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Articles 17121 through 17220 of 31829:
- Reliance Petro In Loan Rush (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
Mukesh Ambani-run Reliance Petroleum today raised a $1.5-billion term loan — the largest in Indian corporate history — to fund a 27-million-tonne refinery at Jamnagar in Gujarat that will cost $6 billion.
- College Tie (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 16, 2006)
The move to grant autonomy to Presidency College has become part of the institution’s illustrious history.
- Consumer Price Index For Telecom Services — Monitoring Access To Connectivity (Business Line, M. R. Narayana, Feb 16, 2006)
A telecom price index is a measure of the changes in access and usage prices and, hence, affordability of telecom services. To date, such an index has not been constructed in India, and it is needed now more than ever.
- Senseless Violence & Destruction Of Property (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 16, 2006)
Anti-blasphemy protesters in Islamabad and Lahore turned violent causing widespread damage to public and private property on Tuesday. Two persons were killed, scores of buildings including that of the Punjab Assembly were torched and Banks were . . .
- India-Us N-Deal Could Start Arms Race (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
A landmark new US-India nuclear agreement would enable New Delhi to expand its production of atomic weapons and encourage Pakistan and China to do the same, according to critics of the controversial deal.
- The $20 Million Rumour (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 16, 2006)
There are rumours in the newspaper every day about who will replace Bob Schieffer — who replaced Dan Rather who replaced Walter Cronkite — as anchor for the “CBS Evening News.” One rumour is that CBS boss, Les Moonves, has offered Katie Couric, . . .
- U.S. Deal Said To Let India Expand Nuclear Arms (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Feb 16, 2006)
A landmark new U.S.-India nuclear agreement would enable New Delhi to expand atomic weapons production and encourage Pakistan and China to do likewise, according to critics of the controversial deal.
- Sultan Slams Indian Obduracy (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
The ongoing peace process between Pakistan and Indian is going slow mainly due to the negative attitude of India.
- Cheap Diversion (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 16, 2006)
It is much too curious for comfort. Within days of the world being treated to distasteful scenes of British soldiers thrashing Iraqi youth is released footage of what supposedly preceded the shameful beatings — a mob attack on the troops.
- Americans Unrelentingly Cheerful (Tribune, Michael Powell, Feb 16, 2006)
A big new survey on happiness, among other findings, states that married Americans are more blissful than the unmarried by a ratio of almost 2 to 1.
- Two Immigrants, Two Standards (Tribune, Stacy Caplow, Feb 16, 2006)
We recently learned that U.S. immigration policy is, in fact, capable of fast action and flexibility. It just depends on who the immigrant is.
- Nailing Mulford (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 16, 2006)
When Left pressures no longer work
Marxists believe that aggression is the best form of defence, even when Anil Biswas sounds unconvincing by blowing hot and cold against the Election Commission observers.
- Do Not Take Left For Granted, Says Bardhan (Hindu, R. Ramabhadran Pillai, Feb 15, 2006)
Hints at united forum with non-BJP parties to discuss various issues
Left parties submitted 19 notes to UPA Government
No talks on forming third front at present
- Little Chance Of Talks Before Bush Visit (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Feb 15, 2006)
Implementing nuclear deal is far from easy
Kakodkar's blunt statement seems to have changed the equation for and against the separation plan
As of now, the Government seems to have adopted Kakodkar's approach
- Partial Commissioning Of Water Scheme Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
DFID-aided scheme expected to provide relief to residents of West Kochi
Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan to inaugurate tank
Constructed at a cost of Rs.2.2 crores
- India Will Have Its Own Jurisdiction In Space In 15 Years: U.R. Rao (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
`Satellites have become a vital component in medical world'
- "India Must Speak Up On Human Rights And Rule Of Law" (Hindu, Irene Khan, Feb 15, 2006)
The Secretary General of Amnesty International criticises the Bush administration's "war on terror" and urges New Delhi to be a fearless, principled international player.
- America's Plan Is To Force Gm Food On The World (Hindu, John Vidal, Feb 15, 2006)
Just A few years ago, World Trade Organisation officials used to act hurt when described by social activists as irresponsible, secretive bureaucrats who trampled over national sovereignty and placed free trade over the environment or human rights.
- Chris Patten Coming To Woo Students To Oxford (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Feb 15, 2006)
Chancellor leads campaign for cash-strapped varsity
To dispel "stuffy" image
American universities attractive
Patten may discuss providing grants
- Storm Clouds Over Budget Session (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 15, 2006)
Twenty months after the United Progressive Alliance came to power at the Centre, not much remains of the euphoria that attended that famous victory.
- Indian Consulate Car Damaged In Pak (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
Protests against the publication of Prophet Mohammad’s caricatures in European newspapers flared up in Pakistan on Tuesday with thousands of angry demonstrators storming the diplomatic enclave in Islamabad, where an Indian diplomatic car was damaged, . .
- Singh Counsels Cm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy and his deputy, Mr B S Yediyurappa called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at his South Block office here early on Tuesday afternoon and the meeting lasted for just about 15 minutes.
- Invest In Gas Exploration (Daily Excelsior, O P Modi, Feb 15, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in his latest expansion and reshuffle of the Union ministry striped Mani Shanker Aiyar of Petroleum and Natural Gas portfolio and gave it to Murli Deora; one of the Maharashtra’s heavy weights.
- Hospital Architecture And Health Care (Daily Excelsior, Dr Arun Sharma, Feb 15, 2006)
With patients today looking for better facilities and a pleasant environment in a hospital besides competent doctors, hospital architecture has become a very important factor in efficient healthcare delivery.
- Nuclear Iran Not In India's Interest: Bjp (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Feb 15, 2006)
Vote at IAEA ``mismanaged''
India must maintain minimum deterrent
Must not accept curbs on production of fissile material
- India Marches Together (Indian Express, V. R. Raghavan , Feb 15, 2006)
This country’s army does not need to reflect its social composition
The fascinating public debate consequent to the questions by the Sachar Committee on the number of Muslims in the defence forces is cause for reflection.
- Pak Protesters Go On Rampage, Two Dead (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
Security guards shot dead two men, police used tear gas on students in Islamabad’s diplomatic enclave and protesters attacked Western businesses on Tuesday in Pakistan’s most violent reaction yet to cartoons of the Prophet.
- Smoke Them Out (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 15, 2006)
If the expression "smoke them out" is much in vogue these days it is because United States President George W. Bush had employed it to convey a rare determination.
- Taliban To Step Up Violence (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
Afghanistan’s Taliban guerrillas are gaining strength and will step up attacks against government and foreign troops when spring comes next month, a Taliban commander said on Tuesday.
- One India (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 15, 2006)
The PSUs have carried the fight into the competitor’s camp
- Imperilled Nuclear Freedom (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Feb 15, 2006)
India has succumbed to US pressure and voted at the IAEA against Iran which is not in its interest
- Ec Spurs Again (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 15, 2006)
Aware of offence, but loathe to act
As important as the arrest of seven Bangladeshis from Hooghly district — a routine measure one would have imagined — is the fact that the administration took action only after orders were issued . . .
- Pakistan Sees Most Violent Reaction To Cartoons (Reuters, ZEESHAN HAIDER , Feb 15, 2006)
Security guards shot dead two men, police used teargas on students in Islamabad's diplomatic enclave and protesters attacked Western businesses on Tuesday in Pakistan's most violent reaction yet to cartoons of the Prophet.
- India Connects Kashmiris With New "Peace Bridge" (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
India said on Tuesday it had completed a new bridge connecting Indian and Pakistani Kashmir after an earlier one was damaged in last year's South Asian earthquake.
- Israel Urges World Action Against Iran Nuclear Bid (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
Israel's Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert renewed a call by the Jewish state on Tuesday for a united world effort to bar Iran from obtaining atomic arms.
- First Among Equals (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 15, 2006)
The odd man out Raoji Bandodkar
The fourth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas ended only recently.
- Models Of Change (Telegraph, Warisha Farasat, Feb 15, 2006)
Perhaps change is a highly overrated subject. When Pringles reached my hometown in Bihar, it was intimidating.
- Military, Not Iran, Drives Bjp (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
Senior leaders of the NDA today complained to President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam about what they described as the government’s decision to assess the level of Muslim representation in the armed forces.
- Cartoon Anger Turns To Violence (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
* Thousands protest nationwide
* Punjab Assembly, private businesses burnt in Lahore, fires could not be put out till late at night
* Telenor shops and hoardings attacked
* Two shot by security guards
* Students storm Diplomatic Enclave
- Death From The Sky (The Nation, Roedad Khan, Feb 15, 2006)
Friday, January 13, will go down in our history as a black day, a day of infamy, a day when every self-respecting Pakistani, who loves this country, must hang his head in shame. On that day, "America's war on terror" reached Damadola village . . .
- Afghan Gas Pipeline Nears Reality (Christian Science Monitor, Scott Baldauf, Feb 15, 2006)
If all goes well this week, Afghanistan may soon be on its way to having a gas pipeline going through its territory.
- Pakistan's Costly 'Other War' (Washington Post, Selig S. Harrison, Feb 15, 2006)
The usual explanation for Pakistan's failure to go all-out against al Qaeda and Taliban forces along the Afghan frontier is that Gen. Pervez Musharraf's armed forces and intelligence services are riddled with Islamic . . .
- A New Theme At Davos (Dawn, Sartaj Aziz, Feb 15, 2006)
The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum at the beautiful Swiss ski resort of Davos, in the last week of January each year, has become a unique international event.
- Life In A One-Party State (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 15, 2006)
Political parties in Pakistan used to charge the military regime of General Pervez Musharraf with trying to build up what is termed as “the king’s party” and thereby planning to have a sort of one-party state.
- China Is A Party To Kashmir Issue (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
China is an indirect party to the Kashmir dispute in the sense that any solution of the Kashmir issue was likely to have a strategic bearing on the security of China.
- Two Killed In Pak Cartoon Clashes (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
Two people were killed and dozens injured in Pakistan yesterday in the worst violence triggered by demonstrations against the cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.
- ‘Dark Matter’: Keeping Global Finances In Place? (The Financial Express, Alok Sheel, Feb 15, 2006)
One of the great macro-economic mysteries of the past decade is the remarkable resilience of the US dollar in the face of mounting US current account imbalances. To put this imbalance in perspective, consider that the total current account deficit . . .
- Queen Betty And Two Kings (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 15, 2006)
Back in 1948, a couple of young women called Bettye Goldstein and Coretta Scott both attended the convention of the Progressive Party in Philadelphia. The organization, which lived up to its name but proved to be spectacularly unsuccessful in . . .
- The On-Again, Off-Again Nuclear Deal (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Feb 15, 2006)
As the Budget session of Parliament gets underway and Assembly elections approach in West Bengal and Kerala, the political atmosphere is hotting up.
- Budget Session — Government On Sticky Wicket (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Feb 15, 2006)
With a slew of worrisome developments since the end of the winter session, Parliament faces an uneasy Budget session beginning February 16. Moreover, some old issues are still alive such as the Volcker report that had led to the resignation . . .
- Cartoon Protests Flare Up In Pak (Tribune, K.J.M. Varma, Feb 15, 2006)
Protests against the publication of Prophet Mohammad’s caricatures in European newspapers flared up in Pakistan today with thousands of angry demonstrators storming the diplomatic enclave in Islamabad where an Indian diplomatic car was dam aged and . . .
- Icici To Float $300 Mn In Us Via Cp Issue (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
ICICI Bank is planning to raise $300 million through a commercial paper programme in the United States.
- Srinagar-Muzaffarabad Bus To Run Again From Feb 20 (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
The Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus will ply again across the Line of Control from February 20 when Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad reopens the reconstructed 'Aman Setu' (peace bridge) on the LoC for traffic.
- A Tough Decision For India (News International, Jyoti Malhotra, Feb 15, 2006)
The battle for the mind of India will finally climax this week, as New Delhi at last arrives at a decision over separating its civilian nuclear programme from its military one.
- Us-India Naval Exercise Off Sri Lankan Coast (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Feb 15, 2006)
Aircraft carriers from the navies of India and the United States will rendezvous off the coast of Sri Lanka were due to rendezvous on Valentine’s Day for passage exercises.
- Child Labour On The Rise (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 15, 2006)
The HRCP’s latest figures for child labour in the country are truly alarming. According to a report by the Human Rights Commission, there are currently 10 million child workers in the country, a statistic that is three times the official figure . . .
- Karzai Will Call For Crackdown On Taliban (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is due in Pakistan today (Wednesday) for a three-day visit during which he will call on President Musharraf.
- Army ‘Census’: Nda Knocks On Kalam Door (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
The NDA today called on the President, Dr APJ Kalam, and expressed strong disapproval of proposed head count of Mus-lims in forces.
- Unions Around World To Protest Iran's Treatment Of Bus Workers (Washington Post, Nora Boustany, Feb 15, 2006)
While the international community is locking horns with Iran over its plan to push ahead with uranium enrichment -- a potential first step toward making nuclear weapons -- a separate global confrontation is gathering steam over labor practices under . . .
- Latin America's Leftist Regimes Get Cozy With Iran (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
When the 35-nation board of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna voted to refer Iran's energy case to the United Nations Security Council earlier this month, there were three notable "no" votes.
- Torture In Iraq (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 14, 2006)
Millions of people the world over have seen the video showing British soldiers beating and kicking young Iraqi boys, while a corporal watched and encouraged them.
- Kalabagh & The Water Crisis (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Feb 14, 2006)
"Water is precious, use it wisely” says a notice placed in the bathroom of a five-star hotel in Karachi.
- Iran Resumes Uranium Enrichment (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
Iran has started putting uranium feedstock gas into centrifuges, defying the West with actual enrichment work on making what could be nuclear reactor fuel or atom bomb material, diplomats said Monday.
- Hamas Causes Terror In Us (Dawn, Eric S. Margolis, Feb 14, 2006)
How, one wonders, can the Bush administration, with its huge intelligence apparatus and large diplomatic corps, keep getting everything wrong about the Muslim world?
- The Military Mindset (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Feb 14, 2006)
Islamabad has no option but to listen to the regional nationalists and it is unwilling to do so
- Who’S Afraid Of The Nuke Deal? (Indian Express, R. Rajaraman, Feb 14, 2006)
The issue of whether or not India’s fast breeder reactor should be placed under safeguards is at the core of the storm raging in India around the Indo-US nuclear agreement.
- War Mongering (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 14, 2006)
Iraq precedent must make the US desist from attacking Iran
- Hamas Refuses To Renounce Violence Until Israel Agrees (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
A leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas rejected international demands to renounce violence, saying in a newspaper interview published Monday that Israel must first pledge to leave all occupied lands.
- Pakistan To Raise Cross-Border Firing With Afghan President (Indian Express, ROD MCGUIRK, Feb 14, 2006)
Pakistani civilian casualties from rockets and artillery originating from Afghanistan are likely to be on the agenda when the Afghan president visits Islamabad this week, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
- Now, Durga Shown Endorsing Whisky (Hindustan Times, Vijay Dutt, Feb 14, 2006)
Religious sensibilities have once again been hurt by a caricature in Europe. This time, the Hindu community is outraged and anger is spreading.
- Taking A Cue From China (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
Indo-US nuclear cooperation envi-saged in the July 18, 2005 joint statement is under intense scrutiny. On the Indian side, there are misgivings about how much "giving" India would have to do.
- Techseeds For Farmland (Daily Excelsior, Rakesh Raman, Feb 14, 2006)
If the policymakers in India aspire to bridge the digital divide, there would hardly be any other potential area than agriculture where they could apply information and communication technologies (ICTs).
- Nepal Court Rules King’S Panel On Corruption Illegal (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Feb 14, 2006)
In a judicial verdict with far reaching constitutional and political implication, the Supreme Court today declared as unconstitutional the appointment of the Royal Commission on corruption by King Gyanendra last year.
- Logic Of It (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 14, 2006)
Since the hate campaign goes on we wish to reiterate that it is entirely illogical to blame a country or a government for the views of a newspaper.
- Remembering A Liberal Humanist (Deccan Herald, Satya Narayana Sahu, Feb 14, 2006)
K R Narayanan wanted safe pedestrian crossings for the unempowered in the fast lane of liberalisation, privatisation & globalisation
- ‘Dae Not At War With Govt Of India’ (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Feb 14, 2006)
When Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar accused the US government of “shifting the goal posts” on the nuclear deal agreed last year in Washington, American analysts accused him of launching a war against his own government.
- India Accelerating Towards Deal With Cern (Indian Express, Reshma Patil, Feb 14, 2006)
India's nuclear scientists are on the verge of entering into a new, intensive collaboration—estimated at five million Swiss francs—with the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN), the world’s largest particle physics centre near Geneva.
- J&k:jklf Convenes Meeting To Discuss Pm's Invitation For Talks (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
JKLF Chairman Yaseen Malik today said he has convened a meeting of his outfit's Working Committee and Advisory Council here on February 15 to discuss and decide the invitation extended by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for talks.
- Going Beyond Peacekeeping (Hindu, V. R. Raghavan , Feb 14, 2006)
Captures the experiences and the spirit of the challenges involved in building sustainable peace
- Much Ado (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 14, 2006)
Indians love ghosts and conspiracies, so they chase shadows. This is perhaps the best explanation for the attack that has been launched on Mr Manmohan Singh’s government by the left and the Bharatiya Janata Party for the nuclear deal that . . .
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