
CEC Tandon promises thorough probe
- Nato’S Afghan Plans ‘Struck’ (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Sep 14, 2005)
Nato officials have been trying to evolve a way out wherein German sensibilities are not ruffled.
- Sense Of Victory Pervades Gaza (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
‘The lesson... is that no matter how long it takes, the occupiers will leave because of resistance.’
- Give Us One More Chance: Lalu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav kick-started the campaign for the Assembly polls here on Tuesday.
- Will Bjp Meet Be A Smooth Affair? (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Sep 14, 2005)
Focus may shift from internal squabble to differences in the ruling UPA
Timetable for Advani's exit as party president to be main issue
Party went into convulsions after Advani's remarks on Jinnah
- "U.S. Wants To Help Out India, Pakistan" (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 14, 2005)
It is keenly watching the meeting between Manmohan and Musharraf
Composite dialogue must continue: Condoleezza Rice
Fed up with allegations, Pakistan offers to fence border with Afghanistan
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