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Articles 19321 through 19420 of 31829:
- Five-Star Treatment For Dogs (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 06, 2006)
The expression dog-house need no longer refer to a place of disgrace.
- Unclog Roads With A Vehicle Area Tax (The Economic Times, Vivek Moorthy, Jan 06, 2006)
Such a levy will unclog roads, bring down travel time and let people travel more. Total road fuel consumption and emissions may also fall. It is a win-win policy whose time, locally and globally, has come
- Musharraf Insists On Kashmir Demilitarisation (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Thursday hoped India would respond positively to Pakistan’s proposals of demilitarisation and self-rule in Jammu and Kashmir to facilitate a lasting solution to the lingering dispute.
- Festive Spillover (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 06, 2006)
Almost all of Delhi’s newspapers on Thursday carried reports of a problem common in almost all major urban centres of the country
- By Persuasion Alone (Indian Express, Rakesh Shukla, Jan 06, 2006)
In the city of a thousand flyovers there once lived a shrewd and miserly merchant. He had a roaring business of gems and precious stones and had a shop in the best location in the market.
- The United States Is Opposed To A Proposed Natural Gas Pipeline That Would Link Iran With Pakistan And India (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
The United States is opposed to a proposed natural gas pipeline that would link Iran with Pakistan and India, a senior State Department official said Jan. 5.
- Capital, Not Country (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 06, 2006)
Indian politicians are keen on NRIs. They should just make it easy for all foreign investors
- Us Won’T Talk Of This Iran N-Chapter (Indian Express, JOSH MEYER, Jan 06, 2006)
In a clumsy effort to sabotage Iran’s nuclear programme, the CIA in 2004 intentionally handed Tehran some top-secret bomb designs laced with a hidden flaw that US officials hoped would doom any weapon made from them, according to a new book . . .
- Laloo Throws Weight Behind Yoga Guru (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
Laloo’s comments came a day after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav backed the spiritual leader. Demonstrations by the guru’s followers against the communists were also reported from several places around the country.
- View From The Left (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 06, 2006)
A year-end front page editorial gives the Left credit for much that is going right with the UPA. “Crucially dependent upon the Left for its survival, the UPA government had agreed to many proposals that no bourgeois-landlord government would agree . . .
- Will Govt Apathy Kill Good Cinema? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Jan 06, 2006)
On the tenth day of the screening of ‘Beru’, the national award-winning Kannada film on corruption, in Shimoga last fortnight, the movie’s director P Seshadri got a call from the theatre: “Sir, there are two people in the audience. What do we do?”
- Watergate Of India: Jaya (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK General Secretary J Jayalalitha on Thursday likened the tapping of Samajwadi Party leader and Rajya Sabha member Amar Singh’s telephone to the Watergate scandal in the United States which led to the resignation . . .
- Strong Introductions In Writing (Hindu, David McKie, Jan 06, 2006)
DEAD. THAT was what the Chicago Tribune's City News service was found to be as the New Year dawned.
- Aid An Adjunct To Occupation (Hindu, Ghada Karmi, Jan 06, 2006)
The Last month has seen a flurry of high-level activity designed to fund the Palestinians under occupation. A private sector investors' conference took place in London to discuss ways of boosting the Palestinian economy.
- Latin America’S Two Left Wings (Indian Express, JORGE CASTANEDA, Jan 06, 2006)
Don’t confuse those leaders who spring from a communist or socialist past with those who trace their roots to old-fashioned populism, says JORGE CASTANEDA
- Madrassas Untouched (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Jan 06, 2006)
The Pakistani government caved in to opposition from fundamentalist forces on the question of madrassas
- Can Pakistan Reform? (Frontpagemag, Robert T. McLean, Jan 05, 2006)
For months, Pakistani President Musharraf has been locked in a fierce political struggle with leaders of Pakistan’s religious schools, or madrasas. Represented by the powerful political organization Wifaqul-Madaris, . . .
- Bjp Meet To Ratify Rajnath's Appointment (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Rajnath Singh to spell out his strategy
Strategy to expand the BJP's base
Leaders contacted at various levels
- Japan, India To Start Talks To Bridge Nuclear Divide (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
India and Japan agreed on Wednesday to launch talks on nuclear issues in a bid to resolve differences as New Delhi pushes its ambition to become the world's sixth atomic power and boost energy production.
- Pakistan's Consulate Plan Scuppered In Mumbai (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Jan 05, 2006)
Tenants of a high-rise office building in India's financial capital have stopped Pakistan from reopening a long-delayed consulate there, saying crowds of visa seekers would present a security threat.
- Tight Security In Hyderabad (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Jan 05, 2006)
For Pravasi Bharatiya Divas and AICC plenary session
Manmohan, a large number of NRIs, Central Ministers and leading personalities taking part in the events
Police asked to implement "foolproof" but unobtrusive security plan
- Handle With Care (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jan 05, 2006)
The state must tackle dispossession humanely
The violent attempt by tribals in Orissa to stop the Tata Steel factory from coming up on their land is a reminder of the need for state governments to handle these matters humanely and efficiently.
- Why Not Check Out Barney? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 05, 2006)
The latest US opinion polls reveal that First Lady Laura Bush has a much higher favourability rating than her spouse.
- Safta Comes Into Force (Daily Excelsior, Pallab Bhattacharya, Jan 05, 2006)
With the onset of new year, the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) was set into motion.
- Japanese Agency To Conduct Survey On Freight Corridors (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Japan International Cooperation Agency to conduct a survey for Delhi-Mumbai, Delhi-Howrah links
- Centre Stalling Desalination Plant Project: Jayalalithaa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Accuses Union Environment Minister A. Raja of "surreptitiously blocking" it
- India Is Not For Dumping (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 05, 2006)
France must keep its asbestos to itself
Developing countries have long been the victims of the “not in my backyard” syndrome, and nowhere is this more clear that in the ship-decommissioning business.
- Russia In Trouble Over Gas Dispute (Tribune, Erika Niedowski, Jan 05, 2006)
When Russia officially became head of the leading group of industrialized nations on Jan. 1, it said energy security would be at the top of the group’s agenda; in fact, the issue already was on the minds of Europe and the United States . . .
- Ensuring A Successful Doha Round (The Financial Express, RAJIV KUMAR, Jan 05, 2006)
Reports from the Hong Kong Ministerial reflect an uneasy last minute compromise reached to keep the door open for carrying forward the Doha Development Round to a possible successful conclusion within the year.
- Clause And Effect: The New Corporate Order (The Financial Express, Sourav Majumdar, Jan 05, 2006)
The debate on whether the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) would extend the deadline for listed companies to implement the revised clause 49 of the Listing Agreement is, thankfully, over. Sebi has rightly stuck to its guns.
- Iran Trying To Make Nuke Missile: Report (Deccan Herald, Ian Cobain, Jan 05, 2006)
The leak of the intelligence report may signal a growing frustration at Iran’s refusal to bow to western demands that it abandon its programme to produce fuel for a Russian-built nuclear reactor due to come on stream this year.
- Poor Countries Tote Up Scorecard (Hindu, Anwarul Chowdhury, Jan 05, 2006)
Some gains and a good amount of unfinished business left over for 2006. This sums up the Hong Kong WTO meet for the Least Developed Countries.
- Extraordinary Folly Of U.K.'S New Opium War (Hindu, Simon Jenkins, Jan 05, 2006)
In the next few weeks, an army of 3,400 British troops expects to be deployed to Helmand province in southern Afghanistan. This is nearly half the number deployed in Iraq.
- The Polity Has To Turn Its Back On Politics Of Intrigue (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jan 05, 2006)
There can be no gainers in this game that no leader or party can hope to control fully. Unless the trend is bucked, the polity will stand denuded of its democratic legitimacy.
- 5 More Held For Iisc Attack (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Abdul Rehman, the LeT militant in Bangalore police custody, has allegedly admitted his role in...
- You Can't Be Too Busy To Think Of Bcm (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 05, 2006)
The basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS), the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), and the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) have joined hands to bring forth a consultative document titled . . .
- Iran’S Nuclear Zealot (Daily Times, Kenneth R Timmerman, Jan 05, 2006)
As the world prepares to confront an Iranian regime that continues to defy the International Atomic Energy Agency on its nuclear programmes, we must listen to what Iran’s leaders say as we watch what they do. A religious zealot with nuclear weapons . . .
- Sino-Pak N-Cooperation Has To Meet Iaea Safeguards: Us (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
The United States has said it has noted reports of Pakistan trying to acquire civilian nuclear reactors from China and stressed that Beijing “understands” that any cooperation with Pakistan would have to be under IAEA safeguards.
- French Firm Chief Ready To Testify Before Panel (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jan 05, 2006)
Jean-Claude Giannino, president of Technopure that carried out the first phase of asbestos removal from the French aircraft carrier, George Clemenceau, says he is willing to testify before the Indian Supreme Court's Monitoring Committee on Hazardous Waste
- Iran Trying To Assemble Nuclear Missile: Report (Hindu, Ian Cobain, Jan 05, 2006)
Syria, Pakistan also buying rocket technology
The Iranian government has been successfully scouring Europe for the sophisticated equipment needed to develop a nuclear bomb, according to the latest western intelligence assessment of the country's . . .
- Oil, Gas & Imperialism (Dawn, Daniel Litvin, Jan 05, 2006)
You may have thought the age of empires was over, that in today’s globalizing world relations between states were governed by economics, market forces and free trade, rather than battles for political influence between the great powers.
- 650 Posts For Tsunami-Hit In A&n Islands: Pm (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Promising to wipe tears of tsunami survivors of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today announced recruitment to 650 posts and proposed a legislative framework to help the victims get compensation.
- Moving Forward In Space (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 05, 2006)
In all probability, this will be the year the Indian Space Research Organisation completes ground testing of the indigenous cryogenic stage. ISRO will then be in a position to fly the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) . . .
- Us Warns As Report Adds Fuel To Iran’S N-Fire (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Iran has been scouring Europe for the sophisticated equipment needed to develop a nuclear bomb, according to a western intelligence assessment of the country’s weapons programme, a report in British newspaper The Guardian says.
- Next Three Years Matter (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
From 9/11 until the start of 2005, President George Bush succeeded in setting the political agenda for America and the world almost without effective challenge. At home and abroad he defined himself, and was widely seen, as the war president.
- Mumbai Consulate Plan Scuppered (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Tenants of a high-rise office building in India’s financial capital have stopped Pakistan from reopening a long-delayed consulate there, saying crowds of visa seekers would pose a security threat.
- Khaddam’S Shocking Somersault (Dawn, Karamatullah K. Ghori, Jan 05, 2006)
Abdel Haleem Khaddam veteran Ba’athist and the late Syrian strongman Hafez Al Assad’s most trusted lieutenant for well over three decades, has apparently rocked the boat for the younger Assad, now ruling Syria, in a no-holds-barred television interview t
- Indo-Russian Ties (Tribune, Ash Narain Roy, Jan 05, 2006)
Till the closing years of the 20th century, neither strategic thinkers nor astrologers of power had any inkling about the rise of Asia, “Chindia” in particular, as a global economic powerhouse.
- Recipe For Disaster (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 05, 2006)
The decision of the Nepalese Maoists to call off the four-month-long ceasefire is unfortunate.
- Koreans Lost A National Hero In The Stem-Cell Scandal. But Their Scientists Still Lead The Way In Biotech Research (Indian Express, B.J. LEE, Jan 05, 2006)
The world’s stem-cell hub at Seoul National University Hospital seemed like the epicentre of global biotechnology when it was dedicated last October. The new lab was built chiefly to house Hwang Woo Suk, South Korea’s stem-cell-research pioneer, . . .
- Karzai Makes Landmark Visit To Turkey (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Afghan rebuilding to top discussions between Karzai and Turkish dignitaries
- Us Special Envoy To Korean Nuclear Talks Quits (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
The US special envoy to multilateral talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons drive has quit, the State Department has said amid reported divisions within the administration over the nuclear issue.
- In 2006, Watch This Space... (Indian Express, K. Subrahmanyam, Jan 05, 2006)
The year 2006 is likely to see a radical change in India’s foreign policy posture and status.
- Bush Expected To Visit India In Mid-Feb (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
US President George W Bush is expected to visit India in the middle of February but the White House has not announced firm travel plans.
- North Korea Urged To Return To N-Talks Without Conditions (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Washington rejects Pyongyang’s demand to lift sanctions
The US ambassador to Seoul on Wednesday urged North Korea to return unconditionally to six-nation disarmament talks and to get out of the “nuclear business” in 2006.
- Bush Expected To Visit India In Mid-Feb (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
US President George W Bush is expected to visit India in the middle of February but the White House has not announced firm travel plans.
- Bush Expected To Visit India In Mid-Feb (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
US President George W Bush is expected to visit India in the middle of February but the White House has not announced firm travel plans.
- 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
- Mob War In The Mideast (Indian Express, David Ignatius, Jan 05, 2006)
The power struggle among Syria’s leaders could widen to involve real armies in Syria, Lebanon, Israel and even distant Iran, warns DAVID IGNATIUS
- Clash Of Two Nuclear Pacts (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Jan 05, 2006)
Beijing and Islamabad could be muddying the unfolding debate on Indo-US nuclear cooperation, argues C. Raja Mohan
- Us Warns Iran Against Resuming Nuke Research (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
The United States on Tuesday warned Iran against resuming atomic fuel research and development which it said would further Tehran's efforts to build nuclear bombs.
- Kashmiris Not Ready To Accept Loc As Border: Mirwaiz (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
The visiting All Parties Hurriyet Conference (APHC) delegation led by its chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Tuesday evening went into a mutual consultations session with the Azad Kashmir leaders here on their 2-day visit to quake ravaged areas.
- Iran Has Snatched An Opportunity From Afghanistan By Nearing An Accord With Pakistan And India On The Seven Billion Dollar Iran-Pakistan-India Gas Pipeline (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Iran has snatched an opportunity from Afghanistan by nearing an accord with Pakistan and India on the seven billion dollar Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline.
- Sri Lankan War Fears Take Shine Off Economic Hopes (Daily Times, Peter Apps, Jan 04, 2006)
Dollar aid after Asia’s tsunami boosted both the local rupee and the stock exchange - but the bourse has fallen sharply after the string of attacks on the military last month
- Brain Drain — Oxymoron In A Global Workforce (Business Line, Alok Ray, Jan 04, 2006)
Should we bother about brain drain when the flow is moving in all directions in today's global economy, wonders Alok Ray, and cites the increasing movement to India of quite a few established professionals from countries such as the US to take up jobs,...
- Mirwaiz Visits Pok, Holds Talks (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq today visited Muzaffarabad, the quake-battered capital of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), and held talks with the leaders there.
- Bihar: Five Naxalites Arrested (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Five hardcore CPI (Maoist) activists, suspected to have been involved in the gunning down of former MP and Lok Janashakti leader Rajesh Kumar, were arrested from a village in Bihar's Gaya district today.
- Poll Bounty (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 04, 2006)
Trust the leftists of Bengal to make even newborn children matter in vote-bank politics.
- Greenpeace Members Held After "Toxic" Ship Protest (Reuters, Reuters, Jan 04, 2006)
Police detained around a dozen Greenpeace activists in New Delhi on Tuesday during a protest over the planned scrapping in an Indian yard of a French aircraft carrier they said contains tonnes of highly toxic material.
- 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.
- Combating Africa's Number One Killer (Hindu, Jon Snow, Jan 04, 2006)
The numbers are impossible to digest. Three million people a year die from the disease, most sufferers contract it two or three times a year and, whenever they do, are so struck down that they can neither work nor tend to their families for . . .
- Security Concerns Ignored (Tribune, Maj Gen (retd) Rajendra Nath, Jan 04, 2006)
Recently Chandigarh hosted a seminar regarding the country’s foreign policy and its effects on national security. Mr Jaswant Singh, former Foreign Minister, made interesting observations and often referred to the fact that he was an Army . . .
- Hurriyat To Meet Musharraf On January 6 (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
The Mirwaiz Umar Farooq-led Hurriyat delegation, which is on a week-long visit of Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PaK), is likely to meet President Pervez Musharraf on January 6.
- What’S The Real Idea? (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Jan 04, 2006)
One critic called it “the common agricultural policy of the sky”, a reference to the European Union’s expensive and wasteful farm support programme, but the Galileo Project has been launched at last. On December 28, 2005 a Russian rocket boosted . . .
- Tunnel Vision (Telegraph, Arkadev Chatterjea, Jan 04, 2006)
Contrary to the trend abroad, students in India’s top business schools seem overly concerned with job placements, writes Arkadev Chatterjea The author is professor of finance, IIM Calcutta, and visiting fellow, Cornell Higher Education Research . . .
- We Have A Dream (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 04, 2006)
Amid all hopelessness, there is a ray of hope. Kashmir is a subject to be studied not in isolation, but in a comprehensive politico-historical context.
- Create Disaster Management Cell (Daily Excelsior, Rajesh Khajuria, Jan 04, 2006)
One year after the Tsunami, it is difficult to say whether the world has learnt its lessons. The Tsunami of Dec 26 last year was one of the worst disasters in recorded history and killed - official figures - 223,492 people, besides rendering nearly . . .
- Lanka Begins To Bleed (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels make a daily change to the note at the top of their Web site. The ceasefire agreement “enters into 1410 days today,” it read today.
- Rot In Fci (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 04, 2006)
The behemoth is feeding on itself, and people
The Food Corporation of India was formed to act as a bulwark against perennial food shortage and greed of the middlemen.
- Tips For Spending And Making Money (Tribune, Jasmine Birtles, Jan 04, 2006)
First of all, work out what kind of riches you are aiming for. Unless you go the traditional route and inherit it, making serious money will involve some sort of sacrifice.
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