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Articles 28121 through 28220 of 53943:
- N-Pact: India, Us Confident Of Advancement Before Bush Visit (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Dec 23, 2005)
India and the US should be in a position to make "significant advance" on the civilian nuclear cooperation agreement before President George W Bush makes his visit to India in the early part of 2006, visiting Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran has said.
- The Little Emperors (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
They will always rule your heart. But are today’s children annexing their parents’ territory by steering major decisions at home in their favour? And to what extent will this conquest lead to a happy state of affairs, wonders Dipti Nair.
- Kbd: The Way Out (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 23, 2005)
President Musharraf has regretted the resistance against construction of the Kalabagh Dam in Sindh and attributed it to committing suicide. He, however, said that he will not let Sindh commit suicide.
- Make Jammu And Kashmir A Federation (Daily Times, M Y TARIGAMI, Dec 23, 2005)
We believe that proposals for political autonomy for both parts of Kashmir, self-governance and joint India-Pakistan control over the state should be discussed seriously. However we also believe that whatever solution is evolved should respect . . .
- Al Qaeda Is More Than Just Osama Bin Laden... (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Donald Rumsfeld, the US secretary of defence, who flew into Islamabad unannounced last Wednesday to visit the quake-hit areas, said that US intelligence had not picked any signal from Osama Bin Laden in nearly a year and it was possible that he was no ...
- Chauvinism And Justice (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Dec 23, 2005)
The Calcutta crowd was in an incensed mood. Sourav Ganguly, the erstwhile captain, had been removed from India’s ODI eleven on the ground of consistent lack of form.
- Saran-Rice Talks Focus On Bush's 'Historic' 2006 India Visit (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
India and the United States hope that President Bush's upcoming visit to India in early 2006 would be a historic one signifying the new relationship between the two countries.
- Govt Mute Spectator To Statements From Us On Indo-Us Deal’ (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Senior BJP leader and former External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha today charged the UPA Government with remaining a "mute spectator" to the statements emanating from the us on the recent Indo-US nuclear deal.
- 3rd Round Of Talks On Jan 17 (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Foreign Secretaries of India and and Pakistan will meet in New Delhi on January 17-18 to initiate the third round of the composite dialogue between the two countries, a media report said here today.
- Relief Deals A Blow To Tsunami-Hit Families (Deccan Herald, R Krishnakumar, Dec 23, 2005)
A year after the tsunami, the district administration here is still waking up to new challenges. On the surface, the government and the NGOs do look in control of the entire gamut of rehabilitation measures.
- Tiger In Trouble (Daily Excelsior, Dr Pragya Khanna, Dec 23, 2005)
The tiger is one of the most charismatic and evocative species on earth. It is also one of the most threatened. Recognized throughout the world for its ferocity and unmistakable beauty, the tiger faces an uncertain future.
- Bjp U-Turn: Will Oppose Expulsion Of Stung Mps (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Dec 23, 2005)
Hours after the Pawan Kumar Bansal Committee recommended that the Lok Sabha expel 10 MPs at the centre of the cash-for-question scandal, the BJP said it would oppose any motion tomorrow to expel the tainted MPs. Of the 10 Lok Sabha MPs and . . .
- Indiscreet Behaviour (Deccan Herald, L C JAIN, Dec 23, 2005)
Cameras have now shown how the people’s representatives are milking the MPLAD scheme for personal gains.
- Three’S A Crowd (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 23, 2005)
It always helps to listen to those who know. If an organization has an expertise in resolving or managing conflicts, its counsel could be useful to peacemakers.
- Independent Directors — An Unhealthy Clause (Business Line, R. Ravi , Dec 23, 2005)
With listed companies being taken to task even for innocuous statements made in the media companies are justified in being cautious, which perhaps explains the delay in appointing the independent directors.
- No Mfn Status For India Until Kashmir Solution: Kasuri (News International, Asim Yasin, Dec 23, 2005)
Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri on Thursday said Pakistan would not grant ‘Most-Favoured Nation’ status to India till the resolution of Kashmir issue.
- Spying On Americans (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 23, 2005)
IN the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the New York Times reported last week, President Bush authorized the National Security Agency to conduct electronic surveillance of hundreds of US citizens and residents suspected of contact with Al Qaeda ....
- Concept Of Justice (Dawn, Sidrah Unis, Dec 23, 2005)
Most of the recent western legal concepts such as supremacy of law, equality before law, judicial independence and impartiality, juristic personality, non-retroactivity, legal representation, presumption of innocence, etc., were never alien to Islam.
- Why Israel Does Not Have A Constitution (Dawn, Muhammad Ali Siddiqi, Dec 23, 2005)
Most observers of the Palestinian scene know that Israel does not have a constitution, but few try to know why it has chosen not to have one. The reasons are to be found less in the conflict between the religious right and the liberals and . . .
- Water Of Contention (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 23, 2005)
The poet is delighted water water everywhere, but craves not a drop to drink.
- Indo-Pak Dialogue To Resume On January 17 (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
India and Pakistan will start the third round of composite dialogue process on January 17 with foreign secretary-level talks on peace and security as well as the Kashmir issue, media reports today said.
- Can Railways Sweat Its Assets Better? (Business Line, K. Venugopal , Dec 23, 2005)
The Railways has the assets. Better deployed, they can increase the carrying capacity manifold, and the Railways can earn enough surpluses to plough money back into expanding its network to the 2,00,000 km that Railwaymen dream of, says K. Venugop al.
- Pakistan Offers India Two Transit Fee Formulae (News International, Khalid Mustafa, Dec 23, 2005)
Islamabad has offered two formulae to New Delhi for determining the annual transit fee to be collected by Pakistan from India for gas pipeline that would pass through its territory under the proposed $7.2 billion Iran-India-Pakistan (IPI) gas pipeline.
- Volcker Keeps Oil-For-Food Probe Office Open (Reuters, Evelyn Leopold , Dec 23, 2005)
The U.N. independent inquiry into the scandal-ridden oil-for-food program in Iraq will keep its doors open until March 31 so that prosecutors from individual nations can pursue wrongdoers, the United Nations announced on Thursday.
- Cong, Others Demand Continuation Of Mplad (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
A move to get the MPLAD scheme scrapped in the wake of the scam over the project allocation came a cropper today with an all party meeting witnessing Congress and some other parties demanding its continuance.
- Maoists Call 7-Day Bandh From 8 Feb (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
After four months of peace, Nepal seemed headed for widespread violence in the new year with Maoist supremo Pushpa Kamal Dahal aka Prachanda today announcing a seven-day bandh from 5 February in a bid to disrupt the civic elections called . . .
- Tiger Attack On Lankan Navy (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Three Sri Lankan sailors were captured and feared killed by Tamil Tiger rebels who attacked a Naval patrol triggering a gun-battle off the island’s northwestern coast in an upsurge of violence that threatened to derail the fragile peace process.
- Saran Rules Out Changes In Indo-Us Civilian Nuclear Deal (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
In a rebuff to non-proliferation hawks in the US, Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran today ruled out changes in the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal and rejected inclusion of the proposal for a moratorium on fissile material production in it.
- Nepal Parties Vow To Thwart Municipal Elections (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Nepal’s main political parties vowed on Thursday to derail municipal elections next year as the Maoist rebels announced a separate plan to block the vote by calling a week-long national strike.
- Reliance Seeks 25,000 Acre Sez Land In Andhra (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Indicating major investment plans for Andhra Pradesh alongside a gas pipe line project, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) today sought 25,000 acre of land for the development of an exclusive Special Economic Zone (SEZ).
- Pak, Us Alarmed At Indo-Russian Aircraft Production (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Both Pakistan and USA are alarmed by reports of India and Russia jointly developing a state-of-the-art fighter for which talks are at the final stages.
- Tata Tele Recharges Itself (Business Standard, Shobhana Subramanian, Dec 23, 2005)
CEO sees subscription growing 3-times by 2007.
With 1 million subscriptions from its “Non-Stop Mobile” scheme in just 45 days, Tata Teleservices has increased its market share in the mobile wireless space to 4.5 per cent in November . . .
- Rape Of Constitution (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 23, 2005)
Legal circles are shocked over reports published in a section of the press that preparations are afoot to bring about yet another amendment in the constitution just to benefit the sitting Senators. Feedback suggests that this highly abhorrent plan,
- Saddam Too Has Hr! (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 23, 2005)
Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, currently facing trial on charges of killing Shiite civilians during his rule, has said that he was beaten and tortured by the Americans. He told the trial court that he was beaten ‘on every part of his body”.
- Punjab Fog Disrupts Rail, Air Traffic (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Thick fog blanketed plains of Punjab, including Lahore, on Thursday, increasing the intensity of cold and disrupting rail and air traffic.
- Letter From India: Bribery So Common, It's A Laughing Matter (International Herald Tribune, Amelia Gentleman, Dec 23, 2005)
Not many people bothered to feign surprise or outrage at India's latest corruption scandal: the exposé of 11 Indian members of Parliament filmed taking bundles of bank notes in payment for asking questions in Parliament.
- Iraq: Democracy Must Work (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 23, 2005)
With Iraq’s election commission having rejected the demand for re-polling, the country seems to be heading towards a new spurt of violence.
- Ltte Captures 3 Lankan Navy Men (Deccan Herald, P. Karunakharan, Dec 23, 2005)
The Government of Sri Lanka on Thursday strongly condemned the Sea Tiger attack on the naval patrol crafts off Mannar Sea and the abduction of three sailors, and urged the international community to mount “more pressure on the LTTE. . .
- An Agenda For The Oic (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 23, 2005)
In the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the New York Times reported last week, President Bush authorized the National Security Agency to conduct electronic surveillance of hundreds of US citizens and residents suspected of contact with Al Qaeda ...
- Fighting "Hidden Hunger" (Daily Excelsior, B.S.Padmanabhan, Dec 23, 2005)
Of late media reports have highlighted the problem of malnutrition, especially among children, in different parts of the country.
- Bahrain And The Iranian Challenge (Washington Times, Editorial, The Washington Times, Dec 23, 2005)
Although the Bush administration decided in the immediate aftermath of September 11 that in order to secure the homeland the Middle East should be democratized, the forces that work against democratization are so challenging that the mission . . . . .
- India And Pakistan Must Find New Solution To Kashmir’ (Daily Times, Umer Farooq, Dec 22, 2005)
Speakers at a seminar on the possible solutions to the Kashmir conflict on Wednesday said that militancy was no longer an option in the ongoing freedom movement.
- Next Indo-Pak Talks On Jan 17 (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Pakistan and India will hold the next round of their composite dialogue on January 17, 2006 in New Delhi, Foreign Office sources said on Wednesday.
- India Is A Very Good Risk Country’ (The Economic Times, Mayur Shetty, Dec 22, 2005)
Among the handful of global broking firms that have set shop in India, Howden India is the only specialist. The firm, which is a part of the UK’s Hyperion Insurance Group, has been placing liability insurance programmes of Indian IT companies . . .
- Soft Power Assets Key To A Nation's Success' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 22, 2005)
Mira Kamdar is a senior fellow at the World Policy Institute, The New School, New York. She spoke with Gurmeet Kanwal on India's soft power and its potential as a tool of diplomacy:
- Literati Too Need Patronage (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 22, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz held a reception in Islamabad on Tuesday to felicitate the Pakistan cricket team on its triumph over touring England team in Test and ODI series. He also announced cash awards of Rs 1 lac for each player in appreciation .. .
- Cash-For-Questions Scam — Implications For Democracy And Society (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 22, 2005)
The time has come for both the classes and masses of the country to face up to, and do something about, a progressively deteriorating polity.
- The Unguarded Deposit Gate (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Dec 22, 2005)
The Public Provident Fund Act as well as the scheme made thereunder (PPF regime) permits an individual to subscribe to a PPF account on his/her own behalf or on behalf of a minor of whom he/she is the guardian.
- Criminal Conduct Could Be Concealed In A Thicket Of Detail' (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 22, 2005)
In theaccounting terrain, it is just one more routine day. Because there are enough stories of accounting going astray in recent news, as if to match the crime reports in the city pages. For instance, "Visco, false accounting will be `yet another scandal'
- Indian Economy: A Balance-Sheet (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Dec 22, 2005)
Healthy growth estimate of around 7.5 per cent, a soaring Sensex, large forex reserves and some lull on the crude oil price front can generate euphoria about the economy. But will it last? Emphasising that growth without stability can be hurting, ....
- Ill Met For Tea (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 22, 2005)
The phrase playing cricket has come to acquire a meaning and resonance that goes far beyond the playing arena. It has come to stand for propriety and correct behaviour.
- Debate On Oil Prices (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Dec 22, 2005)
The National Assembly is to hold a debate the oil pricing policy of the government and related energy issues. That will follow the sustained high price of oil, which has not come down following a fall in international oil prices.
- Hard Road Ahead For Rss (The Week, Sachidananda Murthy, Dec 22, 2005)
Tactical voting’ is often used to denote the mood swings of the Muslim electorate in the country. But there are new converts to this hit and score practice.
- Montreal Impasse (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 22, 2005)
More needs to be done by countries and individuals to save the planet’s ecology.
- India Not To Compromise On N-Facilities (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Dec 22, 2005)
Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran on Wednesday indicated he had come with “certain ideas” on the separation of India’s civil and military facilities, a prerequisite for civilian nuclear cooperation with the United States.
- Is It The Birth Of A New Era In Bolivia? (Hindu, R. Viswanathan , Dec 22, 2005)
This is the first time a full-blooded Indian has become President of the country.
- India Should Be Involved In Peace Process" (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Dec 22, 2005)
Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse is keen on a key role for India in the peace process and rebuilding along with the U.S., the EU, Japan, and Norway.
- How Rational Is A Ban On Smoking In Movies? (Hindu, Madhu Purushothaman, Dec 22, 2005)
Responsible for millions of deaths worldwide, tobacco use is certainly the most important preventable public health problem in the world today. Banning smoking in movies takes the public health battle to the doorsteps of not only the tobacco industry, ...
- A Risk Of Global Collapse (Hindu, Dylan Evans, Dec 22, 2005)
Is It possible that global civilisation might collapse within our lifetime or that of our children?
- Why Is Pakistan Getting Ready For A War? (India Daily, Balaji Reddy, Dec 22, 2005)
There are some disturbing signs that Pakistan is getting ready for a war with India. Pakistani Army is building secret bunkers all around the border with India.
- Third Peace Bus Soon To Start Running (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Dec 22, 2005)
The India-Pakistan bus diplomacy launched almost seven months ago with the rolling out of the Delhi-Lahore ‘Sada-e-Sarhad’ bus will acquire a new dimension when a third bus service, connecting Amritsar and Lahore, becomes operational on January 20.
- India Parliament Committee Speaks Out: Axe Must Fall On Accused Mps (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
A Lok Sabha panel that probed the cash-for-questions scandal on Wednesday recommended sacking of the 10 accused MPs, even as some other members sought a probe into the motives behind the stunning media expose.
- No Headway On Sir Creek (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
India and Pakistan appeared to have made little progress on addressing the Sir Creek boundary dispute along the Kutchch-Sindh area as officials from the two sides haggled over the formulation of the terms of reference for the joint survey of the Sir Creek
- It Was Big Win For Us: Kamal Nath (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
The Hong Kong WTO Ministerial Declaration has fully protected India’s ‘core cocnerns’ in the sensitive agriculture sector, Commerce Minister Kamal Nath asserted in the Lok Sabha.
- Reliance Demerger Scheme Filed With Registrar (Telegraph, CORPORATE BUREAU, Dec 22, 2005)
Reliance Industries’ demerger scheme came into effect today after the company filed the certified copy of the Bombay High Court order with the Registrar of Companies (RoC).
- Jj Tries To Pick Up Nepal Threads (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
The chief of the Indian Army has invited the chief of the Royal Nepal Army to visit India, a move that conveys Delhi’s willingness to Kathmandu to pick up the threads of a military relationship despite the diplomatic frostiness after King Gyanendra’s ....
- Bid To Open Nepal Door (Telegraph, SUJAN DUTTA, Dec 22, 2005)
The chief of the Indian Army has invited the chief of the Royal Nepal Army to visit India, a move that conveys to Kathmandu Delhi’s willingness to pick up the threads of a military relationship despite the diplomatic frostiness after King Gyanendra’s ...
- A Little Money Here, And A Little Favour There (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Dec 22, 2005)
Bribe has long been a part of India’s socio-political life. And yet, a collective hypocrisy stops us from acknowledging this, writes Sumanta Sen
- Speaker Agrees To Debate On Wto (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee today conceded the demand of the Opposition to have a full debate on Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath's statement on the outcome of the WTO negotiations at the Sixth Ministerial conference held at Hong Kong...
- Sir Creek Talks: Pakistan Puts A Roadblock (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Dec 22, 2005)
India-Pakistan relations were yet again marked by two-steps-forward-two-steps-backward syndrome today as Islamabad took hard positions on Sir Creek and Munabao-Khokhrapar rail service which are at variance with New Delhi’s stand.
- Raising Farm Productivity (Tribune, Sudhirendar Sharma, Dec 22, 2005)
Whatever might have happened to the much-hyped National Commission on Farmers set up last year, the Prime Minister has set up yet another high-powered committee under his chairmanship to focus on agricultural development and policy.
- “Baratis” On Hire (Tribune, Saroop Krishen, Dec 22, 2005)
A business tycoon was explaining to a young man that to succeed in life you have to jump at the right opportunity. “But how do you know the opportunity has come?”, he enquired. “You dashed well don’t know”, was the reply, “you just keep on jumping”.
- To Eat Or Not To (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 22, 2005)
Eating is turning out to be a complex, confusing exercise. No, we are not talking of the endless choices that we have started having because of the world becoming a global village.
- Insecure Minorities (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 22, 2005)
A Sikh becoming officer is no big deal
- Let Truth Triumph (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 22, 2005)
Whistleblowers need protection
IF truth alone triumphs, as the government motto avers, the Satyendra Dubeys and S. Manjunaths shouldn’t be getting themselves killed or committing suicide like Sanjay Rathi, the chief accounts officer in the Akola . . .
- A Debt Repaid (Times of India, Raj Chatterjee, Dec 22, 2005)
He was our maths teacher. Winter or summer, we never saw him dressed in anything but his impeccably white khaddar churidar pyjamas, a long white kurta of the same material and a sleeveless jacket which, later, Jawaharlal Nehru made famous.
- Nuke Deal: India Rejects Moratorium (Hindustan Times, S Rajagopalan, Dec 22, 2005)
While strongly reaffirming its commitment to non-proliferation, India on Wednesday ruled out a moratorium on its fissile material production or acceptance of any new conditions in order to secure approval for the Indo-US nuclear deal.
- Encircling China By Gwynne Dyer (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 22, 2005)
If I were a Chinese strategic analyst of a moderately paranoid disposition — and all strategic analysts are paranoid by nature — I would be twitching uncontrollably by now.
- America’S Way To Fight A War (Dawn, John Yoo, Dec 22, 2005)
Iraq seems to have the imperial presidency in retreat. Last week the White House accepted Sen. John McCain’s proposal to prohibit cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment of enemy combatants.
- Primacy Of A Democratic Framework (Dawn, Taliban, Dec 22, 2005)
For over six years General Musharraf, first as Chief Executive and then as president, while retaining his position as COAS, has been the sole arbiter of the destiny of Pakistan.
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