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Articles 20021 through 20120 of 53943:
- `Delhi Budget Allocations For Rural Areas, Unauthorised Colonies Inadequate' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2006)
Sajjan Kumar welcomes decision to reduce VAT on cooking gas, desi ghee, inverters, electrical goods and shoes
`Allocation to Rural Development Board be hiked to Rs. 200 crores'
`Hike old age pension to Rs. 500 p.m.'
- A Condemnable Attack (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 14, 2006)
The cowardly attempt on the life of Afghan Senate Chairman Sibghatullah Mujaddedi by unidentified suicide bombers in Kabul on Sunday deserves severest condemnation.
- Economy On Growth Path: Chidambaram (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2006)
State Governments urged to spend funds from day one
If States spend the funds the people will have more money: Chidambaram
Ministries not spending 66 per cent of allocation in the first nine months to be penalised
Rich spared, middle-class squeezed
- The Ptcl Signing (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 14, 2006)
Finally, the signing ceremony of the PTCL privatisation deal has taken place, effectively giving the Etisalat Group of UAE 26 per cent shares and management rights. Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz is justified in his optimism that the unprecedented . . .
- `Sensitive' List Being Finalised For Free Trade Agreement With Asean (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2006)
FTA scheduled for implementation from January 1, 2007
Sensitive list one of the major hurdles
UNCTAD identifies 583 items
- India, China Talks End On Friendly Note (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2006)
The seventh round of India-China border talks concluded on "a constructive and friendly" note here on Monday.
- Slow But Sure Steps Of Justice (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Mar 14, 2006)
IF there is justice there will be peace. Nine men from Baroda were sentenced to life imprisonment by a special court in Mumbai for a massacre of innocents (known as the Best Bakery case) during one of the most terrible communal riots in our . . .
- Economics Of Basant-Ban (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 14, 2006)
Though the first-ever complete ban on basant resulted in only two deaths compared with last year’s figure of 29, it is pertinent to analyse who exactly the ban itself and the government’s inability to fully enforce it helped and harmed.
- Bush’S Bad-Faith Energy Policy (Hindu, Joseph Stiglitz, Mar 14, 2006)
One of the more surreal sessions at this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos had oil industry experts explaining how the melting of the polar ice cap — which is occurring faster than anyone anticipated — represents not only . . .
- Citizen First — Sampark Centres In India — Ishtiaq Ahmed (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Mar 14, 2006)
Under the old bureaucratic system the individual was treated more as a subject on whom state functionaries exercised power to extract taxes, levies and other charges. In return some public services were provided, but since the state . . .
- Bush Administration Launches Campaign For Us-India N-Deal (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Mar 14, 2006)
The first high-profile administration attempt to ease the passage of the India-US nuclear agreement through Congress was in evidence on Monday, with the publication of a signed article by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in the . . .
- Congressional Hearing On India-Us Deal This Month (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Mar 14, 2006)
The House of Representatives’ International Relations Committee announced on Monday that it would hold hearings on the India-US nuclear agreement later this month.
- N-Export Rules Tightened As Un Faults India’S Record (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Mar 14, 2006)
The Indian government tightened rules on the export of nuclear equipment and technology on Monday, a day after the former UN weapons inspector David Albright faulted India’s non-proliferation record.
- Bird Flu Scare In Hyderabad (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2006)
Pakistan is investigating a possible second outbreak of bird flu after poultry farmers threw around 2,000 chicken carcasses on a dumping ground, officials said on Monday.
- Bush In South Asia — Raising A Political Storm (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Mar 14, 2006)
As the US President moved from Afghanistan to India and then Pakistan, he raised political storm clouds. If India was obsessed with the nuclear deal, Pakistan wanted similar treatment and Afghanistan worried about the . . .
- Waiting For The Click (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Mar 14, 2006)
Doha round will be fruitful if the world perseveres
- Eu Employers Urge Bigger Tariff Cuts For Wto Accord (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2006)
European manufacturers called on Brazil and India to offer bigger reductions in import tariffs to produce a World Trade Organisation agreement that benefits business globally.
- Standstill In The Middle East (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 14, 2006)
Going by the policies Mr Ehud Olmert is pursuing, it seems Mr Ariel Sharon is still very much at the helm of Israeli affairs.
- Hamas To Submit New Draft Gov't Plan (Jordan Times, Omar Karmi, Mar 14, 2006)
Hamas is set to submit a new draft government programme after talks with Palestinian factions proved inconclusive Monday. Hamas officials, however, vowed that coalition talks would be concluded by the end of the week.
- Deliver On Doha (The Financial Express, Sachin Chaturvedi, Mar 14, 2006)
The failure of the G-6 meeting of select WTO members in London is yet another forceful reminder of the fact that the mini-ministerials would not serve any purpose till members agree to meet their obligations at the negotiating table.
- Adag’S Operation Clean-Up (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Mar 14, 2006)
Telecom restructuring is shareholder-friendly
- Advani Back In Favour (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2006)
Under attack from secular parties, the Sangh Parivar and the BJP today closed ranks and rallied behind Mr LK Advani on his proposed controversial ‘National Integration Yatra’ from 6 April announced in the wake of the Varanasi bomb blasts.
- Just Get Me My Pan, By Hook Or By Crook (The Financial Express, Vivek Law, Mar 14, 2006)
PAN or permanent account number is today, in many ways, similar to what the passport was a few years before.
- Co-Ed Rules (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 14, 2006)
That girls and boys are attracted to very different aspects of science is almost as distressing a finding as the observation, common among progressive parents, that their boys play with cars, while their girls prefer to busy themselves with dolls.
- Us Lawmaker Suggests Cong May Seek "Conditions" On Nuke Deal (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2006)
A senior US lawmaker has suggested that the Congress may seek "conditions" for the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal as it has "profound" implications for American interests worldwide.
- Imperialism Redux (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Mar 14, 2006)
Business, Energy, Weapons And Foreign Policy
- India Not To Compromise Friendly Relations With Iran (Press Trust of India, Amitabha Roychowdhury, Mar 14, 2006)
Thamrait Air Base (Oman), Mar 13 (PTI) Maintaining that the Iran nuclear issue should be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy, India has said it would not compromise friendly relations with Tehran "at any cost."
- N-Energy Clean, Says Delhi (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2006)
India today emphasised that nuclear energy should be considered under the clean development mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change as it was one of the “cleanest sources of energy”.
- Door Would "Reopen" For Negotiation If Iran Heeds Iaea Request (Press Trust of India, H S RAO, Mar 14, 2006)
Britain has said the door to a negotiated solution to Iran's nuclear issue would "reopen" if Tehran respects the requests of IAEA, but warned that if the country continues to defy international community, the UN Security Council "would respond."
- Our Opportunity With India (Washington Post, Condoleezza Rice, Mar 13, 2006)
The week before last President Bush concluded a historic agreement on civilian nuclear cooperation with India, a rising democratic power in a dynamic Asia.
- Consensus Eludes Pugwash Meet (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Mar 13, 2006)
But unanimity on need to carry forward peace process
Self-governance, de-militarisation and terrorism were sticky points
Divergence pertains to priorities: Talat Masood
Time New Delhi responded to Musharraf's pro-active approach: Omar
New Delhi an
- Five Rockets Hit Bannu Garrison (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
Five rockets fired by unknown people fell in different parts of Bannu city in the early hours of Sunday without causing any loss to life and property.
- Mujaddedi Survives Suicide Attack (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
Former Afghan president Sibghatullah Mujaddedi was slightly wounded in a suicide car bomb attack on Sunday that officials said killed two bombers and two civilians.
- Separatists' Shenanigans In J And K (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Mar 13, 2006)
Current events in Jammu and Kashmir appear to be in consonance with Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf’s game plan for a regional splintering of the former princely State.
- Wb: Ec To Set Up Over 4,000 Auxiliary Booths For Polls (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
In a bid to facilitate voting, the Election Commission has decided to set up over 4,000 auxiliary booths in West Bengal for the upcoming Assembly elections in the state.
- Democratic Lawmaker Asks Senate To Censure Bush (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Mar 13, 2006)
In a development that turns the political spotlight on the White House, a leading Democratic lawmaker has asked the Senate to censure President George Bush for his role in the controversial domestic wiretap programme.
- U.S. Ties With India, Pakistan On Divergent Paths (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Mar 13, 2006)
President George W. Bush's visit to India and Pakistan this month underscored dramatically the increasingly divergent U.S. approaches to the South Asian nuclear rivals.
- Discourse On Course (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Mar 13, 2006)
In their case there are coincidences galore. Both are lawyers and have been People's Conference stalwarts in the past. They belong to the same northern parts of the Valley.
- India Slow To Wake Up To Growing Maoist Menace (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Mar 13, 2006)
Kanker, India (Reuters) - Shouting "commando", police in camouflage uniform and black bandanas pour down from the sky on ropes. Others clamber over rocks, shooting from the shoulder as targets pop up all around them.
- India, China Confident Of Settling Border Dispute (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
Holding that Sino-Indian talks on border dispute were moving in the right direction to "extricate" them from "logjam", National Security Advisor M K Naryanan today said the delineation issue could be settled after the next two to three rounds.
- Finland Pm On Three-Day Visit To New Delhi (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen arrived in New Delhi on Sunday from Chennai.
- Newspaper Chain Agrees To A Sale For $4.5 Billion (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
Knight Ridder, the second-largest newspaper company in the United States, agreed last night to sell itself for about $4.5 billion in cash and stock to the McClatchy Company, a publisher half its size, according to people involved in the negotiations.
- Neighbours Trade Charges (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
The head of Afghanistan’s upper house of parliament accused Pakistani intelligence of plotting a suicide attack that lightly wounded him and killed four other people in Kabul today.
- Anil Rejigs Telecom Biz (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
Anil Ambani on Sunday reorganised host of group companies under the umbrella of Reliance Communication Venture Ltd (RCOVL) after merging Reliance Infocom into it.
- Hizb, Let Leaders On Hunger-Strike (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Mar 13, 2006)
18 militant commanders stage protest in POK
Eighteen top jihadi commanders are staging a hunger strike in Muzaffarabad against "the betrayal of the jihad in Jammu and Kashmir by President Pervez Musharraf," a Hizbul- Mujahideen spokesperson told . . .
- Nuclear Deal: Benefits For India (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Mar 13, 2006)
The US-India deal will lead to more efficient import of nuclear technology and equipment, translating into higher nuclear power generation, which, in these pollution-conscious times, ought not to be written off hastily on grounds of higher . . .
- Whatever Happened To Kamanna? (Deccan Herald, Lokkur Vasanthi Rao, Mar 13, 2006)
You know the old story of how Kamadeva tried to play Cupid and was burned to ashes by Lord Shiva, who opened His third eye. Well, here’s a recap: Troubled by demons, gods, goddesses and sages prayed that Lord Shiva get married to . . .
- Ongc Set To Invest Rs 45,000 Cr: Cm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
Chief Minister H D Kumaaraswamy announced here on Sunday that ONGC was ready to invest in the State from Rs 40,000 crore to Rs 45,000 crore instead of the originally planned Rs 25,000 crore.
- Cellular Telephony In Rural India (Daily Excelsior, Arvinder Kaur, Mar 13, 2006)
The cellular telephony in rural India is in for a big leap, with the finance minister announcing that the Telegraph Act will be amended to extend financial support to infrastructure for cellular telephony in rural areas. At present, the Act only provides
- India Seeks Lobbyists To Hardsell N-Deal: Report (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
India is not solely depending on diplomacy to win the US Congress' backing for its civilian nuclear cooperation deal with Washington but also taking the help of lobbyists, a media report said.
- Ec To Set Up Over 4,000 Auxiliary Booths In Wb (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
In a bid to facilitate voting, the Election Commission has decided to set up over 4,000 auxiliary booths in West Bengal for the upcoming Assembly elections in the state.
- The Road Less Travelled (Tribune, B.G. Verghese, Mar 13, 2006)
The Indo-US agreement should see a turning point not only in India’s position in the world but also in its perception of itself.
- Growing India Needs A Permanent Establishment (Tribune, Manish Tewari, Mar 13, 2006)
In the wake of the domestic fracas on the Iran vote at the IAEA, Dr. Manmohan Singh recently bemoaned the lack of an “establishment” and a strategic culture in India that takes a long-term view of India’s interests.
- Saintly Crusader (Tribune, Shastri Ramachandaran, Mar 13, 2006)
IT is a comment on our times that even the informed intelligentsia bat their eyelids in ignorance at the mention of the name Siddhraj Dhadda.
- Basic Framework Of India-China Border Talks "Within Next Two-Three Rounds" (Hindu, CP Bhambhri, Mar 13, 2006)
Two sides working closely, making progress: Dai Bingguo; next round to be held in China
- What The Pictures Teach (Telegraph, UDDALAK MUKHERJEE, Mar 13, 2006)
How does one talk about sex to a group of young, painfully shy, village girls with little or no education? This was what Himalini Varma kept thinking as she sat inside a tiny hut in a village in South 24 Parganas.
- All Those Who Will Make The Difference (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 13, 2006)
Given the highly politicized election personnel in Bengal, fair play will depend on the neutral role of senior supervisors, writes A.K. Chatterjee
- Women On The Rise (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Mar 13, 2006)
On International Women’s Day the capital celebrated it as champagne owners flew over to host high-flying women achievers at the Oberoi.
- Endangered, She Said (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 13, 2006)
Of the various emotions aroused on International Women’s Day — demands for emancipation in Pakistan to success stories in Kofi Annan’s report
- Winners And Losers In The Outsourcing Game (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Mar 13, 2006)
Far from being a blot, outsourcing and offshoring are powerful tools to help solve the competitiveness problem and, provided the right structural reforms are implemented, may also assist in solving Europe's low employment problem.
Smart companies . . .
- Indian N-Data On Thorium Unique And Valuable: Iaea Official (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
The International Atomic Energy Agency’s coordinated research project has described the Indian nuclear data on thorium as unique and of high quality and its contribution very valuable for the international nuclear community.
- Burying Hatchets (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Mar 13, 2006)
Many were dumbfounded at the recent coming together of two of Tamil Nadu's bitter political enemies Marumalarchi Dravida Munntera Kazhagam (MDMK) and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagan (AIADMK) for the purpose of contesting the forthcoming . . .
- Search For Truth (Statesman, SANKAR SEN, Mar 13, 2006)
Acquittal of all the accused in the sensational seven year old Jessica Lall murder case has rudely shocked the conscience of the nation and shattered its faith in the working of the criminal justice system.
- Bill Proposes To Enhance Powers Of Dam Safety Authority (Hindu, Roy Mathew, Mar 13, 2006)
Bill to be considered at special session of Assembly that begins tomorrow
- Musharraf’S Warning (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 13, 2006)
Less than two weeks after highlighting the need for implementing the Parliamentary Committee’s recommendations to restore order in Balochistan, General Musharraf has justified the ongoing military operation in that province, saying the . . .
- Persuading Congress (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 13, 2006)
Bush makes a good start
AS promised under the Indo-US nuclear deal, the George W. Bush administration has initiated the process for its implementation.
- A Spoof Hits China's Web, A Star Is Born (Christian Science Monitor, Robert Marquand, Mar 13, 2006)
An underground video sweeping Chinese cyberspace has half the country cracking up.
- China Renews An Old Ideological Fight (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
BEIJING For the first time in perhaps a decade, the National People's Congress, the Communist Party-run legislature now convened in its annual two-week session, is consumed with an ideological debate over socialism and capitalism that many assumed . . .
- `We Are The Generation After Marquez, Neruda' (Hindu, Mandira Nayar, Mar 13, 2006)
Jaime Collyer might not be a familiar `dust jacket' name in India at the moment.
- Fix The System Before The Next Scam (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, Mar 13, 2006)
The ‘demat scam’ is off the front pages and media attention is focussed on the spiralling Sensex.
- The State Dept Report (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 13, 2006)
Governments that have been criticised in the US State Department’s report on human rights have rightly come out strong against it, considering its obvious prejudiced outlook.
- Hamas To Hold Final Round Of Talks On Gov't Formation (Jordan Times, Omar Karmi, Mar 13, 2006)
Israeli right-wing leader Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday ruled out joining any Kadima-led coalition to form a new Israeli government after elections on March 28.
- Uniformed Thieves (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 13, 2006)
Car owners, beware of policemen!
- Indian Maoists Claim Government Backs Civilian Paramilitaries (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
Indian Maoists who killed 28 people last month in a landmine blast said on Sunday the victims were government-backed paramilitaries and not civilians.
- Mayhem In The Menagerie (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Mar 13, 2006)
New conflict between the United Jihad Council and President Pervez Musharraf reflects a crisis in Pakistan's political life.
- Innovative Solutions To Keep Computers Affordable (Hindu, Anand Parthasarathy, Mar 13, 2006)
For potential buyers, the proposals of Finance Minister P. Chidambaram might seem like disincentives to acquire a computer
Despite hardware, software duty increase, major players hold prices for now
Hyderabad-based company unveils . . .
- Personal Computer Makers Find Ways To Overcome Post-Budget Blues (Hindu, Anand Parthasarathy, Mar 13, 2006)
Imaginative solutions on the price front to keep it affordable
Inspite of hardware, software duty hike, major players hold prices — for now
Booming demand inspires unusual form factors
- Nature Of Us Relations With India And Pakistan Different (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
President George W Bush’s visit to India and Pakistan this month underscored dramatically the increasingly divergent US approaches to the South Asian nuclear rivals.
- Power-Ing Ahead? (Business Standard, Subir Gokarn, Mar 13, 2006)
Mumbai may well be the symbolic power equivalent of the country's gold reserves being shipped to London in 1991.
- Maoists Vs Militias (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 13, 2006)
Parts of Chhattisgarh are witnessing a strange sort of militarisation that is depriving people of their basic political and economic freedoms.
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