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Articles 6521 through 6620 of 12677:
- Army Protects Itself Religiously (Telegraph, SUJAN DUTTA, Feb 16, 2006)
Fearing that the veil over one of its closely guarded secrets — the composition of its rank and file — would be lifted, the army refused to answer queries by a high-level committee formed by the Prime Minister’s Office to study the status of minorities.
- Chirac Red-Flags Scrap Warship (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
President Jacques Chirac today ordered a French warship bound for a scrapyard in Gujarat to return to French territorial waters pending a final decision on how to dispose of the asbestos-laden vessel.
- Tying The Knot (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 16, 2006)
A blow for wife’s rights
Tuesday's Supreme Court order making registration of marriages compulsory will help regulate the institution of marriage.
- French Court Blocks Clemenceau Transfer To India (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
France’s highest court, the State Council, today ordered Paris to suspend the transfer to India of the asbestos-lined decommissioned warship Clemenceau.
- Wto’S Shifting Paradigms (Dawn, Fateh M. Chaudhri, Feb 16, 2006)
Eversince the multilateral trade negotiation were first conducted under the auspices of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the process has been variously described as a “roller-coaster”, “muddling-through” or “limping forward”.
- Chirac Orders "Toxic" Warship Back To France (Reuters, Helene Fontanaud, Feb 16, 2006)
President Jacques Chirac on Wednesday ordered home an asbestos-laden warship after Indian authorities blocked its journey to an Indian scrapyard, days before a visit to New Delhi overshadowed by the legal wrangle.
- Bihar Assembly Dissolution (Tribune, MADAN BHATIA, Feb 16, 2006)
Blaming Buta Singh is unsustainable
Now when the dust has settled and passions have subsidised, it is time to make a critical analysis of the Supreme Court judgement which led to the exit of Mr Buta Singh as Governor of Bihar.
- India Everywhere, The Success Mustn’T Sour (The Financial Express, Vikram S Mehta, Feb 16, 2006)
The partnership our economic leaders, business, civil society showed at Davos must be deepened
- Nepal’S Court Frees Deuba (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
Almost 10 months after he was arrested from his residence in a midnight raid and jailed for alleged corruption, . . .
- America's Plan Is To Force Gm Food On The World (Hindu, John Vidal, Feb 15, 2006)
Just A few years ago, World Trade Organisation officials used to act hurt when described by social activists as irresponsible, secretive bureaucrats who trampled over national sovereignty and placed free trade over the environment or human rights.
- Rbi Seeks To Re-Freeze All Crb Bank Accounts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
The Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday moved the Delhi High Court seeking to re-freeze all bank accounts of the non-banking financial company CRB which had allegedly duped investors to the tune of Rs. 500 crore.
- Clemenceau Is Dangerous, Says Overseer (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
A French government overseer has said that an asbestos-bearing warship being sent to India for dismantling is dangerous waste and should not be broken down there, lawyers said.
- Marriage Registration Must: Sc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Centre and the state governments to amend rules and procedures within three months for making registration of marriages compulsory.
- With Due Respect (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 15, 2006)
Welcoming debate, SC has been a key agent for policy change. Then why this departure?
- So Who Wants To Be A Citizen? (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Feb 15, 2006)
The decision of the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA) to set up a tribunal under the Foreigners Act to determine the citizenship status of persons suspected to be illegal migrants from Bangladesh, . . .
- Nda Seeks Kalam's Help To Halt Survey On Muslims (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
Says the move is fraught with "dangerous consequences"; wants Navin Chawla to go "It is an issue that needs to be handled with a non-discriminatory attitude"
- Make Marriage Registration Compulsory: Sc (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
In a significant verdict, the Supreme Court today directed the Centre and State Governments to take steps for amending the rules and procedures within three weeks for making registration of marriage compulsory irrespective of religion.
- Corruption Panel Gone, Nepal Ex-Pm Out Of Jail (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
Jailed former Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba was freed from prison on Monday after the Supreme Court dissolved the controversial anti-graft panel which jailed him, a relative and party officials said.
- Hudood Laws Must Go (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Feb 15, 2006)
Last Tuesday was women’s day in the National Assembly. Four bills directly relating to them were introduced in the house.
- France Looks Into Asbestos On Ship Sent To Scrap (Reuters, Emmanuel Jarry, Feb 15, 2006)
Paris ordered a probe on Tuesday into the removal of asbestos from a French warship bound for an Indian scrapyard, a new twist in a saga that has embarrassed France ahead of a visit to India by President Jacques Chirac.
- Nepal's Former Premier Deuba, Ex-Minister Set Free (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
Nepal's former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and his cabinet minister Prakash Man Singh have been set free, hours after the country's Supreme Court dissolved the royal anti-corruption commission which jailed them on graft charges last year.
- Death From The Sky (The Nation, Roedad Khan, Feb 15, 2006)
Friday, January 13, will go down in our history as a black day, a day of infamy, a day when every self-respecting Pakistani, who loves this country, must hang his head in shame. On that day, "America's war on terror" reached Damadola village . . .
- Army Gives Count, But Under Cover (Telegraph, SUJAN DUTTA, Feb 15, 2006)
The army has given the ministry of defence details on the community-wise composition of its ranks following queries by a committee constituted by the Prime Minister’s Office but has requested that the information should not be made public or debated.
- Belated Bail (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 15, 2006)
Expedite trial in criminal cases
The Supreme Court has rightly taken suo motu cognisance of a 70-year-old man who has been languishing in an Uttar Pradesh prison for 38 years.
- Reality Check For Vips (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 15, 2006)
The Followers of spiritual leader Asaram Bapu who protested against his frisking at Ahmedabad airport would do well to pause and reflect on the predicament of those responsible to ensure that flying remains a safe experience for passengers.
- Budget Session — Government On Sticky Wicket (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Feb 15, 2006)
With a slew of worrisome developments since the end of the winter session, Parliament faces an uneasy Budget session beginning February 16. Moreover, some old issues are still alive such as the Volcker report that had led to the resignation . . .
- Nepal Court Frees Deuba (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
Almost 10 months after he was arrested from his residence in a midnight raid and jailed for alleged corruption, . . .
- Ombudsman: A Dying Institution (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 15, 2006)
Federal Ombudsman Imtiaz Ahmad Sahibzada paid a customary farewell call on President General Pervez Musharraf and presented to him, as per requirements, the latest annual report of his institution.
- Dangerous Talk (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 15, 2006)
For reasons that would be hard to justify, some politicians have begun demanding a postponement of the general election due next year.
- Nepal Govt Frees Ex-Pm Deuba (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
Nepal's royal government freed a former prime minister who had been jailed on graft charges by an anti-corruption commission that was annulled this week by the Supreme Court, an aide said on Tuesday.
- That Idea Again (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 14, 2006)
Third front is not politically viable. That’s a good thing given its policy approach
- Reliance Goes After Fraport (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
The Delhi and Mumbai airports’ modernisation row is growing fiercer. On Monday, Reliance Airports Developers accused rival GMR groups consortium partner Fraport of having a tainted international track record which, it alleged, . . .
- Another Set Of Eyes (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 14, 2006)
The Bush administration will like the debate over its warrantless wiretapping programme to divide neatly along partisan, and potentially electorally useful, lines.
- ‘I Felt That Because Of Being A Muslim, Such A Vicious Witchhunt Was Done Against Me And Is Still Being Done’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Feb 14, 2006)
‘I felt that because of being a Muslim, such a vicious witchhunt was done against me and is still being done’
- Nepal Court Rules King’S Panel On Corruption Illegal (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Feb 14, 2006)
In a judicial verdict with far reaching constitutional and political implication, the Supreme Court today declared as unconstitutional the appointment of the Royal Commission on corruption by King Gyanendra last year.
- Remembering A Liberal Humanist (Deccan Herald, Satya Narayana Sahu, Feb 14, 2006)
K R Narayanan wanted safe pedestrian crossings for the unempowered in the fast lane of liberalisation, privatisation & globalisation
- Bihar:nbw Issued Against Sadhu Yadav In Flood Relief Scam (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
A non-bailable warrant of arrest was today issued against the high-profile brother of former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi and RJD MP from Gopalganj Aniruddh Prasad Yadav alias Sadhu Yadav by a court here in connection with the multi-crore . . .
- Ousted Nepali Prime Minister Released From Prison (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
Jailed former Nepali prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba was freed from prison on Monday after the Supreme Court dissolved the controversial anti-graft panel which jailed him, a relative and party officials said.
- Supreme Court Orders New Panel For "Toxic" Ship (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered a new panel be set up to investigate whether a "toxic" French warship should be let into India to be broken for scrap, after a committee failed to make a firm recommendation.
- If Music Be The Food Of Love (Telegraph, JOYDEEP BISWAS, Feb 14, 2006)
How one contestant in a musical talent hunt has united all of the North-east
- Strike As A Blackmail (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 14, 2006)
Sahara pilots on the wrong track
There seems to be no end to the woes of air passengers in the country. They pay hefty fare for a smooth, comfortable and fast journey.
- Politics In A State Of Flux (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Feb 14, 2006)
The prevailing political turbulence in the country can be ascribed to many factors: the string of state assembly elections starting with West Bengal, Mr Deve Gowda’s dubious role in his son’s collective defection to the Bharatiya Janata Party . . .
- Army Against Recruitment By Religion, Says Gen Singh (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
The Army chief, Gen J J Singh, on Monday vehemently opposed the government’s move to gather information on the number of Muslims in the armed forces, saying that every citizen had an equal chance to serve in uniform.
- Form Committee On Clemenceau: Sc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to suggest four to five names of retired navy personnel having experience in manufacture and breaking of ships to give opinion on the controversial French ship Clemenceau.
- Going For Black Money, The Wrong Way (The Financial Express, Amaresh Bagchi, Feb 14, 2006)
Business dailies are rife with reports that the coming Budget may unveil a novel scheme to ferret out ‘black money.’ Keeping in mind the commitment of the UPA government in its Common Minimum Programme to go for black money to finance its ambitious . . .
- Protests, Articles Banned (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Feb 14, 2006)
Expressing shock at media reports and demonstrations, dharnas and rallies organised against the entry of French ship,
- Docotor Once Linked With Al Qaeda Shot Dead (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
Dr Ahmad Javed Khwaja, who had been detained for four months in the year 2002 on charges of having links with Al Qaeda, was shot dead in Manawan on Monday.
- Shaukat’S Misplaced Optimism (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 14, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that he is satisfied with the working of the National Assembly. He expressed the view while talking to Chief Whip in the National Assembly Sardar Nasrullah Dareshak, who called on him in Islamabad on Sunday.
- Indian Sc Seeks Information On French Ship (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
India’s Supreme Court on Monday ordered that a new panel of experts determine the exact contents of an asbestos-laden French warship before ruling whether it can be broken up in India.
- Court For New Panel On Clemenceau (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Feb 14, 2006)
Bench asks Centre to name retired naval officers
Earlier order that ship should not enter Exclusive Economic Zone to continue French Government to indicate quantum of asbestos on board
- Jharia Action Plan: A Win-Win Situation For All Stakeholders? (Hindu, Indani Dutta, Feb 13, 2006)
It assumes importance in the context of huge steel capacity expansion
- Reliance Demerger As Backdoor Delisting (The Financial Express, JAYANTH R VARMA, Feb 13, 2006)
In the past few weeks, we have been witnessing a curious phenomenon, where the demerger of Reliance has led to an effective delisting of a significant part of the company. On January 18, a special trading session was held to determine the price of the ...
- To Adjust Interest Rates, Fed Rate Needs To Plateau: Fm (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 13, 2006)
India will be able to adjust interest rates once US interest rates have peaked, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has said. He also said he expected that he would meet his federal fiscal deficit to GDP ratio target of 4.3 percent for this year.
- Third Front On, In Touch With Upa Partners: Karat (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 13, 2006)
CPM: Says US trying to make India a ‘colonial state’ and the UPA’s ‘obliging shamefully’
- The Court And The House (Tribune, Pran Chopra , Feb 13, 2006)
Some suggestions have lately appeared in the Press for resolving the conflict between the Supreme Court and the Speaker of the Lok Sabha over the expulsion of some members of the Lok Sabha from the House on the ground that they had been receiving . . .
- Sc Verdict On French Toxic Ship Today (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 13, 2006)
The Supreme Court verdict on the controversial toxic ship is likely to be announced on Monday.
- Old Battle, New Battlelines (Daily Excelsior, Fazal Mehmood, Feb 13, 2006)
The UPA Government is likely to bring legislation in the budget session of Parliament for reservation of jobs for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in the private sector.
- All Doors Open To Murli Deora (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Feb 12, 2006)
Murli Deora or Murli Bhai, as he is known to his countless friends and admirers, has been a “friend of friends.”
- Sabharwal For Efficient, Accessible Judicial System (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Says the judicial system in our country is at a crossroads
- The Little Guy From The Corner (Hindu, Sevanti Ninan, Feb 12, 2006)
In a national singing contest, ethnicity is big. So is aspiration.
- A Welcome Decision (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 12, 2006)
The lifting of the ban on kite-flying by the Supreme Court for a period of 14 days will be counted as a blessing by many, especially those whose livelihood depends on the economic activity generated by the Basant festival in Punjab.
- To Sting Or Not To Sting (Hindu, POOJA GAUTAM, Feb 12, 2006)
A Journalist once said: "News is something someone somewhere does not want to be published — all the rest is advertisement." That may be considered a far-fetched definition in today's media world, which considers advertisements the lifeblood . . .
- Lords Out Of Time (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 12, 2006)
Rituals are often bits of history surviving as habit. They are enacted almost unthinkingly, but on reflection, might be seen as embodying attitudes or relations that have been carried forward, in some form, into the present.
- Eye On Polls, Sonia Woos Minorities (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
A day after the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government decided to amend the Foreigners Act, Congress President Sonia Gandhi launched the party’s campaign to win back the trust of Muslims in poll-bound Assam.
- India Concerned Over Eu Opposition To Mittal's Arcelor Bid (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
India has accused European governments, opposing Mittal Steel's 23 billion dollar bid for rival Arcelor, of discrimination and warned their intervention could affect fragile global trade talks.
- Dimensions Of Child Abuse (Frontline, R.K. Raghavan, Feb 12, 2006)
Nothing can be more dishonest or harmful to our future generations than underplaying an issue such as the abuse of children.
- A General On The Edge (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Feb 12, 2006)
The multiple crises facing Pakistan have a disturbing precedent: the last time around, they ended with the execution of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and the rise of the Islamist military dictatorship of Zia-ul-Haq.
- What If Sonia Had To Face Her Father-In-Law (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Feb 12, 2006)
All IFS of history are flights of imagination. Yet, despite their implausibility, their use is permissible when a reasonable argument is sought to be made.
- Sc: One Step Forward, Two Steps Backward (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 12, 2006)
A full bench of the Supreme Court (SC), headed by the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mr Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary, has allowed kite manufacturing and kite flying from February 25 to March 10 and directed the District Nazims to fix one-day . . .
- Mending Our India Policy (Dawn, Javid Husain, Feb 12, 2006)
IT is not an exaggeration to say that Pakistan’s relations with India since its inception have been the central or rather the determining factor of its foreign policy.
- 'Legal Literacy Is To Be Aware Of Rights' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Feb 11, 2006)
Niyama Sameeksha is a rare attempt to take legal literacy to the grass roots. Established as a trust in 1997, it publishes a magazine in Malayalam on legal issues as varied as POTA and Head Load Workers' Act and organises camps on rights . . .
- 37 Die In Two Hangu Blasts, Violence (Dawn, Abdul Saboor Khan, Feb 11, 2006)
Death toll on Friday rose to 37 and the number of injured to 91 in two days of sectarian violence in Hangu, NWFP.
- Assam:centre To Amend Foreigner's Act (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
Ahead of the Assam assembly elections, the Congress-led government today dropped the idea of bringing in a new law but decided to amend the Foreigners' Act to ensure fair hearing to a person before declaring him a foreigner.
- National Highways Projects To Be Completed In 7 Years (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
Improvements to GST Road will commence on March 2
35 per cent of highways single lane
22 National Highways in State
Projects accelerated to cover 4.55 km a day
Rs. 133 crore for rain-hit roads
- Centre To Amend Foreigners Act (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
Tribunals for determination of illegal migrants
Act to be amended for fair hearing
Decision taken at CCPA meeting
- The Battle Over A Warship Continues (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Feb 11, 2006)
Opposition is growing in France to the Government's efforts to get theClemenceaudismantled in India.
- Judiciary Vs Legislature (Daily Excelsior, Nalni J. Singh, Feb 11, 2006)
The UPA Government is planning to bring forth a legislation further codifying the privileges of members of parliament and State assemblies.
- 23 Die In Pakistan Sectarian Violence (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
Blasts trigger violent protests
At least 23 persons were killed and scores others injured on Thursday following a suspected suicide bombing on a Muharram gathering in Hangu town in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan.
- ``Reinstated Staff Can't Claim Back Wages'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
Supreme Court Bench sets aside Andhra Pradesh High Court order on similar case
- The Burdens Of The Modern Beast (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
Now all of us have increased our portable effects, if not our effectiveness.
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