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Articles 1221 through 1320 of 11444:
- It's Tv Movies In Mumbai! (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 28, 2006)
Even while it’s taken 13 years for the judgement to be readied on the 1993 Mumbai blasts case and 21 years for the 1985 Delhi transistor blasts case to be heard, parents in India’s political and commercial capitals and in the rest of the country . . .
- Cases Against Jayalalithaa, Sasikala Adjourned To September 22 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Economic Offences-I, J.V. Raj, on Friday adjourned to September 22 cases against former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and her associate Sasikala, for their alleged failure to file income tax returns.
- Sc Asked To Stay Debate On Women Protection Bill (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
A private petition on Friday requested the Supreme Court to stay a National Assembly debate on the newly introduced Criminal Law Amendment (Protection of Women) Bill 2006.
- Rights & Justice Must Go Together (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
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- A Plea For Hassle-Free Tax Returns (The Economic Times, Lubna Kably, Aug 26, 2006)
It has been over a month now, well almost. But I still recall the day that I took off from work to file my tax return.
- Race Relations Going Off The Rails In Malaysia? (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
Malaysians are confronted with the obvious question: where is the country heading should things remain the way they are? For a nation that is barely half a century old, Malaysians remain stuck in the quagmire of the past
- Editorial: Abolishing Sardari System Or Baloch Nationalism? (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
A ‘Qaumi’ Bugti Jirga got together at the Jinnah Stadium in Dera Bugti Thursday and declared that the ‘sardari system’ of the Bugti tribe had been abolished forthwith.
- The Differently-Abled And An Indifferent Taxman (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
The case of Kirti M. Kothari that came up before the Bombay High Court recently was different. On one side was `a disabled person suffering from polio, whereby his left arm was affected,' and on the other was the taxman, humanism-challenged.
- Introspect And Reform (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Aug 26, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh might consider his speech at the recent conference of Muslim ulemas in New Delhi as "bold".
- A Horst Wessel? (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Aug 26, 2006)
True, Rabindranath Tagore who set Vande Mataram to music had reservations about the song from the Hindu-Muslim angle.
- Letters To The Editor (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
Dinesh Trivedi, an MP, has done the right thing by moving the Supreme Court against the utterly selfish, and self-centred act of MPs in passing the Office of Profit law (IE, August 23).
- Why Buy Facile Peace? (Pioneer, ARIF MOHAMMED KHAN, Aug 26, 2006)
Tasleemat, maan tasleemat/ tu bhari hai meethe pani se/ phal phoolon ki shadabi se/ dakkin ki thandi hawaon se/ faslon ki suhani fizaaon se/ tasleemat, maan tasleemat/ teri raaten roshan chand se/ teri raunaq sabze faam se/ teri pyar bhari muskan hai/ ter
- Lesson From London (Hindustan Times, Julio Ribeiro, Aug 26, 2006)
Mumbai and London — two different cities of different people and different cultures! Both in news for the same reason — terrorism and terrorists! The police in one city received the thin end of the stick, in the other, encomiums! The reason — one . . .
- Raja Zulqernain Vows To Struggle For Kashmir Solution (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
Raja Zulqernain was sworn in as the 21st president of Azad Jammu and Kashmir at an impressive ceremony in Muzaffarabad on Friday.
- Now For A No-Work Policy» (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 26, 2006)
The problem of child labour in India is a reality.
- The Empire Strikes Back (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Aug 25, 2006)
Having failed to push through the amendment to the RTI Act, the Government is now attempting to bring it in through the backdoor.
- Microsoft Begins Selling New Version Of Windows In South Korea (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, began selling modified versions of its Windows operating system in South Korea today, complying with an order from the country's antitrust regulator.
- Will Death Penalty Stop Kidnappers? (Daily Excelsior, Sondip Bhattacharya, Aug 25, 2006)
The crime statistics released by the Union Home Ministry for 2004-05 (for 10 months) reveal that 48476 men, women and children were kidnapped, and 2754 were done to death, 939 were released after paying ransom, and what happened to the rest, nobody . . .
- The Nuclear Deal (Daily Excelsior, Arun Nehru, Aug 25, 2006)
The debate on the Nuclear issue was rather tame and clearly the Prime Minister and the Government are doing the right thing and on this issue there is little need to fire 'blanks' in the air [Left parties] and if we look at the political and . . .
- Stirring The Telangana Pot (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 25, 2006)
The decision of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief, K. Chandrasekhara Rao, and another party leader, A. Narendra, to resign from the Union Cabinet and pull out of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) was inevitable.
- Coming Soon: Tapes Of Cm-Mine Owners’ Deal, Says Reddy (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
The mansion of suspended BJP MLC Janardhan Reddy, unlike on Wednesday, wears a deserted look on Thursday. Reddy is watching television, reading newspapers and interacting with his coterie for feedback on his “revelations” at the press conference.
- S Korean Divorces Quicker And Cheaper Than A Movie (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
Monday morning is the busiest time of the week at divorce courts in South Korea as couples queue to end their marriages after bouts of weekend bickering.
- In Nepal, Gay’S The Way... (Statesman, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Aug 25, 2006)
“Anil Mahaju and Diya Kashyap will tie the knot on Saturday, 26th August 2006, in Kathmandu,” said the invitation.
- Plane Truth: Disruptive 12 Not Terrorists (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
The 12 men detained by the Dutch authorities from a Mumbai-bound Northwest airlines and charged with flight disruption were Indian garment traders from Mumbai.
- Students Clash With Police Over Quota Bill (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
Violent clashes broke out between students and police in the Indian capital on Thursday as protests flared over a government move to reserve more university seats for students from lower Hindu castes.
- Use The Remote (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 25, 2006)
In Mumbai, it took one prudish petitioner. The high court reiterated its December 2005 ban on ‘adult content’ on TV, extending it to direct-to-home providers and broadcasters.
- Barbs Against The Congress (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 25, 2006)
The Darul Uloom Deoband’s monthly journal, Mahnama Darul Uloom in an editorial in its latest issue has recognised the contribution of the Congress party in India’s independence, but has gone onto strongly criticise the economic policies of the regime.
- Adults Like It, You Know (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 25, 2006)
In the gigantic crèche that is India, adult content in television channels has always created a flutter among those wracked with Freudian neuroses.
- Life Is For A Cause (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 25, 2006)
I DO not know why Pakistan has overreacted to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s reiteration that if cross-border terrorism remains unabated the supporters of peace process would be weakened. I got frantic calls from TV stations in Karachi to react.
- Better Chance (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 25, 2006)
Mr Reddy should place all his cards on the table.
- On Quotas, Hasten Slowly (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 25, 2006)
The cabinet’s nod to the bill on OBC reservations in institutions of higher education has revived the spectre of 1990. The high emotive potential of the issue should have induced caution.
- Challenges To Islam (Dawn, S.G. Jilanee, Aug 25, 2006)
An attempt is made here to touch upon some of the serious challenges exclusive to Islam. The first point that irks humans about religion, per se, is that religion tries to control and guide human conduct.
- Difficult Words (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Aug 25, 2006)
The irony is inescapable. Last Tuesday, the country mourned the death of the nonagenarian shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan in Varanasi.
- No-Trust Vote On Aug 29 Likely (Dawn, Ahmed Hassan, Aug 25, 2006)
Playing down any significant political impact of the opposition’s no-confidence motion, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Thursday declared that he would defend himself in the National Assembly on August 29 when allegations levelled against him would . . .
- Panel Submits Report On Chilkur Temple (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Chief Minister urged to make report public The Government constituted the committee after devotees resisted the move of the Endowments Department to take over the Chilkur Balaji temple.
- Right To Information: First Principles & Sound Practice (Hindu, Arun Jaitley, Aug 24, 2006)
The constitutional right to freedom of speech and expression is the repository of the right to information — not the 2005 Act, which is an instrument laying down the statutory procedure in the exercise of this right.
- Where Does The Buck Stop? (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Aug 24, 2006)
Despite poverty, India has emerged as a world leader. The PM’s expression of helplessness is not understandable.
- Five Lives Of Vande Mataram (Indian Express, Sabyasachi Bhattacharya, Aug 24, 2006)
The appropriation of cultural creations for political purposes may be inevitable, but it should not happen in a state of arrogant ignorance.
- Ckp To Seek Action Against S M Krishna, Others (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
The 16th Additional City Civil & Sessions Judge, Bangalore has struck down the election of the office-bearers of the Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath (CKP) for the term 2004-06 as null and void.
- Is Living Injurious To Health? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 24, 2006)
The renewed pesticides-in-cola controversy is an example of stoking emotions with inaccurate data and faulty analysis; it is a useful reminder of the need for accurate scientific reporting
- Without Any Strings Attached (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Aug 24, 2006)
“Help for pregnant girlfriend” read the title of the message on the expat internet forum. “Need to find a clinic...we aren’t ready to start a family and it’s getting urgent.’’
- Bad Form, Captain (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 24, 2006)
The hearing on the Pakistan skipper’s actions during the Oval Test has been postponed. But events of that day continue to provoke urgent comment.
- British Media All Praise For Bismillah Khan (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
The British media showered encomiums on Indian shehnai maestro Bismillah Khan, seeing him as symbolising all that is best about Hindu-Muslim unity.
- How The Cabinet Lined Up On Obc Quota (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 23, 2006)
Final decision will reflect Prime Minister's three concerns
T.R. Baalu makes a case for complete changeover to new quota regime for OBCs
Kapil Sibal points out legal difficulties and problems.
- Rail Concession Sought For Sabarimala Pilgrims (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Government urged to clear apprehensions of devotees .
- Democracy Wrestles With Clerical Authority (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Aug 23, 2006)
With a vibrant and often polarised political culture, Iran is arguably more tolerant of debate than many countries in the region. But there are also limits.
- This Round To The Rti (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 23, 2006)
In what constitutes a significant victory for the people of India, the Government has been forced to withdraw the illiberal amendments to the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005 that it had decided to table in the current session of Parliament.
- Smoking Kills And Your Right To Know (Daily Excelsior, Narinder Sharma, Aug 23, 2006)
Four million unnecessary deaths per year, 11,000 every day. Its rare - if not impossible - to find examples in history that match tobacco's programmed trail of death and destruction.
- Get The Guilty (Times of India, Rajeev Dhavan , Aug 23, 2006)
July and August have been the cruelest months of 2006. In these two months we saw the Mumbai blasts of July 11, resurgence of killings in Kashmir, planting of bombs at London's Heathrow airport, mayhem in Sri Lanka and Israel's merciless bombing of . . .
- Graft: There’S A Way Out (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 23, 2006)
A TV channel recently held a debate on ‘How to prevent or stop corruption?’ Many distinguished speakers participated, including a minister. Many of the points that were made were purely academic in nature and nothing concrete emerged.
- Panchayat Raj Meet Adopts `Tirupati Declaration' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Declaration comprising 15 points covers the entire PR spectrum
Need for introduction of second generation of PR reforms stressed
Channelising of funds for Centrally-sponsored schemes through PR bodies favoured .
- New Zealand Governor-General Is Anand Satyanand (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
First person of Asian descent to hold the post
Governor-General has constitutional functions, an important ceremonial role
He will bring many personal strengths to the role of Governor-General: New Zealand Prime Minister.
- Flag Flutters Uncertainly (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Aug 23, 2006)
Four months after Nepal's third revolution, nothing has changed. But nothing is the same, either.
- Governance And Local Government (News International, IMTIAZ GUL, Aug 23, 2006)
August 13 was another rainy day in Karachi, another experience of submerged roads and streets. And yet more power outages forcing the people of Qayyumabad and several other areas near Defence out onto the streets in protest.
- Wise Use Of Rti (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 23, 2006)
The Right to Information Act is certainly historic in that it places in people's hands for the first time a powerful instrument to extract information out of the governing class and expose to the glare of the public the hitherto hidden genesis and . . .
- More To Politics Than Office Of Profit (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 23, 2006)
With President A P J Abdul Kalam giving his assent to the amendments to the Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act, 1959, we are tempted to say that it’s good riddance to bad rubbish. Much of Parliament’s precious time and resources have . . .
- Public Service Law (Pioneer, Shailaja Chandra, Aug 23, 2006)
The much berated civil services could do with greater support from the legislature and judiciary in order to be more effective
- The Telgi Saga (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 23, 2006)
Currently CNN-IBN is telecasting taped conversations between Abdul Karim Telgi and compatriots. Mr Telgi is the public face of the hidden mafia behind the nationwide fake stamp papers scam.
- Who Should Tax Farm Incomes? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 23, 2006)
The issue needs to be looked at not as one of jurisdiction but one of sincere enforcement.
- Institutional Sub-Literacy (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 22, 2006)
Sarva Sikhsha Abhiyan a colossal failure
- Do Not Bury Nehruvian Ideology (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Aug 22, 2006)
I write this piece in anguish as the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, during his long speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort, did not utter a single word about the contribution made by the first Prime Minister of India in building up a vibrant . . .
- Wrong To Blame Particular Community For Terrorism: Pm (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Seeking to allay apprehensions of the Muslim community, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said it was wrong to blame any particular community for terror acts and action against terrorists should be based on concrete evidence.
- Where Does The Buck Stop? (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Aug 22, 2006)
Despite poverty, India has emerged as a world leader. The PM’s expression of helplessness is not understandable.
- Women Can Enter Sabarimala Shrine: Kerala Govt (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Reiterating his stand that the CPI (M)-led LDF government in Kerala was not opposed to allowing women entry into the Sabarimala shrine, state Devaswom Minister G Sudhakaran on Monday said he was not aware of Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan's remarks . ..
- Quota Issue: Divisive Responses In North & South India (Pioneer, K Venkataramanan, Aug 22, 2006)
Sometimes, divisive issues invite divided responses. At other times, responses like strikes and protests tend to make issues seem divisive, even when they are not.
- Saving Tirumala (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 22, 2006)
The Andhra Pradesh Government's decision to bring in a law to prohibit the preaching of any religion other than Hinduism on the seven sacred hills of Tirumala, famous for the temple of Lord Venkateswara, is a welcome move to nip evangelical . . .
- Pakistanis Find Us An Easier Fit Than Britain (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
The stretch of Devon Avenue in North Chicago also named for Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, seems as if it has been transplanted directly from that country. The shops are packed with traditional wedding finery, and the spice mix in . . .
- Engaging With Beteille (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
This selection of 50 short essays is a sequel to Beteille's Chronicles of Our Times, a similar collection of newspaper contributions published some years ago.
- The Worsening Law & Order Situation (Dawn, Sajjad Ali Shah, Aug 22, 2006)
ON August 11, 1947, Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the first president of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan, in his address to the members informed them that their assembly had dual functions of writing a constitution and making laws to . . .
- Education And Culture (Hindu, K. S. Parthasarathy, Aug 22, 2006)
Though the title suggests a thematic presentation on the sanguine relationship between education and culture, the collected articles here remain independent of one another.
- Sabarimala Row Hots Up (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
The CPM and the LDF Government seem to be bracing for a showdown on the issue of changing the custom barring women between 10 and 50 years of age from the Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa temple.
- Attacks On The Info Law Won’T Work (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 21, 2006)
Though the government has dropped the move to introduce amendments to RTI Act in the current session of Parliament, perhaps it has not yet abandoned its resolve to ruin this perfectly good law and, in the process, lose much of the goodwill it had . . .
- Very Political Science (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 21, 2006)
Nuclear scientists must be firmly told: this isn’t Pakistan, there is a strict lab-govt separation plan
- A Conventional Approach Still (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Aug 21, 2006)
The Eleventh Plan Approach Paper has been accused of departing from conventional wisdom. But it has not departed enough. The critical issues it lists are all chronic sores that innovation, not conventional wisdom, can solve. But the Approach has no . . .
- Regulating And Developing The Profession Of Actuaries (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
The Act was passed by the Lok Sabha on August 2
- Breaking Ships Need Not Break Lives (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Aug 21, 2006)
The economics of ship-breaking should not be built on the destroyed lives of those who dismantle the ships.
- Continuing Yasukuni Troubles (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 21, 2006)
Japan has a few serious problems to sort out with China and South Korea. Its hope of entering the United Nations Security Council as a permanent member cannot be realised if the People's Republic refuses to allow it.
- Fiduciary Duties In Privatisation (Dawn, Syed Mohibullah Shah, Aug 21, 2006)
The widespread support for the Supreme Court decision on privatisation of the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) reflects the deep anxiety, even among supporters of privatisation, about the manner in which state-owned assets were being sold.
- Indian Lawyer Launches Crusade Against Abuses In Kashmir (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
My longer term goal is to have some of the army out (of Kashmir) – and definitely out of the civilian areas’
- Moving Nukes: India Must Join World Initiative (Tribune, Premvir Das, Aug 21, 2006)
The Proliferation Security Initiative, PSI for short, is an initiative, initially sponsored by 14 nations including the USA (therefore being seen as an American scheme) aimed at countering proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and . . .
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