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Articles 6121 through 6220 of 12677:
- To Keep The Flock Together (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Mar 09, 2006)
The anti-defection law needs to be amended if the political face of India’s largest state has to be changed.
- Lie Is A Lie Is A Lie (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 09, 2006)
Perjurers sometimes face tough circumstances. But perjury’s cost must be made forbiddingly high
- Finding Zaheera Sheikh (Indian Express, AYESHA KHAN, Mar 09, 2006)
She represented the demand for justice in Gujarat. Till twists and turns in the Best Bakery case gathered her into the shadows, says AYESHA KHAN
- Ec’S Disqualification Move Opens A Pandora’S Box (Deccan Herald, B S Arun, Mar 09, 2006)
Rajya Sabha MP Jaya Bachchan is in the spotlight for holding an office of profit
- Verdict On Zaheera Report Today (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
The Supreme Court will pronounce on Wednesday its verdict on the acceptability of the report of the high-powered committee investigating the allegations and counter-allegations made by Best Bakery case key witness Zaheera Sheikh and social activist Teesta
- Canada Moves To Revamp Air India Bomb Inquiry (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Canada's new Conservative government took a first, tentative step on Tuesday on its pledge to revamp the inquiry into the troubled Air India bombing investigation.
- This Land Is Our Land (Indian Express, RAJAN SASTRI, Mar 08, 2006)
The Supreme Court of India on March 7 held that the sale of surplus lands by National Textile Corporation (NTC) was legal. While allowing the appeal, the bench added that the environmental aspect and sustainable development has to go together.
- Discontented Docs And Sick Wards (Indian Express, SWATI ALI, Mar 08, 2006)
One slap by an irate relative on a resident doctor in Mumbai’s King Edward Memorial Hospital and, in a matter of hours, 2,000 resident doctors from 10 hospitals in the city were ready to go on strike.
- Mills Of Justice (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 08, 2006)
The Supreme Court ruling on the Mumbai mill lands case gives everyone breathing space.
- Gender Parity: A Long Way To Go (Deccan Herald, Lola Nayar, Mar 08, 2006)
Sc pronouncement making the registration of marriages compulsory is a positive step
- Women’S Day (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 08, 2006)
Decision-making for women can come onlu with empowerment
- A Reminder From A Brother Judge (Indian Express, J.L. Gupta, Mar 08, 2006)
The Golden Jubilee celebrations of the high court at Chandigarh were grand. The hosts had arranged everything meticulously.
- Kalam Takes Jaya’S Rs Seat Row To Experts (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
President A P J Abdul Kalam on Tuesday began consultations with legal and constitutional experts over the issue of disqualification of Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan as a member of Rajya Sabha.
- 'Verdict Is A Blow To Green Mumbai’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Mumbai has the highest property rates in the world and the new construction activity is likely to "rejuvenate" the city and create new development area in the metropolis, leading architect Mukesh Mehta said.
- Banking On Sc Verdict Mill Shares Move Forward (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Investors who bet on the shares of textile mills and mill land developers became richer on Tuesday.
- Lalu Statement On Banerjee Report Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
The Government on Tuesday postponed its statement in the Rajya Sabha on the U.C. Banerjee Commission report on the Godhra train fire. An announcement to this effect was made by Deputy Chairman K. Rehman Khan.
- T.N. Concludes Arguments Before Cauvery Tribunal (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Mar 08, 2006)
Pleads for the setting up of a Cauvery Valley Authority
- Iaea Meets Amid Rift Over Iranian Nuclear Programme (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Iran will not agree to a compromise over its nuclear programme that involves suspending full-scale uranium enrichment for any longer than two years, a diplomat told AFP Tuesday.
- College Students Demand Justice For Jessica Lal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Memorandum submitted at the offices of the President and Prime Minister
`Our fight is not just for Jessica but also for several victims like her'
Change in the law that allows criminals to go free demanded
- India Court Okays Mumbai Mill Land Sale (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
India’s Supreme Court cleared the way on Tuesday for textile mills in Mumbai to sell prime land in the overcrowded city, sending shares in firms such as Bombay Dyeing soaring as much as 20 percent.
- Caring And Sharing (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 08, 2006)
This year’s Oscars were the Caring & Sharing awards. Caring, because the nominees were unusually politically concerned, and sharing, because the actual winners were carefully divided so almost every film got something.
- Kalam’S Decision On Jaya Likely Today (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
J. Abdul Kalam consulted legal and constitutional experts on the issue of disqualification of Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan following the opinion by the Election Commission, she sent a letter to Dr Kalam requesting him to seek a fresh opinion . . .
- Russia As An ‘Unpredictable’ Petro-State (The Financial Express, DOMINIQUE MOISI, Mar 08, 2006)
When he first arrived in Paris in 2000 as Russia’s newly elected President, Vladimir Putin had a simple and reassuring message. “I am bringing you what you need most: a stable and guaranteed source of energy.
- `Land'mark For Mumbai Mills (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 08, 2006)
Can the city's housing needs be met while preserving spaces for recreation and green cover?
- Sc Allows Development Of Mumbai Mill Lands (Business Line, J. Venkatesan, Mar 08, 2006)
Plan does not violate BIFR requirements'; HC order set aside
- On Convergence In Accounting Standards (The Financial Express, RAJIV MEMANI, Mar 08, 2006)
The recent ‘roadmap’ agreement between the US Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) and the EU has built the momentum for a worldwide convergence in accounting standards.
- King Refuses To Listen (Tribune, Maj-Gen Ashok Mehta (retd), Mar 08, 2006)
The call was from Nepal. “Dang-Ghorai has given the first martyr of Nepal’s third revolution.
- For The Sake Of Justice (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 08, 2006)
Must punish killers and collaborators
- House Proud (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 08, 2006)
There is something strange about the political centre of a republic being divided into upper and lower.
- Facts Are Sacred (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 07, 2006)
It was to huge saffron protests that the Justice U.C. Banerjee Committee appointed by the Railway Ministry presented, in January 2005, its interim report on the Godhra train calamity.
- Trends In Management (Hindu, A.V. VEDPURISWAR , Mar 07, 2006)
Captures the emerging changes in Indian management in the wake of globalisation
- She Could Have Shown Bush India's Other Side (Baltimore Sun, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2006)
Last week, President Bush visited the high end of India's economic engine when he was in the city of Hyderabad, where the IT phenomenon has been so important that the city has acquired the nickname "Cyberbad."
- Jessica Can Of Worms Prised Open (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2006)
A groundswell of public outrage has compelled police to announce a probe into charges of evidence tampering in the Jessica Lal murder case and declare that the blanket acquittals would be challenged in court.
- Salvaging Justice System (Tribune, Beant Singh Bedi, Mar 07, 2006)
Tamarind Court is an unlicensed watering hole frequented by glitterati in the national Capital.
- Godhra Report Rocks Parliament (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2006)
The government today informed the Rajya Sabha that it would table the U.C. Banerjee Committee report on the Godhra train tragedy in Parliament tomorrow, which found that the blaze in the Sabarmati Express was “accidental.”
- Jessica Murder: Fresh Case Registered (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2006)
Bowing to the public outcry over Jessica Lall’s alleged killers going scot free, the Delhi police on Monday announced a move that is likely to send even senior police officers scurrying for cover. Police commissioner K K Paul said a case had been . . .
- Jessica Case: Cops Bow To Public Anger, Order Relook (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2006)
Bowing to the public outcry over Jessica Lall’s alleged killers going scot free, the Delhi police on Monday announced a move that is likely to send even senior police officers scurrying for cover.
- Door Opens For Second Shot At Jessica Justice (Indian Express, AMAN SHARMA, Mar 07, 2006)
Murder Delhi Police lodge fresh FIR, Commissioner admits to ‘some mistakes in probe’, promises to ‘bring out truth’
- Fir Filed To Fix Responsibility (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2006)
Jessica case: a police team to be formed
Trial court verdict studied with help from legal experts
Evidence tampered with, withheld to save accused
- On Naxal Trail, Chhattisgarh Slips In Gag Law (Indian Express, Milind Ghatwai, Mar 07, 2006)
With all eyes on the government-sponsored and opposition-backed Salva Judum campaign in Chhattisgarh, in a quiet move two months ago, the government armed itself with draconian powers that can be used to gag the media in the name of fighting Naxalites.
- A Nuclear Deal, Warts And All (Los Angeles Times, Rajan Menon, Mar 07, 2006)
The white house will soon start lobbying Congress to approve its recent nuclear deal with India. Even before President Bush returned home, his foreign policy team was touting the economic payoffs from access to the Indian market, India's . . .
- High Priest Horrified By Blast (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2006)
The first of two explosions to hit the northern Indian pilgrimage city of Varanasi occurred at the Sankot Mochan temple dedicated to the Hindu God Hanuman.
The BBC News website spoke to Dr Veer Bhadra Mishra, the high priest of the . . .
- Some Say India Deal Ignores Another Energy Need: Food (Los Angeles Times, PAUL WATSON, Mar 07, 2006)
A nuclear cooperation deal reached last week between the U.S. and India has added fuel to the debate over whether the South Asian nation can afford a multibillion-dollar push to become a regional military power.
- The Religious Capital Of Hinduism (British Broadcasting Corporation, Debabani Majumdar, Mar 07, 2006)
There are few places on earth more important for India's hundreds of millions of Hindus than the city of Varanasi, which has been rocked by twin blasts.
- Oh, Kolkata! (Los Angeles Times, David Lamb, Mar 07, 2006)
In replacing the colonial names of several cities, India loses some of its spice.
- Mullaperiyar: Special Session Of Assembly On March 14, 15 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2006)
A two-day special session of the State Assembly will be convened on March 14 and 15 to discuss the Supreme Court verdict permitting Tamil Nadu to raise the water level of the Mullaperiyar dam to 142 feet from 136 feet.
- A Good Sign (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Mar 07, 2006)
A report in this newspaper should cheer inhabitants of this city who are frequently caught in traffic snarls.
- State Government Challenges Order On Cet In Supreme Court (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Mar 07, 2006)
It is likely to be mentioned on Tuesday for early hearing
- No Threat To Mulayam Govt (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2006)
:Dismissing any immediate threat to Mulayam Singh Yadav Government in Uttar Pradesh in the wake of the High Court ruling setting aside the split in BSP whose 40 rebel MLAs support him, Rashtriya Lok Dal president Ajit Singh today, whose partly of . . .
- Police Plan To Come Clean In Court (Hindustan Times, JT Vishnu, Mar 06, 2006)
For a change, the Delhi Police are expected to turn the spotlight on themselves when they submit a status report on the Jessica Lall murder case to the high court in April,
- Mulayam’S Dilemma (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 06, 2006)
The trauma that the Samajwadi Party confronts following a High Court order setting aside the defection of 40 BSP MLAs is a classic example of the hazards of opportunism. The SP had claimed then it was the only means of keeping the BJP out of power. But th
- India’S Indifference On Corruption (Tribune, B.G. Verghese, Mar 06, 2006)
Barely noticed by the Indian media, if at all, the world launched a global war on corruption on December 14, 2005, when the United Nations Convention Against Corruption came into force with the 30th ratification of the instrument.
- 'Big-Talking' Nri Convicted Of $1.7 Mn Fraud In Us (Hindustan Times, S Rajagopalan, Mar 06, 2006)
‘Bhatia’. That famous surname was the only thing Lal Bhatia shared with Sabeer Bhatia.
- India-U.S. Ties Surge But Some Mistrust Lingers (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Mar 06, 2006)
A successful visit to India by U.S. President George W. Bush has dramatically bolstered ties between the two countries but decades of mistrust will not be erased overnight.
- Why Us Shapes New Global Rules (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2006)
A lively debate in Washington has been over who sets the global rules: the established international organizations or the world's only superpower? Last week's US nuclear deal with India shows where that critical debate is headed.
- Judicious Double Standards (Washington Post, Richard Cohen, Mar 06, 2006)
Back behind my high school one day, we all assembled to watch a fistfight. To my immense pleasure, a bully was being bested by his victim.
- New Beginnings (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 06, 2006)
For the US, India is crucial in maintaining the power balance in Asia
Major world capitals have closely followed US President George W Bush’s visit to India last week.
- Ringing True (The Financial Express, Editorial, Express India, Mar 06, 2006)
SC ruling on phone calls is another bonanza
Consumers of telecom services have never had it so good. After the slew of rate cuts that drastically reduced the cost of telecom services, they got more good news on Thursday.
- Hope For Justice In Gujarat (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 06, 2006)
THE final report of a retired Supreme Court judge of India on the Gujarat riots of 2002 adds to the growing pile of evidence pointing to the innocence of the Muslim community in the traumatic communal massacre four years ago. Justice Bannerjee’s findings
- Relocating The Us Consulate (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Mar 06, 2006)
'Having a good time, wish you were here.’
- Supreme Court Issues Directive In I-T Case Against Jayalalithaa (Hindu, Siddharth Narrain , Mar 04, 2006)
The two-judge Bench said Ms. Jayalalithaa was not required to appear personally
- "Poll To Rajya Sabha Seat Subject To Court Ruling" (Hindu, Siddharth Narrain , Mar 04, 2006)
Filling of vacant seats in Lok Sabha needs EC's nod
Constitutional Bench to decide if Parliament can expel MPs
SC to decide whether Elders need to be domiciles of States they are contesting from
- Give More Importance To Higher Education, Says Vice-Chancellor (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 04, 2006)
New semester system in Mangalore university next year
There are only two professional colleges in the Kodagu
Art centre for women inaugurated
- State Deserves A Better Deal From The Railways (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 04, 2006)
There is a general feeling that in spite of the unanimous lobbying by the MPs of Kerala, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad has not given a fair deal to the State in the latest Railway Budget. The major demands of Kerala which have not been . . .
- Protect Witnesses, Sonia Tells Patil (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 04, 2006)
UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi has asked home minister Shivraj Patil to take steps to protect witnesses in sensitive criminal cases to prevent them from turning hostile under pressure or for a price.
- Sc Rejects It Dept’S Plea Against Jaya (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 04, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the plea of Income Tax Department to direct Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha to appear before a Chennai court hearing a case of non-filing of IT returns by her.
- Let Not Prosecutors Decide For Victims (The Economic Times, V KRISHNA ANANTH, Mar 04, 2006)
Part from expressing their concern, the political class has hurled a lot of allegations against the police for presenting a shoddy case that led to the acquittal of all the accused in the Jessica Lal murder case.
- Verdict In Best Bakery Case (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 04, 2006)
IN the landmark re-trial of the Vadodara Best Bakery case in Mumbai, the Special Court sentenced nine accused to life imprisonment and acquitted eight. Additional Sessions Judge Abhay Thipsay also issued a show-cause notice to five of the witnesses, Zahee
- A System That Killed The Verdict (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Mar 04, 2006)
Ayoung girl is murdered in a crowded restaurant in full view of 600 people. Eye-witnesses tell the police that they can identify the murderer.
- Blind Man’S Bluff (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Mar 04, 2006)
The public outrage over the outcome of the Jessica Lall murder case is understandable, given that while the ramp model was shot at point-blank range in the presence of at least 40 to 50 persons, those accused of killing her have walked away free.
- Godhra Train Fire Just Accidental: Banerjee Panel (Hindu, P. K. Bhardwaj , Mar 04, 2006)
Deaths caused by toxicity and suffocation
Panel dismisses theory that blaze was caused by outsiders
There were no crowds at railway station
Claim that all entrances to coach were locked is misconception
No intelligence information on when kar seva
- "We Are Closer Than Ever Before" (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Mar 04, 2006)
India's leadership needed in a world hungry for democracy, says George Bush
Freedom is not an American or Indian value — it is a universal value
A small clerical elite in Iran denying basic liberties
- High Stakes (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 03, 2006)
The greater the stakes the more frenzied the game
- Up Speaker Distorted Hc Verdict, Says Mayawati (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2006)
The Samajwadi Party continued to put up a brave face with Shivpal Singh, Public Works Department Minister, parading 30 MLAs before the Speaker in the assembly on Thursday.
- Jana Spandana Of Dcs Gets Poor Response (Deccan Herald, CP Bhambhri, Mar 03, 2006)
There is no end to the grievances heard by the Chief Minister during Janata Darshan. But a similar exercise under the banner Jana Spandana being carried out by deputy commissioners at the district-level is evoking only a lukewarm response.
- Mullaperiyar: All-Party Meet In Kochi On Monday (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2006)
Government has not failed in conducting case in apex court
- Four Years After Fall Of Taliban, Leader's Power Barely Extends Beyond The Capital (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
Standing behind George Bush inside his Kabul palace yesterday, Hamid Karzai radiated the trappings of a powerful president: a confident smile, massed security guards and the legitimacy bestowed by the 2004 election in which he won 55% of the vote.
- Aliens Again (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 02, 2006)
New Dispur order could backfire
- Utter (Chaos) Pradesh (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Mar 02, 2006)
It is becoming increasingly evident that Mulayam Singh Yadav's government — perhaps not unlike Uttar Pradesh itself — is held together by bandages that are fast losing their adhesive quality, or utility.
- Mulayam Should Bow Out (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 02, 2006)
Verdict makes ministry’s continuance untenable
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has no right, moral and otherwise, to remain in power after the 2:1 verdict of the Allahabad High Court in a case relating to the status of the 40 rebel . .
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