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Articles 15621 through 15720 of 53943:
- Too Early To Celebrate, But There's Hope (Deccan Herald, Utpal Borpujari, May 02, 2006)
When K Asif’s masterpiece Mughal-e-Azam and Akbar Khan’s damp squib Taj Mahal — An Eternal Love Story were released in Pakistan over the last few days, they marked the first commercial release of Indian films in Pakistan since the 1965 war, if one . . .
- The Essential Galbraith (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 02, 2006)
Ideas live longer than men. So with John Kenneth Galbraith, whose ideas defined debate about money and power in the US and, indeed, much of the world in the 60s and 70s.
- The Elixir Of Life (Hindu, G. S. GANESH PRASAD, May 02, 2006)
Sustainable development and resource management for drinking, domestic, irrigation and industrial purposes have acquired an important position in the overall water resource programme of India.
- The Forgotten Stronghold (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 02, 2006)
Waziristan is one of the most dangerous places in the world where the Taliban rule the roost
- Back To The Security Council (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, May 02, 2006)
The united states will begin a long, difficult and possibly unsuccessful campaign this week to persuade the U.N. Security Council to order an end to Iran's nuclear program -- even though Iran's president has already said the regime does "not give a . . .
- The Case Against Sanctions On Iran (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 02, 2006)
As expected, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, has issued a report citing Iran's non-compliance with the requests of both the IAEA's board of governors and the United Nations Security Council, and . . .
- India Wants To Work With Pakistan Against Taliban (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, May 01, 2006)
India on Sunday described the killing of an Indian engineer, K. Suryanarayan, in Afghanistan as an act of terror and said it wanted to work with Pakistan to neutralise the Taliban militants.
- Kashmir Issue To Be Discussed With Pm On May 3: Aphc (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 01, 2006)
Leaders of the All-Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) plan to discuss various solutions that could settle the Kashmir issue during their meeting with the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, in Delhi on May 3.
- Reds Waiting In The Wings (Pioneer, Ajoy Bose, May 01, 2006)
Nepal's Maoists have been presented with an unprecedented challenge and opportunity.
- Petroleum Ministry To Decontrol Ongc’S Crude Oil Sales (Indian Express, Balaji Chandramouli, May 01, 2006)
Oil & Natural Gas Corp is headed for windfall gains with the Petroleum Ministry planning to allow the crude oil producer to sell its entire output from Mumbai High (MH) field to state-run refineries through auction.
- Too Good? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, May 01, 2006)
Of late three developments have taken place concerning the restoration of popular rule in Pakistan.
- Iran To Deal With Iaea, Not Unsc (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 01, 2006)
Iran promised today it would show ‘‘maximum cooperation’’ with a probe into its nuclear programme on condition the case was dealt with by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and not the UN Security Council.
- Unsc Resolution On Iran 'Dangerous': China Ambassador (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 01, 2006)
It could be "dangerous" to introduce a UN Security Council resolution to force Iran to halt uranium enrichment activities, the Chinese ambassador to the UN has said here.
- Price Of Life (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, May 01, 2006)
Tragedies inevitably if unfortunately engender recycling of conventional wisdom. So, when news broke on Sunday late morning that Surayanarayan, the Indian telecom engineer, has been murdered by that group of murderous thugs, the Taliban, two questions....
- Visiting Pakistan To Defreeze Siachen (Daily Excelsior, Atul, May 01, 2006)
It now looks certain that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit Islamabad before the summer is out; it is in a sense returning Gen Pervez Musharraf’s visit to Delhi in April 2005 actually on a self-invitation to watch the . . .
- Farmers Driven To Suicide (Tribune, Suraj Bhan Dahiya, May 01, 2006)
Punjab, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, the prosperous states with a rich output of food as well as commercial crops, industrially vibrant, politically aware, technologically and financially up-to date
- Out Of Power (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 01, 2006)
Shortage spells doom for growth ---- The severe power shortage in northern States could have been dismissed as a regular occurrence every summer when demand far outstrips supply but for the fact that the situation this April is more grim than in the previ
- Rewards And Brickbats For Ifs Officers (Daily Excelsior, N.B. Menon , May 01, 2006)
India’s 26th foreign secretary, Shyam Saran, will be demitting office in June. He has been a "crisis manager" ever since foreign minister K. Natwar Singh was forced to quit the office following the Volcker report.
- Outrage In Afghanistan (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 01, 2006)
The Taliban thugs have done it again. They have killed the Indian engineer, K. Suryanarayana, whom they had abducted on Friday.
- Nuclear Cloud Over South Asia (Times of India, Maleeha Lodhi, May 01, 2006)
The political environment in South Asia is marked by an ambience of hope and anticipation.
- Lankan Govt To Seek India's Support (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 01, 2006)
With the Sri Lanka peace process under threat due to escalation of violence, the island nation is sending a senior minister here this week to seek India's "political" support for revival of the dialogue process between the government and LTTE.
- Initial Mess (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 01, 2006)
The Securities and Exchange Board of India’s most recent revelations indicate that almost every institution involved in the initial public offering process had thrown away the rule-book in its zeal to grab a share of the business.
- Impact Of Iran’S Russian Missile Defence Deal (Tribune, Rosa Brooks, May 01, 2006)
Let me tell you about the next war. It will start sooner than you think — sometime between now and September. And it will be precipitated by the $700 million Russian deal this week to sell Tor M1 air defense missile systems to Iran.
- "Discovery Of A Century" In Tamil Nadu (Hindu, T.S. Subramanian, May 01, 2006)
A Neolithic stone celt with the Indus Valley script has been discovered by a school teacher, V. Shanmuganathan, in a village called Sembian-Kandiyur near Mayiladuthurai in Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu.
- Telling The Taliban (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 01, 2006)
The Taliban’s brutal killing of K. Suryanarayan, an Indian telecommunications engineer working for a Bahrainian company in Afghanistan, is a test of Delhi’s political resolve.
- Taliban Behead Indian Engineer Before Deadline (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, May 01, 2006)
The black visage of the Taliban was waved to India again today as the terrorist outfit jumped their own deadline and killed their captive K. Suryanarayan, the second Indian worker to be killed in Afghanistan in less than six months.
- Shackled Ombudsman (Tribune, S.S. Chahar, May 01, 2006)
With the passing of the Lokayukta Bill by the State Assembly decks were cleared for the appointment of a Lokayukta in Haryana, for independent enquiry and investigations into allegations of corruption and grievances against public servants.
- China's New Push On The African Continent (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, May 01, 2006)
Hu Jintao's three-nation Africa tour to Morocco, Nigeria, and Kenya might have received only a sliver of the international limelight his much-heralded visit to the United States generated a week earlier, but in China itself...
- Narmada: The Cost Of Delaying Rehabilitation (Hindu, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, May 01, 2006)
The Supreme Court judgment of October 2000 reiterated a clear link between rehabilitation and construction for the future. That is now sought to be changed.
- Alternative Approaches To West Asian Crises (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, May 01, 2006)
Given the linkages, prioritisation would need to be eschewed in favour of parallel and simultaneous progress on Palestine, Iraq, and Iran.
- Significance Of Mayiladuthurai Find (Hindu, T.S. Subramanian, May 01, 2006)
Links between Harappa and Neolithic Tamil Nadu
- Nearly 40 Indians Being Deported From Dubai (Hindu, Atul Aneja , May 01, 2006)
Nearly 40 Indian workers are being deported following the violent protest on Wednesday night involving nearly 2,000 workers at a prominent construction area in the city.
- Trai Revises Data Submission Schedule (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 01, 2006)
Reverses decision on BSNL request
- Governments To Aid Engineer's Family (Hindu, Special Correspondent, Hindu, May 01, 2006)
Rajasekhara Reddy visits the victim's house; says he will personally assure the family's well-being
- Iran Refuses To Blink (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 01, 2006)
With Iran refusing to meet a gun-to-its-head `deadline' to suspend its uranium enrichment activities, the debate over sanctions is virtually guaranteed to flare up again in the United Nations Security Council.
- Maoists Urged To Come For Talks (Hindu, Ameet Dhakal, May 01, 2006)
Koirala appeals to global community to support Nepal in rehabilitation, reconstruction
- The New Wto Mid-June `Deadline' (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , May 01, 2006)
Having been through the complex maze of setting deadlines and seeing them missed, there is now no one view about the setting of deadlines as far as the Doha negotiations are concerned. On farm issues, the current state of play does not inspire . . .
- Deconstructing The Policy Prescription (The Financial Express, Saumitra Chaudhuri, May 01, 2006)
On April 21, 2006 in the run-up to the IMF meeting, finance ministers and central bank governors of the G-7 countries issued a statement that bears scrutiny.
- Cornering Iran (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 01, 2006)
The escalating international brawl we are seeing is not between the US and Iran, even though the former may be taking the lead in pointing fingers at Tehran’s nuclear activities.
- Start Of A Long Road (The Financial Express, RAM UPENDRA DAS, May 01, 2006)
Recently, India and Pakistan decided to explore enhancing our exports of sugar and tea to Pakistan and imports of molasses from there to India. These discussions at the Safta trade ministers’ meet in Dhaka have several important implications.
- Regulation Must Target Market Cynicism (Hindu, C. R. L. Narasimhan, May 01, 2006)
Unscrupulous practices dampen genuine retail investor interest in IPOs
One only hopes the market participants and investors — even the most hardened cynics among them — see the true meaning of the regulatory action.
- Welcome Step (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 01, 2006)
Pakistan’s reported willingness to consider expanding the list of items that can be imported from India comes as a breath of fresh air. For too long has bilateral trade been hostage to political compulsions.
- Abducted Engineer Killed By Taliban (Hindu, Special Correspondent, Hindu, May 01, 2006)
"It is obvious abductors did not want to negotiate"
Suryanarayana was killed before Indian team reached Kabul
Government views the Taliban as a terrorist organisation
Measures to increase security for Indians in Afghanistan
- Will An Oil Boycott Work? (Business Line, C. Gopinath , May 01, 2006)
Could boycotting one top oil company offer solution to runaway petrol prices? Unlikely. Alternative sources of energy need to be aggressively pursued. Lifestyle changes need to be made. Governments need to set taxes at a level that would alter . . .
- A Friend Of India (Hindu, Harish Khare , May 01, 2006)
Very few Americans have endeared themselves to Indians. John Kenneth Galbraith was an honourable exception.
- Is There A Way Out In Sri Lanka? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 01, 2006)
A movement of the Tamils that began in the early 1970s against discrimination evolved into a violent armed struggle for independence by the mid 1980s, led by Velupillai Prabhakaran’s Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
- Developing Countries Square Off At Wto Talks (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 01, 2006)
Thailand led calls on Friday for limits on what products developing country importers may keep under high levels of protection after a global free trade deal.
- Consulate Services Hit (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 01, 2006)
The Indian Consulate in Dubai has admitted that services to the roughly one million Indians in the United Arab Emirates have been crippled by acute shortage of staff.
- Collage Of Dances (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , May 01, 2006)
The World Dance Day celebrations at Alliance was a vibrant coming together of Indian dance forms from Kathak to Somana Kunita
- Speak In One Voice (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, May 01, 2006)
The debate over reservation of seats in institutes of excellence has brought into the open differences within the Union cabinet on this controversial subject.
- Subterfuge Over Iran's Centrifuges (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, May 01, 2006)
Iran is years from building an atomic bomb, if that's what it really wants to do. But recent verbal threats and the pace of diplomacy in coming days indicate that the question of "an Iranian bomb" is coming to a head, with a peaceful conclusion in everyon
- Taliban Sets Deadline To Kill Hostage (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Saran rejects demand for pullout of Indian citizens from Afghanistan
- Taliban Abduct Indian Engineer In Afghanistan (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Apr 30, 2006)
Indian strategic interests received another setback in Afghanistan when a resurgent Taliban in an increasingly lawless country kidnapped yet another Indian and threatened to kill him by 6 pm tomorrow if all Indians did not leave Afghanistan till then.
- Hyderabad On A High (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
R Akhileshwari gives an insider’s view of the city of nawabs and wonders whether the argument that Hyderabad has ‘Bangalored’ Bangalore is nothing but fiction.
- Q&a: 'Bhasha Writers Are Closer To Indian Reality' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 30, 2006)
Krishna Sobti has enriched Hindi fiction with her path-breaking novels like Mitro Marjani and Ai Ladki. Whether it's the theme of Partition or a mother-daughter relationship, Sobti has brought them alive through her strikingly indivi-dual style of . . .
- Dalal Street Sees Crash And Rescue (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
The day after market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) indicted top brokers and bankers in the IPO scam, Dalal Street witnessed an opening plunge, a host of clarifications and a dramatic recovery.
- Behind The Scam (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 30, 2006)
In one of its sternest orders ever, the Security and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has barred 24 market participants from participating in the stock market for their role in the IPO scam.
- Boom Time For Medicare (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Apr 30, 2006)
As medical tourism looks set to expand further, India must make use of the opportunity while ensuring that it does not create a health divide.
India's tertiary healthcare sector is on the road to global fame.
- A Different Pain (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 30, 2006)
Pretending to be pregnant is one thing, being pregnant is another. Women have used the ruse of pregnancy for a variety of purposes, from smuggling rice on the trains of Bengal to killing the enemy with explosives strapped about their midriffs . . .
- Taliban Abduct Indian Engineer In Afghanistan (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Apr 30, 2006)
Indian strategic interests received another setback in Afghanistan when a resurgent Taliban in an increasingly lawless country kidnapped yet another Indian and threatened to kill him by 6 pm tomorrow if all Indians did not leave Afghanistan till then.
- Let’S All Share (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Apr 30, 2006)
But for a minor glitch, it could well be one of the best explained, best researched Sebi orders. Released late Thursday evening, this 94,473-word, 252-page order, that attempts to bring credibility and confidence in the capital markets, seeks to track . .
- Iran Won't Budge From N-Path (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
In an apparent bid to keep it's nuclear programme from coming to a sanctions vote in the UN Security Council, an Iranian nuclear official said Saturday that Tehran was ready for a conditional return to intrusive inspections but that . . .
- India Concerned As Taliban Threaten To Kill The Hostage (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Taliban militants will kill an Indian engineer being held hostage in southern Afghanistan if all Indians don’t leave Afghanistan within 24 hours, a purported spokesman for the insurgent group said on Saturday.
- Pakistan Matinee (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Apr 30, 2006)
An enforced 40-yr-drought has finally ended in Pakistan. Its people have been allowed to enjoy Indian films in theaters.
- Extremist Positions (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 30, 2006)
In Kerala, militant fundamentalism is now hogging the inviting political space that the two coalition fronts have kept open, for a legitimacy that it never managed to have before.
- Facts Still Incomplete And No One Knows Why (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Apr 30, 2006)
The way television channels have hyped the attack on Pramod Mahajan and his subsequent hospitalization for two days… crossed the limits of sanity.
- Sri Lankan Foreign Minister To Visit India (Indian Express, Rajeev Bhattacharyya, Apr 30, 2006)
Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera is expected to visit India on May 7, at a time when India is looking with concern at the escalation of violence in the neighbouring country.
- Yechury Wants Maoists To Help Build New Nepal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Describes three-month ceasefire as positive
- Nepal Events Overtake India (Deccan Herald, N J Nanporia , Apr 30, 2006)
Before and after King Gyanendra took over in Kathmandu New Delhi has been diligently “waiting and watching” the developing crisis in that unhappy country. And now it transpires that it hasn’t watched hard enough and has waited for too long.
- Life In Jail Is Enlightening, A Journey Within (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 30, 2006)
Six days after getting bail in a disproportionate assets case, Mumbai’s supercop Daya Nayak had an “encounter” with R Venkatesh of Deccan Herald.
- The Role Of Arcadia (Telegraph, AMIT CHAUDHURI, Apr 30, 2006)
The Oxford Tagore Translations, whose general editor is Sukanta Chaudhuri, gives us pause, and a renewed opportunity to take stock of the achievement and its historical moment.
- Book Rack (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Irwin Allan Sealy (Picador, Rs 465) A kaleidoscope of colour, billed as an alphabet, and narrated by the nameless ‘N’ - a writer who lives in the foothills of the Himalayas - Red is at once a love story and a story about the love of art, about life . . .
- U.S. Came Close To Declaring Pakistan A "Terrorist" State In 1992 (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Apr 30, 2006)
Letter blamed Islamabad for supporting militants in India
Letter talked of the complicity of ISI and Army in training terrorists
Pakistan warned that it would be listed among State sponsors of terrorism
A meeting in 1992 resolved to further . . .
- Iran Will Master Nuclear Technology At Any Cost, Declares . . . (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Apr 30, 2006)
Top official says country pursuing advanced uranium enrichment
- Treat Women As Equals (Tribune, S. Karam Singh, Apr 30, 2006)
Woman has given birth to scientists, scholars, saints, seers and soldiers. However, her very existence has been subjected to critical evaluation since the very inception of human race. Unfortunately, muscle power has taken precedence over emotional . . .
- Affirmative Action Not At The Pvt Sector’S Cost (Deccan Herald, Anant R Koppar, Apr 30, 2006)
"In Malaysia of 1970s, locals were given education and brought on par with Chinese & Indian immigrants"
- Quantum Leap In It Exports By Andhra Pradesh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
STPI sets itself an ambitious target of Rs. 18,000 cr.
- Bush Says Diplomacy With Iran Has Just Started (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
US President George W Bush said that diplomacy aimed at halting Iran's nuclear program has only just begun and a top aide said the world must prepare to impose targeted sanctions on Tehran.
- Stage Set For Iran-West Confrontation (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
The stage is set for a major confrontation between the West and Iran after the IAEA said that the Gulf nation had failed to comply with a UN deadline to halt uranium enrichment and the US asserted that it would seek sanctions to deny Teheran military . .
- Signs Of Sunrise (Frontline, P. Sunderarajan , Apr 30, 2006)
Fresh incentives and a series of policy initiatives from the Ministry of Textiles have brightened the growth prospects of the textile industry.
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