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Articles 9121 through 9220 of 20008:
- Terrorists Will Not Prevent Me From Going To Pakistan: Bush (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2006)
"India, Pakistan have historic opportunity to work for lasting peace''
``India, U.S. committed to promoting democracy worldwide"
Need to share intelligence on terrorism stressed
- Us, India Seal Nuclear Deal (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2006)
US President George W Bush got a victory on Thursday on his first visit to India, securing a landmark nuclear energy agreement that he said could help ease energy prices.
- The Tunnel Rail Link (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 03, 2006)
The history of Britain’s Channel tunnel rail link has been slow and tortuous. If the original plans had been approved the link would by now have been working for years, starting at Waterloo and going underground through south London.
- Us, India Sign N-Deal To Seal Strategic Ties (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2006)
India and the United States sealed a landmark civilian nuclear cooperation pact on Thursday, the centrepiece of President George W. Bush’s first visit to the world’s largest democracy.
- A Landmark Deal (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Mar 03, 2006)
The Indo-US nuclear deal is a landmark one for more reasons than one. To begin with, it marks a high point in Indo-US relations that, despite occasional surges, has for years been characterised by an undercurrent of distrust. No less important, it ...
- Four Years After Fall Of Taliban, Leader's Power Barely Extends Beyond The Capital (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
Standing behind George Bush inside his Kabul palace yesterday, Hamid Karzai radiated the trappings of a powerful president: a confident smile, massed security guards and the legitimacy bestowed by the 2004 election in which he won 55% of the vote.
- India Seeking A Friend, Not A Patron (Asia Times, Ehsan Ahrari, Mar 02, 2006)
As President George W Bush arrived in India on Wednesday, US-India ties were undergoing a process of considerable contemplation and discourse, both in Washington and New Delhi. One has to recall another time - 1972, when president . . .
- India’S Race Against The Dragon (Statesman, Hamish McRae, Mar 02, 2006)
“Bush in India” may never become an opera like Nixon in China — though maybe Bollywood will some day have a crack at it. But the US President’s visit to India, which starts today, does signal a warming in the USA towards the world’s greatest democracy.
- Normalcy First (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Mar 02, 2006)
Governor Lt Gen (retd) S.K.Sinha has rightly pointed out that normalcy is the key to the prosperity of the State. In his address to the joint sitting of the Legislature he has minced no words while saying that the State Government . . .
- Bharat Yatras, Washington Yarns (Indian Express, Inder Malhotra, Mar 02, 2006)
As the fifth US president to visit India, Bush has a lot of history to catch up on
- We're Both Democrats (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
A significant proportion of India's intelligentsia looks upon George W. Bush with derision.
- ‘I Believe One Should Be A Good Citizen First’ (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , Mar 02, 2006)
Abdul Mutalif Hashim, Executive Chairman of Darussalam Mosque, Singapore: India is unique; it has a Muslim President, a Sikh Prime Minister and a Catholic heads the ruling party. This diversity should be an example to the world.
- Did You Miss Something In The Budget? (Indian Express, JAY MAZOOMDAAR, Mar 02, 2006)
Before you pass judgment on the budget, answer a simple question. What is India’s greatest economic asset? Look beyond our skilled human capital and acknowledge a sector that yields an estimated Rs 70-80,000 crore per annum.
- Yeshwantpur-Mangalore Train Likely By Year-End (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
The track is yet to be declared safe for passenger traffic
Bangalore-Ramanagaram track doubling awaiting funds from State
Kolar-Chikballapur gauge conversion to begin soon
Shortage of coaches delaying introduction of new trains
- Trident Hills, Still Waters (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Mar 02, 2006)
The NH-7 has several good hotels along the road. But it is best to carry one’s own picnic lunch and have it on the banks of the Chinnar Dam.
- Clean B’Lore, Green B’Lore (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
A “Clean Bangalore, Green Bangalore” campaign has been launched on February 25 jointly by Project Agastya, an NGO involved in Urban issues and Rotary clubs of Jayanagar, JP Nagar, Bangalore South, Bangalore South West and Cubbon Park.
- Ideal Time To Resolve Kashmir: Musharraf (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
Tells Karzai to put his own house in order
- Chorus In The Valley: Us A ‘Concerned Superpower’ (Indian Express, RIYAZ WANI, Mar 02, 2006)
While people across the Muslim world may appear to be increasingly hostile to the United States—unfurling the dreadful prospect of the so-called clash of civilisations—the reality is the opposite in India’s only Muslim majority state.
- Two Private Desalination Plants On The Anvil (Hindu, T. Ramakrishnan, Mar 02, 2006)
Projects to be set up to meet the water requirements of CPCL, Port Trust
CPCL, Port Trust to set up the plants
To use seawater for desalination purposes
- Rail Budget Lacks Vision, Says Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
In the first joint operation of its kind, the Coast Guard and Pakistan's Maritime Safety Agency on Wednesday rescued a Slovakian TV crew and 11 others from an Indian dhow, caught in the high seas for nine days.
- Farming Needed A Boost (Deccan Herald, S. L. Rao, Mar 02, 2006)
The FM has let go an opportunity to give a fillip to the economy that wouldn’t have raised the hackles of the Reds
- Higher Social Spend (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 02, 2006)
Keeping in tune with its focus on spurring growth the General Budget 2006-07 has made a determined effort to accelerate the pace of development in crucial social sectors.
- Musharraf Seeks Bush’S Influence In Kashmir Settlement (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said he expects US President George W Bush to use his influence to help settle the Kashmir dispute because "now is the ideal time and ideal environment to resolve it".
- India's 'Impeccable' N-Record (News International, A S Muhammad, Mar 02, 2006)
The Indo-US Joint Statement of July 18 said India was a responsible state strongly committed to the prevention of WMD proliferation, and should therefore acquire the same benefits and advantages as other such states.
- ‘Indian Army Vying For Greater Role In Internal Conflict’ (News International, Shahid Husain, Mar 02, 2006)
Prominent defence analyst Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa has said that the military’s role in India is undergoing a process of redefinition resulting in the army vying for greater role in internal conflict.
- Paleri Takes Over As Coast Guard Chief (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
Prabhakaran Paleri has taken over as Coast Guard Director- General.
- Us Human Rights Record (Dawn, ALI DAYAN HASAN, Mar 02, 2006)
Islamabad will be sealed off so that President Musharraf can welcome US President George Bush to his capital. Bush is making the journey to compliment and compensate Musharraf on services rendered in the ‘war on terror’.
- Now Vision 2030 (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Mar 02, 2006)
After trying with large visions in small areas, we are now opting for a grand vision 2030. In fact the National Economic Council approved the vision in principle in May last year and is to be taken up more seriously and in detail now.
- Bush To Help Resolve Kashmir Dispute, Hopes Musharraf (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf said on Wednesday he expected US President George W. Bush to use his influence to help settle the Kashmir dispute.
- Tata Panel Moots Labour Reforms (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
Effective Centre-State investment policies favoured
Seeks reduction in number of approvals
Recommends setting up of independent regulatory commissions
- Post-Budget Blues: Sleeping It Off (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 02, 2006)
If the budget is the annual highlight of the Indian economy, the rest of the year — fiscal, calendar or crop — should see all those who track budgetary matters, including financial journalists, adjusting to the mood downswing which follows every high!
- Two Cs And Two Ds Make Four As (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Mar 02, 2006)
Making the top grade in four dimensions: Civil society and commerce, democracy and demography, India, to give a Hollywood metaphor, is the world's Million Dollar Baby. This has been so for long, though it has not won many contests because . . .
- Bihar Gets A Budget, Finally (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
After over a decade, a full-fledged budget — setting out its top priorities for the state — and a finance Bill was presented in the Bihar Assembly today in a clear shift from the earlier trend of Vote-on-Account that nearly became a practice...
- Parthenium Management In Kandi-Areas (Daily Excelsior, Dr Anil Kumar, Mar 01, 2006)
Weed management has been a major concern for all the farmers but the menace is of more concern in dry and Kandi areas where these unwanted plants not only extract excessive amount of water but also create health hazards for the poor farming community.
- Don’T Mis-Underestimate Dubya (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Mar 01, 2006)
The Bush family has an uncanny knack of knowing where the future will happen, says Jaithirth Rao
- Executive Decisions (Indian Express, MICHAEL GREEN, Mar 01, 2006)
Natural allies? If only their countries would appreciate the direction taken by Manmohan Singh and George W. Bush, says MICHAEL GREEN
- Budget’S Baby Steps Towards Reform (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 01, 2006)
Not bad, given a fractious UPA coalition. A lot more to do
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram’s Budget 2006 — tabled in an environment of various pressures from political allies, and following Budget 2005 which had already seen significant . . .
- Farmers May Find Debt Not So Odious (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
To push up the farm income in the rural areas, the Minister proposed to increase the corpus of Rural Infrastructure Development Fund in 12 tranches to Rs 10,000 crore.
- What Is The Big Nuclear Deal? (Indian Express, G. Balachandran, Mar 01, 2006)
Manmohan Singh’s statement in Parliament could prove to be a big gamble, says G. BALACHANDRAN
- Nuclear Separation Scenarios (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Mar 01, 2006)
The moot question is, whatever the plan, will it be acceptable to the U.S.
- Full Text Of Finance Minister's Speech (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
Union Budget 2006-2007
Speech of P. Chidambaram
Minister of Finance
February 28, 2006
Mr. Speaker, Sir
It is my privilege to present the Budget for the year 2006-07.
- 'Make Udhagamandalam Best Holiday Destination' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
Scope for promoting tourism in hill station enormous: Governor
Udhagamandalam must be made the most sought-after vacation destination in the country, said the Governor, Surjit Singh Barnala, while inaugurating a training programme, . . .
- New Block To Be Opened At Technopark By October (Hindu, T. Nandakumar, Mar 01, 2006)
Entire floor space in the 12-storey building, Tejaswini, has been booked
- Heritage Status Sought For Fort At Gingee (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
Proposal on Kailasanathar Temple also sent to UNESCO
- Far From The Full Measure (Telegraph, S.L. Rao, Mar 01, 2006)
Inhibited by political pressures, Chidambaram has not gone the whole way to strengthen and stimulate the economy, writes S.L. Rao.
- Why Less Hype Is More Health (Telegraph, SHUBHASHIS GANGOPADHYAY, Mar 01, 2006)
Everything in this budget is consistent with what we want India to be in the next ten years, writes Shubhashis Gangopadhyay The author is director, India Development Foundation, Gurgaon
- Fast Breeders For Energy Security (Tribune, O.P. Sabherwal, Mar 01, 2006)
The question is often posed — why fast breeder reactors? What is the special place of fast breeders in India’s nuclear power programme? The simple answer is that fast breeders are the route to India’s energy security, . . .
- Idli Dosa Budget (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 01, 2006)
To many plaudits in the House, finance minister P Chidambaram reduced excise duty on idli-dosa mixes, among other packaged things.
- 21st Century Calls For Another Independence Campaign: To Get India Energy Security (Indian Express, CORPORATE BUREAU, Mar 01, 2006)
21st Century calls for another independence campaign: to get India Energy Security
- Marginal Slash In Project Tiger Fund, Environment And Forest Ministry Gets Rs 241 Cr More (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
Budgetary allocation for Project Tiger was cut marginally in the Budget while funds given to the ministry of environment and forests were increased by Rs. 241.84 crore.
- Protecting The Environment (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 01, 2006)
What is the use of having detailed legislation for the protection of the environment when those who are supposed to enforce it do not do so? This point came in for a sharp rebuke for the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) . . .
- Implications Of Bush Visit (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Mar 01, 2006)
Soon we will have the US president in Islamabad. What message will the world’s most powerful leader bring us and what advantages can accrue to the country from this event?
- Fm Harps On User Charges, Calls For Slashing Subsidies (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
Projecting a growth rate of 8.1 per cent in the current fiscal, the Economic Survey 2005-06 suggests a slew of measures like accelerating tax and labour reforms, improving the quality of expenditure and promoting infrastructure development . . .
- Mullaperiyar Dam: Factors That Are Favourable For The State (Hindu, Roy Mathew, Feb 28, 2006)
It has certain advantages when it comes to legal jurisdictions It has certain advantages when it comes to legal jurisdictions
- Tiger Terrain Again (Hindu, ANAND SANKAR, Feb 28, 2006)
Prerna Singh Bindra's book, The King and I, claims to take a new approach in writing about wildlife conservation
- Water Level And Safety Aspects Of A Century-Old Dam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
The Mullaperiyar dam, known as Periyar dam in Tamil Nadu, was constructed by the erstwhile Madras Government between 1890 and 1895 on the strength of a lease deed executed by the Maharaja of erstwhile Travancore in 1886 in its favour.
- Thrust On Agriculture-Allied Activity For Generating Rural Employment (Hindu, W. Chandrakanth, Feb 28, 2006)
Plan to create additional ayacut of 10 lakh acres by next kharif
The State Government is faced with the daunting task of developing agricultural-allied activity as it could play a vital role in generating rural employment and income.
- India-Us Relations: Discovering New Colours (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
When US President George W. Bush lands in New Delhi on Wednesday, he will find another American like him injecting colour into India-US relations through his paintings of Texan cowboys and Rajasthani peasants.
- The Power Of Silence (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Feb 28, 2006)
Demolitions — the new mantra that the ‘authority’ in urban India seems to be obsessed with. Wholesale corruption has been an intrinsic part of the urbanscape for as long as I can remember.
- Where Are Yesterday’S Budget Ideas? (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Feb 28, 2006)
Before today’s budget comes up with another list of new schemes for rural India and the environment, it may be worthwhile to look at where we have progressed with regard to some of the big announcements of earlier budgets.
- State Of Liberation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
Liberation from bondage being the goal of human birth, the systems of Vedanta interpret the state of release according to the fundamental concepts of their philosophies. The Advaita philosophy is categorical that Jivanmukti . . .
- Ethical Clothes? (Hindu, Lucy Siegle, Feb 28, 2006)
From hemp to corn, the hunt is on for the "greenest" clothes material.
- "We Cannot Accept Safeguards On Our Indigenous Fast Breeder Programme" (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 28, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says the decision on what facilities may be identified as civilian will be made by India alone, and not by anyone else.
- The Nuclear Deal: What If It Falls Through? (Hindu, Placid Rodriguez, Feb 28, 2006)
The U.S. has more to lose than India if the deal does not come through. America needs Indian scientists and technologists to revive its nuclear sector.
- Tamil Nadu Wins Case In Dam Row (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Feb 28, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Kerala Government to raise the water level in the Mullaperiyar dam from 136 feet to 142 feet by permitting its further strengthening as suggested by the Central Water Commission. (Water from the dam, . . .
- Survey Pegs Growth At 8.1 Pc (Tribune, T.R. Ramachandran, Feb 28, 2006)
Even as the economy is projected to grow at a robust 8.1 per cent in the current fiscal, the 2005-06 Economic Survey cautioned about the risks of inflation, hardening interest rate and fiscal deficit.
- Nuke Deal: Country’S Interests First (Tribune, Premvir Das, Feb 28, 2006)
There is a segment of our political spectrum and scientific community which, for good reason or bad, feels that the country’s march towards nuclear capabilities will be severely constrained by the Indo-US nuclear agreement.
- Getting Out Of The Crevice (Dawn, Irshad Abdul Kadir, Feb 28, 2006)
The proverb: “Whom the gods wish to destroy, they first drive mad”, may seem at first to approximate the vandalism visited on Lahore and Peshawar consecutively on February 14 and 15, by radical mobsters protesting against the publication . . .
- India To Host Roadshows For Oil Hunt (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
India will host a series of road shows in major world cities next month aimed at wooing overseas exploration firms to hunt for oil in the country, officials said on Monday.
- Guantanamo: The Us Gulag (Dawn, Thomas Wilner, Feb 28, 2006)
The American prison camp at Guantanamo Bay is on the southeast corner of Cuba, a sliver of land the United States has occupied since 1903. Long ago, it was irrigated from lakes on the other side of the island, but Cuban President Fidel Castro . . .
- Budget, Gdp And Unemployment (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Feb 28, 2006)
More people enter the employment market each year but India's growth is not creating enough jobs. The ADB points out that the ratio of employment to economic growth is low. Will the Budget ensure more jobs and happiness?
- Budget Wishlist: For Growth With Development . . . (Business Line, Nilanjan Banik , Feb 28, 2006)
Increasing labour participation, ensuring equal distribution of wealth and firming up infrastructure projects are all aspects of development that determine growth.
- Iran Acting Difficult: Iaea (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
Iran appears determined to expand its uranium enrichment programme, a key international concern because of fears it could use the activity to make nuclear weapons, the International Atomic Energy Agency said today.
- Bush Visit To India An Unproductive Exercise? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Feb 28, 2006)
With his words carrying little weight in his own country, being enmeshed in such controversies as illegal wire-tapping, detainees at Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib, his poor handling of domestic issues after the Katrina disaster, and . . .
- New Runway At M’Lore Airport By March 31 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
The construction of the new runway at Mangalore airport will be completed by March 31, 2006, but declaration of the airport as an international airport is contingent on the completion of the entire project including terminal building
- Managing Farm Waste- A Golden Step For Vermicomposting (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Gupta, Feb 28, 2006)
In village and cities lot of waste of the farm, kitchen gardens is to be burnt by majority of the people, therefore, wasting large quantity of nutrients which otherwise can be proved as most important ingredient for Vermicomposting.
- Accelerated Rural Water Supply (Daily Excelsior, Rakesh Behari, Feb 28, 2006)
The Centre is supplementing the efforts of the State Governments in providing water facilities in rural areas by rendering financial and technical support. This has led to improvement in availability of water as 96.13 per cent . . .
- 'Reform To Keep Economy Rolling' (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
India could look forward to strong growth in the years to come, though there was an urgent need to address the quality of the government’s spending, said the pre-Budget Economic Survey for 2005-06, tabled in the Parliament by Finance Minister P Chidambara
- Jessica And Nitish: That Fatal Touch Of Class (Indian Express, RAVINDER KAUR, Feb 28, 2006)
What do the murder of Jessica Lall and the acquittal of her murderers have in common with the ongoing but probably equally fruitless trial of Nitish Katara? And other such cases where the rich and powerful get away, literally, with murder?
- Bias Takes A Nasty Turn (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Feb 28, 2006)
There can be no doubt about this. Growing prejudice in the United States against the Muslim world took a nasty turn as a result of the stance taken by a number of prominent politicians to challenge President Bush over his administration’s . . .
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