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Articles 4921 through 5020 of 11444:
- Bihar Speaks (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 23, 2005)
There are times to lament the state of India’s institutions and times to celebrate them.
- Belgaum Corpn Dissolved (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
The State government on Monday night dissolved with immediate effect the Belgaum City Corporation (BCC) and appointed the Belgaum Deputy Commissioner as its administrator. The dissolution decision is in accordance with Section 99(1) of the Karnataka . . .
- Truth About Good Financial Management (Dawn, Shahid Kardar, Nov 22, 2005)
The debate on the contribution to the turnaround in Pakistan’s economic fortunes in recent years of better government macro-economic and financial management, of the faithful implementation of IMF conditions, of debt rescheduling and the generosity . . .
- Canada Report On Air India Bombing Due On Wed (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
A recommendation on whether a full inquiry is needed into how Canada handled the deadly bombing of Air India Flight 182 will be released on Wednesday.
- Winter Of Discontent (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 22, 2005)
It is a measure of our jaded appetite that the winter session of Parliament that begins tomorrow is being served up in the spicy terms of scandal, controversy and politics.
- Bjp To Discuss Madhya Pradesh Leadership Issue (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Nov 22, 2005)
Babulal Gaur could be on his way out
Shivraj Singh Chauhan, Uma Bharti in the race
Outcome of Bihar polls also to be discussed
Decision on election of new party president
- Reading It Right (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Nov 22, 2005)
The author is president, Centre for Policy Research The views expressed are personal
- Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Appointed Sri Lankan Premier (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Nov 22, 2005)
New leader holds Sinhala hardline position and hawkish views on the ethnic problem
- Aziz To Attend Chogm Meet (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Nov 22, 2005)
Pakistan would take part in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) scheduled at Malta from November 25 to 27 after a gap of six years following its re-admission to the Commonwealth in 2004. Pakistan was suspended from the.....
- Design Industry Empowers Economies: Minister (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Nov 22, 2005)
Speakers stress "vision" and "creative irreverence" in strategies
Advertising key aspect of "image-making sector:" Lee
Consumer should be wooed in terms of "spirit" also: Hermawan Kartajaya
- World Apathy And Marketing (Greater Kashmir, MINHAJ QIDWAI, Nov 22, 2005)
The earthquake that struck Pakistan on Oct. 08, is a tragedy that brought mayhem for Pakistan. With about 90,000 dead and more than 2 million left homeless,
- When Officers Are Not Gentlemen (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 22, 2005)
I do not know what I can do about the thinking countrymen. They are all there for a cricket commentary or some boorish confrontation among politicians.
- Burnt Out Case (Telegraph, Jay Bhattacharjee, Nov 22, 2005)
The roots of the recent violence in Paris can be traced to the functioning of the French establishment and the elite, writes Jay Bhattacharjee
- 'Russia Is The Next Energy Superpower' (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
Stating that it was US leaders like Condoleezza Rice and Dick Cheney who had scripted the new geopolitics of the Caspian sea region, energy expert Dr S.K. Sharma claimed that it is Russia that is emerging as the next energy superpower.
- Bihar's Most Wanted: Ajay, In 40s, Trigger-Happy And Fond Of Good Life (Telegraph, Uttam Sengupta, Nov 21, 2005)
“We should have killed him three years ago,” says an otherwise suave police officer, regretting the ease with which the erstwhile commander of the “People’s Red Army”, Ajay Sao alias Ajay Kanu alias Ravi Kanu, was rescued by Maoists last Sunday . . .
- Handle With Care (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 21, 2005)
If a despotic monarch is bad for democracy, anarchists could be even more so. The pact between the Maoists and the democratic parties in Nepal is, therefore, at best a gamble.
- Nehru’S Lessons For Manmohan (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Nov 21, 2005)
Virtually every Naga knows the story of their elders who went to Gandhi in July 1947, demanding independence.
- Iraqis' Right To Rule Themselves (Hindu, Haifa Zangana, Nov 21, 2005)
The photograph of an elderly Iraqi carrying the burned body of a child at Fallujah, widely shown during the chemical weapons controversy of recent days,
- Kalam Way To Robust Karnataka (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
In his special address to the joint session of the Karnataka legislature to mark the Suvarna Karnataka celebrations, the president focussed on transforming the State into an economic powerhouse by the turn of the decade.
- Parliament Session Set To Be Stormy (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
The winter session of Parliament beginning Wednesday is expected, by all accounts, to be stormy with the Congress-led coalition facing a determined Opposition in the wake of the ....
- Why Audits By The Cag Really Matter (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Nov 21, 2005)
In the early 1990s, the government issued a single line order scrapping control over capital issues.
- Man Who Stopped Hindu Rashtra (Indian Express, Fali S. Nariman, Nov 21, 2005)
Excerpts from the inaugural lecture on ‘Challenges to Indian Democracy’ delivered at the Nehru Centre on November 14
- Corruption In J And K (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 21, 2005)
Besides Pakistan-sponsored terrorism, Jammu and Kashmir has been suffering from widespread corruption at various levels of the government.
- Challenges Before President Rajapakse (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Nov 21, 2005)
Mahinda Rajapakse, in his self-defined role of architect of a "new Sri Lanka," has to balance several contradictions. These arise from the polarised mandate and his political allies.
- Police Image (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 21, 2005)
The hope that, with the achievement of Independence, India will be better served by its police and bureaucracy is yet to be fully realised. The image of both in the public eye continues to be unflattering.
- Poetry, Pistachio, Power (Indian Express, Mini Kapoor, Nov 21, 2005)
A government rarely receives all its challenges in a cluster. But this could be just that kind of a week for the Congress-led coalition: the Bihar verdict, Supreme Court’s judgement on the constitutionality of the dissolution of that state’s assembly,
- Helping Victims Of Violence (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Nov 21, 2005)
In the days when Ayub Khan ruled the roost, and the 22 families set up their baronetcies, draconian press laws were introduced to keep at bay journalists who had not yet recovered from the long hangover of the Tamizuddin Khan years.
- Sri Lanka To Witness Major Political Changes (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Nov 21, 2005)
The prospects have dimmed for Anura Bandaranaike as he had not participated in Mr. Rajapakse's rallies
- Iran Mps Vote To End Atomic Checks If Referred To Un (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
Iranian lawmakers voted on Sunday to resume uranium enrichment and end snap UN checks of its nuclear sites if Tehran is referred to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions.
- Accountability In Relief And Rehabilitation (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Nov 20, 2005)
ADVERSITY, it is said, is a great teacher. The devastating earthquake of October 8, is the biggest natural disaster to strike Pakistan.
- Monica Sent Back To Jail (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Nov 20, 2005)
After two days of interrogation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Monica Bedi, the companion of underworld don Abu Salem, was sent back to jail on Saturday to serve the remainder of her judicial custody till November 25.
- Salem Allowed To Meet Brother (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 20, 2005)
Extradited underworld don and Mumbai blast accused Abu Salem met his brother Abu Lais on Saturday after TADA Judge P.D. Kode granted permission on an application moved by the latter.
- Misuse Of Religion And Laws (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Nov 20, 2005)
MOST laws enacted after independence to prevent crime have, ironically, given rise to bigger crimes.
- Singular Girl Child (Telegraph, RUDRANGSHU MUKHERJEE, Nov 20, 2005)
Birthdays are important to Indians. They form the basis of drawing up the horoscope of an individual. But the importance of the birthday does not end there.
- Long March To A Narcostate-Jeremy Seabrook (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 20, 2005)
In the 2005 UN Human Development Index, Afghanistan stands 175th out of 177 countries. Less than 30 per cent of the population is literate, and life expectancy is below 45 years.
- Maoists Tie Up With Political Parties To Cut The King To Size (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Nov 19, 2005)
In a key push towards democracy in Nepal, the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoists), spearheading a decade-long insurgency to turn Hindu Nepal into a Communist republic, has reached an understanding with an alliance of seven political parties.
- Minarets Of Taj Mahal Stable: Asi Tells Sc (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has informed the Supreme Court that the minarets and other structures of Taj Mahal were stable.
- What Happens In Bihar Affects Us All (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, Nov 19, 2005)
If you are fortunate enough to have never needed to travel to Bihar you cannot begin to imagine what towns like Jehanabad look like. You cannot picture the abysmal poverty of the thatch and mud villages that surround it,
- The Price Of `Fee' Ill-Defined (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
T. C. A. Ramanujam on the taxability of fees for technical services to non-residents
- Expenditure Cuts Can Meet Relief Cost (Dawn, Kaiser Bengali, Nov 19, 2005)
November 19 will go down as an discomforting day in the country’s history. It is a day on which General Musharraf and his prime minister will ask invited delegations from over 70 countries and international organizations to fill the country’s kashkol.
- Washington Riveted By Woodward Role (Hindu, Douglas Jehl and David Johnston, Nov 19, 2005)
More than a half-dozen Bush administration officials have sent word that they had not been Bob Woodward's source.
- Terrorists Can’T Browbeat Me With Blasts: Azad (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Nov 19, 2005)
Talking tough of militancy, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today asserted that his Government was committed to restoration of peace in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Exclusive - Nepal Rebels Seen Ready To Accept Democracy (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Nov 19, 2005)
Nepal's Maoist rebels are ready to accept multiparty democracy, stop terrorising civilians and return to the political mainstream of the revolt-torn country, a top Nepali politician said on Friday.
- Mr Pm... President (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Prime Minister Mr Mahinda Rajapakse today won Sri Lanka’s presidential election with one of the smallest ever majorities in the country’s electoral history.
- The King Loses Credibility (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 18, 2005)
Going by the assurances given by King Gyanendra at the Dhaka summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, and separately to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at their brief meeting on the summit's sidelines, . . .
- Holy Virginity (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 18, 2005)
The Indian film world thrives on sex and violence — in any collocation. So when a heroine of Tamil films, Kushboo, talked about sex, she was greeted with violence.
- Salem Examiners In Monica Dash (Telegraph, G.S. RADHAKRISHNA, Nov 18, 2005)
Monica Bedi’s lonely life in a women’s jail has been cut short.
- Left Pressure Prompted Change In Education Policy, Says Yechury (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2005)
Left tells Government to maintain an independent foreign policy
- Decision On Reservation For Minorities In Iits, Iims After Consulting Stakeholders, Examining Legal Issues (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2005)
When committee makes a suggestion, we cannot reject it without consideration: Arjun Singh.
NMCME advocates policy for minorities similar to reservation policy for SC/STs
Absence of minority representation at all levels of staff structure
- Pm-Ulfa Talks (Daily Excelsior, Subhashis Mittra, Nov 17, 2005)
The positive beginning to the landmark peace talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and representatives of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has kindled a ray of hope for bringing the curtain down on a dragging three-decade . . .
- Kashmiri Separatists Still Groping In The Dark (Daily Excelsior, O P Modi, Nov 17, 2005)
Even the devastating earthquake has not taught any lesson to either the terrorists or the separatists in Kashmir valley.
- Salem Lawyer Works For ‘Free’ (Telegraph, Amit Roy, Nov 17, 2005)
The man who appears to have put together the legal team defending Abu Salem is the young and apparently idealistic human rights lawyer Harjot Singh,
- Fighting Terror With Terror (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 17, 2005)
A ruthless use of force by any state authority does not eliminate terror but fans the fires of violence. A balanced way is to be adopted so that criminals don’t go unpunished and human values are upheld too, writes Maryam Bacha
- Delayed Response & Mismanagement (Dawn, S Akbar Zaidi, Nov 17, 2005)
In the heady democratic days of the 1990s, Pakistan was considered to be a failed state.
- Checking Aids In Andhra (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 17, 2005)
ANDHRA Pradesh has high HIV/AIDS prevalence and is currently one of the six hard-hit states. Besides Chittoor district, where Tirupati is located, five other districts including Guntur, East Godavari, Warangal, Visakhapatnam and Kurnool have been . . .
- Unauthorised Govt Bungalow Occupants Be Dealt As Per Law: Sc (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 17, 2005)
Maintaining its pressure on the government, the Supreme Court today asked it to expedite the drive to get unauthorised occupants of government bungalows here out, dealing with them according to law.
- 'India's Position At Iaea Meet Will Be In National Interest' (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 17, 2005)
Refusing to discuss India's position at the upcoming IAEA meeting on Iran's nuclear issue, Government today maintained that it will be in accordance with national interest of the country.
"I will not go into a hypothetical situation.
- High Court Dismisses Plea Of Pakistani Woman (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 17, 2005)
Ms. Bano said her husband was a diabetic and that her children were young. She said apart from her sisters, she had no other family members in Pakistan
- China Backed His Feb 1 Takeover, So King Rooted For Beijing In Dhaka (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Nov 17, 2005)
King Gyanendra’s crucial role in securing observer status for China in the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) may have been inspired by Nepal’s northern neighbour’s unflagging support to the royal takeover of February 1.
- A Deepening Divide (Dawn, Niall Ferguson, Nov 17, 2005)
This time last year — just after George W. Bush had won his second term — you would have thought the second Civil War was about to break out. I lost count of the number of times I heard the phrase “a country divided.”
- Supreme Court Asks Centre To Get Tough With Unauthorised Occupants (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Nov 17, 2005)
The Central Government has been granted time till January next to evict them "... If they don't understand gentleman's language, they must be dealt with in accordance with law. What is applicable to a class IV employee equally applied to them."
- Monica Case Put Off (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 16, 2005)
Extradited gangster Abu Salem can meet as many lawyers as he wants in the stipulated one hour every alternate day as per the directions of the TADA court, CBI sources said on Tuesday.
- Salem Can Meet Any Lawyer, Says Cbi (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 16, 2005)
Extradited gangster Abu Salem can meet as many lawyers as he wants in the stipulated one hour every alternate day as per the directions of the TADA court, CBI sources said on Tuesday.
- Strengthening Pris (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 16, 2005)
IT IS a happy augury that the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) of Tamil Nadu is creating awareness among its members of the important issues bearing on healthy politics, good governance, economic growth, rural development and sustainable agriculture by organis
- Top Ranveer Sena Leaders Were Naxal Targets In Jehanabad (Indian Express, VARGHESE K GEORGE & J P YADAV, Nov 16, 2005)
The CPI(Maoist), in press statement today, claimed they had killed Bade Sharma and Bisweswar Rai, but had let off the other Sena members they had abducted after storming Jehanabad jail on Monday. Among the top leaders of the Ranveer Sena, . . .
- Campaign Ends For Sri Lanka Election (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Nov 16, 2005)
Conflict resolution and economic conditions are the two main issues in presidential poll
- Putin Reshuffles Top Officials (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Nov 16, 2005)
The Power reshuffle President Vladimir Putin announced on Monday may signal the start of Kremlin manoeuvres to ensure a smooth presidential succession in 2008 when Mr. Putin is to step down under the Russian Constitution.
- Hundreds Of Devotees Throng Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa Temple (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 16, 2005)
New Melsanthis installed; 41-day annual Mandalam festival begins today
- New Aeration Technology May Help Improve Aquaculture (Hindu, Prakash Kamat, Nov 16, 2005)
Project taken up with an investment of Rs. 1.3 crore
Field trials conducted at experimental ponds in Kumta in coastal Karnataka
The technology improves conditions in the pond
Project pursued under the aegis of Indo-Norwegian institutions
- Editorial (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 16, 2005)
Model election
Rajnath Singh is off the mark
- Moment Of Truth (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 16, 2005)
Will The UPA Government Survive November?
By this day next week the full Supreme Court judgment on the Bihar assembly dissolution should be out. It matters little what detailed arguments the judgment will rely on.
- India Shining? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Nov 16, 2005)
The Jehanabad jail-break represents grievous state failure. The breakdown of law and order on a scale unusual by even Bihar’s standards is being condemned, roundly, widely and rightly.
- Say No (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 16, 2005)
What is "BBC" in the context of our State? If one shuffles through responsible written records of the relevant period one would find that it has stood for the "Bakshi Brothers Corporation".
- Good Governance In J&k (Daily Excelsior, Rameshwar Singh Jamwal, Nov 15, 2005)
Good governance is important for countries and states at all stages of development.
- A New Turn For Saarc (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 15, 2005)
The 13th Saarc summit in Dhaka, which ended on a positive note, gives rise to hopes that the regional body will now be revitalized. True, the South Asia Free Trade Agreement (Safta),
- 116 Vvips Evicted From Government Bungalows, Centre Tells Supreme Court (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Nov 15, 2005)
329 more unauthorised occupants; Buta Singh yet to vacate
Centre files affidavit
20 cases regularised according to rules
Buta Singh's allotment was cancelled in March 2004
- Guru Nanak Jayanti Special A Prophet Of Peace (Daily Excelsior, Inder Jeet S Prince, Nov 15, 2005)
Guru Nanak Dev Ji (1469-1539) was born in the village of Talwandi Sahib, (now Nankana Sahib in Pakistan). His father, Shri Kalu Ram, was a revenue official of the village Chuharkana, a town few miles from the village.
- Salem Solution Ready (Telegraph, MANAN KUMAR, Nov 15, 2005)
Let the law take its course and the executive its own.
- ’89 Kidnapping Of Rubaiya Sayeed Staged: Ex-Militant (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Nov 15, 2005)
A former militant commander has alleged as “stage-managed” the 1989 kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed, daughter of former chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, that triggered a chain of events leading mass uprising and then militancy in Held Kashmir.
- "India Must Submit Plan On Nuclear Facilities" (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Nov 15, 2005)
A purely token civil-military separation will not do: David Mulford
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