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- Cyprus President Arrives On Five-Day State Visit (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos arrived here today on a five-day state visit aimed at enhancing bilateral relations, particularly in trade and economic cooperation, and have discussions with Indian leaders on an array of issues including . . .
- Nepal Conflict Casts A Shadow On India (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 12, 2006)
It is India’s responsibility to safeguard its own interests by studying the implications of the situation in Nepal
- The Tube Keeps The Commuter Happy (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Apr 12, 2006)
Thanks to the metro, commuters are no longer a harassed lot in Delhi
- Interplay Between Politics And Economics (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Apr 12, 2006)
Pakistan has had many moments in its history when economics influenced politics in unexpected and negative ways.
- Beginning Of The End? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 12, 2006)
The tsunami of protest in Nepal against the brutally unconstitutional rule of King Gyanendra is virtually a rerun of the People's Movement of 1990 — with an important difference.
- Opportune Time To Think Big (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Apr 12, 2006)
Considering the opportunities that have opened up in the textile and clothing industry, this is the opportune time to think big for the policy-makers and industry leaders.
- Is Gandhiji Relevant? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Apr 12, 2006)
As part of a discussion on the Narmada Bachao Andolan leader, Ms Medha Patkar's indefinite fast to draw attention to the hardships of those displaced by the construction of the Narmada dam, one of the TV channels conducted a spot poll of viewers on . . .
- Karzai’S Indian Visit Needs To Be Watched (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 12, 2006)
AFGHAN President Hamid Karzai has arrived in New Delhi on Sunday for a five-day official visit to India. Talks with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the India-Afghan relations will be the highlight of the tour.
- Performance Criteria Essential (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 12, 2006)
Vinayshil Gautam stresses on the growing need for advancing organizational efficiency through IT
- India To Back U.S. Entry Into Saarc As Observer (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Apr 12, 2006)
Issue may figure at Dhaka meet
SAARC decided at its November meeting to allow China, Japan as observers
South Korea too showing interest in SAARC, says Bangladesh daily
- Pak, Yemen To Promote Economic, Defence Ties (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
Pakistan and Yemen Monday agreed to further promote, expand and consolidate their bilateral relations, specially in economic, educational, cultural and defence areas.
- An Alternative To Being A Couch Potato (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Apr 12, 2006)
How is IPTV better than the traditional telly? You can see programmes of your choice, at the pace you want to, by controlling the stream through pause, fast and rewind options.
- A Thoughtless Directive (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 12, 2006)
Ever so often governments in Pakistan come up with some measures or policy decisions that reflect poorly on those behind it.
- Huge Investments Expected In Oil, Gas Bidding: Murli Deora (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
55 blocks offered under the sixth round are expected to be snapped up by bidders
Sale of data may fetch Rs. 100 crore Bids for CBM round on June 3 and those of NELP-VI on September 15
- Bliss Of God's Name (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
The bliss of chanting the Divine name has to be experienced to appreciate its adulation by saints and mystics.
- Wanted: A Sanitation Movement (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 12, 2006)
Safe drinking water and sanitation are critical determinants of public health.
- An Iran-U.S. Dialogue And Arab Anxieties (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Apr 12, 2006)
Apprehensions about the capacity of Iran — as a wealthier and more influential regional power — to stir up trouble in West Asia through a growing trans-national Shia network are growing.
- Siddaramaiah Warns Of Power Shortage In Karnataka (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
`Yediyurappa failed to allocate adequate funds to core sectors such as power'
AIPJD leader says
Karnataka has the potential to generate 8,000 mega watts of hydro-electric power
The installed capacity can produce only 4,000 mega watts of . . .
- Kumaraswamy Promises Support For Uplift Of Muslims In State (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
Announces proposal to have a member from the community in the KPSC
- Gvmc To Form Aids Control Society (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
4-member team visits Ahmedabad and Surat
The study was facilitated by Ahmedabad-based International City/Country Management Association promoting exchange of successful practices of urban affairs
Target groups, including commercial sex . . .
- Musharraf Urges Muslims To Move On Path Of Development (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Apr 12, 2006)
Concept of jihad is being confused with militancy, terrorism
- Smiling Out Of Life (Tribune, B.K. Karkra, Apr 12, 2006)
Death holds two horrors. One, of course, is that life comes to an end and thus, the “fear of the unknown” factor comes into play. Bravery and wisdom lie in coming to terms with this reality so as to die just one death.
- Run, Condi, Run! (Tribune, Anne Penketh, Apr 12, 2006)
I had lunch with Condoleezza Rice the other day, towards the end of her whistle-stop tour of Blackburn and Liverpool in England.
- India’S Stake In Baluchistan (Tribune, G.S.Bhargava, Apr 12, 2006)
American observers critical of General Pervez Musharraf’s half-hearted efforts to put down Al-Qaida and Taliban forces in the Waziristan area of north-west Pakistan, attribute the unabated tribal insurgency in Baluchistan for it.
- 6 Nba Activists End Fast; Patkar Continues (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
Six out of 11 Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) activists today called off their fast following an appeal by their leader, Medha Patkar, who asked them late last night to “end their fast and plan for an intensified struggle”.
- Take Back The Towers (Deccan Herald, DENNIS SMITH, Apr 12, 2006)
The planned World Trade Center memorial has not been built for lack of money and public indifference
- From Doubt To Mistrust To Anger (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Apr 12, 2006)
Last summer after Nepal’s King Gyanendra engineered a bloodless coup and seized absolute power, royalists washed his feet with “holy water” to express allegiance.
- Killers On The Roads (Daily Excelsior, Rameshwar Singh Jamwal, Apr 12, 2006)
More than forty people are killed as overspeeding bus falls into Chenab in Kishtwar, a small school girl is killed on Kachi Chawni road, where traffic moves at snails pace at any given time, due to driver's fault.
- Hasty Decision On Siachen (Pioneer, Wilson John, Apr 12, 2006)
Six days from now, the composite dialogue between India and Pakistan would complete three years.
- Too Little, Too Late (Telegraph, Alok Ray, Apr 12, 2006)
The Indian state has failed to ensure that the poor benefit from a liberalized economy, writes Alok Ray
- Infernal Apathy (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Apr 12, 2006)
The Meerut blaze and its tragic toll is a chronicle of a story re-told many times in India — Dabwali, Baripada, Uphaar cinema, Srirangam and Kumbakonam.
- Keep The Elixir Flowing (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 12, 2006)
Water is an essential life-sustaining element. It pervades our lives and is deeply embedded in our cultural backgrounds.
- Ordeal By Fire (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 12, 2006)
Brand India meets with a tragedy
- Mass Weight (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 12, 2006)
In 1968, the heyday of Parisian radicalism, the students, young people and intellectuals who took to the streets achieved nothing.
- Another Disaster (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 12, 2006)
It won’t be the last
- Fmt: Pakistan For Dialogue (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Apr 12, 2006)
No response to strategic restraint regime
India-U.S. deal had "implications for strategic stability"
Pakistan committed to non-proliferation restraint regime
- Pakistan Claims Fisherman Killed By Indian Coast Guard (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Apr 12, 2006)
Pakistan on Monday alleged that the Indian Coast Guard has killed one of its fishermen in `unprovoked' firing on March 18. Foreign Office spokesperson Tasneem Aslam told reporters that an official of the Indian High Commission was summoned and . . .
- Iran: Us To Consult Unsc Members On Next Course Of Action (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's statement that Iran has successfully enriched uranium for the first time has only underscored the international community's "serious concerns", the United States has said and made it known that it will be consulting . . .
- Mayawati: "No Promises, No Manifesto, Only Performance" (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Apr 12, 2006)
From a negatively perceived champion of narrow caste interests to a confident, self-assured leader of all communities,Mayawatihas transformed beyond recognition. Today, all eyes are on her — to see if the Bahujan Samaj Party can reach the finish . . .
- An Iranian Missile Crisis? (Washington Post, David Ignatius, Apr 12, 2006)
The emerging confrontation between the United States and Iran is "the Cuban missile crisis in slow motion," argues Graham Allison, the Harvard University professor who wrote the classic study of President John F. Kennedy's 1962 showdown with the . . . .
- Iran Again Holds Hostages — Bush And The Gop (MSNBC.com, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
A generation ago, the Iranian hostage crisis cost Jimmy Carter and the Democrats the White House. Now, 26 years later, another Iranian hostage crisis threatens to do the same thing to George W. Bush and the Republican Party.
- India, Afghanistan Plan Intelligence Sharing (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
India and Afghan-istan are looking for ways to cooperate in the fight against terrorism, including sharing of intelligence, their leaders said on Monday.
- ‘America Planning Strike To Topple Iran Regime’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
In the New Yorker magazine, Seymour Hersh, America’s best known investigative journalist, concluded that the Bush administration is even considering the use of a tactical nuclear weapon against deep Iranian bunkers, but that top generals in the . . .
- Taliban Offer Peace Talks In North Waziristan (Daily Times, Iqbal Khattak, Apr 11, 2006)
Tribal Taliban offered to enter into negotiations with the government for peace in the tribal areas as thousands attended a jirga in Mir Ali, the second biggest town in North Waziristan, on Monday.
- Rpl's Ipo Gives Option To Retail Investors (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
The initial public offer will open for subscription on April 13
Greenfield refinery at Jamnagar
Polypropylene plant at a SEZ in Gujarat
Total outlay estimated at $6 b
- Maoists Rule The Roost In Nepal (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Apr 11, 2006)
The two leaders said their banned party would also prevent payment of taxes and other government dues and take action against administration officials and people supporting them.
- European Parliament Opposes Baluchistan Killings (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
Sixty-seven members of the European Parliament, including one of its vice-presidents, have petitioned the forum's President, Mr Josep Borell, to urge the Government of Pakistan to stop the killing of innocent people in Baluchistan.
- A Thoughtless Directive (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 11, 2006)
Ever so often governments in Pakistan come up with some measures or policy decisions that reflect poorly on those behind it.
- Another Tragedy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 11, 2006)
Another religious gathering has been struck by tragedy. The nation has been left to mourn yet again the death of innocent people, this time, poignantly, women and children.
- Interplay Between Politics And Economics (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Apr 11, 2006)
Pakistain has had many moments in its history when economics influenced politics in unexpected and negative ways.
- Karzai’S Indian Visit Needs To Be Watched (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 11, 2006)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has arrived in New Delhi on Sunday for a five-day official visit to India. Talks with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the India-Afghan relations will be the highlight of the tour.
- Iran May Get Off The Hook (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 11, 2006)
The Western Press is leaking out reports persistently about possible American military strike against Iran. However, Iranians feel very confident in believing that this is mere part of the psychological warfare to pressurize Tehran to abandon its . . .
- Banning Bla (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 11, 2006)
The increasing incidents of sabotage, attacks on FC posts and personnel and killing of innocent citizens in Balochistan are highly condemnable.
- Bordering On Insanity (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 11, 2006)
Apparently the misadventure in Iraq, and its enormous cost, has not deterred the Bush administration’s fierce sabre-rattling.
- Karachi Stampede (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 11, 2006)
There is no escaping the fact that the tragedy of the Karachi stampede is the outcome of lax management.
- Singh And Karzai Want Pakistani Transit Facility For Indian Goods (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Apr 11, 2006)
India and Afghanistan on Monday asked Pakistan to establish transit facilities in its territory for Afghanistan-bound Indian goods.
- Passionate View’ (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 11, 2006)
Emotion has always played a major role in the Kashmiri scheme of things, yet there is also much realism underscoring Mufti Mohd. Sayeed’s plea that the Prime Minister take a “passionate view” and facilitate the return of the misguided young people . . .
- Indian N-Deal Exceeds Brief To Pakistan: Fo (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
The civilian nuclear technology cooperation agreement between India and the United States was “quite different” to what Washington had been conveying to Islamabad, the Foreign Office said on Monday.
- Sick Of Information? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 11, 2006)
Information is power. It can be irrelevant absurdity, too. And if the various questions with the chief information officer’s office are anything to go by, then one could easily claim that the Right to Information Act is allowing people to traverse . . .
- Trade Talk Gets Tough (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Apr 11, 2006)
Emerging economies should not be asked to pay the price for the successful conclusion of the Doha Development Agenda.
- Birlas: Right Number (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
Aditya Birla group’s acquisition of the Tata group’s 48.14 per cent stake in Idea Cellular at Rs 4,406 crore is at a fair price, according to analysts.
- No More Quotas (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 11, 2006)
We strongly disapprove of the additional quotas that the government proposes in institutions of higher education and also in private sector jobs.
- Let Opportunity Not Slip (The Economic Times, Raghu Dayal , Apr 11, 2006)
For India to emerge as a contender for a global hub for aviation, gems and jewellery and other high potential sectors like leather, a whole panoply of infrastructural, fiscal and regulatory conditions is essential.
- She Has A Point (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
The protest fast by the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader, Medha Patkar (since arrested and hospitalised), is not without provocation though one can quarrel with her chosen method of protest.
- Not Another Quota Raj (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
India has limits on FII (or foreign institutional investor) ownership of a company, implemented in a sensible way.
- Rejuvenating An Idea? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Apr 11, 2006)
The decision of Aditya Birla Novo Ltd (ABNL) to hike its stake in Idea Cellular marks the first stage in the resolution of differences between the Tata and AV Birla camps over their stakes in the telecom company.
- Leander Class (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 11, 2006)
India's surprisingly narrow victory against Pakistan in the Davis Cup Asia Oceania Zone Group throws up more questions than it answers.
- Parliament Redeems Itself (Pioneer, Surya Prakash, Apr 11, 2006)
While there can be some disappointment over the quantum of punishment meted out to the MPs who wanted commissions for recommending projects under the MPLADS scheme, the overall response of the two Houses of Parliament to the reported cases of . . .
- Deal With Iron Fist (Pioneer, RN Chawla, Apr 11, 2006)
The recent bomb blasts in Varanasi is largely understood to be an act of terrorism.
- Freedom To Be Corrupt (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 11, 2006)
Manmohan Singh's suggestion that Government employees should not be transferred every two years is wrong, says Bharat . . .
- It May Not Make A Difference In Bihar' (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Apr 11, 2006)
"Talks about IT, for example, is for the consumption of some people... My understanding of the Bihar economy is such that these things will not make much difference."
- Indira Gandhi, Not Us, Credited With Ending 1971 War (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Apr 11, 2006)
Henry Kissinger’s claim that it was the Nixon administration that leaned on India after the fall of Dhaka not to carry the war to West Pakistan has been challenged by a new book, which asserts that the decision was entirely that of Indira Gandhi,
- N Korea Willing To Talk Nuke, Says China (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
A Chinese diplomat said today that North Korean negotiators were warming toward a resumption of talks on ending the North’s nuclear weapons programme, but the top US envoy said he has no plans to meet directly with his counterpart from Pyongyang.
- New Awakening In L. America (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Apr 11, 2006)
HAS President George W. Bush’s neoconservative crusade met its match in his own backyard, Latin America? The world conceives of the continent as the home of the Munroe Doctrine warning off outsiders to keep away.
- The Menace (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Apr 11, 2006)
A reader has shown concern on this page recently by drawing attention to the menace of begging in this city.
- Corruption And Development~ii (Statesman, SANKAR SEN, Apr 11, 2006)
In his work “Grand Corruption in Third World Development”, George Moody-Stuart, identified areas which are most vulnerable to corruption.
- 54 Primates Await Repatriation (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 11, 2006)
The fate of 54 orangutans illegally smuggled into Thailand nearly two years ago will be decided at a meeting of Thai, Indonesian and Malaysian wildlife officials later this month, officials said today.
- Bush Dismisses Iran Reports As 'Wild Speculation' (Reuters, Matt Spetalnick, Apr 11, 2006)
President George W. Bush said on Monday that force is not necessarily required to thwart Tehran's nuclear ambitions and dismissed reports of plans for military strikes on Iran as "wild speculation."
- India, Afghanistan Pledge To Fight Terrorism (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Apr 11, 2006)
India and Afghanistan, both battling Islamic militants, are looking for ways to cooperate in the fight against terrorism including sharing of intelligence, their leaders said on Monday.
- Global India (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 11, 2006)
One of the consequences of the controversy about reservation for OBCs in elite institutions like IITs and IIMs is that a number of students are now threatening to go abroad to pursue higher studies.
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