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Articles 3521 through 3620 of 11444:
- High Court Quashes Ec's Directive On Pay Revision (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Friday set aside the Election Commission's directive to the State Government to defer the implementation of the Ninth Pay Commission's recommendations till the elections to the Assembly were over.
- Regularise All Shops In Delhi, Demands Assembly (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
Members cutting across party lines support the resolution
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Amendment carried on not to displace `rehri', `patri' traders
Land, DDA brought under control of the Delhi Go
- China Drops At Least Part Of Case Against Researcher (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
The authorities made a surprise legal maneuver on Friday in the state secrets case against a Chinese researcher for The New York Times that left unclear whether he would soon be released or whether the case would be further delayed as . . .
- U.N. To Raise Its Profile In Iraq (Washington Times, Betsy Pisik, Mar 18, 2006)
The senior U.N. official in Iraq yesterday said that the United Nations will soon be raising its profile there, acknowledging that its "perceived absence" has been noticeable since a tragic suicide bombing after the U.S. invasion three years ago.
- Man And His Government (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 18, 2006)
My interests, personal as well as professional, are in politics and society; in cultural terms I am more-or-less a philistine. I know a little about literature, a little less about music, and nothing at all about the greatest of modern art forms . . .
- After Jaya Bachchan, Bjp Targets Sonia (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
After Jaya Bachchan’s disqualification, the BJP today said Congress chief Sonia Gandhi also attracted disqualification as Lok Sabha member by virtue of her being chairperson of the National Advisory Council (NAC) on implementation of Common Minimum . . .
- Interesting Contest Likely For Rajya Sabha Polls In U.P. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
With 13 candidates in the fray for ten seats, horse trading and cross-voting cannot be ruled out
A candidate requires 37 first preference votes to sail through the polls
A majority of 16 independents and 11 members of the smaller outfits, who were sup
- There Will Be More Wahida Prizms And Munafs (Deccan Herald, Firoz Bakht Ahmed, Mar 17, 2006)
Today, a new class of enlightened and liberal Muslims is emerging and the stereotype is fading out
- Hard Laws Of Change (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Mar 17, 2006)
It was a very positive statement which Sonia Gandhi made, rather forcefully, that certain rules and norms pertaining to witnesses and the recording of evidence need to be scrutinized and rectified to make for fair jurisprudence.
- Japan Cracks Down On Students Who Refuse To Sing (Tribune, David McNeill, Mar 17, 2006)
Tokyo’s education authorities have ordered head teachers to make sure students stand to attention and sing the national anthem.
- A Working Paper On Kashmir (Frontline, A.J. Philip, Mar 17, 2006)
A prior India-Pakistan accord must provide a basis for a dialogue with Kashmiris.
A prior India-Pakistan accord must provide a basis for a dialogue with Kashmiris.
- Nab’S Utility (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 17, 2006)
Anmma leader’s demand that the National Accountability Bureau be abolished does not seem wide off the mark against the background of NAB’s record. Reacting to the bureau’s decision to stop the inquiry into the sugar crisis, Sahibzada Abul Khair Mohammad
- China Hits Back (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 17, 2006)
China has hit back at the US with a vengeance on one of its favourite annual exercises: issuing a report on human rights violations the world over, devoting ample space to every country and omitting, of course, what happens within its borders or . . .
- Jaafari Offers To Quit Premier Race (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Mar 17, 2006)
Differences among various parties hold back Iraqi government formation
- Overseas Response For University Lecturer Posts (Hindu, Shastry V Mallady, Mar 17, 2006)
80 applications have been received from countries like Japan and the United States of America
- Global Democracy (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Mar 16, 2006)
India, Not America, Should Take Lead
- India, China On Senate Panel Agenda For Immigration Bill (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Mar 16, 2006)
US lawmakers looking into the proposed Immigration Bill, including provisions for a new student visa category and an increase in H-1B visas, are under pressure to come up with ways to attract students and highly- skilled workers from India and China.
- Give Ambedkar His Due (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Mar 16, 2006)
Ambedkar is not accorded the importance he should be despite his efforts to liberate the oppressed
- Cancer Of Corruption (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
The haul of illicitly amassed wealth worth tens of crores of rupees from the residences of a Deputy Superintendent of Police and four inspectors of police in Bangalore by the Lokayukta police once again goes to show how steeped in corruption . . .
- Aiadmk Silent On Mullai Periyar Dam (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
If election is the time to spur political parties into responding, the Tamil Nadu government is looking the other way in the Mullai Periyar Dam issue which is quickly spiralling into yet another emotive inter-state water dispute between . . .
- Mahathir's Daughter Denounces Muslim 'Apartheid' (Reuters, Jalil Hamid, Mar 16, 2006)
She's a firebrand, articulate and just like her dad, passionate and outspoken.
- Lankan Refugee's Plea Dismissed (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
The Madras High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a Sri Lankan Tamil refugee challenging a Tamil Nadu Government order regulating his movements and directing him to reside in a secial camp for Sri Lakan refugees at Chengalpattu.
- Illegal Constructions Choking Historic Mehrauli (Hindu, Mandira Nayar, Mar 16, 2006)
`Jahaz Mahal', a ASI protected monument, becomes yet another victim of crass commercialisation in the area
- World Bank Clears $216-Million Loan For State Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
The Karnataka Municipal Reforms Project aims at raising the quality of life of citizens All urban local bodies around Bangalore and other 17 ULBs in the State will benefit under the project in the initial phase
- Saddam Takes The Stand And Lauds The Resistance (International Herald Tribune, Edward W. Said, Mar 16, 2006)
Saddam Hussein took the witness stand Wednesday for his first formal testimony in his trial, and delivered an incendiary political diatribe that urged Iraqis to cease the sectarian bloodshed and carry on the . . .
- U.S. Offers Sdf First 'Full-Time' Offshore Site (Japan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
The United States has proposed providing facilities on Guam for the Self-Defense Forces to keep troops and an aircraft squadron there on a "full-time" basis for training, a U.S. Defense Department official said Tuesday.
- Pil Against Kmf Admitted (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday admitted a public interest litigation filed by former minister H Vishwanath alleging that land acquired for setting up mother diary by the Karnataka Milk Federation has been misused for other purposes.
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 15, 2006)
A correction for a correction. Praveen Swami, who wrote the article "Mayhem in the menagerie" (Op-Ed, March 13, 2006) points out that we were incorrect in saying Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was not president (Corrections and . . .
- Advani "Thought Of" Rath Yatra Before Varanasi Blasts (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Mar 15, 2006)
Dasmunsi: It is meant for dividing the country
The `yatras' will have the same political effect as his Ayodhya rath yatra in 1989, says Advani
"Minorityism is contributi
- Manmohan: Not Kowtowing To U.S. (Hindu, Crisil Marketwire, Mar 15, 2006)
"Nuclear agreement is not a surrender "
Judge us by our results
It is in national interest to engage with U.S.
Pro-active role to be pursued with neighbours
- In Quest For Justice (Business Standard, Rashid Shaz, Mar 15, 2006)
That the Supreme Court had to intervene to ensure justice in the Best Bakery is indicative of a systemic failure that needs to be addressed without any further delay. Else, how will justice be delivered to victims of terror where the perpetrators . . .
- An Agenda For The Consumer Movement (Deccan Herald, Bhamy V Shenoy, Mar 15, 2006)
The time has come for the Consumer movement to look inwards and mull over reform of the judicial system...
- Iraq Unravelling (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2006)
The American game plan in Iraq seems to be coming badly unstuck. Sectarian violence has grown in frequency and scale, and there is talk increasingly of the country heading for civil war between rival militias.
- How Not To Play The End Game (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Mar 14, 2006)
The disunited opposition in West Bengal seems ill-prepared to reap any benefit from the measures taken by the Election Commission to cleanse electoral politics in the state.
- Workers And Consumers (Telegraph, André Béteille, Mar 14, 2006)
The author is chairman, Indian Council for Social Science Research
- People Power In East Asia (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Mar 14, 2006)
Do the current attempts in the Philippines and Thailand to re-enact people power movements amount to bypassing the existing democratic systems?
- Congress Election Committee Reconstituted (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2006)
Ahead of the forthcoming Assembly elections in five States, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday reconstituted the party's Central Election Committee (CEC), bringing in four new faces while retaining seven existing members.
- Slow But Sure Steps Of Justice (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Mar 14, 2006)
IF there is justice there will be peace. Nine men from Baroda were sentenced to life imprisonment by a special court in Mumbai for a massacre of innocents (known as the Best Bakery case) during one of the most terrible communal riots in our . . .
- Terrorist Thread (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 14, 2006)
Kite “fights” have ever generated tremendous thrill across the subcontinent with the reigning “ustad’’ truly standing tall in his “mohalla’’ for the ability to set the opposition adrift, literally.
- U.S. Ties With India, Pakistan On Divergent Paths (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Mar 13, 2006)
President George W. Bush's visit to India and Pakistan this month underscored dramatically the increasingly divergent U.S. approaches to the South Asian nuclear rivals.
- Discourse On Course (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Mar 13, 2006)
In their case there are coincidences galore. Both are lawyers and have been People's Conference stalwarts in the past. They belong to the same northern parts of the Valley.
- Ec Drive To Upset Peace In Assam (Deccan Herald, Anirban Bhaumik , Mar 13, 2006)
A directive from the Election Commission (EC) has put law-enforcers in the poll-bound Assam in a quandary.
- Service With Smiles (Telegraph, S.L. Rao, Mar 13, 2006)
The author is former director-general, National Council for Applied Economic Research
- All Those Who Will Make The Difference (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 13, 2006)
Given the highly politicized election personnel in Bengal, fair play will depend on the neutral role of senior supervisors, writes A.K. Chatterjee
- Witnesses Fail To Identify Varanasi Blast Suspects (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
Lashkar-e-Taiba denies involvement in blasts
- Acquittal In Killing Unleashes Ire At India's Rich (New York Times, Somini Sengupta , Mar 13, 2006)
The crime itself was sensational. A fashion model was shot dead in an unlicensed bar stuffed full of fashionable people.
- China Renews An Old Ideological Fight (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
BEIJING For the first time in perhaps a decade, the National People's Congress, the Communist Party-run legislature now convened in its annual two-week session, is consumed with an ideological debate over socialism and capitalism that many assumed . . .
- The State Dept Report (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 13, 2006)
Governments that have been criticised in the US State Department’s report on human rights have rightly come out strong against it, considering its obvious prejudiced outlook.
- Nature Of Us Relations With India And Pakistan Different (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
President George W Bush’s visit to India and Pakistan this month underscored dramatically the increasingly divergent US approaches to the South Asian nuclear rivals.
- Working With A Neighbour (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 13, 2006)
President A.p.j. Abdul Kalam's visit to Myanmar, the first by a head of state from India, marks a major milestone in bilateral relations.
- When The Judiciary Exceeds Its Realm (The Financial Express, Malvika Singh, Mar 11, 2006)
The Supreme Court has become the chief executive of India, the operating officer, forcing policy in the realm of social activity.
- On Record (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 11, 2006)
We (Pakistan and India) are into a bilateral dialogue. We don’t want to make it trilateral or multilateral. — General Pervez Musharraf.
- Murder Of Justice (The Week, Suman K. Jha, Mar 11, 2006)
Everything has been said already, but as no one listens, we must always begin again." Justice V.S. Malimath began with this Andre Gide quote while outlining the roadmap for reforming the criminal justice system in . . .
- Court Moved For Safety Of Temples In Varanasi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
A petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Friday seeking directions to the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh Government to take appropriate steps to ensure the safety of all religious places in Varanasi following the bomb blasts at the Sankat Motchan temple
- Less Than Fair Towards Stalin (Statesman, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 11, 2006)
Sir, — I can’t quite agree with the views expressed by Arvin Ghosh in his article “Speech that lifted the lid” (Perspective, 26 February). He has recalled Nikita Khrushchev’s speech to the 20th congress of the CPSU.
- Caring And Sharing (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 11, 2006)
This year’s Oscars were the Caring & Sharing awards. Caring, because the nominees were unusually politically concerned, and sharing, because the actual winners were carefully divided so almost every film got something.
- Unholy War On Holy City (Daily Excelsior, Fazal Mehmood, Mar 11, 2006)
In an outrageous serial terrorist strike on the holy city of Varanasi, the ancient Sankat Mochan temple packed with Tuesday worshippers of Lord Hanuman was rocked by a huge blast and two bombs exploded soon after at Cantonment railway . . .
- 'Gram Sabhas Can Focus On Accountability’ (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Mar 11, 2006)
If 73rd amendment is implemented we will find less corruption at lower levels.
- George Bush As Dr Strangedeal (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 11, 2006)
Ten years from now, will George Bush’s determination to rewrite nuclear rules for preventing the bomb’s spread be judged to have been courageously right or dangerously wrong? In striking his deal with India, allowing it to import nuclear . . .
- Ltte Promulgates "Lands Act" (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Mar 11, 2006)
It contains provisions for distributing agricultural land
- Adverse Verdict (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 11, 2006)
Hopes of Sarabjit Singh, a farmer from Punjab languishing in a Pakistani jail, escaping the gallows have been dashed with the Pakistan Supreme Court upholding the death sentence on him.
- Let Us Celebrate Ban On Kite-Flying (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 11, 2006)
Ultimately sanity has prevailed and the Punjab Government has taken the right step of banning kite-flying throughout the province. This followed a number of killings and injuries caused by coated string and metal wire during the . . .
- Fdi Questions (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Mar 10, 2006)
The government’s initiative on changing foreign investment norms in telecom appears to be coming unstuck.
- Caring And Sharing (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 10, 2006)
This year’s Oscars were the Caring & Sharing awards. Caring, because the nominees were unusually politically concerned, and sharing, because the actual winners were carefully divided so almost every film got something.
- Dampened Curiosity (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Mar 10, 2006)
The ‘sting’ operation which unearthed the can of worms on MPs actually taking money to raise questions in the House has brought some relief to the bureaucracy, says a senior government official.
- State And The Nation (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Mar 10, 2006)
Don't read this if you are a spiritual tourist.
- Rhetoric Clouds Peace Process In Sri Lanka (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Mar 10, 2006)
Negotiations to resolve the ethnic conflict have again run into trouble with both the Sinhala and Tamil camps taking increasingly confrontationist positions.
- There’S A Better Way To Check Stray Animals (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
Why can’t the money be used to tackle the problem before precious lives are lost, I can’t understand. Only death and calamity stirs the authorities into action
- Middle East In Black And White Terms (Hindu, Simon Tisdall, Mar 10, 2006)
Washington's refusal to deal with the new Hamas government together with a policy of isolating Teheran will only strengthen the hand of hardline Islamists.
- Clarity And Control (Telegraph, BHASWATI CHAKRAVORTY, Mar 10, 2006)
To come to the deeply uncomfortable — and often taboo — subject of suicide as a researcher in the subject of contemporary history has, perhaps, more advantages than disadvantages.
- Fast-Paced Development In Fata (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 10, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that additional funds will be made available for fast track development in the Tribal Areas. Talking to Tribal Maliks and elders, who called on him in Rawalpindi on Wednesday, he said that the Government . . .
- Mumbai On A Realty High (The Financial Express, VIJAY VANCHESWAR, Mar 09, 2006)
The Indian real estate sector is witnessing an interesting phase of evolution and transition.
- Ard’S Undemocratic Demand (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 09, 2006)
Opposition parties’ conglomeration ARD has said that it will not accept elections under the present set-up and demanded formation of national or caretaker government to hold free, fair, transparent and honest polls.
- Killer Curves (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 09, 2006)
Curves captivate, as manifest by the likes of Marilyn Monroe. They also have a “killer” quality, and this has nothing to do with buxom beauties but pertains to the wonderful world of sport.
- Un: Women Denied Representation (Tribune, Maxine Frith, Mar 09, 2006)
Millions of women around the world, are being denied effective representation because of the low numbers of female politicians, judges and employers, the United Nations has warned.
- Making Panchayati Raj Effective In Haryana (Tribune, Ranbir Singh, Mar 09, 2006)
THE enactment and implementation of the Haryana Panchayati Raj Act, 1994, for restructuring the system of decentralised rural governance in Haryana in accordance with the provisions of the 73rd Amendment Act (1993), the devolution of functions . . .
- Woes Of Women (Daily Excelsior, R P Shah, Mar 08, 2006)
International Women's Day is celebrated in India with pomp and show where achievements of a few celebrated Indian women - past and present - are cited proudly. In such gatherings, heart rendering sufferings and exploitation being undergone by Indian . . .
- Canada Moves To Revamp Air India Bomb Inquiry (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Canada's new Conservative government took a first, tentative step on Tuesday on its pledge to revamp the inquiry into the troubled Air India bombing investigation.
- Discontented Docs And Sick Wards (Indian Express, SWATI ALI, Mar 08, 2006)
One slap by an irate relative on a resident doctor in Mumbai’s King Edward Memorial Hospital and, in a matter of hours, 2,000 resident doctors from 10 hospitals in the city were ready to go on strike.
- Iaea Meets Amid Rift Over Iranian Nuclear Programme (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Iran will not agree to a compromise over its nuclear programme that involves suspending full-scale uranium enrichment for any longer than two years, a diplomat told AFP Tuesday.
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