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- Accused Must Be Booked For Trafficking Also (Tribune, Ruchika M. Khanna, May 05, 2006)
The brutal murder of 14-year-old Tripta (name changed) from Jharkhand, in a non- descript village of Jind, hit the national headlines recently. Her “owner” beheaded her when she refused to bow before his lustful desires.
- Global Warming Unprecedented In 20,000 Years (Tribune, Steve Connor, May 05, 2006)
Global warming is made worse by man-made pollution and the scale of the problem is unprecedented in at least 20,000 years, according to a draft report by the world’s leading climate scientists.
- Lend Lease (Times of India, SWAGATO GANGULY, May 05, 2006)
Mao Zedong may have been a fire-breathing revolutionary, but he proved far-sighted in one respect. When the People's Liberation Army was routing its enemies across mainland China in 1949, he didn't order them into Hong Kong.
- Books For Money (Times of India, Oindrila Mukherjee, May 05, 2006)
First James Frey, and now Kaavya Viswanathan. How many readers out there were convinced, not so long ago, that agents and publishers would ensure against writers cheating us? Since books have been written, the myth of the writer has grown.
- Root Of Insecurity (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 05, 2006)
The seed of defence brings offence. I want physical security; I create a sovereign government, which necessitates armed forces, which means war, which destroys security.
J Krishnamurti
- Love Is The Undying Flame That Sets Life Aglow (Times of India, AVATAR MEHER BABA, May 05, 2006)
Of the forces that can best overcome all difficulties, love is the most potent force because the greatest law of God is love, which holds the key to all problems.
- Medha Approaches Nhrc (Tribune, Vibha Sharma, May 05, 2006)
Terming the displacement of thousands of persons in the Narmada valley by the Sardar Sarovar Dam an “abuse of human rights”, Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader Medha Patkar today asked National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman A. S. Anand . . .
- The Pauperisation Of Palestinians (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, May 05, 2006)
The Western campaign to starve the Palestinians into submission is a losing gambit.
- Serious About Educating Rita (Indian Express, Ashok Ganguly, May 05, 2006)
am strongly of the opinion that women should have the same facilities as men and even special facilities where necessary — so observed Mahatma Gandhi while making an impassioned plea for according a special emphasis on educating the girl child as . . .
- Record Numbers (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 05, 2006)
A good show by India Inc, but some worry ahead
- Dialogue Of Religions (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 05, 2006)
In this strife-torn age, humankind is ultimately faced with two choices, dialogue or death
- Several Targets For Arjun’S Broken Arrow (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, May 05, 2006)
HRD minister’s quota card was less a joker than a calculated ploy to improve his own lot and, via Assembly elections two years hence in Madhya Pradesh, that of his son
- Metro Plus Rapid Bus Transit (Deccan Herald, Asha Krishnaswamy, May 05, 2006)
Curitiba, with a population exceeding 1.7 million, has one car for every three inhabitants — the second largest car per capita figure in Brazil. But its auto fuel consumption per capita is the lowest among Brazil’s cities, thanks to the integrated . . .
- Seeking Progress On All Fronts (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 05, 2006)
The people of Darfur need much more than aid. They need protection on the ground and they need peace, not just on paper but implemented and enforced throughout each and every village across the region.
- Kargil And Questions Of War (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 05, 2006)
Was the Kargil war the outcome of just intelligence failure?
- Indian Security Presence In Afghanistan (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, May 05, 2006)
The U.S. and Britain have hitherto been averse to any role for India — in deference to Pakistani sensitivities. Why, now, a change of heart?
- Dangers Of Saltoro Pull-Back (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, May 05, 2006)
There are indications that New Delhi is negotiating with Pakistan to pull back Indian forces from the strategic heights of Saltoro Range and establish an extensive demilitarised zone. But there should be no question of a pull-back from positions . . .
- Battling The Ego (Deccan Herald, Swami Sukhabodhananda, May 05, 2006)
What is the role of effort in enlightenment? Enlightenment is true freedom.
- Practice Of Devotion (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Teachers and scriptures can stimulate spiritual awareness to drive home the purpose of life — God realisation — and also the means to attain the goal.
- Bjp, Aiadmk Have Secret Pact: Brinda Karat (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Says Jayalalithaa is not attacking BJP, RSS, due to this
Describes AIADMK Government as anti-poor, anti-peasant, anti-Dalit"
Praises DMK's election promise of subsidised rice
- Nurturing A Child Prodigy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 05, 2006)
The saga of the wonder boy Budhia Singh — symbolised by visuals of prodigious talent as well as end-game exhaustion — is at once moving and worrisome.
- Mysore Selected For Centre's Tourism Development Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
The city will receive Rs. 50 crore for development
Comprehensive action plan to develop Mysore as a tourist destination to be prepared shortly
A meeting with environmentalists and elected representatives on the proposed plan to be held soon
Minister
- Forgotten War (Times of India, Ranjan Roy, May 05, 2006)
It's a fact often forgotten in the din of recons-truction and obscured by the confetti of celebration.
- Snap Poll In Singapore (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, May 05, 2006)
The May 6 election is viewed as an exercise in the politics of stability.
- Help Workers Cast Their Votes, Intuc Tells Ec (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Unorganised sector should be given wages as compensation
- `Insist On E-Waste Disposal Facilities For Approving It Parks' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Information Technology (IT) parks should have e-waste disposal facilities.
- Japan Bank Governor Visits Metro (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
The Governor of the Japan Bank of International Cooperation (JBIC), Kyosuke Shinozawa, on Thursday visited the Delhi Metro railway and spent about an hour on the system during which he travelled from Central Secretariat to Rajiv Chowk and back.
- Indian-Origin Sunita Williams To Make Maiden Space Expedition (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
She will serve as a flight engineer on NASA's six-month mission
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 05, 2006)
A sentence in the lead story "Pramod Mahajan loses battle for life" (May 4, 2006, page 1) read:
- Over 5,000 Police Personnel To Be Deployed For Elections (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Around 140 booths identified as sensitive; flag march held at Namakkal
- Washington Still Needs Islamabad (Hindu, Simon Tisdall, May 05, 2006)
When america's world changed after 9/11, President Pervez Musharraf adapted faster than most. He severed Pakistan's official links with the Taliban, backed the U.S. war on terror, and set about taming lawless tribal areas abutting the Afghan border. Gen.
- Us Body Seeks ‘Aggressive Action’ Against S. Arabia: Pakistan Cited Among ‘Religious Freedom Violators’ (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
A US Congress-mandated commission urged the government to take ‘aggressive action’ against Saudi Arabia for alleged religious freedom violations and warned that religious rights were under threat in Iraq and Afghanistan.
- New Frontline In The War On Terror (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
As hideouts go, the Shawal Valley in northern Pakistan is a militant's dream.
- Pak-Afghan Meeting Held On Enhancing Border Patrol (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Pakistani and Afghan military officials met for two weeks in March for a US-sponsored seminar in Germany to discuss better ways to patrol Pak-Afghan complex border, a rugged tribal area that harbours terrorist fighters, said a statement by US . . .
- Sabre-Rattling Against Iran Unlikely To Succeed (Hindu, Tariq Ali, May 04, 2006)
Ringed by nuclear states, Teheran's atomic programme is scarcely unreasonable. So why has Washington manufactured this crisis?
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 04, 2006)
Two articles — "India Inc., liberalisation, and social responsibility" by Sushma Ramchandran (Editorial page, April 25, 2006) and "The ideological debate in China" by Pallavi Aiyar (Op-Ed, April 25, 2006), have a reader asking: Ms. Ramachandran . . .
- Earthquake Hits Tonga, Tsunami Warning Issued (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
An earthquake measuring 8.1 on the Richter scale hit Tonga islands, US Geological Survey (USGS) said on Wednesday. A tsunami warning was issued for Tonga, Fiji, New Zealand and other South Pacific States.
- Nepal's Monarchy At A Crossroads (Hindu, Ameet Dhakal, May 04, 2006)
Nepal's reinstated House of Representative passed a unanimous resolution on Sunday to go for constituent assembly elections to draft a new constitution. Will ballot power overthrow the 237-year old monarchy?
- Sebi’S Order Is Too Hasty (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 04, 2006)
On the controversy regarding Karvy Stock-broking Ltd, the major question is how far the purpose of dematerialisation has been served and what other ills have come to the surface.
- Must Be Nipped In The Bud (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , May 04, 2006)
IMF's bid for `multilateral consultations'
The proposal to turn the IMF into a virtual Fiscal and Monetary Security Council will give it a more pervasive character, adding, significantly and disturbingly, to its considerable clout. It is a mystery . . .
- Teheran Gives Out Mixed Signals On Nuclear Issue (Hindu, Atul Aneja , May 04, 2006)
Gulf nations mull plans to cope with radiation hazard
- Iran Enriches Uranium No Danger To Neighbours, It Says (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Iran announced that it had enriched uranium to a higher level than before, though not beyond the range required for reactor fuel, as a leading nuclear official tried to reassure neighbouring countries that Tehran's nuclear programme posed no danger.
- Pressure In The Pipeline (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 04, 2006)
The low price of gas is given as the reason for Iran not wanting to go through with the deal, but is there more to it?
- A Big Face-Lift Plan For Jama Masjid Area (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has informed the High Court that it has prepared a Rs. 94-crore project to re-develop the historic Jama Masjid and its surrounding areas as an international tourist site.
- India, Pak To Start New Bus Service (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Sustaining the process of peace and confidence-building along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, India and Pakistan on Wednesday decided to start a second cross-LoC bus service from June 19.
- One Dish Haunts Nation (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 04, 2006)
May 2 was yet another ‘memorable’ day in the parliamentary history of the country when lawmakers from both sides showed rare unanimity in allowing introduction of an amendment Bill envisaging grant of permission for one dish on the occasion of marriages.
- Ipo Demat Scam And Retail Reservation (The Financial Express, PRITHVI HALDEA, May 04, 2006)
The scam is not about malpractices by millions of investors but about the lack of due diligence
- Changing Geo-Politics Of Central Asia & India (Daily Excelsior, Sudhanshu Tripathi, May 04, 2006)
The Central Asian region is one of the most prominent socio-political cultural units in the contemporary world. Its location in the middle of Islamic, Christian and Buddhist radicalized civilizations makes the region as the most convenient transit . . .
- Components Of A Miracle That Is Attainable (The Financial Express, JAYANTA ROY, May 04, 2006)
Why we need high and sustained growth and what we need to do to make this happen
- Time Is Running Out For Tehran (Pioneer, Pyotr Romanov, May 04, 2006)
The US war against Saddam Hussein in Iraq was a precursor to the eventual or inevitable conflict with Iran, says Pyotr Romanov
- We Need More Education (Pioneer, JS Rajput, May 04, 2006)
The primacy of the HRD Ministry in attracting media attention remains unchallenged. Moving ahead from 27.5 per cent reservation for OBCs, it has embarked upon 100 per cent teacher recruitment in the institutions of higher learning.
- Grooming Budhia (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 04, 2006)
Five-year-old Budhia Singh had already become a celebrity before Tuesday when he qualified for an entry in the Limca Book of Records by running 65 kilometres in seven hours and two minutes.
- Consensus Crucial (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 04, 2006)
Nobody with a modicum of common sense would oppose a settlement of the debilitating dispute over Siachen, yet there is scope for disquiet at the series of “leaks” suggesting that an accord is imminent.
- Pramod Was A Caring, Generous Friend (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, May 04, 2006)
When the mission in Cairo was informed that a parliamentary delegation would be visiting Egypt, a collective groan went up.
- Young Americans Geographically Challenged (Statesman, Andrew Buncombe, May 04, 2006)
The US may be the world’s only true superpower but global domination does not equal global knowledge.
- Obituary: Pramod Mahajan (Statesman, Pramod Mahajan, May 04, 2006)
A strategist & an expert organiser
An iconoclast till his last day, Pramod represented that new breed of hyperactive “Gen next” eager to make an impact at the centre-stage of the national politics.
- Ceasefire Ceases (Statesman, Sam Rajappa, May 04, 2006)
The suicide attack on the Sri Lankan Army Commander, Lt.-Gen. Sarath Fonseka, on 25 April, by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, marks the end of the 2002 Ceasefire Agreement between the government and the militant organisation.
- The Saltoro Range (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, May 04, 2006)
There has been significant progress in recent months in expanding cooperation and reducing tensions between India and Pakistan, despite continuing incidents of ISI- sponsored terrorism.
- Child Called Budhia (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 04, 2006)
THIS should rank as the most well-documented case of child abuse. The way hundreds of TV cameras whirred and people jostled to pat Budhiya, all of four and a half years, as he ran 65 km from Puri to Bhubaneswar and all but collapsed, one could not . . .
- For The Record (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 04, 2006)
Four-year-old Buddhia Singh of Orissa will make to the Limca Book of Records for running all of 65 kms in conditions most oppressive.
- Brute Force (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 04, 2006)
Even a minor incident involving violence in Gujarat rings alarm bells. This is related to the track record of Mr Narendra Modi’s government in quelling violence through effective administrative action.
- It Is A Personal Loss To Me, Says Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
A gem of a person: Shekhawat; a charismatic and youthful leader full of promise and energy, says Manmohan
- Petrol, Diesel And Cooking Gas Prices Likely To Go Up Soon (Hindu, SUSHMA RAMACHANDRAN , May 04, 2006)
Fall-out of sharp increases in global crude oil prices and under-recoveries by public sector oil companies
Kerosene may be spared price hike
Extent of increase likely to be a political decision
- Never Too Late (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 04, 2006)
The Bush administration's recent decision to place Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and Idara Khidmat-e-Khalq (IKK) in the Specially Designated Global Terrorist Designation (SDGT) category has not come too soon.
- Private Firms Eyeing Defence Sector (Tribune, P.K. Vasudeva, May 04, 2006)
THE Indian defence budget is estimated to cross $20 billion by 2008, and 26 per cent FDI inclination towards gradual indigenisation of defence supplies.
- Mahajan Passes Away (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Mr Pramod Mahajan, BJP General Secretary and former Union Minister for Telecommunications, Information Technology and Parliamentary Affairs, succumbed to the bullet injuries he sustained on April 22. The 56-year-old `Generation Next' leader of the . . .
- Tryst With A Man Of Destiny (Tribune, Ashok Kundra, May 04, 2006)
His visits to the city have sent me down the memory lane. I recall so vividly an encounter I had with him way back in 1964.
- High Risk Groups Pose Concern (Daily Excelsior, Arvinder Kaur, May 04, 2006)
The number of HIV infections in India are on the rise, and according to official figures, more than 5.2 million people are now thought to be living with the virus, the second largest number in any country after South Africa. That was an increase . . .
- India Seeks Human Rights Council Membership (Tribune, Tripti Nath, May 04, 2006)
Members of the United Nations in the race for the first election for membership of the newly established Human Rights Council, will face tough competition with revised requirement for absolute majority and reduced strength.
- Rescuing Doha Round (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 04, 2006)
Sunday was supposed to be the deadline for a breakthrough in the Doha round of global trade talks.
- Manmohan Urges Hurriyat To Propose Mechanism (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday night asked the Hurriyat Conference to suggest mechanism to address intractable issue of Kashmir.
- The Great Game In Afghanistan (Daily Excelsior, Indu Prakash Singh, May 04, 2006)
The 41-year-old telecom engineer from Hyderabad K. Suryanarayana was found beheaded in Afghanistan in a new Great Game in which tactics are becoming more cold-blooded and motives less concealed.
- Ban On Wedding Meals (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 04, 2006)
THAT the ruling party and opposition members of the National Assembly can come together on issues “of general public interest” was proved on Tuesday when a bill aimed at allowing the serving of one dish at weddings was supported by all.
- Indo-Thai Economic Ties To Get A Boost (Tribune, Manoj Kumar, May 04, 2006)
The economic and political ties between India and Thailand is likely to gain strength as the political uncertainty in Thailand is receding after Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s resignation early last month.
- Jaya Woos Voters With Gold (Tribune, Arup Chanda, May 04, 2006)
Andipatti in Tamil means “the land of paupers”. But being the Assembly constituency of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayaram Jayalalithaa it is now being turned into a land of gold.
- Rice: Be Ready For Changes In N-Deal (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, May 04, 2006)
The Bush administration, mindful of pressure from prominent members of the U.S. Congress, has reportedly indicated that India must be prepared to accept “amendments” to a civilian nuclear deal.
- Kathmandu Spring (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 04, 2006)
For a while during the past three weeks of turmoil in Nepal, observers would have been forgiven for thinking that the crisis had more to do with Indian domestic politics than with events in the Himalayan kingdom.
- Pipeline Uncertainty (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 04, 2006)
Iran is upset, but India badly needs Iran’s gas
- Body Blow (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 04, 2006)
Pramod Mahajan embodied the best, and worst, qualities of Generation Next in Indian politics. His death, at the age of 56, leaves the BJP crippled. Politics will miss him. Mahajan was representative of a generation in politics that valued efficiency . . .
- Food Is Medicine, Psychology And Status (Deccan Herald, N SHAKUNTALA MANAY, May 04, 2006)
The way food is offered says a whole lot about the personality of the person who is offering it.
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