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Articles 1121 through 1220 of 3108:
- Why Pm Went To Receive Bush (Times of India, BHASKAR ROY, Mar 02, 2006)
Disregarding the strong anti-Bush protests, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh broke away from protocol to go to Indira Gandhi International Airport and receive US president George W. Bush on Wednesday evening.
- Indian Lessons (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 02, 2006)
Jagdish Bhagwati expanded upon them on the eve of the Bush visit to India
- Full Text Of Finance Minister's Speech (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
Union Budget 2006-2007
Speech of P. Chidambaram
Minister of Finance
February 28, 2006
Mr. Speaker, Sir
It is my privilege to present the Budget for the year 2006-07.
- From Eisenhower To Clinton To Bush (Hindu, Harish Khare , Mar 01, 2006)
The India-U.S. relationship cannot easily graduate into a strategicjugalbandhiwithout all shades of Indian nationalism feeling comfortable with Washington's global agenda.
- No Compromise On Capability (Tribune, Man Mohan Singh, Mar 01, 2006)
THE article has been excerpted from the statement made by the Prime Minister in Parliament on February 27on civilian nuclear energy cooperation with the United States.
- Poll Wonder For Bengal (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
The Left MPs from West Bengal were quick on the draw to find fault with what the finance minister had to offer today and it was ironic that the Speaker had to caution against a “running commentary”
- "We Cannot Accept Safeguards On Our Indigenous Fast Breeder Programme" (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 28, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says the decision on what facilities may be identified as civilian will be made by India alone, and not by anyone else.
- One Day To Go, President Bush Visit Still Hush-Hush (Hindustan Times, Nilova Roy Chaudhury, Feb 28, 2006)
The Indian Tricolour and the American Stars and Stripes are aflutter around Vijay Chowk, the Central Vista and freshly painted roundabouts at the heart of India’s capital.
- Bush And India’S Insecurity (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Feb 27, 2006)
The permanent threat from Pakistan is unlikely to feature in the “detailed and substantive” talks with Bush
- Uproar Over Muslims In Indian Army (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
Such are the prejudices that most Indians and Pakistanis grow up with about one another that they instinctively take shelter in rank stereotypes when thinking about, say, religious minorities in their countries.
- The High Price Of Development (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Feb 25, 2006)
Budgets in the early years of independence were an enigma wrapped in secrecy. India’s economic base was limited. The dependence was, therefore, on the ingenuity of finance minister. Crises could not be pulled out of a hat to maintain the morale.
- Train To Reach Katra This Year (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad today unveiled a populist budget, leaving second class passenger fares unchanged and effecting 18 per cent reduction in AC first class and 10 per cent in AC second class fares, while introducing 55 new trains and not hiking fr
- Troubled Ceasefires (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Feb 24, 2006)
The ceasefire with the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (I-M) has been extended for six months in Nagaland and the first week of February saw movement towards some similar arrangement with the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) ....
- N-Deal Points At Rosy Future (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Feb 24, 2006)
Contrary to what some in the South Block and Washington have been saying, this agreement, if implemented, provides the bedrock for the kind of strategic partnership that has eluded India and the US since 1947.
- Meet To Better Indo-Pak Relations (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 23, 2006)
A three-day ‘Pen for Peace’ conference which got under way at the Jamia Millia University has brought about 50 Pakistan writers, poets, artists, musicians and mediapersons in a bid to further the peace process through people-to-people contact.
- Nuclear Reactors Today, What Next? (Indian Express, VASANT GOWARIKER, Feb 22, 2006)
I once headed ISRO’s Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre. So, India’s launch vehicles is a subject of my interest. Which causes me to ask: after America sorts out the nuclear deal with India, what next? Launch vehicles?
- No Peace, No Truce: All Ltte Wants Is Karuna (Hindustan Times, Meenakshi Iyer, Feb 22, 2006)
The main aim of the Tamil Tigers at the Geneva talks is to force the Sri Lankan Government to hand over Karuna, the renegade Tiger commander, and not search for peace, says a leading expert on South Asian Affairs.
- Karunanidhi Inspects Dmk State Conference Arrangements (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
A large number of party cadres throng the airport to receive their leader
- Left Assails Centre's Claims On Growth (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Continues tirade against policies
India has slipped in human development index: CPI
Government's record "dismal" in foreign policy
- Corporation Begins Efforts To Implement Pilloor Second Phase (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Feb 22, 2006)
City to get additional 60 million litres of water a day "The city is growing and we will need more water as multi-storeyed housing complexes are on the rise," the Mayor said
- The Many Myths Of Jhandewalan (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Feb 21, 2006)
In the space of three weeks, the RSS has journeyed from decrying shortsighted alliances through proposing precisely such an alliance between the BJP and the Congress to advocating a broad alliance of disparate elements, Mulayam Singh's party included.
- Fresh Crisis In Assam (Daily Excelsior, Sanchet Barua, Feb 21, 2006)
The army's task in the North-east is not an easy one. It has to fight the armed insurgents and, at the same time, ensure that innocent civilians are not harassed.
- Muslims And The Indian Army (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Feb 20, 2006)
After 60 years of Independence, we should be sufficiently confident of our collective secular beliefs and practices to examine facts.
- Delhi Demolition: What Is At Stake (Daily Excelsior, Jagmohan , Feb 19, 2006)
How true was Mahatma Gandhi when he observed: "Politics bereft of principles are the death traps; they kill the soul of a nation." What we, of late, have been witnessing in Delhi is not only a spate of illegal constructions or their demolition but . . .
- ‘I’D Have Been A Communist’ (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Feb 18, 2006)
“I WOULD have been in the Communist Party if there had been no partition,” says Atal Behari Vajpayee, former prime minister, who led the BJP coalition for six years at the centre.
- The Real Estate Boom (Daily Excelsior, Ashok Gongopadhyay, Feb 18, 2006)
Despite a much publicised demolition drive in the Capital of India due to judicial pressure, the growth of the real estate sector may continue in the forth-coming financial year.
- Great And The Good (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
We can’t all keep bickering. We need a thinking elite that bats for the country
- Nuke Deal: Pm Statement In Both Houses (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will make a suo motu statement in both Houses of Parliament on Friday on the status of negotiations with the US on implementation of the controversial Indo-US civil nuclear cooperation deal signed last July.
- Critical Absence (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Feb 17, 2006)
Coming from somebody who's at the pinnacle of the establishment, prime minister Manmohan Singh's recent indictment of it is particularly damning.
- Getting India Right (Policy Review, Parag Khanna, Feb 17, 2006)
Parag Khanna is a fellow at the New America Foundation and author of The Second World, forthcoming from Random House. C. Raja Mohan is strategic affairs editor of the Indian Express in New Delhi.
- Look Beyond Differences (Times of India, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Feb 17, 2006)
The differences between the Left and Congress in recent weeks have provoked a flurry of partisan commentary. On the airport privatisation question, the Left stands accused of protecting an already pampered group of white-collar workers.
- Terror To Be Firmly Dealt With: Kalam (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
Declaring a "relentless war against terrorism", President A P J Abdul Kalam today asked Pakistan to rein in jehadi elements and made it clear that the UPA government would continue to pursue economic reforms, including the controversial . . .
- Kalam’S Address ‘Lifeless, Directionless’: Bjp (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
The BJP today termed the President’s address to Parliament as “lifeless, dull and directionless” and said the NDA would raise the issue of Muslim headcount in the armed forces tomorrow and insist on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s resignation over the . .
- Style Is Success (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 16, 2006)
During a television appearance recently former Pakistan cricket captain and fast bowler Imran Khan made a very pertinent point.
- India’S Iran Stand Neither Here Nor There (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Feb 16, 2006)
Whatever the outcome of talks on the India-America nuclear deal, New Delhi should at least take up Iran’s case with the US
- 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
- Peace In South Asia Is Priority: Manmohan (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Feb 15, 2006)
Quotes Nehru that foreign policy was the "outcome" of economic policy
India had "worked hard" to have the freedom to make policy choices
Non-alignment is not an empty slogan
Turbulence in the Islamic world requires deeper analysis
- India Faces Turbulent Neighbourhood, Says Manmohan (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
Expressing that India faced a “turbulent neighbourhood”, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said it was a foremost challenge for New Delhi to create a “stable and cooperative atmosphere in the region to allow us to concentrate our energies . . .
- Saving India's Endangered Wildlife (Daily Excelsior, G L Khajuria, Feb 14, 2006)
We deserve no right to live over this globe, if we don't bear sympathy in mind for a variety of animal life that surrounds us,
- 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
- Are You Among The `Globizens'? (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Feb 14, 2006)
Mumbai has the maximum number of this new breed of Indian "who has a personal or professional need or desire for global news, information or events and has international behaviour characteristics."
- Resurrection Of Congress In Up (Daily Excelsior, Pramod Mishra, Feb 13, 2006)
Congressmen in Uttar Pradesh are enthused as in-fighting in the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) intensified.
- Solution To Kashmir Lies In ‘How’, Not ‘When’: Omar (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 13, 2006)
Praising the Centre for initiating the peace process in Kashmir, National Conference president Omar Abdullah has said that the issue needs a "means-based" solution.
- What If Sonia Had To Face Her Father-In-Law (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Feb 12, 2006)
All IFS of history are flights of imagination. Yet, despite their implausibility, their use is permissible when a reasonable argument is sought to be made.
- Left, Govt Clash On Economic Policy (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
The Left parties today differed sharply with the government leaders on economic policy issues, but doled out an agenda to the UPA regime on how to handle its expenditures and revenues, including higher resources for the National Rural Employment Programme
- Over 5,000 Applications For Inclusion Of Names (Hindu, Karthik Subramanian, Feb 11, 2006)
Sunday last day to raise objections ahead of publication of final voters' list
- A New, Clear Doctrine (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Feb 11, 2006)
After 40 years of ambiguity, we took the big risk in Pokharan II. It worked. The US N-deal means reaping rewards, let’s not blow it
- When The State Took Flight (Indian Express, Nandan Nilekani, Feb 10, 2006)
In their sweeping book on the 20th century, The Commanding Heights, Daniel Yergin and Joseph Stanislaw trace how the world has seesawed between the state and markets at different times due to various circumstances and based on the dominant . . .
- Suez, Hungary, Zhou And Ike (Indian Express, Inder Malhotra, Feb 10, 2006)
A new volume of Jawaharlal Nehru’s papers highlights his refusal to be bound by realpolitik, says INDER MALHOTRA
- Aids: 15-49 Age Group Most Vulnerable (Hindu, M. Dinesh Varma, Feb 10, 2006)
TANSACS to set up Red Ribbon Clubs in 1,000 colleges; to work with NCC
- Coretta Scott King's Gandhian Ideals (Hindu, Shelia M. Poole, Feb 09, 2006)
Coretta Scott King sometimes referred to Mahatma Gandhi as "Gandhiji." By placing "ji" after Gandhi's name, she followed the traditional Indian practice of showing reverence.
- Historic Legacy (Deccan Herald, Srinidhi Raghavendra, Feb 09, 2006)
Hosur Road, famous for its choc-a-bloc traffic is known to one and all in Bangalore. But little is known about Hosur town itself in Dharamapuri district of neighbouring Tamil Nadu.
- ‘Changes Come From Affected Masses’ (Deccan Herald, Bala Chauhan, Feb 09, 2006)
Medha Patkar, NBA leader: “The lakhs of people whose villages and homes have been submerged are committed to the cause. This gives me strength.”
- Choking Indian Ports Need Far More Capacity - Execs (Reuters, Biman Mukherji, Feb 09, 2006)
Indian ports need to increase capacity sharply to handle a surge in trade volumes as they approach saturation in an economy growing at 8 percent annually, a leading financial expert and industrialist said on Wednesday.
- Raw Deal For Women In J&k (Daily Excelsior, Dr Vandhana Sharma, Feb 09, 2006)
It is one of the most intriguing questions for those who study issues of women, as to why women are near invisible in the upper echelons of the political scene of not only India but the entire world.
- Pm Keeping Foreign Ministry Port Folio (Daily Excelsior, Sita, Feb 07, 2006)
It should come as no surprise that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has chosen to be his own external affairs minister. Not having inducted a successor to Kunwar Natwar Singh in the last Sunday's cabinet changes, he also said that he is ''not overburdened''.
- At Close Quarters (Hindu, V. R. Lakshminarayanan, Feb 07, 2006)
A close-up view of India's first Prime Minister provided by his security officer
- Buckling Buta (The Week, Debashish Mukerji, Feb 06, 2006)
It was a judgment the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government in Delhi had been awaiting with dread. Last October, a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court called the decision to dissolve the Bihar Assembly on May 23, 2005 ‘unconstitutional’, . . .
- In A Difficult Phase (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Feb 06, 2006)
The author is an independent researcher. He has recently co-edited the book, Battles over Nature
- No Compromise On National Sovereignty (Daily Excelsior, Sanchet Barua, Feb 06, 2006)
The Naga ceasefire that was to expire on February 1 has been extended for another six months by the government and the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isaac-Muivah). The decision was taken after four-day long discussions between . . .
- Rahul Gandhi Waiting To Step In! (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Feb 05, 2006)
The irrepressible clamour at the Hyderabad AICC session for induction of Rahul Gandhi either in the union cabinet or at a top party position speaks volumes about the apparent indispensability of this young Nehru-Gandhi scion in running . . .
- "Power In Every House A Priority" (Hindu, T. Ramakrishnan, Feb 05, 2006)
Golden jubilee celebrations of Neyveli Lignite Corporation inaugurated
- We’Ll Not Bend For N-Deal: Pm (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Feb 02, 2006)
India will not “bend” to clinch a final deal with the United States on the proposed civilian nuclear cooperation, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh declared on Wednesday even as he remained committed to make the cooperation a reality.
- India Desires ‘Pragmatic, Practical’ Solutions: Singh (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Feb 02, 2006)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday that he wants to resolve all problems with Pakistan, including the Kashmir issue, with pragmatic and practical solutions but he had no mandate to seek transfer of territories if it came to that.
- Pm Says Government To Last Full Term (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday his government would last its full five-year-term despite differences with the ruling coalition's communist allies.
- ‘I Had Two Choices Before Me — Wealth And Fame, Or Poverty And Fame’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 01, 2006)
The 80-year-old Hindi poetess-novelist, is characteristically blunt when she says the Padma Bhushan and its honorary status may have come a little late in the day, but she is equally fervent in accepting it with gratitude. Only two years ago, . . .
- India’S Freedom Of Action Not For Sale (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jan 31, 2006)
Intended or otherwise, US Ambassador David Mulford’s public warning over India’s vote on the Iran issue has reawakened the ghosts of the past, bringing into focus the one issue that was responsible for the unhappy state of relations between . . .
- ‘V.P. Singh Made Many Attempts To Get Us To Give A Statement Against Rajiv Gandhi’ (Indian Express, S.P Hinduja, Jan 31, 2006)
In the second part of their interview to Shekhar Gupta, editor-in-chief of ‘The Indian Express’, on NDTV’s ‘Walk the Talk’, G.P. and S.P. Hinduja talk about their association with a spectrum of Indian politicians, including a call from Prime Minister . .
- Second Tryst With Destiny (Times of India, K SUBRAHMANYAM, Jan 30, 2006)
On August 15, 1947, Jawaharlal Nehru pointed out, in a reference to the Partition, that the country was not redeeming its pledge for independence in full measure, but substantially.
- Musical Chairs (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 30, 2006)
One of the pieces of advice that Louis Mountbatten gave to Jawaharlal Nehru was that, as India’s prime minister, Nehru should periodically shuffle around his ministers.
- Waiting For The Messiah (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 30, 2006)
The UP Congress is still fighting shy of wooing the backward castes, hoping to be saved by the first family,
- Court Employee To Union Cabinet (Deccan Herald, PTI, Jan 30, 2006)
From a humble beginning as a court employee to the office of governor and now into the Union Cabinet, Sushil Kumar Shinde has tread a long and tough journey in his life.
- Pm Comes To The Aid Of Congress In Team Expansion (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jan 30, 2006)
The long-pending Cabinet reshuffle and expansion today was a major exercise in the rehabilitation of Congress men and women in government.
- Peaceful Rise, In Three Steps (Indian Express, C. RAJAMOHAN, Jan 30, 2006)
While the Indian leaders merely rule, the Chinese tend to reign.
- Five Old-New Faces In The Union Cabinet (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jan 30, 2006)
A look at the Congress veterans who have been inducted into the Government.
- High Drama And Low Comedy (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Jan 29, 2006)
During the last few days there has been a plethora of events — some of them yet tortuously proceeding towards their denouement — that have produced high drama, low comedy and an element of tragedy, altogether adding up to a situation that cannot make . .
- For Rahul, Is Cong A Jungle Of Intrigue & Factionalism? (Deccan Herald, N J Nanporia , Jan 29, 2006)
There is a distinction between solving problems and complaining that they sexist. Sadly, the 82nd session of the AICC featured more of the second than of the first,
- Congress: Between Hope And Despair (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Jan 28, 2006)
The Congress and the Government have settled into a dither and delay routine. This is unfortunate given the unmatched potential of the Sonia Gandhi-Manmohan Singh team.
- Congress To Create Awareness Among People On Nregp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 28, 2006)
14 districts in State selected for implementation of scheme
- The Tragedy Of Buta Singh (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Jan 28, 2006)
Buta Singh will go down on record as a sample of politicising of our times: unprincipled, opportunist with no commitment to any political or moral principles. He changed constituencies (reserved) to ensure success in elections. He changed styles . . .
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