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Articles 17621 through 17720 of 53943:
- Maoists Blow Up Rail Tracks In Bihar (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
Maoists today blew up portions of railway tracks and a halt station on the Gaya-Dhanbad section of Mughalsarai division affecting normal train services.
- Terrorism To Dominate Pm-Karzai Talks (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
Bilateral ties between India and Afghanistan are set to get a further boost as Afghan President Hamid Karzai reached here today on a four-day visit during which the two sides will ink three pacts.
- John Abraham Hurt In Mishap (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
Model-turned-actor John Abraham suffered minor injuries in a motorbike accident last night.
- Maximum Support (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Apr 10, 2006)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has begun the hard task of shifting US Congressional opinion in favour of the Indo-US nuclear deal.
- Cooperative Common Future (Tribune, B.G.Verghese, Apr 10, 2006)
There is a role for both Kashmirs
- An Indian Role In Africa (Telegraph, S.L. Rao, Apr 10, 2006)
The author is former director-general, National Council for Applied Economic . . .
- King’S Cross (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 10, 2006)
The collapse of authority comes in many ways. King Gyanendra may still be the reigning monarch of Nepal, but he clearly has little political or moral authority.
- The Politics Of Personality (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Apr 10, 2006)
In her early years as Congress president, Sonia Gandhi was treated as a political lightweight by her opponents and independent commentators alike. Her public persona exuded diffidence.
- Delhi’S Fashion Week (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Apr 10, 2006)
After the fashion fiesta concluded in Mumbai with the wardrobe malfunction controversy, the Delhi fashion week had all the big wigs of industries crossing their fingers and praying for the best.
- What A Shame (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Apr 10, 2006)
How long? After all how long will the gory dance of death continue on roads in Jammu hills?
- Quota Vote Bank (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 10, 2006)
Govt should rethink the move to extend reservation
- Us Recognises India’S Concerns’ (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 10, 2006)
In an informal chat with reporters here on Saturday, Mr Sibal said he had sought to explain this to everyone he met during his visit to the US, including Congressmen, Senators, administration officials and members of the scientific community.
- Cet: Moving Towards Another Definition (Deccan Herald, Vijesh Kamath, Apr 10, 2006)
This isn’t the first time that the state government is experimenting with a piece of legislation to regulate admissions in private professional colleges
- Parental Angst (Times of India, APARNA BURJWAL, Apr 10, 2006)
When I was expecting my baby, I was told that everything would be fine after five months. When I could not walk properly in the eighth month, I was told that I would be fine after the baby was delivered.
- Pakistan And Siachen Imbroglio (Daily Excelsior, Brigadier (Retd.) S. N. Sachadeva, Apr 10, 2006)
Even as India and Pakistan work out a demilitarisation agreement on Siachen to facilitate a prime ministerial visit to Pakistan later this year, foreign office and defence mandarins have drawn their red lines:
- Freedom To Be Corrupt (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Apr 10, 2006)
Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh has suggested that Government employees should not be transferred before two years to enable them to show results.
- Politics As Spectacle (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Apr 10, 2006)
What should one make out of these pictures: former Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani holding a bow and arrow in his hands and Bharatiya Janata Party president Rajnath Singh wielding . . .
- Failing The Farmer (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Apr 10, 2006)
Punjab’s chief minister is in consultation with the Centre for a solution to the deepening debt crisis that farmers in his state face.
- U.S. Insists Focus Is On Diplomacy Against Iran (Reuters, Matt Spetalnick, Apr 10, 2006)
The Bush administration insisted on Sunday its priority was to seek a diplomatic solution to the dispute over Iran's nuclear ambitions, amid reports of stepped-up planning for possible U.S. air strikes.
- Left To Review Govt Support After Polls (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Apr 10, 2006)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) on Friday said it would review its support for the government after state elections are out of the way next month.
- New Future…Old Problems (News International, Chris Cork, Apr 10, 2006)
Standing beneath the tree next to the ruins of the mosque in the village of Kot Galla the enormity of both the devastation and the task of reconstruction is cruelly evident.
- Karzai Arrives In India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrived in India on Sunday to boost ties with New Delhi that have blossomed after the fall of the Taliban regime, in a trip a nervous Pakistan will be closely watching.
- Indian-American Community Lobbying Hard For Nuclear Deal (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Apr 10, 2006)
The Indian-American community is lobbying hard and spending money to push the Indo-US nuclear cooperation deal through Congress.
- Kingfisher Flies High (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 10, 2006)
If brand is the soul of any enterprise, what role can brand extension play for companies that operate in highly regulated environments?
- Living In A World Of Make-Believe (Dawn, Murtaza Razvi, Apr 10, 2006)
There is a waning sense of reality in national politics as each day passes.
- Indo-Us Deal: Not Without Amendments (News International, Nasim Zehra, Apr 10, 2006)
The writer is an Islamabad-based security
- The Glitch In The Indo-Us Deal (News International, S M H Bokhari, Apr 10, 2006)
George Bush was triumphant on signing the historic Indo-US deal first conceived in Washington in July and concluded in a hurry in New Delhi early last month.
- The Prophet Who Initiated A Permanent Revolution (News International, Prof Khwaja Masud, Apr 10, 2006)
Goethe devotes a magnificent poem to the Holy Prophet (PBUH) in which as the very epitome of mankind, he is compared to a mighty river.
- Supplementing The Goals (Business Line, Editorial, Business Standard, Apr 10, 2006)
The new SEZ Act may queer the pitch for exporters by creating islands of tax and other privileges.
- India Inc Goes Shopping In Europe (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Apr 10, 2006)
The grim face of inhabitants of 2000-year-old German towns such as Augsburg, with fine broad streets, monumental fountains and distinctive public buildings, now wear a blissful smile. Why? Because, Indians are saving their jobs.
- Labour Need Haunts China (News International, Editorial, The News International, Apr 10, 2006)
There is much talk of a labour shortage in China. Some bemoan its impact on wages and profit margins.
- Democracy By Choice (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Apr 10, 2006)
The US gives little value to popular mandate and counts monarchs and dictators as its staunch supporters
- Expectations Over Oil Sector Regulator (Hindu, N. Ravi Kumar, Apr 10, 2006)
Benefits foreseen include a level playing field for all players, larger investment in natural gas sector and greater competition
- French Lessons (Business Standard, Subir Gokarn, Apr 10, 2006)
Critical reforms should not get stalled by resistance that is based on either imperfect understanding or inadequate institutions.
- Indian School Of Billionaires (Pioneer, Anoop Chugh, Apr 10, 2006)
Don't know how does it feel to be a billionaire. They are the rarest of the species ever evolved on this planet Earth.
- Be Warned, Employee Training Can Cause Attrition (Business Line, Ganesh Chella , Apr 10, 2006)
Engage adequately with the employee before and after training and you and the employee are sure reap the benefits. Miss this and the training investment can become a potential risk, especially in today's vibrant labour market. The organisation . . .
- Reservations — Over Arjun (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 10, 2006)
Arjun Singh’s proposal to introduce 27 per cent reservations for OBCs in institutions of higher education now has to contend with three arguments.
- Democracy And Poverty — Thailand And The Philippines (Jordan Times, GWYNNE DYER, Apr 10, 2006)
We should return to the rule of law after the election,” declared Thailand's national police chief, General Kowit Watana last Sunday, as the polls closed in a parliamentary election called three years early by embattled Prime Minister Thaksin . . .
- The Challenges In An Era Of Liberalisation (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Apr 10, 2006)
A Pay Commission is often not the culmination of difficulties, but their starting point. An unending exercise in lobbying and activist interventions by various coalition partners seems to be on the Government's agenda in the next few years.
- A City For The Asian Century (Deccan Herald, Ken Livingstone, Apr 10, 2006)
In meeting the challenge of the new economies, Britain has a trump card in multicultural London
- Capitalise On Brain Power (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Apr 10, 2006)
Concern has been expressed in some quarters over the trend of doctors leaving premier Government hospitals to join private ones.
- Price Controls Not The Answer (Jordan Times, Yusuf Mansur, Apr 10, 2006)
There is a flurry to control prices, to put out the looming flame of inflation in light of the rise of oil prices and to stop abuse by wholesalers and retailers. However, price control may spur further inflation and cause prices to rise even further.
- Un Systems (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 10, 2006)
One has to agree with Mr Shaukat Aziz’s assertion that the high level UN panel on systemwide coherence might prove to be the ‘historic effort’ needed to promote the objective of a more advanced and peaceful world ‘through improving its efficiency . . .
- Ard Moves Ahead (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 10, 2006)
The ARD meeting in Lahore did not throw up any fireworks, but it represented another step in a process which is aimed at positioning the alliance for the next general elections, and even beyond.
- Waziristan Crisis (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 10, 2006)
Since the military operation started, the tribal areas have been thrown into a quagmire of violence and now “Talibanisation”.
- It's Bush's Turn (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
If President George W. Bush wants serious immigration reform as badly as he says he does, he had better step up soon to get his party united behind him. Otherwise the best hope in a generation to fix the immigration system will end up as . . .
- Kerala's Highway To Nowhere (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 10, 2006)
K Govindan Kutty on why grandiose projects like metro have support of politicians and bureaucrats alike in Kerala
- Corruption And Development~i (Statesman, SANKAR SEN, Apr 10, 2006)
Slowing Down The Wheels Of Administration
- Africa's Bitter Harvest (Jordan Times, G. Pascal Zachary, Apr 10, 2006)
Souley Madi is one of the most productive cotton growers in the Badjengo, Cameroon, an area where the lush forests of central Africa give way to the semi-arid Sahel.
- Hussein's Trials (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
The crimes committed against the Iraqi people by Saddam Hussein's dictatorship are so numerous that there is no realistic possibility of . . .
- Cyprus Welcomes Nuclear Agreement (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Apr 10, 2006)
Supports efforts to promote civilian nuclear supply for economic development
- Great Rip-Off In Name Of Development (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Apr 10, 2006)
Why do we Indians find it so difficult to believe that foreigners are waiting to pour billions of dollars into India and are unable to digest the claim that a Sensex of 11,900 is based purely on fundamentals?
- State's Share In Funding Higher Education (Hindu, VANI DORAISAMY, Apr 10, 2006)
Two academicians speak out on quality in the context of increasing privatisation of advanced studies
- Pakistan's Economic Miracle (Jordan Times, Fahed Fanek, Apr 10, 2006)
The prime minister of Pakistan, Shaukat Aziz, is well-known in Amman. Two decades ago, was manager of Citibank in Jordan for two years, during which he built many friendships in the Jordanian business and political communities.
- Democracy Now? (News International, Khusro Mumtaz, Apr 10, 2006)
"The most effective way to restrict democracy is to transfer decision-making from the public arena to unaccountable institutions: kings and princes, priestly castes, military juntas, party dictatorships, or modern corporations."
- It's Not Just The Corruption (Business Standard, Sunil Jain, Apr 10, 2006)
While the World Bank held back around a billion dollars worth of health sector loans to the country on grounds of corruption, this is the least of the problems.
- Reinventing Government (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Apr 10, 2006)
Reinventing government is a hobby horse that many think-tanks and seminars ride every now and then.
- The Awesome Power Of Love (The Economic Times, K VIJAYARAGHAVAN, Apr 10, 2006)
A song in the Hindi film, Bobby runs, mein shayar to nahin; magar ey hasin, jab se dekha mein ne tujhko mujhko, shayari aa gayi (I am not a poet but O! damsel, the moment I saw you, poetry came unto me).
- No More The Land Of Naked Fakirs (The Economic Times, RAJESH SHUKLA, Apr 10, 2006)
The talk of the so-called “middle class” has already gone beyond media reports, moving even into official documents.
- Votes In The Time Of Tv (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 10, 2006)
The phenomenon of political life following art in Tamil Nadu is all set to enter a new phase. The original scriptwriter in Mr Karunanidhi has finally led him to break away from the formula of pitting one star against another.
- Memorial Hopes (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 10, 2006)
How soon is ‘decisive’?
- Gibran And The Idea Of Man (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, Apr 10, 2006)
75 years ago - poet, philosopher and painter Kahlil Gibran passed away at St Vincent Hospital in New York, after a long and painful illness, described in the autopsy as "cirrhosis of liver with incipient tuberculosis in one of the lungs".
- Apple Supplement (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 10, 2006)
The so-called forbidden fruit is consumed across the world in a variety of ways: From pies to juice, says Mohinder Singh
- A Pil(l) For Headache (Pioneer, Shailaja Chandra, Apr 10, 2006)
Despite doing well on social and environmental fronts, issues addressed through PILs are often quite technical, says Shailaja Chandra
If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear - George Orwell
- After Aligarh (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 10, 2006)
There was a time in the 1980s when "religious riot in Aligarh" was not so much a news occurrence as a cliché. Like Kanpur and Meerut, Gorakhpur and Varanasi, it was one of the many Uttar Pradesh towns seemingly cursed by persistent social violence.
- Sensex And Sensibility (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Apr 10, 2006)
Caution, better market surveillance hold the key
- Take Sting Out Of Bite (Pioneer, Cecil Victor, Apr 10, 2006)
If the US has had to begin looking for remnants of Stinger surface-to-air shoulder-fired missiles it gave the Afghan mujahideen to fight the Soviet Army in the 1980s, there is trouble brewing within the "coalition against terror" and Pakistan is . . .
- Managing The Knowledge Workers (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Apr 10, 2006)
The breed that will make a difference in a service economy is clearly the expert or knowledge worker, although the Internet, by making knowledge more open, will cut the ground beneath the expert's feet. Mere possession of rare facts and figures . . .
- India, China Agree To Share Experiences And . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 09, 2006)
See risks to global expansion and scope for growing economic imbalances
Both countries to play key role in shaping future global growth
Both sides reiterate commitment to achieving Millennium Development Goals
- Pak Embassy Official’S Claim Triggers Us Media Interest (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Apr 09, 2006)
Investigative reporters, including a couple from a major American TV network, are trying to dig up details of a claim made by a senior Foreign Office official in Islamabad that Pakistan spent thousands of dollars through its lobbyists on member . . .
- The Die Is Cast Against Defiant Baloch Chieftains (News International, Tariq Butt, Apr 09, 2006)
The government is tightening the noose around the neck of three defiant Baloch chieftains to force them into renouncing aggression.
- Jirga Seeks Removal Of Soldiers From Waziristan (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
A big tribal Jirga held on Friday in Mir Ali rejected the ban on carrying arms in North Waziristan and demanded that soldiers be removed from check-posts on the roads and deployed on the border with Afghanistan.
- 14 Injured In Balochistan Violence (News International, Muhammad Ejaz Khan, Apr 08, 2006)
At least 14 people were injured in landmine blasts and exchange of fire between security troops and unknown armed men in Wadh Tehsil of the Khuzdar district and Dera Bugti.
- Us Denies N-Deal Is Anti-China (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
The United States has rejected an increasingly popular notion in some circles, shared also in Beijing, that its initiative to build an across-the-board partnership with India is aimed at counterbalancing the growing might of China.
- Pakistan Keen On Activation Of Designated Loc Points (News International, Mariana Baabar, Apr 08, 2006)
A year after the first bus drew to Muzaffarabad from Srinagar, Pakistan hopes with the improvement in weather the five designated crossing points at the Line of Control (LoC) would become operational for more people of the divided families of Kashmir.
- Quite Scary (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Apr 08, 2006)
The picture presented by the State Pollution Control Board about the level of suspended particulate matter (SPM) in the air of this city is quite alarming.
- Indo-Us Nuclear Deal Has 'Good' Bipartisan Support In Congress (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
The United States has said that there has been "good" bipartisan support to its nuclear agreement with India in Congress and maintained that the administration is willing to answer questions and issues that may be raised on Capitol Hill to this effect.
- Nepal Imposes Curfew Ahead Of Anti-King Protests (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Apr 08, 2006)
Nepal's royalist government imposed a day curfew in Kathmandu and its neighbouring areas on Saturday and some mobile phone services were disrupted, hours before a rally against King Gyanendra's rule.
- Iraq: A Nation In Search Of A Leader (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
United States and Britain have stepped up their efforts for a national unity government in Iraq.
- Sonia's Gamble To Win Back Uttar Pradesh? (Daily Excelsior, Fazal Mehmood, Apr 08, 2006)
The battle for political space in Uttar Pradesh is getting tougher.
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