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Articles 7421 through 7520 of 12677:
- The Aged And The Younger Generation (Deccan Herald, Sharada Prahladrao , Jan 05, 2006)
It’s our turn to help elders who watched us take the first steps
There is no doubt about this — India is graying. While growing population and limited resources are a matter of global concern, there is yet another problem emerging out of it.
- Alang Awaits Its Hazardous Diet (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Jan 05, 2006)
India must take a lead in cleaning up its ship-breaking industry, says Sonu Jain
- Sc Dismisses Petition On Taj Mahal (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition by a society claiming to be formed by descendents of Mughal dynasty seeking quashing of the order of Uttar Pradesh Central Sunni Wakf Board declaring Taj Mahal as Wakf property.
- Four ‘Tainted’ Mps Move Courts Over House Expulsion (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
The Lok Sabha’s power to throw out its members is being put to the legal test, with four MPs—among the 11 indicted for having accepted money to ask questions in Parliament—challenging their expulsion from the House in the courts. . . .
- The Health Of Nations: Seeking A Way Forward (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Jan 04, 2006)
There's a clamour for `public-private' partnerships in the sphere of Indian health care. But there is very little that is public left in the sector.
- Expelled Mps Go To Court (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
In a move that could trigger a confrontation between Parliament and judiciary, two of the 11 ousted MPs caught taking bribes on camera in a sting operation have filed a writ petition in Delhi High Court challenging their expulsion.
- Supreme Court Dismisses Petition On Taj Mahal (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition by a society claiming to be formed by descendents of Mughal dynasty seeking quashing of the order of Uttar Pradesh Central Sunni Wakf Board declaring Taj Mahal as Wakf property.
- Tips For A Tap (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Jan 04, 2006)
Ritu Sarin on the how and why of telephonic surveillance
- Intelligence Failure: What And Why? (Deccan Herald, Prem Mahadevan, Jan 04, 2006)
Intelligence alone is not the answer, owing to its limitations that need to be accepted
- Matter Of Pride (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 04, 2006)
Karnataka has a good panchayat system but needs to check graft and plug loopholes
- The Rule Of Lawlessness (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Jan 04, 2006)
Politicians who have several illegal activities have been opposing the Delhi demolitions
- The End Of Journalism? Not At All (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Jan 04, 2006)
The debate on new journalism, to which sting operations are a recent addition, runs the risk of being divided along generational lines, between the fuddy-duddies and the harbingers of a new dawn.
- Ban On Registration Of Revenue Sites Quashed (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
The State government suffered a major setback on Tuesday with the Karnataka High Court setting aside...
- Pakistan Tells India To Back Off (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Pakistan bluntly told India on Monday to back off, following New Delhi’s comments on escalating violence in Balochistan, warning that such statements were unhelpful and would not improve bilateral relations.
- Pakistan Asks India Not To Interfere In Internal Affairs (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
FO links APHC team’s visit to peace process
Pakistan has again asked India not to make statements about the situation in Balochistan, saying it is vitiating the good atmosphere between the two countries engaged in a peace process.
- Varsity Plans Ph.D. Programme For Practising Lawyers, Serving Judges (Hindu, K. Ramachandran, Jan 03, 2006)
Chief Justice open to the idea; keen on forging the varsity-judicial academy link
- Notice To Cbi On Plea For Probe Into Mahajan's "Patronage" To Reliance (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
He favoured Reliance Infocomm to launch WLL service: Citizen's Forum
- Cbi Told To File Progress Report In Monica Bedi Case (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Special Court extends judicial remand only till January 12
- Stung Mp Challenges Expulsion From Ls (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
The Pawan Kumar Bansal Committee had gone into the sting operation exposing 11 MPs in the scam. Of the 10 MPs from Lok Sabha, five belonged to BJP, three to BSP and one each to Congress and RJD.
- Reliance Wll Under Scanner (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
The petitioner alleged that the RIC allotted one crore shares of the company at Re one each to Ashish Deora, a family friend of Mr Mahajan through Delhi-based front companies Fairever Consultants Pvt Ltd and Prerna Auto Pvt Ltd.
- Tame The Tanneries (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Off and on media reports do highlight the contamination of drinking water sources, rivers and other water bodies by the discharge of industrial effluents and the authorities do take some action, but then the issue is soon forgotten.
- Fo Asks India Not To Vitiate Atmosphere (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Pakistan on Monday asked India not to vitiate atmosphere for the ongoing peace process between the two countries by issuing statements on Islamabad’s internal affairs.
- A Shipload Of Trouble From France (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jan 03, 2006)
Have the French authorities really removed all the asbestos they could have without damaging the structure of the ship or could more have been done?
- The Fall Of Mr Advani (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jan 03, 2006)
There is a Shakespearean dimension to Mr L.K. Advani’s fall from grace in the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- Funds Sought For Gilgit Development (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jan 03, 2006)
Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said Islamabad has approached the World Bank and other foreign donors to prepare a comprehensive plan for socio-economic development of Northern Areas covering Gilgit and Baltistan.
- Delhi: Dikshit Meets Pm On Demolition Issue (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Against the backdrop of the ongoing demolition drive in the capital, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss the situation arising out of the clean-up action.
- Mixed Fare (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 03, 2006)
What 2005 meant to the North-east
No North-eastern state suffered political tsunamis in the year just ended, thanks to the anti-defection law and downsizing of ministries that checked characteristic toppling games and horse-trading so common to Meghalay
- Vidhana Soudha Still Vulnerable To Terrorist Strike (Hindu, K.V. Subramanya , Jan 03, 2006)
The Government has not acted upon all recommendations made by security agencies
Security loopholes
Policemen guarding the Vidhana Soudha do not have modern weapons
They do not have x-ray machines or night vision device
- Afghanistan Aims To Cut Opium Fields In 2006 (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Deputy interior minister claims Taliban is encouraging farmers to grow poppy
- Putting Aside Ideological Hang-Ups (Dawn, Murtaza Razvi, Jan 02, 2006)
The genie of obscurantism, of the confused ideological variety, is out of the bottle again. At least that was the impression created by a host of speakers, among them Dr Javid Iqbal, Justice Nasim Hassan Shah and Mr Majid Nizami, at a seminar held to ....
- On The Eventful Year That Was (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jan 02, 2006)
The year just gone by has been one of tremendous promise but also of problems. While the economy is booming, with the soaring Sensex and a strong financial scene, the shortages have not disappeared, except for forex.
- Bjp To Decide On Alliance Against Cpi(m) Later (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
Congress, Marxist party having unholy alliance in State'
- Dangerous Mix (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 02, 2006)
To blur the distinction between science and religion is wrong.
- Law And Justice (Hindu, P.D. Dinakaran, Jan 02, 2006)
The force of a law, a judicial decision, or administrative act depends on the extent of its justice. And justice means nothing other than conformity with the law of nature.
- Employees' Future Bleak As Sun Sets On Kiocl (Hindu, A. Jayaram, Jan 02, 2006)
There is a fear that closure of the mines may encourage naxalism
- Tackling Corruption (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Jan 02, 2006)
State funding of elections will not make politicians straight so long as policemen and law officers are crooked.
- Joint Statement Biased, Says Vaiko (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
He said the MDMK, which supports the UPA Government from outside, had its own views on issues like Lanka, just as Left parties had their own perceptions on fuel price hike, etc. That did not mean there were cracks in the UPA. “The UPA is intact”.
- Expelling Members From Parliament (Hindu, T.R. Andhyarujina, Jan 02, 2006)
Parliament's expulsion of 11 of its Members has sent a clear and strong signal that devious conduct will not be shielded. And the legal objections are unsustainable.
- Gogoi’S Offer To Ulfa: Safe Passage (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Jan 02, 2006)
All ULFA cadres desirous of visiting the state on Bhogali Bihu, the harvest festival of Assam, will get a 14-day safe passage period beginning January 7, announced Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi here today.
- Year Of Inflexion (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Jan 02, 2006)
Manmohan Singh has a feel for history. In his maiden speech as finance minister, he talked about India as an idea whose time had arrived. Now in the prime ministerial hot-seat, the time has arrived to propel this idea forward with greater impetus and ...
- Terror Of 'War Against Terror' (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jan 01, 2006)
Is there room within this rapid "securitisation" of life for individual freedoms and civic concerns to assert themselves?
- An Insensitive Index (Hindu, Oommen A. Ninan , Jan 01, 2006)
Political India must sensitise corporate India to the social environment in which its profit-driven enterprises are staged.
- Judicial Activism & Restraint (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
Ever since assumption of the office of Pakistan’s Chief Justice, Mr Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry has displayed an element of judicial activism through suo motu notice of various crimes and violation of country’s laws. Cases of new Murree city, . . .
- Advani Quits, It’S Over To Gennext (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
Mr Lal Krishna Advani today formally quit as the president of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP).
- Human Rights And Their Protection (Daily Excelsior, Tahir Khurshid Raina, Jan 01, 2006)
Quoting ''Hamlet'' the celebrated literary creation of Shakespeare, the man has been beautifully described as :
- Expulsion Enhanced Parliament’S Image: Sharad (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Jan 01, 2006)
Janata Dal (United) leader Sharad Yadav’s maiden election to the Fifth Lok Sabha in 1974 at the age of 25 coincided with the present Speaker Somnath Chatterjee also entering the portals of Parliament.
- Stem Cells, Singing Mice Herald New Era In Genetics (Hindu, Alok Jha, Jan 01, 2006)
Highlights of an eventful year for scientists who probed deeper into space and unravelled the secrets of DNA For the first time humans managed to hit asteroids. It happens with ease in Hollywood films but doing it is tricky in real life but scientists . .
- Mr Prime Minister, You Have Wasted This Year (The Financial Express, Malvika Singh, Dec 31, 2005)
It is the last day of the year, a year of exposed shame, as some newspapers and television channels describe it. Shameful, it sure was, with members of Parliament caught with their hands in the till and, worse, with senior parliamentarians defending . . .
- Tax On Google's Sale Of Website Space For Display Of Ads (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 31, 2005)
GOOGLE Online India Private Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Google International LLC in the US, submitted an application before the Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR), New Delhi (Central Excise, Customs and Service Tax).
- Work Awaits The New Tribunal (Business Line, S. Murugappan, Dec 31, 2005)
S. Murugappan on the likely implications of the National Tax Tribunal Bill, 2005
- The Corrupt Politics Of Slums (Daily Excelsior, Jagmohan , Dec 31, 2005)
If one wants to know how deeply is India poisoned at heart and contaminated at soul, one should study the phenomenon of slums, induced squatting and illegal constructions in its cities. In essence, the cities are the spiritual workshops of the nation . .
- Mtc Awaits Court Permission To Procure New Buses (Hindu, Sandhya Soman, Dec 31, 2005)
Court for creating a barrier-free environment for the disabled
It will be a while before the city gets its `green' buses. The Metropolitan Transport Corporation's plans to procure buses fitted with engines conforming to Bharat Stage III. . .
- Cyriac Joseph Is Karnataka Chief Justice (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has appointed the Chief Justice of Uttaranchal High Court, Cyriac Joseph, as the new Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court from the date he assumes office. He succeeds Justice N.K Sodhi who retired last month.
- `Enlightened Moderation' In Pakistan, Really? (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Dec 31, 2005)
Local press terming Hindus, Christians and Jews as `enemies of Islam', a general free hand and support to extremist outfits, Shariat courts and blasphemy laws clearly loaded against women and minorities, all make any talk by Gen Pervez Musharraf . . . .
- Decks Cleared For French Ship's Departure For India (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Dec 31, 2005)
Asbestos-laden ship could leave for Gujarat as early as Sunday
- Mass Grave In Gujarat (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 31, 2005)
HC directs DNA test of skeletal remains
The Gujarat High Court has rightly directed the state government to collect samples of the skeletal remains, unearthed from a mass grave in Lunavada village of Panchmahal district, . . .
- Minority Rights And Responsibilities (Hindu, Iqbal A. Ansari, Dec 31, 2005)
Muslims are not enjoying any `privilege' denied to others. However, the concerns raised in Parliament, during the debate on the Constitution (104th) Amendment Bill, on the reservation issue need to be addressed. One way could be to conduct a . . .
- Kalam’S Bihar Vision: Progress By 2015 (Indian Express, J P Yadav, Dec 31, 2005)
President A P J Abdul Kalam today presented his vision for Bihar to emerge as a developed state by 2015 and expressed his confidence on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s leadership to achieve the goal.
- The Ordinance Factory (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 31, 2005)
Grab something. Then make law to legitimise the grab. It used to happen in the Emergency.
- India's Year Of Shame (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Dec 30, 2005)
As the first anniversary of the tsunami trauma reminds us, the year now mercifully drawing to a close had begun with a monumentally destructive disaster. Others followed, most notably the earthquake, far more catastrophic in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir ....
- An Unlikely Hero (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 30, 2005)
Some two decades ago, the BBC released an audio collection of its Test Match Special. It contained John Arlott’s memorable description of Don Bradman’s final test innings at the Oval in 1948 — the time when the crowd rose to greet England’s deadly . . .
- This Happens Only In India (Daily Excelsior, Lt Col (Retd) Mukund Singh Jamwal, Dec 30, 2005)
Welcome to India, that is Bharat, the land of eternal contradictions. Blessed are the souls of this country who have the good fortune of living with contradictions from morn till eve with a majority of them even making a virtue out of this.
- Bundh In Orissa Against Animal Sacrifice (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
A bundh was observed in western Bolangir district in Orissa on Wednesday to stop animal sacrifice during a popular annual religious festival scheduled to be held early next month in one of the villages in the district.
- Mass Grave: Hc Asks Cbi To Send Samples For Dna Tests (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Refusing to let Gujarat police examine the exhumed remains of victims of the post-Godhra riots, Gujarat High Court today said that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) should take samples and send them to Hyderabad for DNA testing.
- Unearth The Truth (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 30, 2005)
Justice should be done to the dead found in the mass grave in Lunavada village.
- Us Indian Denied Bail (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
An Indian student, charged with stabbing his professor, has been denied bail by a court in the US state of Massachusetts. Twenty-two-year-old Nikhil Dhar’s plea that he be confined to his uncle’s home with an electronic monitoring bracelet was . . .
- Congress Mla To Join Oommen Chandy Cabinet (Hindu, Girish Menon, Dec 30, 2005)
This may help Chief Minister manage coalition equations
- Dhanasekaran Detained Under Goondas Act (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam councillor K. Dhanasekaran, who was arrested on December 20 in connection with the M.G.R. Nagar stampede, has been detained under the Goondas Act.
- Naxalite Violence, Tribal Movement Dominate Events In Chhattisgarh (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Amid Chhattisgarh’s continued struggle to raise the new state’s visibility even in the fifth year after its formation , spurt in Naxalite violence, tribal uprising against left wing extremism, paddy and rice scams and expulsion of a BJP . . .
- Mass Grave: Nhrc Seeks Report From Gujarat, Cbi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
DNA testing of the skeletal remains sought
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought a report from the Gujarat Government and the Central Bureau of India on media reports on the unearthing of a mass grave at Lunawada in Panchmahals district
- Whose City Is It Anyway (Times of India, Amit Bhaduri, Dec 29, 2005)
The last four months have seen two types of demolitions in Delhi — demolitions of jhuggis on the one hand and unauthorised and illegal structures in middle and upper income areas on the other.
- State Funding Of Polls Will Fail In India (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Dec 29, 2005)
In a significant decision with wide-ranging ramifications, the Union Cabinet has given in-principle approval to the proposal of state funding of elections. The government will now refer the proposal to the Election Commission to push it forward . . .
- The Basic Freedom Of Expression Is On Trial (The Financial Express, RALF DAHRENDORF, Dec 29, 2005)
Not so long ago, there was jubilation that the free world and its values had prevailed in the Cold War. When the communist empire collapsed, some even announced that the victory of liberty and democracy implied the “end of history.”
- Hand In Glove (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Ulhasnagar shows how Congress rules Maharashtra. What lies in store for India?
- 2005’S Tsunami Of Corruption (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Dec 29, 2005)
Satyameva Jayate runs our national motto. How many Indians realise this quotation from the Upanishads is incomplete? There is a third word there, “nanritam”. Truth alone triumphs, naught else. Which is hard to believe as we look back on the year that was!
- Hajj: The Fifth Fundamental And The Way To Perform It (Greater Kashmir, AL-HAJ M.D. GILKAR, Dec 29, 2005)
Let’s hope Allah showers us with grace and blessings, prays
AL-HAJ M.D. GILKAR
- Cbi Probe, Dna Test Sought (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
writ petition was filed in Gujarat High Court on Wednesday by a relative of a post-Godhra riot victim, seeking a CBI investigation and DNA testing on the skeletal remains found in a mass grave in Lunavada village of Panchmahal district of the state.
- Enlightened Moderation? (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Dec 29, 2005)
Ever since it was established that the terrorist bombings in New York and Washington were engineered from Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, Gen Pervez Musharraf has constantly proclaimed his goal of making Pakistan a “moderate Islamic country” based on . . .
- Advani Sings Ram “Dhun” Again (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Recalling the strong ties between the RSS and his party, BJP President L.K. Advani today said that the organisation’s mission would not be complete without the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya.
- The Marvel Of Technology (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 29, 2005)
If you’re into technology, you’re living in wonderful times. Things are developing in leaps and bounds, especially gadgets.
Celestron SkyScout Backyard star-gazing goes seriously hi-tech with the Celestron SkyScout , . . .
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