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Articles 321 through 420 of 500:
- Parliament Cannot Decide On Treaty Or International Agreement: Somnath (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
Discussion on nuclear deal will be held under Rule 193 that has no provision for voting
No precedence of House having discussed any treaty under Rule 184
Right of Centre to enter into agreements with countries is unrestricted
- The Crisis Of Indebtedness (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 18, 2007)
An expert group headed by R. Radhakrishna has analysed the rising agricultural indebtedness in the country in its two dimensions:
- Pm Statement Debate On Monday (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
The Lok Sabha will discuss the Prime Minister’s statement regarding the India-US nuclear deal under Rule 193 on Monday.
- Speaker Rejects Voting On Nuke Deal (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee rejected the debate under Rule 184, which entails voting on the nuclear deal saying that the House had no competence to ask the Government to renegotiate the Agreement.
- Target Upa (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2007)
This week’s Organiser has a special theme — ‘UPA undermining India’.
- China’S Problems With Lead Go Beyond Tainted Toys (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2007)
China’s problems with lead in consumer products go far beyond tainted toys. From playthings to paint to gasoline, Chinese companies use lead in a wide range of products and experts say China’s children are suffering the health consequences.
- Perfecting The Monetary Policy (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 17, 2007)
The RBI’s use of multiple weapons to control monetary expansion has paid off, even if, in the process, the objective of optimality of exchange rate could not be protected. The latter has to be addressed separately.
- Downer Upbeat About Nuke Sale To India (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2007)
Foreign Minister Alexander Downer believes selling uranium to India could make the world safer by strengthening global efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons.
- No Flood Relief (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 16, 2007)
An editorial in the latest issue of People’s Democracy points out bureaucratic delays affecting flood relief work in the country, saying “such a massive natural disaster needs to be met by the combined effort and resources of the central government . . .
- Manmohan Presents Report Card, Silent On Indo-Us Nuclear Deal (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday virtually presented the report card to the nation on his three-years in office, highlighting his achievements and outlining his key initiatives in agriculture, education and social sectors . . . . .
- Absence Of National Integration (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Aug 16, 2007)
AS Pakistan celebrates its 60th birthday with some people having almost everything they want, and the rulers having a low public rating, some of the deficiencies have become too glaring.
- Growing Protests (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Aug 16, 2007)
DESPITE the hard sell by the Indian government, the nuclear deal with the United States has found very few takers among the Opposition parties.
- Government Employees, Teachers’ Strike On October 30 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
Central and State employees, teachers and employees of State undertakings are to go on a nationwide strike on October 30 to protest against the Centre’s “anti-employee and anti-people” policies.
- Babus' Day Out (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 14, 2007)
At a fund-raising performance of Dear Liar, by the Bombay-based theatre group, Motley, in support of CanSupport, an NGO providing palliative care to terminally ill cancer patients in the capital, many who had bought tickets found there were no . . . .
- Political Interests Targeting Me: Big B (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
Amitabh Bachchan has broken his silence on the Bofors issue, the Barabanki land deal and other controversies he has been embroiled in, hinting that political interests may have been behind his present problems.
- If I’M Guilty, Put Me In Jail: Amitabh (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
Superstar Amitabh Bachchan has indicated that the problems he is facing over acquiring farm land in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra were due to politics and dared the government to put him in jail if it felt he was guilty of wrong-doing.
- Making The General Blink (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
While the intensifying movement against military rule took President Pervez Musharraf to emergency-brink, the apprehension that it might be explosively unpopular has made him defer the decision.
- Notice To Aiims, Govt On Appointments (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2007)
The Delhi High Court on Friday asked the central government and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here to file replies to a petition seeking quashing of appointments of 164 assistant professors in the institute four years . . . .
- Upa Govt Keeps Its Promise; Mid-Day Meal Scheme On Track (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2007)
The UPA will be able to keep part of its promise made in the common minimum programme (CMP) on the mid-day meal scheme.
- India's Yin And Yang 60 Years After Independence (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2007)
India will turn 60 on Wednesday. In a speech that for Indians resonates as powerfully as Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg address for Americans, nationalist leader and founding Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru declared that at midnight . . . .
- Sebi Seeks Functional Autonomy (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
"I think there is a strong case for India to have an embargo on, and I am talking about financial sector, setting up more and more regulatory authorities," Sebi Chairman M Damodaran said.
- Top Court Pulls Up Pak Over Sharif Return Order (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
The Pakistan Supreme Court on Thursday vent its anger at the government for not allowing former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his brother to return home despite its earlier order in this regard.
- Unpa To Seek Vote (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Aug 10, 2007)
The United National Progressive Alliance will seek a discussion in Parliament on the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal under Rule 184, that entails voting. This was decided at a meeting of the UNPA leaders here on Thursday.
- India Court Rejects Quotas Plea (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
India's Supreme Court has rejected a plea by the federal government to allow controversial affirmative action quotas in colleges and universities.
- Brisbane Court Adjourns Hearing On Haneef's Visa Appeal (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
The Federal Court of Australia on Wednesday adjourned the hearing on an appeal by Indian doctor Mohammed Haneef against cancellation of his work visa till Thursday, after hearing his lawyers argue that the decision to revoke the document was . . . .
- The New Monetary Policy (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Aug 10, 2007)
THE monetary policy for the fiscal year 2007-2008 has been announced by Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan Dr Shamshad Akhtar.
- India Court Rejects Quotas Plea (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
India's Supreme Court has rejected a plea by the federal government to allow controversial affirmative action quotas in colleges and universities.
- Reliable Power Still A Distant Dream (Business Line, N. Ramakrishnan , Aug 10, 2007)
From the time of Independence, power has always been in short supply — the power that lights up homes and offices, helps run industrial machinery and pump out water into agricultural fields to grow foodgrains and fruits, and is widely used as a barometer
- Flawed Policy On Wheat Imports (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 10, 2007)
In a report titled “The Extent of Chronic Hunger and Malnutrition in India”, Jean Ziegler has pointed out that India has the largest number of undernourished people in the world and one of the highest levels of child malnutrition.
- Haneef Challenges Visa Cancellation (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2007)
Mohammed Haneef today launched his court battle to get back his work visa revoked by the Australian government after he was charged with terrorism offence with the lawyers for the Indian doctor saying the decision was “legally flawed.”
- Visa Appeal: Court Adjourns Hearing (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2007)
The lawyers told the Federal Court in Brisbane that the doctor should not have failed a character test simply because he was related to men allegedly involved in the foiled terror plot in London and Glasgow.
- Boa Clears Two Sezs Of Infosys (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2007)
The Central Government on Wednesday cleared proposals for setting up four new special economic zones (SEZs), including two of the information technology major Infosys Tech- nologies.
- Hrd Ministry’S Assurance To Iima (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2007)
Consultation and nomination being followed in appointing IIM directors
IIM-A director hopes conventions will continue to be honoured
- Open Offices For Personal Work (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 09, 2007)
Since the problem of simultaneity of office hours and holidays is a serious problem affecting considerably the working sections of the population, avenues should be found to address it.
- Fierce Pashtun Tribes In Terror Spotlight (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2007)
When tribal elders gather in Kabul to thrash out a strategy to deal with a resurgent Taliban, the spotlight will fall on the equivocal role played by the fierce tribes who inhabit the mountains along the Afghan-Pakistan border in the global fight . . . .
- Ril’S Mumbai Sez Gets Extension (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2007)
Commerce secretary G.K. Pillai said on Wednesday that the Central government had extended by one year the in-principle approval to Mukesh Ambani’s Maha Mumbai SEZ.
- N-Deal Against India’S Interests: Jaya (Tribune, Arup Chanda, Aug 08, 2007)
Tamil Nadu opposition leader Jayaram Jayalalithaa today described the Indo-US nuclear deal as harmful to India’s sovereignty and demanded that a committee of MPs, scientists and eminent citizens be constituted to examine its clauses.
- The Bitter Truths Behind Cane Pricing (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 08, 2007)
The Maharashtra
Government has decided that henceforth the sugar factory should fix the price jointly with
the bank financing the factory.
- Centre Seeks Funds For Agri Push (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2007)
Worried about the stagnation in the farming sector, the Manmohan Singh government has mooted a proposal seeking additional central investment in an attempt to boost public investment and encourage states to increase outlays on agricultural and . . . .
- Karzai At Camp David: ‘No Closer To Finding Osama’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2007)
Talks on Monday between US President George W Bush and Afghan President Hamid Karzai will focus on worsening violence in Afghanistan and the threat from militant hideouts across the border in Pakistan in their talks late today at the Camp David.
- Bush, Karzai Discuss Afghan Security (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2007)
Talks on Monday between US President George W Bush and Afghan President Hamid Karzai will focus on worsening violence in Afghanistan and the threat from militant hideouts across the border in Pakistan.
- Reject U.S. Policies, Shinzo Abe Told (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2007)
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged on Monday to work toward the abolition of nuclear weapons as Hiroshima marked the 62nd anniversary of the world’s first atomic bomb attack, which killed more than 1,40,000 persons in the Japanese city.
- Mixed Picture In Public Finance (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 07, 2007)
On the face of it the state of government finances gives room for optimism. Helped by the robust and sustained economic growth, tax collections both by the Centre and the States have been buoyant.
- Bus Service Helping In Militant Surrenders: Indian Army Officer (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2007)
The Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service is proving useful to the Indian army and other security agencies in negotiating surrenders of Kashmiri militants living in AJK or other parts of Pakistan.
- Back The Big Player (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 07, 2007)
Vilfredo Pareto's contributions in economics have more than stood the test of time. Indeed, the concept of Pareto efficiency or Pareto optimality has become a fundamental principle in neo-classical economics.
- Japan Remembers Hiroshima Victims (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2007)
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday that Japan is committed to its non-nuclear policy and will work towards the abolition of nuclear weapons as Hiroshima marked the 62nd anniversary of the world's first atomic bomb attack . . . . .
- Ldf Cannot Evade Responsibility: Antony (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2007)
Defence Minister and Congress Working Committee member A.K. Antony has said that the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) will not be successful in its schemes to cover up its failures through anti-Centre rhetoric and agitations.
- Congress-Led Coalition Has Failed: Bjp (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2007)
Stating migrant labourers from the central and far-east states like Bihar and Orissa were still leaving the Kashmir valley, the BJP today said the Congress-led coalition government of Jammu and Kashmir had failed to stop the "exodus".
- Sc Constitutes Bench For Quota Petitions (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2007)
Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan has constituted a five-judge constitution bench for hearing the batch of petitions challenging the validity of government notification providing 27% reservation to OBCs in admission to centrally-run . . . .
- Bjp Demands Sheila’S Dismissal Over Slum Scam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2007)
Demanding a thorough probe into the slum land allotment scam, several protesting Bharatiya Janata Party workers, led by their Delhi unit chief Harsh Vardhan and senior leader Vijay Kumar Malhotra, were arrested here on Sunday.
- Why Have A New I-T Act At All? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 04, 2007)
The Income-Tax Act, 1961 is soon to be replaced by a simplified version. The draft Bill is to be ready early next year. Any attempt at simplifying the law is bound to be greeted with scepticism.
- Executive Authority Of Provinces Defined (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 04, 2007)
Resuming discussion on the Provincial Constitution report today, the Constituent Assembly adopted with an amendment the re-drafted clause relating to the executive authority of provinces.
- Terror Outfits Strike A Goldmine In Coal Pockets (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2007)
Guess where terrorists in India are headed these days in search of RDX? Simple, one of the 500 coal mines across the country! India is home to the world’s third-largest coal deposits, and RDX, gelatine sticks and ammonium nitrate are among the . . . . .
- Haneef Case: Aus Govt Unlikely To Face Inquiry Before Polls (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2007)
The Australian government is unlikely to face a formal inquiry into the handling of a case relating to Indian doctor Mohamed Haneef, before polls later this year.
- Thousands Of U.S. Bridges Deficient (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2007)
More than 70,000 bridges across the U.S. are rated structurally deficient like the span that collapsed in Minneapolis, and engineers estimate repairing them all would take at least a generation and cost more than $188 billion.
- Pakistan Opposition Leader Released (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 04, 2007)
Two weeks after reinstating the Chief Justice, Pakistan’s Supreme Court dished out another setback to President Pervez Musharraf by freeing a senior Opposition leader imprisoned in October 2003 charged with inciting a mutiny in the Pakistan Army.
- So Talkative (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Aug 03, 2007)
The Naga peace talks began 10 years ago with the signing of a ceasefire that came into effect on August 1, 1997.
- Supreme Court Directive To Centre, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2007)
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Centre, Andhra Pradesh and Bihar to evict unauthorised occupants from government quarters and also recover penal rents from those evicted.
- Haneef Case: Aus Govt Unlikely To Face Inquiry Before Polls (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2007)
The Australian government is unlikely to face a formal inquiry into the handling of a case relating to Indian doctor Mohamed Haneef, before polls later this year.
- Politics Of The Governed (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 03, 2007)
While much literature exists on mass politics, little attention has been given to the relationship between the politics of identity and changes in the economy and patterns of governance in the post-reforms era.
- Terror Outfits Strike A Goldmine In Coal Pockets (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2007)
Guess where terrorists in India are headed these days in search of RDX? Simple, one of the 500 coal mines across the country! India is home to the world’s third-largest coal deposits, and RDX, gelatine sticks and ammonium nitrate are among . . . .
- Stress Allowance For Defence Personnel (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2007)
The Union Cabinet today approved payment of special stress allowance for soldiers deployed in conflict and high-altitude operational areas. They will get special benefits and allowances to combat stress-related incidents.
- Bridge Collapses Into River (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2007)
section of the bridge in Minneapolis plunged into the river during Wednesday evening's rush hour in a deadly avalanche of steel and concrete, flipping dozens of vehicles into the river or onto the debris.
- Sethusamudram Project — Trials And Travails (Business Line, Raghu Dayal , Aug 03, 2007)
Joining the Ivy league of the world’s best known maritime waterways (Panama Canal, Suez Canal, Malacca Strait), albeit not of their size or strategic significance, will soon be the Sethusamudram canal, across the Palk Straits between India . . . . .
- Public-Private Partnerships — Breaking New Ground For State Highways (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 03, 2007)
At a CII conference on public-private partnerships (PPP) in State Highways held in May, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, while inviting public private participation for greater quality assurance in rapid infrastructure deployment in the . . .
- Should We Allow U.P. To Hijack Indian Politics? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 02, 2007)
In a federal nation like ours, no State should have more than 10 per cent of the seats in the popularly elected house of Parliament, i.e. the Lok Sabha. We must, therefore, seriously consider bifurcation of Uttar Pradesh.
- Awash With Waste (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 02, 2007)
Solid waste management in urban India has become an intractable problem in recent years and, if anything, its gravity has been underestimated.
- Jats As Obcs (Frontline, V. VENKATESAN, Aug 02, 2007)
THE root cause of the recent outburst of Gujjar fury in Rajasthan is traced to the inclusion of Jats in the list of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) for reservation in Central services in October 1999.
- The Case Of Haneef (Frontline, P.S. Suryanarayana, Aug 02, 2007)
The proceedings against an Indian doctor for alleged links with the U.K. terror plots spark a public debate in Australia.
- Bill On Foreign Universities (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Aug 02, 2007)
A CENTRAL government move with the ostensible purpose of transforming higher education by encouraging more investment from foreign education providers has come under fire for giving them a free hand in the country under the guise of regulation.
- Abusive Kids Stalk Helpline Numbers (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2007)
A survey of 1098, the only Centre-run child helpline in the country, shows that a huge number of urban children dial the number just to hurl abuse at nameless, faceless counsellors in a distant call centre.
- Who Killed The Ncte? (Telegraph, Tapas Majumdar, Aug 01, 2007)
The National Council for Teacher Education was known to be already seriously ill when the ministry of human resource development had to rush into action.
- Bpcl: Slick Numbers (Business Standard, Niraj Bhatt, Aug 01, 2007)
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd leveraged improved gross refining margins (GRMs) on a y-o-y basis in its refining division in the June 2007 quarter, which helped it to offset mounting under-recoveries in retail sales of auto fuels and kerosene . . .
- Aid For Flood Victims (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 01, 2007)
IT is alarming that there is little improvement for the people affected by the floods in Sindh and Balochistan.
- Testing Open Markets (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 31, 2007)
Many countries, starting with Britain under Margaret Thatcher, have spent 25 years selling state assets to the private sector so they now question allowing those assets to be controlled by another country.
- A Tale Of Two Doctors (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 30, 2007)
Dr Mohamed Haneef’s release is great news. It was heartening to see the Indian government and media rally around him and his family in their hour of crisis.
- 'Uk Gave Us Wrong Information About Haneef' (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2007)
Australia's police chief on Sunday said that the probe into the case of Indian doctor Mohammed Haneef, absolved of terror charges in connection with failed car bombings in UK, had faced several obstacles, including wrong information . . . . . .
- J&k Troop Cut: Govt In A Limbo (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2007)
The ruling Congress in Jammu and Kashmir may be on a collision course with its alliance partner the PDP over its demand for troop reduction as security forces have vehemently opposed any move to cut forces in the militancy-hit state.
- The General’S Final Chance (Dawn, Javid Husain, Jul 30, 2007)
THE events of the past few months, especially the judicial crisis, the tragic developments of May 12 in Karachi resulting in the death of nearly 50 people, the carnage associated with the mishandling of the Lal Masjid affair by the government. . . . . .
- Haneef Freed As Australian Police Drops Charges (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2007)
Indian doctor Mohammed Haneef, held by Australian Federal Police on terror charges, was released from custody on Friday after the case against him collapsed dramatically in a court with the prosecution admitting mistakes, causing huge embarrassment . . .
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