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Articles 2321 through 2420 of 11444:
- Us Pays For Porn, Lap Dancers To Help Katrina's Victims (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Jun 17, 2006)
A year ago, while reporting the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina, The Pioneer ran a banner headline that graphically captured the plight of the survivors of nature's fury left to fend for themselves amid destruction and waste:
- Fishing In Troubled Up Waters (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Jun 17, 2006)
Vishwanath Pratap Singh, a former Prime Minister and father of Mandalisation of upcountry politics, is back at it.
- J&k To Have 1360 New Panchayats (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Jammu and Kashmir will have around 1360 new Panchayats as the Shahwaz Commission for Delimitation of Panchayats has submitted final report to the Government for its approval.
- For Some Real Poll Reforms (Tribune, Jagdeep S. Chhokar, Jun 17, 2006)
Maneesh Chhibber’s “Exclusive” (The Tribune, May 22) reporting the suggestions made by a Parliamentary Panel on electoral reforms evokes mixed feelings.
- Nepal Maoists Agree To Join Govt (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
The Maoists in Nepal, who have waged a decade-long war to seize control of the Himalayan nation, agreed on Friday to join an interim government to be formed within a month, the rebels' leader Prachanda said after his talks with PM Girija Prasad Koirala.
- Nice To Invite Ministers To Second Stretch Inauguration (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Expressing regret over the absence of representatives from the State Government at the inauguration of the Peripheral Ring Road, managing director of Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises (NICE) Ashok Kheny said on Friday that the government . . .
- 9.2-Km Stretch Of Bmic Peripheral Road Opened (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Two aged women, 58 children do the honours
- Inner Peace Through Altered Consciousness (The Economic Times, V B N RAM, Jun 17, 2006)
There is sufficient empirical evidence to prove that those vulnerable to ending their own lives are driven to suicide because life, as they see it, offers them no better alternative. In their judgement they would be happier dead than living.
- No Progress On The Ground (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Jun 17, 2006)
New Delhi and Islamabad have to change their mindsets towards each other for promotion of peaceful relations
- Pawar Ploy To Enter Bajaj In Rajya Sabha Fits Upa Allies’ Gameplan (Indian Express, Inder Malhotra, Jun 17, 2006)
Once Sharad Pawar played his cards with his usual skill, outsmarting the Congress, the entry of Rahul Bajaj—one of the captains of industry and Pawar’s long-time personal friend—into Rajya Sabha had become a foregone conclusion.
- Debate And Debasement (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 17, 2006)
Geo TV has done a great public service by openly debating and discussing the Zina Ordinance, the most controversial part of the Hudood Ordinances, 1979.
- "We Are Trying To Build An Inclusive Society" (Hindu, Anita Joshua, Jun 17, 2006)
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 . . .
- Swarajists At The Savoy (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jun 17, 2006)
In Paris, during the students’ riots of the late Sixties, a pretty young Indian girl, now high in the Communist hierarchy, smoked foul-smelling French Gauloise cigarettes because they reminded her of Char Minars.
- Maoists To Join Interim Govt (Tribune, Shirish B Pradhan, Jun 17, 2006)
Maoists in Nepal today agreed to join an interim government to be formed within a month, rebel leader Prachanda announced here after his first-ever face-to-face talks with Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala to resolve the decade-long armed conflict . .
- The Kiss That Almost Did Not Make News (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Jun 17, 2006)
If I tend to write more about NDTV and CNN-IBN than other TV news channels, as some of the mail I receive have pointed out, there’s a very good reason for it: my brief is TV news, I have, for better or for worse, a certain definition of news and . . .
- Is The `War On Terror' Going Out Of Control? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jun 17, 2006)
Governments, especially western liberal democracies with their supposedly more enlightened "values," are expected to get the balance between national security and individual liberties right. But is the `war on terror' descending into a form of . . .
- Dvac Charge Sheets Former Aiadmk Legislator (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
He had assets disproportionate to known income sources
- Govt, Maoist Reach Pact (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Jun 17, 2006)
The last time he was seen in Kathmandu was nearly 11 years ago when he came to visit his ailing mother.
- Cross-Dressing Pakistani Hails Media Freedom (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Every Saturday night Pakistani actor Ali Saleem puts on a bright saree and chunky jewellery and transforms himself into glamorous widow Begum Nawazish Ali, who teases guests with flirty questions on a television chat show.
- Politics Above Law (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Jun 16, 2006)
Recent goings-on in the country remind me of a saying in the United States, popular during the prohibition era there, “The administration’s folly makes you feel like crying into your beer and denies you the beer to cry into”.
- Art 370 Root Cause Of All Problems: Joshi (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Terming the Special Constitutional position a root cause of present crisis in Jammu and Kashmir State, the senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Union HRD Minister, Dr Murli Manohar Joshi today said that this was the reason that his . . .
- The Road Not Built (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 16, 2006)
THE Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) project should have been a highway and business infrastructure project that should have moved from concept to completion in quick time.
- Nepal Rebel Chief To King: Abdicate Or Face Execution (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Jun 16, 2006)
A ceremonial monarchy will never work in Nepal and if the king does not abdicate he could end up facing trial and even execution, the Himalayan nation's powerful Maoist rebel chief said on Thursday.
- Uniform: A Way Out (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 16, 2006)
Ruling pml President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has said that the Supreme Court may interpret the constitution on issues like President’s uniform, his re-election by the present Assemblies and holding of next elections.
- Pm Rules Out Rupee Devaluation (Dawn, Raja Asghar, Jun 16, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz told the National Assembly on Thursday that there would be no compromise on national defence and ruled out rupee devaluation as the government came out strongly to defend the new federal budget against bitter opposition . . .
- Sc Seeks Veracity Of Cabinet Role In Psm Pre-Bidding (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
A Supreme Court judge on Thursday wondered whether or not the pre-bidding approval of the cabinet committee on the sale of the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) was against the privatisation laws.
- Kumaraswamy To Seek Judicial Inquiry Into Allegations Against Him (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
To consult BJP and JD(S) MLAs before taking a decision on quitting
He will request Chief Justice to appoint a High Court judge to look into the allegation and come out with a report
Accuses Congress of unleashing `politics of vengeance'
- Government Seeking Legal Opinion Over Mlas' Issue (Hindu, Sujay Mehdudia, Jun 16, 2006)
Sheila Dikshit, Ram Babu Sharma convene separate meetings
Certain sections want to bring an Ordinance
Narendra Nath asked to coordinate further with legal luminaries
- Junta In A Time Warp (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 16, 2006)
Myanmar's military junta has done the expected unexpected.
- The Online Laws Of Dating (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 16, 2006)
They are widows and married millionaires. They are non-smokers and truckers and politicians. And they all want to date you.
- Protests Mark Hearing On Athirappilly Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
KSEB says the State is badly in need of such projects
- Nice All Set To Open Road, Govt Says It Can’T (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Even as the promoters of the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Project were firm on inaugurating a stretch of the peripheral road on Friday, the State government shot off a letter on Thursday asking them to desist from opening the stretch . . .
- A Dissection Of A Flawed Society (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jun 15, 2006)
The huge sales of Frenchman Francois de Closets'Plus Encore!, a sequel to his 1981 bestseller, might serve as a call to revolt to the have-nots.
- Epic Battle (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 15, 2006)
Mr Lakshmi Mittal’s takeover battle for the European steel giant, Arcelor, is fast assuming epic proportions.
- Redesign Federalism For Better Governance (The Financial Express, NIRVIKAR SINGH, Jun 15, 2006)
One way to put India into perspective for those in the West is to point out that India’s states have populations comparable to European countries.
- Rahul Mahajan Gets Bail (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
A city court today granted bail to Rahul Mahajan in connection with a case of alleged drug abuse.
- Indonesia Cleric To Be Freed After Terror Jail Term (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Hardline Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir will walk out of a Jakarta jail today after serving time for involvement in the 2002 Bali bombings, returning to an Islamic school once dubbed the ''Ivy League'' of militants.
- Embarrassment For Karnataka Government (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Even as differences surfaced between the ruling BJP-Janata Dal (Secular) coalition partners on the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) project, the Karnataka Government suffered a loss of face after a Rs 5 lakh cheque issued to the . . .
- A Tale Of Two Polls (Dawn, S. M. Naseem, Jun 15, 2006)
The gloom that has been hanging over the nation for the past five years is showing some signs of being dispelled.
- Jd(s)-Bjp Split Over Bmic Bill (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Serious differences of opinion among the coalition partners in the government, the JD(S) and the BJP, over the provisions of the proposed Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) legislation resulted in the bill being deferred even before it . . .
- Bhutan Through Political Reforms (Daily Excelsior, Sondip Bhattacharya, Jun 14, 2006)
Thirty-two years rule of King Jigme Singye Wangchuk has ushered in a new era of democracy.
- On Banning The Da Vinci Code (Hindu, N.L. Rajah, Jun 14, 2006)
To ban the film in India, reacting to demands from some, is grave constitutional impropriety, besides being imprudent.
- Sc Rejects Babloo’S Relief Plea (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
The efforts of Babloo Srivastava, one time point man of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, to come out of the jail and claim compensation from government for cases falling flat against him, failed today as the Supreme Court dismissed his plea.
- Hike In Prices Of Pds Foodgrain On The Anvil: Bjp (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
After castigating the Centre over its “failure” to check recurring fuel price hikes, BJP today fired another salvo at the ruling UPA over its “decision” to increase issue price of food grains distributed through the public distribution system . . .
- Pm Under Siege (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Jun 14, 2006)
Main Threat From Within?
The Constitution defines how politics should be conducted. The system determines how politics is actually run.
- Nepal's Rough Road Ahead (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Jun 14, 2006)
How many zeroes does it take to make Girija Prasad Koirala smile? At least three - quipped a wag, as mandarins in the Ministry of External Affairs sweated in the Delhi heat to create an aid package that would meet the expectations of India's neighbour . .
- India@info.Com (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 14, 2006)
The citizen vis-a-vis a reluctant informer
- Coalition Government In Crisis; Differences Crop Up Over Bmic (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Jun 14, 2006)
Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister attempt to save Government
- Picking Up The Resettlement Gauntlet (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Jun 14, 2006)
Mr Raghuvansh Prasad Singh will need to be wary in drafting the Bill on the issue of resettlement of project-affected people.
By planning to bring before Parliament a Bill on the resettlement of people displaced by land acquisitions for various . . .
- Crisis Blows Over As Coalition Government Defers Discussion . . . (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Jun 14, 2006)
Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister and others spend four hours on Tuesday trying to save the Government
The partners are not seeing eye-to-eye on the issue
Cabinet meeting commences five hours late
- Bush’S Surprise Visit To Baghdad (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
US president George W. Bush assured Iraqis in a surprise visit to Baghdad on Tuesday that the United States stands with them and their new government.
- China Media Criticises Japan Defense Agency Plans (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
A Chinese state newspaper has criticised Japan's plans to upgrade its Defense Agency into a fully fledged ministry, calling the move a step in the wrong direction.
- Choice Is Clear (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 13, 2006)
Kumaraswamy's way, or highway----It is typical of the infuriating ironies of Indian politics that the Golden Quadrilateral, the highway development programme that is contemporary India's showpiece infrastructure project, has swiftly seen a change . . .
- Bjp's Yayati Syndrome (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Jun 13, 2006)
Some time after the arrest of the Kanchi Acharyas, the BJP think-tank hosted a talk where an ideologue defended the greatest civilisational insult Hindu India has suffered since the assassination of Guru Tegh Bahadur by a rabid Islamist ruler.
- Russy’S Brother Baji (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 13, 2006)
There were two Parsis who made news, literally, in the Bombay where I spent my youth in the 1950s — Russy Karanjia and Dosabhai Karaka. Karanjia was editor of Blitz, a progressive, aggressive, raucous, sensation-loving weekly.
- Justice In Lifetime! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 13, 2006)
The Punjab and Haryana High Court’s directive to the government to pay pension to a 92-year-old former Army officer is most welcome.
- British Police Hit On 'Bungled' Terror Raid (Christian Science Monitor, Tom Regan, Jun 13, 2006)
Muslim groups protest 'rising Islamophobia' as government admits to erosion of community trust.
- Land Acquisition Problems.. (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 13, 2006)
With the private sector setting up an increasing number of greenfield projects, infrastructure facilities and special economic zones (SEZs), it has become imperative for the Union government to come out with a comprehensive land acquisition policy . . .
- On Very Shifty Ground (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 13, 2006)
Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Meira Kumar must know that her ‘wish’ to hike reservations for Scheduled Castes from 15 per cent to 16.23 per cent calls for a constitutional amendment.
- Banks Gypping Us, Cry Bhopal Victims (Tribune, RASHEED KIDWAI, Jun 13, 2006)
The survivors of the world’s worst industrial disaster are now accusing banks of tricking them out of part of their compensation money.
- Print Pick (Hindu, KALA KRISHNAN RAMESH , Jun 13, 2006)
Books at Fabmall.com, new and old
- Why Talk To The Ltte? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 13, 2006)
In four years, the peace process in Sri Lanka has weathered several body blows aimed at it by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil . . .
- What The Upsurge In Global Capital Flows Indicates? (Business Line, Jayati Ghosh, Jun 13, 2006)
International capital markets have been very active in the past year, especially in terms of movements in and out of developing countries. In this edition of Macroscan, C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh examine the recent pat terns and their . . .
- Long On Promises, Short On Delivery: The Budget For 2006-07 (Dawn, Shahid Kardar, Jun 13, 2006)
The manner in which the budget speech in the National Assembly was delivered the other day, one was left wondering if it was connected with the budget for the year 2006-07 or an act of mocking at the performance of previous civilian governments with . . .
- North-East: Troubling Portends (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Jun 13, 2006)
Insurgency and instability in the north-eastern segment of India appears set to exacerbate and there could be no worse omen of unpleasant things to come than the flowering of the bamboo, a phenomenon that repeats itself every half century and brings . . .
- One World Order~ii (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 13, 2006)
India’s Commitment To Disarmament Should Be Exploited
Klaus Schlichtmann
If foreign policy makers in Europe and elsewhere would concentrate on the “One world” idea as the basis for disarmament, and some European nations . . .
- Marx On India Under The British (Hindu, VENKATESH ATHREYA, Jun 13, 2006)
His essays in The New York Daily Tribune thoroughly expose the hypocrisy of "Free Traders"
- Bjp Wants Vhp Representation In Temple Trust Decision (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
Saints in the temple city of Ayodhya have threatened to launch an agitation
Allahabad High Court had recently ordered the Centre and State Government to set up trusts
A similar law was withdrawn by the previous BJP Government led by Kalyan Singh . . .
- Core Group To Monitor Aids Awareness Campaign Mooted (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
Governor calls for effective programmes in all schools, colleges
- Films And The Politics Of Convenience (Hindu, A. Srivathsan, Jun 12, 2006)
Suspending screening of The Da Vinci Code carries the seeds of worrying overreach.
- The ‘Other’ Failure In Afghanistan (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 12, 2006)
Pakistan Army helicopters bombed a militant hideout in a village in North Waziristan Saturday in a pre-dawn raid, killing up to 20 militants.
- Secret Parleys With Nepal’S Maoist Chief (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Jun 12, 2006)
Stung by the Maoist’s accusations that the government was delaying peace negotiations, Nepal Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala on Sunday sent two envoys for a secret meeting with Maoist supremo Prachanda
- Much Ado About Reservation (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 12, 2006)
Social justice can be ensured by rearranging the starting blocks rather than interfering with the race. This is the method adopted by JNU, where the underprivileged are allowed some grace marks while competing with others.
- Two Wasted Years (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 12, 2006)
UPA regime has not only failed to stem the growth of terrorism and corruption, but also given fillip to casteism and communalism, says YK Sharma.
- Coalition Or Arm-Twisting? (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Jun 12, 2006)
The tragedy for the Mahajan family continues as Mr Rahul Mahajan is in custody and his father's secretary Bibek Maitra is dead.
- Search For The Elusive Simple Tax Return (Hindu, S. Rajaratnam, Jun 12, 2006)
Task made difficult as the form has to provide for the numerous requirements and artificial provisions of a complex law
The cash flow statement now proposed is poorly designed and will not serve the purpose of reconciling net increase in cash flow . . .
- Tribals An Unwilling Wall (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Jun 12, 2006)
The Independent Initiative’s visit to Dantewada in Chhattisgarh has thrown up more questions than answers.
- Time To Ask, And Answer, A Few Questions (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jun 12, 2006)
Amar Singh’s decision to question the spending habits of the Congress leadership is causing much amusement among ordinary tax paying Indians. The timing is perfect.
- Land Of His Father (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 12, 2006)
Not even Congress and BJP national leaders have the guts to speak for urban regeneration
- Rebuild Nepal (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 12, 2006)
It is no surprise that G P Koirala's first official trip after taking over as Nepal's prime minister was to India. Koirala's four-day trip to New Delhi was primarily intended to get India's support to rebuild Nepal's shattered economy.
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