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Articles 2521 through 2620 of 11444:
- The Guessing Game (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jun 03, 2006)
As Tony Blair limps towards the end of his tenure, the controversy over John Prescott, his deputy prime minister and the ruling party’s deputy leader, who was 68 this week, is a reminder that oppositions do not win elections, governments lose them.
- "There Is A Very Deep-Rooted Prejudice" (Hindu, Siddharth Narrain , Jun 03, 2006)
Anuradha Mohit, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Special Rapporteur on Disability, says the academic sector has been the most insensitive in affirmative action for the disabled.
- Japan Considers Adding Patriotism To School Curriculum (Tribune, Bruce Wallace, Jun 03, 2006)
If the Japanese government gets its way, educators will soon add another course to the standard curriculum of reading, writing and arithmetic: teaching students to show love for their country.
- Save Trees (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 03, 2006)
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has stood up for trees and environment and banned tree felling in the state. Surprisingly, despite indiscriminate felling over the years, the government has not taken effective measures to check the menace and . . .
- Military Officers To Administer Tribal Areas (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
In a major policy decision, President Gen Pervez Musharraf is reported to have approved the appointment of senior military officers as administrators of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata).
- The Social `Trilemma` (Business Standard, T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan, Jun 03, 2006)
Equity, justice, efficiency-all three cannot be pursued simultaneously. One must be sacrificed.
- Will India Run Aground Or Muddle Through? (The Financial Express, V ANANTHA NAGESWARAN, Jun 03, 2006)
Either way, India’s future seems flawed; eternal optimists should tone down expectations from it.
- Bjp Demands Cbi Probe Into `Bungling' In Abattoir Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
`While 80 p.c. payment has been made to contractor, only one-third of the entire project work has been completed so far'
- Bhatt Masala (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 03, 2006)
For someone who first tasted success directing two future MPs - Vinod Khanna to the right and Shabana Azmi to the left - in Lahu ke Do Rang, Mahesh Bhatt has, appropriately, established himself as a deft exponent of the "rent a cause" game.
- Malaysian Lawyers Not Impressed With Cherie Brief (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s wife is at the centre of a legal wrangle in Malaysia over whether she can represent a company in a controversial court case involving the country’s ex-finance minister.
- Joining The Wrong Side (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 02, 2006)
Meek capitulation before a small section demanding a ban? Or an overzealous attempt to pander to religious sentiment? Either way, the Tamil Nadu Government's decision to suspend the screening of The Da Vinci Code bodes ill for freedom of expression.
- The 2008 White House Race Is Wide Open (Hindu, Simon Tisdall, Jun 02, 2006)
Hillary Clinton is regarded as a divisive figure in some quarters
John Mcain could be "too old" by January 2009
Jeb Bush is popular but the problem is his name
A fresh face could be what America is waiting for
- Maoists To Hold First Rally In Nepal Capital In 3 Yrs (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Nepal's Maoist rebels are set to hold their first mass rally in Kathmandu in over three years on Friday, in what their chief negotiator said would be a peaceful demonstration after a ceasefire declared in April.
- Multi-Racial Fiji (Statesman, Sam Rajappa, Jun 02, 2006)
The dream of the late Timoci Bavadra of a multi-racial Fiji for which he launched the Fiji Labour Party in the 1980s providing a common platform for the indigenous Fijians and the Fiji-Indians was at last realised in the just concluded parliamentary . . .
- Waving, Not Drowning (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Jun 02, 2006)
If the BJP wants to stage a comeback, it must regain the Opposition space that it has lost to the Left -
- Bush Vows To Punish Haditha's Guilty (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
President George W Bush vowed on Wednesday to punish any US Marine guilty of shooting Iraqi civilians at Haditha but Iraqis, including the prime minister, complain that US troops have killed elsewhere with impunity.
- Why’S Kalam Mum On Quota? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Jun 02, 2006)
Although his decision to return the Office of Profit Bill has won him the applause of a middle-class suspicious of the motives and motivations of the political class, a good question to ask is: why has President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam been silent on the . . .
- Good Schooling Need Not Be Expensive (Deccan Herald, Damodar Agrawal, Jun 02, 2006)
International schools: there’s a need to look at the larger picture.
- Two Brands That Have Taken The Market By Storm (Telegraph, Raju Mukherji, Jun 02, 2006)
David Beckham is among the best known names in the world today. The surname rings more bells than those of kings or prime ministers, politicians or authors.
- Striking Difference (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 02, 2006)
Politicians couldn’t have ended the doctors’ agitation. They were only talking politics
- Why Pakistan Should Look At Nigeria, Nepal (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Jun 02, 2006)
Recent developments in Nepal and Nigeria offer an example for Pakistan on how to overcome entrenched authoritarian structures through popular mobilisation and thoughtful political action.
- Call Off The Wild (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Jun 02, 2006)
What else is the financial services industry if not wild? It’s growing at a wild pace.
- Ruthless Merit (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 02, 2006)
There is an English disease, peculiar to a particular class, of using language to mask feelings rather than express them.
- British Academics Flay Closure Of Husain Exhibition (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Leading British academics have condemned the forced closure of noted Indian artist M.F. Husain's exhibition and criticised Hindu groups in Britain for putting pressure on the organisers.
- True Cost Of Elections (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 02, 2006)
To date, there have been no authentic, overarching studies assessing the cost of elections in India.
- The Flight Of Merit (Statesman, Usha Mahadevan, Jun 01, 2006)
Do Doctors Serve The System That Subsidised Their Education?
- Checks And Imbalances (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Jun 01, 2006)
President Kalam’s return of the Office of Profit Bill raises three questions.
- Child Prodigy Or Wreck? (Deccan Herald, SUJATA RAJPAL, Jun 01, 2006)
Why on earth is the world so fond of churning out child prodigies?
- Sonia Must Quit: Bjp (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
The BJP President, Mr Rajnath Singh, today demanded that Congress President Sonia Gandhi should resign from her Lok Sabha seat on the “grounds of morals and principles” after President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam returned the Office of Profit Bill passed . . .
- Quotes On Quotas (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 01, 2006)
For political reasons, the BJP and even the RSS cannot afford to openly attack the idea of reservations for OBCs in educational institutions. But the Organiser (June 4) can barely conceal its support for the anti-reservation agitation spearheaded . . .
- Stop Proselytisation (Deccan Herald, EDUARDO FALEIRO, Jun 01, 2006)
Organised attempts at mass conversion or re-conversion has the potential to undermine public order
- A New Role For Rrbs (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 01, 2006)
It is imperative to re-focus the RRBs as development finance entities devoted to rural credit needs.
- Do Ghosts Like Songs? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 01, 2006)
It was bound to happen, sooner or later. Playback singer Himesh Reshammiya’s spirited rendition of the Jhalak Dikhlaja song from this February’s release “Aksar” and ending with Ek baar aaja, aaja, aaja, aaja, aaja is said to have evoked a very . . .
- Thank You, Kalam Saab (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 01, 2006)
The Office-of-Profit Bill deserved this
- Temples And Traditions (Hindu, A. Srivathsan, Jun 01, 2006)
Opening up of temples and the priesthood to all castes is part of the fight against discrimination based on birth.
- Fraud In Myanmar (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 31, 2006)
Aung San Suu Kyi has spent no less than a decade under house arrest and yet commands far greater respect than the ruling generals in Yangon.
- Is There More Clarity On Capital Gains Taxes Now? (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, May 31, 2006)
Since the draft lists 15 criterion to decide if a person is a trader or an investor, and a decision can’t be made on just one, the confusion persists.
- Indiramma: Temple Land Takeover Stayed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
A Division Bench of the High Court comprising Justice L. Narasimha Reddy and Justice Appa Rao on Tuesday restrained the Government from taking possession of the temple lands in the State in the name of house sites for the Indiramma scheme.
- Goodwill, Greed And The Righting Of History (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 31, 2006)
Neither agitating medical students, nor opportunist political parties or an unscrupulous corporate sector can bar access to equal opportunity for the backward classes
- Telgi Confession Fails To Take Off; Orders Delayed (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
Telgi had requested the judge for privacy while making his confession. He has requested that only his counsel M T Nanaiah, the public prosecutor, and the judge to be present in the court, while he made his statement.
- Bjp Brass For Tightening Grip Over Organisation (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
Outsiders cannot cause any crisis for us, but if a crisis occurs within the party there are certainly some shortcomings," veteran Atal Bihari Vajpayee's agonising reflections at the BJP national executive on Tuesday sent the party leaders in into . . .
- Dawn Of A New Era In Nepal (Daily Excelsior, Subhashis Mittra, May 31, 2006)
A new era has dawned in Nepal. In a historic declaration, the revived Parliament adopted resolutions that not only stripped the King of his title as the Supreme Commander of the Royal Nepal Army, but also brought his private property and earnings . . .
- 16 Students, Teacher Killed As Boat Capsizes In Wullar (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
At least 16 young schoolchildren and a teacher drowned to death when their mechanised boat, acquired from a Navy unit, capsized in Wullar Lake near Watlab in Sopore-Handwara belt of north Kashmir this afternoon. In all, 20 were believed dead as three . .
- Cpm's Hero Runs A Police State (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 31, 2006)
Hugo Chavez has not only turned Venezuela into an authoritarian state, but also made it a land of mass destitution and inequality, says Lowell Ponte
- Japan Rises In The East (Pioneer, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , May 31, 2006)
India and Japan already have numerous business joint ventures; they must now look to enhancing defence, and particularly maritime, cooperation
- Death To Jihadis (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 31, 2006)
The news from Bangladesh about a Barisal court sentencing seven hardcore Islamist terrorists to death is sure indication of the tenacity of the free judiciary of that country to defend its independence.
- A Venerable Name In Publishing (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
Humphrey Milford, the man behind setting up the Oxford University Press (OUP) in India, is quoted as saying that it would require `a good half-hour disquisition' to explain the difference between the Clarendon and Oxford imprints! Rimi B. Chatterjee . . .
- Centres Of Change & Graft (Pioneer, K Govindan Kutty , May 30, 2006)
From Chennai and Thrissur come two pieces of news which, though unrelated, seem parts of a whole. Both go to show up, once again, temples as they have always been: Centres of change and corruption.
- Bend It At Their Beck And Call (Pioneer, Vivek Gumaste, May 30, 2006)
The tense atmosphere of a communal riot and the political grandstanding that accompanies it preclude an honest, objective assessment of the incident.
- Corruption As Human Rights Violation (Hindu, C. Raj Kumar, May 30, 2006)
The National Human Rights Commission should revamp its mandate in the light of massive institutionalised corruption that has left no institution in India untouched.
- The Bitter Truth Of Our Politics (Dawn, Murtaza Razvi, May 30, 2006)
While the world moves on to pursue its socioeconomic and other loftier goals in the new millennium, the debate on the state of democracy continues in Pakistan.
- Wincing Over Da Vinci Code (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, May 30, 2006)
Three Vatican-affiliated satra-pies have unilaterally banned the Hollywood blockbuster, The Da Vinci Code, thereby affirming paramount loyalty to Il Papa as opposed to the Indian nation.
- Nepal Faces Hindu Backlash Over Declaration As Secular State (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
The May 18 declaration by Nepal's parliament ending the country's distinction as the world's only Hindu state was one of the several hard decisions taken by the new government to coax Maoist rebels to join in a peaceful political process.
- Banned Books In India: 1970s-2006 (Business Standard, Nilanjana S Roy, May 30, 2006)
The 1970s: Politics, and what the state often saw as the misrepresentation of either India’s policies or its leaders, triggered most book bans in this decade. Former MI5 operative Greville Wynne upset MI5 and the Indian government when he published . . .
- History And Mythology (Daily Excelsior, Indranil Banerjea, May 30, 2006)
During colonial times, India was portrayed as serving a role in history that was subservient to the European agenda, or as just a passive entity activated primarily by the incursions of invading groups.
- Pelf In Paradise (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 30, 2006)
On the surface, there seems to be no disputing chief minister Pawan Chamling’s claim that his ruling Sikkim Democratic Front’s biggest achievement is “human security”, something he claims has even been “acknowleged nationally”.
- Keep Creamy Layer Out Of Quota, Says Bjp (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
Forced to tread a middle path on the controversial OBC reservation issue, the BJP today said it favoured quota for OBCs in higher educational institutions and wanted that the ‘creamy layer’ be kept out and economically weaker sections of upper . . .
- India’S Insecurity~i (Statesman, Bibhuti Bhusan Nandy, May 29, 2006)
External defence being the classic concern of international law, the traditional notion of national security has been wholly militaristic.
- Through The Looking Glass In J&k (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 29, 2006)
New Delhi's dialogue with the All Parties Hurriyat Conference has reached an impasse. What could now lie ahead?
- In Pakistan, An Unusual Court Ruling (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , May 29, 2006)
The case of Neelam Ludhani sends out hope to women.
- Talks On Quota Deadlocked (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
The minister also told the agitating students on the Prime Minister’s behalf that their demand for setting up the commission too would be examined, while also assuring them that no action would be taken against the striking students, interns and . . .
- Govt’S Mixed Record (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, May 29, 2006)
The govt has missed the boat and not done so many things it could have
- I Can’T Match Udit’S Finances’ (Deccan Herald, Abhay Kumar, May 29, 2006)
She claims to be the original Biwi No 1. And, she has enough documentary evidence to substantiate her claim.
- Racism Fears Dog World Cup (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 29, 2006)
Only a fortnight before the World Cup starts, racism has shot to the centre of public debate in Germany. While anti-racism campaigners have warned black and Asian fans against visiting parts of Berlin and the former communist east Germany....
- Quota Row Goes To Court, Sc Will Hear Pil Today (Indian Express, R VENKATARAMAN, May 29, 2006)
27% OBC Reservation: Petitioner wants proposed quota law & Constitutional amendment quashed, says issue was settled by SC
- Kathmandu Takes The First Steps (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 29, 2006)
The 25-point code of conduct drawn up by negotiators of the Nepalese government and Maoist rebels is a welcome step in restoring peace and stability in the country.
- Human Life Is An Inward Journey (Pioneer, Ajit Bishnoi, May 29, 2006)
From Shrimad-Bhagavatam, we learn the story of Pingala, the prostitute. One night, suitably attired, she was standing on her doorstep waiting for clients to turn up.
- Us Pressure On Gmp (Daily Excelsior, Satyendra Pratap Singh, May 29, 2006)
The Bush administration is pressing hard that India should liberalise its import policy of oil-yielding crops, coarse grains, fruits and vegetables.
- Make Quotas Price-Based (Business Standard, Bibek Debroy, May 29, 2006)
Add up all the expenses the UPA’s planned, and just give the money to everyone for voting Congress.
- The U.S. Will To War (Frontline, AIJAZ AHMAD, May 29, 2006)
What drives the `sole superpower' inexorably towards perpetual warfare?
- The Teacher Who Would Be Pm (The Economic Times, R K NANDAN, May 28, 2006)
From the academic year of ‘07, one out of every two students joining the IIMs, IITs and AIIMS will not be getting in on the basis of merit! ‘Credit’ goes to the Manmohan Singh government!
- Coalition In Assam (Frontline, Sushanta Talukdar, May 28, 2006)
The Congress returns to power in Assam, but with Bodo support which will be difficult to handle.
- Budhia Singh's Feat (Frontline, PRAFULLA DAS, May 28, 2006)
Budhia Singh's record-breaking run sets off a public debate involving the issue of child rights.
- Should The Troops Come Home Now? (Jordan Times, Ian Bremmer, May 28, 2006)
Last weekend’s announcement that Iraqi lawmakers have finally formed a unity government is welcome news, both for Iraq and for George W. Bush and Tony Blair.
- Hurriyat Doesn't Represent Kashmir (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 28, 2006)
The vast Gilgit-Baltistan area, comprising over 28,000 square kilometres, is both geographically and historically crucial in the contemporary context.
- The ‘Charter Of Democracy’ (Dawn, Anwar Syed, May 28, 2006)
The “charter of democracy” that Ms Benazir Bhutto and Mian Nawaz Sharif issued on May 15, 2006, is noteworthy both for what it does say and that which it omits.
- Sex Racket In Srinagar (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 28, 2006)
Despite saturation coverage of the protests against a commercial sex racket in Srinagar, their political content has passed unexamined.
- The Success And Failure Of Dora Maar (Hindu, GIRIDHAR KHASNIS, May 28, 2006)
The fascinating narrative behind Picasso's "Dora Maar au Chat", which recently went for $95.2 million at Sotheby's.
- Grow Up, Aamir (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 28, 2006)
It's quite astonishing what a deliberately obfuscatory media and liberal doses of Left propaganda can do to confuse an issue and spread disinformation.
- Straining Ceasefire (Frontline, V.S. Sambandan, May 28, 2006)
A full-fledged but undeclared politico-military conflict is under way between the Sri Lankan state and the separatists.
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