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Articles 15721 through 15820 of 21784:
- Pak Links Afghan Transit To Kashmir (Rediff on the Net, KJM Varma, Aug 29, 2005)
Pakistan has rejected India's request for opening the Wagah border for transportation of its goods to Afghanistan, saying that the transit trade would not be allowed without progress in resolving the Kashmir issue.
- India To Press Pak For Deportation Of Terrorists : Jaiswal (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2005)
On the eve of Indo-Pak Home Secretary level talks, India today said it would continue to press Pakistan for deportation of several terrorists who had taken shelter in Pakistan,
- Jaya Protests Tax Reliefs To States (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2005)
The package includes 100 per cent excise duty exemption on the output of new units for 10 years, income tax exemption and capital subsidy.
- The Tigers Must Feel The Heat For What They Have Done" (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Aug 29, 2005)
Sri Lanka's new Foreign MinisterAnura Bandaranaikehas no doubts about the role of the LTTE in the August 12 assassination of Lakshman Kadirgamar. In an exclusive interview, Mr. Bandaranaike says election time is also killing time in his country. Excerpts:
- Cancel Tax Holidays For North Indian States: Jayalalithaa (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2005)
With Tamil Nadu witnessing flight of capital to tax havens like Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal, Chief Minister J. Jatalalithaa seems to have developed cold feet. Ms Jayalalithaa today urged the Central Government to immediately withdraw exemptions . . .
- Globalisation Demands New Legal System: Montek (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2005)
Globalisation demands a new legal system independent of the executive and legislature to ensure the enforcement of contracts and protection of commercial rights, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Sunday.
- Fair Deal For Mps (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 29, 2005)
Indications that the government is planning to set up a commission to work out the pay, allowances and perquisites of MPs are to be welcomed.
- American Security For Manmohan (Tribune, Smita Prakash, Aug 29, 2005)
Very heavy American security was placed around Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh soon after he arrived in Kabul on a two-day official visit, the first by an Indian head of Government to the Afghan capital in 29 years. Indira Gandhi was the last Indian ...
- Bangalore Blues (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 29, 2005)
Bangalored means “layed-off” to workers in the West, but the infrastructure woes of India’s global cynosure are threatening to invest the neologism with a new meaning.
- Public Interest Groups For Limiting Scope Of Patents (Hindu, Siddharth Narrain , Aug 29, 2005)
Seek appropriate tests before granting of patents over micro-organisms The Affordable Medicines Treatment Campaign told the Committee that limiting patents to "new chemical entities" was compatible with TRIPS and necessary to address the country's . . .
- Sarabjit Issue Likely To Figure In Indo-Pak Talks (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2005)
Terrorism and drug trafficking would be the main focus of the Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan which begins here tomorrow in the midst of efforts to release Sarabjit Singh, who is facing death sentence.
- The Price Of Privileges (Tribune, Ruchi sharma, Aug 29, 2005)
I was travelling from Kathgodam to Delhi. I had barely seated myself when a battery of jawans entered the compartment. They were dressed in immaculate uniforms.
- With A Little Help From All (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 29, 2005)
Extracts from the government of India's status report on Disaster Management in India, published in August, 2004
- There Is A Definite Change In Kashmir: Mufti Sayeed (Tribune, Ehsan Fazili, Aug 29, 2005)
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed took over as Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister on November 2, 2002, as the head of a multi-party coalition government.
- Pakistan Dogs Pm On Kabul Trip (Telegraph, SUJAN DUTTA, Aug 29, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Hamid Karzai today made common cause in the fight against terrorism, but Afghanistan’s ruler brought Pakistan into the frame for a happy South Asian family picture.
- 'India To Press Pak For Deportation Of Terrorists' (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2005)
India has said that it would continue to press Pakistan for deportation of several terrorists who had taken shelter in Pakistan, including Dawood Ibrahim wanted in connection with the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts.
- Malhotra To Give Breach Of Privilege Notice Against Sheila Dikshit Today (Hindu, Sujay Mehdudia, Aug 29, 2005)
Standing Committee is like Parliament and the CM has committed a breach by criticising it, says BJP leader
- India's Progress And A Grim Story (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Aug 29, 2005)
The PM will have to indicate which way India is moving in realising the Millenium Development Goals
- Where Does India Stand In Central Asia ? (Daily Excelsior, N. B. Menon, Aug 29, 2005)
First, it was the "revolution of roses" in November 2003 when a reluctant president Edward Shevardnadze capitulated and handed over the Georgian presidency to the pro-West Mikhail Saakashvili. Then, a little over a year later, the "orange revolution" . .
- Pm Offers Helping Hand To Kabul A Bridge To Entire Region (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2005)
In the first joint statement at the highest level ever since the ouster of the Taliban, India on Sunday formally endorsed Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai’s vision to restore Afghanistan’s ‘‘historic role’’ as a ‘‘land bridge’’ between Central Asia . .
- Karzai Says Better India-Pakistani Ties Vital (Reuters, Yousuf Azimy, Aug 29, 2005)
Peace between India and Pakistan is vital for the region, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Sunday, as he called for the three countries to work together to defeat terrorism.
- Hazards Of Gas Pipe Line Through Pakistan (Daily Excelsior, O P Modi, Aug 29, 2005)
In a recent meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh it was stated that India's requirement for natural gas within the next two and a half decades will soar from the current 21 million standard cubic meters per day(mmscmd)
- No Compromise With Terrorism: Pm (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2005)
Visiting Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday jointly condemned global terrorism as a major threat to democracy and declared that there could be no compromise in dealing with this menace head on.
- India-Pakistan Home Secretary Talks On Terrorism Begin Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2005)
India to seek deportation of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim from Pakistan
The talks are part of the ongoing composite dialogue process
The Indian side will raise security concerns
- Shaukat Focuses On Foreign Affairs (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 29, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that Pakistan will never support military action against Iran. Addressing a Press conference in Lahore on Saturday,
- India To Seek Deportation Of Dawood, 30 Others (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2005)
Ahead of Indo-Pak Home Secretary- level talks beginning here tomorrow, India today said it would seek deportation of nearly 30 terrorists and criminals including underworld don Dawood Ibrahim from Pakistan and push for an accord to combat drug trafficking
- In Kerala, Sonia Becomes Nda Leader! (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2005)
In the excitement to flag the achievements of the Congress in Kerala, a glaring error surfaced in some full-page ads on Saturday - party chief Sonia Gandhi was referred to as the leader of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA)!
- Inculcate Reading Habit In Kids: Kalam (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2005)
A self-confessed bibliophile and an author to boot, the President, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam wants parents to inculcate the reading habit in children. Lamenting that not one Indian book had made it to the level of noted writer Will Durant's 'The Greatest. . .
- Army Offensive Against Ulfa (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2005)
Frequent gun-battles are on along the Assam-Arunachal border as well as near the Indo-Bhutan border in lower Assam.
- Indian Pm To Renew Old Bonds On Rare Afghan Trip (Boston Globe, Y.P. Rajesh, Aug 28, 2005)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh begins a rare visit to Afghanistan on Sunday, the first by an Indian premier in nearly 30 years, as New Delhi steps up efforts to deepen historic links hit by years of conflict
- Indian Pm To Renew Old Bonds On Rare Afghan Trip (Boston Globe, Y.P. Rajesh, Aug 28, 2005)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh begins a rare visit to Afghanistan on Sunday, the first by an Indian premier in nearly 30 years, as New Delhi steps up efforts to deepen historic links hit by years of conflict
- The Emerging Asian Triangle (Dawn, Maqsudul Hasan Nuri, Aug 28, 2005)
That the Pakistan-China friendship is time-tested, enduring and of a strategic rather than tactical or transitory nature cannot be doubted.
- Water Will Flow From Tungabhadra By Next June (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2005)
Mr B K Gokhale, Chairman of the Tungabhadra Board, told pressmen here today that the entire work on the irrigation side of the Tungabhadra Project would be completed by June 1956 and on the hydro-electric side by the middle of 1957.
- Pakistani Detainees In India (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 28, 2005)
Senate Foreign Relations Committee, meeting in Islamabad on Friday with its chairman Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed in the chair has taken serious notice of the continued detention of Pakistani prisoners in Indian jails and urged both Indian and . . .
- Pm Gives Credit Where It Is Due (Tribune, Kishore Gandhi, Aug 28, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s presentation at Oxford raised many a storm in the academic tea cup of India International Centre, New Delhi. Among others, the Cambridge celebrity, Khushwant Singh,
- He Shoots With A Cool Head (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Aug 28, 2005)
As a Major in the Army in 1999, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore had actively participated in the Kargil war.
- Govt Under Pressure To Rein In Power Utilities (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2005)
After the recent controversy over the hike in power tariff in Delhi and adverse remarks by the Standing Committee on Energy, the UPA Government is under pressure from its Left allies and the Opposition to take steps to check the rising tariff hike in. . .
- Meet The Contemporaries (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Aug 28, 2005)
To begin with, it shall be appropriate to talk of the literary get-together, arranged by J&K Academy of Art, Culture and Languages, on 23rd evening of August, 05 at Tagore Hall Srinagar. The ‘eminent contemporary’, that we were face to face with, was . .
- Asia - Pacific To Reduce Green House Gases (Daily Excelsior, Pallab Bhattacharya, Aug 28, 2005)
The dramatically changing face of Indo-US relations is restricted not just to the recent civilian nuclear cooperation deal clinched by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with US President George W Bush but was also expanded to cover the crucial climate issue.
- Trans-Yamuna Area Gets 32 Garbage Removal Trucks (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2005)
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Saturday dedicated 32 garbage removal trucks and 1,600 garbage segregation dustbins to residents of the Capital's trans-Yamuna area at a function near the Municipal Corporation of Delhi office in Shahdara North Zone.
- 'I Am Not Trying To Make General Dyer A Hero' (Deccan Herald, Dipti Nair, Aug 28, 2005)
Nigel Collett, 52, is sort of an accidental tourist in India. Author of the much-talked about biography of General Dyer, The Butcher of Amritsar, Collett would have easily bypassed India had Dyer never committed the carnage at Jallianwala Bagh in 1919. .
- Revolutionary Initiative (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 28, 2005)
A Delhi-based NGO's unique progamme may be the first step in finding a solution to a major health hazard.
- 'Ready To Release All Pakistani Prisoners' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2005)
India expresses its readiness on a reciprocal basis
- In Praise Of Delhi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2005)
So what, if it is — and this includes its modern face — as the intelligentsia claim, a parvenu city?
- Antics Of Suki (Hindu, MANDIRA MODDIE, Aug 28, 2005)
One of the nicest things that Manjula Padmanabhan's cartoon character Suki does for you is that she makes you laugh uncontrollably at an absurd person doing absurd things:
- A Guarantee To Work? (Hindu, NITIN JUGRAN BAHUGUNA , Aug 28, 2005)
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Bill has been passed by Parliament.
- Afghanistan Rolls Out The Red Carpet For Indian Prime Minister – American Guards In Palace, Closed Air Space And Bulletproof Limos To Protect (India Daily, Harish Baliga, Aug 28, 2005)
The air space is closed – American guards in place – bullet proof limos roll
- Manmohan Singh To Renew Old Bonds On Rare Afghan Trip (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Aug 28, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh begins a rare visit to Afghanistan on Sunday, the first by an Indian premier in nearly 30 years, as New Delhi steps up efforts to deepen historic links hit by years of conflict.
- Sheer Tedium Of Sarkari Hospitality (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Aug 27, 2005)
There was a time when I looked forward to receiving invitations from the Rashtrapatis, Prime Ministers, Cabinet Ministers and Governors. They made me feel important. And why not?
- Meeting India’S Energy Needs (Tribune, M.V. Kamath, Aug 27, 2005)
After more than four decades of economic stagnation, India in recent times has been growing at a modest rate of about 7 per cent.
- We Will Perform Despite Court Battles: Lodha (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
Birla Corporation Chairman R S Lodha, who has been fighting a pitched legal battle with the might of the Birla empire, sought to reassert his authority in the M P Birla flagship company here on Friday by claiming that the company would continue to grow
- Pakistan Agrees To Give Consular Access To Sarabjit Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
Foreign Secretary to discuss issue of prisoners during Islamabad visit
India willing to release Pakistani prisoners
Format of composite dialogue may be altered
Mandate of joint commission to be discussed
- Bjp To Demand Chidambaram's Resignation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
Row over his wife appearing for IT department
P. Chidambaram was engaged to appear in case before he became Minister
No fees were paid to him
I am clear in my mind that there is no illegality or impropriety: Nalini
- Natwar Singh’S Obsession (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 27, 2005)
An obsession, magnificent or otherwise, is an obsession. It is an impulse that a person cannot escape. Foreign Minister Natwar Singh is overpowered by the idea that India must be on the UN Security Council.
- Whistle-Blowing On Mdbs (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Aug 27, 2005)
This is a story which for me began in the mid 80s when a friend of mino, working as an Economist with the Asian Development Bank in Manila asked me to visit him
- Explosive Recoveries (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 27, 2005)
All of them are volatile recoveries made in the State during the last 72 hours: 1400 kilograms of chemicals in Srinagar, six kilogram RDX along with other ammunition in Satwari, one kilogram RDX from Rajouri and quite a few grenades from the Valley includ
- Put Psus On The Public Market, Says Ratan Tata (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
The process of disinvestment should be aimed at taking public sector undertakings to the stock market instead of finding a strategic partner, feels Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata, reports PTI from New Delhi.
- Tunda Alive In Pakistan (Hindu, Devesh K. Pandey , Aug 27, 2005)
The LeT militant was believed to have died in Bangladesh
Tunda is wanted in 33 cases under the Explosives Substances Act in Delhi and nearby States
Was instrumental in brainwashing Jalees Ansari, who triggered over 40 blasts in Mumbai and Hyderabad. .
- Pakistan Grants Consular Access To Sarabjit (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
The Pakistan Government today handed a written intimation to the Indian High Commission in Islamabad conveying its agreement to give consular access for Sarabjit Singh. However, Islamabad was yet to convey till late this evening when and where the Indian
- Substitution Confusion In Notification (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 27, 2005)
Substitute SUBSTITUTE was the real issue in a recent case that went up to the apex court: Government of India vs Indian Tobacco Association, decided on August 23. First, the facts, beginning with the introduction of the Duty Entitlement Pass Book (DEPB)..
- Cakes Or Bread (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 27, 2005)
He won’t be removed. He is my nominee.’ Thus spake the ex-CM, who recently lost a state election, of the Governor, who now rules the state in the name of president under the constitution. Does this head of the state rule at the behest of his former Chief
- Brand Iit: The People Behind The Image (Hindu, Dinesh Mohan, Aug 27, 2005)
IITs have justly been ranked as the top educational institutions in India and Asia. A little known fact is that more than 80 per cent of their products live and work in India. The next stage is to restructure and reinvent IITs so that they can become. . .
- Pakistan Grants Consular Access To Sarabjit (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
Pakistan today granted consular access to Sarabjit Singh, sentenced to death for his alleged involvement in bomb blasts in Lahore.
- Old Trick Of Oil And Water (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Aug 26, 2005)
When one reads a headline in a national daily saying, “Bengal has to reform or perish,
- Arbitration Processes Should Be Faster, Says Former Judge (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
In spite of sweeping changes in the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996, there are still several areas which need attention to make the legislation purposeful and meaningful, says S. Natarajan, former Supreme Court Judge.
- Fighting Legacy Of Partition (Daily Excelsior, Aditya Nath Dar, Aug 26, 2005)
In a changing world order after the end of the cold war a number of issues at the international level will prevent India from pursuing its main national interests
- Restructuring Airports (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
Should the modernisation of the Mumbai and New Delhi airports be carried out by the Government-owned Airports Authority of India or be farmed out to the private sector?
- Next Stage In Nuclear Reactors (Business Line, M. Somasekhar, Aug 26, 2005)
The stress on conserving fossil fuels and a scale-up in renewable energy technology seems to be narrowing the options for high energy consuming countries such as India.
- The Dodgy Underbelly Of India's War On Terror (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Aug 26, 2005)
In their search for quick results, the police have allowed the real conspirators behind the terrorist attack on Parliament to get away.
- Chairman Hidayatullah And Humour (Tribune, Sudarshan Agarwal, Aug 26, 2005)
I have had the privilege to serve the Rajya Sabha as Secretary-General when Justice M. Hidayatullah adorned the office of Vice-President of India and Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.
- Tata Plans To Set Up Steel University (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
With a view to develop technical skills, steel major Tata is planning to set up a steel university in Jharkhand, according to its managing director B Muthuraman.
- Improving Ties With Afghanistan (Tribune, Maj-Gen Himmat Singh Gill (retd) , Aug 26, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Afghanistan can be a turning point for better Indo-Afghan relations. Afghanistan is not just another neighbour, but a buffer to an ever turbulent South Asia where terrorism, religious animosity and civilisational c
- Israeli Pullout From Gaza (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Aug 26, 2005)
NOT much notice has been taken of it in this country but the Israeli pullout from Gaza after 38 years of occupation is an important and hopefully promising development.
- To Accommodate The Curious Mind (Telegraph, NIVEDITA MENON, Aug 26, 2005)
To withdraw the national curriculum framework is to silence dissent against orthodoxies — both that of the left and the right, says Nivedita Menon The author is reader in political science, Delhi University
- Gom To Hold Final Round With Airbus (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Aug 26, 2005)
Prime Minister to decide on composition
- Buddhadeb’S Fdi Drive Runs Into Rough Weather (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
The chief minister’s announcement at a traders’ body meeting in Singapore has triggered a wave of protest both within and outside the Left Front.
- Foul Is Fair : Why Manipur Gets Delhi’S Short Shrift (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
That Manipur gets short shrift from the Centre is all too obvious. Last year when the state was literally burning following the death of 32-year-old Manorama Devi while in Assam Rifles’
- Partial Victory : But Will Kang Be Able To Perform? (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 26, 2005)
If GS Kang needed a reason to resume his charge as Bihar chief secretary — after abruptly going on leave on 29 July — it came when the Governor divested his adviser,
- A Black Spot (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 26, 2005)
How do you define crime situation in a state in which two out of every one lakh of the total registered crimes are rapes?
- No Trade-Off On Services: India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
"Offers from developed countries disappointing"
No "trade-off" on services to achieve gains in other sectors, says Ambassador to WTO
Some U.S. industry organisations supported agreement on a short-term visa for professionals
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