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Articles 4921 through 5020 of 12677:
- Cbi Raids On Chautala Premises (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Property estimated at Rs. 1,467 crore
Three plots in Gurgaon Phase V worth Rs. 150 crore
A hotel and restaurant worth Rs. 150 crore, a shopping mall (Rs. 180 crore) and a plot (Rs. 55 crore) in Karol Bagh
A plot on Ring Road worth Rs. 120 crore
- Practice Of Devotion (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Teachers and scriptures can stimulate spiritual awareness to drive home the purpose of life — God realisation — and also the means to attain the goal.
- Not Shielding Reliance Petroleum, Government Tells Delhi High Court (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Denying charges that it was shielding the Reliance Petroleum Limited, the Government on Thursday informed the Delhi High Court that the Enforcement Directorate had initiated investigations into the company's alleged role in the Iraqi oil-for-food . . .
- Afghan Governor Escapes Assassination (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
An Afghan provincial governor said a blast at his office on Wednesday was an assassination attempt while in a separate incident, gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead a judge.
- Sebi’S Order Is Too Hasty (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 04, 2006)
On the controversy regarding Karvy Stock-broking Ltd, the major question is how far the purpose of dematerialisation has been served and what other ills have come to the surface.
- A Big Face-Lift Plan For Jama Masjid Area (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has informed the High Court that it has prepared a Rs. 94-crore project to re-develop the historic Jama Masjid and its surrounding areas as an international tourist site.
- One Dish Haunts Nation (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 04, 2006)
May 2 was yet another ‘memorable’ day in the parliamentary history of the country when lawmakers from both sides showed rare unanimity in allowing introduction of an amendment Bill envisaging grant of permission for one dish on the occasion of marriages.
- Same Sc Bench Delivers Two Different Verdicts On Prohibition (Times of India, Dhananjay Mahapatra, May 04, 2006)
The Supreme Court has delivered two judgments, within a span of 10 days, on issuance of liquor licences by state governments one saying it is optional for a state to practise prohibition and the other making a positive assertion that governments . . .
- We Need More Education (Pioneer, JS Rajput, May 04, 2006)
The primacy of the HRD Ministry in attracting media attention remains unchallenged. Moving ahead from 27.5 per cent reservation for OBCs, it has embarked upon 100 per cent teacher recruitment in the institutions of higher learning.
- Pramod Was A Caring, Generous Friend (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, May 04, 2006)
When the mission in Cairo was informed that a parliamentary delegation would be visiting Egypt, a collective groan went up.
- Bjp Loses Link With India Inc (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
As the attempt-to-murder charge against him is converted to one of murder, Praveen Mahajan might now plead “grave and sudden provocation” in his defence besides insanity.
- How ‘Failed’ Is Pakistan? (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 04, 2006)
NOT for the first time has an international thinktank cast Pakistan among failed states. But the latest such report, compiled by the US Foreign Policy magazine and the US-based Fund for Peace think tank, which puts Pakistan at number nine among the . . .
- The Costs Of Plagiarism (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 04, 2006)
Plagiarism is a nasty word and offence — and literary plagiarists, when caught, tend to be subjected to long-lasting shame.
- Yemen’S Al Qaeda No. 2 Jailed For 3 Years (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Al Qaeda's alleged number-two in Yemen was sentenced Wednesday by a Sanaa court to three years and a month in prison after the prosecutor had asked for death.
- Endless Shuffling! (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 04, 2006)
ONE reason why Pakistan has been muddling along in so many spheres is the lack of enough reflection on pros and cons by the decision-makers, which has never thought fit to take the people’s point of view into account.
- Delivering On The Employment Guarantee (Hindu, Mihir Shah, May 04, 2006)
The black box of the Schedule of Rates should be opened and the rates revised upwards urgently in a transparent manner.
- Child Prodigy Budhia Keeps Date With Fame (Pioneer, Bhubaneswar, May 03, 2006)
It took four-year-old marathon wizard Budhia Singh seven hours and two minutes to complete the Puri-Bhubaneswar 65-kilometre marathon on Tuesday to enter the Limca Book of Records.
- Sc Asks Centre, States To Consider Imposing Prohibition (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
The Supreme Court has asked the Centre and the States to seriously consider imposing prohibition in view of the fact that more and more younger people were getting addicted to liquor.
- Sc Defreezes Trust's Assets For Bhopal Memorial Hospital (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered release of Rs 37.65 crore, which formed the part of assets of erstwhile Bhopal Hospital Trust (BHT) and was lying frozen in a bank, to Bhopal Memorial Hospital Trust (BMHT) for the maintenance of the hospital for . .
- 'Pakistan Needs To Do More To Curb Cross-Border Terrorism' (Press Trust of India, K J M Varma, May 03, 2006)
In the wake of the massacre of Hindus in Jammu and Kashmir, India today asserted that "more remains to be done" by Pakistan to curb cross-border terrorism and said last year's quake saw the "public rehabilitation" of terrorist organisations and their . .
- Development Axe Falls On Santiniketan (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
A few civil society groups including teachers and alumni of Visva-bharati and other intellectuals are trying hard to save the Khoai, the unique landscape in Santiniketan that once fascinated Tagore.
- Some Solace (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 03, 2006)
IT has been a double tragedy for the families of those who were killed in the Malta boat accident in 1996.
- Sacred Space, Uncommon Ground (Indian Express, AYESHA KHAN, May 03, 2006)
On Monday morning, the removal of an old dargah by municipal authorities in Vadodara was apparently a simple civic demolition exercise.
- India Without Policy Options In Sri Lanka (Daily Excelsior, Jayant Muralidharan, May 03, 2006)
Setbacks are hardly sudden; they usually have a buildup. The ceasefire between the Sri Lankan Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), mediated by Norwegian peacemakers in 2002, is suddenly looking shaky.
- Time For A Hard Look (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , May 03, 2006)
It is time for the prime minister, Manmohan Singh, to sit up and take a long, hard look at India’s foreign policy, of which he has been directly in charge now for six months. He must do it quickly for his own protection because depth and insight are . . .
- Fourth Phase Of Poll In Wb Today (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
A day prior to the fourth phase of poll in West Bengal, Marxist veteran and former Chief Minister, Mr Jyoti Basu, today said whatever might be the elections results, the CPM and other Left parties would ensure that the UPA government remains in . . .
- Mcd Pulls Down About 700 Illegal Structures (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
Stepping up its drive against unauthorised constructions, the MCD on Tuesday demolished about 700 illegal structures, including 600 hutments and some 70 shops, in different parts of the Capital.
- Curb Terrorism, Pakistan Told (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, May 03, 2006)
"It is an enemy of civilised societies everywhere," says Shivshankar Menon
Training, communications for terrorism unabated, says Menon
Pakistan's insistence on primacy of Kashmir issue extreme
"Unfortunate acts of terrorism," says Pakistan
- Call Medha's Bluff (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 03, 2006)
Whoever says 'protest' cannot be turned into a viable career option needs only to look at Narmada Bachao Andolan's Medha Patkar for advice and guidance.
- Canada Announces Probe Into 1985 Air-India Bombing (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
Fulfilling an election promise, Canadian PM Stephen Harper has ordered a ‘‘thorough’’ public inquiry into the 1985 Air India bombing.
- Pakistan In World’S Top 10 Failed States, The Region In Top 25 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
Pakistan is among the among the world’s top 10 most vulnerable states and India is the only exception in the South Asian region where as many as five countries rank in the bottom 25 of 146 nations surveyed.
- A Belated But Welcome Move (Hindu, K. Veeramani, May 03, 2006)
Union human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh's circular to the Cabinet Secretariat regarding reservation in Central educational institutions has not brought anything new to the domain of public knowledge.
- The Perils Of Populism (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, May 03, 2006)
The government is playing havoc with the future of the people by refusing to adjust the oil prices rationally
- Fbi, Patriot Act In The Spotlight As Congress Considers Terror Fight (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
Washington FBI Director Robert Mueller faced a battery of tough questions from both sides of the aisle on issues in a fast-paced Senate oversight hearing on Tuesday.
- Us Won’T Remove Nepal Maoists From Terror List (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
Indonesian anti-terror police have arrested another man suspected of links with key terrorist suspect Noordin Mohammad Top,national police deputy spokesman said on Wednesday.
- Plight Of Women Councilors (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 03, 2006)
While the NWFP is not exactly known for encouraging its women to participate in any kind of public activity, much less one that involves administrative decision-making, it is a matter of shame that some women councillors in Dir have been stopped . . .
- 10 Per Cent Seats Not Feasible This Year, Pleads Centre (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
Quota for SCs/STs in postgraduate courses in medical colleges
- Finality To Litigation (Business Standard, M J Antony, May 03, 2006)
The Supreme Court has asked high courts not to entertain repeated appeals in the same case.
- A Timely Reminder (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 03, 2006)
MR Shaukat Aziz has rightly asserted that free trade with India is not possible without resolving the political disputes.
- Karunanidhi Promises Educational Aid To Wards . . . (Hindu, G. Satyamurty , May 02, 2006)
Accuses Jayalalithaa of adopting anti-labour stance
Karunanidhi terms Jayalalithaa's promises poll gimmicks
Jayalalithaa has not cooperated with Centre: Chidambaram
- The Shame Culture That Exists In India (Daily Excelsior, Nalini J. Singh, May 02, 2006)
No sooner the Parliament is re-convened on May 10 the Government is likely to introduce a comprehensive legislation to protect children.
- Constitutional Jurisprudence (Hindu, N.R. MADHAVA MENON, May 02, 2006)
Omnibus bringing together highly acclaimed essays written by a leading constitutional expert
- Governance From Bad To Worse (Deccan Herald, VINOD VYASULU, May 02, 2006)
Lack of transparency in mega projects creates suspicion about vested interests
- Hc Asks Hussain To Respond To Petition On Nude (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 02, 2006)
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked noted artist M F Hussain to file an affidavit by June 12 in response to a petition seeking criminal action against him for his nude paintings of Hindu gods and goddesses on the ground that he had hurt religious . . .
- Central Survey For Narmada (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 02, 2006)
The Centre today told the Supreme Court that it will conduct a month-long survey for getting a “hollistic view” on the relief and rehabilitation (R&R) of the Narmada dam oustees even as an anti-dam group accused Madhya Pradesh government of not . . .
- Oil Price Hike (News International, Editorial, The News International, May 02, 2006)
What would life be without its paradoxes? The man in the street, the prime minister heading his government and the judge holding his court are all players who keep the paradoxes of the times alive.
- Rewards And Brickbats For Ifs Officers (Daily Excelsior, N.B. Menon , May 01, 2006)
India’s 26th foreign secretary, Shyam Saran, will be demitting office in June. He has been a "crisis manager" ever since foreign minister K. Natwar Singh was forced to quit the office following the Volcker report.
- Witness The Spineless (Hindustan Times, Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi , May 01, 2006)
I have to hand it to you, Shyan Munshi: you got nerve. But maybe someone should turn you around to check if you got a spine.
- Shackled Ombudsman (Tribune, S.S. Chahar, May 01, 2006)
With the passing of the Lokayukta Bill by the State Assembly decks were cleared for the appointment of a Lokayukta in Haryana, for independent enquiry and investigations into allegations of corruption and grievances against public servants.
- Narmada: The Cost Of Delaying Rehabilitation (Hindu, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, May 01, 2006)
The Supreme Court judgment of October 2000 reiterated a clear link between rehabilitation and construction for the future. That is now sought to be changed.
- Some Thoughts, Some Reservations (Indian Express, Fali S. Nariman, May 01, 2006)
A case of great constitutional significance is being argued before a bench of five justices of the Supreme Court, presided over by the chief justice of India.
- States Contradicting Their Stands: Medha (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 01, 2006)
Hearing on application by affected families to come up in Supreme Court today
- The Himalayan Yawn-Spiracy (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
The author fails to draw the reader into the intricacies of a conspiracy, and the excitement built up in the Himalayas trickles away in the plains of Delhi, writes Tarun Cherian
- Pakistan Matinee (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Apr 30, 2006)
An enforced 40-yr-drought has finally ended in Pakistan. Its people have been allowed to enjoy Indian films in theaters.
- Faking Memoirs (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
The author fails to draw the reader into the intricacies of a conspiracy, and the excitement built up in the Himalayas trickles away in the plains of Delhi, writes Tarun Cherian
- Long Live The Raja (Deccan Herald, Deepti Ganapathy, Apr 30, 2006)
Brought out by Harper Collins (India), The Raja is Dead is a historical fiction set in the pre-Independence era when India is about to taste the sweetness of freedom, and the monarchy is on the brink of ruin.
- Beyond Pragmatism (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 30, 2006)
Defendin himself against critics who accuse him of having sold out to the US, General Musharraf has defended his role in the ongoing War on Terror, saying he is fighting it not on Washington’s behest but because this suits the country’s interests.
- Tough Agenda For Nepal Mps (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Nepalese legislators headed back to work on Friday after a four year-break—their jobs reinstated by a monarch whose regime was left teetering by weeks of unrest, but their power to carry out the reforms they’ve promised unclear.
- History Of The Dam (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
The Central Waterways Irrigation and Navigation Commission, acting on the request of the Central Provinces, Berar (now part of the Vidarbha region in Maharashtra) and the Government of Bombay, begins a study of the Navagram project (renamed Sardar . . .
- Afghan Women Call For Ousting War Criminals (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (Rawa) staged a protest rally here on Friday marking the April 28, 1992, control of Afghanistan by “Islamic fundamentalists”.
- "There Is A Fury Building Up Across The Country" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
In this excerpt from a much longer interview, Arundhati Roy updates her essay on the Narmada issue,The Greater Common Good, published in 1999 inFrontline. The interview was done byShoma Chaudhuriover a period of several days, in person and on email.
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 29, 2006)
In the report "State to press for final order on Cauvery dispute" (Karnataka edition, April 27, 2006, page 1, and on inside pages elsewhere), the reference to the setting up of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal by the Supreme Court in 1991 was wrong.
- Supreme Court Issues Notice To State On Transfer Of R. Nataraj (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Apr 29, 2006)
EC counsel says it involves serious questions of law for future
- Southern Record (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Apr 29, 2006)
South India has an enviable history of reservation in education.
- Political Consensus (Frontline, V. VENKATESAN, Apr 29, 2006)
The history of reservation for OBCs underscores a strong political commitment to the policy of positive discrimination in their favour.
- Maharashtra Groups Pressing For Central Rule In Parts Of Belgaum? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Dharam Singh, Kharge urge Chief Minister to call all-party meet
- Scorpene Deal: Court Issues Notices To Centre, Cbi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Petition seeks probe into alleged payment of kickbacks
Centre, Defence Ministry went ahead with deal despite knowing about involvement of middlemen: petitioners
Division Bench directs respondents to file replies by May 30
- Pakistan Matinee (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Apr 29, 2006)
An enforced 40-yr-drought has finally ended in Pakistan. Its people have been allowed to enjoy Indian films in theaters. I was in Lahore recently to witness the release of Akbar Khan’s Taj Mahal. The law banning other Indian films still holds, but . . .
- Pressed For Freedom (Pioneer, Praveen Kumar, Apr 29, 2006)
There is nothing new about attacks on journalists. There have been several brutal attempts to curb freedom of the Press.
- Do We Need More Laws And Courts? (Dawn, Khalid Jawed Khan, Apr 29, 2006)
The federal government has yet again embarked on a reforming spree. As usual, the target is the judiciary.
- Get A Life, Kaavya (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 29, 2006)
If there is anything worse than being identified as a cheat, it is attempting to rationalise sharp practice by taking recourse to psycho-babble.
- Compensation For Restrictive Covenant (Business Line, H. P. Ranina, Apr 29, 2006)
Money paid not for loss of employment, but for preventing a person from doing something that would be prejudicial to the interest of his former employer is not taxable.
The compensation is not profit in lieu of salary but capital receipt in lieu . . .
- Indian Court Demands Answers On Submarine Kickback Charge (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
An Indian court on Friday demanded answers from the government over allegations that a French defence firm paid bribes to secure a deal to sell six Scorpion submarines to the Indian Navy.
- Classy Cast Of Mind (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 29, 2006)
The announcement that reservation for other backward classes is to be extended to IITs and IIMs has provoked much debate in the press. Critics say the move will undermine the functioning of these institutions by devaluing the principle of merit.
- Hamas On A Tightrope (International Herald Tribune, George S. Hishmeh, Apr 28, 2006)
It is the tradition here that any new government be given a grace period of 100 days before judgement is voiced about its direction and effectiveness. But this has not been the case with the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority.
- Affirmative Action: The American Experience (Business Standard, T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan, Apr 28, 2006)
"Affirmative action" in the US is aimed at the minorities. As such, in India it should focus on Brahmins. They constitute no more than 3 per cent of the population.
- Pakistan Must Qualify For Hrc Membership (Dawn, I. A. Rehman, Apr 28, 2006)
The report that Pakistan is a candidate for election to the new UN Human Rights Council (HRC) has aroused considerable interest among human rights activists in the country.
- Primitive Practices (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 28, 2006)
It is shocking how obscurantist tribal customs continue to flourish in our society despite the fact that modern concepts of human rights have transformed social norms in large parts of the world.
- Quotas In Private Sector (Tribune, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Apr 28, 2006)
NO sensible Indian would disagree with the view that a lot needs to be done to improve the conditions of those belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes.
- Guj Hc Sought Ban On 'Anti-National' Nba (Pioneer, Navin Upadhyay, Apr 28, 2006)
As the debate rages on the Narmada Bachao Andolan's bid to scuttle raising the height of the Sardar Sarovar dam on the allegation that the Madhya Pradesh Government had failed to rehabilitate displaced persons . . .
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