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Articles 6421 through 6520 of 12677:
- Indian N-Facilities’ Separation Backed (Dawn, Anwar Iqbal, Feb 20, 2006)
A pro-Indian Democratic Congressman Frank Pallone has supported the Bush administration’s demand for separation of India’s military and civilian nuclear facilities.
- We Just Have To Grow Up As A Country’ (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Feb 20, 2006)
India’s ambassador to the US, Ronen Sen, explains the background to the upswing in bilateral relations between India and US in an exclusive interview with Deccan Herald.
- Stop Communalising (Daily Excelsior, Brig. (Retd.) S.N. Sachadeva, Feb 20, 2006)
As Julius Caesar was walking towards the Capitol in Rome on the fateful day of his assassination, one of the well-wishers is said to have insistently pressed him to read a petition which, he said, touched the Emperor the most. Caesar scornfully . . .
- Impending Disaster (Deccan Herald, Pran Chopra , Feb 20, 2006)
Those who seek to make changes in the Constitution to resolve the conflict must get support of Parliament
- Strategic Thinking (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Feb 20, 2006)
The Prime Minister speaking at the Association of Indian Diplomats, while releasing their newly launched journal referred to the dearth of strategic long-term thinking in our country.
- Chirac In India For Trade Talks Amid Arcelor Row (Reuters, Sophie Louet, Feb 20, 2006)
French President Jacques Chirac arrived in India on Sunday with a group of top CEOs to improve trade ties with Asia's third-largest economy amid a growing row over an Indian-born tycoon's bid for Luxembourg-based steelmaker Arcelor.
- Iran Issue: Jd (U) To Back Sp On No-Trust Vote (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Says it had taken an independent view even in the matter of the "cash-for-question" case
- Providing The Fuel To Accelerate Growth (The Financial Express, Saumitra Chaudhuri, Feb 20, 2006)
Some weeks back, the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) released detailed national income statistics with the new base year of 1999-2000.
- "Check Conversion By Christian Missionaries" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Welfare missions are just a pretext to convert tribals and Adivasis, says Rajnath
UPA Government must frame a law to stop `proselytisation'
Bangladeshi infiltrators pose a threat to country's demography
- Talk About Globalisation (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Feb 20, 2006)
The world is in a turmoil all because of cartoons in a newspaper most have not heard of published in a country with fewer people than live in Chennai.
- Phone Tapping Accused Refused Bail For Third Time (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Charge against him was serious and his release on bail might affect investigations'
- French President Arrives In India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
* Seeks to boost trade and hold nuclear talks with Delhi
French President Jacques Chirac arrived in India on Sunday for a whistle-stop visit aimed at bolstering trade and civilian nuclear cooperation with the emerging economic powerhouse.
- Learning To Revere Water (Business Line, K.G. Kumar, Feb 20, 2006)
If the State's Water Policy takes root, perhaps Kerala too will count among the regions and cultures that value and manage water resources responsibly.
- Safety Guides (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 20, 2006)
The decision on whether to allow asbestos-laden Clemenceau to be broken down in Alang, Gujarat, is no longer ours to take.
- Danish Envoy Leaves Pak (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Police fired teargas and rubber bullets to break up a banned protest against cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in Islamabad today and Denmark said its ambassador to Pakistan had returned home for security reasons.
- Who Is The Better Singer? It All Depends On Where You Come From (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Feb 20, 2006)
Vinit and Debojit, Lucknow and the entire Northeast, not to mention viewers, will be happy when Final Friday (24 February) comes and goes.
- Monsieur President, Vous Etes Bienvenue (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Feb 19, 2006)
The President of the French Republic touches base in Delhi today. I thought a welcome letter was therefore in order...
- The Utopian Third Front (Daily Excelsior, Sondip Bhattacharya, Feb 19, 2006)
Will the rainbow coalition called the third front take a shape once again? If the past experience is any guide the CPI (M) general secretary Prakash Karat's plan of cobbling the third front is a pipe dream.
- Mr Cm, End Graft, Strengthen Panchayats (Deccan Herald, Benjamin Fernandez, Feb 19, 2006)
What should be the new Chief Minister priorities? This was our question to readers last week and we were flooded with responses. We published a few letters last week. This week we publish those, mostly from outside Bangalore, on the government’s . . .
- Palestinian Vote Has Given West First Opportunity To Legitimise Hamas (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 19, 2006)
The electoral verdict of the Palestinian people has given the West its first and probably only opportunity to legitimise Hamas and simultaneously inhibit it with political respectability.
- Tasks Before The Soli Sorabjee Panel (Tribune, Doel Mukerjee, Feb 19, 2006)
The Soli Sorabjee Committee constituted by the Manmohan Singh government to review the Indian Police Act is a major boost for the civil society and the citizens who have often faced the brunt of police excesses.
- Indian-American Gets Life Term (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
An Indian-American has been sentenced to life imprisonment without parole after he was convicted of killing a student in a shooting spree at a Cleveland university in Ohio three years ago.
- Bursting With Life! (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
I feel that the only way to review this remarkable book is to describe it carefully at the macro and micro levels and let the reader judge for himself. It has the shape, size, looks and feel of the particularly splendid coffee table book . . .
- Delhi Demolition: What Is At Stake (Daily Excelsior, Jagmohan , Feb 19, 2006)
How true was Mahatma Gandhi when he observed: "Politics bereft of principles are the death traps; they kill the soul of a nation." What we, of late, have been witnessing in Delhi is not only a spate of illegal constructions or their demolition but . . .
- Salman Khan Gets Jail Term For Hunting Deer (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Bollywood film star, Salman Khan, has been sentenced to a year in jail for killing two rare deer, his lawyer said on Friday.
- Demolish The Mcd (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 18, 2006)
It's just as well that the Delhi High Court has finally taken notice of a situation that nobody seemed to be particularly bothered about. In a previous editorial on the ongoing demolition of illegal structures in the capital, . . .
- ‘Poaching: Do Away With Ifs And Buts’ (Deccan Herald, Utpal Borpujari, Feb 18, 2006)
Barbara Maas, chief executive of Care for the Wild International: Every Indian citizen must decide that they want tigers to survive.
- The Contrast In Treatment (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Feb 18, 2006)
An interesting contrast between Indians and their rulers and Pakistanis and their dictators is the way they treat their creative artists — painters, poets, novelists and thinkers.
- No Escape! Salman Sent To Jail (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Bollywood star Salman Khan was sentenced to one year imprisonment and fined Rs 5,000 by a Jodhpur court for killing black bucks.
- 'Cartoons Misjudged, Islamists Misused Them' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
The Danish paper that first printed the cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed misjudged how they would be read and Islamic extremists misinterpreted them, the OSCE representative on freedom of the media said in a report sent to AFP on Friday
- N-Deal Would Be A Great Accomplishment’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
US Congressman Frank Pallone has said implementation of the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal is important for bilateral relations and will help strengthen energy security between the nations.
- Shraddhananda Gets A Breather From Sc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the execution of the death sentence imposed on Swami Shraddhananda by a Bangalore trial court in the sensational murder of Shakereh, granddaughter of Sir Mirza Ismail, former diwan of the erstwhile Mysore state.
- Judgement Day: Jail For Salman (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Salman Khan was sentenced to a year in jail by a court here on Friday on charges of poaching endangered blackbuck deer in Rajasthan eight years ago......
- Pm Justifies Vote Against Iran (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Defending India’s vote against Iran’s nuclear programme in International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) earlier this month, PM Manmohan Singh has said that his government’s position was determined by the ......
- Jayakumar, Shettar Among 20 New Ministers Sworn In (Hindu, T.S. Ranganna , Feb 18, 2006)
14 of them have become Ministers for the first time; 12 more posts vacant
Ministers were sworn in one by one
All of them have been given Cabinet rank
Function ended by 10.45 a.m. in view of the High Court sitting
- Creative Solutions, Sarkari Style (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Feb 18, 2006)
The many ways in which officials in a region gripped by crisis try to deal with it can be intriguing. Even entertaining. From advising farmers to plant crops in line with zodiac signs to suggesting they bear arms against moneylenders — it's all happening
- Eshwarappa, Horatti Among 20 Cabinet Ministers Sworn In (Hindu, T.S. Ranganna , Feb 18, 2006)
14 of them are first-time Ministers; 12 more posts vacant
In the first expansion of the two-week old Janata Dal (Secular)-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Government, Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Friday inducted 20 Ministers . . .
- Speaker To Ignore Court Notice (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
``MPs expulsion non-justiciable''
Votes of MPs cannot be questioned
Position endorsed by all political parties
Presiding officers of State legislative bodies also extend support
- One-Year Jail Term For Salman Khan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Bollywood actor Salman Khan was sentenced on Friday to one year imprisonment for killing an endangered animal. The sentence was suspended for 30 days, during which he will appeal.
- Salman Khan Gets A Year In Jail (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Capping a trial that has dragged on for eight years, a local court on Friday sentenced Bollywood actor Salman Khan to one year’s imprisonment and fined him Rs 5,000 for killing two chinkaras during a pleasure hunt.
- Big Or Small (Tribune, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 18, 2006)
Violators are violators
THURSDAY’S Supreme Court order directing the owners of all big showrooms located in Delhi’s residential areas to vacate their premises within 30 days or face action has far reaching implications for the Capital.
- Court Sets Dmk Councillor Free (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
Agrees with his counsel that detaining authority was in a hurry, committed mistakes
- Mplads Comes Under Judicial Scrutiny (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
The MP Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) today came in for scrutiny before the Supreme Court which is examining the constitutional validity of the controversial Scheme.
- Stamp Paper Scam: Top Cop Gets Bail From Sc (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
The highest-ranking police officer arrested in Karnataka in connection with the fake stamp paper racket, former Assistant Commissioner of Police T G Sangaram Singh, was on Wednesday granted bail by the Supreme Court.
- Education : A Cure For Ailing Society (Daily Excelsior, Ambica Varma, Feb 17, 2006)
Our society has turned a beleaguered one with day to day strife, struggle and tensions to cope with.
- 26 Die In Taliban Suicide Attacks (Dawn, Ahmed Hassan, Feb 17, 2006)
The issue of blasphemous cartoons dominated the National Assembly proceedings on Thursday with the opposition lawmakers asking the government to take ‘firm steps’ to force those responsible to tender an apology and assure that religious . . .
- Warrant Against Zardari (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Feb 17, 2006)
Asif Ali Zardari, husband of the former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been declared a proclaimed offender by a court here for non-appearance in a case of amassment of wealth beyond the known sources.
- Prosecutor Says Al-Qaeda Wanted Australian Sleeper .......... (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
An Australian man received training at an Al-Qaeda camp in Afghanistan and had been chosen by Osama bin Laden to act as a "sleeper" in Australia, prosecutors told a court today.
- Indian Workers Plan Protests Over French Warship (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
Indian workers plan days of protests and hunger strikes over France’s recall of the asbestos-lined warship Clemenceau amid claims the decision will devastate the country’s shipbreaking industry.
- History In Quran’S Light (Dawn, Prof Mohammed Rafi, Feb 17, 2006)
History is a record of the rise and fall of nations. Through it we realize facts about nations that flourished, the goals they pursued and above all the values around which their culture and society was organized. It can help us assess values and . . .
- Mplads Is Constitutionally Valid, Court Told (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Feb 17, 2006)
"Enough safeguards in revised guidelines"
The scheme is not bad because of irregularities in its implementation
It is a massive fraud on the public exchequer, says counsel
- Supreme Court Orders Closure Of Illegal Commercial Complexes In The Capital (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Feb 17, 2006)
Axe to fall on big showrooms in residential areas for now; smaller shops to be targeted later
- The Answer Is Boycott (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Feb 17, 2006)
Sequence and consequence do not always follow the same logic: the publication of the gratuitously offensive cartoons against the Prophet of Islam (you can translate that, literally, to the Prophet of Peace for Islam means peace) has already resonated ....
- Jp’S Forgotten Secretary (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Feb 17, 2006)
Remember Sachchidanand Babu, secretary to Jaya Prakash Narayan. He was called Babu as long as JP lived and his glory lingered. Then Sachchidanand was no more “Babu”; people effaced him even from their memory.
- Time For Lawyers To Go Global (Tribune, Abha Bhanot, Feb 17, 2006)
India has a large number of lawyers — around 9,00,000 are enrolled with the various state bar associations at present.
- Before The Vote (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 17, 2006)
Even “foreigners” can be an election issue in India. In Assam, all elections have been dominated by controversies over the Bangladeshi aliens living there.
- Phone Tappping Row: Hc Postpones Hearing (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
The Delhi High Court on Thursday posted to March 20 the hearing on the legality of the parallel investigation being conducted by the UP police in the Samajwadi Party MP Amar Singh phone tapping controversy.
- Mplad Under Judicial Scrutiny (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
The MP Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) today came in for scrutiny before the Supreme Court which is examining the constitutional validity of the scheme.
- Marriage As Contract (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Feb 17, 2006)
We welcome the Supreme Court’s directive that the government amend the necessary rules and procedures so that registration of marriages becomes mandatory. Its implementation would deepen democracy and advance the project of building a modern state.
- Police Dogged By Political Interference (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Feb 17, 2006)
Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy's position on police functioning in Karnataka is refreshing
- Clemenceau U-Turn (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 17, 2006)
Import of pollution must stop
Environmentalists, particularly anti-asbestos groups, are fully justified in congratulating themselves vociferously for forcing the French Government to stop asbestos-lined decommissioned warship . . .
- Kalam’S Address ‘Lifeless, Directionless’: Bjp (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
The BJP today termed the President’s address to Parliament as “lifeless, dull and directionless” and said the NDA would raise the issue of Muslim headcount in the armed forces tomorrow and insist on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s resignation over the . .
- Chirac Embarks On India Visit This Week (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 17, 2006)
President Jacques Chirac heads to Thailand and India this week for a visit that narrowly missed being overshadowed by concerns over a decommissioned French aircraft carrier laden with toxic materials.
- Mplad Scheme Under Sc Scanner (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
The MPs Local Area Development (MPLAD) scheme over which questions were raised recently after some members were shown taking bribe from the contractors executing projects under it in a sting operation, came in for close scrutiny of the Supreme Court . . .
- Chirac Orders Clemenceau Back Home (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Feb 16, 2006)
France's highest court calls upon the Government to recall the asbestos-laden ship
- Ready For Discussion: Manmohan (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Feb 16, 2006)
Stormy joint session likely; President to address on the opening day
We have in-built efficiency to face any situation, says Dasmunsi
Priority for financial business
I will not stand in the way of parties raising issues, says Speaker
- Stifling Democratic Discussion (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 16, 2006)
National discussion and debate on so crucial a matter of public concern as the entry of the decommissioned French aircraft carrier Clemenceau into Alang for dismantling have been sought to be stilled by a Supreme Court gag order of far-reaching . . .
- Reliance Seeks Stay On Airports Revamp (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
'Stake transfer should be stayed as matter is sub-judice'.
The Reliance-ASA consortium has sought a stay on the privatisation of the Delhi and Mumbai airports till the disposal of its petition challenging the award of the airport modernisation contracts
- This Must End (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Feb 16, 2006)
The current standoff between the legislature and the judiciary over the prerogatives of the legislature does not bring credit to either institution. Whether both institutions are clearly overstepping their proper domain is a debatable matter.
- How Long Will American Dominace Last ? (Daily Excelsior, I.S. Chadha, Feb 16, 2006)
Our problem is not that we are being Americanised.Our problem is rather that the US empire does not know what it wants to do or can do with its power or its limits.
- America’S Irreverent Sense Of Humor: Christian Symbols Aren’T Off-Limits For Parody (Indian Express, NEELY TUCKER, Feb 16, 2006)
“denying the being or providence of God... profane scoffing at the holy scripture” had been an offense since the Greeks, and it was no joke in Colonial America.
- Moving Education’S Goal Posts (Indian Express, P. V. Indiresan , Feb 16, 2006)
In announcing Professor S. Thorat’s appointment as chairman of the University Grants Commission, every newspaper made it a point to announce that he was a dalit. In contrast, nobody inquired what the caste of the earlier chairman was when he was appointed
- Till The State Recognises Us (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Feb 16, 2006)
The Supreme Court’s directive to make the registration of all marriages compulsory will be nothing short of an extraordinary revolution, at least in the history of Indian state formation.
- Register The Knot (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 16, 2006)
The SC order will protect the rights of married women
The Supreme Court order making registration of marriages mandatory will go a long way in protecting the rights of married women.
- A Progressive Direction (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 16, 2006)
The Supreme Court's direction on Tuesday to the Centre and the States to enact legislation to make the registration of marriages compulsory irrespective of religion is a breakthrough.
- Citizenship Enhanced (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 16, 2006)
A modern state needs to register not just marriages, but most social and economic transactions
- Tighten The Knot (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 16, 2006)
Once again the Supreme Court seems to have done the job that Parliament and the executive has long dithered over.
- On Record (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 16, 2006)
The judiciary, by itself, cannot protect women and children from marriage or its abusive consequences.
- The Speaker’S Standoff (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Feb 16, 2006)
The current standoff between the legislature and the judiciary over the prerogatives of the legislature does not bring credit to either institution.
- 562 Afghan Prisoners Freed (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
Pakistan released on Wednesday 562 Afghan nationals, including children, who had been kept in jail for up to a year after violating immigration laws, officials said.
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