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Articles 20521 through 20620 of 53943:
- Concessions And Gains (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Mar 08, 2006)
There would be no dearth of former officials and experts in Washington and New Delhi, taking potshots at the Indo-US agreement on nuclear separation that was unveiled in Parliament on Tuesday by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and soon . . .
- Today's Editorial: New Clear Deal (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 08, 2006)
After weeks of intense diplomatic activity, India and the US have reached an agreement on implementation of the nuclear deal struck last year.
- Time For Activists To Look At Social Minefields (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Mar 08, 2006)
Even after a decade of the legally guaranteed representation for women in the Panchayat Raj system, there is no groundswell of opinion for legislative reservation for women
- Gender Parity: A Long Way To Go (Deccan Herald, Lola Nayar, Mar 08, 2006)
Sc pronouncement making the registration of marriages compulsory is a positive step
- Catch The Poacher (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 08, 2006)
A separate bureau will help in curbing wild life poaching
- Women’S Day (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 08, 2006)
Decision-making for women can come onlu with empowerment
- Blasts In Sankatmochan Temple And Railway Station Kill Dozen, Several Injured (Indian Express, CR Jayachandran, Mar 08, 2006)
PM, Kalam appeal for peace • BJP slams ‘competitive minorityism’ • Shameful, say Muslim law board and Jamiat
- Reconnect With Yourself (Telegraph, SRIRUPA RAY, Mar 08, 2006)
Instead of being an excuse to seek special privileges, International Women’s Day should be an exercise in self-discovery
- Foreign Secretary Clarifies On Kalam's Visit To Myanmar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Visit not to gain influence in the region
Suu Kyi's release will be helpful in restoration of democracy
Myanmar important to India as it shares border with four States
- How To Stop It (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Mar 08, 2006)
Any sane person will be shocked by the gory incident of an Army jawan gunning down his four colleagues and then taking his own life in Miran Sahib on Sunday night. It is true that this is not the first instance of its kind in the State.
- Mulayam Moves To Take Ground Measures, On Political Front Too (Indian Express, Atiq Khan, Mar 08, 2006)
Even as Governor TV Rajeswar kept a close watch on the situation in the aftermath of the serial bomb blasts in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav held a closed-door meeting with some of his ministers and senior officials . . .
- Iran Insists On N-Fuel Research (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
European Union negotiators demand a 10-year moratorium on all enrichment activities.
- Tatas, Birlas Put Issue Before Dot (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
In the continuing battle over stakeholding in joint venture Idea, Birlas, on Tuesday, dug out old government communication to establish that their partner Tatas’ submission before Telecom Ministry was “incorrect” and “inconsistent” with licence policies.
- N-Deal: What The Pm Said (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
"There will be no capping of our strategic program. India will not be constrained in any way." - Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister
- A Million Voices For The Tree (Daily Excelsior, Ratnadhar Jha, Mar 08, 2006)
Like nuclear warheads, destruction of tropical forest has become ‘domestic to our century’.
- Two New Medical Colleges This Year, Says Acharya (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Two of the six proposed government medical colleges are likely to function from the coming academic year, Medical Education Minister Dr V S Acharya said on Tuesday.
- Issues Remain Unaddressed In Budget (Hindu, Subramanian Swamy , Mar 08, 2006)
The 2006-07 budget has no solutions for the pressing problems of the economy. Instead, we find a tax on kitchen tiles, packaged software, and share transactions just to make budgetary ends meet and not for dynamic policy.
- Implementing India's Separation Plan (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 08, 2006)
Fourteen thermal power reactors to come under safeguards between 2006 and 2014. U.S. promises to create conditions for India to have assured and full access to fuel.
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 08, 2006)
Getting right one of the engagements of the Karnataka Chief Minister — in Bangalore — was probably a task in "Civil servants facing new challenges: Kumaraswamy" (March 5, 2006, page 6). On March 4, he inaugurated not the conference of the UPSC . . .
- Join Brazil In Planting Oil (Hindu, LUIZ INACIO LULA DA SILVA, Mar 08, 2006)
The 21st century will be marked by a crucial debate: how can we make economic and social development compatible with the preservation of our natural environment?
- 'Verdict Is A Blow To Green Mumbai’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Mumbai has the highest property rates in the world and the new construction activity is likely to "rejuvenate" the city and create new development area in the metropolis, leading architect Mukesh Mehta said.
- Manmohan Spells Out N-Separation Plan (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Spelling out the separation plan under the Indo-US nuclear deal, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said there would be no capping of the country's strategic programme.
- Bjp And Vhp Call For Bandh To Protest Varanasi Blasts (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
The BJP and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad tonight gave separate calls for Uttar Pradesh bandh tomorrow in protest against the bomb blsts in varanasi.
- Us And Uk Can Only Support Efforts To Resolve Kashmir: Blair (Press Trust of India, H S RAO, Mar 08, 2006)
Britain has said that Washington and London could only support the efforts of India and Pakistan to resolve the Kashmir issue.
- N-Deal Will Bring India Into "Non-Proliferation Mainstream": Burns (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Mar 08, 2006)
Seeking to drum up support of the sceptical lawmakers, the US has said the nuclear deal with India would bring it into the "non-proliferation mainstream" and dismissed any parallel between the Indian and Iranian programmes.
- Women’S Lib Crib (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Mar 08, 2006)
Careful about reading this one. After all, an editorial on Women’s Day quoting a study that suggests that feminist ideals have made women in general ‘unhappier’ is likely to get the rolling pins as well as the brief cases out.
- Varanasi Blasts: Bandh Paralyses Normal Life (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Normal life here was paralysed today as the BJP-sponsored bandh to protest the twin terror attacks in the city went underway amidst tight security, especially at places of worship, including the famous Kashi Viswanath temple-gyanvapi mosque.
- Budget Commits To Promote 50 Handicraft-Centric Villages (Times of India, NARAYANI GANESH, Mar 08, 2006)
Say 'India' and immediately, a potential tourist thinks of palaces and monuments, handicrafts and textiles, festivals and fairs, regional cuisine and street food, ancient temples, mosques and churches, folklore and fantasy.
- A Win-Win Agreement (Times of India, Anupam Srivastava & Seema Gahlaut , Mar 08, 2006)
The civilian nuclear energy deal between India and the US has finally been concluded, which means that the Indian plan to separate civilian and weapons-dedicated nuclear facilities has met US benchmarks of being credible, verifiable, and . . .
- Blair Dealt Nuke Blow (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 08, 2006)
Prime Minister Tony Blair’s backing for nuclear power suffered a blow yesterday when the Government’s own advisory body on sustainable development came down firmly against the building of a new generation of reactors.
- Full Circle? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Mar 08, 2006)
Who was the leader to have accompanied United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi during her meeting with US President George W. Bush in the national capital recently? Dr Karan Singh is the answer.
- Tackling Al-Qaeda (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Mar 08, 2006)
Over four years have passed since 9/11. According to dependable intelligence sources Osama bin Laden throughout this period remained holed up in the tribal belt that lies between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
- Breaking The Mould? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 08, 2006)
Among the points raised by President Pervez Musharraf during his talk with editors on Monday and earlier in his CNN interview was his criticism of the ‘India-centric’ attitude in Pakistan.
- Metro Rail Work Will Begin Soon: Kumaraswamy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Work on the Bangalore Metro Rail Project is likely to be launched shortly with Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Tuesday directing the officials concerned to initiate measures and complete the formalities connected with it.
- International Women's Day (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Diamonds. Gold. Coloured stones. Or just about anything you think is a perfect toast to the spirit of womanhood, is on display at Zaveri Bros Jewellers, DB Road, RS Puram.
- Crucial Aspects Of Jessica Lal Murder Case To Be Reinvestigated (Hindu, Devesh K. Pandey , Mar 08, 2006)
All those associated with the investigation would come under its ambit
The police can ask the officials in question to explain various lapses
Special team being formed to probe the case
- No Capping Of Strategic Programme, Says Manmohan (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday said India will shut the Cirus atomic reactor by 2010 and shift the fuel of the Apsara reactor from its present location and place it under international safeguards while assuring categorically that the nuclear separa
- Pak, India Civil Aviation Talks Inconclusive (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Extensive round of Pak-India talks to review Civil Aviation existing bilateral arrangements concluded inconclusive in New Delhi on Tuesday.
- Iaea Meets Amid Rift Over Iranian Nuclear Programme (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Iran will not agree to a compromise over its nuclear programme that involves suspending full-scale uranium enrichment for any longer than two years, a diplomat told AFP Tuesday.
- Nuclear Separation Plan Seeks Fine Balance (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Mar 08, 2006)
Concerns of cost, research and security emphasised, but sme sacrifices too
Decision on fuel fabrication plants put off
CIRUS research reactor to be shut down
Fuel core of Apsara reactor to be shifted
- Giving Women Their Rights (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 08, 2006)
More than 30 years after the United Nations formally declared March 8 as International Women’s Day, there are very few signs that Pakistan is breaking out of its patriarchal mould and giving women their due rights in society or recognizing their . . .
- India To Open 14 Nuclear Plants To Inspection By 2014 (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Mar 08, 2006)
India will open 14 of its 22 nuclear plants for international inspections by 2014 as part of a civilian nuclear cooperation deal with the United States, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday.
- Separation Of N-Units By 2014: Singh (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
India will open 14 of its 22 nuclear plants for international inspections by 2014 as part of a landmark civilian nuclear cooperation deal with the United States, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday.
- Uneasy Calm Prevails In Varanasi » (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Residents in Varanasi are trying to return to normal after blasts ripped through the city Tuesday night.
- Pakistan To Pursue Pipeline With Or Without India: Pm (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Says Pakistan will oppose military action against Iran
- Pakistan And India Agree To Expand Air Service Agreement (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Mar 08, 2006)
Pakistan and India have agreed to expand the scope of the existing air service agreement between them.
- Vive La Difference! (The Economic Times, Rama Bijapurkar, Mar 08, 2006)
The two of us, writing this piece, are battle hardened though somewhat exhausted sufferers of a debilitating physical and mental condition. It is called “trying to be super woman-itis”. Some symptoms of this are “muthering heights”, and “we are . . .
- Now For Nuclear Power (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 08, 2006)
The dust is settling on the nuclear deal, and it looks as though—for the first time in four decades, if not more—the country can look at nuclear energy with enthusiasm.
- Govt Seeks Rs 8,565 Crore More (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Supplementary demand for grants includes debt repayment of Rs 4,20,203 crore.
- Rising To The Defence (Business Standard, Sangeeta Singh, Mar 08, 2006)
Public-private joint ventures in the defence sector get a boost from home-grown enterprises.
- Bush Visit To Pakistan, India May Have Done Harm: Nyt (Dawn, Masood Haider, Mar 08, 2006)
Saying that President Bush’s visit to “Pakistan and India may have done real harm”, the New York Times chided Mr Bush for “sticking” President Musharraf with the unwelcome task of explaining to Pakistanis why his friend and ally, Mr Bush, had . . .
- India Protests Border Bunkers (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
India has registered “strong protests” with Pakistan over the construction of new bunkers on border, a minister said on Tuesday.
- Was Gandhi Hindu? (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 08, 2006)
Gandhiji was born of Hindu parents and was cremated by Hindu rites; but was he Hindu in any narrow sense? India has had an assassinated former prime minister born of a Zoroastrian father who was also cremated by Hindu rites.
- Russia As An ‘Unpredictable’ Petro-State (The Financial Express, DOMINIQUE MOISI, Mar 08, 2006)
When he first arrived in Paris in 2000 as Russia’s newly elected President, Vladimir Putin had a simple and reassuring message. “I am bringing you what you need most: a stable and guaranteed source of energy.
- The Freight Side Story (Business Line, Vijayalakshmi Viswanathan, Mar 08, 2006)
Despite the doomsday predictions of many experts, the Railways has shown what a strategy focussed on the freight front can achieve. Continuing with this approach, the Rail Budget emphasises rationalisation of tariffs.
- Mdmk Shifts Camp — Is It Advantage Aiadmk? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Mar 08, 2006)
With Mr Vaiko walking out of the DMK-led alliance to the AIADMK, Ms Jayalalithaa appears first off the block in the race to the Tamil Nadu Assembly. For the DMK it appears to be a double whammy as now the other allies may demand more seats.
- A Poor Yield For The Farmer (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Mar 08, 2006)
The Government has committed itself to raising the rate of growth of the agricultural sector to 4 per cent. But it has no concrete plans for achieving this. An effective solution would be to develop a land market where farmers on the brink . . .
- `Land'mark For Mumbai Mills (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 08, 2006)
Can the city's housing needs be met while preserving spaces for recreation and green cover?
- India Calling (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Mar 08, 2006)
It's India Calling. Not quite the call from the call-centre depicted by the popular soap on telly, but more of a clarion call, from Mother India, and quite a few seem to be responding to it.
- No Curb On Nuclear Facilities: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Sees no adverse effect from India-United States deal and separation plan
"The integrity of our nuclear doctrine and our ability to sustain a Minimum Credible Nuclear Deterrent is protected"
CIRUS reactor shutdown in 2010
- Deal Won’T Affect N-Scheme: Pm (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
The Prime Minister today assured Parliament that the implementation of the Indo-US deal on civilian nuclear energy will not lead to the capping of India’s strategic nuclear programme or affect the three-stage nuclear programme.
- On Convergence In Accounting Standards (The Financial Express, RAJIV MEMANI, Mar 08, 2006)
The recent ‘roadmap’ agreement between the US Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) and the EU has built the momentum for a worldwide convergence in accounting standards.
- Side Trips On A Visit To India (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Mar 08, 2006)
More than four years after a US-led invasion force delivered to Afghanistan the gifts of freedom and democracy, the man behind the enterprise finally plucked up the courage for a quick trip to Kabul.
- Pro-North Korean Paper Chides Us-India N-Deal (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
A pro-North Korean newspaper in Japan on Wednesday condemned the recent nuclear deal between the United States and India, claiming it gave India "preferential" treatment by formally recognizing it as a nuclear power despite its failure to sign . . .
- Women, A Source Of Inspiration: Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has said women had an important role to play in the mission to transform the country into a developed nation by 2020.
- Zoos Or Rustlers’ Hunting Ground? (Tribune, Saroop Krishen, Mar 08, 2006)
Top-level burglars — if such an adjective is not inappropriate to use for that fraternity — set their sights very high: they target famous paintings and prized art objects and their stake runs literally into millions of pounds.
- King Refuses To Listen (Tribune, Maj-Gen Ashok Mehta (retd), Mar 08, 2006)
The call was from Nepal. “Dang-Ghorai has given the first martyr of Nepal’s third revolution.
- For The Sake Of Justice (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 08, 2006)
Must punish killers and collaborators
- Optimism On Iran (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 08, 2006)
Faint signs of diplomacy succeeding
- Aids And Gender: Gutsy Women Rebuild Their Lives (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Mar 08, 2006)
In a country that doesn’t even blink an eye while burning a bride for dowry, it is not hard to understand what it means to be a woman infected with HIV/AIDS. In 1986, when the first case of HIV/AIDS was identified in Chennai, the infected person, . . .
- Lib Service To A Sharp Shooter (Times of India, Bachi J Karkaria, Mar 08, 2006)
She's 93, and still shooting. But now from the lip, not her Rolleiflex. Homai Vyarawalla was India's first woman photojournalist, and I ask her how it felt. She retorts archly, "What do you mean 'being the only woman'?
- House Proud (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 08, 2006)
There is something strange about the political centre of a republic being divided into upper and lower.
- No Intrusive Inspections Of N-Facilities: Pm (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Mar 08, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today declared that India will not allow intrusive international inspections in nuclear facilities of high national security importance.
- Indian Englishes (Telegraph, Stephen Hugh-Jones, Mar 08, 2006)
Is British English better than Indian English? The sensible and conventional answer these days is; “What do you mean ‘better’? They’re two branches of one language, each valid in its place.”
- Terror Strikes Varanasi (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
20 dead, 50 hurt in blasts Alert in states PM, Kalam appeal for calm
- The Great Indian Aam-Bush (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Mar 08, 2006)
So much has been cranked out in the media about the US-India nuclear deal during the Bush visit that the story about an agreement that allows the princely Indian mango to be exported to America has been squished in the process.
- A Fake Bargain With Iran (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Mar 08, 2006)
If it is to build its own nuclear weapons, the next technological challenge Iran faces will be to construct a system of connected centrifuges known as a cascade.
- India: An Emerging Power — Ishtiaq Ahmed (Daily Times, Ishtiaq Ahmed, Mar 07, 2006)
In material terms, India has embarked, in a very determined way, upon the path taken by Japan and Germany after World War II to find their fortune in world affairs by developing their industrial strength and technological base.
- General Musharraf’S Salvo On Afghanistan (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Mar 07, 2006)
On the touchstone of newsworthiness, the US cable news channel CNN could not have caught General Pervez Musharraf for an interview at a more opportune time.
- Us ‘Trapped’ India Into Signing Nuclear Deal: Rashid (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2006)
Information Minister Sheikh Rashid has said India has been "trapped" by the US into signing a nuclear deal and that the deal will not effect Pakistan.
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