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- Rangasamy Says He Owes It To Sonia (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
In her presence, urges voters to give Congress a second chance
- Who Is Afraid Of Peace With Pakistan? (Hindu, Harish Khare , Apr 26, 2006)
There is no dishonour in exploring the flexibility and leeway provided in the Constitution to satisfy the demand for self-governance in Kashmir.
- A People's Victory (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 26, 2006)
The announcement by King Gyanendra restoring Nepal's Parliament that was dissolved in 2002 is a historic victory for the country's pro-democracy movement.
- Service Tax On 15 New Services From May 1 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
Service tax will be levied on 15 new services, including ATM operations, internet telephony and credit/debit card related services from May 1, with the Finance Act receiving the President's assent.
- Use Of Force Against Tehran Can Exacerbate Tensions: India (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
Ahead of IAEA report to the UN Security Council on Iran nuclear issue, India today warned that confrontation or use of force against Tehran could only exacerbate tensions and should be avoided at all costs.
- 500 Explosive Coalfield Sites Under Maoist Threat, Cisf On High Alert (Pioneer, Satrajit Moitra, Apr 26, 2006)
Following Intelligence reports, an alert has been sounded at all the explosive godowns of various coalfields in the Maoist-dominated mining belt of West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh. The Central Industrial Security Force . . .
- Resurgent India Strikes Back With Confidence (Business Line, AJAY KHANNA, Apr 26, 2006)
Smart Indian companies are emerging as smart leaders to the world.
Just a decade ago, the idea of Indian manufacturers emerging as significant competitors in the global economy might have attracted some incredulity. Today, it has become a fact of life
- Justice Kohli Transferred To Jharkhand (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
A day ahead of peaceful polls, at least 32 persons, including twelve school going children, were injured in separate grenade incidents in Tral and Kupwara today, while as a trooper injured in Batmaloo blast on Monday night succumbed today in a hospital.
- Sublime To Ridiculous (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Apr 26, 2006)
The debate over the Hutch-Orascom deal and its implications for the Indian telecom company, Hutchison-Essar, has descended from the sublime to the ridiculous.
- Us Has Not Changed "Goalposts" In N-Deal With India: Mulford (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
The US has not changed its "goalposts" in the nuclear deal with India and did not see New Delhi's refusal to accept a provision barring further nuclear tests as an issue that could scuttle the landmark agreement.
- No Time To Despair (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Apr 26, 2006)
The continued impasse between key negotiators has made it clear that the April 30 deadline for World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks will not be met. WTO director-general Pascal Lamy has already admitted that it would be futile to hold a . . .
- X-En, Supplier Held By Svo (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
day ahead of peaceful polls, at least 32 persons, including twelve school going children, were injured in separate grenade incidents in Tral and Kupwara today, while as a trooper injured in Batmaloo blast on Monday night succumbed today in a hospital.
- The Dark Holds No Terrors (Hindu, Alladi Jayasri , Apr 26, 2006)
A mechanical engineer turned wildlife photographer, D.K. Bhaskar is the only Indian who's camera trapped the dark forests of the Amazon
- Ceramic Magic (Hindu, ATHREYA, Apr 26, 2006)
G. Reghu's ceramic sculptures display a façade of innocence, simplicity and playfulness and are characterised by great detail
- New Thrust In Indo-Pak Relations (Daily Excelsior, MAHENDRA VED, Apr 26, 2006)
There were reports that Omar Sharif, is a standup a Pakistani comedian will be directing a Bollywood film. Next month, breaking barriers- political, commercial and psychological-Pakistani cinemas will show three Indian films, including the 1960 . . .
- Will The Nawaz-Bb ‘London Plan’ Fly? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Apr 26, 2006)
After a two-hour meeting in London, Pakistan’s two exiled former prime ministers, Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, issued a statement calling for the ouster of President General Pervez . . .
- Digging Deep For Gold (Hindu, BAGESHREE S. , Apr 26, 2006)
A vintage music lovers' meet in the city was a revelation for those whose idea of golden oldies does not go beyond Mukesh
- Wolf By The Ears (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Apr 26, 2006)
From (James D.) Wolfensohn to (Paul) Wolfowitz — it is one unending saga. One does not know whether to laugh or cry at the World Bank, under the stewardship of these two in succession, taking up cudgels against corruption.
- Redlining And The Israeli Real Estate Industry (Jordan Times, Fred Schlomka, Apr 26, 2006)
The recent Israeli elections were followed by a number of pronouncements by US officials praising democracy in Israel.
- Not Enough, Say Ultras As Koirala Is Named Pm (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
The seven-party alliance on Tuesday chose Nepali Congress president Girija Prasad Koirala to head the all-party Government.
- What’S Really Missing In Our Infrastructure (The Financial Express, Janmejaya Sinha, Apr 26, 2006)
Education, safe property transactions and health care are just some needs that should be addressed
- India Not For Use Of Force Against Iran (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Apr 26, 2006)
"It can only exacerbate tensions in the region "
Values civilisational ties with Teheran
Issues should be resolved through dialogue
IAEA report to Security Council due on April 28
- People Power (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 26, 2006)
Historically, the English Revolution of 1640 decided the outcomes of all future conflicts between kings and their people.
- Why Globalisation Has Stalled (Tribune, Sebastian Mallaby, Apr 26, 2006)
A few years ago, anti-globalisation rioters were clogging the streets, disrupting the meetings of the world’s multilateral organizations. Today, something more serious is afoot.
- Why ‘Fade Away’? (Tribune, Lieut-Gen Vijay Oberoi (retd), Apr 26, 2006)
Gen Douglas Macarthur, a very famous General of the twentieth century, who served his country, the United States of America, with dedication and elan for over half a century, both in peace and war, had made a famous speech on April 19, 1951,
- Onus Of Tradition (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 26, 2006)
The Aligarh Muslim University has a rich legacy which it is unable to reconcile with modern reality. It began life as an institution dedicated to educating Muslims in English and in the Western sciences.
- Us Forces Launch Air Strike On Taliban (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
An air strike by U.S.-led forces killed three Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan, while another five were killed in a militant attack on a police station, officials said on Tuesday.
- Keeping The Beaches Clean (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 26, 2006)
IT IS rather tragic that about 300 school children who were due to participate in a beach-cleaning operation in Karachi on Saturday to commemorate Earth Day, were unable to do so because a city government squad demolished a camp set up by the . . .
- The Last Gasp Of A Monarch? (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Apr 26, 2006)
IT has been at least 20 days since the people of Kathmandu took to the streets and — surprise, surprise — their revolt against a degenerate, autocratic and anachronistic monarchy remains unlabelled.
- Victory Of The Nepali People, Says New Delhi (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
Without making any reference to Nepal’s King Gyanendra or the Maoists, India on Tuesday hailed the restoration of multi-party democracy and handing over of political power to the people calling it as a victory of the people of Nepal.
- Nawaz-Benazir Meeting (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 26, 2006)
Notwithstanding Sh Rashid Ahmad's observation that the London meeting between Mian Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto was a "shot in the air", it turned out to be more than a mere social get-together.
- Courtly Intrigues (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Apr 26, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi’s leadership style is proving costly for the Congress
- King Climbs Down (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 26, 2006)
In bowing to the force of popular pressure, announcing the revival of Parliament and paving the way for the Seven- Party Alliance (SPA) to form a government headed by Mr G.P. Koirala, King Gyanendra has only accepted the inevitable. When the monarch . . .
- Nepal Maoists Want "Unconditional" Elections (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Apr 26, 2006)
They denounce the King's revival of Parliament; SPA accused of betraying the people's movement by walking into the monarchy's trap
- Jayalalithaa's Charge Against Chidambaram (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
Chief Minister and AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa on Tuesday criticised Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram for exaggerating the Centre's assistance towards tsunami relief and rehabilitation.
- Aiadmk, Congress Lock Horns In Srivaikuntam (Hindu, R. Vimal Kumar, Apr 26, 2006)
The constituency has always witnessed a straight contest between Congress and DMK or AIADMK since its formation in 1957
- Tirumala Hills Excluded From Panchayat Polls (Hindu, M. Malleswara Rao, Apr 26, 2006)
State Government reissues order to protect their sanctity
Voters can exercise their franchise in Tirupati
Last year Tirumala village, an area of 27.5 sq. km, was declared a township of religious significance
- Nasscom For National Debate On Quota Policy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
"Reservation of jobs in the public sector has not achieved much in six decades. There is a need for a national debate on reservation in the private sector," according to NASSCOM president Kiran Karnik.
- King Sans Country (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 26, 2006)
Nepal continues to be a country with a king, but Gyanendra has become a king without a country. The message from the streets of Kathmandu has been emphatic; the Nepalese want a republic.
- Installed Capacity To Go Up By 32,000 Mw By 2007 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
Country's present installed capacity is 1,24,000 MW
International workshop on `IEC 61850' gets under way
Hundred 400-kV substations set up over the past year
First 800-kV substation to be in place by February
- Beyond Calculation (AL-Ahram, Editorial, Al Ahram, Apr 26, 2006)
The Middle East is racing towards yet another precipice beyond which lies a gaping unknown, and we might reach the edge sooner than expected.
- Do Not Attack Iran (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
Iran's announcement that it has enriched a minute amount of uranium has unleashed urgent calls for a preventive U.S. air strike by the same sources that earlier urged war on Iraq.
- Aiadmk Won't Find It Easy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
The ruling party's traditional edge in the south is likely to be offset by the strength of the DMK's allies
- Urban Pollution (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 25, 2006)
WHEN it comes to pollution, India’s small towns are not lagging behind the big ones,
reveal the findings of a major 10-year study on air pollution conducted by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE).
- Chief Minister Points To Veerappan's Death (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Union Ministers blocked all measures'
Lists achievements of her Government
Focuses on jobs to youth, women self-help groups
- Endgame In Nepal (Telegraph, Deb Mukharji, Apr 25, 2006)
The author is former ambassador to Nepal
Power to the people
The seven-party alliance in Nepal has done well so far to hold fast to its demands with continued rejection of the ‘offer’ from King Gyanendra to transfer executive power to a prime m
- American Empire-Ii (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 25, 2006)
Anatol Lieven in an article titled “The Empire Strikes Back” in The Nation offers a clue to the difference between the American imperialism of Clinton and that of Bush, a difference that is real but — like the relationships between nationalism . . .
- Good News (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 25, 2006)
The first set of corporate results has emphatically answered questions about why the stock market is where it is.
- Pakistan Damaged Kashmir Or Vice Versa? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Apr 25, 2006)
Syed Salahuddin, the Islamabad-based leader of Hizbul Mujahideen, the Indian-held Kashmir-based freedom-fighting militia, has said that Pakistan has caused “irreparable damage” to the cause of Kashmiri fighters by pursuing peace with India without . . .
- Shame At Sea (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 25, 2006)
It would be silly to go ballistic over the sinking of the INS Prahar after a collision with the infinitely larger MV Rajiv Gandhi of the Shipping Corporation of India some 25-30 nautical miles off Goa. Yet there can be no denying that a ship going . . .
- Pakistan, India To Hold N-Talks Today (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
The fourth round of expert-level talks on nuclear confidence-building measures (CBMs) between Pakistan and India will begin in Islamabad today (Tuesday), the Foreign Office said.
- Andipatti Voters Say Jaya Can Rest Easy (Deccan Herald, S Murari, Apr 25, 2006)
For Krishnaveni Ammal (82), Andipatti’s first legislator when it was a reserved constituency and a die-hard Congress supporter until the other day, this election is an occasion to repay her debt of gratitude to Chief Minister J Jayalalitha.
- Pessimistically Optimist (Tribune, Chetana Vaishnavi, Apr 25, 2006)
Life presents itself in different hues. Human mind also wavers accordingly and we become an optimist at times and a pessimist at other times. Thus, our behaviour is largely controlled by the situations around us.
- Oil At 75 Worries Fm (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said on Monday high global oil prices were a matter of concern, and that the government would tackle the issue at an "appropriate time".
- Bush’S Thousand Days (Indian Express, Arthur Schlesinger Jr, Apr 25, 2006)
The Hundred Days is indelibly associated with Franklin D Roosevelt and the Thousand Days with John F Kennedy.
- In Nepal, Novel Forms Of Protest And Familiar Ones Too (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Apr 25, 2006)
Free Students Union at the T.U. Teaching Hospital organised a referendum onganatantra,lokatantra, orrajtantra
- Pakistan Cool To Reel Diplomacy (Statesman, SANJAY SINGH, Apr 25, 2006)
As India takes the cinematic route to give a push to Indo-Pak ties, the Pakistan government appears cool to the peace effort.
- India Seeks German Investment (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
`The two countries should interlink their capability in energy security'
To enhance participation in infrastructure, manufacturing and hi-tech sectors
NEOMAN-Force Motors to set up joint venture
Indian Railways, Deutsche Bahn to step up cooperation
- Gyanendra Yields, Restores Parliament (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Nepal's embattled King Gyanendra on Monday reinstated the lower house of Parliament and offered solace for those killed in weeks of pro-democracy protests, hoping to avoid a bloody showdown between his security forces and demonstrators.
- Origin And Traditions Of Classical Music (Hindu, JAYA RAMANATHAN, Apr 25, 2006)
The 14 edifying essays that comprise this book written by stalwarts of music were first commissioned by the then chairman of the Sangeet Natak Akademi, Narayana Menon, in the mid-1980s when India was in the throes of international festivals.
- Financial Sector Developments (Hindu, A. Vasudevan, Apr 25, 2006)
Empirical treatment of the Indian stock markets and some major developments
- Privatize Iims And Iits (Daily Excelsior, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Apr 25, 2006)
Professors of IIMs and IITs are opposing the extension of reservation from present 27% to 49% as proposed by HRD Minister Arjun Singh. The basic question is of accountability.
- Shift Gears (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Apr 25, 2006)
Recent exchanges between New Delhi and Islamabad about the Kishanganga hydro power project in Baramulla district are for the first time laced with optimism.
- Ministry Of External Affairs X-Rayed (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Apr 25, 2006)
The blame game has started in the ministry of external affairs for the blotched policy formulation on Nepal and Indo-US nuclear deal. On both the fronts New Delhi is left with little option to manoeuvre out of the difficult situation as Kathmandu . . .
- U.S. Excited By India Trade, Despite Wto Woes (Reuters, Doug Palmer, Apr 25, 2006)
The United States expects economic ties with India to grow rapidly in the new few years, despite frustration that New Delhi has not been more helpful in world trade talks, a top U.S. trade official said on Monday.
- Seeing A Different Green (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Are we in such a state of dissonance with nature that we can't smell the green grass and wet earth? With Earth Day just gone by, Rakesh Mehar tries to get at the root of the matter
When people see one tree being cut, they don't realise the significance
- Hu Reaffirms China's Ties With Developing Nations (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Chinese President begins tour of African countries
- 4 Die In Lanka Violence, Ethnic Fears Rise (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Four people were shot dead in fresh Sri Lankan violence on Monday, while the killing of six Sinhalese farmers by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels the previous day raised fears of more ethnic riots.
- Germany Eyes Jvs With Indian Healthcare Sector (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
An 11-member delegation from the state of Bavaria, Germany, is presently here exploring possiblities of strengthening trade and economic ties in the pharmaceutical, Medical & healthcare sector and looking for partners, dealers and importers for . . .
- Checkmated King Rolls Dice Again (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Apr 25, 2006)
A 19-day “people’s war” by tens of thousands of unarmed Nepalis finally brought King Gyanendra on his heels, an achievement 10 years of an armed communist insurgency could not.
- India Inc., Liberalisation, And Social Responsibility (Hindu, Sushma Ramchandran, Apr 25, 2006)
Domestic industry cannot divorce itself from the social environment within the country. However, it may be counter-productive for the Government to lay down the law in the sensitive area of human resource for the private sector.
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 25, 2006)
"Above all, a new and genuinely democratic and inconclusive Constitution will allow Nepal to transcend the violence and bloodshed that has marred the better part of the past decade," does not make sense, says a reader (Op-Ed, "In Nepal, the beginning . .
- Bush Pushes Immigration Proposal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
He plans to call that the United States cannot allow people to break the law, but also cannot send the nation's estimated 11 million illegal immigrants back
- One Lakh Workers (Times of India, Nimish Shukla, Apr 25, 2006)
The logistics involved in setting up the Rs 27,000-crore Reliance Petroleum Limited refinery in Jamnagar are simply mind-boggling.
- Pakistan To Propose Draft On Safe Seas (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Apr 25, 2006)
Talks on CBMs to begin today
- The Ideological Debate In China (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Apr 25, 2006)
Dismissed by many as irrelevant, it has proved to be potentially the key to deciding the shape of the country's future.
- Kumaraswamy To Visit Naxal-Hit Areas Every Month (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
He will make a two-day visit to such areas in Shimoga, Chikmagalur and Udupi districts
The Chief Minister will oversee implementation of the action plan chalked out to tackle naxal menace
He has asked Social Welfare Department officials to visit the r
- Central Panel Likely To Clip Wings Of Building Department Of Mcd (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
"The `main culprit' behind large-scale illegal constructions in the Capital"
- Settling Siachen: Don’T Let The Solution Become A Bigger Future Problem (Indian Express, Jasjit Singh, Apr 25, 2006)
While a war has gone on at the world’s highest battlefield for 22 years almost to date, it has not changed the basic military position of India and Pakistan. In fact, Pakistan’s repeated attempts to dislodge the Indian Army from its posts on the . . .
- Politicisation Of Violence (Hindu, C. T. Kurien, Apr 25, 2006)
Story of the Godhra carnage which etched deep faults in Gujarat's social landscape
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