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- Delhi Bizmen Arrested For Smuggling Us Dollars (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
Two Delhi based businessmen were arrested on Thursday at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here while they were trying to smuggle $51,170 to Dubai, customs officials said.
- Well, A Start (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 12, 2006)
One can very well understand the propaganda that has accompanied the State Vigilance Organisation's move to attach the property of an executive engineer accused of corruption.
- Selective Monetary Compensation Bad For Economy (Daily Excelsior, Ramesh Kanitkar, May 12, 2006)
Pension after retirement accompanied with grant of instalment of dearness allowances on the plea that the cost of living has gone up due to inflationary pressure in economy is causing havoc to the national exchequer.
- Cherish The City (Times of India, Harsh Kabra, May 12, 2006)
Be it Mumbaikars who can't contort their faces enough while bemoaning the filthy shanties erupting around their plush neighbourhoods or those surviving from meal to meal in a Mumbai they deem hijacked by the rich and the powerful, few can resist the . . .
- Tourist Season In Full Swing (Hindu, D. Radhakrishnan, May 12, 2006)
Evokes mixed reactions from people
- Social Audit Of Employment Guarantee (Frontline, Sowmya Kerbart Sivakumar, May 12, 2006)
A mass social audit initiative of employment guarantee works in Dungarpur district of Rajasthan produces encouraging results.
- Post-Poll Turbulence Likely For The Pm (The Financial Express, Neerja Chowdhury, May 12, 2006)
While an emboldened Left plans to raise the pressure, so do leaders from within the Congress.
- E-Delivery Of Certificates Can Be A ‘Killer App’ (The Financial Express, S SADAGOPAN, May 12, 2006)
For this, hundreds of e-governance ‘pilot’ projects need to move beyond this stage and achieve results.
- More Or Less (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 12, 2006)
Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi is clearly somewhat of a realist, if a rather pedantic one.
- And A More Stable Polity (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 12, 2006)
The results of the recent assembly elections in five states, along with Sonia Gandhi’s resounding victory in the Rae Bareli by-election, strengthen the ruling coalition and the government at the Centre.
- Incredible India Needs Credible Policy Focus (Business Line, B. S. Rathor, May 12, 2006)
Major resources must be diverted to develop the domestic tourism segment, to offer opportunities for the local people and an experience of Incredible India to the visitors.
- Looking For The Ocean In A Small Cup Of Water (Times of India, SWAMI MUKTANANDA, May 12, 2006)
Krishna says in the Bhagavad Gita: "O Arjuna, this body is akin to a field". In Sanskrit, field is kshetra farmland innocent and pure, for it takes on whatever character the farmer chooses to give it.
- Red Light For Reform? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 12, 2006)
Now that the Left has triumphed in West Bengal and Kerala, does it mean that the government at the Centre should abandon all hope of further economic reform? On the contrary.
- Narmada Vs Narmada (Tribune, B.G. Verghese for and Sanjay Sangvai , May 12, 2006)
The Supreme Court has reiterated its earlier decision to permit the Sardar Sarovar dam to be raised from 111m to 122 m.
- This Will Reduce Umpiring Errors (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 12, 2006)
All sports must change with the times. The proposal to allow both teams three appeals per innings to be referred to the third umpire, if they feel that on-field umpires have got it wrong, is a sign that cricket is moving with the times.
- Beyond Quotas (Times of India, Gail Omvedt , May 12, 2006)
The debate on reservations, affirmative action and diversity is back, but with a difference. As never before, it seems that some form of compensatory discrimination for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in the corporate sector is on the agenda.
- Lessons In Democracy (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 12, 2006)
It seems appropriate that, due to the Iraq war, the world has been debating the nature of democracy 200 years after Alexis de Tocqueville's birth.
- Brand Buddha Is A Complete Sellout (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
There are turning points in the lives of politicians when they are transformed from mere leaders into symbols of a larger radical change. This election was one such turning point for Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee — today the 62-year-old West Bengal CM has . . .
- Karunanidhi Ends Jaya’S Reign (Tribune, Arup Chanda, May 12, 2006)
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)-led Democratic Progresive Alliance (DPA) swept the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections routing the ruling All India Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and its allies today.
- The Babu And The Jawan (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 12, 2006)
The reasons for the young men of today shunning a career in the armed forces are not far to seek.
- Take It As Red (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , May 12, 2006)
West Bengal continues to be the despair of psephologists.
- Benefits Of Large Dams: The Bhakra Example (Tribune, Narinder Sharma, May 12, 2006)
Large dams are being targeted every now and then by self styled environmentalists and NGOs.
- The Smallness Of Godly Things (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, May 11, 2006)
THE PROPOSAL of the Centre to give Jains minority status is yet another bizarre example of how warped our thinking on the relationship between identity and citizenship has become.
- Employment Guarantee — Signs Of Transformation (Hindu, Nirmala Lakshman, May 11, 2006)
A substantial social audit reveals that in the harsh terrain of Dungarpur, Rajasthan, where daily living poses a constant challenge, employment on public works has risen to unprecedented levels over the last two months.
- Remembering Mahajan (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, May 11, 2006)
When he was alive, the RSS always had an ambivalent attitude towards Pramod Mahajan, and though his tragic death has invoked fulsome tributes in the Organiser, some of that ambivalence creeps through. In a front-page . . .
- U.S. Joins India's Moon Mission (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 11, 2006)
India's first space probe for the scientific exploration of a celestial body, has matured into a truly international effort.
- On Indo-Us N-Deal, Jaswant Test For Pm (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, May 11, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to have some explaining to do as the BJP brings up the Indo-US nuclear deal in Parliament, especially after the government has remained silent on Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Jaswant Singh’s . . .
- Over The Moon (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 11, 2006)
It's a small step for science, but a large one for political symbolism. Given the large number of lunar missions that have already taken place the scientific value of an Indian spacecraft surveying the moon's surface for minerals and ice is questionable.
- Indian Obduracy (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 11, 2006)
DESPITE much flexibility having been displayed by General Musharraf on Kashmir, Islamabad has not succeeded in making a dent in Indian obduracy.
- Up Gets A Week's Reprieve To Release Water For Sonia Vihar (Pioneer, Neha Kaushik, May 11, 2006)
A meeting called by Union Power Secretary RV Shashi with the Delhi Jal Board officials and Uttar Pradesh Government officials regarding the release of water to the Capital ended in a stalemate.
- A Helpless Bystander (OutLook, B. Raman , May 11, 2006)
Sri Lanka has been bleeding continuously ever since Mahinda Rajapakse took over as the President last November and immediately thereafter wriggled out of the commitment made to the Sri Lankan Tamils by his predecessors to find a solution to their . . .
- Get Cracking (Pioneer, Editorial, The News International, May 11, 2006)
In announcing an increase in troop mobilisation in Jammu & Kashmir, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee has only accepted that the UPA Government's wishy-washy approach to terrorism has been a failure.
- Reckless Andolan (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 11, 2006)
?----Any agitation, when conducted by individuals consumed by self-righteousness and the urge for self-publicity, loses sight of its goal and degenerates into reckless, irresponsible statements and actions that are both defamatory and destructive.
- Seat Of The Muses (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 11, 2006)
The CAG has deviated from fiscal foozles to focus ~ and trash ~ what has been Kolkata’s proud boast, its cultural heritage.
- Arms Trade: Truly Global (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
Few businesses have globalised as successfully as the arms trade, with a network of international dealers fuelling dozens of conflicts across the world, according to a new report.
- Nailing Naxals (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 11, 2006)
That the Home Ministry has recognised the seriousness of the threat from those we so conveniently dub “Naxals” is itself a matter of some satisfaction ~ somehow the theory of nipping trouble in the bud has eluded North Block ~ but the outcome of . . .
- Everybody Profits (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 11, 2006)
After the high drama of adjourning Parliament sine die, after Sonia Gandhi’s Renunciation II was played out before the media, the UPA government has plumbed for the laziest option of all. After due consultations with other parties, it has . . .
- Bbc's Coverage Comes Under Fire (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, May 11, 2006)
FOR YEARS, the British Broadcasting Corporation has been accused by the Israeli Government, its diplomats in Britain, and by Jewish groups of displaying an anti-Israeli "bias" in its coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. At the height of the . . .
- Violence Fear Looms On Counting Day (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
The spectre of fresh violence hangs over Assam as the state gets ready for the counting of votes tomorrow.
- Freeing The Airports (Telegraph, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , May 11, 2006)
Customs officers “set up illegal drugs operation”, screamed the headline. They, reportedly, misled their bosses, secretly worked with a fugitive drug smuggler wanted in this country and traded in a £3.5 million bulk shipment from Pakistan.
- Another Spin (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 11, 2006)
Spinning around the moon together is not a bad way to make friends. India is hoping to launch its unmanned lunar orbiter, Chandrayaan-I, in 2008.
- Ambassador And Kitten (Indian Express, Lalit Mohan, May 11, 2006)
During his tenure as the US envoy to India, John Kenneth Galbraith had his share of diplomatic mishaps.
- Assembly Polls Counting To Begin On Thursday (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
The fate of 2586 candidates including Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and DMK president M Karunanidhi, contesting the assembly elections, will be known on Thursday when the votes are counted.
- An Honour But… (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 11, 2006)
It is no doubt a matter of honour for Pakistan to be elected to the UN Human Rights Council, polling 149 votes against the minimum required 96.
- Vital Role (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 11, 2006)
India should discharge its duties with responsibilty
- Religious & Cultural Tolerance (Deccan Herald, Firoz Bakht Ahmed, May 11, 2006)
Baba Farid believed in religious and cultural tolerance inspiring inter-faith love and harmony by the Punjabi Sufi Saint.
- Judges Must Be A Class Apart (Deccan Herald, Damodar Agrawal, May 11, 2006)
Judges are not mere ‘service providers’. No mercenary interpretation of their high office will do any good to us
- Sonia Is Their Problem (Deccan Herald, B K Chandrashekar, May 11, 2006)
The Ordinance contemplated by the Government to protect MPs against disqualification, they charged, was meant to save Sonia's membership.
- Sensex Crosses 12600-Mark (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
Led by banking and metals counters, shares on Wednesday made a handsome rally, pushing the Bombay Stock Exchange sensitive index (Sensex) sharply up by 98.52 points to close at a new peak of 12,612.38 on persistent buying by foreign funds and well . . .
- Who Will Be The Top Gun? (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, May 11, 2006)
Musharaff claims to be negotiating a deal with Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto
- Bilateral Ftas Harm Small Nations: Lamy (Hindu, Sushma Ramchandran, May 11, 2006)
`WTO talks not yet in the red part of the red zone'
- Pitroda Meets Pm Amid Rift On Obc Quota (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
Sam Pitroda and other members of the Knowledge Commission, which is divided on the controversial issue of OBC quota in premier government-run higher educational institutions such as IITs and IIMs, today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
- Maharashtra Minister Gets 1-Month Jail (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
The Supreme Court today sentenced Maharashtra Transport Minister Swaroop Singh Nayak and state Additional Chief Secretary Ashok Khot to one-month simple imprisonment for violation of court orders.
- India May Soon Get Oz Uranium (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
Australia would consider selling uranium to India and may change its rules banning such exports to countries that have not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, a media report said here on Thursday.
- Sonia Set To Win Rae Bareli Bypoll (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
Congress President Sonia Gandhi has established a lead of nearly three lakh votes over her nearest Samajwadi Party rival Raj Kumar Chowdhury in the prestigious Rae Bareli bypoll, improving her margin from the 2004 Lok Sabha elections by almost 50,000 vote
- Putin Calls For Strong Army (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , May 11, 2006)
President Vladimir Putin has called for a dramatic defence buildup to enable Russia to resist external threats and pressure.
- India Invited To Sri Lanka Donors Meet (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, May 11, 2006)
Japan's special envoy for the Sri Lankan peace process Yasushi Akashi on Wednesday said India had been invited to attend this month's donors' conference in Tokyo.
- Israeli Threat To Hamas On Borders (Hindu, Atul Aneja , May 11, 2006)
Accept terms and resume talks, Palestinian group told
- India To Make U.N. Rights Council A Strong Body (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
The election is a recognition of the country's "diplomatic standing," says the Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson
The council has 47 members
India's solidarity with G-77, NAM key to garnering votes
Council's first meeting to be held on . . .
- Learning, Language And Literacy (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
An examination of the role of literacy in the study of language and the learning process, and in the development and democratisation of societies.
- A New Equation (Frontline, Deb Mukharji, May 11, 2006)
Indo-Nepal relations must evolve from one of largely personal linkages to one truly between two sovereign states.
- For Lasting Peace (Frontline, Kanak Mani Dixit, May 11, 2006)
The people and the political players pull Nepal back from the brink, with some help from India; now it is time to let the U.N. to play its part.
- Indian Flip-Flop (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, May 11, 2006)
The Indian government managed to retain some credibility by going with popular sentiments despite its slipshod initial reaction.
- B Raman: Should We Believe General Malik? (Rediff on the Net, B Raman, May 11, 2006)
The perennial debate over the functioning of the intelligence agencies between the Indian Army and the agencies has once again been revived following the publication by General Ved Prakash Malik, the Chief of the Army Staff at the time of the . . .
- The Freelance Jihadis (OutLook, B. Raman , May 11, 2006)
They are not members of any identified jihadi terrorist organisation. They are not brainwashed into resorting to suicide terrorism by any organisation or madrasa or religious cleric or state-sponsor of terrorism. They are just angry. Very angry.
- Fears Of A Drought (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, May 11, 2006)
Pakistan faces a treat of a drought hitting hard the kharif crops, cotton and rice in particular, warns the meteorological department.
- Five Cops Abducted By Maoists In Nepal (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
Maoist rebels abducted at least five policemen patrolling a highway in southern Nepal, police said on Wednesday.
- Demands On A Fast Growing Economy (News International, Editorial, The News International, May 11, 2006)
While the government has avoided levying heavy taxes over the last few years, unforeseen factors such as the unprecedented hike in international oil prices, the sharp rise in the demand of essential items as compared to their supply in . . .
- Pml-N To List Govt Employees Aiding Poll Rigging (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has said it will prepare lists of all those government employees, including military personnel, who, they believed, will become tools for rigging in the next general elections while performing duties.
- Taliban's Target (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, May 11, 2006)
The kidnapping and killing of the Indian telecom engineer is another warning from the Taliban against the Indian presence in Afghanistan.
- Galvanise The State (Pioneer, Upendra Sarup, May 11, 2006)
This has reference to the article, "Freedom to be corrupt" (April 11), by Bharat Jhunjhunwala.
- Pdp Wants Militants To Declare Ceasefire (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
Hoping that the Hurriyat Conference will attend the second roundtable conference here later this month, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged all militant organisations operating in Jammu and Kashmir to declare a ceasefire.
- Tea Growers Get Relief Under Price Band (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
Band is calculated on the basis of seven years' moving average
- An Enormous Wheel Of International Deceit (The Financial Express, Vikram S Mehta, May 11, 2006)
Globalisation and technology have also fuelled international criminal enterprise on a huge scale
- Regulator For Rehabilitation (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 11, 2006)
The Supreme Court’s decision not to deliver an interim order, which would stay the ongoing work on raising the height of the Sardar Sarovar dam from 110.64 metres to 121.92 meters, smacks of inconsistency.
- Caviar For The Masses (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 11, 2006)
Caviar is likely to be dearer this year, never mind reduced rates for hospitality and entertainment under the fringe benefits tax (FBT)! This is because only Iran has got the go-ahead to export its quota of the prized delicacy from the Caspian Sea.
- Lessons From La Paz (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 11, 2006)
Should events in far off Bolivia be of any concern to us in India? On the face of it, no. Even in a globalising world, where we’d like to proclaim the end of geography and talk of the global village, proximity does make a difference.
- Chill-Out Time On Gulmarg Heights (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, May 11, 2006)
Year-old cable car service turns a big tourist draw
- No Pullout, Please (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 11, 2006)
Terrorism must end before troops can be withdrawn
- Putin Pledge To Know India, China & Usa Better (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
Russia would expand its interaction and cooperation with India, China and the USA, which remain its “key” partners in ensuring global security and stability, President Vladimir Putin said here today.
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