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- Co-Opting States As Exporters (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 27, 2005)
A week after setting an "international engagement" target of $500-billion two-way trade by 2010, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh,
- Across A River (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 27, 2005)
It could be wrong to be over-optimistic about the outcome of the recent talks between the foreign secretaries of India and Bangladesh.
- Is Gujarat Up There In Governance? (Business Line, Mohan Guruswamy, Jun 27, 2005)
The Gujarat Government has been going to town claiming to be the "best governed State" on the basis of a supposed accolade by the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (RGF),
- Ethics And Mps (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Jun 27, 2005)
It may be a bit late, but a new ethics panel to screen parliamentarians is a good idea.
- Monumental Sights (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 27, 2005)
Get this right and everything about handling the nation’s heritage sites will fall in place
- Orchestrated Terror Related Propaganda (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 27, 2005)
Foreign Office spokesman Jalil Abbas Jilani has repudiated Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s claim about existence of terrorist training camps in Pakistan.
- Protein Rich Oil Seed Cakes (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2005)
The economy of oilseed processing in India has been essentially geared to production of oils. However, oilseeds are also a valuable source of edible proteins.
- Media’S Role In The Hype And Hyperbole (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jun 27, 2005)
When BSE Sensex soared past the psychological benchmark of 7,000 points last week, it was to the cheering drumbeat of the media.
- What Hinders Punjab’S Growth (Tribune, S.S. Johl, Jun 27, 2005)
Stagnating agriculture or even a slow-growth agriculture is not the answer to the income problems of the agricultural/ rural population of the state.
- Eco-Threat From Siachen (Tribune, Mohan Guruswamy, Jun 27, 2005)
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, for a moment came tantalisingly close to committing himself to a settlement of the Siachen confrontation when he expressed a desire to turn the area into a mountain of peace.
- Unwelcome Passenger (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 27, 2005)
The Government of India had no alternative to saying “no” to Pakistan Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed’s application for visiting Jammu and Kashmir by using the Muzaffarabad-Srinagar bus service on June 30.
- Battle For Reforms (Dawn, David Ignatius, Jun 27, 2005)
When an Arab leader removes his chief of intelligence, it’s a sign that some kind of serious internal shake-up is underway.
- Agenda To Put India On Stem Cell Research Map (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2005)
We will move to cell-based therapies, individualised treatment for patients: Anbumani
- Reliance Settlement: Ownership Issue Remains (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2005)
Statement speaks only about the responsibilities of the brothers in group companies
- Wheel Turns A Full Circle For Iisco (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2005)
Merger with Steel Authority of India will put the ailing company on the growth trajectory
- Divestment: Peeved Left Not To Attend Upa Meets (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2005)
The Left leaders feel the government’s decision to disinvest from profit-making PSUs like BHEL amounts to violating the UPA’s common minimum programme.
- Magisterial Inquiry Into Naxal Encounter: Minister (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2005)
A magisterial inquiry would be held into last week's encounter at Devarabalu in Shankaranarayana police limits of Udupi district, in which two Naxalites were killed, Karnataka Minister for Tourism and District In-charge Minister, D T Jayakumar said.
- Ministry To Amend Rules For New Airport In Delhi (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2005)
The minister said there are no plans now to allow foreign airlines to pick up stake in Indian carriers.
- From The Ashes (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2005)
Sometimes it seems that the most important quality an architect can possess is optimism. For example,
- Man Held For Killing Pastors (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2005)
Police believe that the commuting of the death sentence awarded to Dara Singh in Graham Staines’ murder case could have emboldened the culprits.
- Cong Still On Nazi Path: Advani (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2005)
While reliving the dark days of Emergency, Leader of Opposition L K Advani said the verdict of the 1977 general elections put paid to Congress’ designs.
- Upa Has Failed To Adhere To Cmp: Left (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2005)
"National investment fund plan a device to appropriate proceeds of disinvestment" "It is well known that successive rounds of disinvestment will pave the way for the eventual privatisation of the concerned PSUs"
- Bumpy Road Ahead For Upa Government (Hindu, K. V. PRASAD, Jun 27, 2005)
The Congress-led Government will have to enlist support from the Left on all issues. The Left has decided it is time to send a strong message — they will not brook any "serious violation" of the Common Minimum Programme
- Naipaul’S Challenge (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Jun 27, 2005)
The year 2005 will be remembered for, among other things, V.S. Naipaul’s milestone speech in which he challenged Indians to come up with a contemporary intellectual discourse.
- Karachi Violence Not A Local Affair (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 27, 2005)
Karachi is once again in the grip of violence as two religious leaders Mufti Atiqur Rehman and Maulana Irshadul Haq were killed in the past couple of days.
- Will Oil Prices Rise Even Higher? (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jun 27, 2005)
For the average citizen, rising crude oil prices mean having to pay more for personal and public transport, as well as rise in inflation.
- Left Suspends Coordination Meetings (Hindu, K. V. PRASAD, Jun 27, 2005)
"Perturbed" over UPA Government's decision on BHEL, parties say NCMP is not honoured
- Russia Ambivalent On U.N. Reform (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Jun 27, 2005)
Even as Russia supports India's bid for a Security Council seat, Moscow's position on United Nations reform is ambivalent.
- Upset Win (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 27, 2005)
Confusion over the reform process led to Ahmadinejad’s victory in Iran
- 3 Generations Of A Digital Chip `Made In India' (Hindu, Anand Parthasarathy, Jun 27, 2005)
As the Bangalore development centre of U.S. chipmaker Analog devices gets set to celebrate its first decade, her 120-plus engineers have notched up a significant achievement.
- Executive Defense Industry Round Table Lunch (Indian Embassy, Pranab Mukherjee , Jun 27, 2005)
I am indeed honoured to be here today to address this august gathering of leaders of the Indian and US defence industries. I must congratulate the US India Business Council for organizing this event.
- Carnegie Endowment For International Peace (Indian Embassy, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2005)
It is a great privilege for me to be here in Washington, before this distinguished gathering at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, to speak on ‘India’s strategic perspectives’.
- `Great Potential For India-Singapore Trade' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2005)
Singapore's Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loongsees the prospective Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement between India and Singapore as "a very big psychological step" for New Delhi. In a wide-ranging interview toP.S. Suryanarayana, he also spoke on the
- Kashmir: A New Perspective (Dawn, Afzaal Mahmood, Jun 27, 2005)
Despite the unfortunate controversy between New Delhi and Islamabad regarding the travel of Hurriyat leaders beyond Azad Kashmir, the two-week visit of the nine-member Hurriyat delegation has been a positive development for the resolution of the Kashmir..
- Pleasure From Others’ Misery (Deccan Herald, Janaki Murali, Jun 27, 2005)
The emotion Germans call schadenfreude is no doubt negative but it falls short of being vile
- The Upa-Left Honeymoon Is Over (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 27, 2005)
The decision of the Left parties to suspend participation in the committee for coordination with the United Progressive Alliance should cause no surprise to those who have closely followed the issues of discord centring on economic policy.
- Curbing Domestic Violence: Inching Forward (Hindu, Poornima Advani , Jun 27, 2005)
The need for spreading awareness about the draft Bill against Domestic Violence cannot be overemphasised.
- A Serious Setback To The Eu (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Jun 27, 2005)
The EU’s current president is reported to have remarked after the latest EU summit this week, that “Europe is not in a state of crisis — it is in a state of profound crisis.”
- Strengthening The Rights Of The Disabled (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 27, 2005)
Various disabilities stand in the way of millions of Indians leading a productive and personally satisfying life.
- Perceptions That Defy Amity (Japan Times, KIROKU HANAI, Jun 27, 2005)
On a recent Korea Air flight from Narita to Inchon, South Korea, I was surprised when they showed images of air routes on the in-flight video system. The Tok-do islets in the Sea of Japan,
- Us Determined To Stay The Course (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , Jun 27, 2005)
Americans have started seeing in the Iraqi sands a “quagmire” but Bush is determined to carry on regardless
- Justice For The Poor (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Jun 27, 2005)
The worst thing about the current state of affairs in this country is not that things are really bad, which of course they are, but that there doesn’t appear to be any possibility of improvement.
- Rumsfeld’S Concerns (Dawn, Fred Hiatt, Jun 27, 2005)
Earlier this month Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld questioned the priorities of editorial pages in some newspapers.
- Will South Korea's Economy Follow Japan's? (Japan Times, CHRISTOPHER LINGLE, Jun 27, 2005)
Despite numerous economic stimulus packages during his tenure in office, South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun must regret his promise to oversee annual economic growth of about 7 percent during his five-year term.
- Growing Discord In Europe (Dawn, Shadaba Islam, Jun 26, 2005)
The recent ill-fated European Union summit will probably be remembered as one of the worst in the bloc’s history.
- Issues Of Identity (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Jun 26, 2005)
I have been reading a volume, entitled, “The Final Settlement,” prepared by a think-tank in Mumbai, called “Strategic Insight Group.”
- Call Them Illegal, But They're Also Heroic (Japan Times, DOMENICO MACERI, Jun 26, 2005)
Santa Maria, Calif. -- "Being that you are an alleged expert in language, you should know the difference between legal and illegal," the reader stated in his e-mail, as he reacted angrily to one of my articles on immigration.
- Curbing Antiquities’ Smuggling (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
The seizure on Thursday of Dubai-bound antiquities worth Rs 700 million by the customs at Karachi port points to the long prevailing problem of historical relics being smuggled out of the country.
- Reining In The Taliban (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 26, 2005)
In one of the biggest attacks in the last two years, 130 Taliban fighters were killed in three days by Afghan and US-led coalition forces determined to put an end to the insurgency prior to September’s presidential elections.
- Another Vietnam (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 26, 2005)
PRESIDENT Bush has refused to set a timetable for withdrawal of US troops from Iraq because ‘it would allow Iraqi insurgents to wait us out’. Speaking at a joint Press conference with the visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari at the White House
- Return Of The Bayalaatas (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
G S Bhat traces the spurt and decline of the free-show troupes, or Bayalaatas in Yakshagana through the years.
- Representations Of India (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
Various voices reveal encounters that mostly hang on the common thread of western cliche that surrounds India.
- A Trek To Heaven... (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
Percy Fernandez writes about the phenomenal beauty of the Kedarnath sanctuary in the monsoons. Its sanctum sanctorum has a miniature of the Kedarnath peak. Priests say that it was this miniature that led to the building of the temple.
- Centre Sets Up Task Force On Tigers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
``10 big cats killed in the past two years in Sariska''
- Sethu Project: Mou On Dredging Signed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
Tuticorin Port Trust allotted 13.57 km to Dredging Corporation of India
- Tata Motors Plans More Plants Abroad ` (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
Tata Motors, which has acquired two overseas automobile companies, has said it was considering strengthening its presence abroad with plans for more assembly plants outside India in the future.
- Paradise Ebbing (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
Zafar Futehally finds that Kihim, once a treasure trove of exotic bird life is fast becoming denuded of their company.
- Centre's Policies Harming Farmers, Says Deve Gowda (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
Demands `people-friendly' measures
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National Democratic Alliance Government harmed State's interest on Krishna waters issue
Bijapur aerodrom
- Anti-Naxal Operation Stepped Up (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
The Special Task Force, deployed in the Western Ghats to flush out Maoist extremists, has stepped up combing operations, after Thursday’s encounter where two naxalites were gunned down.
- Social Security Bill Draft Finalised (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Jun 26, 2005)
It offers health insurance, maternity and old age benefits for the unorganised sector
- Security: Nepal Seeks Financial Help (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
Nepal's Government fighting the Maoist insurgency in the kingdom has asked donor countries, including India and the U.S., to extend support to finance its increasing expenditure for peace and security.
- Reforming Police (Hindu, Maja Daruwala & Navaz Kotwal, Jun 26, 2005)
The need for police reforms has long been felt. But no one wants to do anything about it
- Temple Of The Future (Indian Express, K N Arun, Jun 26, 2005)
Just imagine: some 30,000 pilgrims waiting for hours on end and finally jostling with each other for that momentary glimpse of the Lord of the Seven Hills
- A Programme For Parliamentary Interns (Hindu, Vijayashri Sripati , Jun 26, 2005)
The Canadian system can be run by a respectable non-government agency free from partisan politics
- ``Ministry Bulldozed Into According Clearance'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
Startling, unseemly haste to organise launch function of Sethu Canal Project: Jayalalithaa
- Drug Trafficking Tough In India: Dcp (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
The narcotic substance that was seized from passengers in UAE who went via India was 1.5 kgs while the seizure of the same in India from passengers travelling from UAE was 30 kgs last year,
- Wakf Board Defers Verdict On Taj To July 13 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
The petitioner who claimed that Taj Mahal was a Wakf property, accused the board of delaying tactics on the matter.
- Region To Workers: 'Tough Luck' (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Jun 26, 2005)
It's Hard for an employer to stoop any lower than paying its workers with bad checks, or refusing to pay them outright -- all the more so when the employees are low-wage immigrant day laborers poorly versed in insisting on their rights.
- The Beginning Of Empathy? (Japan Times, BRAD GLOSSERMAN, Jun 26, 2005)
Honolulu - The strains in the Japan-South Korea relationship are far too deep-rooted for any single summit meeting to assuage.
- Gandhi’S Bad Faith (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Jun 26, 2005)
Gandhi returned to Indian politics in 1915. While trying to understand his politics, we should bear in mind that he was forty-six years old and had been an NRI for nearly a quarter of a century.
- Clio And The State (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 26, 2005)
The relationship between the state and the writing of history has always been difficult and fraught with contradictions.
- How Best To Tackle The Problem Of Suicide (Tribune, Shalini Marwaha , Jun 26, 2005)
OF late, there has been an increasing number of suicides. The reasons are many — marital discord, dejection in love, failure in the examination, unemployment and non-repayment of loans.
- Advani A Nationalist Leader, Says Naqvi (Tribune, S. Satyanarayanan, Jun 26, 2005)
June has been an eventful month for the BJP. It had to tackle the “Jinnah Ghost” following its president L.K. Advani’s remarks in Pakistan.
- Aligarh Memories (Hindu, K.M. Devarajan , Jun 26, 2005)
IN THE midst of the recent brouhaha over the reservation policy of the Aligarh Muslim University, many seem to have forgotten the role the university has played in the history of this nation, particularly in the development of education of Muslims.
- Lost Energy (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Jun 26, 2005)
Here's a Prediction : At some point -- maybe 10 years from now, maybe 20 -- the energy bill currently wending its way through the Senate will be seen as an enormously significant lost opportunity.
- Sheikh Rashid Deprived Of Visit To Ihk (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 26, 2005)
India has refused permission to Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed to visit occupied Kashmir by the Muzaffarabad-Srinagar peace bus, an Indian External Affairs Ministry announcement in New Delhi said.
- New Deal Between Beijing, Hong Kong (Japan Times, FRANK CHING, Jun 26, 2005)
Almost two years ago, on July 1, 2003, well over half a million people marched through the streets of Hong Kong to protest against a national-security bill that they feared threatened their rights and freedoms.
- Whither Children’S Television? (Tribune, N. Bhaskara Rao, Jun 26, 2005)
More than half the television viewers in India today are children below 15 years. Yet, there is hardly any sensitivity about the relevance and impact of television channels which operate in a competitive mode for one-upmanship in the race for viewership.
- A Celebration Of Ragas (Hindu, S. RANGARAJAN, Jun 26, 2005)
The Ragamala paintings are sublime and celestial, enhancing the colour and quality of Indian classical music.
- Advani Sees Nazi Analogy (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
BJP President L K Advani, then Jan Sangh leader, was taken into police custody on June 26, 1975 in Bangalore soon after the imposition of Emergency by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
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