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Articles 1221 through 1320 of 4481:
- Pak Relents Over Scribe Murder (Telegraph, IMTIAZ GUL, Jun 21, 2006)
Due to mounting pressure from journalists angered by the murder of scribe Hayatullah Khan, the Pakistan government today accepted their demands to provide justice to Khan’s family.
- Sc Notice To Delhi Govt, Police On Militant’S Plea Over Judicial Propriety (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
The Supreme Court today sought replies from the Delhi Government and the Delhi police on a petition of Kashmiri militant Gulam Mohammad Dar, raising the question of judicial propriety while hearing his bail plea in a case of hatching a conspiracy . . .
- How To End A Nightmare (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 20, 2006)
The image of a resurgent Bengal is incompatible with the mindset of its political leadership and the functioning of its slothful administrative machinery, writes A.K. Chatterjee
- Sri Lanka's Tamils Turn To Smugglers To Flee Conflict (Reuters, Simon Gardner, Jun 20, 2006)
Maduraweeran Kantharajah was so desperate to flee conflict between Sri Lanka's government and Tamil Tiger rebels that he sold his furniture and wife's jewellery to pay smugglers to sail his family to India.
- Nepal Supreme Court To Review Sobhraj Case (Hindu, Ameet Dhakal, Jun 20, 2006)
Says lower courts did not adequately investigate murder charges against him
- Cbi Announces Rs 2 Lakh Cash Reward On Sethi (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
CBI today announced a cash reward of Rs two lakh for information leading to the arrest of former Additional Advocate General of J&K Anil Sethi wanted in connection with the sex racket.
- All For Bomber Madani (Pioneer, K Govindan Kutty , Jun 20, 2006)
It's bewildering to see so many political personalities sympathising with a man who has been charged with serial bomb blasts ---- The world is being divided into two uneven camps
- Safety Commission: Another Stunt (News International, Dr Farzana Bari, Jun 20, 2006)
The long-due constitution of the National Safety Commission (NPSC), as envisaged in the Police Order of 2002, has finally been announced by the interior minister.
- Journalists Observe Black Day (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 20, 2006)
The journalist community observed Black Day on Monday throughout the country to protest against the gruesome killing of tribal newsman Hayatullah Khan.
- The Mask Slips, The Real Cm Revealed (Deccan Herald, Venkat Krishnan, Jun 20, 2006)
After all the hype about H D Kumaraswamy being a 'people's CM', his original face is slowly becoming visible
- Sc Notice To Up Minister In Corruption Case (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to a sitting Uttar Pradesh Minister on a petition alleging that he extorted money from local contractors threatening them with dire consequences.
- Deliver Us From Evil (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 20, 2006)
As pilgrims gather at the Amarnath cave in Jammu and Kashmir and pay their respects to the natural Shivling that has formed there every summer since, well, recorded history, a disquieting and downright dangerous frenzy is being sought to be created . . .
- Unrealistic & Absurd (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 20, 2006)
Going by the frequency with which statements demanding a new constitution are made in Pakistan, it would appear as if making or unmaking the basic law is child’s play.
- Living Through Horror (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
Each communal attack only worsens the poverty and marginalisation of Muslims... A nuanced narrative from the heart of the ghettos
- Applying Precedents (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 19, 2006)
The Supreme Court’s directive to the High Courts and the subordinate judiciary on Thursday to interpret the previous judgements correctly while examining cases coming before them for decision has not come a day too soon.
- Nepal Marches On (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 19, 2006)
The agreement signed on June 16 by the top leaders of the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) and Prachanda, chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), on eight key issues is remarkable by any standards. Mr. Prachanda did not indulge in hyperbole when . .
- The Magic Of That Old School Tie (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jun 19, 2006)
Fifty four per cent of Britain's top newspaper and television journalists were educated at expensive private schools.
- India And The U.N. Human Rights Council (Hindu, C. Raj Kumar, Jun 19, 2006)
If India is to establish its credibility as a country genuinely interested in the protection and promotion of human rights, it has to accept the jurisdiction of committees under the international system.
- Quotas Are Unconstitutional (Pioneer, MC Joshi, Jun 19, 2006)
India's smug, selfish, self-centred, satiated middle class, fattened on the fruits of the booming economy, is positively hostile to any policy which sets out to empower the poor.
- A Most Brazen Murder (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 18, 2006)
The cold-blooded murder of journalist Hayatullah Khan, who had been missing for over six months, is a most brazen act and needs to be thoroughly investigated independently by the government, or else its claims of press freedom will ring very hollow.
- High Court Bench Seeks Details Of Adolescents In Regular Jails (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
Present practice is against avowed object of reforming youth: petitioner
- Facing Up To The Indian Challenge (Dawn, Anwar Kemal, Jun 18, 2006)
Coping with the challenge of India on several fronts — strategic, economic, cultural, psychological and more recently technological .
- For The Sanctity Of The Pen (News International, Muhammad Anis, Jun 18, 2006)
Journalists boycotted the proceedings of the National Assembly on Saturday in protest against the murder of tribal journalist Hayatullah Khan in South Waziristan.
- Iit Students Seek Action Against Dean Over Quota (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
The quota controversy refuses to die down — at least in IIT Delhi. In the latest twist in the quota protests, representatives of the Pan IIT Foundation for Rural Development .
- Pro-Poor Policy Shift In Governance (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Governor's address says State mulls quasi-judicial body to help farmers in debt
Special attention to marginalised sections of society
Efforts to be made to mobilise additional resources
IT, biotechnology, tourism new growth sectors
Public . . .
- Quota And Populism (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, Jun 17, 2006)
By a happy coincidence I went to have coffee with Arun Shourie in his elegant Delhi home the day his new book came out. It is called Falling Over Backwards:
- Stand Up, Bbc; Resign, Rumsfeld! (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 17, 2006)
On June 3, just two weeks ago, writing about the conduct of US troops specially the much-vaunted Marines in Iraq, I had said: "Indeed, this is not all. . .
- ‘Missing’ Journalist’S Body Found (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
A tribal journalist missing for about seven months has been killed. His body was found lying outside a village in Mirali in the restive North Waziristan tribal region on Friday afternoon.
- Maudhany To Be Admitted To Coimbatore Hospital (Hindu, V.S. Palaniappan, Jun 16, 2006)
Prison authorities asked to identify facilities, provide security
- I Have Done No Wrong, Says Rahul Mahajan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
"People with hidden agenda involved in the entire episode"
I am not a drug user, says Rahul
To meet Vajpayee, seek blessings
Refuses comment on Moitra's death
- Nice All Set To Open Road, Govt Says It Can’T (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Even as the promoters of the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Project were firm on inaugurating a stretch of the peripheral road on Friday, the State government shot off a letter on Thursday asking them to desist from opening the stretch . . .
- Mahajan's Killing, Rahul Case Linked: Pravin (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Giving a new twist to the murder of BJP leader Pramod Mahajan and his son Rahul's alleged involvement in a drug abuse case, the late leader's brother Pravin Mahajan, accused of killing him, on Wednesday claimed the two incidents were inter-related.
- Support For Rahul, Scorn For Father (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Praveen Mahajan today claimed the shooting of his brother Pramod — to which he had reportedly confessed to police — and the drug controversy involving Rahul Mahajan were linked but provided no explanation.
- When News Came, Pappu Yadav Got A Hug, Inmates Sweets (Pioneer, Vijaita Singh, Jun 15, 2006)
Out of Tihar Jail and reunited with his family, Rahul Mahajan refused to speak to the world. After being whisked away from the rear gate of Jail Number 3, Rahul clad in a white shirt and blue jeans, stepped out of his steel grey Toyota Camry at . . .
- Court Rejects Trafficking Charge (Pioneer, Praveen Kumar, Jun 15, 2006)
Rahul gets bail at last----- After being in custody for the last nine days, Rahul Mahajan is finally out on bail. Despite the prosecution's repeated attempts to book Mahajan under Section 27A of the NDPS act, Mahajan Junior was ultimately granted . . .
- Rahul Mahajan Gets Bail (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
A city court today granted bail to Rahul Mahajan in connection with a case of alleged drug abuse.
- Rights Abuses ‘A Serious Problem’ In Pakistan: Us (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Human rights abuses by Pakistani security agencies present a serious problem that the government of Pakistan acknowledges, the State Department said in a report to the US Congress.
- Pramod's Murder, Rahul's Case Interrelated, Says Pravin (Pioneer, TN Raghunatha, Jun 15, 2006)
Pramod Mahajan's younger brother Pravin, accused of gunning down his elder brother, on Wednesday made a startling allegation that the murder of the BJP's GenNext leader and the case against his nephew Rahul Mahajan were interrelated.
- Deve Gowda Puts Bjp On Notice (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Jun 15, 2006)
Discord over acquisition of large tracts of government land for infrastructure development
No question of going against Supreme Court orders, says former Prime Minister
Legislation meant to acquire land for infrastructure projects
Public . . .
- Bigamy In Bhiwani (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 15, 2006)
The remarriage of Poonam of Dhanana village of Sonepat district has thrown up a whole lot of questions which the administration has, perforce, to answer. For starters, the upper caste girl was married to Surinder Kumar, a lower caste boy of Kharkari . . .
- On Banning The Da Vinci Code (Hindu, N.L. Rajah, Jun 14, 2006)
To ban the film in India, reacting to demands from some, is grave constitutional impropriety, besides being imprudent.
- Sc Rejects Babloo’S Relief Plea (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
The efforts of Babloo Srivastava, one time point man of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, to come out of the jail and claim compensation from government for cases falling flat against him, failed today as the Supreme Court dismissed his plea.
- India@info.Com (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 14, 2006)
The citizen vis-a-vis a reluctant informer
- Galvanising Judicial System (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 14, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that the government is working to improve judicial system for ensuring speedy and fair justice to the people within the minimum possible time. Addressing the office bearers of Bar Associations from all over the . . .
- Picking Up The Resettlement Gauntlet (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Jun 14, 2006)
Mr Raghuvansh Prasad Singh will need to be wary in drafting the Bill on the issue of resettlement of project-affected people.
By planning to bring before Parliament a Bill on the resettlement of people displaced by land acquisitions for various . . .
- 'Dalits Have Not Benefited From Quotas' (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Professor P Radhakrishnan of the Madras Institute of Development Studies is a well-known social scientist. Some of the key areas of his research include affirmative action; agrarian problems; backward classes and reservations; backward class . . .
- Justice In Lifetime! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 13, 2006)
The Punjab and Haryana High Court’s directive to the government to pay pension to a 92-year-old former Army officer is most welcome.
- Mahajan Moved To Drugs Court (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
Rahul Mahajan’s bail plea will come up tomorrow, but not in the court of the metropolitan magistrate who has been trying the drug abuse case that has landed him in jail.
- Two Wasted Years (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 12, 2006)
UPA regime has not only failed to stem the growth of terrorism and corruption, but also given fillip to casteism and communalism, says YK Sharma.
- Germany Blocks Fia Probe Into Amer’S Death (News International, Rauf Klasra, Jun 12, 2006)
Germany has finally disallowed any direct role of the FIA in investigating into Amer Cheema’s death on its soil, telling the Foreign Office that in future Berlin should be contacted only through ‘judicial channels’ to get replies to 30 questions . . .
- Magistrate's Powers Challenged In Rahul Case (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
Delhi police get production warrant against Mahajan jr. for presence at special court
Prosecution application seeks stay on order on bail application till it is decided which court hears case
- Police Get Warrant Against Rahul For Presence At Special Court (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
Powers of Magistrate who heard bail application challenged
- Rahul To Appear In Tis Hazari Today (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
Accepting the plea of the Delhi Police seeking to transfer the hearing of the Rahul Mahajan case to a special court, a city court today directed that Rahul be produced in the Tis Hazari court tomorrow.
- Do We Want To Keep These Secrets? (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 12, 2006)
A government of the people would be a misnomer as long as it institutionalises secrecy in its functioning.
- Uk Judges Criticised As ‘Too Lenient’ (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 12, 2006)
More than 200 of Britain’s top judges have given “unduly lenient” sentences to criminals guilty of sex offences or other serious crimes.
- In Limbo? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 12, 2006)
Very recently a few visitors from the national capital were surprised to see the condition of the Mubarak Mandi complex of old palaces in this city.
- The Quota Divide (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 11, 2006)
The reservation of seats in higher educational institutions has again opened up the quota divide.
- Solution To Conflict Should Be Based On "Right To Self-Determination": Ltte (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Jun 11, 2006)
New communique omits references to "federal" model
Says it is the "sole interlocutor" of the "Tamil nation"
Reflects LTTE's disenchantment with international community's rejection of separatist option
- Pols On The Run (Business Standard, T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan, Jun 11, 2006)
Political accountability is not the same as politicians' accountability.
- Demand To Review New Benefits Given To Delhi Bureaucrats (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
RWAs accuse Government of squandering public money
Both the Centre and State are increasing the burden on the citizens'
Chief Minister urged to extend the same facility to other Government servants and residents of Delhi
- Houses Of Six Officials Raided; Assets Worth Rs. 69 Crore Found (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
The raids were conducted in Bangalore city, Bangalore Rural, Dharwad and Mangalore
- After Long Night In Jail, Morning Jolt (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
After a rough first night in his shared prison cell, Rahul Mahajan today learnt he must spend at least another four days in Tihar jail with a magistrate deferring his bail plea till June 13.
- Pols On The Run (Business Standard, T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan, Jun 10, 2006)
Political accountability is not the same as politicians' accountability.
- The Pallor Of Money (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 10, 2006)
How much wealth do our politicians have tucked away in their coffers?
- The Pallor Of Money (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 09, 2006)
Over the last fortnight, it seemed nothing substantive happened in India apart from the anti-reservation protests by a section of doctors, who will, if calculated, make a mere handful, given the vast population of the country. Newspapers dedicated . . .
- Chinks Appear In Bjp After Top Leaders Visit Rahul (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Call it a sign of a belated sympathy or sharp differences within, but the concern shown by BJP president Rajnath Singh when he visited Rahul Mahajan in hospital and former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's defence of the young man seem to be gaining . . .
- Overzealous Police Treating Rahul Like Hardened Criminal (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Mahajan jr collapses in court ---- Even hardened criminals have not had it so bad. Pulled out of the jaws of death, late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan's son Rahul has been subjected to humiliation of the worst kind by an overtly insensitive Delhi Police.
- Peace Talks Clouded By Army-Ltte Blamegame (Pioneer, Reuters, Jun 09, 2006)
Sri Lanka's Government and Tamil Tiger rebels accused each other of attacks on Thursday, as talks on the safety of the island's Nordic unarmed ceasefire monitoring mission began in Oslo.
- Thailand Must Clear The Mess (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 09, 2006)
Thailand is celebrating the diamond jubilee of the ascension to the throne of King Bhumibol Adulyatej, a monarch respected and loved by his people.
- Will Bmic Move Scare Investors? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Jun 09, 2006)
Aside from the arrogant abuse of people power that it reeks of, the Government’s move to bring in legislation that will enable it to take over the BMIC project represents the most negative signal the State could send to potential investors.
- Time To Dismantle The Immunity Regime (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jun 09, 2006)
The Supreme Court has begun the process of bringing the political leader on a par with the citizen.
- 14-Day Judicial Remand For Rahul Mahajan (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Rahul Mahajan, who has been arrested on charges of drug abuse, was sent to judicial custody till June 22 by a Delhi court today.
- 14-Day Judicial Custody For Rahul (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Court orders registration of case against Apollo Hospital for misleading police
Police request for remand extension turned down
Rahul claims he is innocent and he had never taken drugs
- Rahul In Jail Till June 22 (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Rahul Mahajan, son of late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan, arrested on charges of drug abuse, was today sent to judicial custody till June 22 by a Delhi Court.
- The Yojana Module (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 08, 2006)
Why and wherefore of Maoist extremism
For every Maoist killed, two are born. After trying out almost every rule in the book to contain the phenomenon, the Centre has now opted for an academic exercise.
- President Can't Be Pressured (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 07, 2006)
Public criticism of the Office-of-Profit (OoP) Bill is inconsequential to law-makers, but the critical questions raised by President APJ Abdul Kalam on the propriety of the Bill have pressed their panic buttons.
- Energy Conservation For Sustainable Growth (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jun 07, 2006)
Energy efficiency, as a concept, became a part of the public discussion in the West in the early seventies.
- Dig Bsf, Jammu Advocate To Appear (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
K S Padhe, a Deputy Inspector General of Border Security Force, and Anil Sethi, a lawyer from Jammu whose services as additional Advocate General have been terminated by the State Government earlier, will be subjected to an identification parade . . .
- Rahul Reaches, In Qualis & On Cops (Telegraph, CHARU SUDAN KASTURI, Jun 07, 2006)
Screams rent the air as a white Toyota Qualis carrying Rahul Mahajan arrived at the Patiala House courts, where he was produced by Delhi police today.
- Cbi Chief Assures Hc: Probe Will Be Fair And Speedy (Indian Express, RIYAZ WANI, Jun 07, 2006)
CBI Director Vijay Shankar today assured the J&K High Court that a “fair, speedy and effective investigation” was being conducted into the Srinagar sex abuse scandal. He said the agency would not spare the guilty nor give in to any kind of pressure.
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