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Articles 19621 through 19720 of 53943:
- India, China Plan To Float Ceos Forum (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
India and China, on Thursday, decided to set up up a CEOs (Chief Executive Officers) Forum in order to facilitate in-depth exchanges between the two countries at the business levels.
- India Calls For Joint Efforts To Promote Energy Security (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Mar 18, 2006)
G8 ministers for equitable access of all countries to energy resources
- Exorcising Milosevic (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Mar 18, 2006)
It’s debatable whether Slobodan Milosevic’s death in a war crimes tribunal cell was a fitting end for someone who started and lost four wars that wrecked the Balkans, killing more than 300,000 people and leaving millions more homeless.
- Centre Urged To Stop Anti-Naxal Movement In Chhattisgarh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
"Ensure that civilians are not involved in conflicts with armed groups"
"Members of a family are pitted against each other"
Maoists urged to end use of mines
- Cartoon Row Kills Danish Pm’S Visit » (Hindustan Times, Nilova Roy Chaudhury, Mar 18, 2006)
The Indian government diplomatically dissuaded Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen from visiting India around the end of this month, saying the controversy surrounding the cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed would overshadow the visit.
- Auto Motto (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 18, 2006)
The professional philosophy of auto-drivers across the country seems . . .
- A Counter-Culture (Deccan Herald, Avijit Pathak, Mar 18, 2006)
Students who protest for a cause suggests that their thought process has been stimulated by pedagogy..
- `India-Asean Trade Potential Remains Underutilised' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
Both are trading with the rest of the world but not enough with each other Timely action will boost economic relations, says official
- Positive Note (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 18, 2006)
There is hope of resolving the boundary dispute
- Suzlon To Acquire Belgian Company (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
All-cash transaction for 465 m euros ($565 m)
- Two From Delhi Held With Rs. 25 Lakhs (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
High drama unfolds after I-T sleuths in Hyderabad raid a hotel room on a tip-off
- Iran: Us Talks Tough On N-Front, Thaws On Iraq (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
While Washington's hardline UN ambassador John Bolton urged the Security Council to take tough steps with Iran over its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment, the White House announced on Thursday that the US ambassador in Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad was . . .
- India, Russia Firm Up Ties (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and his Russian counterpart Mikhail Fradkov identified the civil nuclear energy sector as one of the “key priority” areas for long-term bilateral co-operation.
- Government Committed To State's Development, Says Kumaraswamy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
`Plan worked out for improving infrastructure in Bangalore'
- Us Presses On With Rebel Offensive (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
US-led forces today pressed on with a highly publicised offensive against suspected guerrilla targets near the northern Iraqi town of Samarra in their latest bid to weaken a raging insurgency, witnesses said.
- Senate Likely To Agree To Much Of Iraq War Money (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
The Senate probably will give President George W Bush most of the money he wants for the Iraq war and Gulf Coast hurricane reconstruction while setting aside bipartisan worries about the enormous costs of both.
- Us-Iran Deadlock: What Is ‘Do-Able’? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Mar 18, 2006)
The Bush White House has come out with the National Security Strategy report for 2006. Among other threats listed in the document, Iran finds pride of place.
- Persisting In Folly (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 18, 2006)
Three years after its invasion of Iraq, the US has again deployed force on a massive scale in an assault billed as a flushing-out operation in the Samarra region.
- Urban Transit Systems (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 18, 2006)
IT seems that the Karachi and Lahore city district governments are now acting in a coordinated move on the construction of urban mass transit systems in the country’s two largest urban centres.
- Killing Of Intellectuals In Iraq (Dawn, Asma Rashid, Mar 18, 2006)
Ali Hussein al-Khafaj, dean of the engineering college at Al-Mustansiriya University in Baghdad, was kidnapped on March 7. Before him, Dr Ali Abdul Razaq al-Naas, a Shia political analyst at Baghdad University’s school of information and an outspoken crit
- Us Must Accord Pakistan Nuclear Deal Like India: Kasuri (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
Warns US refusal pushing Islamabad towards ‘other options’
Hints Pakistan moving towards China to counter Indian hegemony
- Pipeline Problems (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 18, 2006)
The inability of the three Oil Ministers to come to a conclusion in Tehran over the future of the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline indicates that American pressure on the latter two is finally bearing fruit.
- U.S.-Led Assault Continues In Iraq (Hindu, CP Bhambhri, Mar 18, 2006)
Three killed in drive-by shooting at Shia pilgrims
- China Drops At Least Part Of Case Against Researcher (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
The authorities made a surprise legal maneuver on Friday in the state secrets case against a Chinese researcher for The New York Times that left unclear whether he would soon be released or whether the case would be further delayed as . . .
- Iraq Transition To Stable Government Two Years Away (Christian Science Monitor, Tom Regan, Mar 18, 2006)
The transition to a stable government in Iraq could take as long as two years, according to US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. CNN reports that Ms. Rice made the comments after she spoke to Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer in Sydney.
- U.N. To Raise Its Profile In Iraq (Washington Times, Betsy Pisik, Mar 18, 2006)
The senior U.N. official in Iraq yesterday said that the United Nations will soon be raising its profile there, acknowledging that its "perceived absence" has been noticeable since a tragic suicide bombing after the U.S. invasion three years ago.
- Bush Adviser Says Iran Bluffing On Iraq (US News & World Report, JENNIFER LOVEN, Mar 18, 2006)
President Bush's top foreign policy adviser said Friday that Iran's new willingness to talk about Iraq with the United States is probably a ploy designed to "divert pressure and divert attention" from international concern that Tehran wants a nuclear . .
- 'Advani Will Never Regain Confidence Of Hindus' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
Accusing BJP leader LK Advani of betraying Hindus when he was in power, the VHP on Friday said he would never regain the confidence of the people for the "betrayal."
- Hamas To Finalise Cabinet Today (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
Hamas put the final touches on a new Palestinian cabinet on Friday as its leader abroad said the Islamic militant group was prepared for all out war with Israel if the Jewish state opted for conflict.
- Endangering World Peace (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 18, 2006)
After unsettling Iraq, which is now on the verge of civil war, the US is meditating another adventure in neighbouring Iran.
- Naxals Kill 3 Cops (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
The Central clearance to the Bangalore Metro (BM) is set to be delayed raising a question mark on the approval for the Rs 1,800-crore soft loan to the project from the Japanese Bank for International Co-operation (JBIC).
Although the Grou
- No Danger To Flag (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 18, 2006)
Perceived dangers to India’s sovereignty are most of the time ill-founded. Such perceptions acquire dimensions of the ludicrous when their proponents lace them with a visceral anti-Americanism, and a suspicion that the government led by Mr Manmohan Singh
- Man And His Government (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 18, 2006)
My interests, personal as well as professional, are in politics and society; in cultural terms I am more-or-less a philistine. I know a little about literature, a little less about music, and nothing at all about the greatest of modern art forms . . .
- Jordan To Repatriate Illegal Indian Workers (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
Jordan has decided to repatriate around 200 Indian job-seekers who entered the country without work visas or permits with the aid of recruiting agencies. The plight of Indian workers in Jordan came up for discussion during a meeting between the . . .
- Burns Warns Congressmen Against Amending N-Deal (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Mar 18, 2006)
A senior Bush administration official has cautioned members of the U.S. Congress against meddling with a civilian nuclear deal with India saying the administration was not in favour of renegotiating the agreement.
- Fm Should Aim At Equitable Growth (Tribune, Janak Raj Gupta, Mar 18, 2006)
The Union Budget for 2006-07 presents a remarkable continuity of economic policies initiated in 1991 with all attendant risks and opportunities.
- Rise Of Trans-National Terrorism (Tribune, Sudhir Hindwan, Mar 18, 2006)
Inter nationsal terrorism, though comparatively less in volume than the domestic variety , has crossed all limitations despite increased government efforts to combat it.
- Change Would Doom Us-India Nuclear Deal, Says Burns (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
Change would doom US-India nuclear deal, says Burns
- Globalisation Of Education (Tribune, Sucha Singh Gill, Mar 18, 2006)
The recent ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that concluded on December 18, 2005, at Hong Kong made a major breakthrough in the trade in services under GATS. The original GATS (General Agreement on Trade in Services) signed in Dece
- Gas Pipeline: India Seeks Russia's Help (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
"Desperately short" of hydrocarbon resources, India on Friday sought expansion of civil nuclear cooperation with Russia and talked about the possibility of involving Moscow in the India-Iran gas pipeline project.
- Unesco Backs South Asia Foundation's Work On Regional Cooperation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
The Director General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, opened on Friday the annual meeting of the South Asia Foundation at UNESCO headquarters in Paris.
- Muslim Leaders To Meet Today (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid Syed Ahmed Bukhari has convened a national conference of Muslims here tomorrow to bring all Muslim religious and political groups under one platform to evolve a joint strategy for social, economic and educational . . .
- 60 Tonnes Of Uranium Fuel For Tarapur (Tribune, T.R. Ramachandran, Mar 18, 2006)
In a development of significant import, Russia agreed to supply 60 metric tonnes of uranium fuel for the Tarapur atomic power plant in Maharashtra and get the Kudankulam project in Tamil Nadu operational by 2007-08, coupled with strengthening . . .
- Numbers Game (Tribune, Shriniwas Joshi, Mar 18, 2006)
Osho believed that humans produced two types of sound — one in the form of words, the other in the form of wind. He said that these were simply noises produced by the body. I had thought otherwise and agreed with Huxley: “words have enabled us to rise abo
- Harvest Of Hate (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Mar 18, 2006)
For Hindu fundamentalist politicians and their Islamist doppelgangers, the jehad has offered an opportunity to make political gains from violence.
- Will Transfers Really Check Corruption? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Mar 17, 2006)
Once the shock and awe at five Bangalore policemen being worth Rs 60 crore subsides, a larger question that stares at us is: if liberalisation was to spell finis to corruption, why .....
- State Of Bliss & Being (Deccan Herald, RAMNATH NARAYANSWAMY, Mar 17, 2006)
What does the state of self-realisation consist of? This is a question that every realised master has been plagued with by seekers. What is the state of a jnani? Ramana Maharishi said that it is as difficult for a jnani to entertain a . . .
- Raids: Investigation To Be Expedited In Karnataka (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
Justice should not be delayed, says Lokayukta
- 'N-Fuel Supply Doesn't Violate Guidelines' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov, who on Thursday began a two-day visit to India, has said Moscow's decision to supply uranium fuel to New Delhi did not violate any international guidelines.
- Iraq Pm Jaafari Ready To Quit (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Mar 17, 2006)
Iraq's Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari said on Thursday that he is willing to withdraw his nomination to head the new government if he was asked to do so by the Iraqi people.
- End Of Communism (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Mar 17, 2006)
On the morning of February 25, 1956, a short, bald, thick-set man rose to address an unscheduled meeting of high-ranking members of the Soviet communist party in Moscow.
- The Same Question :Why? (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Mar 17, 2006)
Three years after the US invaded Iraq, the question is still being asked, "Why did George W. Bush do it?" Until recently the reasons most cited were control of oil, security for Israel, power projection, and vengeance against Arabs for the . . .
- Will India Accommodate Bangladesh? (Hindustan Times, MAHENDRA VED, Mar 17, 2006)
With Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia set to begin a visit to India on March 20, there is considerable interest in New Delhi if she will respond to New Delhi's concerns on bilateral issues.
- India Ready To Shoulder Global Role: Us Report (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
India is now poised to shoulder global obligations in cooperation with the United States "in a way befitting a major power," the Bush administration said on Thursday in a sweeping overview of American strategic interests worldwide.
- Shopaholics Unite (Times of India, SWAGATO GANGULY, Mar 17, 2006)
Consumerism gets a bad rap, yet human beings across history and culture have yearned to possess things. We are not disembodied selves but have an intimate relationship with the material world around us.
- A Realistic Cmp? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 17, 2006)
The proposals are both doable and achiveable
- Us Document Cites Iran ‘Confrontation’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
A new US national security strategy document warns of a possible “confrontation” with Iran if “diplomatic efforts” fail to pressure Tehran to give up its aspirations to develop nuclear weapons......
- Hindu Leaders Meet Kalam, Patil (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
Seek CBI probe into Varanasi blasts
- Ec Announces Bypoll To 6 Assembly Seats (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
The Election Commission today announced the schedule for byelection to six Assembly constituencies on April 24 in three states including four in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Ec Gets Tough (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 17, 2006)
Police chief shifted for praising Amma
- Australia To Send Team To India On U.S. Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
Australia will send a team of officials to India to find out more about a deal with the United States on nuclear energy, but said on Friday there would be no immediate change in its policy on uranium sales.
- Whatever Happened To The One-Hit Wonder? (Deccan Herald, Victoria Shannon, Mar 17, 2006)
Some of those products were a voice for the consumer, but where are they now?
- Ec Transfers Chennai Police Commissioner (Tribune, Arup Chanda, Mar 17, 2006)
It is now a case of sheer embarrassment for the Tamil Nadu Government as the Election Commission ordered that it shift the most prestigious police officer of the state, the Chennai City Police Commissioner R. Nataraj for violating the "model code . . .
- International Flower Show Begins In Hosur (Hindu, S. Prasad, Mar 17, 2006)
75 new varieties of roses raised in this region are on display
Breeders from Israel, Kenya, France, Holland, Italy, Spain, Columbia and Australia are participating
All varieties displayed have a high potential in the world markets
Pesticide manufact
- Senate Panel To Review Nuke Deal (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
Introducing a bill in the US Senate seeking amendment of the Atomic Energy Act, the Chair of Foreign Relations Committee Richard Lugar said his panel would closely review the proposed legislation, the US-India nuclear agreement and . . .
- Nuclear Deal Enters Us Congress Test (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Mar 17, 2006)
Landmark legislation to see through the Indo-US nuclear deal and to change a discriminatory global non-proliferation regime for the first time in almost four decades was introduced in the US Congress today.
- Indo-Russia Tarapur Deal Today (Hindustan Times, Nilova Roy Chaudhury, Mar 17, 2006)
Russian Premier Mikhail Fradkov will seal the deal to supply uranium fuel for the Tarapur Atomic Power Station (TAPS) during his meetings with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday.
- Pak Warns Indo-Us Nuke Deal Will Unravel Npt (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
The main international treaty aimed at stopping the spread of atomic weapons will fall apart in the wake of the US civil nuclear deal with India, Pakistan warned on Friday.
- Us Has Reservations On Russian Fuel For India (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
The USA has expressed reservations over the proposed Russian supply of nuclear fuel to India indicating that any such move should await compliance by India of its obligations under the civilian nuclear technology agreement between the two countries.
- Tarigami Calls On Musharraf (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Mar 17, 2006)
CPI(M) legislator from Jammu and Kashmir M.Y. Tarigami along with noted Gandhian Nirmala Deshpande on Thursday called on Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and exchanged views on the peace process and measures needed to give it a boost.
- Delhi Students, Teachers Caught In Covert India-France Visa War (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Mar 17, 2006)
Applications handled "casually"; students, teachers from Delhi put to hardship
Visa was valid only for France whereas the group required Schengen visa for transit through Germany
Germans come to help
- Bmp Bracing For Poll Year Budget (Hindu, Afshan Yasmeen, Mar 17, 2006)
To be presented on March 24, budget may have sops for women, senior citizens
Short stay homes for women proposed
Some more day care centres to be opened for senior citizens
Budget outlay likely to be Rs. 2,000 crores
- Dam(ned) Gilgit (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Mar 17, 2006)
The proposed Bhasha dam in Gilgit is not only a bone of contention between New Delhi and Islamabad. It has also triggered a heated controversy on the home turf.
- N-Deal Bills Moved In Us Congress (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Mar 17, 2006)
Chairmen of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House International Relations Committee today introduced bills in the US Congress aimed at amending the Atomic Energy Act and facilitating nuclear trade with India.
- Pm Can't Talk To A Person Holding Gun In Hands: Cm (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today declared that the Central Government was ready for talks with the militants provided they leave the gun. As far as hardline Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani is concerned, the Government has . . .
- Us To Use Ties With India, China For S Asia Peace (Hindustan Times, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Mar 17, 2006)
The Bush administration has said it would utilise its growing relationship with India and China to ensure peace and stability in South Asian countries like Nepal and Sri Lanka.
- Ec Finalising Strategy For Maoist-Hit Wb Areas (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
The Election Commission has been in constant touch with the West Bengal government for finalising the strategy for deployment of security personnel in the first phase of Assembly elections on April 17 in three Maoist-hit districts.
- India, China Trade Set To Grow To 20 Billion Dollars (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
India and China are poised to achieve 20 billion dollar bilateral trade turnover by the year 2007, a year ahead of the target set earlier, Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath today said.
- Need For Restraint (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Mar 17, 2006)
There is no secret about the intentions of miscreants who desecrate a holy book or a place. Their evil aim is to create communal tension.
- Already Too Late? (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Mar 17, 2006)
The left seems to have tied itself up in knots
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