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Articles 5621 through 5720 of 11444:
- Judiciary And Legislature — Confrontation Or Co-Operation? (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Sep 02, 2005)
The framers of the Constitution considered it undesirable to give unfettered powers to the Legislature. Judicial review was set as a check. Yet, far from the Judiciary indulging in making or restating the law, it is the Legislature that has often been....
- Ludicrous Comparison (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 02, 2005)
Haunted by all the outrageous fibs fabricated against Iraq — possession of weapons of mass destruction, ability to launch them at 45 minutes' notice,
- Ominous Signs In Iraq (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Sep 02, 2005)
The Arabs and Turks now feel the dispensation in Iraq could fragment the country and destabilise the West Asian region.
- If God Exists, Why Did The Tsunami Happen? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Sep 02, 2005)
After last year’s tsunami, believers have been grappling with a couple of simple questions: How does God allow something so devastating as this to take place? If it was “karma”, how is it that nearly 300,000 people from 46 countries, many of them . . .
- State Of Relations With The Us (Dawn, Tayyab Siddiqui, Sep 02, 2005)
Much has been written on the significance of Manmohan Singh’s July visit to the US and on the likely impact of the defence agreements signed in the context of Pakistan’s security environment.
- Cause And Effect Of Inequality Syndrome (Daily Excelsior, Sisir Basu, Sep 01, 2005)
India is on the path to sustained growth. But India’s poor are many and their incomes and consumption are not rising as fast as those of the rich. Our administrative apparatus and procedures have failed in delivering opportunities to them.
- Manmohan Singh Invites Hurriyat For Peace Talks (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Sep 01, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh invited the Hurriyat Conference, Kashmir's main political separatist alliance, on Wednesday for peace talks, aiming to resume a dialogue stalled for a year, and the group accepted his invitation
- Children Dying Of Hunger Haunt Maharashtra (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Sep 01, 2005)
With the monsoon coming to a close, the Maharashtra government has begun its annual charade of downplaying the deaths of children from malnutrition in different parts of the state.
- Tampering With Texts (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Sep 01, 2005)
The strange ideas of the Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Mr Suraj Bhan, tend to confirm the view that Indians do not care much about history.
- Bihar Court Battle Gets Bigger (Telegraph, R. VENKATARAMAN, Sep 01, 2005)
A five-member Constitution bench will decide whether the upcoming Bihar elections should be stalled and the dissolved Assembly revived, making Indian history.
- 843 Die In Stampede (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
At least 843 persons were trampled to death or drowned in a stampede in the Iraqi capital today after a deadly mortar attack on a sacred shrine where more than one million Shiite Muslim pilgrims were massed.
- Constitutional Obligation (Deccan Herald, Ambrose Pinto S J, Sep 01, 2005)
Colleges must be free to make admissions but they cannot say ‘no’ to the constitutional obligation of quotas
- Warrant Against Minister Srinivas (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
The Mulbagal JMFC Court on Tuesday issued a non-bailable warrant against Horticulture Minister Alangur Srinivas and others for their repeated absence in an assault case involving the Tahsildar.
- Sc Turns Down Plea To Stay Bihar Polls (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
With the Supreme Court refusing to order a stay on the poll process, decks are cleared for Bihar Assembly elections.
- Bharti Project Puts Gaur Government In A Dilemma (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
Panch-J project becomes a bone of contention in Madhya Pradesh
- Enough Space For Regional Identities: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
These are not inimical to our concept of nationhood, he tells NIC
Technology enables people to preserve and promote their unique cultures
We must lay emphasis on harmony rather than uniformity
- How To Stop Civil War (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 01, 2005)
Between the idea and the reality falls the shadow of occupation. Whatever the parliamentarians in Iraq do to try to prevent total meltdown, their efforts are compromised by the fact that their power grows from the barrel of someone else’s gun.
- Oriya An Emotive Issue (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 31, 2005)
When the Jharkhand government chose to accord official status to Santhali and Bengali languages and not to Oriya, the people of Orissa had every reason to feel let down.
- How To Avoid Civil War In Iraq (Hindu, George Monbiot, Aug 31, 2005)
Between the idea and the reality falls the shadow of occupation. Whatever the parliamentarians in Iraq do to try to prevent total meltdown,
- A Politics Of Transfusion In Maharashtra (Hindu, Ranjit Hoskote, Aug 31, 2005)
The Congress, the NCP, and the Shiv Sena all represent various facets of a public sphere that has become increasingly intolerant of dissent or difference.
- New Constructions Near Water Bodies, Catchment Areas Opposed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
Protection of natural resources sought at public hearing on Hussainsagar Protection of natural resources sought at public hearing on Hussainsagar
Feeble support for beautification of Necklace Road
1,300-acre-Hussainsagar lakebed shrunk to 900 acres
- Mamata Plans Stir To Stall Land Acquisition For Projects (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
The party will also bombard the government with as many cases as possible against the planned land acquisition.
- Drafting Iraqi Constitution (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Aug 31, 2005)
AT long last the deed has been done. The committee set up to draft a new constitution has presented the document it finalized to the Iraqi parliament, not for approval but for information. In accordance with the specified procedure, this constitution
- Parliamentary Farce (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 31, 2005)
The National Assembly's session that opened on Monday and the disgraceful conduct of the treasury benches simply reinforce the view that is gaining ground that neither the government nor the political leaders attach much importance to democratic . . .
- A Disaster’S Peace Dividend (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 31, 2005)
The tsunami that devastated large swathes of Asia last December also sparked hope that it would force opponents in civil wars to abandon armed struggle in favour of cooperation and rebuilding. That has been true in Indonesia but not in Sri Lanka.
- Challenges Of Disability (Tribune, Amar Chandel, Aug 30, 2005)
India happens to have the largest number of persons with disability in the world,with the 2001 census estimating their number to be 22 million. The actual number could be more than twice as much.
- Indian Diplomats Meet Convicted Spy Today (Dawn, Raja Asghar, Aug 30, 2005)
Pakistan said on Monday Indian diplomats would meet a convicted Indian spy on death row in a Lahore jail on Tuesday in the latest of efforts to save his life while the two rival nations are also discussing release of hundreds of each other’s nationals. .
- Will The Draft Iraqi Constitution Succeed? (Hindu, Rory Carroll , Aug 30, 2005)
Noboyd Said drafting Iraq's constitution would be easy. And nobody said Sunday's result was destined to succeed. But it was a result.
- Freedom, Above All (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 30, 2005)
In a chilling operation on Sunday night, members of the Punjab Police spirited away this website’s newspaper’s reporter, Gautam Dheer.
- Unheard Of Outcomes (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Aug 30, 2005)
The Finance Minister Mr P. Chidambaram is no stranger to advocacy, paid or otherwise.
- Judges Deserve Justice (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 30, 2005)
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law and Justice has rightly recommended a raise in the pension of the judges of the Supreme Court and the High Courts. In its report introduced in Parliament,
- Villagers Decry "Double Standards" In Eviction Move In Manapparai Block (Hindu, R. Krishnamoorthy, Aug 30, 2005)
Hundreds of villagers residing for decades in the water-spread areas of tanks in the Manapparai block were taken aback by the eviction notice issued by the Manapparai municipality to vacate their dwellings in 10 days.
- Understand It Before Undoing It (Indian Express, M Rama Jois, Aug 29, 2005)
There is a furore over the recent Supreme Court judgment relating to the right of managements of private unaided professional colleges to formulate rules for admissions to their colleges. But there is little understanding behind the uproar.
- Employment Guarantee Shield (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Aug 29, 2005)
The National Rural Employment Guarantee (NREG) Bill has been passed but the debate it engendered will possibly never achieve closure given the polarised positions on it.
- Din And Siasat --- To (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 29, 2005)
"Juda ho din siasat se to reh jati hai Changaizi" (when a religious belief leaves politics, what takes over is tyranny).
- Water Will Flow From Tungabhadra By Next June (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2005)
Mr B K Gokhale, Chairman of the Tungabhadra Board, told pressmen here today that the entire work on the irrigation side of the Tungabhadra Project would be completed by June 1956 and on the hydro-electric side by the middle of 1957.
- Meet The Contemporaries (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Aug 28, 2005)
To begin with, it shall be appropriate to talk of the literary get-together, arranged by J&K Academy of Art, Culture and Languages, on 23rd evening of August, 05 at Tagore Hall Srinagar. The ‘eminent contemporary’, that we were face to face with, was . .
- 'I Am Not Trying To Make General Dyer A Hero' (Deccan Herald, Dipti Nair, Aug 28, 2005)
Nigel Collett, 52, is sort of an accidental tourist in India. Author of the much-talked about biography of General Dyer, The Butcher of Amritsar, Collett would have easily bypassed India had Dyer never committed the carnage at Jallianwala Bagh in 1919. .
- Iraqi Constitution Does Not Have Broad Vision (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Aug 27, 2005)
The Iraqi Constitution poses a danger to Iraq’s very existence as a country, as it is an imposition by the occupying power
- Al-Qaeda Planning Attack On Asian Financial Centre? (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
Al-Qaeda is planning an attack on a big financial centre in Asia — such as Tokyo, Sydney or Singapore — to undermine investor confidence in the region, a top French investigator said.
- Genesis Of The Dispute (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Aug 27, 2005)
Kashmir dispute has a history and the struggle is based on reason, Mian Manzoor Ahmad responds to the article by Paul Beerman
- U.S. States Bypass Bush; Set To Sign Pact On Freezing Gas Emissions (Hindu, Julian Borger , Aug 27, 2005)
The region generates the same volume of pollutants as Germany
America's north-eastern States are on the brink of a declaration of environmental independence with the introduction of mandatory controls on greenhouse gas emissions of the kind rejected. .
- Into Election Mode (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Aug 27, 2005)
The Sri Lankan Supreme Court's unanimous verdict that the Presidential election should be held later this year has ended a nearly year-long period of uncertainty and put the island-nation in election mode.
- Al-Qaeda To Attack Asia's Financial Hubs? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
Al-Qaeda could be planning an attack on Asian financial centres to try to undermine investor confidence in the region, a senior French anti-terrorism judge said in an interview.
- Clb Issues Notices On Hpl Share Allotment (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 27, 2005)
The Company Law Board (CLB) has issued notices to all the respondents, the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation,
- Arbitration Processes Should Be Faster, Says Former Judge (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
In spite of sweeping changes in the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996, there are still several areas which need attention to make the legislation purposeful and meaningful, says S. Natarajan, former Supreme Court Judge.
- Fighting Legacy Of Partition (Daily Excelsior, Aditya Nath Dar, Aug 26, 2005)
In a changing world order after the end of the cold war a number of issues at the international level will prevent India from pursuing its main national interests
- Tony Blair’S New Game (Dawn, Sayeed Hasan Khan and Kurt Jacobsen, Aug 26, 2005)
After the bloody London bomb attacks British Prime Minister Tony Blair warned, with an underlying touch of authoritarian glee, that “the rules of the game are changing.”
- The Price Tag Of Alliance With The Us (Dawn, Mustafa Malik, Aug 26, 2005)
In his Independence Day message President Pervez Musharraf reiterated his vow to defeat terrorists and extremists.
- Governors As Tools (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 26, 2005)
There are very rightly many admirers of Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Union Minister Jagmohan in this State.
- Faith In Women Demands That You Trust Them Without Reservation (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 26, 2005)
These are days when almost half the news is reserved for reservation, be it about quota in private colleges, or of seats of power for women.
- Partial Victory : But Will Kang Be Able To Perform? (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 26, 2005)
If GS Kang needed a reason to resume his charge as Bihar chief secretary — after abruptly going on leave on 29 July — it came when the Governor divested his adviser,
- Release Sarabjit: India To Pak (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
India today asked Pakistan to consider the release of Sarabjit Singh, who has been sentenced to death by the Pakistan Supreme Court, on humanitarian grounds.
- Venezuela: A Country On The Edge (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 26, 2005)
Venezuela is living in the shadow of the other 11 September. In 1972, on a day synonymous with death, Salvador Allende
- Cancelling Out O’Reilly (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 25, 2005)
When the Vietnam war was going on, a man stood in front of then secretary of defence Robert McNamara’s window at the Pentagon and set himself on fire to protest against the war.
- Bandh Karo Bandh Ko (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 25, 2005)
is obviously because of our common past that we in the Indian sub-continent have certain identical traits --- positive as well as negative --- whether we are in this country or in Pakistan or Bangladesh on our two sides.
- Eye Of The Law (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 25, 2005)
Government speaks up on the fatwa
The government’s clarification on the fatwa has come rather late in the day...
- Bittersweet Fruits Of Incorporation (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Aug 25, 2005)
Corporatisation has mixed results, says S. Murlidharan
- Reviving The Case Against Ms. Mayawati (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 25, 2005)
The Central Vigilance Commission's report to the Supreme Court has exposed the Central Bureau of Investigation's politically-fixed attempt to give a quiet burial to the Taj Heritage Corridor scam case.
- Riddled With Contradictions (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 25, 2005)
While the committee mandated to draw up Iraq's constitution submitted its draft minutes before the expiry of the August 22 deadline, the interim parliament decided to wait for another three days before voting on the measure.
- A Pivotal Moment For 'Axis Of Evil' (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2005)
US Attitudes toward Iran and North Korea may be doing an about-face as Tehran talks tough and Pyongyang softens its line.
- Does Economy Need The Bull Run? (Business Line, Alok Ray, Aug 24, 2005)
The current global perception seems to be that the sustained bull-run is not due to any "irrational exuberance" but a vote of confidence in a resurgent India.
- Nepal: Dangerous Drift (Tribune, S.D. Muni, Aug 24, 2005)
A recent study published in an American journal places Nepal at the 37th place in a list of 60 prospective failing states all over the world.
- India Must Play Mediator Between The Muslims And The West’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2005)
A member of the House of Lords, Bhikhu Parekh has been living in the UK for over four decades.
- India : Democracy Eroded (Daily Excelsior, Rakesh Bahl, Aug 24, 2005)
The constitution of In-dia is known to be the best document written and enacted in the world of democracy, but practically the facts on ground seem to be diametrically opposite to the principals of government formation and governance.
- Listen To Nowshera Women (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 24, 2005)
A group of women from Nowshera agitated outside the office of the Election Commission of Pakistan in Islamabad on Monday against,
- Sense And Consensus (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Aug 24, 2005)
Anyone looking at political debate on economic issues recently might be forgiven for thinking that politics in India is all sweetness and light.
- Un Resolutions Obsolete For Solving K-Issue (Daily Excelsior, L C Kaul, Aug 23, 2005)
Addressing a public meeting organised by Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, on the first anniversary of the party, at Hyderpura,
- Hyphenated Americans (Tribune, F.S. Aijazuddin, Aug 23, 2005)
The phrase “Cablinasian” was coined by Tiger Woods, the US golf phenomenon, to describe his parentage....
- Minimum Wage Must Be Treated As Sacrosanct (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Aug 23, 2005)
The guarantee of employment at a wage rate less than the statutory minimum — as the draft EGA stipulates — will undermine the broad purpose of the law and set a bad precedent.
- Bad For The Soul (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2005)
Man’s ingenuity is matter for pure wonder. One of the most amazing petitions to the Supreme Court recently has suggested that newspapers be graded, that is, rated and labelled as films are, according to content
- True Islam Or Islamic Formalism? (Dawn, Mansoor Alam, Aug 22, 2005)
Bernard Lewis, a western scholar of Islam recently wrote a book with the title “What went wrong?”
- Poisoned Planet (Statesman, YP GUPTA, Aug 22, 2005)
It is seriously questioned these days whether petroleum, the harbinger of modern civilisation,
- Pm Exhorts Naxals To Join Mainstream (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today did some tough talking on Naxalite movement, even while asking the ultra Left organisations to prove their mettle in the battle of the ballot rather than pursuing a policy of bullets.
- South Africa — Empowering Enterprise On Merit, Not Numbers (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Aug 22, 2005)
Diagonal Street in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa, houses several Indian-owned retail stores
- The Death Of A Ceasefire Agreement (Hindu, Rohini Hensman, Aug 22, 2005)
The Ceasfire Agreement (CFA) of 2002 is dead: it breathed its last when Lakshman Kadirgamar was assassinated. When members of one party to a ceasefire agreement (the LTTE)
- Should Putin Have A Third Term In Office? (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Aug 22, 2005)
While Vladimir Putin has stated time and again that he intends respecting the Constitution, which allows only two consecutive terms, there are many who keep proposing ways of extending his stay in power.
- Illegality And Irregularity — The Quintessential Difference (Business Line, H. P. Ranina, Aug 20, 2005)
The two expressions are to be distinguished on the touchstone of curability.
- Varavara Rao Arrested For Naxalite-Links (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 20, 2005)
Two days after reimposing the ban on Maoist groups, Andhra Pradesh police today launched a crackdown on Naxalite sympathisers and arrested former emissaries Varavara Rao and Kalyan Rao and warned of similar action against “revolutionary” balladeer Gadar.
- Not Forgetting The Gujarat Carnage (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 20, 2005)
A pakistan television network based in Dubai asked me whether Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would tender his apology to Indian Muslims as he had done in the case of Sikhs for the Delhi riots 21 years after the violence
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