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Articles 29821 through 29920 of 53943:
- Putin Hosts India's Pm As India And Russia Move Ahead With Strategic Relationships (India Daily, Sonia Joshi, Dec 07, 2005)
India and Russia move ahead with unprecedented level of cooperation in strategic areas like energy, defense and trade.
- Russia To Help India On N-Energy (Hindustan Times, Yashwant Raj, Dec 07, 2005)
Russia will do all it can to ensure India's energy needs are fulfilled. At the same time it wants New Delhi to sort its differences with the nuclear supplier group (NSG) countries on the separation of civil and military uses of nuclear technology.
- Eu Skeptical Of Brazil, India Promises In Wto Talks (Reuters, Doug Palmer, Dec 07, 2005)
The European Union is sceptical major developing countries will open their markets to more European companies if Brussels makes deep cuts in its agricultural tariffs, EU officials said on Tuesday.
- Sonia Won’T Quit: Cong (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
The Opposition demand for Sonia Gandhi’s resignation as the National Advisory Council (NAC) chairperson was shot down on Tuesday by both the government and the Congress, with the latter saying there was no question of “even entertaining” such a demand.
- "Lalu Will Not Get Justice In Bihar" (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Dec 07, 2005)
Great prejudice has been caused by earlier order, counsel tells Supreme Court
- Iter Project: India Becomes Full Partner (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Dec 07, 2005)
Half of humanity is now participating in this unique scientific mission
- Asc Centre To Have Animal Transport Memorial Soon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
To celebrate 245th anniversary and 8th reunion today
- Detailed Plan To Tackle Floods Soon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Jayalalithaa lays stress on protecting natural wetlands
South Chennai suburbs badly affected as Buckingham Canal was unable to handle excess flow
Survey to be undertaken and straight cut constructed from Buckingham Canal directly to the sea
- Left High And Dry (Telegraph, Satyesh C. Chakraborty, Dec 07, 2005)
Water resources in and around Santiniketan are under threat from unplanned development projects, writes Satyesh C. Chakraborty
- It's The Centre's Duty To Help State, Says Jayalalithaa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
I will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh if necessary, says Chief Minister
- India, Russia Inching Towards Fresh Nuclear Cooperation (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Dec 07, 2005)
Moment for broadening scope of nuclear ties will soon be at hand, says Putin
India is a strategic partner: Putin
Indian officials hopeful of solution to Tarapore fuel matter
- Ready For Peace, Says Sri Lankan Army Chief (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Dec 07, 2005)
Sri Lanka's new Army commander Sarath Fonseka on Tuesday said the armed forces "will aim at moving forward the peace process," despite "a few terrorist attacks that are taking place right now."
- Taken For A Ride (Dawn, Hafizur Rahman, Dec 07, 2005)
These are somewhat abnormal times. As a wag insists, it was the turn of martial law in Pakistan, but the present dispensation is neither here nor there, and, although on paper there is democracy in the country, the ruler is a general in uniform, ....
- Cast The Net On Fishing Subsidies (Times of India, KLAUS TOEPFER, Dec 07, 2005)
Dealing with fishing subsidies is vital for eradicating poverty and delivering a more durable and stable environment. Many people rely on fish for their livelihoods and as a key source of protein in their diet.
- Lies & Crime Data (Times of India, SATISH K SHARMA, Dec 07, 2005)
If you thought Bihar is the most crime prone state in India, you are wrong. And if you thought Bangalore is a safer city than Patna, you are wrong again.
- Will India Back Off From Its Neti Doctrine? (The Financial Express, S NARAYAN, Dec 07, 2005)
The draft ministerial text put out by the director-general of the WTO, Pascal Lamy, last week only reinforces the limited progress that negotiations have made so far.
- Fema, Round Two (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 07, 2005)
This time around, it’s happening in slow motion. But that doesn’t mean that the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s response to the evacuee crisis in the months after Hurricane Katrina is going any better than three months ago.
- Should Politicians Run Sports? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 07, 2005)
A former chief election commissioner compared Indian politicians with cancer, a malaise that has no cure. His opinion is an apt description of the abysmal quality of our politics and politicians. Unlike in most other nations, . . .
- Kashmir Solution To Promote Peace: Pm: Holistic Approach Against Terror Urged (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Tuesday a just settlement of the Kashmir dispute was a fundamental aspect of the ongoing peace process with India. “Progress has been made in our composite dialogue process (with India) and we hope it will help in . . .
- Natwar Singh Quits Cabinet (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
India’s former foreign minister Kunwar Natwar Singh on Tuesday announced his decision to quit as minister without portfolio but said that the move did not mean an acceptance of his guilt in the oil-for-food scandal.
- Iaea Should Continue Efforts To Resolve Iran Nuclear Issue: Putin (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
The International Atomic Energy Agency should continue its efforts to resolve the Iran nuclear issue, Russian President Vladimir Putin said here today.
- Better Late Than Never (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
After all the kicking and screaming, Natwar Singh has at last realised that his attempts to cling on to power will not bear fruit. His unconditional offer to put in his papers on Monday night, after the Congress steering committee, . . .
- New Definitions Of Words Used In `War On Terror' (Hindu, Marina Hyde, Dec 07, 2005)
It can only be days before they start referring to white phosphorus as `freedom dust.'
- New Thrust To Indo-Russian Defence Cooperation (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Dec 07, 2005)
Focus on joint development and manufacture of futuristic weapon systems
- India, Russia Ink Three Pacts (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Cementing their strategic partnership, India and Russia on Tuesday signed three agreements, including the one on protection of intellectual property rights to regulate joint defence work.
- Microsoft Innovation In B’Lore (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Global software giant Microsoft, will establish an innovation centre in Bangalore early next month.....
- Natwar Wilts Under Volcker Issue Heat (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Minister without portfolio K Natwar Singh on Tuesday night announced his resignation from the Union Cabinet saying he did not want to be an excuse for paralysis of Parliament ...
- Is It Really Health For All? (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Dec 07, 2005)
The Alma Ata message of ‘health for all’ has at long last reached the policy planners in Islamabad. Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that the government’s health strategy was focused on the prevention and control of diseases, provision of maternal . .
- Rivers As Life-Giving Resources (Business Line, K.G. Kumar, Dec 07, 2005)
Last week Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan, Kerala Minister for Water Resources, announced that under no circumstances would the Government agree to the interlinking of the Pampa and Achancoil rivers to the Vypar in Tamil Nadu.
- Wto Draft Ministerial Text — One Step Forward, Two Steps Back (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Dec 07, 2005)
The release of the WTO draft text document does not mean that the deadlock over agriculture and other issues has been resolved. Members are still at loggerheads over several issues pertaining to market access, and special and differential treatments . . .
- Eyes Wide Shut On Global Warming (The Economic Times, J BRADFORD DELONG, Dec 07, 2005)
The Kyoto Treaty on controlling climate change was, as Harvard professor Rob Stavins puts it, “too little, too fast.” On one hand, because it covered only those countries projected to emit roughly half of the world’s greenhouse-gas emissions . . .
- Ed Team Leaves For Iraq (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
The oil-for-food scam probe picked up momentum today with a team of officials headed by Enforcement Directorate chief Sudheer Nath today left for Iraq to collect documentary evidence, if any, showing that Natwar Singh had received oil vouchers . . .
- Natwar Resigns (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Minister without portfolio K. Natwar Singh tonight announced his resignation from the Union Cabinet, saying that he did not want to be an excuse for the Opposition to stall Parliament.
- India, Russia To Expand N-Energy Ties (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Dec 07, 2005)
Russia today responded positively to India's request for expansion of their nuclear energy ties but, at the same time, indicated that any forward movement on cooperation in this area will depend on New Delhi meeting the conditions laid down by the United
- Khushboo: A Larger Question (Tribune, J. Sri Raman, Dec 07, 2005)
After Ms. Jayalalithaa, no actress of Tamil cinema has provoked so much political discussion as Khushboo has done. And, strangely, it is the lesser of the two stars, who raises a larger political question, though it has not figured so far in the furore
- Outsiders In High Positions (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 07, 2005)
Recently some voices have been raised against the practice of posting as Governors and Chief Justices of States persons not belonging to those States
- Forest Cover Falls In Himachal Pradesh (Tribune, Ambika Sharma, Dec 07, 2005)
With merely five of the 12 districts in Himachal, including the two tribal districts of Lahaul Spiti and Chamba, registering an increase in the forest cover in the latest report of the Forest Survey of India (FSI), the foresters have a challenging . . .
- Agreements On Space, Defence Signed (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
India and Russia today signed four agreements, including one on Reciprocal Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) in the field of Military Technical Cooperation, at the end of the annual summit meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ....
- Russia Asks India To Toe Nuke Norms (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
ussia on Tuesday promised continued cooperation in the area of civil nuclear energy, but stressed that the process would move in tandem with the steps members of the Nuclear Suppliers’ Group have asked India to take.
- Reverse This Trend (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 07, 2005)
Figures tell their own tale may be a hackneyed sentence but it remains relevant for the State.
- Uma’S Dance (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 07, 2005)
The ideological distance the Bharatiya Janata Party has travelled between December 6, 1992 and December 6, 2005 is easily measured in terms of its attitude to Ms Uma Bharti. In 1992, in the period leading up to the destruction of the Babri Masjid and its
- Natwar Quits Over Iraq Oil Scandal (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Indiaís suspended foreign minister, Natwar Singh, quit the cabinet on Tuesday amid unrelenting pressure from opposition groups over his role in Iraqís oil-for-food scandal. Singh said although he was innocent, he had decided to resign as opposition . . .
- Natwar To Resign Over Oil-For-Food Scandal (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Former Indian foreign minister Natwar Singh will resign, the party announced Tuesday, a move that failed to quell opposition fury over charges that he and the ruling Congress party skimmed the UN oil-for-food scheme in Iraq.
- Us Presses Russia On Iran Missile Deal (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
The United States on Monday said Russia’s plans to sell $1 billion in tactical missiles and other arms to Iran would not serve US or regional interests.
- India And Russia Seal Defence Deal At Moscow Summit (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Russia and India paved the way for intensified defence cooperation on Tuesday as Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Russian President Vladimir Putin talked up a “strategic partnership” between the two Soviet-era allies in Moscow.
- India, Russia Likely To Share Tajik Airbase (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 07, 2005)
India and Russia are likely to share the Aini Airbase in Tajikistan, diplomatic sources said on Tuesday.
- Threat To Iraq’S Integrity (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Dec 07, 2005)
The speech President Bush made at the naval academy in Annapolis on November 30 had been billed as the first of a series of speeches he intended to deliver in order to convince the American people that the situation in Iraq was not one that should . . .
- Promotion Policy -By Jk Dutt (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 07, 2005)
The Centre’s decision to appoint a special appellate tribunal for redressing the grievances of our armed forces’ personnel has come like the proverbial answer to a maiden’s prayer.
- Teach Or Perish!-Ardhendu Chatterjee (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 07, 2005)
An obscure man in his mid-30s from a nondescript Andhra village, Narasing Lal But, has blazed a trail with his apparently crazy move.
He has claimed “damages”,
- Air Deccan Reaches Srinagar (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Air Deccan today launched direct daily flights from Srinagar to New Delhi. Chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad flagged off the first flight from Srinagar to New Delhi.
- Release Them (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 07, 2005)
The coalition government promised release of all political prisoners immediately after it assumed office on November 2002.
- Academic Administration (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 07, 2005)
An able academic administrator can change the whole system. He should be a blend of many skills and qualities. He has to be an academic and an administrator as well, and when you have both the two, you get the person of your choice, . . .
- Communal Violence (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 07, 2005)
It is said legislation does not redress an injustice, but merely confirms its existence. The Communal Violence (Prevention, Control and Rehabilitation of Victims) Bill 2005, introduced in the Rajya Sabha on Monday, bears this out as much as . . .
- War Of Coded Words In The Ongoing Trade Game (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 07, 2005)
With only a week to go, the WTO Ministerial is much in the news. For instance, http://news.xinhuanet.com reports that despite anti-globalisation groups' warning to stage demonstrations, "Hong Kong is gearing up to hold a ministerial meeting of the . . .
- Kashmir Solution To Promote Peace: Pm: Holistic Approach Against Terror Urged (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Tuesday a just settlement of the Kashmir dispute was a fundamental aspect of the ongoing peace process with India.
- How Many More Uma Bharatis And Raj Thackerays? (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 07, 2005)
Uma Bharati, once of the Bharatiya Janata Party, and Raj Thackeray of the Shiv Sena may not be chips off the same block. But their resentment underlines the same point: personal ambitions dent the armour of parochialism as easily as that of pluralism.
- Class For Comrades (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 07, 2005)
With Natwar Singh finally calling it quits—are we being recklessly presumptuous?—the nature of public discourse will dictate that the curtains start falling on the Volcker stage. That would be a pity. There’s the money trail to be discovered.
- Goodbye To Ground Zero (Indian Express, Ashok Malik, Dec 07, 2005)
Many years ago, a friend and mentor introduced me to an old Chinese proverb: when the finger points to the moon, the idiot points to the finger. Given the punditry that has followed Uma Bharati’s expulsion from the BJP, the wisdom in that one-liner seems
- French Dressing In The Salad Bowl (Indian Express, RAVINDER KAUR, Dec 07, 2005)
In 1946, Charles de Gaulle observed, “Everything is connected in the misfortunes of a nation...We have to bring about, despite great difficulties, a drastic reconstruction that will make it possible for each man and woman to lead a life of greater ease,..
- In Ayodhya, Babri Demolition Anniversary Passes Off Peacefully (Indian Express, ARSHAD AFZAL KHAN, Dec 07, 2005)
The thirteenth anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya passed of peacefully. There was complete normalcy in the temple town despite the heavy media presence, deployment of security personnel and searching of vehicles.
- The Wonder Years (Pioneer, MOHAMMAD SHAKAIB, Dec 07, 2005)
Childhood comes once in a lifetime, but the nostalgia associated with it remains forever, says Mohammad Shakaib
- On The Fast Lane To Chennai (Indian Express, Sebastian Mallaby, Dec 07, 2005)
As outsourcing acquires wheels, Detroit worries about the Indian car industry, says Sebastian Mallaby
- Kashmir Solution To Promote Peace: Pm: Holistic Approach Against Terror Urged (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Britain will continue to urge Pakistan and India to find a permanent settlement of the Kashmir issue, said British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) here.
- Fighting Terror With Terror (Pioneer, Gautam Sen, Dec 07, 2005)
It is an extraordinary presumption that concession and compromise can defeat terrorism. Yet, this is precisely the implied rationale underlying New Delhi's policy towards terrorism. After each act of mass murder, politicians of all hues clamour . . .
- Linking Rivers To Prosperity (Pioneer, MS Menon, Dec 07, 2005)
Conserving water will remove poverty, the worst environmental pollutant in developing societies, says MS Menon
- Meat The Ignorant Non-Vegetarians (Pioneer, Maneka Gandhi, Dec 07, 2005)
A member of my family's favourite food is blood pudding. You take the blood of a cow and then put it into a cake dish with salt, herbs and a little garlic and then put the dish into the fridge. When it congeals it becomes like a cake.
- Ariel Sharon, Escapist (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, Dec 07, 2005)
Ariel Sharon overturned Israel politics on November 21 when he announced his departure from the very Likud Party he had helped establish 32 years earlier.
- Pm Gets Putin's Vote On N-Cooperation (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Dec 07, 2005)
India's attempts to win friends in the influential Nuclear Suppliers' Group (NSG) received a sound boost on Tuesday when Russian President Vladimir Putin issued an all out assurance on this front, acknowledging that India had taken the necessary . . .
- General's Losing Battle (Pioneer, Wilson John, Dec 07, 2005)
Emerging coalition of religious, political and terrorist groups has serious implications for India and the world, says Wilson John
- India Invited To Join International Thermonuclear Project (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
In a landmark development, the US and other partners in International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project have decided to invite India as a full partner in the ambitious multi-billion energy venture.
- Ed Quizzes Matherani, Sehgal Again, Chief Leaves For Iraq (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Investigations into the Iraqi oil deals intensified today with Enforcement Directorate chief Sudheer Nath leaving for Iraq and ED officials questioning Andaleeb Sehgal and Aniel Matherani, close associates of beleaguered Union Minister Natwar Singh,
- To Russia With Love (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 07, 2005)
The cold War years — or as we in India call it, the non-alignment era — have officially been declared to be over. No, not by the departure of Natwar Singh from the cabinet, but by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urging students of the Moscow State Universit
- India Invited To Join Mega N-Project (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
In a landmark development, the US and other partners in International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project have decided to invite India as a full partner in the ambitious multi-billion energy venture.
- Economic Crime Up In India: Pwc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Despite significant increase in the number of Indian organisations reporting fraud in the last two years – from 24 per cent to 54 per cent, only 18 per cent of respondent organisations considered it likely that their organisation will be subject . . .
- Parliament Will Function If Natwar Quits: Bjp (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
The BJP on Tuesday conveyed to the government its willingness to cooperate in the smooth functioning of Parliament from Wednesday provided Natwar Singh submits his resignation by the morning.
- Darkness At Noon (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 06, 2005)
People are known to disappear in tin pot dictatorships and police states that still exist in various parts of the world even after the collapse of the Soviet empire where persons became non-persons if they were perceived to be inimical to the state.
- Iran Plans 2nd Nuclear Plant (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Iran plans to construct a second nuclear power plant, despite international concern over its nuclear programme, state television reported today.
- Pm Talks Nostalgia & Business With Russia (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, Dec 06, 2005)
Raj Kapoor, Awara Hoon and Mera Naam Joker were the staple of India’s relations with Russia in the days when a humungous USSR was a counterweight to the US.
- Sonia ‘Role’ Gets Amar Goat, Says Natwar Can’T Be Scapegoat (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Asserting that former external affairs minister Mr Natwar Singh should not be made a “scapegoat” in the Iraqi oil-for-food scam, the Samajwadi Party today sought to target Congress president Mrs Sonia Gandhi but did not take her name directly.
- Road Recipes (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 06, 2005)
CM must get to the root of the problem
It was only after Subhas Chakraborty, West Bengal’s transport minister, had come out in defence of bus drivers following an accident in which a young mother taking her child to school was killed during a mad race..
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