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Articles 11221 through 11320 of 21784:
- Stinging Similes (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jan 13, 2006)
Rahul Bajaj never minces his words, whatever be the forum. Recently, while delivering the Lal Bahadur Shastri memorial lecture at Delhi, he was castigating the political system and politicians in general. But he reserved his best for the BJP.
- Not Against Modernisation Of Airports (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
The country is witnessing an investment boom, says Chidambaram
The Left parties on Thursday told the United Progressive Alliance that while they were for modernisation of airports, they were opposed to privatisation.
- Do Not Succumb To Politicians (Times of India, E SREEDHARAN, Jan 13, 2006)
There are a number of factors that scripted the Metro Rail's success story, which can be emulated to turn loss-making PSUs around.
- Court Urged To Prevent Defreezing (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Jan 13, 2006)
Quattrocchi accounts: lawyer files petition
Plea relates to two bank accounts in London
Petitioner seeks direction for clarification from B. Dutta
- Congress Alleges Breach Of Protocol By Modi (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, Jan 13, 2006)
Chief Minister's secretariat says protocol does not differentiate between senior, junior Ministers
Congress to complaint to Governor, PMO
No controversy, says Chief Minister's office
Modi flays Congress for spreading canards
- Bhardwaj Defends Opinion On Quattrocchi Accounts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
CBI maintains charge sheet stands in Delhi designated court
Accounts frozen only temporarily
Wrong to withhold money without evidence: Minister
Red Corner alert notice still valid, says CBI
- Pak To Discuss Kashmir With Saudi King (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Pakistan plans to discuss its peace initiatives on Jammu and Kashmir with Saudi Arabian King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz when he visits Islamabad after a historic trip to New Delhi.
- Fleet Expansion In Mind, Myanmar Looks To India For Expertise (Indian Express, Shiv Aroor, Jan 13, 2006)
Myanmar is steeped in its largest ever defence project, developing indigenous stealth frigates to give the country’s small navy an expeditionary warfare fleet. While it is only to be expected that China will be a principle contractor for the technology,..
- Demilitarisation And Autonomy In J&k (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Jan 13, 2006)
India should insist that it will consider Gen Musharraf's proposal for "self-governance" in Jammu and Kashmir only if elected rulers in POK and the Northern Areas enjoy the same powers and autonomy as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.
- 8 Lashkar Men On The Prowl In Delhi? (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
An alert has been sounded within the security apparatus in New Delhi in the wake of intelligence inputs that at least eight terrorists of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) had sneaked into the Capital to carry out a suicide attack around Republic Day.
- India On Alert – Lashkar Terrorists All Over The Country Ready To Wage War (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
An alert has been sounded within the security apparatus in the wake of intelligence inputs that at least eight terrorists of Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) had sneaked into the national capital to carry out a suicide attack around the Republic Day.
- Iran A Worry But Indo-Us Nuke Deal Gets Kerry Backing (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Efforts underway to carry the Indo-US nuclear deal forward received a boost today with US Senator and Democrat candidate in the 2004 presidential race John Kerry expressing his support, ‘‘in principle’’, for the July 18 understanding.
- States To Meet Today Over Naxal Menace (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Thirteen Naxal-affected states would participate in the Coordination Centre meeting, headed by Union Home Secretary V K Duggal, tomorrow in New Delhi to come up with strategies to deal with Naxalism.
- Sc Moved Against Govt Decision On Quattrocchi (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
The petitioner also made Law Minister H R Bhardwaj a respondent, questioning him how he gave statements to the media when there was no evidence against the accused.
- Iran N-Research: India In Quandary (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Jan 13, 2006)
As the foreign ministers of France, Germany, and Britain meet in Berlin on Thursday to finalise their Iran containment strategy, New Delhi is once again forced to decide one way or the other over Tehran’s latest move to start enrichment ostensibly . . .
- Musharraf’S Panic Attack, Post-Quake Ploy (Deccan Herald, RAHUL BEDI, Jan 13, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s recent proposal that India downsize its military presence in Kashmir appears to be not so much a confidence building measure between the two nuclear powers as a strategic move to build his own defences in the region..
- Wanted: A Nitish In West Bengal (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Jan 13, 2006)
Mamata Banerjee may be whimsical but she is not stupid. So, why is the Trinamool Congress leader pursuing the mirage of a Mahajot in West Bengal?
- Demolition Drives: Dramas Of The State? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 13, 2006)
To each his own An American, a Russian, a Chinese and an Israeli are standing at a street corner when they are approached by a pollster. “Excuse me, what is your opinion of the meat shortage?” asks the pollster. The American says, “What’s a shortage?
- Kerry Cautiously Backs India-Us Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Jan 13, 2006)
United States Senator and leading Democrat John Kerry gave cautious backing on Thursday to a controversial deal granting India access to civilian nuclear technology.
- Spit And Polish (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 13, 2006)
India and China should compete
Since India and China are already locked in a race to lead the Asian century —that is if the American century comes to an end — it is essential that they attend to every aspect of development.
- Saudi King As R-Day Guest (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Jan 13, 2006)
New Delhi's decision to invite King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia to be the guest of honour at India’s Republic Day celebrations is not off the cuff but a considered one. In the past, that country has been a source of irritation, . . .
- Cbi Sleuths ‘Surprised’ (Telegraph, MANAN KUMAR, Jan 13, 2006)
Sources in the CBI expressed surprise at the government’s stand on de-freezing of Ottavio Quattrocchi’s bank accounts in London after law minister H.R. Bhardwaj said Delhi had informed Britain it has no evidence to link the money with Bofors kickbacks.
- Hat Trick! (Tribune, S. Raghunath, Jan 13, 2006)
The Haryana Home Department finds itself in a piquant situation on having to dispose off the thousands of bobby type hats which have become surplus following the changeover of police headgear and it has acted in the finest bureaucratic traditions . . .
- Trading Charges In The Midst Of Drift (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jan 13, 2006)
The India-Pakistan peace process has taken some knocks recently. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Pervez Musharraf need to engage directly.
- Congress' Challenge In Hyderabad (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Jan 13, 2006)
At its plenary, the AICC will have to strike a balance between the pressure to expand and strengthen its pan-India presence and the sensitivities of its alliance partners.
- Defreezing Quattrocchi Uk Accounts: Cbi Opposed It, Law Ministry Wanted It (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Jan 13, 2006)
Defreezing Quattrocchi UK accounts: CBI opposed it, Law Ministry wanted it
Bofors Addl Solicitor General who went to London said CBI has no basis to keep accounts frozen; agency objected on record
- India, China Engagement Positive, Says Shyam Saran (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Jan 13, 2006)
Says two "are too big to contain each other "
Global paradigm of cooperation among major powers demands that they work together
India would hope to work closely with China on non-proliferation issues
- Of Faith And Distrust (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Jan 13, 2006)
The winter vacation on Capitol Hill is the moment for senators and congressmen to familiarize themselves with a world outside the Beltway and their constituencies.
- Egypt Halts Convoy Tugging Clemenceau (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Appeal to Egypt to refuse permission for the ship to enter the Suez Canal
Say more than sufficient evidence that the French Government failed to decontaminate the ship
- A New Mumbai, Still Born (Indian Express, Reshma Patil, Jan 12, 2006)
MR Wadhwa lives in a little city of joy—Ulhasnagar—a young 13.5 sq kms township. ‘‘It was a jungle, chori day and night, no place to stay,’’ the 80-year-old garment trader recalls a time in 1948 when he left Pakistan forever, making his way . . .
- For The People (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 12, 2006)
Thank you, Delhi High Court, for proving even in this system ordinary citizens can be empowered
- Bidding Goodbye (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 12, 2006)
Ministers meeting for airport modernisation must close the book. And start the action
- "Cbi Has No Evidence To Link Quattrocchi Funds With Bofors" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
"Crown Prosecution Service in Britain informed"
The two frozen bank accounts with BSIAG Bank, London, have three million euros and $1 million
TV channel claims the CBI Director (Prosecution) has recommended against appealing a May 2005 order . . .
- Phone Tapping: Delhi Police Release Photo (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
"It was a sting operation carried out by private detectives with the help of touts"
- China, India Agree To Meet In Feb For Border Talks (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
China and India agreed on Tuesday to meet in India at the end of next month for negotiations on their disputed border, wrapping up two days of talks China described as “friendly and practical”.
- India’S Communist Parties Get Ready To Protest George Bush’S Visit Next Month (India Daily, Balaji Reddy, Jan 12, 2006)
The Left parties of India - the communists and socialists whose support is needed for the current Congress Led UPA coalition Government to survive is getting ready to show biggest protest in their history as US President George Bush visits India . . .
- All Gas In The Pipeline (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Jan 12, 2006)
India’s oil diplomacy is still in spats between the petroleum ministry and the foreign office. China meanwhile is clinching key energy deals, finds C. Raja Mohan
- Shocking Beyond Belief (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 12, 2006)
THE news that researchers in Canada and India have found that a staggering 10 million female foetuses might have been selectively terminated following ultrasound tests in India in the last two decades — 500,000 girls a year — is shocking beyond belief....
- Aphc Ready For Talks With Delhi: Mirwaiz (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
The All Parties Hurriyat Conference has said it was ready for second round of talks with the Centre and expressed hope that New Delhi would do more to redress human rights problems and custodial killings in Jammu and Kashmir.
- India's Oil Minister In China In Bid To Reduce Rivalry Over Energy (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
India's oil minister has arrived in China amid hopes the two Asian giants might cooperate rather than compete for access to the world's hotly contested energy reserves.
- Pm’S Kashmir Talks Offer Open To All, Says Azad (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Jan 12, 2006)
A day after PM Manmohan Singh invited People’s Conference chairman Sajjad Lone for talks, J-K Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said that the dialogue invitation is not exclusive but is extended to all separatist leaders who want to talk to the Centre.
- Sonia Assures Justice To Orissa Tribals (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
The Maharashtra government has banned one more book on Chhatrapati Shivaji, a translation of an old Sanskrit epic by American author James Laine, four years after it was published.
- Court Reunites Boys With Families (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
The Magistrate was also shocked when the children revealed in court that the home authorities did not even bother to ask the children about their family.
- Hurriyat Backs Pm’S Talks With Leaders (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
The biggest congregation was held at Jamia Masjid. Dressed in colourful outfits, the children celebrated the festival by bursting crackers.
- Delhi Metro Man A Newsmaker (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
Delhi Metro chief E Sreedharan, credited with changing the face of public transport in the Indian capital, is on the “top 25 newsmakers of 2005” list compiled by the US’ Engineering News-Record, a leading publication on the construction industry, . . .
- Hurdles In The Way (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 12, 2006)
SEVERAL developments in recent weeks seem not to help in the process of normalization now underway in Indo-Pakistan relations.
- Us Continuing To Work With India On Civilian Nuclear Agreement (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Jan 12, 2006)
Ahead of US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns' visit to India next week, Washington has said it is continuing to work with New Delhi on the civilian nuclear deal and that the Indian Government is currently formulating . . .
- Historic Chance For India, China To Resolve Boundary Issue: Fs (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
Noting that India and China had a "historical opportunity" at hand to settle the boundary issue which should not be missed, New Delhi today said a mutually-acceptable solution could be reached if both sides show willingness to take "bold and . . .
- Safety And Preservation Of Mankind - Ii (Greater Kashmir, FARRUKH FAHEEM, Jan 12, 2006)
We don’t educate them, we domesticate them, so that they are tamed into that culture of silence where nothing speaks at will, comments
FARRUKH FAHEEM
- Of Tapped Phones And Pravasi Lectures (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jan 12, 2006)
The tapping of the phone of Samajwadi Party General Secretary, Mr Amar Singh, which met a surprising mine-too chorus from non-UPA politicians, and the NRI jamboree in Hyderabad were the two highlights of last week.
- The War In Balochistan: A Backgrounder (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jan 12, 2006)
What the conflict is about, and why it is important to the region
Tribal leaders see the conflict as an opportunity to get a fair share of the gas resources
The Government sees the fighting as an intolerable challenge to its authority
- Evidence Lacking: Cbi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
The CBI has told the British authorities that the agency did not have any evidence to link the money in two London bank accounts of Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi with the Bofors payoff case.
- India To Press For Prisoners' Release (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
India is expected to press for the release of 431 of its nationals who continue to languish in Pakistani prisons during the Foreign Secretary-level talks between the two countries in New Delhi next week.
- Mirwaiz Asks Delhi To Give Proposals On Kashmir (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Jan 12, 2006)
Chairman of moderate faction of the separatist Hurriyat Conference, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, today asked New Delhi to come forward with "a set of her own proposals" if the lately floated ideas of demilitarisation and self-governance in Jammu and Kashmir . . .
- Late, But Welcome (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 12, 2006)
The Central Government's move to finally widen the scope of its dialogue with the separatist leaders has not come too soon. By inviting Mr Sajjad Lone, who heads a faction of the People's Conference (PC), it has made a belated correction.
- Indian Tourism: Reaching New Heights (Daily Excelsior, Arvinder Kaur, Jan 12, 2006)
Tsunami failed to dampen the spirit of tourists with the year 2005 witnessing new heights in Indian tourism. It recorded a growth of about 13.5 percent in arrivals and about 20 per cent in foreign exchange earnings.
- Different House (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 12, 2006)
A principle can be subverted by unthinking use. Checks and balances built into any system help to make the system healthy, but when the powers behind these begin to operate indiscriminately, the system is put in danger.
- Choose And Chop (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 12, 2006)
Mrs G backtracks on inner-party democracy
It is an index of the bankruptcy and cringing cronyism that now plagues the party that brought the country freedom that a non-entity’s exclusion from the highest policy-making body should become a matter . . .
- India's Lost Daughters: Abortion Toll In Millions (International Herald Tribune, Amelia Gentleman, Jan 12, 2006)
As many as 10 million female fetuses may have been aborted in India over the last 20 years as families try to secure a male heir, according to a study published Monday in The Lancet, the British medical journal.
- Manmohan Singh Invites Sajjad Lone For Talks (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Jan 12, 2006)
Widening the dialogue process with Kashmiri leaders, Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Tuesday invited Sajjad Ghani Lone, chairman of his own faction of the People’s Conference, for talks. Accepting the invitation, Lone will meet Dr Singh . . .
- Deadening The Spirit (Greater Kashmir, FARRUKH FAHEEM, Jan 12, 2006)
We don’t educate them, we domesticate them, so that they are tamed into that culture of silence where nothing speaks at will, comments
FARRUKH FAHEEM
- Team Going To Delhi On 16th (Dawn, Qudssia Akhlaque, Jan 12, 2006)
Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammad Khan will be leading a 10-member delegation to New Delhi next week to discuss with his Indian counterpart the vital issues of peace and security as well as Jammu and Kashmir.
- Nris In The Gulf And The Vote (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jan 12, 2006)
The move to allow Indian citizens living in the Gulf to vote in elections back home raises several questions.
- Singh Invites Sajjad Lone For Kashmir Talks (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
A prominent Kashmiri leader on Tuesday said he was invited to meet India’s prime minister for talks about how to end the decades-old dispute over Kashmir.
- Cold Spell In Northern India Continues (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
A bitter cold spell in northern India has claimed several lives.
- Unsc: China Backs India (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 11, 2006)
China has assured India that it has not gone back on its support for New Delhi’s bid to become a permanent member of the UN Security Council, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran said here on Tuesday.
- Rajnath And Up’S Slow Churning (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Jan 11, 2006)
The meaning being read into Rajnath Singh’s elevation as BJP president obscures the more obvious reality that the choice is a function of the total confusion in the party, particularly at its higher reaches.
- Building Resistance (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 11, 2006)
Maharashtra’s MLAs have a governor to contend with; Delhi’s must have the PM
- Freeze Frame (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 11, 2006)
About 200 people — old, sick and homeless — have succumbed to the cold wave in north India. The deaths could increase if the current run of low temperatures continues.
- India, China Complete Second Round Of Strategic Dialogue (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Jan 11, 2006)
Saran says the Chinese did not express unhappiness over the Washington-New Delhi nuclear accord
- No Containing The Traffic (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 11, 2006)
What was announced in the 2005 Railway budget has at last been implemented.
- Police: Sikhs Recover 114 Rusted Hand Grenades From Their Holiest Shrine In Northern India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 11, 2006)
Sikh volunteers digging part of their holiest shrine in this northern Indian city on Tuesday found 114 rusted hand grenades, police said.
- India's Lost Daughters (International Herald Tribune, Amelia Gentleman, Jan 11, 2006)
NEW DELHI As many as 10 million female fetuses may have been aborted in India over the last 20 years as families try to secure a male heir, according to a study published Monday in The Lancet, the British medical...
- Won't Submit To High Court, Says Somnath (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 11, 2006)
"Even though I have full respect for the judiciary I, as Speaker of the Lok Sabha,
- India To Strengthen Energy Cooperation With China (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 11, 2006)
India and China are expected to further their cooperation in the energy sector during Indian Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar's visit to China on 12 January.
- Kashmir : India For The First Time To Hold Talks With Separatist Leaders Other Than Those From The Moderate Hurriyat Conference (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 11, 2006)
In an effort to broaden the scope of the ongoing dialogue process on the Kashmir issue, the Centre will for the first time hold talks with separatist leaders other than those from the moderate Hurriyat Conference
- Chief Election Commissioner Issues Fiat On Transfer Of State Officials (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 11, 2006)
Chief Election Commissioner B. B. Tandon on Tuesday directed that revenue staff and police officials in the rank of sub-inspector and above, serving in a particular station for three consecutive years or more, should be transferred.
- Thief Or Owner? (Deccan Herald, A K Pattabhi, Jan 11, 2006)
When vital information is not conveyed, confusion becomes the order of the day.
- China, India Agree To Meet In Feb For Border Talks (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 11, 2006)
China and India agreed on Tuesday to meet in India at the end of next month for negotiations on their disputed border, wrapping up two days of talks China described as "friendly and practical".
- Pm Invites Separatist Lone For Talks (Hindustan Times, Arun Joshi, Jan 11, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has invited the People's Conference for talks in Delhi on January 14, even as the Hurriyat Conference waits for an invitation for a second round of talks with the Centre.
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