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Articles 10321 through 10420 of 21784:
- Hopes In The Air (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 02, 2006)
Privatisation of leading airports is a must
The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government’s decision to hand over Mumbai and Delhi airports to private players for modernisation and then running them has predictably evoked opposition . . .
- Another Chance (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 02, 2006)
Naga civil society must push NSCN to rethink its goals
The ceasefire between the Centre and the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isaac-Muivah) has been rescued in the nick of time with the latter agreeing to extend the ceasefire by ...
- In A Shadow (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 02, 2006)
Peace negotiations are ultimately an act of faith. The ceasefire in Nagaland is based on the faith that it will lead to a peaceful end to the decades-old Naga rebellion.
- Three Sardars And A General (Frontline, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Feb 02, 2006)
THERE are two or three tribal chiefs and feudal lords behind what is going on in Balochistan. The past governments have made deals with them and indulged them.
- Silver Lining To A War Cloud? (Dawn, Agha Shahi, Feb 02, 2006)
THE European Union’s three leading powers — Britain, France and Germany (EU 3) — will be tabling a draft resolution today, February 2, in an emergency session of the board of governors (BoG) . . .
- A Balancing Act (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Feb 02, 2006)
The BJP has come in the way of the Congress’s teaming up with the TMC to put the Marxists on the backfoot in Bengal, writes Sumanta Sen
- As Hrd Talks Fine Print, Singapore Signs Up With Iisc To Open Branch In Bangalore (Indian Express, Vipin Pubby, Feb 02, 2006)
: In New Delhi, the Government may not be too enthused about letting IIMs spread their wings abroad but in Singapore . . .
- Saudi King Abdullah Arrives In Pak (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
Amidst unprecedented security, Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz arrived here today on a two-day visit to Pakistan for talks to boost bilateral economic ties and review regional matters.
- Aiding And Abetting (Telegraph, Satrujit Banerjee, Feb 02, 2006)
It was without doubt a bizarre report. Tucked away in the inside pages of this paper, it claimed that Britain’s Department for International Development has come under fire for allegedly using nearly £27 million of taxpayers’ money to make redundancy ...
- 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.
- Flights Delayed, Services Hit; It's Chaos At Airports (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
Several flights were rescheduled, delayed and passenger services at major airports were affected following the indefinite nation-wide strike by thousands of employees of the state-owned Airports Authority of India (AAI).
- India Set To Vote With Us (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
Barring dramatic or unexpected developments in New Delhi in the next 24 hours, India will vote with the US, Russia, China and the major European powers on an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) resolution reporting Iran’s nuclear programme . . .
- Balance Between Inflation And Growth (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Feb 02, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has asked the State Bank of Pakistan, with its new governor in Dr.Shamshad Akhtar, to strike a balance between promoting economic growth and inflation. A lax physical policy can create difficulties, he says.
- 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.
- Manmohan Singh Says Kashmir Vital To Ties With Pakistan (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday the issue of Kashmir was vital to better relations with nuclear rival Pakistan.
- India Leaves Options Open On Iran Nuclear Issue (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Feb 02, 2006)
India would keep an open mind over a likely vote to send Iran to the U.N. Security Council over its nuclear programme, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday.
- India Will Not Bend To Any Pressure On Nuke Issue: Pm (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
Asserting that India will not bend to any pressure on the civil nuclear deal with the US, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said Parliament will be taken into confidence on the issue even as he sought an end to discrimination against New Delhi . . .
- Institutional Excesses, Elite Deadlock (Hindu, Harish Khare , Feb 01, 2006)
A democratic constitutional arrangement is predicated on mutual respect among various institutions. We appear to be entering a phase where the assumption is the elected representatives cannot be trusted with the public interest.
- India To Vote Against Iran (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Feb 01, 2006)
The Manmohan Singh Government on Tuesday positioned itself to vote against Iran in Thursday’s International Atomic Energy Agency meeting as its Left partners softened their opposition in the face of Russia and China closing ranks with the US, . . .
- Hdk In Dilemma On Eve Of Govt Formation (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Chief Minister-designate H D Kumaraswamy said here on Tuesday that he was in a dilemma on the issue of heading the new JD (S)-BJP coalition government following doubts expressed over his father H D Deve Gowda’s secular credentials.
- Hyderabad Firms Win Airport Deal (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
GMR-Fraport and GVK-South Africa Airports on Tuesday won contracts for modernisation of Delhi and Mumbai airports, respectively, but the restructuring move immediately resulted in employees striking work at several airports.
- Brajesh Mishra Trashes India, U.S. Nuclear Agreement (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Says deal could compromise New Delhi's strategic interests
- Kalam: We Are For Total Disarmament (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Feb 01, 2006)
President reiterates New Delhi's no-first-use policy
Terrorism required an integrated solution
Education should be based on value systems
- Workers Of India Unite! (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 01, 2006)
We will then have nothing to lose but the notion that trying to make things better is unfair
- Reliance, Sterlite Cry Foul (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Reliance Airport Developers, part of Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Enterprises, today alleged irregularities in the government procedure for modernising the Delhi and Mumbai airports.
- Iran Issue: India's Stand Is Crucial (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Feb 01, 2006)
Now that it is clear that the Iran nuclear issue will be referred to the UN Security Council, India's stance at the IAEA Board meeting on Thursday assumes importance. If, as seems likely, India toes the US line and sticks to the anti-Iran stand . . .
- Below The Line (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Feb 01, 2006)
It doesn’t always pay to boast of economic growth, as West Bengal’s chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee discovered.
- Iaf Chief Meets Rajapakse (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Feb 01, 2006)
Air Chief Marshal S.P. Tyagi on Tuesday met Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse and senior defence officials as part of his three-day official visit to the island-nation.
- Those Thin Red Lines (Indian Express, Sudhir Vohra, Feb 01, 2006)
The Delhi High Court’s recent order regarding illegal construction in the capital’s Lal Dora areas — that it, its urban villages — comes as a surprise as the matter has been debated for some years now. Nevertheless, it has fortuitiously revived . . .
- Poor Struggle In Shadows Of India's Richest City (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Feb 01, 2006)
When authorities cleared the way for a multi-billion-dollar facelift of India's richest city last year, Mohammed Allahjan lost his home and then a daughter.
- No Second Term For Kalam (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
President A P J Abdul Kalam on Tuesday indicated that he would not seek a second term in the Rashtrapati Bhavan saying he would like to go back to teaching.
- Mulford Mania (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 01, 2006)
Come on, Comrades, India may not be a banana republic but neither is it a thought police state
- Bumblebees Can Fly (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Feb 01, 2006)
Airport reform wasn’t perfect. But good enough to ignore labour leaders and capitalists
- India Keeps Options Open (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
The Indian government on Tuesday said it was keeping its options open on referring Iran's nuclear programme to the UN Security Council even as its Leftist allies renewed their demand for New Delhi to abstain from a vote at a crucial meeting on Thursday.
- Jet Airways Announces New Sectors From Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Jet Airways has announced that it will operate direct flights on Bangalore-Tiruvananthapuram-Bangalore and Chennai-Tiruvananthapuram-Chennai sectors from Wednesday.
- Stand On Iran Will Be Based On Draft For Iaea Meet (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan briefs Left parties on the issue
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday told the Left parties that his Government would firm up its stand on the Iran nuclear issue based on the draft resolution for the February 2 meeting . . .
- Kumaraswamy To Meet Bjp Top Brass Today (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Feb 01, 2006)
Two days before taking oath as Karnataka CM on February 3, JD(S) breakaway group leader HD Kumaraswamy is reaching Delhi tomorrow to seek the ‘‘blessings’’ of the BJP top brass and lay the ground for a ‘‘long term’’ partnership at the national level . . .
- Watch Out, Fence-Sitters (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 01, 2006)
With ALl the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council agreeing to refer the Iran nuclear issue to the UNSC, one message has been driven home: there's not much left in the moral relativist's argument that Teheran could be . . .
- India Will Decide On Iran As A Sovereign Country: Us (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Observing that India will take a decision "as a sovereign country" on how it votes on the issue of referring Iran to the UN Security Council, the US has said it was closely engaged with New Delhi about shared concerns regarding Tehran's nuclear programme.
- Government's Bumpy Airports Drive Finally Takes Off (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Your days of being packed like a sardine at an airport resembling a fish market are numbered.
- Kalam Backs Iims Going Overseas (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Even as HRD minister Arjun Singh has made public his displeasure at IIM-Bangalore setting up a campus here, President A P J Abdul Kalam says the government has no problem with these premier institutes setting up shop abroad.
- India, Usa Have Entered New Era: Mulford (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
US Ambassador David C. Mulford, who is at the centre of a controversy over his remarks on the nuclear deal with India, today said Washington and New Delhi had “entered a new era” and defence cooperation between them would help improve regional and . . .
- Terrorism Emanates From Long Standing Issues: Kalam (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
President A P J Abdul Kalam today said terrorism emanated from certain long-standing issues, including poverty, and suggested a three-point global plan to tackle the menace.
- Munabao Rail Service From Feb 18 (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
India and Pakistan today decided to resume rail link that will connect Khokharapar with Munabao, from February 18.
- National Blackmail (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Feb 01, 2006)
The case for modernisation of Indian airports, starting with Delhi and Mumbai, is a very simple one. India is currently Asia's third largest economy, with the potential to go very far very fast.
- Diplomatic Wisdom (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 01, 2006)
Indian diplomacy has, almost accidentally, shown some wisdom. The King of Saudi Arabia should have been long ago invited to be Chief Guest on Republic Day.
- Govt Awards Bids For Delhi, Mumbai Airports (Tribune, Girja Shankar Kaura, Feb 01, 2006)
Even as employees of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) decided to go on strike from tomorrow in a bid to paralyse the airports, the government today went ahead with the modernisation programme awarding the contract for the Delhi and Mumbai . . .
- Airport Blackmail (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 01, 2006)
Employees fighting a selfish battle
Blackmail is writ large over the Airports Authority of India (AAI) employees’ threat to go on strike if airport modernisation at Delhi and Mumbai is conducted as a joint venture in partnership with the private sector.
- Lawyers Not Above The Law (Tribune, P.P. Rao, Feb 01, 2006)
All democratic institutions in our country, be they constitutional, statutory or voluntary, are facing the same problem — quality of leadership.
- Bunty And Babli In A Fursatganj Bpo (The Financial Express, JANMEJAYA K SINHA, Feb 01, 2006)
The situation for the BPO industry has moved far away from the time when Jack Welch was starting Gecis (now Genpact).
- All Form And No Matter (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Feb 01, 2006)
It would be odd if Buta Singh were to echo Marilyn Monroe's reputed line: "If you are looking for a scapegoat, here I am". The Bihar dissolution case — no less the Supreme Court's judgment on it — is drowned in politics.
- Kashmir Situation - A New Phase (Daily Excelsior, K.N. Pandita, Feb 01, 2006)
Undoubtedly, Kashmir situation has entered a new phase -- the phase of dialogues no matter productive or non productive. However, that does not mean the end of externally sponsored and locally abetted militancy.
- Before The Dream Sours (Telegraph, Raoji Bandodkar, Feb 01, 2006)
India would do better to attend to the more press- ing domestic problems than try to join the UN high table uninvited, argues Raoji Bandodkar
- Retailing Is No Rocket Science (The Financial Express, S NARAYAN, Feb 01, 2006)
Last Tuesday, the Cabinet announ-ced FDI liberalisations in a slew of sectors.
- ‘India Still Weighing Options On Iran Vote’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Indian defence minister says Delhi will take a position on the issue at the ‘appropriate time’
- All About Terror (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 31, 2006)
Two developments have taken place in the world which concern terrorism but are different in nature and content.
- Wali Khan (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 31, 2006)
He had the courage of conviction
It is said that nothing grows under a banyan tree. The same is believed to be true of a towering leader, whose progenies are generally no patch on his greatness.
- Privileges And Perils (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Jan 31, 2006)
Shortly after presenting his credentials in Rashtrapati Bhavan several years ago, an American ambassador invited his fellow heads of diplomatic missions for breakfast at his residence in Chanakyapuri.
- 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 . . .
- It Is A Farce, Says Musharraf (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has alleged that New Delhi used cross-border terrorism as a pretext for not improving bilateral ties.
- Multi-Headed Evil (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 31, 2006)
Just imagine the following scenarios: (a). a corporation from the State awards contract for certain work in the national capital to a firm based in this city.
- Lifting The Veil From The U.N. Security Council (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jan 31, 2006)
An able chronicle of the U.N.'s exertions, from Iraq and Bosnia to Rwanda and Haiti
- Leprosy Eliminated, Eradication Next (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
The government announced on Monday that it had eliminated leprosy but said that it would take 20 years to eradicate the disease in India.
- Diplomatic Wisdom (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 31, 2006)
Indian diplomacy has, almost accidentally, shown some wisdom. The King of Saudi Arabia should have been long ago invited to be Chief Guest on Republic Day.
- ‘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 . .
- ‘Bjp’S First Southern Success Significant’ (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Jan 31, 2006)
Rajnath Singh took the reins of the BJP at a time when the party was in a transition stage and beset with the Advani-Jinnah controversy. The winds of ‘positive change’ for the party almost coincided with his taking over the party Presidentship.
- Iran To India: Lng Price We Signed On Is No Longer Valid (Indian Express, Amitav Ranjan, Jan 31, 2006)
Last October, Tehran linked its energy dialogue to India’s nuclear diplomacy asking New Delhi to “compensate (its) past default (voting against Iran) by supporting Iran in the next meeting of the IAEA board of governors in November.
- ‘Lashkar Kingpins Behind Iisc Attack Also Targeted Pm Rally, Advani Too’ (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Jan 31, 2006)
Nationwide investigations into the December 28 terror attack at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore have revealed that the conspiracy was hatched by Lashkar-e-Toiba’s Pak-based India operations head Muzammil and the LeT’s . . .
- Power, Oil, To People (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 31, 2006)
Deora and Shinde have tough remits. It will help if they reform in the name of consumers
- Will India Fly? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 31, 2006)
If militant unions scuttle airport reform, status quo can become the norm in badly-run state sectors
- Carrot And Stick (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 31, 2006)
The govt should continue negotiations with ULFA
Assam Governor Ajai Singh has opposed peace talks with the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) in contrast to New Delhi’s approach to the raging insurgency in the northeastern state.
- Shackling India’S Nuclear Dreams (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Jan 31, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is convinced that the July 18, 2005 Indo-US civil nuclear agreement, when implemented, will go a long way in addressing the country’s growing energy needs; But the scientific community is divided on the pact.
- Assam Rally For Plebiscite (Deccan Herald, Anirban Bhaumik , Jan 31, 2006)
The thin separating line between peace activism and supporting the outlawed rebels’ agenda appeared blurred in Assam on Monday.
- India In A Fix Over Iran Vote (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Jan 31, 2006)
Top officials in the Prime Minister’s Office and External Affairs Ministry maintained that the government was “yet to take a decision” on the IAEA vote.
- India Achieves Leprosy Eradication Target (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
Prevalence rate stands at 0.95 cases per 10,000 population
Less than one case per 10,000 population is globally-accepted level of elimination
Full eradication in 20-25 years
Chhattisgarh has the highest prevalence rate, followed by Delhi
- The Constitution: Who, If Anybody, Is Supreme? (Hindu, K.N. Hari Kumar, Jan 31, 2006)
Interpretation of the Constitution is inevitable. And, in the current situation, the people are likely to place greater faith in the judiciary than in their elected representatives.
- Trade Unions Plan Campaign Against Upa Government (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
"Government is reneging on promises given in Common Minimum Programme"
- Arrangements In Full Swing For Manmohan, Sonia Gandhi Visit (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme to be launched in Anantapur on February 2
District and State Government officials supervising preparations round the clock
Team of Special Protection Group camping at venue of launch
- Leprosy Weeded Out In India (Hindustan Times, Sanchita Sharma, Jan 31, 2006)
With the prevalence rate dropping to 0.95 cases per 10,000 population, leprosy has been eliminated from India, announced health minister Anbumani Ramadoss on Monday.
- India Plans To Abstain Over Iran Vote - Officials (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Jan 31, 2006)
India plans to abstain from a vote on Iran's nuclear programme at a meeting of the U.N.'s atomic watchdog this week, top Indian officials said on Monday.
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