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Articles 25621 through 25720 of 53943:
- No Nukes, But No War Either (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 18, 2006)
In the short term, the worst-case scenario in the context of nuclear brinkmanship between Iran and the West could unfold thus. The war of words between the two sides escalates.
- New Norms For Corporate Governance (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 18, 2006)
Corporate governance in India received a boost, with the new SEBI norms for publicly held companies taking effect from January 1, on the expiry of the deadline set by the capital market regulator for them to comply with the provisions of Clause 49 . . .
- Scientist Wants Another Green Revolution (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
`It will help small and landless farmers earn a livelihood by rearing animals and birds'
First Foundation Day celebrations of the Karnataka Veterinary, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Sciences University inaugurated
- Plan To Give A Fillip To Plantation, Farm Tourism (Hindu, John L. Paul, Jan 18, 2006)
For workers hard pressed for jobs in plantations
The ailing plantation sector and farmlands hit by fall in price of agricultural produce will soon get a fillip with the Tourism Department drawing up a project to promote plantation and farm tourism.
- Bush Sr. Hopes Air Strike Will Not Hit Ties (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jan 18, 2006)
Ex-U.S. President in Pakistan to review quake relief operations
- Teheran Warns Against U.N. Referral (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jan 18, 2006)
Iran has warned that it would resume uranium enrichment and stop tough inspections of its nuclear facilities by the United Nations if its case was referred to the U.N. Security council.
- Bhardwaj Must Go (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 18, 2006)
A good scapegoat, the cynical saying goes, is almost as good as the solution to the problem. Exposed for the brazen conspiracy to facilitate the defreezing of the bank accounts of Bofors accused Ottavio Quattrocchi, the Central Government has laid . . .
- Parliament And A Tale Of Two Scandals (Hindu, Era Sezhiyan, Jan 18, 2006)
There is a wrong impression that Speaker Somnath Chatterjee is heading for a confrontation with the judiciary over the expulsion of MPs. In such cases, Parliament is the sole authority under Article 105 of the Constitution and the Supreme Court . . .
- France's First Woman President? (Hindu, Jon Henley, Jan 18, 2006)
Segolene Royal is suddenly looking like the obvious Socialist challenger to Nicolas Sarkozy in next year's presidential poll.
- India For Freeze On Setting Up Of Defence Posts Along Loc (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Seeking to further consolidate the Confidence-Building Measures (CBMs), India today proposed a freeze on setting up of new defence posts and defence works along the Line of Control (LoC) and announced its intention to extend the Munnabao-Khokrapar rail li
- United States Of Jammu & Kashmir And Self Rule (Daily Excelsior, O P Modi, Jan 18, 2006)
Readers may recall that around third week of November 2004 an article titled "United States of Jammu & Kashmir; A resolution" written by me was published in these columns. The idea of a unified federal J&K was mooted for the first time in this paper.
- World Powers Split Over Iran (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
World powers appeared split on Tuesday on how to handle the crisis over Iran’s nuclear programme, with Russia and China resisting European and US pressure for UN action and Tehran threatening reprisals.
- Five Militants Among Seven Killed In Kashmir (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Government soldiers killed five suspected militants in two separate shoot-outs in held Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday. Meanwhile suspected militants shot dead two members of a pro-India communist party.
- Big Powers Disagree, Iran Seeks Talks (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Russia and China made clear today they did not favour UN sanctions to induce Iran to scale back its nuclear programme, and Tehran urged the EU to return to the negotiating table.
- Plenary To Deliberate On Cmp, Disinvestment (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Congress session to include the crucial issues in AICC resolutions
Effort to be made to avoid controversy over disinvestments policy
Both Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi arriving on January 20
- Demolitions, Suspensions On Eve Of Hearing (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
MCD acts against engineers for failure to check illegal constructions
A day before the crucial Delhi High Court hearing on illegal and unauthorised constructions in the Capital, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi on Tuesday suspended eight assistant ...
- Foreign Secretaries May Take Up Kashmir Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Talks confined to peace and security
Indian and Pakistan Foreign Secretaries Shyam Saran and Riaz Muhammad Khan are expected to take up the Kashmir issue for discussions here on Wednesday.
- Pakistan Wants South Asia Free Of Abms (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
"Take steps to avert arms race in region"
Pakistan has suggested that South Asia be declared an "anti-ballistic missile free zone," the Pakistan Foreign Office spokeswoman said after talks between Indian and Pakistani Foreign Secretaries . . .
- Nh Closed For 3rd Day (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
The 300-kms long Jammu-Srinagar national highway stayed closed for third day while Batote-Kishtwar highway was also blocked today due to landslides. Two flights to Srinagar were also cancelled. However, all flights operated on New Delhi-Jammu route.
- Pmk Has No Locus Standi To Raise Cet Issue, Says Jayalalithaa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
"If Dr. Anbumani amends MCI rules, there will not be a need for legislation"
- Bofors Investigation Fiasco (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Jan 18, 2006)
Human memory is proverbially short. Does any one remember what Prime Minister Manmohan Singh once said on the floor of the Upper House that Caesar's wife must be above suspicion. The utterance was befitting for a former academic who was universally ...
- Snowfall Continues In Himachal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Mercury shows a rising trend in North; Kashmir Valley, Punjab and Haryana receive rain
- Puzzles Aren’T Paradoxes (Telegraph, Tapas Majumdar, Jan 18, 2006)
Happily, many among our economists are now coming out to share their professional woes through the columns of India’s leading national weeklies and dailies.
- Iran: India Reacts With Caution (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
India a responsible nuclear weapons state: New Delhi
Four days after top Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani made a reference to India during a CNN interview, the External Affairs Ministry spokesman on Monday regretted the comments.
- Tamil Nadu Can "Impact India's Trade With Britain" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Chennai's robust industry makes it important for U.K. to maintain ties with State, says U.K. Minister
- Unhealthy Health (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Even as Medical Science has made strides, diseases continue to mock at our peripheral health care system which by any standards could be described as primitive one.
- Why Wish Happy New Year? (Greater Kashmir, MUHAMMAD ABD AL-HAMEED, Jan 18, 2006)
What do we mean by Happiness when we wish it to others, writes
MUHAMMAD ABD AL-HAMEED
- Coming To Terms With A Disturbing Past (Telegraph, Sanjib Baruah, Jan 18, 2006)
Ordinary Cambodians as well as members of the international community have mixed feelings about the trial of the surviving Khmer Rouge leaders beginning this year, writes Sanjib Baruah The author is visiting professor, Centre for Policy Research, New Delh
- Role Of Sociologists Vital To Tackle Hiv (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Ways to create AIDS - free society discussed
Care and effective communication are necessary for efficient tackling of the HIV disease. Role of sociologists was indispensable to contain this killer disease, said. Dr. Lalitha Kabilan, Director, . . .
- Alarums & Excursions (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 18, 2006)
Iran’s removal of UN seals from the uranium enrichment plant at Natanz has sparked an international outcry, with a predictably knee-jerk reaction from the White House.
- Kumaraswamy Calls Party Mlas’Meeting (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
The fate of N Dharam Singh government hangs in balance with some prominent JD (S) second-line leaders headed by its working president H D Kumaraswamy reportedly convening a meeting of the party legislators on Wednesday to decide on forming . . .
- No Cumbersome Security Vetting (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Ahead of the launch of the much-awaited bus service between Amritsar and Lahore, the Centre today gave a relief to the passengers by doing away with the formal cumbersome security vetting system.
- Two Political Activists Among 4 Arrested (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
A day after killing two Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants near Trikuta Hills under the jurisdiction of Reasi police district, police today arrested four persons including two political activists who had planned an attack on Mata Vaishnodevi shrine.
- Any Surprise? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 18, 2006)
Is anybody surprised by the disclosure about a People's Democratic Party (PDP) corporator plotting the assassination of his leader Mufti Mohammad Sayeed?
- India-Russia-China Trilateral Mechanism "Very Useful": Moscow (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Noting that "qualitative shifts" had taken place in its relations with the "leading" Asian nations in 2005, Moscow today described the India-Russia-China trilateral mechanism as "very useful."
- Musharraf’S Demilitarisation Balloon (Tribune, Gen V.P. Malik (retd), Jan 18, 2006)
Disappointed at the lack of progress in resolving the Kashmir issue through the Indo-Pak composite dialogue, Gen Pervez Musharraf is reported to have said, “Let me give another bombshell, I propose, one way of moving forward.... Take three towns, . . .
- No One Has A Right To Obstruct Justice: Delhi Hc Document (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 18, 2006)
The Delhi High Court met on January 10 to consider the situation created by the striking lawyers of the Delhi Bar Association. The following are excerpts from a resolution passed by the full court:
- Good Press Is A Legitimate Weapon (Tribune, Michael Schrage, Jan 18, 2006)
Precision-guided munitions and night vision are terrific military technologies, and no one would deny them to our soldiers in Iraq.
- King Abdullah, Republic Day Chief Guest (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Saudi King Abdullah will be the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations. His four-day visit "would substantially strengthen bilateral ties and raise them to a new height," an External Affairs Ministry spokesman said.
- Bertie Ahern Pitches For Joint It Initiatives With India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Ireland's focus will be on both education and technology
Launching the Global e-School and Communities Initiative (GeSCI) in India, Ireland Prime Minister Bertie Ahern on Tuesday said India would be the focus of initiatives in education and . . .
- ``Caste An Imperfect Indicator For Quota'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Suggests merit scholarship system
Public sector educational institutions have failed to emerge as centres of excellence
Calls for a more "invasive and inquisitive" democratic culture
- India, Pak Offer New Military Cbms (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Jan 18, 2006)
Pak says Balochistan refrain can wreck peace process
Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammed Khan today confronted his Indian counterpart Shyam Saran on New Delhi’s reaction on developments in Balochistan and categorically . . .
- Mine Attacks In Sri Lanka Amid Fresh Peace Moves (Press Trust of India, Anil K Joseph, Jan 18, 2006)
China paid over 26 million US dollars as compensation to farmers whose poultry was culled to prevent the spread of the deadly avian flu, the government said here today.
- Sri Lanka Military Ambushed As Envoys Visit Rebels (Reuters, Peter Apps, Jan 18, 2006)
Suspected Tamil Tigers ambushed military vehicles in north and east Sri Lanka on Tuesday, the army said, killing one soldier as Nordic envoys visited the rebels ahead of key peace meetings next week.
- India For Freeze On Setting Up Of Defence Posts Along Loc (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Seeking to further consolidate the confidence-building measures (CBMs), India today proposed a freeze on setting up of new defence posts and defence works along the Line of Control (LoC) and announced its intention to extend the Munnabao-Khokrapar. . .
- India, Pakistan Hold Talks To Push Peace Process (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Jan 18, 2006)
India and Pakistan talked on Tuesday to try to breathe new life into a two-year-old peace process bedevilled by mistrust and guerrilla violence in Kashmir.
- Fluidity In Home Loan Rates (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 18, 2006)
If there is one signal from the banking industry that sends borrowers or depositors into a tizzy, it is talk of an increase in the cost of funds mediated through interest rate hikes.
- Bofors Is Dead (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 18, 2006)
Bofors, the prosecution, is stone dead. But Bofors, as symbol of political corruption, lives on. And well it should. It’s time we made a clear distinction between the two. In India, we have grown accustomed to court cases dragging on endlessly and ...
- On A Roll (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jan 18, 2006)
If there’s one broad message from the latest rankings of fe-500, a roll call of India’s finest companies, it is that India Inc is an idea whose time has come. In FY05, profits grew much faster than sales for these companies, indicating that Indian . . .
- Rebranding Of Bihar (Indian Express, Shaibal Gupta, Jan 18, 2006)
On the face of it, Bihar continues to make news for the same reasons — another schoolboy was abducted even as an abducted businessman was reportedly freed on Tuesday.
- Neutral Expert Likely To Call Indo-Pak Meeting In March (News International, Khalid Mustafa, Jan 18, 2006)
Neutral expert Prof Raymond Lafitte appointed by the World Bank is likely to convene a meeting of Pakistan and India by mid-March that will help determine whether or not the Indus Waters Treaty has been violated due to the construction by India . . .
- Lifetime Worries Of Indefinite Validity (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 18, 2006)
We arejust past the middle of January, and the telecom regulator has been busy taking the call on one issue or the other. TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) has issued the fourth consultation paper this year, in comparison to the ten papers . .
- Decongesting Mumbai (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Jan 18, 2006)
Subash Saha looks barely 18 though he claims to be 24 years old. He has been driving an autorickshaw in Mumbai during night hours for the past six years. Which means he could have started driving either at 12 or 18. In all probability, . . .
- A Few Good Men (Indian Express, SUBHASH GATADE, Jan 18, 2006)
Remembering Hugh Thompson, who spoke up against the My Lai massacre
- Envoy To Nepal Meets Patil, Saran (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Indian Ambassador to Nepal Shiv Shankar Mukherjee met Home Minister Shivraj Patil and held talks with Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran today during his first visit for consultations after the Maoist ceasefire ended.
- ‘Pakistan Lost 2,600 Armymen In Quake’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
The earthquake on October 8 last year in J-K was not only a huge tragedy for the civilians of Pakistan and PoK, but also for that country’s army. Although the Pakistan Army has not so far come out with any official toll, Indian military . . .
- The Iran Charade, Part Ii (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Jan 18, 2006)
"It was what made this E.U. Three approach so successful. They [Britain, France and Germany] stood together and they had one uniform position."
- The West Has Picked A Fight With Iran That It Cannot Win (Guardian (UK), Simon Jenkins, Jan 18, 2006)
Never pick a fight you know you cannot win. Or so I was told. Pick an argument if you must, but not a fight. Nothing I have read or heard in recent weeks suggests that fighting Iran over its nuclear enrichment programme makes any sense at all.
- Doing Nothing In Iran Is Not An Option (Telegraph (UK), editorial, telegraph UK, Jan 18, 2006)
As we survey, with appropriate unease and foreboding, the events now unfolding in Iran, we might like to reflect on one of Enoch Powell's less well-known, but most universal, obiter dicta. "The supreme function of statesmanship," he once wrote, "i . . .
- Delhi Points To Npt As Tehran Pulls Up Indo-Us Nuke Deal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Upset over Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani’s reference to the Indo-US nuclear deal as a case of US ‘‘dual standards’’ compared to Tehran’s nuclear programme, India today said as a ‘‘responsible nuclear power’’, it adhered to . . .
- Burundi's Child Soldiers Threaten Peace (Hindu, Sandra Laville, Jan 17, 2006)
Discontent grows among the 3,000 child soldiers demobilised from rebel armies
- Canadian Envoy Killed In Afghan Attack (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
A senior Canadian diplomat died in Afghanistan on Sunday in a suicide bomb attack which also killed two others and injured 12, Canada's Foreign Affairs Department said.
- West To Blame For Iran Crisis: Riyadh (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jan 17, 2006)
As representatives from America, Russia, China, France and Germany gathered here on Monday to formulate a common response to the controversy over Iran's nuclear programme, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said it was for Teheran to assure the . . .
- Another Push For Sri Lankan Peace (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Jan 17, 2006)
Three Tamil women shot dead in Jaffna
Sri Lanka will receive three high-profile visitors soon as part of the continued international efforts to restart the peace process.
- Karat Offers To Mediate In State Coalition Crisis (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
The ongoing political crisis in Karnataka on Monday saw the mediation of CPM general secretary Prakash Karat who called on Janata Dal (Secular) supremo H D Deve Gowda....
- The Wheels Of History (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 17, 2006)
The wheels of history are turning in Jammu and Kashmir, excruciatingly slowly perhaps, but revolving nonetheless.
- Making The Haj Safe (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 17, 2006)
For an annual event that attracts more than two million pilgrims from all over the world to the city of Mecca, the Haj is, by and large, well managed by the Saudi Government, the custodian of Islam's holiest site.
- Terrorism, Human Rights, And Development (Hindu, C. Raj Kumar, Jan 17, 2006)
Responses to terrorism ought to be based on a holistic understanding of security, within the human rights and rule of law framework.
- Chile Elects Its First Woman President (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Chile elected socialist Michelle Bachelet to be its first woman president on Sunday, making her only the second woman elected to head a South American state as Latin America cements a shift to the left.
- Pm Gifts Poll-Bound Assam Rs 6,000 Cr Investment (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
The Prime Minister laid the foundation of a 500-MW thermal power project at Salakati in western Assam’s Kokrajhar district. The power plant will be commissioned by the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC).
- Speeding Up Bus Rapid Transit (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Jan 17, 2006)
Rail-based systems may be necessary in the metros, but bus systems offer solutions for all Indian cities staggering under the effects of unsustainable automobile use.
- Little Hope Ahead Of India-Pakistan Peace Talks (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Jan 17, 2006)
India and Pakistan begin a new round of peace talks this week but the nuclear-armed rivals are unlikely to end a stalemate that has tarnished the process, analysts say.
- Nepal Imposes Night Curfew In Kathmandu After Raids (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Nepal's royalist government on Monday imposed a night curfew in Kathmandu, saying it was stepping up security after Maoist rebels killed 12 policemen in weekend raids near the city.
- U.N. Security Council Powers Meet On Iran Atomic Crisis (Reuters, MARK HEINRICH, Jan 17, 2006)
Key U.N. Security Council powers met on Monday to discuss how to curb Iran's nuclear programme and President Vladimir Putin said Russia had moved "very close" to the West's stance, which backs diplomatic action.
- Eu3 Launch Move To Refer Iran To Security Council (Reuters, MARK HEINRICH, Jan 17, 2006)
European powers on Monday began drafting a resolution to have Iran referred to the U.N. Security Council next month over its contentious nuclear work, diplomats said, after Russia and the West neared agreement on strategy.
- Asbestos, A Demon Of The Past (Indian Express, Ravi Agarwal, Jan 17, 2006)
With the Supreme Court laying down that the ship cannot enter Indian waters until the court considers a report by a team of environment experts, it’s time to consider just what is at stake in the Clemenceau controversy.
- India-Finland To Increase Bilateral Trade Levels (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Buoyed by good growth registered in first five months of 2005-06 fiscal, India and Finland today agreed to work towards further increasing the levels of bilateral trade.
- Turning Point (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
The root of man's unhappiness is his ego, which makes him blind to his spiritual nature.
- India, E.U. Should Sign Free Trade Deal: U.K. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
India urges U.K. to modify definition of `whisky'
The United Kingdom has proposed that India and the European Union enter into a Free Trade Agreement.
- So Sweet (Indian Express, Humra Quraishi, Jan 17, 2006)
I’m not an ardent flier or traveler, or I would be almost dead — what with my blood sugar level going haywire with the in-flight food. Having recently flown a major airline in India on three separate occasions, I can authoritatively lament that so . . .
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