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Articles 2721 through 2820 of 22138:
- Stars On The Political Sky (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
Once they glittered on the big screen. Do our filmstar MPs shine in Parliament? A report on how they fared in the last session
- The Truth Behind Natwar's Bluster (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
Am I the only person in India to feel at all bad for Natwar Singh? I’m beginning to feel that this may be the case. The Congress has deserted one of its most senior members. The doors of 10 Janpath have been shut in his face.
- Taking Refuge In Nostalgia... (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Aug 26, 2006)
There was a time I made three visits to Khan Market everyday. It is across the road from my flat.
- A Horst Wessel? (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Aug 26, 2006)
True, Rabindranath Tagore who set Vande Mataram to music had reservations about the song from the Hindu-Muslim angle.
- Letters To The Editor (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
Dinesh Trivedi, an MP, has done the right thing by moving the Supreme Court against the utterly selfish, and self-centred act of MPs in passing the Office of Profit law (IE, August 23).
- Have No Fears (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 26, 2006)
With reference to Termites and telescopes (August 23), the PM has already stated that any curb on India’s military options in the nuclear field will not be accepted.
- Natwar, The Chaudhary Of Jatland (Indian Express, PETER RONALD DESOUZA, Aug 26, 2006)
This Wednesday, former external affairs minister Natwar Singh reinvented himself as a Jat leader at a huge rally in Jaipur.
- Indo-Pak Talks On Sir Creek Doubtful (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
The Indo-Pak technical-level talks to resolve the dispute over Sir Creek, scheduled to be held here for two days from August 23, may not take place.
- Avoid Paranoia (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
In the face of extreme terrorist threat, various governments can be excused if they follow a zero-tolerance policy.
- Flight Of Talent Hits Patient Care (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 26, 2006)
Syed Nooruzzaman visits Rohtak’s Pt B.D. Sharma PGIMS hospital and finds that a promised transition into a ‘centre for excellence’ is not happening . . .
- Thousands Search For India's Tigers (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
Tens of thousands of forest workers are fanning out across India's jungles and national parks to count the country's endangered tigers, officials said on Friday.
- Role Of Pakistani Being Probed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
In the Mumbai train blasts investigation, the Anti-Terrorist Squad on Thursdaysaid that they are investigating role of the Pakistani national who was killed on August 22.
- The Nuclear Deal (Daily Excelsior, Arun Nehru, Aug 25, 2006)
The debate on the Nuclear issue was rather tame and clearly the Prime Minister and the Government are doing the right thing and on this issue there is little need to fire 'blanks' in the air [Left parties] and if we look at the political and . . .
- Will Death Penalty Stop Kidnappers? (Daily Excelsior, Sondip Bhattacharya, Aug 25, 2006)
The crime statistics released by the Union Home Ministry for 2004-05 (for 10 months) reveal that 48476 men, women and children were kidnapped, and 2754 were done to death, 939 were released after paying ransom, and what happened to the rest, nobody . . .
- New Delhi A City Of Wealth And Woes - Report (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
New Delhi's economic growth in the past decade has pushed its per capita income to more than double the national average but India's capital has failed to provide basic services to millions, a report said on Thursday.
- Threat Remains (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 25, 2006)
It is unfortunate that there is no encouraging news yet for New Delhi from across the Line of Control.
- The Empire Strikes Back (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Aug 25, 2006)
Having failed to push through the amendment to the RTI Act, the Government is now attempting to bring it in through the backdoor.
- Diverted Flight Was 'Not Terrorism': Dutch Ministry (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
The emergency return of a Northwest Airlines flight to Amsterdam's Schiphol airport under fighter escort did not appear to have anything to do with terrorism, Dutch Justice Minister Piet Hein Donner said on Thursday.
- India’S Role In Making Peace (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 25, 2006)
India should not hesitate in bringing both the Sri Lankan government and the LTTE to the negotiating table.
- Freedom For Dozen On Flight Of Fiasco (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
The F-16s were scrambled in vain. The 12 men offloaded from a Mumbai-bound US flight and detained in Amsterdam yesterday are of Indian descent but posed no terrorist threat, Dutch authorities said today.
- Protests Against Cong, Arjun (Tribune, Raman Mohan, Aug 25, 2006)
Thanks to the derogatory remarks against the Jat community in NCERT books, Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh has become an unofficial persona non grata in Haryana — a state where Jats had played a important role in the Congress’ . . .
- India's Rigid Stand (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 25, 2006)
The news emanating from New Delhi is not positive and what is coming out can at best be called confusing. India's Minister of State for External Affairs E Ahamed told the Lok Sabha on Wednesday that things like joint control or joint . . .
- Respect Others’ Feelings (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 25, 2006)
The arrest of one of the seven people involved in cutting the hair of a Sikh boy in Jaipur should, hopefully, lead to the arrest of all the others and blowing over of the whole incident.
- Quota Protesters Lathicharged (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
Aug. 24: Medicos and students today staged rallies and went on strike in different parts of the country, with police resorting to lathi-charges and using water canons to disperse protestors in Kolkata and Delhi.
- Students Clash With Police Over Quota Bill (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
Violent clashes broke out between students and police in the Indian capital on Thursday as protests flared over a government move to reserve more university seats for students from lower Hindu castes.
- The Telangana Turn (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Aug 25, 2006)
When Telangana Rashtra Samithi chief K. Chandrashekhara Rao walked out of the UPA and began his hunger strike at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on August 23, he was not the first Andhra leader to use this evocative tool to pursue an emotive cause.
- Anti-Quota Stir: 200 Held (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
More than 200 students were detained here on Thursday while protesting against the UPA government’s decision to introduce 27 per cent quota for the OBCs in government-aided and elite educational institutions.
- Pak Remains At Crossroads Of Terrorism (Deccan Herald, Mubashir zaidi, Aug 25, 2006)
Critics say Musharraf, an avowed ally in the war on terrorism, has much to do to end militancy.
- Life Is For A Cause (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 25, 2006)
I DO not know why Pakistan has overreacted to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s reiteration that if cross-border terrorism remains unabated the supporters of peace process would be weakened. I got frantic calls from TV stations in Karachi to react.
- More Sops Please, Asean Tells India (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
Asean, on Thursday, called upon India to make further tariff concessions in its list of goods and services offered under a beleaguered Free Trade Agreement (FTA)...
- Painless Separation (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Aug 25, 2006)
After waiting 27 months to see some signs of hope for a separate Telangana, Chandrasekhara Rao runs out of options
- Dutch To Free Passengers Arrested On Flight To India (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
Dutch authorities will release all 12 passengers arrested on a U.S. Northwest Airlines plane bound for India on Wednesday after concluding they were not planning an attack, prosecutors said on Thursday.
- India To Continue Nuclear Tests (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 25, 2006)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that his country will not forfeit its right to carry out future nuclear tests despite civilian nuclear deal with the United States.
- The War In Lebanon (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Aug 25, 2006)
Doubtless the cease-fire in Lebanon is extremely fragile. The UN’s unambiguous condemnation of Israel’s commando raid on a Hezollah stronghold inside southern Lebanon as a “violation” of the Security Council’s unanimous resolution 1701 has not . . .
- Quota For Lower Castes Irks Indian Students (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
Violent clashes broke out between students and police in the Indian capital on Thursday as protests flared over a government move to reserve more university seats for students from lower Hindu castes.
- Micro Finance In Disaster Control (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 25, 2006)
The problem that had erupted in the Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh between the district authorities and micro finance companies seems to have calmed down over the last few weeks.
- Indian Students Clash With Police Over Quota Bill (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
Violent clashes broke out between students and police in the Indian capital on Thursday as protests flared over a government move to reserve more university seats for students from lower Hindu castes.
- 'Bad Behaviour Not Terrorism' (Pioneer, TN Raghunatha, Aug 25, 2006)
All 12 passengers held after displaying worrying behaviour on a Mumbai-bound Northwest Airlines flight were being released on Thursday after being cleared of suspicion of terrorist intentions, public radio said.
- Outrage In Jaipur (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 25, 2006)
The propensity of small incidents to be blown out of proportion and - encouraged by helpful television cameras that can exaggerate the actual strength of a crowd - make a 'national crisis' out of a local tragedy is well known in India.
- Rjd, Jd(u) Fight It Out In Lok Sabha (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
The Lok Sabha on Thursday witnessed scenes similar to a “street fight” with Sadhu Yadav, the RJD MP and brother-in-law of Lalu Prasad, coming close to bashing up Prabhunath Singh of the JD(U) after the House was adjourned in the afternoon following . . .
- All 12, Mumbaikars All, Are Freed After Dutch Say No Terror Threat (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
More than 24 hours after they were taken off a Northwest Airlines flight which returned to Amsterdam after take-off, 12 Indians, all from Mumbai, were set free by Dutch authorities today after prosecutors said they found no evidence of explosives . . .
- Difficult Words (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Aug 25, 2006)
The irony is inescapable. Last Tuesday, the country mourned the death of the nonagenarian shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan in Varanasi.
- Cpm Democracy Sermon To Maoists (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
The CPM has urged Indian Maoists to learn from their Nepalese comrades and accept multiparty democracy.
- Reddy Moves High Court For Cbi Probe Into His Charge (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Inquiry sought against Kumaraswamy, others
A group of persons had threatened closure of mines if money was not paid'
The illegal gratification sought ran into crores of rupees: Reddy.
- Mumbai Blasts Suspects Travelled From Lucknow (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
The contents of an anonymous letter sent to the Station Superintendent of Lucknow railway station alleging that three persons involved in the Mumbai bomb blasts had travelled to Vadodara on August 20 by Sabarmati Express has sent the Government . . .
- India Rules Out Joint Management Of Kashmir (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
India on Wednesday rejected the idea of joint management or joint control of divided Kashmir with Pakistan, saying a similar suggestion recently reiterated by President Gen Pervez Musharraf would impinge on India’s sovereignty over the disputed region.
- Nation & States: Iii (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 24, 2006)
UP's economic resurgence cannot be brought about merely by bringing into the state a few industrialists or entrepreneurs.
- Ngos Should Practise What They Preach (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Aug 24, 2006)
NGO activity being largely voluntary, overheads in such organisations should be minimal.
- Doha Talks Failure — Giving The India-Asean Fta A New Thrust (Business Line, S. Majumder , Aug 24, 2006)
The deadlock in the Doha Round talks paves the way for the India-Asean Free Trade Agreement that was hobbled by the squabbling over the negative list.
- Rbi Nominees To Stay On Psb Boards (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Avenue opened for allowing preference share issue to shore up capital .
The Bill received Lok Sabha approval today after the Government introduced 37 amendments.
Banks may also be allowed to issue equity shares through preferential allotment or . . .
- No Compromise On N-Test: Pm (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Ruling out any bilateral pact with the US that would put a cap on India’s military nuclear programme, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday that New Delhi will retain the “sovereign right” on deciding whether to carry out any atomic . . .
- Thorn In The Side (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 24, 2006)
One of the most serious threats to India's security is from the proxy war unleashed against it on the eastern front, says Hiranmay Karlekar.
- Quota Tempo Rises, Aiims Docs On Leave Today (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Protesting the introduction of reservations in elite institutions, resident doctors of AIIMS have decided to go on mass casual leave on August 24. As a build-up, on Wednesday, medicos across the Capital observed black day against police action on . . . .
- Telangana Row: Trs President Begins Indefinite Hunger Strike (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
A day after resigning from the UPA government, TRS leader K Chandrasekara Rao on Wednesday began an indefinite hunger strike to press his party's demand for a separate state of Telangana to be carved out of Andhra Pradesh.
- India Will Retain Right To Conduct Future Nuclear Tests: Manmohan (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Ruling out any bilateral pact with the US that would put a cap on India's military nuclear programme, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said New Delhi will retain the ‘sovereign right’ on deciding whether to carry out any atomic tests in the future . . .
- Quota Protests Continue As Doctors Observe 'Black Day' (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Resident doctors of Delhi's medical colleges were marking Wednesday as a black day and declared they would go on mass leave on Thursday to protest the decision to implement caste-based quotas in central universities and institutes.
- Us Crackdown Setback For Ltte (Asia Times, M.R. Narayan Swamy, Aug 24, 2006)
The arrest of eight Tamil men in the US on charges of attempting to buy sophisticated weapons marks a new low for Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers, now battling the most serious military and diplomatic challenges in its three-decade history.
- Indian Activists Plan Coca-Cola, Pepsi Blockades (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
An Indian environmental group said on Wednesday it would temporarily paralyse the supply of Coca-Cola and Pepsi products in the country after another group said it had found dangerous levels of pesticides in their drinks.
- India Deflects Tamil Calls To Mediate In Sri Lanka (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Aug 24, 2006)
Their black gowns flapping in the traffic, scores of Indian lawyers form a "human chain" around the red-brick court building while other protesters burn Sri Lankan flags or stage symbolic fasts.
- The Nuke Fall Out? (OutLook, Ashish Kumar Sen, Aug 24, 2006)
A "weak" PM may suddenly have become "strong" with his speech in Parliament, but has he painted himself into a corner by publicly spelling out a rigid stance on the deal? Will Bush be able to swing the US Congress along? Hear it from the experts in . . .
- Deficit Of Trust In Pakistan (Pioneer, PN Khera, Aug 24, 2006)
The Army alone will be the winner in any election in Pakistan because it will always remain the single largest party in that country, says PN Khera
- India To Retain 'Sovereign Right' On Future N-Tests: Pm (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Ruling out any bilateral pact with the US that would put a cap on India's military nuclear programme, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said New Delhi will retain the "sovereign right" on deciding whether to carry out any atomic tests in the future . .
- Alarm Bells (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 24, 2006)
It is high time that alarm bells started ringing in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Nuke-Switch Option Not Clear: Pm (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh admitted in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday that there was a question mark over the inter-changeability option — from the civilian to military and vice versa—in the separation plan New Delhi has furnished to Washington . . .
- On The Wings Of “Bole So Nihal” (Tribune, Nirupama Dutt, Aug 24, 2006)
THE Malaysian Airlines late-night flight to Kuala Lumpur to Delhi is delayed by good 50 minutes because a number of passengers are still waiting in the long queues. Those on time start drowsing after the long rigmarole at the Indira Gandhi . . .
- A Bitter Pill To Swallow (Deccan Herald, KATHYAYINI CHAMARAJ, Aug 24, 2006)
Citizens rights seem to be the ultimate price demanded for implementing JNNURM.
- Rajiv Gandhi Award For Devi Cherian (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Ms Devi Cherian, hailing from the Chamba area of Himachal, was today awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Ekta Samman Award-2006 for her achievement in social service and journalism.
- Beyond Asean (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 24, 2006)
New Delhi has dramatically improved its offer in order to seal a free trade agreement (FTA) with Asean. Goods placed on the negative list were pruned from 1,400 to 854, then to around 560 currently.
- There Is Smoke Without Fire (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 24, 2006)
There’s been so many occasions when you, the alert reader, have spotted a baneful nexus between the media and the police. But nothing can top the report (HT Delhi, Page 5) that announced the Delhi Police having cracked a case involving two students . . .
- Bottled-Up Plans (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 24, 2006)
There'sll now be bottles full of comments, not all of them objective or scientific, on whose science is better:
- Pm Fails To Impress (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s defence of the Indo-US nuclear deal in Rajya Sabha last week may have earned him a lot of admirers and silenced both BJP and the Left, but Organiser is clearly not impressed.
- If We Require N-Tests, We Will Have Right To Decide, Says Pm (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Brushing aside speculation that India had signed away its sovereign right over its strategic programme with the Indo-US nuclear agreement, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asserted in the Lok Sabha today that the deal would not close . . .
- Responding To Karnataka's Needs (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 24, 2006)
Karnataka's demand for an adequate package of Central aid to mitigate the damage caused by floods — as well as drought — in the State, and its complaint of inequities in the matter vis-à-vis Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra, ought to be given due weight . .
- The Great Hurdle Race For School (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 24, 2006)
In cities all over the country, getting one’s child into a good school is becoming one of the toughest hurdles for parents today. Take Delhi, for instance.
- Toyota Kirloskar Motor Planning Small Car Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
TKM launches on-the job training programme
To invest Rs. 25 crore in training programme
1,000 students to be imparted training.
- Students Threaten Anti-Quota Stir (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
"Government cannot introduce the Bill when the matter is still sub judice"
- Fresh Protests Erupt In India Over College Quotas (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Police fired tear gas and used water canons to disperse student protesters in New Delhi on Tuesday as a fresh outcry erupted over a government move to reserve more college places for lower caste candidates.
- Fixing Leaks Can Avert World Water Woes: Expert (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Fixing leaky pipes in conurbations from Mexico City to New Delhi is a better way to avert water shortages as the world population grows than costly schemes such as dams, a leading expert said.
- India Says Cola Pesticide Charges Not Proven (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Health minister Anbumani Ramadoss said on Tuesday an environmental group that said soft drinks produced by Coca-Cola and PepsiCo contain high levels of pesticides had failed to prove its claims.
- Nsui Holds Rally On North Campus (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
In a show of strength in the run-up to the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) polls, the National Students' Union of India (NSUI) organised a "Chhatra Adhikar Rally" on the North Campus on Tuesday.
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