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Articles 26821 through 26920 of 53943:
- Pak Seeks Early Kashmir Settlement (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has underscored the need of an “early settlement of the Kashmir issue,’’ and said his country wants to live in peace with neighbouring India.
- Un Envoy Hails Safta Agreement As Boon For Ldcs (Press Trust of India, DHARAM SHOURIE, Jan 05, 2006)
The UN envoy for the world's vulnerable nations, Anwarul K Chowdhury, has hailed the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) agreement as a boon for the region's four Least Developed Countries (LDCs)- Bhutan, Bangladesh, Maldives and Nepal.
- In Search Of Excellence (The Economic Times, TOM PETERS , Jan 05, 2006)
People and organisations are not “rational” in the ways strategy, business, and organisation are typically taught. It’s dangerous to try to force a simplistic and misguided rationality on the way we manage. You cannot just manage “by the numbers.”
- Nothing Ultra About It! (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jan 05, 2006)
State-owned Power Finance Corporation’s (PFC) plans to invite rate-based bids for ultra-mega power projects are based on a flimsy premise. That, by getting statutory clearances and securing domestic fuel supply, developers will flock to the power market.
- Wooing Gilgit (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 05, 2006)
What is the pre-requisite to peace and stability in the part of Jammu and Kashmir which Pakistan directly administers in the name of the Northern Areas?
- The Saint - Solider (Daily Excelsior, Inder jeet S. Prince, Jan 05, 2006)
Guru Gobind Singh Ji Maharaj's birth anniversary is being celebrated with religious joy and fervour.
- Safta Comes Into Force (Daily Excelsior, Pallab Bhattacharya, Jan 05, 2006)
With the onset of new year, the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) was set into motion.
- Vajpayee's Equivocation (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Jan 05, 2006)
A temple to Ram at Ayodhya might have eluded Lal Krishna Advani while he headed the party, but in his last days as president he caught a glimpse of the Ramayan through the mouth of Atal Behari Vajpayee.
- Value To Rural Markets (Telegraph, Alok K. Chattopadhyay, Jan 05, 2006)
When the regulation regime came into effect, the Agriculture Produce Market Committees in India geared up to the change. West Bengal, with its rich manpower, can easily lead the way in rural development enterprises, provided there is a political . . .
- Accountability Commission? (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 05, 2006)
Immediately after assuming the office, the Chief Minister promised a clean administration.
- Pak For Police Deployment On Loc (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Pakistan has suggested to India that both countries should pull back troops from the LoC to demilitarise the region and hand it over to police.
- Japanese Agency To Conduct Survey On Freight Corridors (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Japan International Cooperation Agency to conduct a survey for Delhi-Mumbai, Delhi-Howrah links
- Centre Stalling Desalination Plant Project: Jayalalithaa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Accuses Union Environment Minister A. Raja of "surreptitiously blocking" it
- Ysr Pins High Hopes On Overseas Telugus (Hindu, S. Nagesh Kumar, Jan 05, 2006)
State to put its best forward at Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
Telugu diaspora can offer expertise in core areas such as IT, BT and pharma
The picture is not rosy on the foreign investments front
Power tariff for industries is the lowest
- For A Second Farm Revolution (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 05, 2006)
Shall we consider it a good New Year augury that at the recent Indian Science Congress, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, called for a second Green Revolution and urged scientists to work towards it?
- Valley Seethes In Time Of Snow (Telegraph, MUKHTAR AHMAD, Jan 05, 2006)
Kashmiris may be used to their homes being searched, but the recent raids were still rather unusual. What the government was looking for were not insurgents but electric heaters and water boilers.
- Uphold Righteousness (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
The entire creation is sustained by Dharma and human beings have a moral responsibility to uphold righteousness for the sake of the welfare of the entire world.
- India Is Not For Dumping (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 05, 2006)
France must keep its asbestos to itself
Developing countries have long been the victims of the “not in my backyard” syndrome, and nowhere is this more clear that in the ship-decommissioning business.
- Representing The People (Tribune, P.P. Rao, Jan 05, 2006)
The quality of democracy gets reflected in the character and calibre of the elected representatives of the people. Parliament has recently expelled 11 of its members belonging to different political parties for accepting bribes in the cash-for-query scam.
- Russia In Trouble Over Gas Dispute (Tribune, Erika Niedowski, Jan 05, 2006)
When Russia officially became head of the leading group of industrialized nations on Jan. 1, it said energy security would be at the top of the group’s agenda; in fact, the issue already was on the minds of Europe and the United States . . .
- Ensuring A Successful Doha Round (The Financial Express, RAJIV KUMAR, Jan 05, 2006)
Reports from the Hong Kong Ministerial reflect an uneasy last minute compromise reached to keep the door open for carrying forward the Doha Development Round to a possible successful conclusion within the year.
- India, Japan One On Dialogue (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
India and Japan would set up a high-level annual dialogue on disarmament and non-proliferation, which could be used to reach a common ground for support for change in guidelines in the Nuclear Suppliers’ Group.
- Iran Trying To Make Nuke Missile: Report (Deccan Herald, Ian Cobain, Jan 05, 2006)
The leak of the intelligence report may signal a growing frustration at Iran’s refusal to bow to western demands that it abandon its programme to produce fuel for a Russian-built nuclear reactor due to come on stream this year.
- Talks On For New Pakistan Consulate In Mumbai (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
The ministry of external affairs has taken up with the Maharashtra government the matter of rented accommodation for the Pakistan high commission to open a consulate in Mumbai.
- Poor Countries Tote Up Scorecard (Hindu, Anwarul Chowdhury, Jan 05, 2006)
Some gains and a good amount of unfinished business left over for 2006. This sums up the Hong Kong WTO meet for the Least Developed Countries.
- Efficiency Has Become The Hallmark Of Our Governance: Ghulam Nabi Azad (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Jan 05, 2006)
Jammu and Kashmir Chief MinisterGhulam Nabi Azadcompleted two months in office on January 2 after taking over from Mufti Mohammed Sayeed. In an interview, Mr. Azad spells out his agenda for the next two years — focus on development, and giving a clean,...
- The Polity Has To Turn Its Back On Politics Of Intrigue (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jan 05, 2006)
There can be no gainers in this game that no leader or party can hope to control fully. Unless the trend is bucked, the polity will stand denuded of its democratic legitimacy.
- 5 More Held For Iisc Attack (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Abdul Rehman, the LeT militant in Bangalore police custody, has allegedly admitted his role in...
- Sc Refuses To Stay Quota Fiat (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to stay the Andhra Pradesh High Court judgement quashing an ordnance providing for five per cent reservation for the Muslims in government jobs and educational institutions.
- A Place For India In `Asian' Century (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Jan 05, 2006)
China revising its GDP growth rates and the launch of SAFTA mark the arrival of Asia on the world scene. Both have implications for India. The first demanding a re-visit to the national income statistics to factor in the contribution of the . . .
- You Can't Be Too Busy To Think Of Bcm (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 05, 2006)
The basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS), the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), and the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) have joined hands to bring forth a consultative document titled . . .
- `Standard' Lag In Accounting For Financial Instruments (Business Line, K. C. Chakrabarty, Jan 05, 2006)
K. C. Chakrabarty on accounting practices in bank treasury operations
- Iran’S Nuclear Zealot (Daily Times, Kenneth R Timmerman, Jan 05, 2006)
As the world prepares to confront an Iranian regime that continues to defy the International Atomic Energy Agency on its nuclear programmes, we must listen to what Iran’s leaders say as we watch what they do. A religious zealot with nuclear weapons . . .
- Import Duties: Levy Of Flat Rates (The Economic Times, K VIJAYARAGHAVAN, Jan 05, 2006)
This has reference to the piece, I beg to differ with ET by Mr Rahul Bajaj The earlier ET editorial had suggested a single flat rate of duty on import goods, a reform which has been advocated by many well-meaning reformists over the years.
- Don’T Exhibit Power, Provide It (Greater Kashmir, Er. Ghulam Rasool Dar, Jan 05, 2006)
There is a way we can cope up with the growing problem of electricity, provided we see professionalism and dedication from those who matter. Let Kashmiris not suffer anymore as they have been suffering for so long, writes Er. Ghulam Rasool Dar (Eddi)
- Maoist Mayhem -Purulia A Case Study For Cpi-M (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 05, 2006)
By complaining to the Centre that Maoists now have a convenient passage to south Bengal from Jharkhand, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh, the Chief Minister is suggesting that Bengal is bearing the brunt because these states have failed to rein . . .
- Development Plan Sought For Rr District (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
It is backward in all spheres: CPI(M) Rajya Sabha member P. Madhu
Government urged to formulate special five-year plans
Fab city and petrochemical complex projects sought
The district is agriculturally the most backward
- Iran Trying To Assemble Nuclear Missile: Report (Hindu, Ian Cobain, Jan 05, 2006)
Syria, Pakistan also buying rocket technology
The Iranian government has been successfully scouring Europe for the sophisticated equipment needed to develop a nuclear bomb, according to the latest western intelligence assessment of the country's . . .
- Only A Political Solution Will Work (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 05, 2006)
The president’s briefing on Balochistan to the 94th corps commanders’ conference is of great significance, though it is disturbing too. He has said that the government’s writ will be protected when challenged.
- India, Japan Agree On Annual N-Dialogue (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
In trying to build a greater understanding on nuclear issues, India and Japan agreed today to start an annual dialogue on nuclear matters under the framework of disarmament and non-proliferation.
- Oil, Gas & Imperialism (Dawn, Daniel Litvin, Jan 05, 2006)
You may have thought the age of empires was over, that in today’s globalizing world relations between states were governed by economics, market forces and free trade, rather than battles for political influence between the great powers.
- India, Japan To Hold Annual Talks On Nuclear Issue (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
India and Japan Wednesday [4 January] decided to launch high-level annual talks on nuclear issue,
- Committee On Right To Education Bill Meets (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
The Committee on the Right to Education Bill, in its first meeting on Thursday, began deliberations on the ambitious legislation likely to be moved in the Budget Session of Parliament. The new legislation, costing between Rs 49,000 crore and . . .
- 650 Posts For Tsunami-Hit In A&n Islands: Pm (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Promising to wipe tears of tsunami survivors of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today announced recruitment to 650 posts and proposed a legislative framework to help the victims get compensation.
- Plea For Assembly In Andamans To Be Studied (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Jan 05, 2006)
Law for survivors of tsunami planned, says Manmohan
- Disease In Quake Areas (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 05, 2006)
The death of 35 children from pneumonia in the past week in Azad Kashmir is a grim reminder of the worsening weather conditions in the quake-hit zone, especially in high-altitude villages where sub-zero temperatures and heavy snowfall have rendered . . .
- Ap A Breeding Ground For Terrorists? (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , Jan 05, 2006)
At least 15 youth who have been involved in terror activities such as targeting political leaders, places of worship and making bombs are from Nalgonda district, according to police statistics here.
- Economic Prospects In 2006 (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Jan 05, 2006)
The government in Pakistan faces the new year with a plate full of problems and overflowing. A few of the problems are of its own making or mismanaged by it, and some being the result of external developments like the domestic impact of high world . . .
- Us Warns As Report Adds Fuel To Iran’S N-Fire (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Iran has been scouring Europe for the sophisticated equipment needed to develop a nuclear bomb, according to a western intelligence assessment of the country’s weapons programme, a report in British newspaper The Guardian says.
- For A ‘Community Of Interests’ (Dawn, Syed Mohibullah Shah, Jan 05, 2006)
Why are shareholders, the only stakeholders in enterprises, entitled to sit on the board of directors of a company? Executives and professionals, labourers and lenders, vendors, distributors and others make very valuable contributions but none is . . .
- Sri Lanka To Probe Tamil Deaths (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Sri Lanka on Wednesday ordered a probe into the deaths of five youths the military said were killed when a grenade they were carrying exploded, after truce monitors found they had been shot in the head execution-style.
- Bush Likely To Visit India, Pakistan In February (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
President George W. Bush is expected to visit India and Pakistan in mid-February, an Indian TV said, however details of the visit have yet to be announced.
- Mirwaiz For International Mediation On Kashmir (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
All Parties Hurriyat Conference chief Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Wednesday said international mediation and guarantee were imperative for achieving permanent solution of the Kashmir dispute.
- Khaddam’S Shocking Somersault (Dawn, Karamatullah K. Ghori, Jan 05, 2006)
Abdel Haleem Khaddam veteran Ba’athist and the late Syrian strongman Hafez Al Assad’s most trusted lieutenant for well over three decades, has apparently rocked the boat for the younger Assad, now ruling Syria, in a no-holds-barred television interview t
- Indo-Russian Ties (Tribune, Ash Narain Roy, Jan 05, 2006)
Till the closing years of the 20th century, neither strategic thinkers nor astrologers of power had any inkling about the rise of Asia, “Chindia” in particular, as a global economic powerhouse.
- Recipe For Disaster (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 05, 2006)
The decision of the Nepalese Maoists to call off the four-month-long ceasefire is unfortunate.
- Karzai Makes Landmark Visit To Turkey (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Afghan rebuilding to top discussions between Karzai and Turkish dignitaries
- Torkhum Road Blocked At Two Sites (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Peshawar-Torkhum road, leading to Afghanistan, was blocked at two sites on Wednesday by protesting transporters Authorities had to call out paramilitary forces after an armed clash between transporters belonging to the Zakhakhel tribe and the Khasadar ...
- Iisc Attack: Three Detained In Chennai (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
A special police team from Bangalore and the Chennai Police detained a Mangalore-based suspect Alim Basheer Mysori in Chennai today in connection with Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, attack. Two other suspects from Mulbagal and Chintamani,
- Us Special Envoy To Korean Nuclear Talks Quits (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
The US special envoy to multilateral talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons drive has quit, the State Department has said amid reported divisions within the administration over the nuclear issue.
- In 2006, Watch This Space... (Indian Express, K. Subrahmanyam, Jan 05, 2006)
The year 2006 is likely to see a radical change in India’s foreign policy posture and status.
- Air India Looks To Iaf For Pilots (Indian Express, LEKHA AGARWAL, Jan 05, 2006)
After signing a historic Rs 35,000-crore deal with Boeing to buy 68 new aircraft, Air India is now busy shopping for pilots to fly them.
- Art Of Investing By Inertia (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Jan 05, 2006)
Self-Control, inertia, procrastination. Human, touchable, endearing terms.
- ‘Don’T Interfere In Balochistan’ (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has affirmed that ‘action by paramilitary forces against the miscreants in Balochistan would be taken and writ of the government would be restored where challenged’.
- Pak Terms India's Concerns Over Balochistan As "Interference" (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Asserting that it would not "entertain outsiders' views" on military operation in Balochistan, Pakistan has asked India not to worry about the provincial situation and instead "settle its own conflicts."
- Us Warns Iran Against Resuming Atomic Fuel Research (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Jan 05, 2006)
The US has warned Iran against resuming atomic fuel research and development next week, saying if it does not abide by agreements, the international community will have to consider additional steps to restrain Tehran's nuclear ambitions.
- Bush Expected To Visit India In Mid-Feb (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
US President George W Bush is expected to visit India in the middle of February but the White House has not announced firm travel plans.
- Pdd Fails To Restore Power In Valley (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Making a mockery of their tall claims and assurances to Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad here yesterday, Power Development Department (PDD) authorities have failed to restore electricity to the winter-hit Kashmir valley.
- North Korea Urged To Return To N-Talks Without Conditions (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Washington rejects Pyongyang’s demand to lift sanctions
The US ambassador to Seoul on Wednesday urged North Korea to return unconditionally to six-nation disarmament talks and to get out of the “nuclear business” in 2006.
- ‘The Future Of The Bjp Is Bleak’ (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Jan 05, 2006)
The United Nations has adopted the methodology devised by well-known political scientist Prof Ashutosh Varshney of Michigan University to study conflicts in south-east Asia and Nigeria. In his work, Ethnic Conflict and Civic Life:
- Bush Expected To Visit India In Mid-Feb (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
US President George W Bush is expected to visit India in the middle of February but the White House has not announced firm travel plans.
- No Let Up (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 05, 2006)
Terrorism’s pan-Indian footprint demands a pan-Indian security strategy
- The Aged And The Younger Generation (Deccan Herald, Sharada Prahladrao , Jan 05, 2006)
It’s our turn to help elders who watched us take the first steps
There is no doubt about this — India is graying. While growing population and limited resources are a matter of global concern, there is yet another problem emerging out of it.
- The Green Card (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 05, 2006)
In an economy heady with its success in information technology, it is easy to forget that industrially advanced regions like California or countries like France are also leading agricultural producers.
- ‘Samples Contain Animal Parts’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Ramdev Pharmacy Health Minister Ramadoss says no idea about manufacturers
- A Beautiful Man (Indian Express, BASUDHA BANERJI, Jan 05, 2006)
It is the second day of my first official tour from AIR. Our two-member coverage team is at an army establishment in Pachmarhi. “Have you called home today?” the boss is very concerned. Home, read husband, is not unduly so.
- Bush Expected To Visit India In Mid-Feb (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
US President George W Bush is expected to visit India in the middle of February but the White House has not announced firm travel plans.
- Congress Asks What’S Mulayam Scared Of, Left Says Reforms To Blame (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Reacting to the Samajwadi Party’s allegation that the Congress was behind the tapping of its leader Amar Singh’s phone, Congress general secretary Ambika Soni slammed UP Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav today seeking to know why was he and ‘‘his fund-ra
- Alang Awaits Its Hazardous Diet (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Jan 05, 2006)
India must take a lead in cleaning up its ship-breaking industry, says Sonu Jain
- Clash Of Two Nuclear Pacts (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Jan 05, 2006)
Beijing and Islamabad could be muddying the unfolding debate on Indo-US nuclear cooperation, argues C. Raja Mohan
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