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Articles 10121 through 10220 of 21784:
- Back To The Wto Doha Round (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Feb 06, 2006)
The good thing about the Davos meeting is that it has straightaway injected a sense of urgency into the negotiating process. A detailed, though informal, timetable is being circulated of what has to be accomplished and by when.
- The Need To Look Beyond Gdp (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Feb 06, 2006)
The point is not the replacement of GDP growth rate by the growth rate of educated rural population but to question age-old shibboleths, and look for alternatives. That kind of questioning, and the tolerance of such questioning are the basic . . .
- Strike, But 500 Metres Away (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Feb 06, 2006)
The Delhi High Court judgement prohibiting workers of the Airports Authority of India from holding demonstrations within 500 metres of the airport gates holds significance that transcends the strike that has been called off.
- Cabinet Expansion By 12 Feb: Karnataka Cm (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
Chief Minister Mr HD Kumaraswamy today said he would expand his Cabinet within three to four days of the trust vote, sought by the JDS-BJP coalition, on 8 February.
- Visits Muzaffarabad, Bagh On Kashmir Solidarity Day (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
Calling upon Indian leadership to reciprocate Pakistan’s offers for resolution of Kashmir dispute, President General Pervez Musharraf has said that New Delhi will have to show more flexibility.
- My Days In Chandigarh (Tribune, KTS Tulsi, Feb 06, 2006)
I came to Chandigarh at the age of 10 in 1957. My school, college, law studies, failures and achievements, hopes and disappointments, struggles and successes were all at Chandigarh. The best of friendships and the greatest of heartbreaks were made and ...
- Villainous Lobbies (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 06, 2006)
Don’t hold infrastructure hostage
An astonishing exchange has taken place between “Metro Man” E. Sreedharan and the state of Tamil Nadu, again, pointing to how badly-needed infrastructure projects in our country are held hostage to lobbies and . . .
- Iran In The Dock (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 06, 2006)
Defiance won’t work
AS expected, the efforts to avoid a vote on the Iranian nuclear issue at the International Atomic Energy Agency’s extraordinary session that ended on Saturday did not succeed.
- 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’, . . .
- Losing Peripheral Vision (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Feb 06, 2006)
The current dispensation in New Delhi does not seem serious about settling the periphery of India — whether it be Kashmir or Nagaland. As long as Metropolitan India is safe, it feels secure. The bushfires in the periphery can continue for all it cares.
- Old Friends (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 06, 2006)
The decision by the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency to report Iran to the United Nations security council, for its non-compliance on the nuclear issue, was inevitable.
- Periodic Overhauling Of Syllabi (Daily Excelsior, Neeta Sehgal, Feb 06, 2006)
Writing textbooks in India's recent past has been an exercise fraught with controversy.
- 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 . . .
- Pak Allows Sugar Import From Wagah (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
Pakistan Government has formally allowed the import of 50,000 tonnes of sugar from India by road through Wagah border for the first time, hoping it would bring down the spiralling prices in domestic market.
- Left Seeks Debate On Iran Issue (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
CPM to discuss support to UPA
The UPA government embarked on a damage-control exercise with the Left parties and the NDA strongly opposing India’s stand on the Iran nuclear issue and a CPM Politburo meeting this week slated to discuss . . .
- Let It Take Off (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
There is something strangely reassuring about the manner in which the government has stuck to its stand in the face of aggressive Leftist opposition to the privatisation of the airports
- India To Take Up Spread Of Terror Outfits In Talks With Pak (Press Trust of India, Priyanka Tikoo, Feb 06, 2006)
Concerned over the spread of activities of Pak-based terrorist outfits in India, Governemnt is going to take up the issue during the Home Secretary level talks scheduled for next month in Islamabad.
- Kar: Cabinet To Be Expanded By Feb 12, Says Cm (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy said today that the Cabinet would be expanded within three-four days from February eight,the day the BJP-JDS coalition is slated to seek trust vote in the Assembly.
- India Tries To Calm Iran After Nuclear Vote (Reuters, Reuters, Feb 06, 2006)
India said it was one of the countries which voted on Saturday to report Iran to the U.N. Security Council over its nuclear programme, but tried to calm its old ally by saying the move allowed for more negotiations.
- As India Twiddles Thumbs, Us, Russia Unveil Nuclear Deal (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Feb 06, 2006)
As it continues to dither on a plan to separate its civilian and military nuclear facilities, India is in the danger of losing out on a new partnership being launched by the US and Russia to promote an expansive global nuclear industry.
- Aai To Resolve Technical Issues To Form Airport Jvs (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
Taking forward the government decision to modernise Delhi and Mumbai airports, the Airports Authority of India has approached the Registrar of Companies to form separate joint ventures for both these airports besides issuing letters of intent . . .
- Supreme Justice (Indian Express, WENDELL RODRICKS, Feb 06, 2006)
The Supreme Court rejecting a high court order on same sex relationships? Get me outta here! Am I dreaming or wot? Says a lot for Chief Justice of India Y.K. Sabharwal, and Justices C.K. Thakker and R.V. Raveendran.
- Iran Vote Fallout: Left ‘Defers’ Meeting Upa (Indian Express, ANANDA MAJUMDAR, Feb 06, 2006)
Snubbed by the UPA on the Iran vote issue, privatisation of Delhi and Mumbai airports and FDI in retail, Left parties today handed out a threat to the ruling coalition by deciding to “defer” the UPA-Left coordination meeting slated for Wednesday.
- Towards Smoother Modernisation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 06, 2006)
After the four-day strike by the forum of employees of the Airports Authority of India (AAI), most of the airports had been reduced to garbage dumps.
- Jd(s)-Bjp Combine To Stay: Kumaraswamy (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy said here on Sunday that the JD (S) would continue its alliance with the BJP in the next Assembly elections also.
- Let Parliament Debate Iran Issue: Left (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Feb 06, 2006)
Says India's vote against Iran "not in conformity" with the pursuit of an independent foreign policy
- Trouble For The Centre On The Wheat Front (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Feb 06, 2006)
Wheat stocks in FCI godowns have touched perilously low levels
The centre's decision to import five lakh tonnes of wheat to augment the domestic availability is expected to have a sobering effect on market prices.
- Jaswant Singh Puzzles Observers (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Feb 06, 2006)
Political observers here are intrigued over the decision of the senior BJP leader, Jaswant Singh, not to visit the Jinnah mausoleum though he has been in Pakistan for six days and in Karachi for over four days.
- Finally, A Chain Reaction (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 06, 2006)
Oil, nationalism tinged with religious zealotry and non-proliferation are the incendiary mix that make the task of dealing with Iran’s clandestine nuclear activities so difficult. Fortunately, ...
- Letters Of Intent Issued For Airports' Modernisation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
To GMR-Fraport and GVK Industries
Even as the Delhi High Court is scheduled to hear on Monday the Reliance Airports Developers Private Limited petition challenging the bidding process for modernisation of airports, the Government on Sunday . . .
- Karnataka Cabinet Expansion After Trust Vote (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
All 16 JD(S) Ministers to be appointed at one go
With another round of pujas and ceremonies, Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy moved into his home office "Krishna", with wife Anita and other family members on Sunday.
- Villagers Threaten Agitation Against Demolition Drive (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
Give 15-day deadline to Government; demand separate building bylaws
- Boxed In (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 06, 2006)
The Manmohan Singh government surprised none when on Saturday for the second time in less than five months’ time it cast an affirmative vote against India’s traditional friend Iran in the governing board of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
- Empowering The Citizen To Fight Terrorism (Tribune, Col (Dr) P.K. Vasudeva (retd), Feb 05, 2006)
Terrorism is nothing new in India. We have been fighting insurgency since 1960s in the North East, since 1989 in Jammu and Kashmir and in the mid 1980s in Punjab. Delhi has always been a vulnerable city.
- Bring On The Bulldozers (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Feb 05, 2006)
Did you weep into your cornflakes when you read about the sad plight of India's top designers, left with one retail outlet less because the illegal shopping mall they favoured had been demolished?
- Iaea Refers Iran To Security Council (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Feb 05, 2006)
India again voted against Iran as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) today referred the Iranian nuclear file to the United Nations Security Council which has the power to impose crippling political and economic sanctions on Tehran.
- Tehran To Tarmac, Left Lashed (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
The airport ceasework has been called off without achieving its original objective and India has voted with the US against Iran, making it a Black Saturday for the Left.
- Advertising Often Doesn't Work (Daily Excelsior, Prakash Nath, Feb 05, 2006)
In this age of market economy you can sell your products with the help of advertising, which was earlier considered as wasteful expenditure.
- Revitalizing Aes In Hilly Areas (Daily Excelsior, Dr M P Gupta, Feb 05, 2006)
The hilly areas including Jammu & Kashmir State, Himachal Pradesh, North-Eastern States the sub-Himalayas and the Western Ghats regions commonly known as ''Phari-Prant'' constitute about 22 per cent of total geographical area and contain 9 per cent ...
- Some Prime Ministerial Initiatives (Indian Express, N K Singh, Feb 05, 2006)
There is a raging controversy on how ‘‘weak’’ is the Prime Minister. Fresh from Davos, this is a bit bizarre because India was being felicitated by the global community as the emerging economic power and the relative strength of India vis-a-vis China . .
- India Votes Against Iran (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
Closing ranks, India and 26 other countries today voted in favour of an IAEA resolution to report Iran’s controversial nuclear programme to the UN Security Council but a defiant Tehran declared that it would go ahead with full-scale Uranium enrichment.
- India, France To Sign Nuke, Defence Pacts (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
India and France are set to sign defining pacts on civil nuclear energy and defence cooperation during the three-day visit of French President Jacques Chirac beginning February 19.
- India Does It Again, Votes Against Iran At Iaea Meet (Hindustan Times, Nilova Roy Chaudhury, Feb 05, 2006)
India on Saturday voted in favour of an IAEA resolution to report the Iran nuclear issue to the UN Security Council. The resolution expressed concerns that Iran’s nuclear programme may not be “exclusively for peaceful purposes”.
- Ally Left’S Sorry Saturday: Iran Goes To Un, Airport Staff To Work (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Feb 05, 2006)
Going along with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, including Russia and China, and concerned over Tehran’s A Q Khan link, India today voted in favour of a resolution by the nuclear watchdog agency IAEA to report the Iran nuclear . . .
- Express Your Voice (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 05, 2006)
Thanks to Sudheendra Kulkarni for his timely reminder on Q and his links with the powers that be (‘Q marks dent the halo around a renunciant’, January 29). Perhaps now he will turn his attention to the perversions of justice in Narendra Modi’s Gujarat,...
- India Tries To Calm Iran After Nuclear Vote (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
India said it was one of the countries which voted on Saturday to report Iran to the U.N. Security Council over its nuclear programme, but tried to calm its old ally by saying the move allowed for more negotiations.
- Kalam Mission Is To Get Nurses Their Due (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , Feb 05, 2006)
President A P J Abdul Kalam now has a new mission that will ensure that the profession of nursing will not only get its due respect but also nurses will be empowered to attain positions of power in medical profession. Driven by his mission, . . .
- India, Philippines To Exchange Military Training Expertise (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
Significant accord signed during President Abdul Kalam's visit
- India Drops Bombshell Again On Iran (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
India on Saturday voted in favour of an international resolution reporting Iran to the UN Security Council even as it repeated its commitment to “close and friendly ties” with Tehran and supported its right to civilian nuclear energy.
- Clemenceau: Greenpeace To Register Protest (Hindu, Siddharth Narrain , Feb 05, 2006)
Social activists say the issue is also about all toxic ships being dismantled at Indian shipyards
Toxic chemicals being put into the lives of workers without basic medical facilities
Those opposing entry were not against the ship-breaking industry
- Arroyo Thanks Kalam (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Feb 05, 2006)
The Philippines President, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, on Saturday thanked her Indian counterpart, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, for putting her country back on New Delhi's radar screen.
- Full Backing For Somnath (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Feb 05, 2006)
Endorse Speaker's decision not to accept notice
Neither he nor Parliament challenged court, it is the other way round: Speaker
Constitution is clear about Parliament's sovereignty
- Airport Employees Call Off Four-Day-Old Strike (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
Written assurance from the Government that there will be no victimisation of those who participated in the strike; unions satisfied
No victimisation of those who took part in the strike
- What About Safety In Public Spaces? (Hindu, KALPANA VISWANATH, Feb 05, 2006)
The responsibility for preventing violence against women lies with society as a whole, not with women alone. A safety audit was conducted in Delhi to check its safety parameters.
- Urban Transport Tangle: Some Solutions (Hindu, M. RAVIBABU, Feb 05, 2006)
To develop patronage for transit, private transport has to be restricted and made costly
- India May Ask Russia To Lower Tea Import Duty (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Feb 05, 2006)
Gherman Gref to hold talks with Kamal Nath in New Delhi
The two sides will sign a protocol on Moscow's accession to WTO
Russia reportedly agreed to facilitate higher uptake of Indian tea and tobacco
- `Our Wto Negotiations Are Mainly About Making Russia An Equal Participant In Global Trade' (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Feb 04, 2006)
It is important that we complete the negotiations with India on Russia's WTO accession. We are sure that our fast accession would be in India's interests, too, because Russia honouring its agreed commitments would mean better and broader access of Indian
- Trade With India In Pak Interest: Ex-Minister (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
Former minister of finance Shahid Javed Burki Friday said Pakistan must open trade with India and other South Asian countries as it is in Pakistan’s interest.
- King’S Very Productive Visit (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 04, 2006)
The two-day visit of Khadim-e-Harmain Sharifain King Abdullah ‘s visit to Pakistan would go a long way in bringing the two brotherly countries still closer in various fields. As a result of intensive interaction, the leadership of the two countries . . .
- India, Israel Sign Secret Deal On Anti-Missile System (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Feb 04, 2006)
India is said to have signed an agreement for the joint manufacture of the ship-borne Israeli Barak II anti-missile system at Hyderabad for both the Indian and Israeli navies.
- Poor Nations Need Billions To Fight Climate Change (Reuters, Palash Kumar, Feb 04, 2006)
A top British environmentalist said on Friday the developing world needed to spend at least $40 billion more every year to fight climate change.
- Kumaraswamy Sworn-In As Cm Of Karnataka (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
Boycotted by his father and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, rebel JD(S) leader Kumaraswamy today assumed office as Chief Minister of Karnataka heading a coalition ‘‘Government that brought BJP to power in a southern State for the first time.
- Striking Argument (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 04, 2006)
Timetable for airport revamp is short. Let AAI show it can do better elsewhere
- Pm Asks Airport Staff To End Stir; Revamp Process To Go On (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
In a bid to end the protests over privatisation of Delhi and Mumbai airports, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today appealed to the agitating AAI staff to call off their stir, but said the process to revamp the two metro airports would continue.
- Pak Ultras Threat To S Asia Peace: Usa (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
Pakistan-based militant groups operating in Kashmir pose a persistent threat to stability in South Asia, a top intelligence official of the USA has warned, even as he called India a “reliable ally” in the fight against global terrorism.
- Cabinet Shuffle In India (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Feb 04, 2006)
I may be reading too much into the cabinet reshuffle in New Delhi. But the changes effected make me believe that Congress president Sonia Gandhi has begun the exercise of choosing her party candidates for India’s president and vice-president, . . .
- Mess In Nagaland (Tribune, Maj. Gen Ashok K Mehta , Feb 04, 2006)
The nine-year-long ceasefire in Nagaland between the main separatist group NSCN (IM) and the Central Government expired on January 31.
- India, China To Open Up Border Trade (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Feb 04, 2006)
China and India are contemplating a move that will see a path-breaking visit to this country by the head of the Tibet Autonomous Region government this summer as part of the exchange of high-level political visits that the two countries have . . .
- Please, Prêt-à-Please! (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 04, 2006)
There are fashion statements and there are fashion designers’ statements. After the capital’s poor,
- Society’S Willing Murderers (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Feb 04, 2006)
If you are reading this in Bombay, then you probably know all about Daya Nayak. But if you are reading it in one of the HT’s many other editions, then the name may not necessarily ring a bell.
- Manmohan's Plea Unheard, Airport Strike Continues (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
The Prime Minister's appeal notwithstanding, AAI unions continued their strike on Day Three but with a hint that it may be called off on Saturday morning after an inter-union meeting.
- Govt Says Airport Strike Won't Stop Privatisation (Reuters, Nitin Luthra, Feb 04, 2006)
The government told thousands of striking airport workers on Friday that it would not reverse a decision to hand over New Delhi and Mumbai airports to private firms to modernise and manage.
- Bush Men On Recce Visit To India (Hindustan Times, Sutirtho Patranobis, Feb 04, 2006)
US President George Bush is sending his men ahead of his visit to India in March. A high-level US delegation, headed by Under Secretary in the US Energy Department, David K. Garman, will be in town between February 8 and 10.
- Crying Wolf (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 04, 2006)
Two things must be said to Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s credit. He made the right noises about inconvenience faced by air travellers having to confront the strike called by employees of the Airports Authority of India.
- Wali Baba, My Adoptive Father (Indian Express, MUKULIKA BANERJEE, Feb 04, 2006)
Wali Baba passed away on January 26 at his favourite hour. At 7.15 am, between bed-tea and breakfast, he was usually to be found in his beloved garden at ‘Walibagh’, striding among the flower beds, planning the planting of new bulbs, . . .
- Poverty Among Women Underestimated (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 04, 2006)
The following is excerpted from the United Nations report “The World’s Women 2005: Progress in Statistics.”
- Pakistan Seeks Nuclear Parity With India: Us (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Feb 04, 2006)
The Pakistani premier had raised the issue of nuclear parity with India in his address last month to the prestigious Council on Foreign relations in New York.
- We Had Spoken To Left And They Were Convinced: Chidambaram (Hindu, C. Jaishankar, Feb 04, 2006)
Urges agitating airport employees to return to work
The decision to modernise the Mumbai and Delhi airports is final and there is no question of reconsidering it, Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said here on Friday.
- Concerns Of Airport Staff Will Be Looked Into, Says Praful Patel (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
Job losses, if any, and displacement will be minor
Speaking to reporters after the AAI employees' meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here on Friday, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said the Government would stick to its decision . . .
- India's Secret Search For Peace And Its Perils (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Feb 04, 2006)
While the separate pieces of the PMO's covert negotiations on Kashmir are becoming evident, it is unclear if this jigsaw puzzle actually has a shape.
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