People
Will Decide About Monarchy, Says
Shrestha
Gopal
Man Shrestha, Minister of Physical
Planning and Works in the Seven-Party
Alliance government of Prime Minister
G.P. Koirala, has been in politics for
over four decades.
"We
Are Trying To Build An Inclusive
Society"
M. Veerappa Moily, chairman of the Oversight Committee for
implementation of 27 per cent
reservation for OBCs in central
educational institutions, discusses
the tasks before him. Excerpts from an
interview . . .
Q&a:
'Indian Art Sees Crossover Interest'
Auctions in London, Hong Kong
and Dubai indicate that the bull run
in the Indian art mart is real. Yamini
Mehta, specialist and head of modern
and contemporary Indian art at
Christie's, tells Manoj Nair in an
e-mail interview that the Indian art .
. .
'Private
Banks Owe Success To It'
Over the next 10 years, the
IT implementation by banks is slated
to cost a whopping amount of Rs 15,000
crore. Some banks would spend as much
as 15% of their capital on IT. Munish
Mittal, V-P, HDFC Bank spoke on issues
related to the crucial aspect . .
.
A
Legacy Of Brutality
DR Louay Bahry, an adjunct
scholar at the Middle East Institute
in Washington, served as the chair of
the Department of Public
Administration at the University of
Qatar and has taught at several
universities, including the University
of . . .
Right
Fuel Pricing Is The Only Way To
Efficiency'
Though India has not been as gluttonous in fuel as some
developed countries, our energy
efficiency is far from satisfactory.
Because of political pressure, by not
pricing fuel correctly, our
efficiencies have suffered.
Iriver
Maker, Microsoft Join Forces To
Challenge Ipod
South Korea's digital audio
player maker Reigncom Ltd is teaming
up with Microsoft Corp. and MTV to
challenge Apple Computer Inc.'s.
Rich
States Hold Key To Wto Industry Deal -
India
Rich nations hold the key to
a World Trade Organisation (WTO) deal
on industrial goods, India's lead
negotiator said on Thursday, rejecting
calls for the developing states to
move first.
'Illegal
Workforce Is Important In Us'
David Randolph is Border
Coordination Officer, Arizona-Mexico
Commission, an organisation attached
to the government of Arizona.
Arizona's population of illegal
migrants, at six million,accounts for
half the estimated population of
undocumented . . .
`Jobs
Aplenty For Chemical Engineering
Graduates'
Q& A /ENGINEERING.
Q&a:
'Illegal Workforce Is Important In Us'
David Randolph is Border
Coordination Officer, Arizona-Mexico
Commission, an organisation attached
to the government of Arizona.
Arizona's population of illegal
migrants, at six million,accounts for
half the estimated population of
undocumented . . .
'The
Indo-Us Nuclear Deal Can't Be
Justified'
Iran's permanent representative to the IAEA on India's vote
and their own stand-off with the
United States which in turn is
clouding the Indo-US nuclear
agreement.
'Mahajan
Made Me? I Was Driving A Merc When He
Had Nothing...'
He's the infamous 'tentwallah'
referred to in several newspaper
columns. He says he's not a Mahajan
creation.
'Endorse,
Reinforce N-Deal'
Michael A Levi is the lead
author of US-India Nuclear
Cooperation: A Strategy Moving
Forward, a Council On Foreign
Relations report, which could define
the fate of the India-US nuclear deal
now being debated in the US
Congress.
'Dalits
Have Not Benefited From Quotas'
Professor P Radhakrishnan of
the Madras Institute of Development
Studies is a well-known social
scientist. Some of the key areas of
his research include affirmative
action; agrarian problems; backward
classes and reservations; backward
class . . .
'The
Bjp Is Not Distancing Itself From The
Mahajan Family'
Former Maharashtra deputy CM
and Pramod Mahajan's brother-in-law
has moved out of 7 Safdarjang Road
into Delhi's Hyatt Regency hotel, from
where he has begun the tough battle to
save his nephew.
'Muslim
Groups Feel We Practise What We
Preach'
Jan Morcha, a newly constituted front of various political
outfits with the patronage of former
prime minister V P Singh, has given a
new lease of life to Raj Babbar's
political career.
'The
Bjp Is Not Distancing Itself From The
Mahajan Family'
Former Maharashtra deputy CM and Pramod Mahajan's
brother-in-law has moved out of 7
Safdarjang Road into Delhi's Hyatt
Regency hotel, from where he has begun
the tough battle to save his
nephew.
"Indo-Israel
Ties Should Not Be At The Expense Of
Palestinians"
Saddled with running a
bankrupt Palestinian Authority, the
Hamas PM faces pressure from the
Israeli President's call for a
referendum on the right of Israel to
exist alongside Palestine.
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