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Articles 28821 through 28920 of 53943:
- India Has Not Discussed Change Of Status Of J-K: Govt (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
There have been no discussions with Pakistan on changing, in any form whatsoever, the status of Jammu and Kashmir, Government told the Rajya Sabha today.
- Draft Recommends Rationalisation Of Fuel Pricing (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
`Pricing plays a major role in the choice of fuel and the form of energy consumed'
- "We Have Made A Difference" (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Dec 16, 2005)
The Narmada Bachao Andolan is observing 20 years of its struggle for a "just development paradigm" using the Sardar Sarovar dam — that displaces half a million families in four States — as a symbol. In an interview, NBA leaderMedha Patkartalks about . . .
- A Real Forum For The Future? (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Dec 16, 2005)
There was no radical departure from the script at the East Asia Summit in the Malaysian capital on Wednesday. A minimal, first step was taken in the direction of what might turn out to be the beginnings of a pan-Asian forum.
- Release Suu Kyi, Begin Talks (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's frank interaction with his Myanmar counterpart on the need to release the pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and move towards "national reconciliation" may be the first categorical statement . . .
- W. Won’T Read This: It Can’T Reach The Bubble That Holds The President (Indian Express, Maureen Dowd, Dec 16, 2005)
Never ask a guy who’s in a bubble if he’s in a bubble. He can’t answer.
- Iran's Economic Irony (Business Line, Gopal Sutar, Dec 16, 2005)
Though Iran's oil wealth has helped build up formidable forex reserves, it has not eased economic difficulties such as unemployment and inflation.
- Landmark Event (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 16, 2005)
The frightening spectre of more than three crore cases pending in India's courts refuses to go away despite all the declarations of determined attack on it.
- No Question Is So Difficult To Answer As That To Which The Answer Is Obvious (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 16, 2005)
Voltaire said, "Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers." But we are helpless spectators of a sordid drama where elected representatives indulge in judging questions by the munificence that came along, rather than by their relevance to the...
- Summits Of Symbolism (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 16, 2005)
IN 1992, THE Narasimha Rao government, in which Dr Manmohan Singh was the Finance Minister, launched the `Look East Policy' that, in the words of Dr Singh, "was not merely an external economic policy, it was also a strategic shift in India's vision of the
- A Further Fillip To The Peace Process (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 16, 2005)
With the proposed re-opening of the Karachi Consulate and revival of the rail route linking Sindh with Rajasthan in the next three to four weeks, the India-Pakistan peace process is set for a qualitative leap.
- Bush’S Dangerous Pre-Emptive Doctrine (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 16, 2005)
On the eve of Iraq’s parliamentary elections, US President George Bush not only defended his case for naked aggression against a weaker nation but also had the audacity to claim that he would attack another country if he deemed it necessary.
- Politics Of Minority Commuanlism (Daily Excelsior, Fazal Mehmood, Dec 16, 2005)
The 130 million strong Muslim population in India can influence the electoral outcome in 122 parliamentary constituencies, and 1400 assembly constituencies across the country. We are aware how the recently concluded Bihar assembly polls turned . . .
- Seeing India In A New Light (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Dec 16, 2005)
From being seen as a basket case, India is today viewed in the US as a vibrant democracy with a booming economy. American companies are looking to replicate the IT success in other areas. Yet, politically, many things remain unchanged, . . .
- Un Decides To "Temporary Relocate" Military, Staff To Ethiopia (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
The UN has decided to "temporary relocate" some military and civilian staff to Ethiopia for their safety after Eritrea demanded that the world body withdraw nationals of the US, Russia and other Western countries from its territory.
- Sack Subhas (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 16, 2005)
Incompetence must not be rewarded
There are two possibilities. One, that Transport Minister Subhas Chakraborty is a loose cannon who cannot be controlled by the Chief Minister.
- Third-Degree Methods Hurt Us More Than Them (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 16, 2005)
The entire notion of a civilised society is built on certain basic premises, and perhaps the most critical of them is humanity.
- Ongc Denied Permission To Acquire Stake In Nigerian Co (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
In a major loss of face to state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has shotdown its proposal to acquire a 45 per cent stake in a Nigerian oil and gas field for close to 2-billion dollars saying the . . .
- Give Indo-Pak Friendship A Chance (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
As the small seismic movement of forty millimeter in the Himalayan region created huge
collision of the earthen plates causing vast damages to lives and property on either side
of the man made border-dividing Kashmir, . . .
- Sexual Revolution In China (Tribune, David Eimer, Dec 16, 2005)
When logging online became possible in China in 1995, the authorities cannot have imagined that a decade later millions of people would crash an internet provider in their efforts to access a website where they could listen to a 27-year-old female . . .
- Indo-Us N-Deal Reciprocal: Pm (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said today that the Indo-US nuclear deal was proceeding on the basis of “strict reciprocity” and India was at liberty not to meet its commitments if the US Administration did not fulfil its obligations.
- Resurgent India Analysed (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
A symposium titled Resurgent India? Look East, Look West? was organised by the Asia Centre in association with the Centre for Studies in International Relations and Development, at a city hotel today.
- The Birth Of Eas (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
The Kuala Lumpur declaration by 16 countries leading to the birth of the East Asia Summit (EAS) on Wednesday has special significance for India, though located in South Asia.
- No Stalemate In Indo-Us N-Deal (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today asserted that there was “no stalemate” in negotiations with the United States over the implementation of the 18 July agreement on civilian nuclear energy.
- Missing Coalition Culture (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Dec 16, 2005)
Yet again the country is facing the painful paradox that while coalitions have become absolutely unavoidable, there is an absolute lack of coalition culture. To expect the necessary culture to evolve in the foreseeable future would be a classic . . .
- Tragedy Of Urban India (Tribune, Jagmohan , Dec 16, 2005)
Unfortunately, a culture of apathy has penetrated so deeply into our society that citizens have virtually lost all sensitivities and become oblivious of their civic obligations and also of their responsibility to the future generations.
- Manmohan Says No Changes To India-Us Nuclear Deal (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
India said on Thursday it would permit no changes to a landmark nuclear deal with the United States to ensure its passage by the US Congress.
- Human Rights In Iraq Require Action: Un (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
The United Nations on Wednesday urged the Iraqi government and US-led multinational forces to address human rights violations amid increasing reports of prisoner abuse.
- Us Soldier Killed In Afghan Clash (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
An American soldier was killed in a fire-fight with suspected Taliban guerrillas in Afghanistan on Thursday, the US military said.
- India To Reorganise Infantry Battalions, Upgrade Weapons (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 16, 2005)
Army to have 155mm self-propelled and 155mm towed guns
- Portraying Terror On Screen (Greater Kashmir, Inam ul Rehman, Dec 16, 2005)
"Sir, I have information…there are going to be blasts… three days from now.” On March 9, 1993 Gul Mohammed, an ordinary gangster turns himself in at Nav Pada police station, Bombay.
- And We Move From Light To Darkness (Greater Kashmir, K. Asif, Dec 16, 2005)
Without electricity winter gets harsher and harsher, life unbearable and things don’t go the way we want, comments K.Asif
- Poor Countries Flex Muscles At Wto Talks (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Global trade talks were confronted with growing pressure from poorer countries, with African cotton producers and Latin American banana exporters leading the charge for fairer treatment.
- Catching The Small Fry (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Dec 16, 2005)
Even as late as last week, if someone of some consequence had dared to suggest either in print or on TV that parliament was full of crooks, he would have been promptly slapped with a privilege notice by indignant custodians of democratic values.
- Punjab Govt Hopeful For Pak Visa Consulate At Amritsar: Bajwa (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Punjab PWD Minister Partap Singh Bajwa today said the State Government was hopeful for the opening of a Pakistan visa consulate in Amritsar soon, as Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh had already approached the Centre in this regard.
- Stand Up To Competition Or Perish, Pm Tells India Inc (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has criticised Indian industrialists, who fear competition and increasingly sought Government protection, saying the world respects only those who are strong.
- Energy Conservation In India (Daily Excelsior, P. M. Sayeed, Dec 16, 2005)
India has made rapid strides towards economic self-reliance over the last few years. Impressive progress has been made in the fields of industry, agriculture, communication, transport and other sectors necessitating growing consumption of energy . . .
- Un Appeals To Iraqis To Turn Out In Large Numbers (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
The UN has appealed to the voters in Iraq to turn out in large numbers and exercise their democratic right in a peaceful manner even as it said the human rights situation in the war-ravaged country requires urgent action by the Iraqi Government.
- China Ready To Work With India To Step Up Ties (Press Trust of India, Anil K Joseph, Dec 16, 2005)
China today said it was ready to work with its "great neighbour" India to enhance bilateral strategic ties and was trying to solve the vexed boundary issue through the spirit of peaceful negotiations and equality.
- Former Us President Appointed Top Un Envoy For Quake Relief (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Former American President George H W Bush has been appointed the United Nations top envoy for the South Asian earthquake disaster to lead the world body's efforts to sustain international political will to support humanitarian, . . .
- Stand Up To Competition Or Perish, Pm Tells India Inc. (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has criticised Indian industrialists, who fear competition and increasingly sought government protection, saying the world respects only those who are strong.
- India Approves Air-India's Boeing Plane Purchases (Reuters, Nigam Prusty, Dec 16, 2005)
The Indian cabinet has approved state-run Air-India Ltd.'s plans to buy up to 68 aircraft from Boeing Co., subject to final talks on price, a minister said on Thursday.
- Asia’S Alphabet Soup And Numerical Croutons (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 16, 2005)
East Asia = ASEAN+3+1+2+? But the EAS and EAC are not the same thing. C. Raja Mohan offers a primer
- U.N. Names Ex-President Bush Envoy On Pakistan Quake (Reuters, Matthew Robinson, Dec 16, 2005)
Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush was appointed special U.N. envoy for Pakistan earthquake relief on Thursday and said he would use the role to ensure donations are converted into concrete aid for victims.
- New Community (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 16, 2005)
The East Asian summit holds out a promise, though uncertainties abound
- Lumpens For Ganguly (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 16, 2005)
A few weeks ago, we had written an editorial claiming how the whole Sourav Ganguly episode was unnecessarily showcasing an ugly side of Bengali chauvinism.
- Indian Pm Calls On Indian Businesses To Start Competing With International Business Instead Of Crying For More Protection (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Dec 16, 2005)
It is time for India and its protected industry to open up face international protection.
- Aai For Aai (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 16, 2005)
For starters, Indian airports need to be monitored by people who don’t run them.
- Asean In Control, East Asia Takes Off (Indian Express, SUNIT ARORA, Dec 16, 2005)
With ASEAN firmly in the driver’s seat, the first-ever ‘historic’ East Asia Summit formally kicked off today as a ‘‘forum for dialogue on broad strategic, political and economic issues of common interest and concern’’.
- Sena War: Raj Likely To Meet Thackeray Sr (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Senior Shiv Sena leader and former Lok Sabha speaker Manohar Joshi, who has prepared a peace formula to end the stand-off between party’s executive president Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray, today claimed that the crisis would blow over in the next two
- Man Who Isn’T Here (Indian Express, SANDIPAN DEB, Dec 16, 2005)
Yesterday upon the stair/ I met a man who wasn’t there./ He wasn’t there again today/ I wish that man would go away.
— Hugh Means (1875-1965)
- Aicc Omits Natwar From Panels (Deccan Herald, C B P Srivastava, Dec 16, 2005)
K Natwar Singh, ousted from the Union Cabinet as well as the Congress Steering Committee, thanks to the Volcker controversy, has totally gone out of favour with the Congress high command if one goes by the committees formed to prepare for the AICC . . .
- ‘We Are Witnessing The Destruction Of The Soul And The Spirit’ (Indian Express, David Ignatious, Dec 16, 2005)
David Ignatious explains why Lebanon’s assassins have moved Adonis, the most celebrated poet in the Arab world, to speak of ‘a temple of fear’
- When We Begin To Protect Our Children’S Rights (Indian Express, PRIYA DUTT, Dec 16, 2005)
More than 60 per cent of the country’s population resides in rural India, so the first thing to do is make the villages more liveable in order to control migration to the cities and empower India.
- Protecting America (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Dec 16, 2005)
The developing world can either accept American protectionism or be prepared for more flagrant protection
- Forest Rights (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 16, 2005)
The Bill may have unpredictable consequences
- Manmohan: Not Skirting Volcker Issue (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Ambiguity in statement: Jaswant
My statement is unambiguous: PM
No light on new facts: BJP
Can panel of leaders examine evidence, asks AIADMK
- Talks On India-U.S. Nuclear Deal Proceeding On "Strict Reciprocity' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
If U.S. does not carry out its commitments, India is free not to reciprocate, Manmohan tells Rajya Sabha
Joint statement a "binding constraint" on both countries
Both working out ways and means to find satisfactory solutions
- Improved Climate For Kyoto Agenda (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 16, 2005)
The 11th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) in Montreal has certainly brought about an improvement in the "atmospherics" relating to the international campaign to reduce the danger of global warming.
- Lok Sabha Nod For Legislative Council Revival (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council Bill passed; CPI(M),TDP vote against it
- Leftist Set To Be Bolivia's First Indian President (Christian Science Monitor, Danna Harman, Dec 16, 2005)
Evo Morales is an unorthodox candidate. He's a former IIama herder and coca farmer, and an indigenous Indian with an eighth-grade education. His platform rests on ending Bolivia's 20 years of free-market economic policies, and . . .
- Advani Will Not Quit Till December 30, Says Mahajan (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Dec 16, 2005)
Official announcement may come soon after Mumbai conclave is over
Selection process will begin after Parliament session Conclave a purely party affair
- Pm Refuses To Comment On Volcker Issue (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Thursday refused to get drawn into a debate with the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Jaswant Singh, on the Volcker controversy, and said he would not comment on it since the issue was under probe.
- Controlling Indian Communists Tell India’S Pm To First Consult And Take Permission From Them Before Going Public (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Dec 16, 2005)
The behind the curtain power block speaks up. The Left Front asked PM Manmohan Singh to first consult them before talking anything of significance in public.
- Nod For Aircraft Acquisition (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
The Government, on Thursday, gave in-principle approval to Air-India's plan to acquire 68 Boeing aircraft _ 50 for itself and 18 for its subsidiary.
- India, Pakistan Resume Kashmir Bus Service (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
The Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service between India and Pakistan, suspended following the 8 October devastating earthquake, was resumed on Thursday [15 December] with seven passengers on board.
- Being Irate At Iran, But Wisely (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Iran's potential nuclear threat took on ominous meaning after several recent fiery speeches by its new president. In stating Israel should be moved elsewhere and claiming the Holocaust is a myth, Mahmud Ahmadinejad deserves condemnation.
- Bank On The King (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 15, 2005)
Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran's three-day visit to Nepal merits a welcome, particularly since it included a nearly two-hour meeting with King Gyanendra in Kathmandu.
- The Rise Of Rural Cities (Pioneer, Chitvan Gill, Dec 15, 2005)
Recently 12 men died in a fire in a building in Vishwas Nagar. The building in which they had been locked by their employer for the night was an 'illegal' garments factory.
- Us Looks To India In New Light (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Dec 15, 2005)
Located in the heart of Washington DC, the Indian Embassy is an impressive building, now adorned with a statue of Mahatma Gandhi just opposite its entrance. The statue, built with special approval accorded by the US Congress, is a tribute by America's ...
- Unusual Sorority (Pioneer, Archana K Sudheer, Dec 15, 2005)
Archana K Sudheer left behind a part of herself in ways more than one when she reached Delhi for studies
- Sacrificing Ideology (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Dec 15, 2005)
It was bewildering to see socialist leaders, who have only contempt for Hindu ceremonies, attend blood-letting rituals at Kamakhya temple, writes Anuradha Dutt
- Kamal Nath Seeks Level Playing Field (Hindu, N. Ravi Kumar, Dec 15, 2005)
"Development intrinsic to all aspects of ongoing talks"
Developed countries should not trample on the aspirations of four-fifths of humanity
Doha mandate to correct `development deficit' left by Uruguay Round
It is in agriculture that the structure
- Editor Denied Pak Visa (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 15, 2005)
Violations of an individual’s rights are the worst in the diplomatic field. Officers take upon themselves the responsibility to undo what governments want to achieve. Something like that some Pakistani officers are trying to do.
- Changing Us Perceptions (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Dec 15, 2005)
Located in the heart of Washington DC, the Indian Embassy is an impressive building, now adorned with a statue of Mahatma Gandhi, just opposite its entrance. The statue, built with special approval accorded by the US Congress, . . .
- Uniting For Progress (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Dec 15, 2005)
THE idea of a real Islamic Commonwealth or common Market has always appealed to Muslims all over the world. Although religion is a common bond among the 57 member states of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), there are several roadblocks or miss
- Pak Urges Iran To Follow Iaea Obligations, Resume Talks With Eu (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
Pakistan has urged Iran to adhere to the IAEA obligations so that an amicable solution to the nuclear issue can be found through dialogue. Pakistan for its being interlinked with Iranian nuclear programme also encouraged Tehran to resume nuclear talks....
- Eastward Ho! (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 15, 2005)
The East Asia Summit at Kuala Lumpur, originally mooted by Malaysia 15 years ago with a broad objective of initiating the process for eventual formation of an Asian Economic Community (AEC),
- Where Is Osama? (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Dec 15, 2005)
IT doesn’t surprise me that George Bush had a plan to bomb the Doha headquarters of the pesky Arabic news channel Al Jazeera back into the desert age. What shocks me is that he hasn’t sent Al Jazeera a thank you note after his re-election last year in Nov
- Wto: Corporations Vs Common Man (Dawn, Najma Sadeque, Dec 15, 2005)
MOST people struggling with their daily lives are not even aware of the sixth WTO ministerial in Hong Kong. But their fate hinges on it.
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