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Articles 19221 through 19320 of 53943:
- Indo-Pak Sleuths Hold Talks After 17 Years (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
After a gap of 17 years, the elite investigating agencies of India and Pakistan have started a dialogue on matters pertaining to crime, human trafficking, drug abuse and transnational crimes.
- The Welcome Spring In Mca’S Feet (The Financial Express, PRITHVI HALDEA, Mar 22, 2006)
The ambitious flagship project of the ministry of company affairs, MCA 21, is now a reality.
- Maximising India’S Gains From Globalisation (The Financial Express, Sumati Mehta, Mar 22, 2006)
Is globalisation here for eternity? Or is it a limited period phenomenon? If the latter is the case, as the course of history shows, then what policy measures need to be taken to maximise the gains from globalisation for India, while it sustains?
- Get Serious (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Mar 22, 2006)
Tackle money laundering on a war footing
- Cbi To Raise Issue Of Handing Over Of Dawood (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
India is expected to raise the issue of handing over of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, against whom Interpol has issued a red corner notice, during the second day of talks between the premier investigating agencies of the two countries here tomorrow.
- Sri Lanka Rebels May Postpone April Crunch Talks (Reuters, Simon Gardner, Mar 22, 2006)
Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels will view any further attacks by renegades they say are military-backed as an act of war and may postpone crunch talks unless the state disarms them, their chief negotiator has warned.
- Telecom Billing To Be Audited Every Year (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
Authority puts in place guidelines to address complaints
- Jet Airways-Sahara Deal Heading Nowhere (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Mar 22, 2006)
Clearance from DGCA still pending
- New Threats To Internal Security (Daily Excelsior, Vinod & Rao, Mar 22, 2006)
The serial bomb attack in Varanasi gives the impression that we have not learned very much from the attack on Parliament, on Akshardham as deep as Gujarat, Ayodhya, crowded markets in Delhi, ad nauseum. Given the truism that it is impossible . . .
- Perfect Practice Perfects Sq (The Economic Times, VITHAL C NADKARNI, Mar 22, 2006)
Some years ago, the yogi B K S Iyengar performed the peacock pose on the edge of a steep cliff in the ghats. In the picture taken on the occasion, one of his disciples, wind tousling his hair and collar, crouches among the rocks, while the body . . .
- Unsc Meet On Iran Put Off As Differences Remain Over Statement (Press Trust of India, DHARAM SHOURIE, Mar 22, 2006)
With no results to show despite two weeks of intense parleys on Iran nuclear crisis, a deadlocked UN Security Council has put off a formal closed door meeting to give more time to iron out differences over a tough Franco-British statement.
- Indo-Bangla Accords On Trade, To Combat Drug Smuggling (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
India and Bangladesh tonight signed two agreements relating to revised bilateral trade and combating cross-border smuggling of narcotics.
- Help The Child (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Mar 22, 2006)
Some time ago we had highlighted in these columns the need to end the curse of child labour.
- Twin Challenges (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Mar 22, 2006)
There are many issues that confront society at large and continue to pose a challenge to it. The plight of women is one. Another is the condition of undertrials in jails.
- Tarigami Favours Genuine Federalism To Resolve Kashmir (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
India is expected to raise the issue of handing over of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, against whom Interpol has issued a red corner notice, during the second day of talks between the premier investigating agencies of the two countries here tomorrow.
- Mere Suspension (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 22, 2006)
Monday’s reprimand and suspension of four Lok Sabha MPs for their improper conduct in the implementation of the MPs’ Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) is justified.
- Pakistan Clamours For Same U.S. Nuclear Deal As India (Reuters, ZEESHAN HAIDER , Mar 22, 2006)
Stung by U.S. President George Bush's refusal to grant access to American nuclear know-how, Pakistan accused the United States of discriminating against it and of upsetting the balance of power in South Asia.
- Payback Policy (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Mar 22, 2006)
The euphoria over the Indo-US nuclear deal has vanished. With the legislation having been tabled in the US Congress last week for validating the agreement between the prime minister, Manmohan Singh, and the president of the United States of America . . .
- J&k Govt To Release 45 Terrorists (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
The Jammu and Kashmir government is set to release about 45 terrorists from various jails in the state next week in keeping with a promise made by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
- Indo-Pak Talks On Criminal Matters Begin (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
The two-day technical-level talks between India and Pakistan on matters pertaining to crime, human-trafficking, drug abuse, formation of SAARCPOL and immigration began here today after a gap of 17 years.
- Kashmir Issue Is Bilateral, Says Musharraf (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
After the US publicly rejected its request for facilitation on the Kashmir problem, Pakistan on Thursday changed its decades-old stance, with President Pervez Musharraf saying the issue was a bilateral matter and he did not want it to become . . .
- Us Congress Must Approve N-Deal With India: Bush (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Mar 22, 2006)
Admitting his decision to broker a civilian nuclear agreement with India was a controversial one, President George W. Bush says he is comfortable recommending it to the US Congress for approval and believes the lawmakers ought to approve it.
- India, Pak Exploring New Ideas On (Tribune, Priscilla Huff, Mar 22, 2006)
The US has said that India and Pakistan are making good progress on the Kashmir issue.
- Rose In Wilderness (Tribune, Kamlesh Uppal , Mar 22, 2006)
Ajmer Singh Aulakh, recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademy Award for the year 2005, belongs to a small farmer family from a tiny village named Kumbarhwal in Sangrur district.
- Matriculation Results (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 22, 2006)
Monday’s reprimand and suspension of four Lok Sabha MPs for their improper conduct in the implementation of the MPs’ Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) is justified.
- Haryana Needs Economic Council (Tribune, M.M.Goel, Mar 22, 2006)
The power shortage in Haryana calls for more attention of the state government for improving transmission and distribution efficiency in addition to Rs 2104.93 crore allocation for the power sector, including renewable energy, out of the total . . .
- Scorpene Records Turn Gun On Nda (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
The NDA’s charge that there were payoffs from a French company to win the order for Scorpene submarines is being turned around on the Opposition alliance because the defence ministry has now dug out records to show the extent of negotiations and . . .
- Saddam's Fm Was On Cia Payroll (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
Iraq's foreign minister under Saddam Hussein spied for the CIA before the US-led invasion in 2003 in return for a $100,000 payment, a US television network reported.
- Bush Sees Troops Still In Iraq In Three Years (Reuters, Steve Holland, Mar 22, 2006)
President George W. Bush said on Tuesday it is possible some U.S. troops will still be in Iraq after his presidency ends in three years time, but he insisted civil war had not erupted there.
- India Raises Terror Issue With Bangladesh (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Mar 22, 2006)
India and Bangladesh had their first bilateral summit meeting here this evening ever since Begum Khaleda Zia became Bangladesh Prime Minister in October 2001, but no breakthrough could be achieved.
- Us Begins Probe Into Killing Of Iraqi Family By Its Military (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
The US Military said on Tuesday it was investigating Iraqi police allegations that its soldiers shot dead a family of 11 in their home last week. The probe comes a day after a magazine published allegations that US Marines killed civilians in . . .;
- Bird Flu: India Hit By Asian Strain (Times of India, Chandrika Mago, Mar 22, 2006)
The high-security animal disease lab in Bhopal, testing each bird or animal sample for bird flu, confirms that India has been hit by the Asian strain of the virus, not the Eurasian or North American strain.
- A Sulking Pakistan (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Mar 22, 2006)
Remains unreconciled to a changed world
- Ncm To Monitor Advani’S Rath Yatra (Tribune, R. Suryamurthy, Mar 22, 2006)
The National Commission for Minorities (NCM) would closely monitor the proposed rath yatra by senior BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani from April 6, as several persons, including the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, has expressed apprehensions . . .
- India, Bangla Stand United Against Terror (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
With Bangladesh today making the case that it is on the same page as India on terrorism, New Delhi made it clear that Dhaka should then cooperate in ensuring that its territory is not used by elements acting against New Delhi’s interests.
- He Knows Best (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Mar 22, 2006)
Pakistan’s fourth military ruler, General Pervez Musharraf, often makes statements that make eminent sense.
- Russia, China Sign Three Pacts On Energy Cooperation (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Mar 22, 2006)
Beijing's efforts to secure a firm deal on oil pipeline fail to make progress
- Dutch Mps Coming To B’Lore (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Mar 22, 2006)
As a concrete forward step, one of the moves being considered is to change the country’s immigration law.
- Privatisation: Come Hell Or High Water (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Mar 22, 2006)
Converting water to a commercial good to be sold for profit invites disaster. Most of all for poor people whose already pathetic access to water will shrink swiftly.
- Russia's Glonass Satellites Available By 2009 (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Mar 22, 2006)
It will end India's dependence on U.S.' Global Positioning System
- India, Pakistan Making Progress: Boucher (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
"Kashmir is a bilateral issue that should be solved by Delhi and Islamabad only"
- Bangladesh Favours Fta With India (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
Bangladesh will look into the issue of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with India provided the business communities of the two countries came out with an agreed list of items for inclusion.
- Who's Stone Age, U.K. Politicians Or Bushmen? (Hindu, George Monbiot, Mar 22, 2006)
Stone aged and primitive are what you call people when you want their land.
- India's Water And Sanitation Challenges (Hindu, David C. Mulford, Mar 22, 2006)
Public-private partnerships can accelerate solutions, and enhance operations and service.
- Back To Square One (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 22, 2006)
After knocking at the doors of both the Left Democratic Front and the United Democratic Front, the Democratic Indira Congress (Karunakaran) is back to charting its own course in the Kerala Assembly elections.
- Revisiting Capital Account Convertibility (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 22, 2006)
The Reserve Bank of India has acted swiftly on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's suggestion to revisit the issue of full convertibility for the rupee by appointing a committee under the chairmanship of former Deputy Governor S.S.Tarapore to suggest . . .
- Nuclear Deal Is In Our Interest: Bush (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
``Use of safe nuclear power should be encouraged''
- Rajya Sabha Expels Sakshi Maharaj (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
His conduct violative of code: Ethics panel
- Sahara: Jet Still On Cloud Nine (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
Even as uncertainty prevailed over Jet Airways’ plans to buy Air Sahara for Rs 2,300 crore, the two airlines have maintained that they would find a solution before the March 24 deadline for finalising the deal.
- Pakistani Taliban Bedevils Tribal Belt (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
Strict social edicts have been handed down: shopkeepers may not sell music or films; barbers are instructed not to shave beards.
- Magic Swirls (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
Asit Poddar will show his series, Mindscapes
- Royal Repast (Deccan Herald, D V GURUPRASAD, Mar 22, 2006)
Royal breakfast, princely lunch and a pauper's dinner-that’s the cops fare
- China Simply Unstoppable (Deccan Herald, K P Prabhakaran Nair, Mar 22, 2006)
India should emulate China to avoid the mismatch between foodgrain production and fertiliser use
- 'Nuclear Iran Could Blackmail World' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
Iran could hold the world hostage if it gets nuclear weapons and the US will push diplomacy to stop the threat, President George W. Bush said on Tuesday.
- China, Russia Unite To Resolve Iran Row (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
After more than two weeks of discussions, the five veto-wielding members of the Security Council – China, Russia, the United States, Britain and France – have been unable to agree on a draft statement that tells Iran to stop enriching uranium.
- Chauhan Announces New It Policy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan on Tuesday announced in the Assembly a new Information Technology (IT) policy. It is aimed at improving the life of the common man by leveraging the strengths of e-governance, Mr. Chauhan said.
- Ramanagaram To Be Made A Satellite Town (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
The aim of the development plan is to ease the growing pressure on Bangalore
Shikaripur and Jewargi also to be developed
Measures planned to ease traffic congestion in Bangalore
Rules framed for welfare of construction workers
- How To Turn The Clock Back (Dawn, Mansoor Alam, Mar 22, 2006)
According to a recent World Bank report, Pakistan, India and Bangladesh — quite contrary to the common perceptions — have higher prevalence of malnutrition than certain countries of Sub-Saharan Africa and are unlikely to achieve the millennium . . .
- Musharraf First To Know About Us Surveillance Plans (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Mar 22, 2006)
Long before the American media or public knew about the secret, warrant-less surveillance programme initiated by President George Bush as part of his anti-terrorism measures, President Pervez Musharraf was told about it, and by Bush himself.
- A Flock To Indian Stocks (Christian Science Monitor, Sunil Jagtiani, Mar 22, 2006)
India may lag behind China economically, but the reverse holds true for their stock markets. India's has soared to a record high this week, driven by foreign investors pouring billions into the market.
- Lawyers, Doctors To Be Brought Under Service Tax Net: Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
Government to come out with a new unemployed graduates: Chidambaram
- In Troubled Waters (Business Standard, Niraj Bhatt, Mar 22, 2006)
Hike in shipping capacities is not matching with slower demand growth
- Airtel Unveils Retail Outlet Service For Ringtones (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
The service is being offered in collaboration with South Korea Telecom’s affiliate company WiderThan Co Ltd, which is the solution provider for Airtel’s Hello Tunes service.
- ‘Us-India Nuclear Deal Could Be Bad News For Kashmir’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
Nuclear cooperation between the United States and India could have severe implications for the Kashmir issue, lead to an arms race in South Asia and strategic regional instability, speakers at a public talk said.
- Two British-Indians In Cash-For-Peerage Row (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Mar 22, 2006)
Allegations that nominations were in return for loans or donations to the Labour Party.
- Demise Of Advertising Icon (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 22, 2006)
MR S H Hashmi, founder of advertisement business in the country and Managing Director of leading advertisement company Orient McCann Ericson Pakistan Ltd, passed away on Monday evening in Karachi at the age of 71.
- Bush Briefs Howard On India Nuclear Deal (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
Discusses nature and reasons for the agreement
Analysts say Howard could be signalling a policy change
- No Alternative To Talks (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 22, 2006)
As the Balochistan crisis deepens and acts of violence and sabotage escalate in the province, it is time a rational solution was found to the problem. It is therefore reassuring to find that a section of our lawmakers also disapprove of the . . .
- Centenary Celebrations (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 22, 2006)
The point that an authentic history of the Muslim League has not yet been written hits us forcefully when we realize that celebrations are to begin tomorrow to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Muslim League.
- India Is Up To Some Mischief (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 22, 2006)
Pakistan's Foreign Office has debunked Indian propaganda accusing Islamabad of breeding a new form of Jehadi terror aimed at fanning communal tensions within India. India’s National Security Adviser MK Narayanan had pointed out to the bomb attacks . . .
- Senate Debate (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 22, 2006)
Those who believe the ongoing military operations in Balochistan and the tribal areas will be halted might be reading too much into reports of a bipartisan consensus in the Senate on this issue, especially after Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao . . .
- Bird Flu Confirmed (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 22, 2006)
That tests would confirm Pakistan's first cases of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu was only a matter of time, considering Iran, India, Afghanistan and China have already tested positive.
- Saddam's Fm Was On Cia Payroll — Report (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
Iraq's foreign minister under Saddam Hussein spied for the CIA before the US-led invasion in 2003 in return for a $100,000 payment, a US television station reported Monday.
- Stalemate In Palestine (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 22, 2006)
It would be unfortunate for the Palestinian cause if Hamas and other parties fail to form a coalition government.
- Anp’S Bold Stand On South Waziristan (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Mar 22, 2006)
Asfandyar Wali, parliamentary leader of the Awami National Party (ANP), said in a debate on the Balochistan and Waziristan issues in the Senate on Monday that Afghan interference in North and South Waziristan was to blame for the deteriorating law . . .
- 200 Criminals Surrender In Bihar (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
The state administration headed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today persuaded over 200 criminals in Supaul and Madhepura to lay down their arms and join the mainstream. Following the path of non- violence they surrendered before the police.
- Vigyan Rail Awaits Pakistan Response (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
Proposal for joint working group meet
Kapil Sibal has a name for the train — CBM Express
Proposal to have 12 coaches, six each from each country
Exhibits from defence, atomic energy and space may be excluded
- The Rise And Rise Of The Un-West (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said recently that Iran was the chief current challenge to Washington.
- Who Will Challenge Iran? (Los Angeles Times, Editorial, Los Angeles Times, Mar 22, 2006)
The Radioactive question of Iran's nuclear program has now landed in the lap of the United Nations Security Council. Which is downright odd because, according to many learned observers, the Security Council's authority all but vanished when the . . . .
- Jessica Lal Case: Bina Ramani To Cooperate (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2006)
A week after lookout notices were issued against entrepreneur Bina Ramani and her fashion designer daughter Malini Ramani in the Jessica Lal murder case, the duo on Monday said that they would cooperate in the investigations even as the police . . .
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