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Articles 5421 through 5520 of 21784:
- Nepal's Rough Road Ahead (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Jun 14, 2006)
How many zeroes does it take to make Girija Prasad Koirala smile? At least three - quipped a wag, as mandarins in the Ministry of External Affairs sweated in the Delhi heat to create an aid package that would meet the expectations of India's neighbour . .
- Delhi Decides To Cut Petrol Price Marginally (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Giving a marginal relief to consumers in the Capital, the Sheila Dikshit Government on Tuesday decided to reduce the recently increased price of petrol by 67 paise a litre and diesel by 22 paise through a cut in the Value Added . . .
- Protests Mount Against Fuel Price Hike (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Political activists stopped trains and buses across the country on Tuesday and truckers kept off the roads as a one-day strike to protest against a rise in retail fuel prices took hold.
- Bogged Upa May Call Ndc Meet By June-End (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Threatened by growing restlessness in the Opposition as well as among its key allies, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government is going to call a meeting of National Development Council (NDC) for a consensus on the issues of petroleum prices . . .
- `Poor Performers' Proposed To Get A Fee Hike (Hindu, Sandeep Joshi, Jun 14, 2006)
Retainership and fees of MCD standing counsels in Supreme Court and High Court to go up
- Strike Against Fuel Prices Halts Transport In India (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Trucks, buses and some train services ground to a halt in India on Tuesday as part of a nationwide one-day strike against a government decision to raise fuel prices.
- Rising To Our Potential (Deccan Herald, B G Verghese, Jun 14, 2006)
In a globalised world, India can't afford to shy away from its role as a key player
- Petrol, Diesel To Cost Less In Delhi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
AIMTC laughs it off, says govt should give up excise, customs and sales tax on petro products
- Order On Rahul Mahajan's Bail Application Reserved (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Police want to to conduct narco-analysis, brain mapping for Rahul Mahajan
- India To Seek Chinese Help To Enter Nuclear Club (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
India plans to seek the backing of one-time rival China as it bids to enter an elite club of nations allowed to trade in nuclear supplies, the defence minister said on Tuesday.
- The Lady With A Candid Camera (OutLook, SHYAM BENEGAL, Jun 14, 2006)
A scholarly coffee-tabler, meticulously tracing the intrepid odyssey of India's first lady photojournalist.
- India To Start Digitally Mapping Territory (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Jun 14, 2006)
The Indian cabinet has approved a liberalised map policy and digital mapping of the country, overruling objections raised by the defence establishment.
- Indo-Us N-Deal Faces ‘Testing’ Times (Daily Excelsior, V Mohan Narayan, Jun 14, 2006)
The hype over the agreement between India and the United States on cooperation in civil nuclear energy has subsided with reality checks in both countries.
- Handpicked Leaders (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 14, 2006)
Whatever your political inclinations may be, you would be inhuman not to feel sorry for those poor politico dearies whose wallets and mobile phones have been nicked.
- When Democracy Died... (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Jun 14, 2006)
The book is a personal journal, recording the Emergency as seen from an insider’s point of view.
- Giving It Back (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 14, 2006)
New Delhi has finally chosen to prick the rather thin bubble of justification that Pakistan has constructed for itself in the parts of Jammu and Kashmir that it controls.
- A Crown Full Of Feathers! (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
The journal of Babur provides an insight into the life of an emperor and doubles as a record of history from the hand that made it!
- Us Bets On India's Boom, Frets Too (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Jun 14, 2006)
The Sensex may be headed south and the Nifty anywhere but north, but as far as the west is concerned, the world economy is devolving on the east -- India being the current favorite.
- Don’T Let The Branding Iron Go Cold (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 14, 2006)
Corporates build brands over years, spending considerable time, energy and cash so that one day that brand would allow the company to charge a premium for its products and enhance cash flow.
- ‘4 Lakh Aids Deaths In India Last Year, Highest In World’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
This shows real face of the disease in India, says UN; Govt says need to check how, its own death figure likely this month
- Bachchans Face 37 Income Tax Notices In Three Months (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Congress and SP on Tuesday locked horns over the income tax notices to Amitabh Bachchan, marking a sharp escalation of confrontation and bringing the superstar virtually face to face with Congress chief Sonia Gandhi.
- Obc Quota Not In One Go: Panel Chief (Times of India, Akshaya Mukul, Jun 14, 2006)
If the chairman of the committee set up to oversee implementation of OBC quota in educational institutions has his way, Central varsities like Delhi University, JNU and Jamia Millia would start having OBC reservations only from year 2008.
- For Beijing, Terrorist And Victim Are Same (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 13, 2006)
China holds the key to containing Islamist terror in Asia, but its backing of Pakistan to countervail India does not augur well, says Cecil Victor.
- The Double-Decker Effect (The Economic Times, Raghu Dayal , Jun 13, 2006)
Railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav recently flagged off the first ever double-stack container train, to run from CONCOR’s inland container depot at Kanakpura (Jaipur) to Pipavav port on Gujarat coast.
- J&k's Summer Of Death And Grief (Pioneer, Anil Narendra, Jun 13, 2006)
UPA Government's soft approach towards terrorism has only encouraged the jihadis to strike with greater venom and ferocity, says Anil Narendra
- Imam's Call To Party (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 13, 2006)
Bukhari dreams of Muslim votes----Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari of Delhi's Jama Masjid is being truthful when he says that 'secular' parties have treated India's Muslims as nothing more than a vote-bank to be tapped at the time of elections through . . .
- Solar Power Competes With Diesel, Dung In Himalayas (Reuters, Neil Chatterjee, Jun 13, 2006)
The Tibetan monk fingers his beads as he climbs up the stone steps of a 1,000-year-old monastery perched on a hilltop spur overlooking the Himalayas.
- Administrative Reshuffle In Delhi Govt. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
The Delhi Government has carried out a reshuffle in the administration appointing Secretary (Urban Development) O.P. Kelkar as the new Home Secretary.
- Cpi(m) Gesture To People Of Palestine (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
Appeals to all citizens to donate money
Concerned over `illegal and immoral financial blockade' imposed by U.S., E.U.
Palestinians facing a serious assault on basic rights, livelihood
- Special Court To Hear Rahul's Bail Plea (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
A special court on Monday accepted a revision petition filed by the Delhi police, seeking a hearing of the bail application by Rahul Mahajan, son of the slain Bharatiya Janata Party leader Pramod Mahajan, by a court designated for cases under the . . .
- The Wrong Aroma (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 13, 2006)
The commerce ministry’s move to notify “Super Basmati” (developed originally in Pakistan) as an approved Indian variety of Basmati for export may have gone down well with exporters, who sense a new trade opportunity, but it is fraught with certain . . .
- Outright Dishonesty (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 13, 2006)
In the politics of petrol, reason has no place. The circumstances in which the Manmohan Singh government increased the price of petrol by Rs 4 and diesel by Rs 2 per litre are well known, the international price of crude oil having crossed the $70-mark.
- India’S Problem, Kashmir’S Problem (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 13, 2006)
The sex scandal that opened up a can of worms in Jammu and Kashmir more than a month ago continues to elicit outraged protests in the state.
- Mahajan Moved To Drugs Court (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
Rahul Mahajan’s bail plea will come up tomorrow, but not in the court of the metropolitan magistrate who has been trying the drug abuse case that has landed him in jail.
- International Call (Telegraph, Jyoti Malhotra, Jun 13, 2006)
While most ministers try to escape the Indian summer, a few have more important things on their plate, writes Jyoti Malhotra.
- Sc Asks For Pro-Quota Protest Status Report (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
The Supreme Court today ordered the Centre to ensure that no strike — ‘‘for or against’’ the proposed 27 per cent reservation policy for OBCs in educational institutions — took place and asked it to submit a status report . . .
- One Killed In Jammu Grenade Attack (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
One person was killed and 29 others injured when the militants hurled three grenades in a row at the crowded bus stand situated in Jammu this morning.
- Games People Play (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 13, 2006)
The Commonwealth Games may be scheduled for 2010 — a good four years away. But by the look of it, it has already spurred intense competition.
- Street Titbits (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 13, 2006)
I had not been exposed to bargaining during childhood because my parents bought vegetables and fruits from a Delhi market where prices were quite competitive.
- Taxes By The Litre (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Jun 13, 2006)
When world crude oil prices go up, the consumer has to pay higher taxes. Not fair
- North-East: Troubling Portends (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Jun 13, 2006)
Insurgency and instability in the north-eastern segment of India appears set to exacerbate and there could be no worse omen of unpleasant things to come than the flowering of the bamboo, a phenomenon that repeats itself every half century and brings . . .
- Overview Of Global Economic Trends (Hindu, Jayan Jose Thomas, Jun 13, 2006)
This annual publication of the U.N. gives a good analysis of the current issues and trends in the world economy. According to its latest issue, global economic output has grown at a moderate pace of 3 per cent in 2005 and is projected to grow at . . .
- Ulfa Terror Run: Lives On The Line (Deccan Herald, Anirban Bhaumik , Jun 13, 2006)
As the proscribed United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) went on with its serial blasts even on Monday, the murmurs of protests against the outfit’s attack on innocent civilians are getting louder.
- In Brief (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
Militants kill 8 in Kashmir
Eight non-Kashmiri labourers were massacred in Baroo village in Kulgam tehsil of south Kashmir on Monday. Five others were injured in the incident, reports DHNS from Srinagar.
- Biography Of A Kathak Exponent (Hindu, JAYA RAMANATHAN, Jun 13, 2006)
A rare biography today that does not have the almost mandatory kicker "authorised biography". To narrate the story of a living persona cannot be easy; with the protagonist breathing down the writer's neck, the tome could well morph into a hagiography.
- Distressing Illness (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 13, 2006)
Bengal Congress must decide where it stands
If the Congress is toying with the idea of a mid-term poll to cash in on the trauma within the BJP, as is suggested by CPI-M leaders on the sidelines of the central committee meeting in Hyderabad, that . . .
- Re-Energising The Gulf Bilaterals (Indian Express, P.R. KUMARASWAMY, Jun 13, 2006)
When Shaikh Sabha al-Ahamd al-Jaber al-Sabah arrives in India on Wednesday for a six-day state visit, he would be marking a new phase in Indo-Kuwaiti relationship.
- Marx On India Under The British (Hindu, VENKATESH ATHREYA, Jun 13, 2006)
His essays in The New York Daily Tribune thoroughly expose the hypocrisy of "Free Traders"
- Essays On Gender Issues (Hindu, CAVERY BOPAIAH, Jun 13, 2006)
A wonderful compilation of Amartya Sen's work
- Cut Intimidation (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 13, 2006)
The attack on civilians in Assam comes at a crucial time
- Turnover Of Haryana Forests Corporation Goes Up (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
Felling, conversion of trees from forests are being checked
- In India, More College Seats To Lower Castes (Christian Science Monitor, ANUJ CHOPRA , Jun 13, 2006)
When Nitin Kamble was growing up, a career in information technology was unimaginable. He was, after all, born into a low-caste community, and raised in a tiny hamlet in rural India.
- Musharraf To Press China For 2 Reactors (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jun 12, 2006)
As the implementation of the historic Indo-US nuclear deal gathers momentum this week, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is stepping up the pressure on China to announce the sale of two civilian nuclear power reactors.
- Social Malaise That Needs Sensitive Coverage (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 12, 2006)
It was a reader who alerted me to a significant news report buried in one of the inside pages ("Agrarian crisis, wheat import discussed", May 19, 2006): over one lakh farmers committed suicide in the six years from 1998.
- Helping A Friend (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 12, 2006)
While there is nothing new in India providing financial and other forms of assistance to Nepal, the announcement of a Rs.1000 crore aid package during the recent visit of Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala is significant.
- 'The Bjp Is Not Distancing Itself From The Mahajan Family' (OutLook, SABA NAQVI BHAUMIK, Jun 12, 2006)
Former Maharashtra deputy CM and Pramod Mahajan's brother-in-law has moved out of 7 Safdarjang Road into Delhi's Hyatt Regency hotel, from where he has begun the tough battle to save his nephew.
- Questions Of Peace In Assam (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 12, 2006)
The deadly chain of violence set off in Assam over the past few days — the handiwork of the United Liberation Front of Asom, by all accounts — poses challenges for the peace process under way to end insurgency in the State.
- Communicating The Rationale Of Retail Petroleum Pricing (Hindu, C. R. L. Narasimhan, Jun 12, 2006)
Much of the criticism is attributed to lack of transparency in decision making
Only a complete package of measures backed by a strong communication campaign rather than tinkering with the prices of petrol and diesel will help.
- Two Wasted Years (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 12, 2006)
UPA regime has not only failed to stem the growth of terrorism and corruption, but also given fillip to casteism and communalism, says YK Sharma.
- The Cat Who Missed The Cream (OutLook, HARI MENON, Jun 12, 2006)
Wish she had brought her claws out. Instead the lady's intellectual baggage weighs her book down.
- `Bureaucrats, Political Leaders Squandering Public Money' (Hindu, Sujay Mehdudia, Jun 12, 2006)
Such instances make light of Congress president's directive on austerity
A case in point: Recent instance of a "junket" in Jaipur
Latest instance: 50 per cent waiver on power, water bills of IAS, DANICS officers
- Court Order Will Not Be Dishonoured On Bmic Issue, Says Deve Gowda (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
Former Prime Minister refuses to divulge Government's approach
- Magistrate's Powers Challenged In Rahul Case (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
Delhi police get production warrant against Mahajan jr. for presence at special court
Prosecution application seeks stay on order on bail application till it is decided which court hears case
- Us Congress And The N-Deal: Substance To Process (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jun 12, 2006)
As India and the US begin technical talks in New Delhi today on a formal bilateral nuclear cooperation agreement, the focus of the American debate on the nuclear deal has shifted from substantive issues to process-related questions.
- Tribals An Unwilling Wall (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Jun 12, 2006)
The Independent Initiative’s visit to Dantewada in Chhattisgarh has thrown up more questions than answers.
- Land Of His Father (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 12, 2006)
Not even Congress and BJP national leaders have the guts to speak for urban regeneration
- Hindus Say Temples In Malaysia Under Threat, Appeal To Un (Pioneer, Arun Anand, Jun 12, 2006)
Hindu groups in Malaysia allege that the Government is demolishing temples and have appealed to Indian rights groups and the UN to help protect their heritage.
- Fuel Price Roll Back (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 12, 2006)
Sonia loyalists do what UPA can't ---- The announcement by the Congress-NCP Government in Maharashtra, closely followed by similar declarations by Congress Governments in Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi, that it would be forgoing possible . . .
- New Relations (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 12, 2006)
Aid has come to be accepted as part of international diplomacy. Given the special relationship between the two countries, India’s aid to Nepal has had more than a diplomatic context.
- Iran Route To Pakistan Terror Camps Worries Police (Times of India, Sourav Mukherjee, Jun 12, 2006)
The ‘Persian route’ is giving Gujarat police the jitters.
- Rebuild Nepal (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 12, 2006)
It is no surprise that G P Koirala's first official trip after taking over as Nepal's prime minister was to India. Koirala's four-day trip to New Delhi was primarily intended to get India's support to rebuild Nepal's shattered economy.
- Friends And Neighbours (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 12, 2006)
Nepalese Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala’s first visit abroad after he assumed office at the helm of the Seven-Party Alliance (SPA) was appropriately enough to New Delhi.
- Police Get Warrant Against Rahul For Presence At Special Court (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
Powers of Magistrate who heard bail application challenged
- Rahul To Appear In Tis Hazari Today (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
Accepting the plea of the Delhi Police seeking to transfer the hearing of the Rahul Mahajan case to a special court, a city court today directed that Rahul be produced in the Tis Hazari court tomorrow.
- Freebie At The Cost Of Exchequer (Daily Excelsior, Sisir Basu, Jun 12, 2006)
The Railways Minister, Lalu Prasad Yadav, has announced introduction of high speed passenger trains on the lines of bullet trains in Japan.
- Sinha Insults Kashmiris (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 11, 2006)
The visiting former Indian External Affairs Minister and BJP leader Yashwant Sinha has sprung a surprise by opposing tooth and nail inclusion of Kashmiris in the dialogue process.
- Us Team Arrives In India To Sort Out N-Deal (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Jun 11, 2006)
US delegation will reach India on Sunday (today) to iron out differences between India and the US on implementing the nuclear accord agreed in the joint statements by George Bush and Manmohan Singh in July 2005 and March 2006.
- Bjp States Say No Cutting Fuel Tax (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
As Congress-ruled States sought to subdue public outrage against the UPA Government's petrol price hike by announcing marginal reduction in the sales tax charged by them, Opposition BJP on Saturday ridiculed the gesture as a "diversionary tactic".
- 'The Bjp Is Not Distancing Itself From The Mahajan Family' (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Former Maharashtra deputy CM and Pramod Mahajan's brother-in-law has moved out of 7 Safdarjang Road into Delhi's Hyatt Regency hotel, from where he has begun the tough battle to save his nephew.
- One Flew Over The Issues' Nest (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 11, 2006)
What makes our media the devil's advocate? What makes it soft towards terrorists and critical towards its own security forces? The answer lies in the Lib-Left . . .
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