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Articles 6521 through 6620 of 21784:
- First Look: Celebrating Sonia's Win (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
It is celebration time at the Congress headquarters in New Delhi as Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi won the Rae Bareli byelection by a huge margin on Thursday.
- Fundamentally Sound (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 13, 2006)
India can be justifiably proud of having got 173 of the 191 votes to become a member of the new 47-member United Nations . . .
- Demolition Moratorium Bill Gets Ls Nod (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
The Lok Sabha today passed a Bill that proposes a one-year moratorium from punitive action against unauthorised development in the national Capital.
- Do Missed Wto Deadlines Matter? (Frontline, C.P. CHANDRASEKHAR, May 13, 2006)
In a growingly unequal world, the benefits of integration with world trade are small and declining for the majority of people in the developing world.
- Friend Of India (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 13, 2006)
With the passing away of the Pulitzer prize winning former editor of the New York Times, Abraham M Rosenthal, on May 11, India has lost yet another friend shortly after the demise of John Kenneth Galbraith in Massachusetts on May 1.
- The Biggest Losers In The Election Are... (OutLook, T V R Shenoy, May 13, 2006)
The headlines are devoted to the winners on the morrow of elections. But it may be just as instructive to cast an eye on the losers.
- Ls Passes Bill To Halt Delhi Demolitions For A Year (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
Bringing relief to thousands of residents of Delhi living under the spectre of demolitions, the Lok Sabha today passed a bill which proposes a one-year moratorium from punitive action against unauthorised development in the national capital.
- Halt On Delhi Demolitions; Lok Sabha Passes Bill (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
In a move to circumvent the Supreme Court directions on the demolition drive against illegal constructions in the Capital, the Congress-led UPA with the support of the BJP-led Opposition today passed a Bill in the Lok Sabha proposing to give one . . .
- Democrat Proposes Compromise On India Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, May 13, 2006)
A leading Democratic lawmaker said on Thursday that a landmark U.S.-India nuclear deal lacks the necessary support to pass the U.S. Congress and he put forward a compromise intended to keep the accord alive.
- Cbi Nabs Its Legal Adviser On Graft Charge (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
Adopting a “pro-active” approach against corruption within, the CBI arrested yet another agency official on charges of bribery taking the total number of such cases to five.
- No Interviews (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 13, 2006)
THE exploitation of Orissa boy Budhia, who was made to run from Puri to Bhubaneswar, rightly exercised many minds recently.
- Ima Supports Doctors' Stir, Health Services In Tailspin (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
Expressing solidarity with medical students in their anti-quota agitation, Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Friday asked resident doctors and faculty associations in hospitals in Delhi to go on a 24-hour strike with immediate effect and called a . . .
- Govt Buys Time, Sets Itself Tough Agenda (Pioneer, Sidharth Mishra, May 13, 2006)
By introducing and persuading Parliament to pass the Delhi Laws (Special Provision) Bill, 2006 on Friday, the Centre has laid out for itself an extensive agenda. The Bill promises a Delhi cleansed of its urban ills.
- Friend Of India Wants To Scuttle N-Deal (Rediff on the Net, Aziz Haniffa, May 12, 2006)
While United States Congressman Tom Lantos, the senior-most Democrat on the powerful House International Relations Committee, is supportive of the India-US civilian nuclear agreement and has pledged to lead the charge for approval of the legislation . . .
- Sonia Gandhi's Victory Gives Congress Leaders Something To . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
They are happy that the BJP has suffered setbacks in three States
- Sonia Rejects Call To Be Pm | Poll Results (Rediff on the Net, Onkar Singh, May 12, 2006)
Congress President Sonia Gandhi today reprimanded party leader and former Chattisgarh chief Minister Ajit Jogi for initiating a campaign urging her to take over as prime minister and appoint her son Rahul as the party general secretary.
- Poll Projections Come True (Hindu, Sanjay Kumar, May 12, 2006)
The broad political picture projected byThe Hindu-CNN-IBN polls has proven to be correct.
- Caroe's Lessons (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, May 12, 2006)
The book dips into archival material to trace the strategic thinking of Sir Olaf Caroe, a distinguished Foreign Secretary of the Raj.
- The Wheat Imbroglio (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 12, 2006)
The speculative froth in the grain market and a weak foodgrains policy do not bode well for the country.
- ‘Look Before You Don’T Leap’ (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, May 12, 2006)
The strife-ridden battleground of Indian politics has entered a phase of curious and paradoxical stalemate: the government is ceding space but there is no one to occupy it.
- Us-India Nuclear Deal Facing Long, Hot Summer (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, May 12, 2006)
The US-India nuclear deal has run into several hurdles in Congress, as was apparent at a hearing on Thursday by the House of Representatives Committee on International Relations.
- Singh Sees Rising Militancy In Ihk (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 12, 2006)
Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has claimed that the freedom struggle in Occupied Kashmir, considered as militancy by him, is once again on the rise.
- Destination Moon (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 12, 2006)
The memorandum of understanding signed on Tuesday between the Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation, Mr G Madhavan Nair, and the Administrator of the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Mr Michael Griffin, is . . .
- India's Uncared Masses Abroad (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, May 12, 2006)
No Government can claim a place at the world's high table if its citizens need dirty, poorly paid jobs abroad where every despot and dictator can kick them around.
- Australia Denies Plan To Sell Uranium To India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
Australian Prime Minister John Howard said on Thursday Australia would stick to its policy of banning uranium sales to India but he would seek more details on a US-India nuclear deal when he visits Washington this week.
- Citizens Sidelined (Deccan Herald, Sakuntala Narasimhan, May 12, 2006)
It started as a small, diffident voice over the phone asking last month if I could spare five minutes.
- Who Can Be Ministers? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, May 12, 2006)
Rural education in the State is below that of Bihar on most parameters except enrolment.
- Laloo Wants ‘Fair’ Trial, Outside Bihar (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
Playing the caste card, Railway Minister and RJD chief Laloo Prasad Yadav on Thursday told the Supreme Court he would not get a fair trial in the disproportionate assets case in Bihar and Jharkhand because the BJP did not want his trial before . . .
- Arrested Militant Underwent Training In Bangladesh (Hindu, Devesh K. Pandey , May 12, 2006)
Met a dozen militants from Hyderabad
LeT militants are sent to training camps in Pakistan
Militants planning big strike, perhaps in Delhi
- 'Cpi-M Not Out To Destabilise Upa' (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
Brinda Karat, the Communist Party of India-Marxist Rajya Sabha member and Politburo member, spoke exclusively to rediff.com Managing Editor (National Affairs) Sheela Bhatt on the verdict in West Bengal and Kerala, and the party's relations with the . . .
- Gmr Group Woos Aai Staff Through Their Stomachs (Hindu, Mandira Nayar, May 12, 2006)
A swanky new canteen at subsidised rates to generate goodwill for the new team
- Sonia Registers Her Biggest Win (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
Wins by a margin of over 4.17 lakh votes in Rae Bareli
Other candidates lose security deposits
Her margin higher than those of Rajiv Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, and Feroze Gandhi
- Buddhadeb Will Have To Play A Major Role: Basu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
In sorting out differences between the Left and the UPA
- Delhi Demolitions Rock Houses (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
Proceedings of both houses of Parliament were adjourned as the demolition drive in the capital rocked Parliament on Thursday.
- Iaf's Airfield In Siachen To Stay (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
The Indian Air Force, the Army's lifeline in maintaining troops in the world's highest battlefield Siachen, on Thursday ruled out shutting its airfield here in the event of any demilitarisation along the glacier.
- Left Wins In Kerala, Retains Bengal, Tn In Coalition Era (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
In a stunning performance, the Left Front today dislodged Congress-led alliance in Kerala and won a massive victory in West Bengal in the assembly elections that saw the rout of of AIADMK in Tamil Nadu which will have a minority government for the . . .
- Results, Responsibilities (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 12, 2006)
Left’s win may not alter Delhi equation
- Reliance Petroleum Jumps 70 Pct On Debut (Reuters, Himangshu watts, May 12, 2006)
Shares in Indian energy company Reliance Petroleum Ltd. jumped as much as 70 percent in their market debut on Thursday, after a popular $600 million initial public offering.
- Advantage Left (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 12, 2006)
The five state election results offer the Left much to celebrate, demand that the Congress be stoic, and give the NDA a knockout punch. The Left Front has retained office in West Bengal for the seventh consecutive time and with an enhanced majority.
- Third Front, What? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 12, 2006)
A rather cynical political experiment in Assam has failed. Lessons for the Left there
- Will Shows The Way To Talk About Sex (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, May 12, 2006)
Storm over Shakespearean smut reveals parental thought control
- Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi Wins Poll In Style (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
India's Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi won a by-election by a landslide on Thursday, with voters in a family bastion sending her back to parliament after she quit in a row over holding a paid job while a lawmaker.
- Pramod Mahajan (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, May 12, 2006)
Pramod Mahajan's death is bound to limit the BJP's manoeuvres in realpolitik in a big way and for a considerable period.
- Communists Surge In Polls, Congress Stoic (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, May 12, 2006)
Communists swept to power in two of five state assembly elections on Thursday, while the chief of the ruling Congress party, Sonia Gandhi, easily won a parliamentary by-election.
- Sc Issues Contempt Notice To Bjp Mla Balli In Sealing Case ...... (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
The Supreme Court today issued a contempt notice to Delhi BJP MLA Harsharan Singh Balli for allegedly breaking open shops sealed by the MCD as part of a court-ordered drive against commercial establishments operating in residential areas.
- Democrat Proposes Compromise On India Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, May 12, 2006)
A leading Democratic lawmaker said on Thursday that a landmark U.S.-India nuclear deal lacks the necessary support to pass the U.S. Congress and he put forward a compromise intended to keep the accord alive.
- Delhi Bizmen Arrested For Smuggling Us Dollars (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
Two Delhi based businessmen were arrested on Thursday at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here while they were trying to smuggle $51,170 to Dubai, customs officials said.
- Hope Redeemed (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 12, 2006)
At the same time, embedded in the mandate is a demand. This can be articulated in simple terms.
- Post-Poll Turbulence Likely For The Pm (The Financial Express, Neerja Chowdhury, May 12, 2006)
While an emboldened Left plans to raise the pressure, so do leaders from within the Congress.
- More Or Less (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 12, 2006)
Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi is clearly somewhat of a realist, if a rather pedantic one.
- Pitroda’S Advice (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 12, 2006)
THE National Knowledge Commission (NKC) headed by Mr Sam Pitroda has rightly opposed Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh’s proposal for reservations for OBCs in higher educational institutions like the IIMs and IITs.
- Left Is Set To Flex Muscle, But Won’T Rock Upa Boat (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
A mow-down-all victory in West Bengal, a thumping win in Kerala — at one stage the state elections looked like a red tidal wave threatening to dramatically shake the existing order. But eventually, it turned out to be only a tremor that may have put . . .
- Power Equations At Centre Likely To Change (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
The outcome of the Assembly elections in five states today did not spring any major surprise, with the Left Front coming to power in Kerala and retaining its bastion in West Bengal, while the DMK-Congress alliance wrested power in Tamil Nadu and . . .
- Sonia Wins By A Landslide (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
India’s Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi won a by-election by a landslide on Thursday, with voters in a family bastion sending her back to parliament after she quit in a row over holding a paid job while a lawmaker.
- Admissions Ordeal (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 12, 2006)
On the face of it, the Delhi high court judgment barring nursery schools from conducting interviews of children is a good one.
- Advancing Of Vacation Leaves Students Sans Homework (Tribune, Sarbjit Dhaliwal, May 12, 2006)
A decision taken in a tearing hurry by the Punjab Education Minister, Mr Harnam Dass Johar, with regard to the closure of schools for the summer vacation has upset parents and their wards.
- Karunanidhi Should Intervene: Ramadoss (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
He questions the validity of argument against quota for OBCs
- Bjp To Raise Demolition Issue (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , May 11, 2006)
"Government looking on helplessly as drive continues"
Amnesty scheme needed: Malhotra
All-round criticism of court order
- Indian Obduracy (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 11, 2006)
DESPITE much flexibility having been displayed by General Musharraf on Kashmir, Islamabad has not succeeded in making a dent in Indian obduracy.
- Nursery Interviews Outlawed (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
Delhi High Court today directed private schools in the capital to end the practice of conducting interviews of children and their parents for admission to nursery classes.
- Up Gets A Week's Reprieve To Release Water For Sonia Vihar (Pioneer, Neha Kaushik, May 11, 2006)
A meeting called by Union Power Secretary RV Shashi with the Delhi Jal Board officials and Uttar Pradesh Government officials regarding the release of water to the Capital ended in a stalemate.
- Get Cracking (Pioneer, Editorial, The News International, May 11, 2006)
In announcing an increase in troop mobilisation in Jammu & Kashmir, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee has only accepted that the UPA Government's wishy-washy approach to terrorism has been a failure.
- Reckless Andolan (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 11, 2006)
?----Any agitation, when conducted by individuals consumed by self-righteousness and the urge for self-publicity, loses sight of its goal and degenerates into reckless, irresponsible statements and actions that are both defamatory and destructive.
- Communists Take Early Lead In State Polls (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
Communist parties took early leads on Thursday as votes were counted after polls for five state assemblies, the biggest electoral test of the ruling Congress party since it came to power two years ago.
- Nailing Naxals (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 11, 2006)
That the Home Ministry has recognised the seriousness of the threat from those we so conveniently dub “Naxals” is itself a matter of some satisfaction ~ somehow the theory of nipping trouble in the bud has eluded North Block ~ but the outcome of . . .
- Advani Calls For Joint Commemoration Of 1857 (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
Going back to the “shared past” of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh in the form of “India’s first war of independence in 1857”, leader of Opposition Mr LK Advani today urged Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to explore the possibilities of a . . .
- Lady With The Card (Pioneer, M Yusuf Khan, May 11, 2006)
M Yusuf Khan met a soothsayer who predicted instant riches for him; the prediction failed, but she laughed all the way to the bank
- Bill On Demolitions To Be Tabled Today (Hindu, Sujay Mehdudia, May 11, 2006)
One-year moratorium on MCD drive, relief to a cross section of society: Jaipal Reddy
- Aids-Affected People Protest Pharma Company's Move (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
Multinational firm has filed a patent application on key AIDS drug tenofovir in India
- India May Soon Get Oz Uranium (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
Australia would consider selling uranium to India and may change its rules banning such exports to countries that have not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, a media report said here on Thursday.
- Australia Denies Plan To Lift Uranium Ban On India (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
Australia on Thursday denied it had plans to lift a ban on selling uranium to India even if nuclear-armed New Delhi refused to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
- Us Firm’S Patent Claim On Aids Drug Opposed (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
Apprehending steep price hike, voluntary outfits and the Indian network of HIV positive people have filed a pre-grant opposition to a patent claim on a crucial AIDS drug made by an American company.
- India Invited To Sri Lanka Donors Meet (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, May 11, 2006)
Japan's special envoy for the Sri Lankan peace process Yasushi Akashi on Wednesday said India had been invited to attend this month's donors' conference in Tokyo.
- India To Make U.N. Rights Council A Strong Body (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
The election is a recognition of the country's "diplomatic standing," says the Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson
The council has 47 members
India's solidarity with G-77, NAM key to garnering votes
Council's first meeting to be held on . . .
- For Lasting Peace (Frontline, Kanak Mani Dixit, May 11, 2006)
The people and the political players pull Nepal back from the brink, with some help from India; now it is time to let the U.N. to play its part.
- Taliban's Target (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, May 11, 2006)
The kidnapping and killing of the Indian telecom engineer is another warning from the Taliban against the Indian presence in Afghanistan.
- Jihadi Groups Term Talks With India Futile (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
An alliance of guerrilla groups fighting Indian rule over the divided region of Kashmir on Monday termed talks with India futile and warned the moderate All-Parties Hurriyat Conference that “fruitless talks” with India would spoil Kashmiris’ sacrifices.
- No Pullout, Please (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 11, 2006)
Terrorism must end before troops can be withdrawn
- This Day, That Year (Pioneer, C UDAY BHASKAR, May 11, 2006)
May is very hot in the plains of India and, by a combination of complex causal factors that include design and coincidence it is deeply associated with India's nuclear narrative.
- Sino-Pak Cooperation Provoking Us, India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
Analyst says Balochs afraid of being displaced from Gwadar
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