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Articles 28721 through 28820 of 53943:
- Prosecute Them (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 17, 2005)
There are two aspects to the shocking episode which has at its centre a young lady called Kamna Chowdhury, who had once been crowned "Miss Agra". The first is the criminal one which concerns her allegation that some so-called journalists were . . .
- India To Step Up Security For Nationals Working In Afghanistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
India has decided to strengthen security for its nationals working in Afghanistan, weeks after an Indian was abducted and killed, an official spokesman said on Friday.
- Treating Sick Democracies (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 17, 2005)
IN THE course of a lecture in New Delhi the other day, Nobel Laureate Prof Amartya Sen is reported to have said that the cure for the ills of democracy is more democracy.
- N-Deal With Us On 'Strict Reciprocity': Pm (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
Maintaining that the Indo-US nuclear deal would proceed on the basis of "strict reciprocity", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Thursday that he expected the Bush administration to use its "full weight" to get the approval of the US Congress.
- Cash For Questions (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 17, 2005)
Another in the series of sting operations — a sensational camera expose of 11 MPs allegedly taking money for asking parliamentary questions — has been the hottest news of the week.
- A New Year Resolution For The Pm (The Financial Express, Malvika Singh, Dec 17, 2005)
One year older, and we should be one year more mature but alas, the endless sillinesses of life in India beset us and envelop us, attach themselves to us like leeches in an unfathomable jungle.
- All-Purpose Number (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 17, 2005)
Securities & Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has done well to detect the violation of regulations relating to demat accounts and share public offerings.
- Hind Lever Reshuffles Management (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
Douglas Baillie has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Hindustan Lever Limited (HLL).
- Legislation: Who Needs Westminster? (Hindu, Arvind Sivaramakrishnan, Dec 17, 2005)
THE FORMER Lord Chief Justice of England was thrown into prison. Sir Edward Coke, who had been removed by the English monarch James I in 1616
- More Kids On The Block (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Dec 17, 2005)
It’s all about who will be the driver and who the passenger. And the determinants are race and power.
- Techno-Mapping The Future (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 17, 2005)
STOP fretting about problems. The real issue is that "we are at one of those rare times in history when we have more solutions than we have problems," aver Joel A. Barker and Scott W. Erickson, in Five Regions of the Future, from Penguin (www.penguin.com)
- Privatising Airports: Questions Remain (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Dec 17, 2005)
MEMBERS OF the Communist Party of India (Marxist) raised in the Lok Sabha on Thursday critical issues that need to be addressed before the Government of India goes ahead with the plan to modernise and partially privatise the airports in Delhi and Mumbai.
- Trai Suggests Resale Of Global Bandwidth (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
Five years after international long distance telephony was opened up, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on Friday suggested the Central Government to allow resale of international bandwidth in February 2007 to induce more competition in the segmen
- Push For Reforms In Maldives (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Dec 17, 2005)
Maldivian Foreign Minister Ahmed Shaheed on Friday said his country would seek the advice of an expert from the Commonwealth to "fast-track" the constitutional reforms, which have been delayed on account of "parliamentary procedures."
- India’S Strategic And Cyclical Headwinds (The Financial Express, V ANANTHA NAGESWARAN, Dec 17, 2005)
Narendra Singh Sarila, a former ADC to Lord Mountbatten, had written a book about the partition of India.
- Oil-Ioc Spv For Overseas Projects Cleared (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has permitted Oil India Limited (OIL) to set up a project-specific `special purpose vehicle' (SPV) with the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) for undertaking overseas projects.
- Un Digs Out Unhealthy Bellary Facts (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Dec 17, 2005)
The age-old ‘devdasi’ custom in north Karnataka coupled with polygamy, taboo on talks about sexual diseases and misconception about HIV/AIDS have made women in Bellary district defenceless against AIDS, the UN Foundation was informed on Thursday.
- Unfounded Criticism (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 17, 2005)
PRIME Minister Manmohan Singh has scotched fears about the India-US nuclear deal signed in July last in his intervention in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
- Speed Up (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 17, 2005)
Now that the State High Court is seized of the matter we have a somewhat better idea of the traffic scenario in this city.
- This Mindset (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 17, 2005)
Why does Pakistan suffer from a sort of psychological barrier when it comes to dealing with India?
- The Shrews Commando (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Dec 17, 2005)
Thank God for having given us, scribes on either side of the Indo-Pak border, a man named Gen Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistani military ruler-cum-President
- India To Face Skilled (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Dec 17, 2005)
A shortage of skilled workers will be staring the Indian industry, particularly the BPO sector, in the face in the next decade or so, a NASSCOM-McKinsey report has cautioned.
- Prevention Is Better (Statesman, Editorial, Srinagar Times, Dec 17, 2005)
$1,000,000 is one million dollars, or about Rs 45,000,000. On Thursday, the Government of India’s Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
- There Is A Way Out (Greater Kashmir, Syed Ali Safvi, Dec 17, 2005)
Mahatma Gandhi once said, “There’s no way to peace, peace is the way.” Twenty years on and the so-called paradise on earth is still craving for an eternal peace. How many years more!.. Has any body got the answer?
- India's Strategic Periphery (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Dec 17, 2005)
Among the many recent events in our part of the world three have potential for grave consequences in the future - the supply of truckloads of weapons by China to Nepal;
- Corruption In Kashmir (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
The Transparency International had put the State of Jammu & Kashmir second after Bihar in their listing of the most corrupt States of India.
- Making Children Mentally Strong (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 17, 2005)
As per WHO, 'Health does not merely means the absence of disease, but a state of physical, mental and social well being'.
- Natwar Left Out Of Cong Panels (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 17, 2005)
Former minister K.Natwar Singh stands completely isolated as he has not been included in any of the panels set up by the Congress today for the AICC plenary session to be held in Hyderabad from January 21-23.
- Quota Bill Derailed (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 17, 2005)
The Centre was forced to defer the introduction of the Constitution Amendment Bill in Parliament to provide for reservation for the socially and educationally backward classes,
- India Says No Move On Industrial Taxes Without Agriculture Concessions At Wto (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
Articulating developing countries'' stand at the WTO talks here, India Friday [16 December] stuck to its position that there could not be any forward movement on industrial tariff until its concerns on agriculture were addressed.
- Keep Fast Breeder Reactor Out Of Iaea Inspections: U.S. Expert (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Dec 17, 2005)
On the eve of crucial negotiations with the U.S. on the separation of India's civilian and military nuclear facilities, a well-known American analyst has strongly...
- Wto Talks Still Deadlocked After Overnight Haggling (Reuters, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 17, 2005)
Negotiators emerged from a night of haggling at World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks on Saturday no closer to breaking their deadlock over farm subsidies and plans to bolster the exports of poorest nations.
- Job Guarantee Bill A Major Achievement Of Rural Dev Ministry...... (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Dec 17, 2005)
The ambitious rural job guarantee law and quantum increase in the budget allocation for rural infrastructure development were the highlights of the performance of Rural Development Ministry, in the year 2005.
- India-Russia Developing New Supersonic Cruise Missile (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
India and Russia have pumped in 50m dollars to develop an aircraft version of supersonic cruise missile BrahMos, according to a top official of the joint venture.
- Osama Shadow Looms Over Parliament (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
An email threat to bomb Parliament led to an unprecedented evacuation of some 4,000 people including MPs from the building, but the highest seat of Indian democracy was back in action after three hours of near panic.
- Top Hm Commander Sangar Pathan Shot Dead In Darhal (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 17, 2005)
Two militants and an Army jawan were killed in an encounter at Gurnuwali dhok in Darhal area of Rajouri district last night. There were reports that one of the slain ultra could be the most wanted militant of Rajouri-Poonch, Sangar Pathan, involved in mor
- 5 Killed In Kashmir (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Dec 17, 2005)
A terse e-mail purportedly by a Osama bin Laden supporter warning of bomb explosions in Parliament today led to evacuation of the highly fortified building, bringing back grim memories of the terror attack four years ago.
- Urdu Literature’S Vagabond Genius (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Dec 17, 2005)
A house full sign some days ago outside the main auditorium of New Delhi’s India International Centre was a surprise because it was an evening dedicated to an Urdu poet, Majaz. An Urdu poet drawing a full house at the IIC?
- In Islam’S Past, Shades Of Democracy (Indian Express, Reza Aslan, Dec 17, 2005)
This week, a joint statement attributed to five insurgent groups in Iraq warned that the Iraqi elections are “a satanic enterprise” and that any Muslim who takes part in the voting violates “the legitimate policy approved by God”.
- Pakistan On Notice - India To Step Up Security For Nationals Working In Strife-Torn Afghanistan (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
India has decided to strengthen security for its nationals working in Afghanistan, weeks after an Indian was abducted and killed, an official spokesman said Friday.
- Still In Deep Waters (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Dec 17, 2005)
American diplomats advising India freely suggests that they may be gaining leverage with New Delhi
- Babel In Baghdad (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 17, 2005)
The high turnout and low violence for Iraq’s third poll in less than a year underlines the enduring Iraqi optimism and lends credibility to the political process to establish self-government
- Developing Nations Seek Better Deal (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Dec 17, 2005)
For the first time, all developing countries – notwithstanding their size and status – decided to join forces on Friday to adopt common positions, as far as possible, on all key Doha trade issues at the World Trade Organisation’s sixth ministerial meeting
- Pm For Ips, Ifs Under New Duty Appraisal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
Having introduced a Performance Appraisal Report (PAR) and other administrative reforms for IAS officials, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wants to include the Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian Forest Service (IFS) under their umbrella.
- Mining Mafia Still Active (Tribune, Rashme Sehgal, Dec 17, 2005)
Arriving in the village of Mahugari in Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh is akin to entering the portals of hell.
- Clash On Afghan Border (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 17, 2005)
Pakistan and Afghan forces clashed at the border in South Waziristan on Friday forcing the closure of the Angorah port gate for road traffic.
- Turning Point? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 17, 2005)
Whether elections will end violence and bring stability in Iraq is not certain
- India To Push Pakistan On Pipeline Deadline (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
Disappointed by the slow progress by Pakistan on the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project, New Delhi plans to push Islamabad to commit February as the deadline to hold the first trilateral meeting of the three nations.
- India, Bangladesh Plan Naval Exercises (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
India will extend its naval diplomacy to Bangladesh with a joint naval exercise towards the end of this month that will coincide with Chief of Naval Staff Arun Prakash's visit to the nation and Myanmar.
- Developing Cluster: G-110 Takes Shape (Indian Express, VIKAS DHOOT, Dec 17, 2005)
For the first time in the history of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), all the developing country groups came together on one platform, creating a new coalition called the G-110.
- Hope For Tiger: An Empowered Body (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
The Union Cabinet today approved the introduction of a Bill in Parliament to amend the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972,
- Transparency Or Morality? (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, Dec 17, 2005)
In the context of the bribes for questions in Parliament scandal let me tell you a modern Indian fairy story.
- Grand Alliance Formed At Wto (Hindu, N. Ravi Kumar, Dec 17, 2005)
The World Trade Organisation will release the revised draft of its ongoing ministerial conference here on Saturday.
- ‘No Discussion With Pakistan On Changing Status Of Kashmir’ (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 16, 2005)
India has not held any discussions with Pakistan on changing the status of Jammu and Kashmir in any manner, the government told the Rajya Sabha (Upper House) on Thursday.
- Recalcitrant Reality (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 16, 2005)
Wonders, it seems, truly never cease. Even when time or predators turn one of these into dust, it lives in fable and memory. Consider the seven wonders of the ancient world - The Pyramids of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue of Zeus . . .
- Oic Must Explain 'Deviant Ideology' (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Dec 16, 2005)
The recent Summit of Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) at Mecca, where leaders of 57 Muslim countries converged, resolved to fight against 'deviant ideas'. By 'deviant ideas' they did not mean Leftist, secular or Western ideas, . . .
- Can Azad Cut Graft? (Pioneer, Sunita Vakil, Dec 16, 2005)
For the people of Jammu & Kashmir, who have been reeling under turmoil for long, there are too many things to worry about. Pakistan-sponsored terrorism apart, the common masses have been hit hard by widespread corruption rampant at various rungs . . .
- Bangladesh: A Broken Soul At 35 (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Dec 16, 2005)
On the anniversary of its birth, Bangladesh is gradually returning to its blood-dipped origins, says Udayan Namboodiri
- Post-Sting, It's Question Time For India (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Dec 16, 2005)
Cash-for-question exposé has punctured the BJP's campaign on the Volcker report, says Kalyani Shankar
- Jmb Chief Distributed Bombs (The Daily Star, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Mohammad told the reporters Rahman himself had distributed explosives among divisional chiefs just a week before the August 17 blasts, reports UNB.
- Aphc Will Present Its Formula To Pakistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
The All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has decided to formally submit its own United States of Kashmir proposal to the Pakistani leadership in the next visit to Pakistan by its leaders.
- Woman Among 2 Killed, Pdp Worker Injured (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Two persons, including a woman, were killed and two others, including a PDP activist injured in separate incidents of violence in the Valley since last evening, while as a militant was injured when an explosive went off at Batamaloo today.
- Ctg Jmb Chief Tells Of Qaeda Links (The Daily Star, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Outlawed Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) has close links with international terrorist outfit al-Qaeda and launched the August 17 and other bomb attacks as part of a blue print to establish Islamic rule in Bangladesh.
- Is Lobbying Unethical? (The Economic Times, S K Agarwal, Dec 16, 2005)
A recent poll, conducted by Gallup International on behalf of the Transparency International, finds that 98% of the respondents perceived political parties as the most corrupt. As regards Parliament/Legislature, this figure is 92%.In the past, . . .
- Having The Time Of Our Lives (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Dec 16, 2005)
It’s said that our peculiar position of being mortal and being aware of it is a major source of anxiety, but it’s also what makes our lives and the choices we make, meaningful. Time becomes important only when there is so much of it.
- Tcs Takes Aim At Ibm, Doubles Us Staff (The Financial Express, Reuters, Dec 16, 2005)
Tata Consultancy Services plans to more than double its US staff next year in an expansion that takes aim at a key market for IBM and Accenture Ltd.
- The Engine To Drive India’S Future Growth (The Financial Express, SUMANT SINHA, Dec 16, 2005)
Incremental kicker to our growth rates will come from manufacturing and infrastructure development
- Violence In Bangladesh (Daily Times, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Dec 16, 2005)
The cause of democracy in Bangladesh has been hurt by extended boycotts of parliament by opposition parties. Failure to participate in the next election as threatened occasionally by some of them may inflict irreparable damage on this cause.
- On Transforming The Politics Of Arbitrage (The Financial Express, Jayaprakash Narayan, Dec 16, 2005)
The Concise Oxford Dictionary defines arbitrage as ‘the buying and selling of stocks or bills of exchange to take advantage of varying prices in different markets.’ Politics, among other things, are ‘the activities concerned with the acquisition or . . .
- Ai Gets Govt Nod To Buy 68 Boeings (The Financial Express, Reuters, Dec 16, 2005)
The Indian cabinet has approved state run Air-India Ltd.'s plans to buy up to 68 aircraft from Boeing Co., Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said on Thursday.
- Ear To The Ground (The Week, Kanhaiah Bhelari, Dec 16, 2005)
Even Lalu Prasad Yadav knew it was coming. "Baba, if Ram Vilas Paswan contests separately, we are sure to lose," I heard him tell his close friend Shivanand Tiwary, excise minister in the Rabri Devi regime.
- Winding Course Of Peace Process (Dawn, Tayyab Siddiqui, Dec 16, 2005)
Ever since former Indian prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee visited Islamabad in January 2004 to attend the Saarc summit, government officials have been making optimistic predictions of an early breakthrough in dialogue with India on Kashmir.
- Islamic Economic System (Dawn, Prof. Mohammed Rafi, Dec 16, 2005)
Economics is a science concerned with production, distribution and consumption of goods, services, wealth and resources. It plays a significant role in the social structure of Islam, so significant that Allah did not leave the economic aspect of life . .
- As Bangladesh Works Out Its Destiny (Dawn, Murtaza Razvi, Dec 16, 2005)
Time, they say, is the best of healers. This certainly seems to be the case between Pakistan and Bangladesh as the two countries have, to a large extent, moved on from the bitter memories of the civil war of 1971. Celebrated as Victory Day . . .
- Facing Up To Aids (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
So long as Pakistani society refuses to face up to the worsening AIDS situation in the country, little progress can be made on curbing the spread of the incurable disease that has extracted a heavy toll of lives in the world.
- India Must Respond Now To Pakistan On Kashmir (Daily Times, Jonathan Power, Dec 16, 2005)
The stakes are worth every sinew of action — the avoidance of a nuclear war and the chance of receiving the large amounts of foreign investment that China now receives, which will secure both countries’ rapid economic advance and . . .
- Higher Education: Learning From The U.S. (Hindu, Prabhudev Konana, Dec 16, 2005)
The culture of supporting educational institutions is deep-rooted in the American psyche. Indians should emulate this practice.
- India, China Agree To Speed Up Border Talks (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Buoyed by the progress in the economic and political relations, India and China have agreed to speed up the resolution of the long-standing border dispute and push up bilateral trade to over $20 billion by 2008.
- Proceeding On Basis Of Strict Reciprocity: Pm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Maintaining that the Indo-US nuclear deal was proceeding on the basis of “strict reciprocity”, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said he expected the Bush Administration to use its “full weight” to get the necessary approval of the US Congress.
- Sri Lanka's Main Parties Agree To Hold Talks With The Ltte (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Dec 16, 2005)
Decision follows meeting between Mahinda Rajapakse and Ranil Wickremesinghe
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