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Articles 5321 through 5420 of 11444:
- If The Peace Process Is To Succeed (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Oct 11, 2005)
WITH the visit of Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh, between October 3 and 6, the second round of the composite dialogue, following the landmark 2004 agreement at the summit level to restart the peace process, has been concluded.
- Saving The Dying From Suffering (Deccan Herald, Jackie Ashley , Oct 11, 2005)
The Lords debate on assisted dying gives Britons a long-overdue opportunity to end unnecessary suffering
- Gail Puts Ratnagiri Lng Project On Fast-Track (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2005)
A day after the visit of a high-level team to Dabhol, state-run gas utility Gail India has drawn up a tight schedule for completing the Ratnagiri LNG terminal.
- India's Water Economy — World Bank Prescription Does Not Hold Water (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Oct 11, 2005)
Even while conceding that the World Bank's report is correct in stating that investments in large water infrastructure in India reflect a Build-Neglect-Rebuild philosophy, it may be prudent to bear in mind that the document has been prepared by an entity
- An Improvement On The Past (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Oct 10, 2005)
IN most civilized countries, the issuance of a passport to a citizen is regarded as a fundamental right.
- Ending Algeria’S Agony (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Oct 10, 2005)
JUST as the travails of the Turkish people and their heroic war of independence under Mustafa Kemal aroused the passions of the Muslims of South Asia, the Algerian struggle for freedom burnt into the consciousness of the generation that grew up in 1950s.
- Off-Key At Chandigarh (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 10, 2005)
There was an air of the surreal, in retrospect, about the two-day assembly in the City Beautiful.
- Governors As Lynch-Pins (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Oct 10, 2005)
The Supreme Court judgment in Rameshwar Prasad vs Union of India, declaring the dissolution of the Bihar assembly to be unconstitutional, is a landmark.
- Change In Attitude (Greater Kashmir, Samuel Baid, Oct 10, 2005)
Last week Delhi had visitors from the part of Kashmir which is under Pakistan’s control.
- Police As Mission (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 10, 2005)
It is not the first time that responsible people in authority have talked about the need for the police force to behave like a true friend of the citizens at large.
- A Look At The Roc And Its Role (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 10, 2005)
The Registrar of Companies (RoC) plays a pivotal role in facilitating and promoting business culture.
- Karishma, Tamanna, Madhu... (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Oct 09, 2005)
For a stretch of nearly four consecutive days last week, if an overseas traveller happened to be on a brief visit to India and switched on the television to update himself about what was going on in this country,
- Turkey And Eu: Rough Road Ahead (Dawn, Shadaba Islam, Oct 09, 2005)
The opening on October 3 of Turkey’s negotiations to join the European Union was supposed to be a solemn affair, a ceremony marked by dignified speeches and toasts to the beginning of a new era in relations between Ankara and the 25-nation bloc.
- Making The Rti Act Effective (Tribune, Mandakini Devasher, Oct 09, 2005)
October 12 will be celebrated as Dusshera, the festival symbolising the triumph of good over evil.
- Strike: We Must Discipline The Indisciplined Lot (Tribune, J. L. Gupta, Oct 09, 2005)
Workers strike work. Flights cancelled. Bank, bus and train services disrupted. Commerce and industry suffer. Passengers are stranded. Millions are affected. Billions are lost.
- Rising Intolerance (Indian Express, Soli Sorabjee, Oct 09, 2005)
The rise of intolerance is alarming. Some years back, Zairus Banaji, because of his critical remarks about Narender Modi, was pushed out of the auditorium in Ahmedabad by Modi loyalists.
- Contempt Proceedings Against Govt. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2005)
High Court takes cognisance of reports on "violation" of its order on use of Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Notices sent to Editor and photographer of Dinamalar
Advocate-General to file report on measures taken by Government to comply with the order
- The Complex Battlefields Of Iraq (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Oct 08, 2005)
Deadly games are in progress in Iraq. The glue that held the state and its civil society together has been washed away by the Occupation and post-Occupation policies.
- India’S ‘Apartheid’ Under Us Gaze (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , Oct 08, 2005)
An unprecedented Congressional hearing on the caste system in India gets wide publicity on the Christian news networks.
- Sc Raps Bihar Dissolution (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2005)
The process of the four-phase elections from October 18 will go on as the apex court refused to revive the assembly.
- Truth Is Just Another Story (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Oct 08, 2005)
It’s a good thing the moral police, in Chennai, Benaras or wherever, do not seem too hot on chat shows.
- Maoist Tentacles (Statesman, JR MUKHERJEE, Oct 08, 2005)
The Maoist movement is very strong in Telengana in Andhra Pradesh; Bastar and other districts of Chattisgarh; the Gadchiroli and Chandrapur districts of Maharashtra;
- On Record (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 08, 2005)
India has always supported anti-imperialist struggles in other countries and taken a leading role in the non-aligned movement. It’s a pity that today the UPA government is supporting the USA which wants to stop Iran from developing nuclear energy . . .
- Breaking The Logjam In Nepal (Tribune, Suhas Chakma, Oct 08, 2005)
Although King Gyanendra’s cancellation of the visit to the UN General Assembly came as a morale booster to the democratic forces and the human rights defenders, the political stalemate is far from resolved.
- Exit Neera Yadav (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 08, 2005)
The Supreme Court’s order to the Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday to transfer tainted Chief Secretary Neera Yadav to another post is more than justified. The state government had no choice but to shift her as Chairperson, Board of Revenue.
- 'Practical' Theory Of Revolving Doors (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 08, 2005)
In diplomacy doors are never closed." So said External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh in Islamabad recently.
- Indonesia's Terror Dilemma (Asia Times, Bill Guerin, Oct 07, 2005)
The al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) organization once again has its footprints all over a series of suicide bomb blasts on the Indonesian resort island of Bali.
- Russia-Eu Ties — A Time Of Change (Hindu, Nikolai Kaveshnikov, Oct 07, 2005)
The Europeans have accepted in principle the Russians' initiative to replace the 1994 Partnership and Cooperation Agreement.
- Who Funds Indian Industry, Why It Matters (Business Line, Sumit K. Majumdar, Oct 07, 2005)
In an analysis of the ownership structure of Indian firms, the author finds that promoters have been making hay with India's substantial corporate assets while their own financial contributions amount to less than 2 per cent, on average, of a company's...
- Uncle Sam Takes Peek At Indian Caste System (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , Oct 07, 2005)
Having understood the differences between Shias and Sunnis, US lawmakers now examine the age-old caste system in India.
- A Brief History Of Development Economics (Business Line, Alok Ray, Oct 07, 2005)
An economist's answer to the question `how to promote growth' has substantially changed over time.
- India's Vote On Iran At Iaea — National Interest Versus Foreign Policy (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Oct 06, 2005)
An important factor underlying the position that New Delhi took on Iran at the IAEA was its desire to see international nuclear sanctions that India has endured for nearly three decades end as soon as possible.
- Many Faces Of Islamism (Hindu, Soumaya Ghannoushi, Oct 06, 2005)
Islam is the second-largest and the fastest-growing religion in the world. In its heartlands in Asia and Africa,
- Democratic Rule (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 06, 2005)
The ZP polls will bring the disarray in political parties to the fore
- Eu Elites Cannot Ignore Peoples' Views (Hindu, Jonathan Freedland, Oct 06, 2005)
Opening the door to Turkey was right, but EU expansion is bound to fail if the dreamers ignore the majority.
- Protest Today Is Criminalised (Deccan Herald, George Monbiot, Oct 06, 2005)
The police use terror laws to penalise dissent while we insist that civil liberties are West’s gift to the world
- On Corruption And Its `Sister Activity' — Taxation (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 06, 2005)
Duke Vincentio says in Measure For Measure, "I have seen corruption boil and bubble till it o'er-run the stew."
- Iran’S Violation Of Npt (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Oct 06, 2005)
MR P.V. Narasimha Rao and Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee displayed statesmanship, transcending political differences, to defeat a Pakistani move to get India condemned for alleged human rights violations in J&K at the United Nations Human Rights Commission . . .
- Forest Encroachment Unabated In Idukki, Says Panel Report (Hindu, P. Venugopal, Oct 06, 2005)
`Irretrievable loss to biodiversity, destruction of watersheds'
- Turkey’S Elusive Goal (Dawn, Tayyab Siddiqui, Oct 06, 2005)
October 3, 2005 will occupy a significant place in the political calendar of Turkey. The formal negotiations to discuss Turkey’s entry into European Union commenced on this day, though not entirely on an auspicious note.
- Gilgit On A Powder Keg (Daily Excelsior, Dr Golam Yazdani, Oct 06, 2005)
The situation in Pakistan's Northern Areas is becoming volatile with regular reports of gross human rights violations and the growing divide between various communities which, often, cause violent reprisals.
- A Landmark Event (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 06, 2005)
The start of negotiations on Turkey’s membership of the European Union this week is a landmark event with important strategic and global implications. By keeping its pledge to launch entry talks with Turkey on October 3 and accepting that a Muslim. . .
- China’S Transformation (Dawn, Niall Ferguson, Oct 06, 2005)
Imagine 20 Britains. Imagine three European Unions. Now you are beginning to get the idea about China, where more than a fifth of the human race resides.
- Are Tax Lures To Woo Investment Passé? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 06, 2005)
If you push on a piece of putty it will assume a new shape, and when you remove your hand it will not return to its original shape, or at least not immediately and not entirely.
- Civic Elections In Andhra (Tribune, C. Narendra Reddy, Oct 06, 2005)
The elections to the 11 corporations and 96 municipalities in Andhra Pradesh are a watershed in many ways.
- Ensure Faster And Simpler Justice: Manmohan (Hindu, Siddharth Narrain , Oct 06, 2005)
A stable legal system is essential to the sound economic growth of the country
- Fresh Us Offensive Leave Sunnis Fumming In Iraq (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Oct 05, 2005)
Sunnis see in the Iraqi parliament’s move to amend election laws, another bid to marginalise them from determining their future.
- Seer Case: Sc Can’T Digest Local Court’S Ways (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2005)
Shankaracharya’s counsel said the police filed the chargesheet in a Kancheepuram court on January 10, which was a closed holiday.
- Why India Needs Iranian Gas (Business Line, S. Narayan, Oct 04, 2005)
New Delhi backing Brussels in the IAEA vote against Teheran could jeopardise the supply of gas by Iran to India. This India can ill afford because the gas would come at a very good price that New Delhi may not get elsewhere.
- The Day Britain Lost The Plot In Iraq (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 04, 2005)
The image of a British soldier in flames trying to jump out of his burning tank after it was set on fire by an angry Iraqi mob in Basra on September 19 has increased pressure on Prime Minister Tony Blair to withdraw the troops.
- Nobel Prize's Changing Landscape (Hindu, Jon Henley, Oct 04, 2005)
Perhaps the best indication that the peace prize makes a difference is the fact that it has managed to maintain its prestige.
- Legal Process Outsourcing — The Argument For India (Business Line, Dorothy Thomas, Oct 03, 2005)
In Today's competitive world of business, gaining efficiency and staying profitable have become the corporate mantras. Most international law firms based in the US and Europe are taking the Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO) route to be lucrative.
- Minor Matter (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2005)
In India, certain things change slowly, and certain things do not change at all. The confused situation pertaining to adoption laws has not shown any change for years, in spite of the continuing campaign for a uniformly applicable adoption law. The space
- Udaipur’S Lakes Of Corruption (Indian Express, Jagat S Mehta, Oct 03, 2005)
In April this year, the Express broke a story on how Udaipur’s lakes were being put up for sale.
- Gender Bias In A Patriarchal Society (Dawn, Omar R. Quraishi, Oct 03, 2005)
Much has been written and said about President Musharraf’s reported remarks to the Washington Post during his recent visit to the US that there are some in Pakistan who think that women who get raped do so in order to get visas to western countries or ...
- The Crisis Of State Government Debt (Daily Excelsior, Sisir Basu, Oct 03, 2005)
The Central Government has taken it upon itself to extend the terms of reference of Twelfth Finance Commissions to cover issues of fiscal sustainability of State Governments.
- Rahul Causes A Tehelka' (Daily Excelsior, Kshama Sunil, Oct 03, 2005)
It could not have come at a worse time. The Rahul Gandhi 'interview' has come at a time when the Congress was getting its act together in Bihar along with Lalu Prasad Yadav's RJD and other allies to put its best foot forward ahead of the Assembly polls.
- The Man Who "Determined The Ethos Of An Era" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2005)
The story of this manuscript is as fascinating as the life it chronicles. Written in 1939, lost in 1949 and discovered in 1989, K. Sundararaghavan's biography of `Hindu' S. Kasturiranga Iyengar was a piece of history 66 years . . .
- Prestigious Post For Halim (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Oct 02, 2005)
Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee introduced last week the newly elected Chairman of the Executive of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Hashim Abdul Halim, to New Delhi’s press corps.
- Parliament’S Role In Governance (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Oct 02, 2005)
Many questions hang over the future of democracy in Pakistan, but none more vexing than the role of parliament in governance and its place in public life. So far it has played little part in both.
- Sharon’S Terms For Peace (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Oct 02, 2005)
AS a result of its first war with the Arabs (1948-49), Israel came into possession of about 80 per cent of Palestine.
- Hinduism And Gandhi (Statesman, Jagmohan , Oct 02, 2005)
To follow a shallow and superficial secularism is one of the worst sins that the false prophets of contemporary India are committing
- Malaysian Firm To Pay Damages To Deceived Indian Workers (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 02, 2005)
A Malaysian court has asked a local company to pay 48 Indian nationals a total of 500,000 ringgit ($132,640) in damages for not paying them the promised salary when they joined it, the New Strait Times reported on Saturday.
- Congress Sweeps Civic Chiefs' Election (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2005)
Bags 79 Chairperson and 9 Mayor posts; elections in 3 municipalities and Guntur Corporation postponed
- Agricultural Income And Aggregation (Business Line, R. Anand, Oct 01, 2005)
If a minor has only agricultural income, there can be no clubbing, says R. Anand citing a recent Tribunal ruling
- On Record (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 01, 2005)
The Prime Minister is directly responsible for this state of affairs. The CPI-M and Left parties cannot countenance this new direction of foreign policy. — Mr Prakash Karat, on India’s vote against Iran at the IAEA.
- Daughters Better Off Than Sons (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Oct 01, 2005)
T. C. A. Ramanujam discusses the far-reaching amendments made to the Hindu law on succession
- We Have Met With Foes That Strike Beside Us' (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 30, 2005)
Strike means many things, apart from closed banks and cancelled flights, halted assembly lines and a frustrated common man. In today's context,
- The Ongc Stand-Off — Should Psus Remain Govt Departments Or Behave Like Corporates? (Business Line, Ashok Upadhyaya, Sep 30, 2005)
The ONGC imbroglio has provided the premise for a national debate on the relationship between owners and management of PSUs, a debate that had died a somewhat whimpering death when the focus shifted in the mid-1990s to the problems of divestment p er se.
- ‘We Need A Stick Here In India’ (Deccan Herald, Dipti Nair, Sep 30, 2005)
Arindam Chaudhuri, economist, management guru and author of the well-known bestseller, Count Your Chickens Before They Hatch (CYCBTH), has a way with words just as he has a way with management theories. He loves to twist them around.
- Divine-Inspired Islamic Law (Dawn, Syed Imam-ud-Din Asad, Sep 30, 2005)
Islamic law comprises rules of conduct revealed by God to His Prophet (peace be upon him) whereby people are directed to lead their lives.
- India's Courts: The Long Wait For Justice (Hindu, N.L. Rajah, Sep 30, 2005)
The situation in the Madras High Court highlights the truth that the Indian judiciary is distressingly understaffed and underfunded — therefore hard pressed to deliver justice.
- ‘We Need A Stick Here In India’ (Hindu, Dipti Nair, Sep 30, 2005)
Arindam Chaudhuri, economist, management guru and author of the well-known bestseller, Count Your Chickens Before They Hatch (CYCBTH), has a way with words just as he has a way with management theories. He loves to twist them around.
- Setting An Agenda For The Oic Summit (Dawn, Ahsan Iqbal, Sep 29, 2005)
The conference of the scholars and intellectuals representing different countries of the ummah called by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques,
- History For Children (Telegraph, Tapas Majumdar, Sep 29, 2005)
The strange twist that the study of the past takes in India
- Start At The Very Beginning (Telegraph, Uttam Sengupta, Sep 29, 2005)
The recent Jharkhand high court ruling raises fundamental questions about constitutional guarantees for the weak, writes Uttam Sengupta
- The Ignored Media Issues (Tribune, N. Bhaskara Rao, Sep 29, 2005)
The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has been active, off late, to catch up with the long-pending issues related to FM radio, DTH, FDI, etc. The minister should be complimented on taking the initiative of holding a series of consultations with ....
- Ranil Promises Political Solution To Ethnic Conflict (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Sep 29, 2005)
United National Party's presidential poll manifesto vows to defeat separatism in Sri Lanka
Seeks mandate to reach consensus with SLFP
Assures separate Ministry for the war displaced
Muslims will be represented in peace talks
- Rehnuma Is No Prose In Praise As You Mean (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Sep 29, 2005)
The book has a depth which you have not been able to fathom, Prof. Syed Habib, the author of Rehnuma, a biography of Prof. Agha Ashraf, reacts to the book review published in Greater Kashmir
In the name of the merciful Lord of mercy.
- Is It A Case Of Too Much Of A Good Thing? (Hindu, Harish Khare , Sep 28, 2005)
Judges increasingly find themselves getting involved in adjudicating essentially political disputes. This trend ought to be reversed. The institutional balance originally envisaged in the Constitution must be restored.
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