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Articles 521 through 620 of 11444:
- Marathi Response (Frontline, LYLA BAVADAM, Oct 13, 2006)
Maharashtra reasserts its position on Belgaum as Karnataka decides to make the city an alternative State capital.
- Landmark Order (Frontline, R.K. Raghavan, Oct 13, 2006)
The Supreme Court's historic judgment on police reforms is our best bet to transform the way our police force functions.
- Turkish Delight (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 13, 2006)
Literature is powerful because it is also about politics. Words have the power to disturb the settled complacency of the status quo. So it is hardly surprising Literature Nobels have a “political” resonance.
- Free To Hate (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 13, 2006)
The internet is a potentially lawless terrain.
- Court To Farmers’ Rescue (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 13, 2006)
Farmers’ suicide has become a larger issue. Ideally, the Supreme Court should have asked the Union and state governments about the alarming number of suicides by farmers in various parts of the country.
- 9 Sex Racket Accused To Go To Srinagar Jail For Ramadan (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
A court here today granted permission to nine accused in the J-K sex racket case to be shifted to Srinagar Central Jail from October 14 to November two in view of the holy month of Ramadan, and adjourned the hearing to November three.
- Q&a: 'Sack Police Officers With Criminal Links' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 12, 2006)
Is a police force accountable only to the common man possible? Prakash Singh, a former DGP of Uttar Pradesh, thinks it can be realised. Now that the Supreme Court has issued directions to the Centre and the state governments on Singh's petition . . .
- ‘Us Pressure Would Mean War’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
North Korea will view US pressure to rein in its nuclear programme as "a declaration of war", the isolated communist regime said on Wednesday in its first official statement since announcing it had carried out a nuclear test.
- Quota Ambit Extended To Fashion, Film Institutes (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
Quotas are not just in IITs and IIMs. From fashion to films, design to railways, to even National Defence Academy (NDA), all educational institutes funded by the Centre will come under the quota ambit.
- Human Rights Versus Section 377 (Hindu, Anil Divan, Oct 12, 2006)
India must march in step with other democracies in removing legal restrictions on sexual orientation. With Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalises homosexuality, posing a threat to public health by impeding programmes for the . . .
- ‘Mercy Power Of President Subject To Review’ (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
A two-judge Supreme Court bench of Justice Ajit Parsayat and Justice S.H. Kapadia held in separate concurring judgments on Wednesday that the powers of the President and governor to pardon a convict, or to reduce the sentence imposed, are subject . . .
- "Writing Can Be A Dangerous Activity" (Hindu, Mukund Padmanabhan, Oct 12, 2006)
Kiran DesaionThe Inheritance Of Loss, the Man Booker Prize, and the process of writing novels.
- Reconcile Ideas On Growth And Finance (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Oct 12, 2006)
Of late, the government and regulatory authorities have been airing differing views on fiscal discipline, foreign institutional investment, use of foreign exchange reserves, SEZs and interest rates.
- Is West Needlessly Needling Muslims? (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Oct 12, 2006)
If Muslims are found living in self-imposed ghettos, the tendency of the West to mock at other cultures and religions qualifies it as a bully, says Anuradha Dutt.
- Upa's Mid-Term Report Card (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
The UPA's record of achievement is a case of two steps forward and a giant step backward.
- Siamese Tragedy (Frontline, WALDEN BELLO, Oct 12, 2006)
The coup in Thailand is the culmination of a slide caused by the political bankruptcy of civilian rule and accelerated by IMF prescriptions.
- Voices Of The Same Poverty (Telegraph, AVEEK SEN , Oct 12, 2006)
Kiran Desai getting this year’s Booker Prize continues a tradition that is essentially unsubtle and rather old, writes Aveek Sen
- Wounded By The West (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 12, 2006)
Although it focuses on the fate of a few powerless individuals, Kiran Desai’s extraordinary new novel manages to explore, with intimacy and insight, just about every contemporary international issue...
- North Korean Nuclear Blast (Daily Excelsior, V.N. Paranjape, Oct 12, 2006)
The inevitable has happened. North Korea has, by conducting the unwarranted nuclear test, given full play to its dangerously belligerent intentions.
- 4 Held Guilty In 1993 Blasts Case (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
A TADA court here on Wednesday held two associates of prime absconding accused Tiger Memon and two farmers from Raigad district guilty of various charges in the 1993 blasts case.
- Abe's Empire (Frontline, P.S. Suryanarayana, Oct 12, 2006)
For new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe the challenges are many as Japan seeks to reposition itself in the new world order.
- Not About Malls Alone (Telegraph, Bibek Debroy, Oct 11, 2006)
The World Bank has produced an excellent document titled, India, Inclusive Growth and Service Delivery: Building on India’s Success. As the title of this report suggests, the focus is on service delivery, which still largely remains public-sector.
- Police Interference In Politics Must Also Stop (Indian Express, Manoje Nath, Oct 11, 2006)
The landmark Sup-reme Court judgment in the writ petition filed by Prakash Singh and others proposes to lay down the foundation for an apolitical, responsive and accountable police force.
- The Nuclear Fallout (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Oct 11, 2006)
To some people, the exploding of a nuclear device by North Korea is probably the best answer any nation could have given to Washington's recent depredations, the most notable example of which was the full-scale military assault against Iraq on a . . .
- The Debt We Owe Kanshi Ram (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 11, 2006)
The BSP is a potent advertisement that numbers, not violence, work in democratic India. For this alone, modern India needs to be thankful to the party founder.
- For India, North Korea's Test Poses Key Challenge (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Oct 11, 2006)
Reconfiguring the nuclear order is no longer a simple matter.
- Sexual Harassment In Health Sector (Tribune, Usha Rai, Oct 11, 2006)
A recent study shows that sexual harassment in a health facility is seen as normal and harmless.
- I’M Game For Another Bout: Karunakaran (Deccan Herald, R Gopakumar, Oct 11, 2006)
Veteran leader K Karunakaran’s political obituary was written umpteen number of times. But the wily leader always bounced back, mocking his critics. But now doomsayers have got powerful ammunition.
- Civil Society’S Vigil Against Death Penalty (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2006)
Banners saying “Abolish Death Penalty” were hung across rivers and candle light vigils were held in cities as human rights activists observed the ‘World Day Against the Death Penalty’ in the country.
- Thai Pm Picks Cabinet, King Approves Line-Up (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2006)
Thai Prime Minister Mr Surayud Chulanont has hand-picked the members of his Cabinet with basic qualifications of honesty, devotion and fairness, his secretary-general said yesterday.
- Don’T Drag In Language Policy: Horatti To Literati (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2006)
Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Basavaraj Horatti echoed the Chief Minister’s view that there won’t be any going back on teaching of English in Kannada-medium schools from June 1, 2007.
- Thailand's Interim Pm Pledges To Lift Martial Law (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2006)
Thailand's interim Prime Minister said on Tuesday that his Government will lift martial law as soon as possible adding that repairing the country's image was a priority after past month's coup drew widespread international condemnation.
- Plea Against Ril Land Acquisition Rejected (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2006)
Gujarat High Court has dismissed 46 petitions filed by farmers challenging land acquisition by Reliance Infrastructure Limited and the state government in Jamnagar for the company's 27-million tonne refinery.
- Pm, Blair For ?Global Effort? To Tackle Terrorism (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his British counterpart Tony Blair on Tuesday called for a “coherent global effort with shared perspectives and commitments” to combat the menace of terrorism.
- Traders' Protest (Frontline, AMAN SETHI, Oct 11, 2006)
The Supreme Court allows commercial activities in Delhi's residential areas, but after police firing claims four lives in Seelampur.
- A Dictated Peace (OutLook, B. Raman , Oct 10, 2006)
The lack of unity among the Sri Lankan Tamil political leaders and the readiness of some of them to let themselves be used by the government are threatening to place the Sri Lankan Tamils in a position of weakness the like of which they had not faced . .
- No Such Thing As A Good Coup (Tribune, T.P. Sreenivasan, Oct 10, 2006)
The bloodless coup in Thailand was hailed as a move to protect democracy.
- Myanmar Junta Slams Suu Kyi’S Party (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 10, 2006)
Myanmar’s military government, preparing for the reopening of a national meeting to draft guidelines for along-delayed constitution, said today that any group standing in the way of the process would be crushed.
- Special Article (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 10, 2006)
Reservation policies pursued by the Central and state governments are based on constitutional provisions, judicial pronouncements and the reports of the commissions set up under the Constitution.
- Use Fallow Land For Sezs: Yechury (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2006)
``Change rules keeping farmers' interests in mind''
- N.Korea Can Now Blackmail Us (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Oct 10, 2006)
The North Korean nuclear test was unique in its being announced before hand. In the case of China and Pakistan preparations for the tests were known to the world before hand.
- A Double Whammy (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Oct 10, 2006)
With its first nuclear test on Monday, North Korea has dealt a double blow to China. For years, it had been widely assumed that if any one had leverage with “dear leader” Kim Jong-il, it was Beijing.
- Young Women March To Reclaim Streets Of Fear (Reuters, Palash Kumar, Oct 09, 2006)
Late at night, a posse of young women walk down a dark city street wearing spaghetti-strap tops and body-hugging outfits, defying the stares of onlookers in a country where a woman is raped every 29 minutes.
- Nepal Rebels Want King Suspended (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Oct 09, 2006)
As Nepal’s multi-party government and the Maoist guerrillas resumed peace negotiations Sunday after a hiatus of over three months, the rebels stuck to their contentious demands regarding monarchy.
- Local Councils Vital (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 09, 2006)
“A federated ‘Greater Bangalore’ with a sharp and limited focus on regional scale-specific problems will provide a better solution to the present problems.”
- Plan Industrialisation (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Oct 09, 2006)
An effective plan for industrialisation can prevent exploitation of cultivators and provide speedy employment.
- 'We're Not Anti-Elections, We're Against Politicians' (OutLook, Anuradha Raman, Oct 09, 2006)
The recommendations by the former CEC panel on keeping politicians off campuses once again leave the politicos in a tizzy.
- Be It Coffee Or Tea (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 09, 2006)
Imagine a 21st century public limited company which is supposed to have 32 directors but has only managed to appoint 14 even though five months and 17 days have elapsed since the earlier board was wound up after serving its . . .
- Originating Freight Loading Will Receive A Big Boost' (Business Line, Santanu Sanyal, Oct 09, 2006)
The prospects for increased cement and steel movement are bright as several hydro-electricity projects are due to come up in the region. — MR A. K. SANWALKA, GENERAL MANAGER, NORTH-EAST FRONTIER RAILWAY
- Caught Between Past And Future (Indian Express, Anita Inder Singh, Oct 09, 2006)
The security horizons of NATO, and Europe, are expanding in South Asia. On Thursday, 12,000 US troops in eastern Afghanistan transferred to the 31-nation International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) which was created under UN Security Council . . .
- Power Shift Or Balance Of Power? (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Oct 09, 2006)
The recent coup has left Thailand unsettled. The challenge for the new leadership is to heal the divisions.
- Preventing Those Suicides (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Oct 09, 2006)
If the spate of suicides by farmers has attracted public attention to the agrarian crisis, the report of the National Commission on Farmers (NCF) succeeds in focusing on the farmer rather than farming alone.
- Foreign Ministers Of The Arts (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 09, 2006)
The book is the earliest and internationally most widespread medium of a culture of dialogue. Books can overcome borders.
- Yousuf Raza Suffered Too Much (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 08, 2006)
Central leader of the PPP and former Speaker of the National Assembly Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani has been released from the central prison Adiala after two years of detention.
- Living With Disasters (News International, Editorial, The News International, Oct 08, 2006)
On this eighth of October, we observe the first anniversary of the most severe national disaster in our history. And as anniversaries go, this has a particular significance.
- Reform The Cop (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 08, 2006)
As the Supreme Court handed down its judgement on the state of police reforms in India last week, Dr Kiran Bedi, Director-General, Bureau of Police Research and Development, Government of India, called for September 22 to be observed as “Rule of . . .
- Child Abuse (Daily Excelsior, Sweta Patwardhan, Oct 08, 2006)
The government has banned the child labour without any impact. The Child labour Act only bans child labour in specific industries and has actually helped put more children to work rather than get them out of it.
- Recording Gandhi (Hindu, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Oct 08, 2006)
Listening to the speeches of N.K. Bose is more rewarding than reading many books on Gandhi.
- Accord Between Main Sri Lankan Political Parties Has Significance . . . (Hindu, S. Dorairaj , Oct 08, 2006)
The agreement between the two main Sri Lankan parties — the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and the United National Party — provides room for cautious optimism in the efforts to find a viable solution to the island's ethnic conflict, according . . .
- Operation Freedom (News International, Editorial, The News International, Oct 07, 2006)
It was not the first time that America decided to punish an alleged aggressor and to overthrow regimes, which were acting against its national interests.
- Sez Clearance For Salim, 24 Others (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
The Board of Approval for special economic zones (SEZ) today approved 25 proposals, including eight formal and 17 in-principle.
- Jessica Claims First Scalp (Pioneer, Sunil Kumar, Oct 07, 2006)
Powerful' Haryana Power Minister Venod Sharma submitted his resignation to United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson and Congress president Sonia Gandhi early on Friday.
- Russian Medical Varsities Beckon Aspiring Doctors From India (Hindu, K. Ramachandran, Oct 07, 2006)
In a bid to compete with the West in globalising its higher education, Russia's higher educational institutions, especially in Moscow and St. Petersburg, are wooing foreign students to its shores. This is backed by a Presidential-level initiative too.
- Desi Lawyers To Talk Us & Uk Experts (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
India has set up two groups of lawyers and legal experts to hold discussions with their British and American counterparts to open up the legal services sector for foreign players.
- Why Make Him A Hero? (OutLook, B. Raman , Oct 07, 2006)
The question to be considered is not whether the death sentence is moral or legal. It is. The question is whether it would be wise to have it carried out at the present moment.
- How Hudood Law Is Hurting Society (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 07, 2006)
I have had the opportunity of listening to the president of Pakistan speak at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
- Benefit Of Doubt (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 07, 2006)
The Supreme Court's directive staying fresh field trials of genetically modified crops is a corrective measure that could not have been more timely. Especially so when the establishment has committed itself to usher in the second green revolution . . .
- Singh, Blair To Discuss Trade, Security Next Week (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
Trade and security are expected to be on top of the agenda when Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meets his British counterpart Tony Blair in London early next week during a three-day visit.
- Latent Violence In Us Culture (Tribune, Andrew Gumbel, Oct 07, 2006)
America’s gun culture is in the news again with the latest in a seemingly never-ending string of spectacular mass murders to hit the headlines in the United States.
- Following Fashion (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Oct 07, 2006)
If “there is no such thing as Gandhism”, as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi claimed in a statement to the Gandhi Seva Sangha in 1936, how can one explain a cult like Gandhigiri? The word’s etymological similarity with Dadagiri and Goondagiri offers an . . .
- Matter Of Justice (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Oct 06, 2006)
Only last year a criminal case had come to light which was registered in Billawar in Kathua district in 1959 only to be decided in 2005 --- that is after 46 years. In the intervening period the complainant as well as co-complainant had passed away.
- India's Has An Edge Over China (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Oct 06, 2006)
In the corridors of international power, there is a new discourse emerging. It is about the inexorable rise of China and India. Neither ascent is viewed as certain, but the odds are high that both nations, desperately poor until recently but now . . .
- Tailored Truths (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 06, 2006)
General Pervez Musharraf has not got his autobiography ghost-written for posterity. It is meant for a specific contemporary audience in the United States of America and in the West.
- Cross-Border Terrorism Exploiting Emotions (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 06, 2006)
No man can take another man’s life. But the arguments of leaders to save Afzal are a sort of blackmail.
- Muslim Rulers~i (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 05, 2006)
The Muslim world today encompasses a motley collection of 55 countries that stretch across the globe from Indonesia to Morocco.
- Indian Writing As Rich As Europe’S, Says Vikram Seth (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 05, 2006)
Vikram Seth doesn’t care to listen to critics who accuse him of selling out for writing in English despite being one of India’s most celebrated living authors and an unofficial ambassador for Indian literature.
- Havana's Flawed Mechanism (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Oct 05, 2006)
Ever since the "historic" Havana meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf, spin doctors in the Prime . . .
- The Limits Of Finger-Pointing (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 05, 2006)
The Mumbai police chief's claims about the Pakistani provenance of the July 7 terrorist explosions have prompted the Bharatiya Janata Party to make the completely over-the-top demand that New Delhi sever diplomatic relations with Islamabad.
- Who Owns The Police Reform Agenda? (Indian Express, Jagdeep S. Chhokar, Oct 05, 2006)
A galaxy of prominent retired police officers have shared their views on the recent Supreme Court judgment on police reforms in these columns. K.P.S.
- Can Indonesia Learn To Live With Diversity? (Tribune, S.P. Seth, Oct 05, 2006)
Indonesia recently celebrated its 61st Independence Day. It has been a bumpy road all the way and the country is still grappling with manifold problems.
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