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Articles 5221 through 5320 of 12677:
- Stalemate In The Me (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 19, 2006)
Eight days after Israel killed 15 Palestinians in Gaza, a suicide-bomber struck in Tel Aviv on Monday, killing nine people and . . .
- Indian Says He Was Terrorised By Us Federal Agents (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
Akhil Sachdeva, an accountant from India who emigrated to Canada, still wonders why he was seized at gunpoint by US agents and held for months with hundreds of foreigners in the months following the 9/11 terror attacks.
- Soz Welcomes Sc Verdict On Narmada Dam (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
Union Water Resources Minister Saifuddin Soz, on Tuesday, said the Supreme Court observations on Sardar Sarovar Project has brought back rehabilitation and resettlement issues to the forefront of debate on development.
- Time To Decide (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 19, 2006)
The Supreme Court could not have been clearer in its latest statement on the Sardar Sarovar dam. Some of the court’s clarifications repeat, with good reason, its 2000 and 2005 judgments on the issue, and reiterate the terms of the Narmada . . .
- Jessica Case On Fast Track (Times of India, Abhinav Garg, Apr 19, 2006)
Responding to the public outcry over miscarriage of justice in the Jessica Lall murder case, Delhi High Court on Tuesday fast-tracked the appeal proceedings in the case even as it granted bail to Manu Sharma and seven other accused.
- A Law For The Office (Tribune, Jagdeep S. Chhokar, Apr 19, 2006)
The question of “Office of profit” has been finding very prominent mention in the national discourse ever since Mrs Jaya Bachchan was unseated from the Rajya Sabha and even more since Mrs Sonia Gandhi resigned from the Lok Sabha and the National . . .
- Lack Of Will (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 19, 2006)
Reports about the modified mid-day meal programme launched in government schools in Chandigarh on Monday are hardly inspiring. The authorities concerned are pessimistic while the programme itself suffers from many infirmities as witnessed on its . . .
- Speedy Justice (Tribune, Joginder Singh, Apr 19, 2006)
Figures available with the Law Ministry show that at the end of November, 2005 there were 33,635 cases pending in the Supreme Court and 34,24,518 cases pending in the High Courts.
- Today's Editorial: Return Of Fera (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 19, 2006)
Why does government want to resurrect follies that held us back in the past, just when Indians were beginning to think the licence-permit raj might . . .
- Nba To Return To Narmada Valley (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
Unveiling her mode of struggle in the coming fortnight before the next Supreme Court hearing on May 1, NBA leader Medha Patkar on Tuesday said she would launch a campaign to expose the rehabilitation claims of the three states and undertake . . .
- Saffron Poison Or Panacea? (Pioneer, S Gurumurthy , Apr 19, 2006)
While Hinduism is increasingly seen as the spiritual elixir in the West, our self-claimed secularists deride it, says S Gurumurthy
- No More Excuses (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 19, 2006)
The Supreme Court's latest directions on the contentious issues surrounding the Sardar Sarovar dam have cleared all residual doubt about the Prime Minister's authority to act in the matter.
- Dharam Singh For All-Party Meet On Maharashtra Move (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
Wants team to meet Prime Minister to counter resolution adopted by Maharashtra Assembly
Says State must counter Maharashtra resolution on Belgaum issue
Reminds Government that the matter is very delicate
Seeks CBI inquiry into last week's violence i
- Pm To Industry: Address Rehab (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
Against the backdrop of Supreme Court’s observation on rehabilitation issues in the contentious Narmada Dam project, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday urged the industry to pay more attention to people displaced by industrialisation . . .
- Supreme Court Empowers Manmohan To Resolve Narmada Dam Dispute (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Apr 18, 2006)
Construction will be stopped if rehabilitation is inadequate, warns three-member Bench
Examine the matter in a calm atmosphere and not in a charged atmosphere
Rehabilitation has to be reasonable and it requires a statesman-like approach
- New Problems (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Apr 18, 2006)
The oustees should be given royalties in perpetuity out of a small share of the gross project revenues
- Time To Move On (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 18, 2006)
It is perhaps inevitable — and wholesome — that a rambunctious democracy like India’s should see passionate debates over big issues. Within the strong currents of disagreement, however, we welcome the Supreme Court’s judgement on the Sardar Sarovar Dam.
- India To Digitise Law Enforcement (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
An ambitious project to extensively use cutting edge digital technology in investigating crimes and to link police forces with the judiciary was unveiled by Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal here on Monday.
- The Height Of Confusion (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Apr 18, 2006)
As expected, the Supreme Court has given the various state governments time to file reports on the status of rehabilitation of those displaced by the construction of the Sardar Sarovar dam.
- Govt Will Rehabilitate Narmada Oustees: Patil (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Noting that the Government valued NBA activist Medha Patkar's views on the Sardar Sarovar Project, Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil on Monday said the Centre would do all it could to rehabilitate people displaced by the dam built over the Narmada.
- Quota Obsession (Times of India, Rajeev Dhavan , Apr 18, 2006)
The Union government's new-found policy of quotas in professional institutions smacks of vote-gathering populism, claims to fulfil social equality and threatens caste tensions in the name of justice.
- Sc Notice To Up Speaker, 40 Defected Bsp Mlas (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
The Supreme Court today issued notices to UP Assembly Speaker and 40 BSP-breakaway group MLAs on a petition by BSP legislature party leader S.P. Maurya, challenging the Allahabad High Court order remanding the disqualification issue of . . .
- The Beleaguered Big Cat (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Apr 18, 2006)
An authoritative book about a powerful predator that is today threatened by plain human greed
- Crime Investigation To Be Digitised (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
In future, Bangalore Police personnel may arrive at crime scenes with portable computers for recording data that could help investigators and the judiciary to recreate the crime scene as accurately as possible, should the need arise.
- Beating The Street (Business Standard, Niraj Bhatt, Apr 18, 2006)
Big deals will continue to drive TCS` topline growth
- Reservation Maths (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Apr 18, 2006)
The Election Commission may have put the government on the back foot with regard to the proposal to reserve up to 27 per cent of seats in schools and colleges for members of the “other backward classes” (over and above the 22.5 per cent already . . .
- Saddam Challenges Handwriting Experts (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Saddam Hussein's defence lawyer Monday challenged findings of handwriting experts verifying the former president's signature on documents linked to a crackdown on Shiites and demanded a review by international specialists — except from Iran or Israel.
- Sense On Narmada (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Apr 18, 2006)
Enforce Monday’s SC order
- Build The Dam, Now (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 18, 2006)
Till the Supreme Court stepped in on Monday and put to rest speculation over whether or not the height of the Sardar Sarovar Project dam, better known as the Narmada dam, can be raised from 110 m to 121.92 m, it seemed the . . .
- Congress, Allies Communalising Issues: Advani (Hindu, Roy Mathew, Apr 18, 2006)
Advani accuses Government of playing vote bank politics `Government is proposing religion-based reservation in the Army'
- The Currency For Carbon Trading (Business Line, Almitra Patel, Apr 18, 2006)
Developed countries have agreed that if their industries cannot reduce carbon emissions themselves in their own countries, they will pay others like India (a signatory to the Kyoto Protocol) to do it for them.
- "None In Upa Stood Up To Modi" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Manmohan still has the opportunity to take a decision: Arundhati Roy
"It seems this Government blinked in the face of fascism and showed itself to be uncertain and unsure of itself"
Women's groups say NBA struggle should not be given "confrontational
- Rehab That Builds Lives (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Apr 18, 2006)
In Pipri village, Madhya Pradesh, there may not be celebrations immediately following the Supreme Court judgment.
- Experts Confirm Saddam’S Signature On Documents (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Experts confirmed the authenticity of Saddam Hussein’s signature on documents connected to a crackdown on Shiites in the 1980s, prosecutors said today in a new session of the trial of the former Iraqi leader and seven co-defendants.
- Krushi Bank Chairman's Property To Be Auctioned (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Sale proceeds to be deposited in court for benefit of depositors
- Don’T Damn Dam (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 18, 2006)
Keep it above politics, armtwisting
- Muddying The Waters, Soz Passes The Narmada Dam Buck To Pm (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
Deadlock Gujarat Cong, BJP MPs urge PM to let work go on, he says no decision taken to suspend construction; Modi begins fast, says Delhi, NBA ‘hand-in-glove’
- Manmohan Studying Soz Report On Dam Issue (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
Centre says it will await outcome of Monday's hearing in Court
BJP, Gujarat Congress teams meet Prime Minister
Medha Patkar's fast enters 19th day
Narendra Modi begins hunger strike
- The Child, The Media And The Law (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 17, 2006)
The Hindu carried a report from Mumbai, headlined "Jail for 2 Britons for child abuse.
- Narmada Project: Clearing The Confusion (Hindu, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Apr 17, 2006)
The factual answers to ten relevant questions are clear. Now the Prime Minister needs to act justly and responsibly, in line with the Supreme Court's judgment.
- People's Needs Over Party Politics (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 17, 2006)
Once again, the politics of expediency has taken precedence over the needs of people.
- Kuvempu Should Be Made Known To Other Regions . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
The Chief Minster emphasises the need for translating Kuvempu's works in all Indian languages
- Kpsc Selects 153 Officials In Eight Months (Hindu, Alladi Jayasri , Apr 17, 2006)
It is a record of sorts going by the commission's standards
KPSC's main examination was held from July 23 to August 3, 2005
Interviews were conducted from March 20 to April 15
Temporary selection list to be notified on Monday
- Peaceful Solution To Iran’S N-Crisis (Dawn, Anwar Kemal, Apr 17, 2006)
The UN Security Council’s presidential statement of March 29, 2006, is the latest and most serious in the series of steps being taken at the behest of the United States and the EU countries to circumscribe Iran’s nuclear programme within parameters . . .
- Narmada: No Plan To Stop Work, Says Pm (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
An all-party delegation from Gujarat, including parliamentarians from the Congress and the BJP on Sunday met the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, urging him to allow continuance of construction work on the Narmada Dam, following which the PMO . . .
- The Power Of Public Opinion (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Apr 17, 2006)
The polling in Assam is over and the results will be announced in a month. Expectedly, before the 'numbers' are made public, 'alliances' will be struck and power sharing agreements signed between parties that contested the election.
- Gom's Confidential Report (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 17, 2006)
This is the text, obtained exclusively by The Hindu, of "A Brief Note on the Assessment of Resettlement and Rehabilitation (R & R) Sites and Submergence of Villages of the Sardar Sarovar Project." The note marked confidential and dated April 9, 2006,
- Pak Army Commissions First Sikh Officer (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
After a Hindu created history by briefly becoming the Chief Justice of Pakistan Supreme Court last year, a youth hailing from the birth place of Guru Nanak near Lahore has earned the distinction of being commissioned into the Army as the first . . .
- Cong Makes Mp Scapegoat In Narmada Politics (Pioneer, Yoga Rangatia, Apr 17, 2006)
Dam on Narmada is not only caught in the crossfire between anti and pro-dam activist, but also in politics of riparian States.
- Height Of Injustice, Gujarat Mps Tell Manmohan (Pioneer, Yoga Rangatia, Apr 17, 2006)
The UPA Government is speaking with a forked tongue on the politically volatile issue relating to the construction work on the Sardar Sarovar Project on river Narmada.
- Advani Swipe At Pm Over Dam (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
Senior BJP leader Mr LK Advani today accused the Prime Minister of abdicating his responsibility when he was supposed to provide leadership and blasted the Centre for creating an “unprecedented and messy Centre-state stalemate” on the Narmada dam issue.
- Jaipal Succumbs (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 17, 2006)
All the abundant articulation-skills S Jaipal Reddy can muster cannot camouflage degrading reality ~ he has wilted under pressure from the Capital’s unique trader-politician nexus.
- Where Is The Justice After Never-Ending Trials? (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Apr 17, 2006)
A fast-track court at Jaipur hands out a guilty verdict in the rape of a German girl in exactly 26 days.
- What Next, If Indo-Us Nuclear Deal Fails? (Daily Excelsior, T.P. Raghavan, Apr 17, 2006)
If we scrutinise the ongoing debate in the US Congress, the Indo-US civil nuclear deal is in danger of falling apart.
- Narmada Dam Work To Continue: Pm (Hindustan Times, Shekhar Iyer, Apr 17, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has sought to defuse the rising tension on the Narmada dam controversy, with his spokesperson saying no decision has yet been taken to stop construction work at the Sardar Sarovar dam and nothing will be done against . . .
- Take Clear-Cut Decision On Dam Issue: Modi To Centre (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a 51-hour hunger strike on the Sardar Sarovar dam height issue, today said the Centre should take a sharply defined decision on the matter.
- ‘Vulgarity Is What You Can’T See With Your Family’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 17, 2006)
The Bombay High Court order striking down the ban on dance bars has been seen as a slap in the face for Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil, who has been waging a war against what he perceives to be immoral. Mahesh Mhatre spoke to Patil soon . . .
- Pmo: Dam Work Not Suspended (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
Twenty-six MPs of the BJP and Congress from Gujarat met the prime minister and urged him to allow the continuance of construction work on the Narmada dam.
- Probe Finds Telgi’S Wasn’T The ‘Mother Of All Scams’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
Investigations carried out by a team of the CBI, Income Tax, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Enforcement Directorate and the Reserve Bank of India have revealed that the financial magnitude of the entire scam was only Rs 172 crore.
- Those Unfunny Guys In Iran (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Apr 17, 2006)
There’s an sms revolution taking place in Iran. And smileys have become its most potent weapon against the country’s ultra-conservative regime.
- Pm Washes Hands Of Narmada Dam (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
Faced with protests from MPs belonging to BJP and his own Congress, rising pro-dam passions, and mounting concern over Narendra Modi’s skillful transformation of the issue of Narmada water into one of Gujarat’s pride, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh . . .
- No Decision To Stop Work On Dam: Pmo (Tribune, Prashant Sood, Apr 17, 2006)
Coming together against any move by the Centre to suspend the Narmada Control Authority decision to raise the height of the Sardar Sarovar dam, BJP and Congress MPs from Gujarat today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying the project was . . .
- Dam: Doable And Must Be Done (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Apr 17, 2006)
To scale the heights of Sardar Sarovar, keep your feet planted on facts
- Modi’S Best Friend: Soz (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 17, 2006)
Let's look at the brighter side—Saifuddin Soz is not the final arbiter on the Narmada issue.
- Jaya Hasn’T Changed: Mk (Deccan Herald, S Murari, Apr 16, 2006)
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) President M Karunanidhi asserted on Saturday that Chief Minister J Jayalalitha has not changed, contrary to popular perception.
- Merit-Vs-Quota (Daily Excelsior, Sondip Bhattacharya, Apr 15, 2006)
The vote bank politics of the UPA Government will split the country vertically if the Union cabinet passes a notification to introduce 27 per cent reservation for OBCs over and above the existing 22.5 per cent for SC/ST in 20 central universities,
- Violence In New India (Deccan Herald, Avijit Pathak, Apr 15, 2006)
The corporate economy is transforming the thinking of the middle class
- Some Lives Count More Than Others In China (International Herald Tribune, JIM YARDLEY, Apr 15, 2006)
He Qingzhi's teenage daughter, Yuan, and her two friends lived on the same street near the Yangtze River, attended the same middle school and were crushed to death in the same traffic accident late last year.
- Those Who Attacked Supreme Court (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 15, 2006)
The Lahore High Court has issued notices to 19 advisors to the Punjab Chief Minister and Provincial Government asking them to explain under what authority they held the offices.
- Karunanidhi's Poser To Jayalalithaa (Hindu, A.V. Ragunathan, Apr 15, 2006)
How can you make Tamil Nadu number one State in the country, he asks
Says Jayalalithaa violated rule by buying TANSI land
Farmers subjected to hardships under AIADMK regime, he alleges
Says Jayalalithaa violated rule by buying TANSI land
Farmers s
- Private Water, Public Misery (Frontline, AMAN SETHI, Apr 15, 2006)
Privatisation of water is taking root in India, often aided by political and bureaucratic corruption. Alongside, resistance to this is also building up.
- Samata Asks George To Revive Party (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 15, 2006)
Mr George Fernandes, who was handed a humiliating defeat by Mr Sharad Yadav in the JD-U presidential election, has been asked to revive the Samata Party by party president Mr PK Sinha.
- Cbi Lays Hands On Crucial Documents (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 15, 2006)
The Central Bureau of Investigation has reportedly taken into custody crucial documents from the Forest Hill Golf Resort that were so far not available to the CBI while it had carried out its investigations in the case in the past year and a half.
- Who Has The Right To The Child? (Tribune, Anil Malhotra, Apr 15, 2006)
The world is a far smaller place now than it was a decade ago. International and intercontinental travel is easier and more affordable than it has ever been. As a natural corollary,
- Cynical Politics Of Quota (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Apr 15, 2006)
Union Human Resource Development Minister and inveterate intriguer Arjun Singh has added a new ingredient to his toxic cocktail of 'secular' education by pushing for a 27 per cent quota for Other Backward Classes in institutions of higher learning,
- Yes To Dancing (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 15, 2006)
Dancers have always been around, as Puranic myths and courtly epics testify, and they have always occupied an ambiguous place in the collective psyche of society.
- Support Mounts For Narmada Dam Displaced Ahead Of . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 15, 2006)
Activists write to Chief Information Commissioner seeking information on GoM report
Amir Khan, Rahul Bose express solidarity
Aruna Roy, Jean Dreze, Shekhar Singh join dharna
Narendra Modi meets Manmohan, Soz
"Democracy is at stake," says Aruna Roy
- A.P. Government Toughens Stand On Junior Doctors (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 15, 2006)
Talks ruled out until they called off their agitation
All-party meeting slated for April 16 unlikely to be held
Court directions to be implemented in toto
- Karunanidhi Promises To Fulfil All Demands Of Farmers (Hindu, A.V. Ragunathan, Apr 15, 2006)
He says Jayalalithaa violated rule by buying TANSI land
Says Jayalalithaa violated rule by buying TANSI land
Farmers subjected to hardships under AIADMK regime, he alleges
- Third Grunt (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Apr 15, 2006)
Any debate on the third front is not only ridiculous but also totally irrelevant in the current political scenario.
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