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Articles 8521 through 8620 of 12677:
- President Kalam Threatens To Resign (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Nov 11, 2005)
Differences with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will ‘become public soon’
- Abu Salem, Monica Bedi Extradited To India (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2005)
In a major breakthrough, CBI has secured extradition of underworld don and one of the main accused in 1993 Mumbai serial blasts Abu Salem from Portugal.
- Executive Not Independent, Says Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2005)
Legal literacy is the core basis of the rule of law, says CJI
Legal literacy helps in access to information: Somnath
Judges should press for setting up of National Judicial Commission
- Kashmir Needs Help, Not Politics (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 11, 2005)
I was in Parliament House when the terrorists struck last time in Delhi, some four years ago. Not familiar with the building, they could not find the entrance. Still they killed three security guards before they were shot dead.
- The Unfortunate Incident In New Delhi (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Nov 11, 2005)
On November 8, Roshan Ali, the 19-year-old son of a Pakistan High Commission official in New Delhi, was abducted and harassed by unknown people . . .
- Iraq’S Occupiers Under Pressure At Home (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Nov 11, 2005)
Is there any country on the globe where the world’s most powerful man can travel without attracting protests? I certainly can’t think of one, other than the United States of America
- "A Role Model For Generations Of Indian Diplomats" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2005)
The Indian Foreign Service Association (IFSA) and officers of the Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday placed on record their deep and sincere appreciation of the services rendered by the former President, K. R. Narayanan, to the country and his "...
- Common Man’S President (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Nov 11, 2005)
Would he grant an interview? I was a little sceptical as his name had just been announced as a candidate for the post of Vice-President.
- Panel On Vini Vinc For Out-Of-Court Deal (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2005)
The Legislature House Committee, which has been constituted to probe the cheating by Vini Vinc Group of Companies, is contemplating to suggest to the government an ‘out-of-court’ settlement......
- All’S Fair (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 11, 2005)
When people begin to slip on their own excuses, they expose their anxiety. So it is revealing that Indian members of parliament, whichever be the government in Delhi, ....
- Penalised For Employing Child Labour (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2005)
Two employers were penalised Rs. 40,000 for engaging child labourers in their powerloom units.
- Authority For Volcker Probe (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2005)
The Union Cabinet today approved the constitution of an “Inquiry Authority” to go into the Volcker Committee report that named former external affairs minister Mr Natwar Singh and the Congress party as non-contractual beneficiaries of the Iraqi . . .
- Human Rights Panel To Be Moved Over Hakku Patra For Tribal People (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2005)
Kodagu AHINDA, led by T.P. Ramesh, accuses authorities of negligence
- Pushing The Envelope On Iranian Repression (Washington Post, Nora Boustany, Nov 11, 2005)
Like thousands of other Iranian reformers, Omid Memarian is sad but not despondent. The reformers' goal of ending the isolation of the clergy-controlled country has been set back by a hard-line new president, but countless individuals continue to . . . .
- Five Per Cent Trouble (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 10, 2005)
His quota for Muslims is legally unsustainable
- The Imperfect Storm (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 10, 2005)
There is no doubt the White House is having a bad hair day (week?). Between the president’s popularity polls, the war In Iraq, the withdrawal of Harriet Miers’ nomination for the Supreme Court and the indictment of I.
- Kashmir Needs Help, Not Politics (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 10, 2005)
I was in Parliament House when the terrorists struck last time in Delhi, some four years ago. Not familiar with the building, they could not find the entrance. Still they killed three security guards before they were shot dead.
- Iraq’S Occupiers Under Pressure At Home (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Nov 10, 2005)
Is there any country on the globe where the world’s most powerful man can travel without attracting protests? I certainly can’t think of one, other than the United States of America
- Seer Case Transferred To Pondy (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2005)
In compliance with a Supreme Court order, the Chengalpattu Principal Sessions Judge, J M Akbar Ali, on Wednesday transferred the Sankararaman murder case against the Kanchi sankaracharyas Jayendra Saraswathi, Vijayendra Saraswathi to the principal session
- India Strikes Down Quota For Muslims (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 10, 2005)
In India, Andhra Pradesh High Court has set aside an ordinance of the State Government that reserved a meagre five per cent quota for the Muslims in government jobs and educational places. The judges claimed that reservation of quota on the basis . . .
- Lalu At Wits End (Daily Excelsior, Ashok Thakur, Nov 10, 2005)
The wit that conquered Pakistan seems dead; the oneliners that lit up his interviews and poll campaigns seem to have taken French leave.
- Politics Of Accusation, Culture Of Suspicion (Hindu, Harish Khare , Nov 10, 2005)
The Volcker storm goes beyond Natwar Singh's travails. The cumulative consequence is that attention gets diverted from serious issues of policies and programmes.
- Children Of Lesser God (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 10, 2005)
The recent advisory of the Supreme Court on inter-country adoption has not come a day too soon.
- Justice Dept. Mulls Probe Into Cia Leak (Guardian (UK), KATHERINE SHRADER, Nov 09, 2005)
At the CIA's request, the Justice Department is weighing whether to open a criminal investigation into the leak of possibly classified information on secret prisons to The Washington Post.
- Reserved Games (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 09, 2005)
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has declared the 5 per cent reservation promised by the state government to Muslims in education and employment to be unconstitutional.
- Volcker To Cooperate With India's Probe Agencies (Hindustan Times, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 09, 2005)
Paul Volcker, Chairman of the Independent Inquiry Committee into the UN oil-for-food programme has assured India that his panel would fully cooperate and share information with the country's investigating agencies within the "legal constrains."
- Quota For Muslims (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 09, 2005)
IT is no surprise that a five-member Bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court has – and rightfully so – quashed as “unconstitutional” the state government’s order on 5 per cent reservation for Muslims in jobs and education.
- Clearance Sale! Politicians Going Cheap (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Nov 09, 2005)
The Mitrokhin Archives dealt with the Soviet period. The UN’s Independent Inquiry Committee Report investigating corruption in Iraq’s oil-for-food programme during President Saddam’s regime deals with recent events.
- The Case Of El Baradei (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Nov 09, 2005)
There’s no hard evidence but the Nobel Peace Prize is of late going to candidates who are approved by America
- We Are Not Afraid Of Any Probe: Natwar (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Financial Express, Nov 09, 2005)
"I am standing here and I can answer to the whole world" "I will not do anything which will force us to hang our heads in shame"
- Right Of Return Of Diego Garcia Islanders (Hindu, Mark Curtis, Nov 09, 2005)
The dispossession of the Diego Garcia islanders to create a U.S. base is an indictment of Britain.
- Five Per Cent Trouble (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 09, 2005)
His quota for Muslims is legally unsustainable
- ‘Profit’ And ‘Education’ Do Go (Indian Express, S S Gill, Nov 09, 2005)
For most of us, “profiteering” is a dirty word. It becomes positively sinful when used in the context of education. The rapacity of private professional colleges charging exorbitant capitation fees has attracted great censure.
- Regulatory Stalemate (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Nov 08, 2005)
While 2 million subscribers get added to the telecom network every month, the congestion on the network has multiplied.
- Un Happy To Facilitate Indian Inquiry: Un Official (Press Trust of India, PTI, Nov 08, 2005)
The United Nations would be happy to help and facilitate the process of fact-finding inquiry instituted by India into the controversial references made in the Volcker Committee report, its Under Secretary Shashi Tharoor said today.
- The Hit And Run Media (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 08, 2005)
The Oxford dictionary explains it as 'denoting a road accident from which the perpetrator escapes before being discovered and without lending assistance or, denoting an attack or aggressive enterprise from which the aggressor withdraws rapidly on achievin
- Retain Death Penalty (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 08, 2005)
FOR the past few days a legal controversy has been razing in the media: “should the death penalty be abolished in India?”
- Freedoms Under Attack (Dawn, Charles Kennedy, Nov 08, 2005)
A crucial division of opinion is opening up in Britain between the party of civil liberties and the party of authoritarianism.
- Jirga Okays Peace Proposals To End Gilgit Violence (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2005)
The grand jirga that held its session on Monday approved a number of proposals to maintain peace in Gilgit, including unlocking the sealed mosques of both Sunni and Shia communities and to release all people detained under the maintenance . . . .
- Voters Waking Up After Four Years (Hindu, Naomi Wolf, Nov 08, 2005)
George Bush made his white constituency feel good about themselves, but no longer. Citizens are rediscovering democracy.
- No Split In Party, Jd(s) Tells Election Commission (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2005)
`Some members have only been suspended not expelled'
- Gilgit Bleeds (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 07, 2005)
Our continuous interest in Gilgit, which is part of the undivided Jammu and Kashmir as it had existed in 1947, keeps bringing us face to face with grim developments taking place in the territory under Pakistan's occupation.
- The Aravali Region Under Threat (Hindu, Sunny Sebastian, Nov 07, 2005)
Uncontrolled mining for marble poses a grave danger to the Aravali region in Rajasthan — a barrier checking the spread of the Thar northwards.
- Iran: Building On The Revolutionary Agenda (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Nov 07, 2005)
By saying Israel should be wiped off the face of the earth, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has underscored the point that the national consolidation of opinion is his ultimate strength.
- New Fed Chairman From February — Daunting Task Before Bernanke (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Nov 07, 2005)
To succeed the US Fed Chairman, Mr Alan Greenspan, is a challenge, especially when the successor is a comparatively unknown, albeit brilliant, economist.
- Sleepy Elephant, Hungry Dragon (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Nov 07, 2005)
When the leaders of the subcontinent gather in two weeks at the long delayed South Asian summit in Dhaka, the venue might be more important than the easily forgettable final declaration they would put together.
- Political Meaning Of Indian Democracy (Daily Excelsior, K K Bakhshi, Nov 07, 2005)
The greatest asset that Indian can boastfully claim to have earned and groomed after the wonderful dawn of Independence is democracy.
- November 6 (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 07, 2005)
November 6 is an important date in the history of Jammu Kashmir.
- Escape Spotlights Troubled Us Detention Efforts (Christian Science Monitor, Dan Murphy, Nov 07, 2005)
For years now, the US has been able to count on countries like Indonesia, Pakistan, and Egypt to abduct alleged Al Qaeda operatives and deliver them extralegally into American hands.
- No Contratualism Please (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2005)
They appoint candidates with a pack of promises that ultimately turns out to be hollow, Ghulam Nabi Faroqi appeals to the new government to do away with contractualism as it means nothing but exploitation
Mufti led government,
- Left Intellectuals (Telegraph, Andre Beteille , Nov 07, 2005)
Leninism ruined a great intellectual tradition for many years
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The author is chancellor, Northeastern Hill University
- Champion Of The Woods (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2005)
Sunderlal Bahuguna is 79 but he has the same fire and zing in him to protect the forests, its people and the environment as he had when he joined the Freedom movement at the age of 13. Born by the Ganga and inspired by the lofty Himalayas, . . .
- Why Natwar Must Go (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 06, 2005)
Immediate reshuffle and a confidence vote
- On Integrity In Art (Hindu, Aruna Chandaraju, Nov 06, 2005)
Anita Nair on her latest novel and the `sweat and blood' behind writing...
- Real World Scenarios (Hindu, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Nov 06, 2005)
Levitt and Dubner staunchly refuse to take moral positions or prescribe solutions. They remain content using complex statistical tools on data compiled from diverse sources to draw unusual conclusions.
- Nationalist Vision Vs Personal Corruption (Indian Express, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Nov 06, 2005)
The former head of foreign operations of the KGB, Vasili Mitrokhin, has disclosed in the papers published recently that Indira Gandhi was supplied with suitcases full of bank notes by the KGB.
- Plainly Untenable (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2005)
Congress should conduct a credible inquiry
- Shahabuddin Arrested In Delhi (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2005)
Shahabuddin is named in more than 30 criminal cases pertaining to kidnapping and suspected killing of two CPI-ML activists and a student leader.
- Human Trafficking: Need For A Global Response (Tribune, D.J. Singh, Nov 06, 2005)
Human trafficking is the fastest growing means by which people are forced into slavery.
- The Trouble With Haphazard Mining (Hindu, Sunny Sebastian, Nov 05, 2005)
Hillocks are being flattened in the Aravalis in Rajasthan in the quest for marble.
- Us Senate Votes In Favour Of Increasing H-1b Visas (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2005)
The U.S. Senate has voted in favour of increasing the cap on H-1B visas by 30,000 to 95,000 from next year.
- In Sri Lanka, Dynasty At The Crossroads (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Nov 05, 2005)
It is a delicious twist that a Bandaranaike comeback to the centre-stage of politics could now depend on the victory of arch-enemy Wickremesinghe.
- Plainly Untenable (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 05, 2005)
The Congress party plans to take the United Nations and the Paul Volcker committee to court, demanding full disclosure of the material on the basis of which it was concluded that the party and External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh were beneficiaries...
- Nationalist Vision Vs Personal Corruption (Indian Express, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Nov 05, 2005)
The former head of foreign operations of the KGB, Vasili Mitrokhin, has disclosed in the papers published recently that Indira Gandhi was supplied with suitcases full of bank notes by the KGB.
- House Arrest (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 05, 2005)
It is time we change rules about allotting government (read public) bungalows and flats for MPs, eminent artists, dancers, men of letters and journalists in Delhi.
- Are The Fed’S Growth Concerns Overdone? (The Financial Express, V ANANTHA NAGESWARAN, Nov 05, 2005)
The Federal Reserve raised the overnight federal funds rate to 4% this week.
- Stake In Peace (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2005)
Itis to be welcomed that there are increasing voices of sanity for strengthening anti-terrorism laws in the country.
- Knowledge Gaps Leading To Revenue Loss (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Nov 05, 2005)
T. C. A. Ramanujam discusses a High Court decision that reproached a tax officer
- The Bihar Muddle (Tribune, K.N. Bhat, Nov 05, 2005)
On October 7, a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court “as per majority opinion” ordered “the proclamation dated by 23.5.2005 dissolving the Legislative Assembly of the State of Bihar is unconstitutional”.
- It Is Not Best That We Should All Think Alike (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 05, 2005)
When Bombay thought of a motorbus service in the early 20th century, there were two main objections: One, the service would be expensive; and two, the accident rate would go up.
- The Rights And Wrongs Of Fbt (Business Line, K. Srinivasan , Nov 05, 2005)
The common belief is that tax evasion is practised on a large scale in business and profession, while salary earners have recourse to tax avoidance to the extent practicable.
- On Records (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 05, 2005)
I have no objection to any probe ... the report has as much validity as that prepared by the CIA director on the alleged existence of Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq.
- Paris Riots (Dawn, Dr Fazlur Rahman, Nov 04, 2005)
Fasting is prescribed to you so that you may achieve Taqwa, says the Quran (2:183).
- Ramazan And Eid Message (Dawn, Dr Fazlur Rahman, Nov 04, 2005)
Fasting is prescribed to you so that you may achieve Taqwa, says the Quran (2:183). Taqwa is thus the ultimate aim of fasting.
- Quake: The Challenge Ahead (Dawn, Sherry Rehman, Nov 04, 2005)
GARHI DOPATTA used to be a bucolic village near Muzaffarabad where its simple mountain-folk lived by breeding livestock and growing subsistence grain.
- The Doctrine Of "National Interest" (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Nov 04, 2005)
The current turmoil reflects a real divide within the country on core issues of national interest. It needs to be addressed.
- Volcker Report (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 04, 2005)
Three weeks ahead of the winter session of Parliament, political temperature is rising in the Capital and those whose job is to make things easy for the government seem to be finding their task difficult.
- Justice Without Delay (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 04, 2005)
The new Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Mr Justice Y.K. Sabharwal, has rightly stressed the need to clear the huge backlog of cases in courts at all levels.
- Just Justice (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 04, 2005)
The new Chief Justice of India, Y.K. Sabharwal, and his predecessor, R.C. Lahoti, have had important things to say this week about fighting terrorism.
- Live And Let Die (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 03, 2005)
The aftermath of the bomb blasts in the heart of India’s capital has followed a contradictory if disturbing pattern.
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