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Articles 4321 through 4420 of 11444:
- Tainted Mps Reply To Probe Panel (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 05, 2006)
The Lok Sabha MPs named in last month’s television expose on corruption in the MP Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) have filed their replies to the inquiry committee set up by the Speaker, Mr Somnath Chatterjee.
- French Firm Chief Ready To Testify Before Panel (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jan 05, 2006)
Jean-Claude Giannino, president of Technopure that carried out the first phase of asbestos removal from the French aircraft carrier, George Clemenceau, says he is willing to testify before the Indian Supreme Court's Monitoring Committee on Hazardous Waste
- Economic Prospects In 2006 (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Jan 05, 2006)
The government in Pakistan faces the new year with a plate full of problems and overflowing. A few of the problems are of its own making or mismanaged by it, and some being the result of external developments like the domestic impact of high world . . .
- Anna University To Undertake 3d Radar Terrain Mapping Of Coastline (Indian Express, V AYYAPPAN, Jan 05, 2006)
Institute of Remote Sensing (IRS) of Anna University will carry out Airbourne Radar Terrain Mapping along the coastline stretching from Nagapattinam to Nellore to facilitate disaster mitigation.
- The Aged And The Younger Generation (Deccan Herald, Sharada Prahladrao , Jan 05, 2006)
It’s our turn to help elders who watched us take the first steps
There is no doubt about this — India is graying. While growing population and limited resources are a matter of global concern, there is yet another problem emerging out of it.
- Alang Awaits Its Hazardous Diet (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Jan 05, 2006)
India must take a lead in cleaning up its ship-breaking industry, says Sonu Jain
- Fear-Stricken Policy (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Jan 05, 2006)
India will have to hold out a vision of a Lanka that recognises cultural and ethnic diversities
- The Health Of Nations: Seeking A Way Forward (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Jan 04, 2006)
There's a clamour for `public-private' partnerships in the sphere of Indian health care. But there is very little that is public left in the sector.
- Lost Capital (Indian Express, Gautam Bhatia, Jan 04, 2006)
Delhi’s future has been left to bureaucrats and developers. That’s the snag
- The Rule Of Lawlessness (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Jan 04, 2006)
Politicians who have several illegal activities have been opposing the Delhi demolitions
- Should India Demand Farm Subsidy Cuts By Developed Nations? (Business Line, G. Chandrashekhar, Jan 04, 2006)
In none of the four major world commodities would India stand to benefit substantially even if developed economies eliminated subsidies. Subsidy-induced low prices would be in our consumers' interest. But more important is to make Indian agriculture . . .
- Involve Community In Providing Education (Daily Excelsior, S K Kakroo, Jan 04, 2006)
In our country, the vision of education was contained in article 45 of the constitution, which states, "the state shall endeavor to provide within a period of ten years from the commencement of this constitution for free and compulsory education . . .
- Afghan Mps Want To Question Aid Groups (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Afghanistan’s parliament wants to question aid agencies about their spending amid growing complaints from Afghans about a lack of change despite the expenditure of billions of dollars, MPs said on Tuesday.
- Bringing Peace To Gilgit (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 03, 2006)
One wonders what to make of Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz’s statement that peace is a prerequisite to development in the Northern Areas. It would have been more logical for him to say that development was a prerequisite for peace and political . . .
- Pakistan Tells India To Back Off (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Pakistan bluntly told India on Monday to back off, following New Delhi’s comments on escalating violence in Balochistan, warning that such statements were unhelpful and would not improve bilateral relations.
- Pakistan Asks India Not To Interfere In Internal Affairs (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
FO links APHC team’s visit to peace process
Pakistan has again asked India not to make statements about the situation in Balochistan, saying it is vitiating the good atmosphere between the two countries engaged in a peace process.
- Foreign Secretaries To Discuss Kashmir Options (Dawn, Ihtasham ul Haque, Jan 03, 2006)
India is unwilling to consider proposals coming through the media and argues it would prefer back-channel contacts, both official and unofficial, to resolve the decades-old Kashmir problem.
- The National Resolve (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Jan 03, 2006)
Hinduism must realise that the caste system is sounding its death knell by brewing intolerance and division
- King Unbending, Nepal Maoists End Ceasefire (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Jan 03, 2006)
A four-month spell of peace in Nepal came to an end today as the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists (CPN-M) announced it would not extend the ceasefire that began in September, and vowed to resume its activities against the Royal Nepal Army (RNA).
- Fo Asks India Not To Vitiate Atmosphere (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Pakistan on Monday asked India not to vitiate atmosphere for the ongoing peace process between the two countries by issuing statements on Islamabad’s internal affairs.
- A Shipload Of Trouble From France (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jan 03, 2006)
Have the French authorities really removed all the asbestos they could have without damaging the structure of the ship or could more have been done?
- The Fall Of Mr Advani (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jan 03, 2006)
There is a Shakespearean dimension to Mr L.K. Advani’s fall from grace in the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- Funds Sought For Gilgit Development (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jan 03, 2006)
Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said Islamabad has approached the World Bank and other foreign donors to prepare a comprehensive plan for socio-economic development of Northern Areas covering Gilgit and Baltistan.
- Nepal Rebels Say Compelled To End Truce (Reuters, Gopal Sharma, Jan 03, 2006)
Nepal's Maoist rebels said on Monday they have been compelled to end a four-month-old truce at midnight tonight and go on the offensive to defend themselves against government forces.
- Gory Face (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 03, 2006)
Should one express surprise over the targetted killing of scientists, academicians and intellectuals by the terrorists? The answer can only be no. By its very definition the terror machine is synonymous with murder and mayhem.
- Afghanistan Aims To Cut Opium Fields In 2006 (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Deputy interior minister claims Taliban is encouraging farmers to grow poppy
- Putting Aside Ideological Hang-Ups (Dawn, Murtaza Razvi, Jan 02, 2006)
The genie of obscurantism, of the confused ideological variety, is out of the bottle again. At least that was the impression created by a host of speakers, among them Dr Javid Iqbal, Justice Nasim Hassan Shah and Mr Majid Nizami, at a seminar held to ....
- On The Eventful Year That Was (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jan 02, 2006)
The year just gone by has been one of tremendous promise but also of problems. While the economy is booming, with the soaring Sensex and a strong financial scene, the shortages have not disappeared, except for forex.
- Maoist Designs (Statesman, JR MUKHERJEE, Jan 02, 2006)
With Maoists from Nepal to Tamil Nadu subverting the government machinery and gaining control in a wide corridor across 13 states through a campaign of terror, their activities have become a serious threat to national security.
- Law And Justice (Hindu, P.D. Dinakaran, Jan 02, 2006)
The force of a law, a judicial decision, or administrative act depends on the extent of its justice. And justice means nothing other than conformity with the law of nature.
- Employees' Future Bleak As Sun Sets On Kiocl (Hindu, A. Jayaram, Jan 02, 2006)
There is a fear that closure of the mines may encourage naxalism
- Tackling Corruption (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Jan 02, 2006)
State funding of elections will not make politicians straight so long as policemen and law officers are crooked.
- Year Of Inflexion (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Jan 02, 2006)
Manmohan Singh has a feel for history. In his maiden speech as finance minister, he talked about India as an idea whose time had arrived. Now in the prime ministerial hot-seat, the time has arrived to propel this idea forward with greater impetus and ...
- An Insensitive Index (Hindu, Oommen A. Ninan , Jan 01, 2006)
Political India must sensitise corporate India to the social environment in which its profit-driven enterprises are staged.
- Judicial Activism & Restraint (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
Ever since assumption of the office of Pakistan’s Chief Justice, Mr Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry has displayed an element of judicial activism through suo motu notice of various crimes and violation of country’s laws. Cases of new Murree city, . . .
- Advani Quits, It’S Over To Gennext (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
Mr Lal Krishna Advani today formally quit as the president of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP).
- Human Rights And Their Protection (Daily Excelsior, Tahir Khurshid Raina, Jan 01, 2006)
Quoting ''Hamlet'' the celebrated literary creation of Shakespeare, the man has been beautifully described as :
- Expulsion Enhanced Parliament’S Image: Sharad (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Jan 01, 2006)
Janata Dal (United) leader Sharad Yadav’s maiden election to the Fifth Lok Sabha in 1974 at the age of 25 coincided with the present Speaker Somnath Chatterjee also entering the portals of Parliament.
- Stem Cells, Singing Mice Herald New Era In Genetics (Hindu, Alok Jha, Jan 01, 2006)
Highlights of an eventful year for scientists who probed deeper into space and unravelled the secrets of DNA For the first time humans managed to hit asteroids. It happens with ease in Hollywood films but doing it is tricky in real life but scientists . .
- Mr Prime Minister, You Have Wasted This Year (The Financial Express, Malvika Singh, Dec 31, 2005)
It is the last day of the year, a year of exposed shame, as some newspapers and television channels describe it. Shameful, it sure was, with members of Parliament caught with their hands in the till and, worse, with senior parliamentarians defending . . .
- Reduce Terrorism In J&k (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
India hopes that in the new year, there will be a determined effort by Pakistan to reduce terrorism and take the peace process forward and if there are any fresh proposals for the proposed ‘self rule’ in Jammu and Kashmir, . . .
- Work Awaits The New Tribunal (Business Line, S. Murugappan, Dec 31, 2005)
S. Murugappan on the likely implications of the National Tax Tribunal Bill, 2005
- The Corrupt Politics Of Slums (Daily Excelsior, Jagmohan , Dec 31, 2005)
If one wants to know how deeply is India poisoned at heart and contaminated at soul, one should study the phenomenon of slums, induced squatting and illegal constructions in its cities. In essence, the cities are the spiritual workshops of the nation . .
- Year Of India (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Dec 31, 2005)
It was the year of India. George W. Bush confirmed that he would make India a world power. WaterAid, the British charity dedicated to propagating proper (read Western) toilets, countered that India already leads the world in squatters in fields and . . .
- Towards Greater Enlightenment (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
On the threshold of a new year, India emerges as a curious amalgam of the modern and the regressive. In his book, The Argumentative Indian, Amartya Sen draws from Hindu, Buddhist, Jain, Muslim, agnostic, and atheistic strands of Indian thought to . . .
- Decks Cleared For French Ship's Departure For India (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Dec 31, 2005)
Asbestos-laden ship could leave for Gujarat as early as Sunday
- Minority Rights And Responsibilities (Hindu, Iqbal A. Ansari, Dec 31, 2005)
Muslims are not enjoying any `privilege' denied to others. However, the concerns raised in Parliament, during the debate on the Constitution (104th) Amendment Bill, on the reservation issue need to be addressed. One way could be to conduct a . . .
- Kalam’S Bihar Vision: Progress By 2015 (Indian Express, J P Yadav, Dec 31, 2005)
President A P J Abdul Kalam today presented his vision for Bihar to emerge as a developed state by 2015 and expressed his confidence on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s leadership to achieve the goal.
- The Ordinance Factory (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 31, 2005)
Grab something. Then make law to legitimise the grab. It used to happen in the Emergency.
- India's Year Of Shame (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Dec 30, 2005)
As the first anniversary of the tsunami trauma reminds us, the year now mercifully drawing to a close had begun with a monumentally destructive disaster. Others followed, most notably the earthquake, far more catastrophic in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir ....
- An Unlikely Hero (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 30, 2005)
Some two decades ago, the BBC released an audio collection of its Test Match Special. It contained John Arlott’s memorable description of Don Bradman’s final test innings at the Oval in 1948 — the time when the crowd rose to greet England’s deadly . . .
- This Happens Only In India (Daily Excelsior, Lt Col (Retd) Mukund Singh Jamwal, Dec 30, 2005)
Welcome to India, that is Bharat, the land of eternal contradictions. Blessed are the souls of this country who have the good fortune of living with contradictions from morn till eve with a majority of them even making a virtue out of this.
- Bundh In Orissa Against Animal Sacrifice (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
A bundh was observed in western Bolangir district in Orissa on Wednesday to stop animal sacrifice during a popular annual religious festival scheduled to be held early next month in one of the villages in the district.
- Mass Grave: Hc Asks Cbi To Send Samples For Dna Tests (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Refusing to let Gujarat police examine the exhumed remains of victims of the post-Godhra riots, Gujarat High Court today said that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) should take samples and send them to Hyderabad for DNA testing.
- Musharraf Sees India's Involvement In Balochistan (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Says turning back on dams treason; people fed up with tribal chiefs;
to uproot subversion forever
President Pervez Musharraf has said the recent Indian concern over the situation in Balochistan has revealed the channel providing funds . . .
- Musharraf Sees Foreign Hand In Balochistan (News International, Mayed Ali, Dec 30, 2005)
President Pervez Musharraf has said that the recent Indian concern over the situation in Balochistan has revealed the channel providing funds for hiring mercenaries and supplying arms for carrying out subversive activities in the province.
- View From The Left (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
A front page editorial articulates the CPI(M)’s views on control over private educational institutions and the need for a Central legislation that would enable them to reserve seats for SCs, STs and OBCs, and establish guidelines for the fee structure. .
- Chance To Lobby Putin (Hindu, David Clark, Dec 30, 2005)
International Diplomacy's game of musical chairs plays again at midnight on Saturday when Britain's G8 presidency comes to an end and leadership of the world's most exclusive political club passes for the first time to Russia.
- Naxalite Violence, Tribal Movement Dominate Events In Chhattisgarh (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Amid Chhattisgarh’s continued struggle to raise the new state’s visibility even in the fifth year after its formation , spurt in Naxalite violence, tribal uprising against left wing extremism, paddy and rice scams and expulsion of a BJP . . .
- Salem Subjected To Polygraph Test (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Dec 29, 2005)
Extradited Mumbai gangster Abu Salem was today put through 65 questions over a two-hour period during his polygraph (lie detector) test—the first of the three forensic psychology tests he will be subjected to in the Pradeep Jain murder case, . . .
- Hand In Glove (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Ulhasnagar shows how Congress rules Maharashtra. What lies in store for India?
- Pakistanis Sue Greek, Uk Agents Over Torture (Indian Express, KAROLOS GROHMANN, Dec 29, 2005)
Greek and British intelligence agents may be called to appear before a Greek court to answer a lawsuit alleging 28 Pakistanis were kidnapped and tortured in Greece after the July bombings in London.
- Advani Sings Ram “Dhun” Again (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Recalling the strong ties between the RSS and his party, BJP President L.K. Advani today said that the organisation’s mission would not be complete without the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya.
- The Marvel Of Technology (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 29, 2005)
If you’re into technology, you’re living in wonderful times. Things are developing in leaps and bounds, especially gadgets.
Celestron SkyScout Backyard star-gazing goes seriously hi-tech with the Celestron SkyScout , . . .
- Improving Access To Justice (Dawn, Naeem Sadiq, Dec 29, 2005)
Our obsession with beggary has taught us the skills needed to put forward compelling reasons, dressed in nebulous grammar, in order to procure a few hundred million dollars from international institutions.
- Atrocities Of The British Empire (Hindu, George Monbiot, Dec 28, 2005)
In Reading reports of the trial of the Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk, you are struck by two things. The first, of course, is the anachronistic brutality of the country's laws.
- India And Sri Lanka: So Near, Yet So Far (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Dec 28, 2005)
While New Delhi seems clear about what it cannot do in relation to Sri Lanka's search for peace, there is no clarity on what it should do.
- Dmk Councillor's Bail Suspended (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
Madras High Court posts matter for final hearing on January 2
Prosecution says Sessions Judge did not consider statements of witnesses
That the councillor was a history-sheeter was also not taken into account
- Catching Life By Lens (Greater Kashmir, ASIF NOORANI, Dec 28, 2005)
Reviewing films has come a long way from a casual pastime to a serious profession, writes
ASIF NOORANI
- Air Force Fires Prickly Anjali (Daily Excelsior, Air Commodore (Retd.) Upendra Bajpai, Dec 28, 2005)
For the first time in the history of Indian Air Force Flying Officer Anjali Gupta (a female) has faced a court martial proceeding, and been cashiered from service.
- Bjp: Foreign Policy In Disarray (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday accused the United Progressive Alliance government of not having an “integrated foreign policy”, saying it has complicated India’s relations with neighbouring countries.
- Balochistan's Financial Grievances (The Nation, MANSOOR AKBAR KUNDI, Dec 28, 2005)
Balochistan is said to have been financially more deprived than other units of Pakistan. Having been raised to a province status in 1970 without any administrative and political autonomy under entrenched One-Unit System 1954-70 its leaders . . .
- What, Balochistan Again? (News International, M B NAQVI, Dec 28, 2005)
For the fifth time since 1947, Islamabad is using military force against Baloch nationalists. Indeed, the soldiers have to unavoidably target ordinary Baloch as well.
- Night Watchman Carries The Bat At Hong Kong (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Dec 28, 2005)
The much-awaited World Trade Organisation's Hong Kong Ministerial, as part of the Doha Development Round, has come and gone. And what has been the outcome? Did the developing countries get anything out of it? There is much debate on what the . . .
- History In The Making (Hindu, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 27, 2005)
A titan of the world of journalism and an indomitable fighter of worthwhile causes
- Intelligence Abuse Deja Vu (Dawn, Gary Hart, Dec 27, 2005)
Three weeks after I took the oath of office in the Senate in 1975, the then majority leader Mike Mansfield appointed me to a newly created committee — the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations With Respect to Intelligence Activities, . . .
- Parliamentary Death Penalty (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
It’s not a good parliamentary procedure to expel tainted MPs bypassing the privileges committee
- Looking Back, Looking Ahead (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
It was a year that saw politics overshadow public good, say Asha Krishnaswamy and Vijesh Kamath as they sift through the archives. Politicians spewed venom and a former prime minister wrote letters even as the common man was left to deal with an . . .
- The Music Of Love And Loss (Hindu, Jyotirmaya Sharma, Dec 27, 2005)
Honest attempt to portray the complexities in this outstanding musician's life
- Combating Communal Violence (Hindu, Siddharth Narrain , Dec 27, 2005)
Any law specifically to deal with situations of communal violence must be followed up by reforming the police and the criminal justice system.
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