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Articles 11921 through 12020 of 53943:
- Nris To Get Voting Rights Soon (Tribune, Swati Chaturvedi, Jun 12, 2006)
Crores of non-resident Indians (NRIs) across the world will soon have the right to vote with the Department of Personnel and Training and the Law Ministry having prepared a Draft Bill to this effect.
- Uk Judges Criticised As ‘Too Lenient’ (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 12, 2006)
More than 200 of Britain’s top judges have given “unduly lenient” sentences to criminals guilty of sex offences or other serious crimes.
- One World Order~i (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 12, 2006)
When in 1946 the United States put forward its proposal for the international control of atomic energy, the so-called Baruch Plan, this was conceived by many as a plan for world government.
- Cag Unveils Flaws In Mig-29 Maintenance (Tribune, Vijay Mohan, Jun 12, 2006)
Serious shortcomings in the MiG-29 maintenance and overhaul process resulted in low serviceability of aircraft in squadrons and consequent shortfalls in operational tasks.
- Freebie At The Cost Of Exchequer (Daily Excelsior, Sisir Basu, Jun 12, 2006)
The Railways Minister, Lalu Prasad Yadav, has announced introduction of high speed passenger trains on the lines of bullet trains in Japan.
- Terrorists' New-Found Soft Target (Daily Excelsior, Joginder Singh, Jun 12, 2006)
Terrorists in Kashmir have put the softest of soft target in their cross-hairs- tourists who have traveled thousands of miles to soak in the beauty of Chinar-lined lakes and snow-capped Pir Panjal- frustrated by the waning local support and huge . . .
- Jammu Lakes (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 12, 2006)
An article in this newspaper recently makes a thought-provoking reading. It refers to the fact that little has actually been achieved to suitably preserve a few lakes of the Jammu region.
- U.S. Airlines Can Find Capital For Right Deal (Reuters, John Crawley, Jun 12, 2006)
A Bush administration plan to ease restrictions on foreign investment in U.S. airlines could help a struggling industry, but analysts and consultants say there is plenty of money at home for the right deal.
- Govt Considering Hike In Sc Quota, Says Meira Kumar (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
In a move that may further fuel the quota controversy, the Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry is "favourably" considering raising reservations for Scheduled Castes from the existing 15 per cent to 16.23 per cent following the increase in their . . .
- ‘Naxal Expansion Plan Prompted Orissa Ban’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
The Naxal attempt to take advantage of the ongoing agitation against the proposed mega industrial projects along the state’s coastal belt to enter into areas hitherto unknown for Naxalite activities, played a key role in the Orissa government’s . . .
- Rbi Governor Reddy Says Watching Prices (Reuters, V. Ramakrishnan, Jun 12, 2006)
Reserve Bank of India governor Y.V. Reddy said on Saturday the country's price situation would require greater "sensitivity", and global factors would play an increased role in monetary policy.
- J&k Working Groups In A Week: Azad (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
After parleying with the two major political parties in Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has decided to set up the five working groups proposed by the Prime Minister within a week and give “due representation” to all sections.
- Arcelor To Make Statement On Mittal Decision Monday (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
Arcelor's chairman said the steelmaker would issue a statement at 0500 GMT on Monday about its board's decision on a 22 billion euro ($27.9 billion) takeover offer from rival Mittal Steel.
- Sikkim's Buddhists Meditate On Waning Influence (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Jun 12, 2006)
A group of shaven-headed boys dressed in maroon robes stand nervously under a tree clutching Buddhist texts, waiting their turn to show their mastery of the Tibetan scriptures to a stern-looking monk.
- Our World: Facing Down Our Defeatist Leaders (Jerusalem Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
Sunday Palestinian Hamas Authority Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahar was in Teheran meeting with his boss, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
- Concern Over Global Increase In Diabetes (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
The number of people around the world suffering from diabetes has skyrocketed in the last two decades, from 30 million to 230 million...
- Azad, Mufti Reach Consensus On Working Groups (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Jun 11, 2006)
Consultations on forming working groups get under way
Sayeed: get Hurriyat Conference on board
Omar: those without political affiliations should head groups
- 'Ethanol To Save 40 Cr Litre Petrol’ (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 11, 2006)
Ethanol is being seen not just as an environment-friendly fuel additive to reduce emissions, but in these days of rising fossil fuel prices, it is also being considered critical to the country’s energy security.
- 20 Militants Killed In Waziristan Raid (Daily Times, Zakir Hassnain, Jun 11, 2006)
Foreigners reported to be among killed militants
- Palestinian Referendum Meaningless: Olmert (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert dismissed a referendum on a Palestinian statehood proposal as "meaningless" in an interview with British newspapers published on Saturday.
- Israel Is On Rampage Once Again (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 11, 2006)
At least 14 Palestinians were killed and 35 others were wounded in Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip and other Palestinian areas on Friday.
- Sinha Insults Kashmiris (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 11, 2006)
The visiting former Indian External Affairs Minister and BJP leader Yashwant Sinha has sprung a surprise by opposing tooth and nail inclusion of Kashmiris in the dialogue process.
- Fusion In The Jungle (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Yesterday I saw a monkey and a Malabar giant squirrel fighting for a jackfruit on top of a tree,” says Rupa Jhaveri, a middle-aged woman from Ahmedabad, sitting in front of her cottage in the Vythiri Resort.
- The Fundamentalist Challenge (Dawn, Tahir Mirza, Jun 11, 2006)
The so-called war on terror has confused the real fundamentalist challenge.
- The Seat Of Esoteric Knowledge (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Most of the colours and emblems used in the robes, carpets and furniture made in Sikkim have a mystic significance and the medallions and thankas are said to ward off specific misfortunes or attract benevolent forces, write Hugh and Colleen Gantzer
- Cpm No To Mid-Term Eledtion (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
The CPI-M will dump the United Progressive Alliance if the Congress presses for a mid-term election. This has comprehensively overtaken the issue of examining if the party is really gaining ground under the present dispensation.
- Meaning Of A Yatra (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 11, 2006)
The pilgrimage to Amarnath satisfies the urge to experience spiritual passions of the highest order but extends to the larger issue of cultural unity and vision of India
- Have No Reservations About Quotas (The Economic Times, ASHUTOSH MISRA, Jun 11, 2006)
Reservations may seem to be a case of robbing Paul to pay Peter, but they hold some collateral gains for the country. One has only to shut out the casteist mudslinging to see the blessings in disguise.
- Iraq Offers To Mediate In Iran Nuclear Crisis (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Adel Abdel Mahdi, Iraqi vice president, has met Iran's nuclear negotiator in Tehran in a bid to help mediate an end to Iran's nuclear crisis, a source close to the Iraqi leader said on Saturday.
- Human Distress In Thar (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 11, 2006)
A recent seminar on the prevailing drought conditions in Sindh’s Tharparkar district has focused attention on the misery of the million-plus inhabitants living in one of the country’s most arid and poverty-stricken zones.
- Setting Our House In Order (Frontline, Bhaskar Ghose, Jun 11, 2006)
The dynamism of India's parliamentary democracy is vitiated by the blatant misuse of institutions meant to preserve law and order.
- Container Insecurity (Frontline, R.K. Raghavan, Jun 11, 2006)
The U.S. leads nations that are paranoid about the possibility of terrorists using containers to smuggle explosives and equipment.
- The Future: Productivity And Sustainability (The Financial Express, NK SINGH, Jun 11, 2006)
There is a need to focus on improving factor productivity, R&D and environmental concerns
- Needed, Sterner Governance System For Ngos (The Financial Express, YRK REDDY, Jun 11, 2006)
This will ensure transparency and accountability of NGOs and check misuse of trust reposed in them
- Nation That Kills Talent (Pioneer, KPS Gill, Jun 11, 2006)
Education, Bertrand Russell remarked, is the key to the new world.
- Indonesia: Quake And Politics (Frontline, P.S. Suryanarayana, Jun 11, 2006)
Indonesia has hardly gone off the international community's natural disaster monitors since the horrific Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004.
- Bjp States Say No Cutting Fuel Tax (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
As Congress-ruled States sought to subdue public outrage against the UPA Government's petrol price hike by announcing marginal reduction in the sales tax charged by them, Opposition BJP on Saturday ridiculed the gesture as a "diversionary tactic".
- 'The Indo-Us Nuclear Deal Can't Be Justified' (OutLook, Seema Sirohi, Jun 11, 2006)
Iran's permanent representative to the IAEA on India's vote and their own stand-off with the United States which in turn is clouding the Indo-US nuclear agreement.
- One Flew Over The Issues' Nest (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 11, 2006)
What makes our media the devil's advocate? What makes it soft towards terrorists and critical towards its own security forces? The answer lies in the Lib-Left . . .
- Rbi Revises Rates (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 11, 2006)
In what is being described as a rare move to hike the interest rates between scheduled monetary reviews, the Reserve Bank of India has surprisingly, but 'not unexpectedly', increased the repo and reverse repo rates by 25 bps each to 6.75 per cent . . .
- Rising Tide Of Terror (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 11, 2006)
For long India has been under the self-delusion that Pakistan would stop cross-border terrorism and that we should continue to negotiate and treat our neighbour with kid gloves.
- Food Fright (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 11, 2006)
Check distortions to improve grain supply
- Blog Me On (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Jun 11, 2006)
The only way to challenge the bias and arrogance of the liberal media elite is by using the power of words and the force of technology against it.
- Why Commando Force? (Daily Excelsior, Brig. (Retd.) S.N. Sachadeva, Jun 11, 2006)
The world today is awash with long-drawn-out conflicts. It takes a special breed of men to fight this kind of war.
- Pak Rights Record Prompts Us Aid Cut (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
The USA has slashed about 350 million dollars foreign aid to Pakistan, citing its poor human rights record and failure to to do enough to improve democracy.
- The Upsc Challenge (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Coaching centres in Delhi, which have a creditable record, attract civil services aspirants from across the country.
- All In The Family (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jun 11, 2006)
A recent report in this newspaper about 105-year old Puro Devi's firm faith in our age-old joint family system not crumbling will move many.
- One Killed, 25 Injured In Army's Firing On Mob (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Jun 11, 2006)
Desecration of a mosque allegedly by troops at Zurhama village today evoked massive protests in Kupwara district as a mob turned violent and Army opened fire, killing a 25-year-old civilian.
- Rbi Governor Reddy Says Watching Prices (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Reserve Bank of India governor Y.V. Reddy said on Saturday the country's price situation would require greater "sensitivity", and global factors would play an increased role in monetary policy.
- Sikkim's Buddhists Meditate On Waning Influence (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Jun 11, 2006)
A group of shaven-headed boys dressed in maroon robes stand nervously under a tree clutching Buddhist texts, waiting their turn to show their mastery of the Tibetan scriptures to a stern-looking monk.
- ‘Quota’ Stir And Medico ‘ Unrest’ (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Jun 11, 2006)
At the time of independence in 1947, the founding fathers of Indian Constitution could have never imagined that the provision of reservation in jobs and education for the downtrodden and underprivileged which they had proposed with the avowed . . .
- Us Slashes About 350 Dollars Foreign Aid To Pak (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
The US has slashed about 350 million dollars foreign aid to Pakistan, citing its poor human rights record and failure to do enough to improve democracy.
- Zarqawi Was Alive When Iraqi Police Got To Him (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, for more than three years the most wanted terrorist in Iraq, briefly survived the US air strike on his safe house north of Baghdad, and was still alive and speaking when Iraqi police reached the scene on Wednesday afternoon.
- Pak To Us: Limit Indian Troops In Afghanistan (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Speculation that India might be asked to dispatch troops to Afghanistan to buttress the ISAF presence there has apparently rung alarm bells in the Pakistani establishment.
- No Review Of Quota Policy, Says Fm (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has made it clear that government has no intention to review its decision to extend 27 per cent reservation to other backward classes (OBC) in higher educational institutions.
- This Man’S No Pushover (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 11, 2006)
Manmohan Singh is not the sort of person to use the phrase “fed up” but by now, after two years in office, he must have experienced all the feelings comprehended by that colloquialism.
- Double Delight In Winning Start (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Party time twice over in the so-called English Garden in Munich. This is like Kew Gardens transplanted from south-west London but without the horticultural science.
- Irreplaceable Pioneer (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 11, 2006)
Outside the arcane area of legal philosophy, the name of the Oxford scholar, H.L.A. Hart (1907-92), does not ring much of a bell now. Straying from philosophy into law, he happened to write the foundational text of his discipline, The Concept of . . .
- Africa, Latin America Have Remained On Indian Radar (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 11, 2006)
“We are engaging major powers in all the regions of the world to build strategic partnerships with them” Anand Sharma
- Rbi’S Move Not Needed (The Financial Express, Ashima Goyal, Jun 11, 2006)
The RBI had given a miss to its string of rate increases in April. This, combined with the statement that the neutral rate was expected to be achieved in 2006, implied the market need not factor in rising inte- rest rates.
- Bush Expresses Concern Over Guantanamo Deaths (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
US President Bush is expressing "serious concern" over the three detainee suicides at the U-S military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
- Who’S Booting The Bmic Bill? (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Jun 11, 2006)
What with the rhetoric about land grabbing, excess land being acquired, doing justice to farmers, and politicians cashing in
- At This Rate (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 11, 2006)
With the prime minister’s economic advisory council saying the inflationary effect of the fuel price hike will not . . .
- Iran Scripts N-Reply (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Iran may send its own nuclear package in response to proposed incentives agreed by six world powers that seek to persuade Tehran to stop its atomic fuel work, foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki said today.
- Keep Them Away (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Jun 11, 2006)
Recently I visited Krishna Janmabhoomi complex in Mathura.
- The Rahul Mahajan Story: There Was Some Method In The Madness (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Jun 11, 2006)
The Rahul Mahajan story: There was some method in the madness
- Beginning Of End For Al-Qaida? (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Jun 11, 2006)
Those of us who have believed all along that the Anglo-American coalition was strategically correct in moving into Iraq, but have been the victims of executional incompetence, insensitivity and bungling, may finally have some hope.
- Nuke Deal: Us Team To Visit India (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Taking forward the discussions between principal interlocutors Shyam Saran and Nicholas Burns in the civilian nuclear deal, a US team is landing here over the weekend for negotiations on the 123 bilateral agreements.
- Why This Village In Tamil Nadu Will Be Rooting For A Referee (Indian Express, JAYA MENON, Jun 11, 2006)
Kavalkaranpatty stumps even the most fertile mind: green patches are rare, only hardy maize grows here during the brief monsoon, and the soil is bare and dry the rest of the year.
- Solution To Conflict Should Be Based On "Right To Self-Determination": Ltte (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Jun 11, 2006)
New communique omits references to "federal" model
Says it is the "sole interlocutor" of the "Tamil nation"
Reflects LTTE's disenchantment with international community's rejection of separatist option
- Nato Endorses Plan To Run Eight Simultaneous Missions (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Call for co-ordinated E.U. response to issues
- Precious Legacy (Hindu, SABITA RADHAKRISHNA , Jun 11, 2006)
Those who appreciate the quaint and the old-world will visit Wellington year after year.
The name Wellington Gymkhana was adopted in 1916 though 1873 is considered the founding year of the club.
- Fast Track To The Future (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
From the Great Wall to the MagLev, China presents an interesting mix of tradition and modernity.
The MagLev train flies a few inches above the tracks at speeds above 400 kmph...
- Confession Is Best Way Out For Rahul Mahajan (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Mahajan’s lawyer, has, stoutly denied any drug abuse by his client. The denial notwithstanding, the police could prove through laboratory test results that Mahajan and Vivek Moitra, former personal secretary to the late Mahajan, had consumed drugs . . .
- Success Strategies (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
A carefully thought-out plan and proper guidance can enable a focussed person to clear the tough UPSC examinations.
- Japanese Voices (Business Standard, T N Ninan, Jun 11, 2006)
Ernest Hemingway famously covered a conference by focusing on the girls who were doing the secretarial and translation work. Not being as daring as he, I prefer to focus on the stray comments that people make—the anecdotes you pick up are . . .
- Pols On The Run (Business Standard, T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan, Jun 11, 2006)
Political accountability is not the same as politicians' accountability.
- Art Of Political Lying (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 11, 2006)
Words and phrases are often moulded and stated differently to leaven horrifying political acts.
- Sebs Stymie Open Access (Business Line, Anil Sasi, Jun 11, 2006)
Block surplus power from pvt cos, captive plants from entering grid
- A Leading Institution With Global Standards (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Kamban Engineering College of Jeeva Educational Trust was founded by Thiru.
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