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Articles 10421 through 10520 of 35809:
- Need For Interaction And Crisis Management (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, May 29, 2006)
On 17 May 2004, the nation watched with disbelief as stock prices dropped 10 per cent within minutes after trading started for the day. A Sebi official later said that the ‘‘velocity of the fall in stock prices was second only to the great crash . . .
- Finetune Prescription (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 29, 2006)
Hasty solutions to the quota conundrum will destroy a chance to overhaul the system of higher education
- Sebi Gets More Elbow Room To Enforce Discipline (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, May 29, 2006)
It comes following a Supreme Court order laying down a set of principles for trying financial crime.
- Uma To Launch Telangana Movement (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Bharatiya Jana Shakti (BJS) President Uma Bharti today announced that the BJS would launch a movement for a separate Telangana with the slogan “Jai Telangana, Jai Sriram” at the earliest.
- Cpm Invites Non-Nda Parties To Join Hands (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
At the end of the CPI(M)’s two-day Politburo meeting here today, the party General Secretary, Mr Prakash Karat declared they would invite all other non-NDA partners to join them in their struggle against the UPA’s “anti-people”policies.
- Cool Tidings (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 29, 2006)
You can almost smell the wet earth as dark clouds drift in over the Arabian sea and shower Kerala with the first rains of the South-West monsoon – six days early.
- The Part Is Not The Whole (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , May 29, 2006)
Exciting news. Tycoons presiding over international finance capital have taken to reading what was hitherto subversive literature; they have been bowled over by Marx.
- Doesn’T Help To Typecaste (Indian Express, Pradipta Chaudhury, May 29, 2006)
Caste as a criterion in public policy is not supported by available evidence
- India Joins Rush To Help (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
India has joined the international community in offering relief and assistance to Indonesia in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake that hit Java.
- China To Promote Its Culture Abroad To Dissolve "China Threat" (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
China will strive to dissolve the global misconception of its fast development as the "China threat" in the wake of its rapid economic and military might, by making its traditional value systems like harmony known to the world.
- After Nepal, Prachanda Plots Mayhem In Bihar (Pioneer, Amarnath Tewary, May 29, 2006)
After virtually dethroning the Nepal King, the Maoists have now shifted their focus to Bihar. At a recently held meeting in Rajgir, Nepali and Indian Maoists sat together and chalked out a blueprint to create mayhem in Bihar.
- Reservation Or Retrogression? (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, May 29, 2006)
Politics is about creating 'vote-banks' and the 'reservation' game being played is essentially to divide the other backward classes (OBC) as also to check mate Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav in the Assembly election early next year.
- Gilgit People Damn Pak's Bhasha Dam Project (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, May 29, 2006)
People of Gilgit are up in arms against Pakistan Government over the proposed Bhasha Dam, whose benefits will to go to North Western Frontier Province (NFWP). It would inundate 32 villages of Gilgit and render 30,000 people homeless.
- Realty Firms Still Gung-Ho Over Ipos (Pioneer, PTI, May 29, 2006)
Real estate growth seems to have come out unscathed by gauging the market sentiments, which is yet to fully recover from the recent turbulent conditions, as investors go gung-ho over both the upcoming initial public offers and already listed realty . . .
- Quota Row Goes To Court, Sc Will Hear Pil Today (Indian Express, R VENKATARAMAN, May 29, 2006)
27% OBC Reservation: Petitioner wants proposed quota law & Constitutional amendment quashed, says issue was settled by SC
- Beep Beep, The Fm (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 29, 2006)
Some ministers are better than others in using technology to cut through red tape.
- In Margins Of History (Pioneer, Ajoy Bose, May 29, 2006)
Manmohan Singh seems to have lost the confidence of Sonia Gandhi, who was the biggest source of support for the technocrat Prime Minister.
- Caution: Left Hand Drive (Pioneer, Anil Narendra, May 29, 2006)
Assembly results do not augur well for the two largest political parties as coalition era seems to have reached the States as well, says Anil Narendra
- Nepal Army Pledges To Obey New Government (Reuters, Gopal Sharma, May 29, 2006)
The chief of Nepal's army said on Sunday the military would accept the orders of the new government, his first comments since parliament curbed King Gyanendra's powers including his control over the armed forces.
- Us Pressure On Gmp (Daily Excelsior, Satyendra Pratap Singh, May 29, 2006)
The Bush administration is pressing hard that India should liberalise its import policy of oil-yielding crops, coarse grains, fruits and vegetables.
- Quotas By Fiat (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 29, 2006)
Blaming the politicians for keeping caste biases alive, Prof Andre Beteille insists that reservations will lead to social polarisation.
- Keep The Local Jokers Out Of The Pack (The Financial Express, Saumitra Chaudhuri, May 29, 2006)
The global melt affected emerging markets, but local factors worsened the intensity in India.
- Political Chaos In Bangladesh (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 29, 2006)
The Bangladesh Supreme Court has asked the Election Commission to update the electoral lists used for the 2001 polls and rejected the new voters’ list drawn up for the January’s parliamentary elections as ‘invalid’.
- Insurgency And Friendship Cannot Go Together (Daily Excelsior, Brig. (Retd.) S.N. Sachadeva, May 29, 2006)
Certain issues bordering on civil-military relations have been rattling the military mind for quite sometime.
- Gathering Storm (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 29, 2006)
Munda must find a way out of his failures
- Speculators’ Paradise (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 29, 2006)
The recent disaster in the stock market should at least make authorities wake up and find out ways and means to prevent its recurrence.
- Raha’S Exit (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 29, 2006)
The confusion amidst which Subir Raha, the former CMD, ONGC, ended his tenure, indicates once again, the glaring absence of succession planning in the Indian corporate sector.
- More Rhetorical Than Real (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 29, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf has called for optimal utilisation of resources for a visible improvement in the life of the common man by initiating development projects and creating jobs at the grassroots level.
- Jam Speaks Of Foreign Hand In Balochistan (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Mohammad Yousuf has said that foreign hand is involved in the ongoing terrorism and subversion in Balochistan. In an interview with Pakistan Observer in Islamabad on Saturday, he categorically said that no one will be . . .
- India To Work With Nepal In Fostering Democracy (Pioneer, PTI, May 29, 2006)
"India is ready to work with Nepal in the development and fostering of democracy in the Himalayan country", said Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma during talks with Nepal's Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister K P Sharma Oli here . . .
- Performing-Well Capped (Business Standard, Sunil Jain, May 29, 2006)
His very first communication to staffers on May 25, 2001, said that one of the “C”s they needed to avoid was corruption and the second, a new year message, said that 64 of the 147 cases of corruption being examined against ONGC officers had been . . .
- Make Quotas Price-Based (Business Standard, Bibek Debroy, May 29, 2006)
Add up all the expenses the UPA’s planned, and just give the money to everyone for voting Congress.
- Rbi Stand On Fdi In Proprietary Firms Delays Fipb Decisions (Business Line, Ambarish Mukherjee, May 29, 2006)
Give reasoned comments, apex bank told
- Progress On Sir Creek (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 29, 2006)
BY agreeing on a joint survey of the Sir Creek ahead of a 2009 UN deadline for final demarcation of maritime borders, Pakistan and India have given a further push to the on-going composite dialogue.
- The U.S. Will To War (Frontline, AIJAZ AHMAD, May 29, 2006)
What drives the `sole superpower' inexorably towards perpetual warfare?
- An Elusive Deal (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 29, 2006)
Without a concerted political push to overcome the well-known hurdles, the Doha Round talks will get nowhere.
- What Is National Interest? (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 28, 2006)
The genesis of ‘national interest’ came into focus when APNS chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rehman asserted at the 18th APNS Award ceremony in Islamabad on Friday that it has been used as a whip to control the Press in the country.
- Rbi Issues Fair Practice Guidelines For Nbfcs (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, May 28, 2006)
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today issued draft guidelines on fair
practices code for non-banking finance companies (NBFCs), which it has
proposed to make applicable from June 30, 2006.
- Minority Government In Tamil Nadu (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, May 28, 2006)
The DMK's manifesto and alliance arithmetic enable M. Karunanidhi to take charge as Chief Minister for the fifth time in Tamil Nadu.
- Towards An Alternative (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, May 28, 2006)
Voters in Tamil Nadu have begun to think of an alternative to the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which have alternately ruled the State for 40 years.
- Coalition In Assam (Frontline, Sushanta Talukdar, May 28, 2006)
The Congress returns to power in Assam, but with Bodo support which will be difficult to handle.
- Should The Troops Come Home Now? (Jordan Times, Ian Bremmer, May 28, 2006)
Last weekend’s announcement that Iraqi lawmakers have finally formed a unity government is welcome news, both for Iraq and for George W. Bush and Tony Blair.
- Mof And Rbi: Get Real (Business Standard, Surjit S Bhalla, May 28, 2006)
In passing the buck, everyone is worse off.
The recent financial market crisis in India has all the appearances of a murder mystery—all the usual suspects are crying foul play and blaming the other guy. Some are even chanting, as would make . . .
- Affirmative Action (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 28, 2006)
The Manmohan Singh government should be commended for its prudent dealings in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Why Peace? (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, May 28, 2006)
Autonomy" and "self rule" have entered the rubric of the Kashmir peace process. During this week's Round Table Conference for which Prime Minister Manmohan Singh travelled to . . .
- A Life Of Service (Hindu, ANDREW WYATT, May 28, 2006)
Akkamma Devi was the first woman graduate from the Badaga community .
- Talk To The Real People (Pioneer, AJAI SAHNI, May 28, 2006)
The discourse on Jammu and Kashmir is currently and overwhelmingly defined by those who resort to terrorism, their sponsors and their front organisations.
- Need To Accelerate Ipi Project (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 28, 2006)
Pakistan and Iran have declared that they would not succumb to any external pressure on the multi-billion dollar gas pipeline saying that the project should be initiated soon.
- Manmohan's Failure (Business Standard, T N Ninan, May 28, 2006)
The most important strategic issue facing India is not a nuisance called Pakistan; it is not nuclear elbow-room via a deal with the United States; and it is not getting a permanent seat in the Security Council. Instead, it is the rise of China.
- The ‘Charter Of Democracy’ (Dawn, Anwar Syed, May 28, 2006)
The “charter of democracy” that Ms Benazir Bhutto and Mian Nawaz Sharif issued on May 15, 2006, is noteworthy both for what it does say and that which it omits.
- Making False Promises (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, May 28, 2006)
The doings of the government and other public institutions are being increasingly marked more by propaganda than by commitment to the people’s welfare.
- Left Sweep Poet In Disguise (Frontline, SUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAY, May 28, 2006)
The Left Front wins for the seventh consecutive time, with a whopping three-fourths majority, in West Bengal.
- Ascendant Left (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, May 28, 2006)
The May 2006 Assembly elections place the Left in its strongest ever position in India's parliamentary and legislative history.
- My Seat, Mai Baap (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, May 28, 2006)
Most people of my generation got their first exposure to the complexities of national politics through the dark phase of the Emergency.
- Sex Racket In Srinagar (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 28, 2006)
Despite saturation coverage of the protests against a commercial sex racket in Srinagar, their political content has passed unexamined.
- Irrepressible Metropolis (Hindu, Gowri Ramnarayan, May 28, 2006)
Filmmaker Madhusree Dutta's "Seven Islands and a Metro" focusses on the invisible citizens who keep the city's wheels running.
- Straining Ceasefire (Frontline, V.S. Sambandan, May 28, 2006)
A full-fledged but undeclared politico-military conflict is under way between the Sri Lankan state and the separatists.
- Growth Rate Myth (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 28, 2006)
The Congress should understand that faceless economic growth will not provide jobs to the
- Kashmir Problem Biggest Challenge For India’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 28, 2006)
Speaker of the Indian lower house, Somnath Chatterjee has said the Kashmir problem is the biggest challenge facing India and expressed the hope that it will be resolved.
- Nationalising Natural Resources (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, May 28, 2006)
Bolivia takes major steps towards reclaiming its natural resources by nationalising its hydrocarbon sector.
- Arcelor, Severstal May Purchase More Steel Assets (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 28, 2006)
Arcelor and Severstal will consider more acquisitions after uniting to become the supplier of one-fifth of the steel used in the auto industry worldwide, senior company executives said on Saturday.
- Island Paradise (Hindu, S. Vijay Kumar, May 28, 2006)
Travel, shopping, dining, water sports, entertainment and some of the world's finest hotels — Bali has something for everyone.
- India And The Asean (Daily Excelsior, Pallab Bhattacharya, May 28, 2006)
Ever since Prime Minister Manmohan Singh unveiled his vision of an Asian Economic Union and pan-Asian Free Trade Area at the first -ever East Asian Summit in Kuala Lumpur last December, India has taken up in right earnest the task of forging more . . .
- Happy Twosome (Hindu, BAGESHREE S. , May 28, 2006)
Let's straddle languages and cultures with pride, says English-Marathi writer Kiran Nagarkar
- Coalition Comes To Rule At States Too (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, May 28, 2006)
The results of the Assembly elections have established one thing very clearly—that alliances and coalitions are an inevitability at the Centre and increasingly in the states.
- Bending Communism Like Buddha In The Citadel Of Marxism (Deccan Herald, Prasanta Paul, May 28, 2006)
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharya has unleashed a virtual revolution in the Marxist citadel.
- Coming Home To Malnad (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 28, 2006)
Kuvempu’s house that has been converted into a museum as well as the Kuvempu Centenary Memorial Building are fitting tributes to one of the greatest cultural personalities of our times, writes Vidya Maria Joseph.
- In Search Of A Sustainable Lifestyle (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 28, 2006)
Prasanna’s Desi Jeevana Paddati is both a critique of modern lifestyle and an attempt to evolve an alternative, sustainable lifestyle, writes Ramesh Mysore.
- Where Gommatas Rule (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 28, 2006)
Gommatas, of all shapes and sizes, across Karnataka fascinate B M Chandrasekharaiah.
- Crooks And Countries (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 28, 2006)
Enron is symptomatic of American capitalism — showing what’s good about it
- The Battle For Attara Kacheri (Hindu, M BHAKTAVATSALA, May 28, 2006)
The Karnataka High Court has turned 50. But the elegant building housing it is 138 years old. Incredibly, in the '80s, there was a move to demolish it
- Beijing's Arab Initiative (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, May 28, 2006)
After a highly focused African initiative that will conclude in a China-Africa summit later this year, Beijing is well poised to repeat the pattern in the Arab world.
- Literary Trail (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 28, 2006)
Chawton House lets you into the private world of Jane Austen, her apprehensions, beliefs and value system.
- Revitalise Extension Services: Pm (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 28, 2006)
`Bureaucratic hurdles coming in the way of restructuring the system'
- Widening Agitation (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, May 28, 2006)
After the Satyendra Dubey and Jessica Lal murders, the government of the day is again in danger of failing to recognise the depth of public anger over increased reservations.
- Just A Turn Left, Or About-Turn? (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, May 28, 2006)
Last week’s election results are scary for two reasons. The resounding victory of the Left in West Bengal and Kerala, and the meltdown of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- The Doctor Needs A Shot In The Arm (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, May 28, 2006)
Two years in the saddle, the Prime Minister runs the risk of being the fall guy unless he sorts out issues with Sonia and gets her backing
- Need For Capacity Utilisation Of Facilities (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 28, 2006)
It is not fair to talk of merit since average or even mediocre students are keen to pursue higher education
- Left In Government (Frontline, Prabhat Patnaik, May 28, 2006)
The Left is now placed in a happy transitional period when it can get the support of rural toilers and urban middle classes.
- Hope Is Not A Method (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 28, 2006)
As Nepal moves towards a new order, its governing parliamentarians would do well to heed that most fundamental of maxims: Hope is not a method.
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