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Articles 12721 through 12820 of 21784:
- India Doesn’T Object To China, Japan As Saarc Observers: Singh (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 09, 2005)
Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh said on Thursday that India had no reservations about China and Japan joining the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) as observers. He said this issue would be settled at the next . . .
- Cong Unaware About Jagat's Presence In Iraq:matherani (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Congress leadership was not aware of the presence of Jagat Singh and his cousin Andaleeb Sehgal in Baghdad when a four-member party delegation led by K Natwar Singh visited Iraq in January 2001 and the news was received with "indignation" . . .
- Amritsar-Lahore Bus Trials On 11th And 13th (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 09, 2005)
India and Pakistan will conduct trial runs of the Amritsar-Lahore bus service on December 11 and December 13 respectively, said Navtej Sarna, the External Affairs Ministry spokesman on Thursday.
- India Stalls Iran Envoy’S Visit To Kashmir : Shift In Me Policy Seen (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
India has taken an unusually tough stance with Iran by insisting that its ambassador to New Delhi, S.Z. Yaghoubi, who wants to visit Jammu and Kashmir could do so only if he agreed to meet people selected by the pro-India government in Srinagar,
- 'United States Of Kashmir’ (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Washington has reportedly urged India and Pakistan to find solution to the core issue of Kashmir within the parameters of APHC chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq’s proposal for ‘the United States of Kashmir’.
- Health Department Takes Exception To Study (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
A survey which is said to have been conducted by a team of researchers from Delhi University's Anthropology department among schoolchildren in the Amboori and Neyyar Dam tribal belt in the district last week has irked the authorities,
- Congress Was Aware Of Jagat's Trip To Iraq In Nov: Matherani (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Former Indian Ambassador to Croatia and key witness in the Iraqi oil-for-food scam Aniel Matherani disclosed on Thursday that even before his explosive interview to a news magazine, the Congress leadership was aware of the inclusion of Natwar Singh's. . .
- World Can't Watch Dhaka Fall (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Dec 09, 2005)
As the region's biggest power, "larger than all the rest combined" as Junius R Jayewardene reminded the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation's inaugural conference in Dhaka 20 years ago, India might expect to enjoy the same . . .
- There Comes Another Good Man (Tribune, V.N. Kakar, Dec 09, 2005)
Anything?” my father’s eyes asked me wistfully, lovingly. “Nothing,” my eyes replied silently, dolefully. Partition of India was just about a month behind us. So was the wreckage of our house in Peshawar. We had landed in Lucknow.
- Death Factories (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 09, 2005)
Fire mishap was waiting to happen
Twelve labourers perhaps would not have died in a fire mishap in a Delhi garment factory on Wednesday if only the government had honoured the Supreme Court deadline set last year that all such factories should be moved
- Chocolate Minister (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Civil aviation minister Praful Patel has been adding quite a few feathers to his cap these days.
- High Court: Looking Back (Tribune, Rajindar Sachar , Dec 09, 2005)
The observance of the 50th year of shifting of the High Court from Shimla to Chandigarh brings back many nostalgic memories. I was then the General Secretary of the Punjab High Court Bar Association.
- Caring Hands Accepting Bribe? (Tribune, Kailashnath Sud, Dec 09, 2005)
A sting operation at the Medical Council of India’s Delhi office amply explained corruption in medicine. The caring hands were seen accepting bribes to set up medical colleges in the country as also registering student doctors with bribes of lakhs.
- Nothing Really To Crow About? (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Dec 09, 2005)
What makes people go gaga over a peacock rather than a crow? It couldn’t be just the mindless explosion of colour in the former because then black panthers wouldn’t excite anyone either. Obviously it has something to do with rarity . . .
- Inside The Lashkar-E-Taiba's Network (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 08, 2005)
Top Lashkar-e-Taiba operative Shabbir Bukhari's story offers unprecedented insight into the organisation's working — and raises disturbing questions about the threat it holds out to the India-Pakistandétenteprocess.
- Bill Chants 4-Point Mantra (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Mr Bill Gates, Chairman and Chief Software Architect of the Microsoft Corporation, said here on Wednesday that he was happy to be back in India and, buoyed by the changes around, offered a four-point “mantra” to maximise the benefits on what the . . .
- Chain Reaction (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 08, 2005)
The outcome of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Russia is the best proof that the India-US nuclear agreement of July 18 is the key that will unlock the many bolts clamped on India’s civil and military nuclear programmes.
- Us Congress Threatens To Throw Out India N-Deal (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
The chairman of the US Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee warned on Tuesday that Congress would throw out any ‘opaque’ plan by the Bush administration to forge unprecedented civilian nuclear cooperation with India.
- Microsoft To Invest $1.7 Billion In India (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Dec 08, 2005)
To accelerate its growing market presence in India, US-based global software giant Microsoft Corporation has announced a bouquet of sops here worth an investment of US$ 1.7 billion.
- Ahead Of Foreign Secy Visit, Us Senate Panel Chief Seeks Credible India Plan On N-Separation (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Dec 08, 2005)
As India prepares to discuss its plans to separate civilian and military nuclear facilities with the Bush Administration later this month, an influential Senator has urged New Delhi to put as many reactors as possible in the non-military category.
- Navy Eyes Tech Link On Us Aviation Project (Indian Express, Shiv Aroor, Dec 08, 2005)
For all the talk about the IAF looking to purchase 126 fighters which Washington is keen to sell, it is the Indian Navy that is on track for an agreement that would for the first time make New Delhi a scientific and financial partner in a . . .
- India Becomes Partner In Multinational Nuclear Fusion Reactor Project (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
India will become a partner in a multinational project to build an experimental nuclear-fusion reactor, the Indian government said Wednesday.
- Russia Offers Long-Range Bombers To India - Tu-22m3 Is Capable Of Carrying Long-Range Cruise Missiles At Almost Twice The Speed Of Sound (India Daily, Kiran Chaube, Dec 08, 2005)
This may tilt the balance of power to the Indian side. Long range air borne cruise mille may be the best way to protect India.
- Bill Rings In Christmas: $1.7 Bn-Plus On India (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
With a $1.7 billion budget, Microsoft Corp, the world’s biggest software company, signed up on Wednesday for a major role in India’s drive to modernise and take IT to rural areas
- Voice In The Wilderness (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Negative signals at Mamata rally
There have been starvation deaths in West Bengal and some districts are particularly hard-hit by poverty and distress, made worse by the fact that the Left Front government has politicised the BPL lists.
- Party Must End (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 08, 2005)
When will we learn something better?
- Nonalignment Today (Tribune, Anita Inder Singh, Dec 08, 2005)
One unintended outcome of the Volcker report is the debate it has sparked off on whether, in the 21st century, India should continue to define its foreign policy as a nonalignment country.
- Bharatiya Janata Party (Bjp) Has Demanded That Gandhi Resign Her Post As Head Of The National Advisory Council, An Important Government-Appointed Body (India Daily, Anil Rane, Dec 08, 2005)
BJP has decided to go all out against the super PM – Sonia Gandhi.
- 12 Charred To Death In Delhi (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
At least 12 persons, including four women, were killed and four others seriously injured in a fire which ravaged a four- storeyed garments factory in the congested Vishwas Nagar area of East Delhi, today.
- Microsoft Lines Up $1.7 B Investments For India — To Expand R&d Activities; Promote It Literacy (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Betting heavily on India's IT prowess, the Microsoft Chairman, Mr Bill Gates, today announced an investment of $1.7 billion (Rs 7,858 crore) spread over the next four years to expand its research and development (R&D) activities, . . .
- Singh Mid-Air Missile Flies At Bjp (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, Dec 08, 2005)
Natwar Singh leaves the Prime Minister’s residence on Wednesday. At a book release event later in the evening, Natwar termed the UN a “quasi-bankrupt” organisation with no ability to carry out its political responsibilities efficiently.
- The Protege Who Came In From The Cold (Indian Express, Shiv Aroor, Dec 08, 2005)
The protege who came in from the cold
- Certain Place (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 08, 2005)
Mr Subash Ghisingh has his way again. A special status for Darjeeling under the sixth schedule of the Constitution has significant political implications. It will give far more financial and administrative powers to the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council.
- In The Safety Net (Telegraph, MONI NAG, Dec 08, 2005)
The 2005 UNAIDS global report, which was released in New Delhi last month, has drawn attention to the unique success of the STD/HIV intervention project, (popularly known as Sonagachi project) in curbing the spread of HIV among sex workers in Sonagachi,..
- Naxalite Menace: Finding A Way Out (Daily Excelsior, V M Gokuldas, Dec 08, 2005)
The ''Compact Revolutionary Zone'' that provides the north-south link between the Nepalese Maoists and the Andhra Pradesh naxals is stealthily moving eastwards to cover Orissa in a major push that has worried the Union Home Ministry.
- Behind Enemy Lines (Pioneer, Abhijit C Chandra, Dec 08, 2005)
Abhijit C Chandra recounts the exploits of an IAF officer who flew across the Tibetan territory just before the 1962 war
- Nda: No Double Standards, Sonia Should Resign Too (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
After forcing Union Minister Natwar Singh's resignation on the Volcker issue, the Opposition on Wednesday trained its gun on Congress president and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi.
- Putin Signals Hope (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 08, 2005)
In keeping with the tradition of annual summits, Tuesday's meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Vladimir Putin was not expected to yield any results of far-reaching consequences, either in terms of bilateral relations . . .
- The Odd Couple (Dawn, F.S. Aijazuddin, Dec 08, 2005)
Nothing succeeds like success, however simulated, and at the moment two persons — President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz — are savouring their own personal brand of success.
- A New Urban Lifestyle Lures India's Rural Poor (International Herald Tribune, AMY WALDMAN, Dec 08, 2005)
This western city has at least 300 slum pockets, with grimy industry, factory-fouled air and a spiraling crime rate. A 1994 epidemic - reported as pneumonic plague - that originated here caused national panic.
- Telelogic Opens Second Facility In Bangalore (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Telelogic, a development tools vendor with a strong presence in the defence and aerospace sectors, on Wednesday announced the opening of its second facility in Bangalore.
- The Wages Of Corruption (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Dec 08, 2005)
Around 4.30 pm on Friday December 2, 2005, officials of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Subhash Bhowmik, football coach of Kolkata's famous East Bengal Club and a former international footballer, on the charge of accepting a bribe . . .
- Mou To Promote Higher Education (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Twenty universities in the United States will join the Mata Amritanandamayi Math's Amrita University, Indian Space Research Organisation and the Department of Science and Technology through TIFAC and the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum for . . .
- Healthcare Accreditation Standards (Daily Excelsior, Dr Arun Sharma, Dec 08, 2005)
Addressing the need for a uniform accreditation system for healthcare institutes, the draft on standards of healthcare accreditation, prepared by technical committee of National Accreditation Board of Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH),
- India-Pakistan Shipping Talks From Tomorrow (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 07, 2005)
It enables ships of both countries to pick up cargo for a third country party
Talks are a follow up to the decision by the Joint Study Group
Shipping industry feels that if the protocol is amended cargo flow could rise manifold
- India For `Visionary' Outlook On Summit (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Dec 07, 2005)
It is an important "building block for community-building in East Asia"
India looking for ways to fashion governing document
ASEAN goes well with Manmohan's proposal of Asian economic community
- Opening Up The Socialist Space In Indian Politics (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 07, 2005)
In the coming post-George Fernandes era, the socialists will have many opportunities in various parts of the country to tap the alienation of the poor from the mainstream economy.
- Manmohan-Putin Summit (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Declaring the determination of India and Russia to jointly combat terrorism, President Vladimir Putin today expressed his country’s readiness to cooperate with New Delhi in the field of nuclear energy and said Moscow was also prepared to increase oil. . .
- The Farooq Show (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
If ever an award is instituted for a political leader of the State employing tongue like a double-edged weapon it will certainly go to National Conference patriarch Farooq Abdullah.
- Bill Gates Picks Up Seattle Threads With It Minister (Hindustan Times, Prerna K Mishra, Dec 07, 2005)
Even as the first day of Bill Gates’ four-day visit to India was to be dedicated to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, politics took precedence as Gates went to meet Communications and IT Minister Dayanidhi Maran at his residence first thing . . .
- Ambedkar Honoured On 50th Death Anniversary (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and a number of Union ministers led the nation on Tuesday in paying floral tributes to the architect of the Indian Constitution and Bharat Ratna awardee, B R Ambedkar, on his 50th death...
- India Looks For Russian Nuclear Reactors (India Daily, Monica Narain, Dec 07, 2005)
India is happy with Russian reactors. India needs may of these reactors for the upcoming energy needs of the country.
- Russia To Help India On N-Energy (Hindustan Times, Yashwant Raj, Dec 07, 2005)
Russia will do all it can to ensure India's energy needs are fulfilled. At the same time it wants New Delhi to sort its differences with the nuclear supplier group (NSG) countries on the separation of civil and military uses of nuclear technology.
- Sonia Won’T Quit: Cong (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
The Opposition demand for Sonia Gandhi’s resignation as the National Advisory Council (NAC) chairperson was shot down on Tuesday by both the government and the Congress, with the latter saying there was no question of “even entertaining” such a demand.
- India Accelerating (International Herald Tribune, AMY WALDMAN, Dec 07, 2005)
NELAMANGALA, India Hot water: 10 rupees. Cold water: 8 rupees.
Toilet: 5 rupees. Sex: no price specified on the bathhouse wall, but, as the condom painted there suggests, safe.
- Congress Pulls Off A ‘Bloodless Coup’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Mr Natwar Singh might be more indignant with a section of the Congress leadership than with the NDA that led the campaign for his removal from the Cabinet over the Volcker expose.
- India, Russia To Expand N-Energy Ties (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Dec 07, 2005)
Russia today responded positively to India's request for expansion of their nuclear energy ties but, at the same time, indicated that any forward movement on cooperation in this area will depend on New Delhi meeting the conditions laid down by the United
- Reclaiming Cities (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
With the launch of the National Urban Renewal Mission, an important initiative is finally underway. With the possible exception of New Delhi, most of our cities are choking on their own growth.
- Bjp Rules Out Any 'Appeal' By Uma (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
A day after she was thrown out of the party, BJP on Tuesday ruled out any possibility of Uma Bharati "appealing" against disciplinary action with former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee rebutting her charges that the party was "anti-OBC" and that its top . . .
- No Taking Uma Back, Says Bjp (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Firmly shutting its doors on expelled leader Miss Uma Bharati, the BJP today ruled out any scope for her to appeal against the disciplinary action even as former Prime Minister Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee rebutted her charges that the party was “anti-OBC” and
- Reverse This Trend (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 07, 2005)
Figures tell their own tale may be a hackneyed sentence but it remains relevant for the State.
- Bjp Leaves No Room For Bharti Re-Entry (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Firmly shutting its doors on expelled leader Uma Bharti, BJP today ruled out any scope for her to appeal against the disciplinary action even as former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee rebutted her charges that the party was "anti-OBC" and its top bras
- Bill Gates On A Trip To Bihar? (Times of India, Kounteya Sinha, Dec 07, 2005)
'Bill Gates in Bihar' has been the subject of many spoofs. It may soon be a reality.
- The Romance Of A Surprise (Tribune, G.S. Aujla, Dec 07, 2005)
My friend in the Army had more than his fair share of postings at non-family stations while the remaining members of the family stayed on at Chandigarh. It had its sunny side too. His wife and children had got used to managing themselves . . .
- Natwar Quits Over Iraq Oil Scandal (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Indiaís suspended foreign minister, Natwar Singh, quit the cabinet on Tuesday amid unrelenting pressure from opposition groups over his role in Iraqís oil-for-food scandal. Singh said although he was innocent, he had decided to resign as opposition . . .
- Natwar To Resign Over Oil-For-Food Scandal (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Former Indian foreign minister Natwar Singh will resign, the party announced Tuesday, a move that failed to quell opposition fury over charges that he and the ruling Congress party skimmed the UN oil-for-food scheme in Iraq.
- India And Russia Seal Defence Deal At Moscow Summit (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Russia and India paved the way for intensified defence cooperation on Tuesday as Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Russian President Vladimir Putin talked up a “strategic partnership” between the two Soviet-era allies in Moscow.
- Psu Ceos To Evaluate Govt Directors — A Rather Worrisome Proposal (Business Line, S. Subramanyan , Dec 07, 2005)
Media reports talk of a proposal by the Bureau for Reconstruction of Public Sector Enterprises (BRPSE) to let the chief executive officer (CEO) of a public sector undertaking (PSU) evaluate the performance of government directors.
- Promotion Policy -By Jk Dutt (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 07, 2005)
The Centre’s decision to appoint a special appellate tribunal for redressing the grievances of our armed forces’ personnel has come like the proverbial answer to a maiden’s prayer.
- Air Deccan Reaches Srinagar (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Air Deccan today launched direct daily flights from Srinagar to New Delhi. Chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad flagged off the first flight from Srinagar to New Delhi.
- Ayodhya Redux (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 07, 2005)
BJP’s best option: exorcise the ghosts of the past and emerge a modern party of the right
- Goodbye To Ground Zero (Indian Express, Ashok Malik, Dec 07, 2005)
Many years ago, a friend and mentor introduced me to an old Chinese proverb: when the finger points to the moon, the idiot points to the finger. Given the punditry that has followed Uma Bharati’s expulsion from the BJP, the wisdom in that one-liner seems
- On The Fast Lane To Chennai (Indian Express, Sebastian Mallaby, Dec 07, 2005)
As outsourcing acquires wheels, Detroit worries about the Indian car industry, says Sebastian Mallaby
- Fighting Terror With Terror (Pioneer, Gautam Sen, Dec 07, 2005)
It is an extraordinary presumption that concession and compromise can defeat terrorism. Yet, this is precisely the implied rationale underlying New Delhi's policy towards terrorism. After each act of mass murder, politicians of all hues clamour . . .
- Natwar Breaks Silence, Says Nothing New (Pioneer, Navin Upadhyay, Dec 07, 2005)
Twenty-four hours after an official announcement by the Congress that Minister without portfolio Natwar Singh had agreed to resign from the Union Cabinet the man in the centre of the controversy broke his silence on Tuesday night.
- Gates’ Date With Indian Leaders (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Beginning his fourth visit to India, Microsoft Corporation Chairman & Chief Software Architect Bill Gates met President A P J Abdul Kalam and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday.
- India, Afghan Sign Tourism Cooperation Agreement (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Extending its firm commitment to the reconstruction of Afghanistan, India today signed an agreement with Afghanistan for cooperation in the field of tourism.
- Bjp Leaves No Room For Bharati Re-Entry (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Firmly shutting its doors on expelled leader Uma Bharati, the BJP on Tuesday ruled out any scope for her to appeal against the disciplinary action even as former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee rebutted her charges that the party was 'anti-OBC' . . .
- Darkness At Noon (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 06, 2005)
People are known to disappear in tin pot dictatorships and police states that still exist in various parts of the world even after the collapse of the Soviet empire where persons became non-persons if they were perceived to be inimical to the state.
- Sonia ‘Role’ Gets Amar Goat, Says Natwar Can’T Be Scapegoat (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Asserting that former external affairs minister Mr Natwar Singh should not be made a “scapegoat” in the Iraqi oil-for-food scam, the Samajwadi Party today sought to target Congress president Mrs Sonia Gandhi but did not take her name directly.
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