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Articles 7221 through 7320 of 12677:
- Sri Lanka Mine Blast Kills Two Navy Sailors (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Thousands of tribesmen protested on Saturday against an alleged US air strike.
- Us-Afghan Troops Kill Six Militants (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Thousands of tribesmen protested on Saturday against an alleged US air strike.
- Europe Still The Odd One Out (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 14, 2006)
IF the past year were judged by headlines alone it looks like a bit of an economic disaster.
- Will The Taxman Read First Chapter In History Of Medicine? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 14, 2006)
THIS story is on saffron confusion. Not what a political party may chronically be suffering from, but about what brought Khosala Kesharwala (KK) to Bombay High Court recently.
- Ls Speaker Gets Notice From Hc (Greater Kashmir, S.S. Negi , Jan 14, 2006)
The Delhi High Court today issued notice to Lok Sabha Speaker Som Nath Chatterjee on a petition by MP Lal Chandra Kol, challenging his expulsion from the House for his alleged involvement in the “cash-for-query” scam.
- Blow For Discipline (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 13, 2006)
The Supreme Court has dealt another blow for discipline in government offices.
- Stinging Similes (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jan 13, 2006)
Rahul Bajaj never minces his words, whatever be the forum. Recently, while delivering the Lal Bahadur Shastri memorial lecture at Delhi, he was castigating the political system and politicians in general. But he reserved his best for the BJP.
- Court Urged To Prevent Defreezing (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Jan 13, 2006)
Quattrocchi accounts: lawyer files petition
Plea relates to two bank accounts in London
Petitioner seeks direction for clarification from B. Dutta
- Council Objects To Rural Courts Legislation (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 13, 2006)
The Gram Nyayalayas Bill represents a timely effort to deliver justice to the most marginalised sections of our country.
- Salem Complains Of Police Torture (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Remanded to police custody till January 17
In the Pradeep Jain murder case, extradited underworld don Abu Salem told the special TADA court that he was subjected to third degree methods in police custody and had confessed under pressure.
- Sp Not Withdrawing Support, Says Mishra (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Jan 13, 2006)
The Samajwadi Party on Wednesday fielded one of its most respectable faces, socialist leader Janeshwar Mishra, to tone down its tirade against the Congress party in the phone tapping case and deny rumours of the party withdrawing its outside . . .
- Bhardwaj Defends Opinion On Quattrocchi Accounts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
CBI maintains charge sheet stands in Delhi designated court
Accounts frozen only temporarily
Wrong to withhold money without evidence: Minister
Red Corner alert notice still valid, says CBI
- Courts Cautioned Against Entertaining Petitions (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
'Appointments with Chief Justice approval are beyond the judicial review'
"If Parliament has reposed faith in the CJI as the paterfamilias of the judicial hierarchy in this country, it is not open for anyone to contend that the CJI might . . .
- Prospect Of Early Elections Irks Legislators Of All Parties (Hindu, T.S. Ranganna , Jan 13, 2006)
Some of them want their leaders to explore ways of forming a new coalition
few MLAs feel they have not been able to do justice to their constituencies
BJP group in favour of aligning with Janata Dal (S)
- Scam Involving Illegal Phone Tapping - Samajwadi Party Not Pulling Out Rulling Indian Coalition Upa Led By Congress Party Yet (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Three months back, three private detectives, Bhupendra Kumar, Vijay Kumar Dhawan (alias Vijay Grover) and Anurag Singh met for the first time at a meeting held by the Association of Private Detectives of India, and the plan to tap Amar Singh’s . . .
- India-Bound Clemenceau Halted By Egypt Near Suez Canal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
The decommissioned French ship, the Clemenceau, headed for Gujarat’s shipbreaking yard at Alang, was halted by the Egyptian government just outside the Suez Canal.
- French Ship Detained En Route To India (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Greenepace activists on Thursday intercepted and boarded the decommissioned French warship Clemenceau in a bid to prevent its journey to India as the Egyptian government sought details about the vessel before allowing it to sail through the Suez Canal.
- Sc Moved Against Govt Decision On Quattrocchi (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
The petitioner also made Law Minister H R Bhardwaj a respondent, questioning him how he gave statements to the media when there was no evidence against the accused.
- Iim-B: Sibal Raps Hrd Ministry (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal on Thursday criticised the Human Resource Development Ministry for turning down a request from Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B), to open a campus in Singapore, saying it went against . . .
- Courts Have No Jurisdiction (Deccan Herald, Era Sezhiyan, Jan 13, 2006)
The Supreme Court cannot concern itself with the cash-for-query scandal. It’s up to Parliament to deal with it
- Bofors Booms, Left And Right (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
The Bofors demon returned to haunt the Congress today with the Left as well as the BJP asking the Centre to explain why it told British authorities that the gun kickbacks could not be linked to Ottavio Quattrocchi’s bank accounts
- Unaccountable Delhi (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Jan 13, 2006)
The Speaker does not like the fact the High Court has issued notices questioning the procedure he followed in expelling MPs from Parliament.
- Sibal Flays Govt’S Iim-B Say (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Science and technology minister Mr Kapil Sibal today criticised the HRD ministry for turning down a request from Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B), to open a campus in Singapore, saying it went against the objective of “releasing the genius
- Defreezing Quattrocchi Uk Accounts: Cbi Opposed It, Law Ministry Wanted It (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Jan 13, 2006)
Defreezing Quattrocchi UK accounts: CBI opposed it, Law Ministry wanted it
Bofors Addl Solicitor General who went to London said CBI has no basis to keep accounts frozen; agency objected on record
- Just A Ploy (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 13, 2006)
Illegal migration of people is not a problem unique to India. But the way politicians exploit the issue before every election in Assam has a sinister ring to it. It is not that they offer any new ideas about how to solve the problem. All they want to do i
- 4,000 Vie For Honours In School Arts Festival (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
As many as 4,000 children are vying for honours in the revenue district school arts festival, which began at Cotton Hill Higher Secondary School here on Wednesday.
- A New Mumbai, Still Born (Indian Express, Reshma Patil, Jan 12, 2006)
MR Wadhwa lives in a little city of joy—Ulhasnagar—a young 13.5 sq kms township. ‘‘It was a jungle, chori day and night, no place to stay,’’ the 80-year-old garment trader recalls a time in 1948 when he left Pakistan forever, making his way . . .
- For The People (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 12, 2006)
Thank you, Delhi High Court, for proving even in this system ordinary citizens can be empowered
- Bjp Discusses Mps' Expulsion, Mplad Scheme Scam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
Speaker's efforts to convene all-party meeting "inappropriate"
Malhotra against clash between judiciary and legislature
Party divided on MPLADS issue
- Hail The Chief (Censor) (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Jan 12, 2006)
Now, film criticism from three of the most senior officers of the armed forces
- "Cbi Has No Evidence To Link Quattrocchi Funds With Bofors" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
"Crown Prosecution Service in Britain informed"
The two frozen bank accounts with BSIAG Bank, London, have three million euros and $1 million
TV channel claims the CBI Director (Prosecution) has recommended against appealing a May 2005 order . . .
- Students Take Out Rally, Create Awareness Of Aids (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
NSS unit of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Red Ribbon Club, Tamil Nadu AIDS Control Society and Sri Parasakthi College for Women in Courtallam took out a rally recently. Revenue Divisional Officer, Tenkasi, P. Ramana Saraswathi, flagged off the rally.
- Justice Denied (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 12, 2006)
The judiciary system should be proactive in speeding up the delivery of justice
- Court Reunites Boys With Families (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
The Magistrate was also shocked when the children revealed in court that the home authorities did not even bother to ask the children about their family.
- Offering Sacrifice (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 12, 2006)
When Allah the most exalted decided to create Ashraful Makhlookat (crown of creation), the angels raised their brows. “He will do bloodshed”, they opined. However, Allah the most gracious replied, “I am aware of what you do not know”.
- Different House (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 12, 2006)
A principle can be subverted by unthinking use. Checks and balances built into any system help to make the system healthy, but when the powers behind these begin to operate indiscriminately, the system is put in danger.
- Sc Guidelines Enough On Phone Tapping: Patil (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil on Wednesday virtually disfavored any new law to check phone tapping in the wake of allegations from various political parties on the issue.
- Uncertainty In Israel (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 12, 2006)
Over the last few months, Ariel Sharon, known as the "butcher of Shatilla" for his role in the attack on Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, was trying to create an altogether new legacy so that history could judge him differently.
- Bugs In The System (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 11, 2006)
The culture of phone tapping speaks volumes — even more than politicians over the phone
- Building Resistance (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 11, 2006)
Maharashtra’s MLAs have a governor to contend with; Delhi’s must have the PM
- Won't Submit To High Court, Says Somnath (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 11, 2006)
"Even though I have full respect for the judiciary I, as Speaker of the Lok Sabha,
- No Religious Bias (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Asian Age, Jan 11, 2006)
Allahabad HC: reservation will not be on religious basis.
- 'Say No To State Funding' (Daily Excelsior, Atul Cowshish, Jan 11, 2006)
Shockingly abominable as the cash-for-questions expose involving 11 members of parliament and shown on the small screen has been, it has led to a knee-jerk reaction by the government
- 'Say No To State Funding' (Daily Excelsior, Atul Cowshish, Jan 11, 2006)
Shockingly abominable as the cash-for-questions expose involving 11 members of parliament and shown on the small screen has been, it has led to a knee-jerk reaction by the government
- Somnath Calls For All-Party Meet To Discuss Hc Notice (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 11, 2006)
Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has called for an all-party meeting here on January 20 to discuss the situation arising out of the Delhi High Court notice to the Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha, Election Commission and the Centre on the expulsion of MPs in th
- Growers Of Gold (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 11, 2006)
AFTER allowing the Kashipur demolitions to turn into a live political issue, the Uttaranchal government has finally beaten a hasty retreat in the face of widespread protests,
- Curb Phone Tapping (Times of India, Rajindar Sachar , Jan 11, 2006)
The current controversy over the phone tapping of Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh has again high-lighted a prevailing menace.
- Sc Gives Two Weeks To Bihar To Clarify Stand (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 11, 2006)
The Supreme Court today gave two weeks’ time to the Bihar Government to make its stand clear on an application for the restoration of Non Bailable Warrant (NBW)
- On Muslims, Upa Has Bad Answers (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Jan 10, 2006)
The UPA government’s approach to the well-being of Muslims is threatening to inject an insidious poison into Indian politics, whose ramifications for all Indian citizens are too dreadful to contemplate.
- Now Mulayam ‘Wealth’ Under The Sc Scanner (Indian Express, R VENKATARAMAN, Jan 10, 2006)
The Supreme Court today issued notice to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, seeking reply why criminal trial should not be ordered against him for allegedly accumulating wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income.
- Securing Human Rights For All (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 10, 2006)
On Human Rights Day, December 10, what must worry the world is the silent violation of human rights
- Forest Minister Launches Crackdown On Timber Mafia (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Jan 10, 2006)
In a high drama operation of post-midnight raids, Forest Minister Tariq Hameed Qarra has seized over 1,000 cft of illegally felled timber, alongwith seven wood poachers, in Kangan area of Srinagar district even as some Government officials involved . . .
- Hc Notices On Cash-For-Query (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Delhi High Court asks Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, EC and Centre to reply
In a move which could trigger a stand-off between Parliament and the judiciary, the Delhi High Court today issued notices to the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Secretariats, . . .
- Serious Threat-Ii (Statesman, PR DUBHASHI, Jan 10, 2006)
It has been stated on behalf of the BJP that they had no alternative but to boycott Parliament because all along they had been treated by the UPA government as an enemy rather than an adversary and were not even allowed to speak on the floor . . .
- Ruined Green (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 10, 2006)
Book fairs and political rallies are essential for the health of certain democracies.
- Amar Singh Aplogises To Pm For Dragging Some Pmo Men In Case (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
In the midst of his campaign against Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh today apologised to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for dragging names of some officials of the Prime Minister's Office in the phone tapping allegations.
- Advani's Phones Were Tapped During Volcker Controversy: Bjp (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Jumping into the bandwagon, BJP today joined Samajwadi Party and other parties to claim it was also a victim of phone tapping alleging the landlines of Leader of Opposition L K Advani were under surveillance and demanded a probe into it.
- Jehanabad Jail-Break: Hc Pulls Up Bihar Govt (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Taking serious note of the lapse, the High Court on Monday asked the government to explain it by January 30 how the lapse occurred, and what steps had been taken to prevent recurrence of such incidents.
- Mulayam Sees Threat To Life (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
The petitioners contended that the High Court order was erroneous, unsustainable, not in public interest, in contravention to the law laid down by the Supreme Court and deserved to be set aside and quashed.
- Amar Singh Moves Sc In Phone Tapping Case (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Blaming Congress President Sonia Gandhi directly for the alleged tapping of the telephones of Samajwadi Party leaders Mulayam Singh Yadav and Amar Singh, a petition has been filed in the Supreme Court by the latter for a judicial probe . . .
- Flip-Flop Serves No Purpose (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jan 10, 2006)
After a long hiatus, the merger of public sector oil companies is once again on the front-burner, according to the petroleum minister.
- Importance Of Being Mp! (Daily Excelsior, MD Vazeeruddin, Jan 10, 2006)
"Nothing became him so well in life as the leaving of it," says one character of another in Shakespeare's "Macbeth".
- Supreme Court Notice To Mulayam And His Family (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
PIL seeks CBI probe into ``disproportionate assets''
Charges that Mulayam, his sons acquired properties worth crores of rupees
Corruption has reached even Prime Minister's office, says petitioner
- Bjp Demands Inquiry In Phone Tapping (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Controversy over the issue of phone-tapping of senior Opposition leaders gathered momentum today with the BJP alleging that the telephone of Leader of the Opposition L K Advani was being bugged
- Amar Singh Moves Sc; Advani, Mamata Join Tap Dance (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
It would appear that every politician is on tap. While Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh took his phone-tapping allegations to Supreme Court on Monday, seeking a judicial probe, Leader of Opposition L K Advani and Trinamul Congress chief . . .
- Speaker Is Right (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 10, 2006)
Parliament can expel members
IT was one of the saddest days in the history of India when its citizens became a witness to the unthinkable spectacle of their beloved, honourable MPs demanding and getting money for asking questions in Parliament.
- Plot To Kill Me, Alleges Mulayam Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
"Congress party and a leading industrialist are involved, will give details at appropriate time"
- Court Takes Moolah-Am Count (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
The Supreme Court today asked Uttar Pardesh chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav to respond to charges that he and his family owned unaccounted assets worth crores.
- Up Keeps ‘Tapping’ Lines Crackling (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Soon, you will need a logbook as thick as the once-indispensable telephone directories to keep track of the tapping controversy.
- Hc Notice To Houses On Mps’ Expulsion (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
A day after Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee stated that he was against the interference of courts in Parliament’s decision of expelling 11 MPs for their “involvement” in the “cash for query” scam, the Delhi High Court today issued notices . . .
- India’S Political Freedom In Question – Bjp Finds Foul In Phone Tapping Of Leaders –politicians Look For Supreme Court’S Help (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Jan 10, 2006)
India may be silently experienced loss of political freedom while preaching the same to Nepal and other countries.
- Junk The Hazards (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 10, 2006)
The question of whether to allow decommissioned French aircraft carrier Clemenceau to dock in Alang, Gujarat, or not, will be seen as a test of India’s commitment to following environmental safety standards.
- Amar Singh Moves Apex Court (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
The SP leader also cited the 1996 judgment of the Supreme Court which said an order on the telephone-tapping in terms of the provision of the Act cannot be issued except by the Union home secretary and home secretaries of the state government.
- Amar Singh Apologises To Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Samajwadi Party general secretary and spokesman Amar Singh on Monday offered an apology to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his remarks that some people in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) were also involved in the phone tapping case.
- `Courts Have No Power To Intervene' (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Jan 10, 2006)
Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Sunday said the decision to expel 11 Members of Parliament following the "cash-for-query" scandal was "beyond the pale of judicial scrutiny."
- France: Asbestos On Ship Negligible (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jan 10, 2006)
Technopure alleges 500 tonnes of material on board
This new method of calculation appears to be aimed at getting around the question of the real quantities of asbestos involved.
- Hc Notice To Rs, Ls, Ec And Centre On Expulsion Of Mps (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
In a move which could trigger a stand-off between Parliament and the judiciary, the Delhi High Court today issued notices to the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Secretariats, Election Commission and the Centre on petitions by eight of the 11 expelled MPs . . .
- Probe 54-Year Incarceration In Hospital, Court Tells Assam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Bench orders compensation to 77-year-old man who was freed in July last
Machal Lalung was arrested when he was 23
Case never came up for trial
- Amar Singh Takes The Phone Tapping Issue To Sc (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Carrying forward his charge on the telephone tapping issue, Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh today knocked at the doors of Supreme Court seeking a judicial probe into the whole incident.
He filed an application before the Registry for a direction . . .
- ‘India’S Reaction Is Disappointing’ (Indian Express, BHAVNA VIJ-AURORA, Jan 10, 2006)
Back from Pakistan, the Hurriyat Conference has expressed ‘‘disappointment’’ at New Delhi’s reaction to Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s remarks on the demilitarisation of Kashmir.
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