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Articles 5621 through 5720 of 18611:
- An Open Letter To The Hon'ble Pm (The Economic Times, V RAGHUNATHAN, Apr 29, 2006)
In our country, we have more varieties of haves and have-nots than most. We have the rich haves and the poor have-nots; the urban haves and the rural have-nots; the higher-caste haves and the backward-caste have-nots; the educated haves and the . . .
- Cong Unhappy Over Natwar’S Remarks (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
The Congress has taken a serious view of former External Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh’s recent statements implicating the party in the Volcker controversy. However, it is unlikely to proceed against him in a hurry.
- With A Plot From Bangladesh (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Apr 29, 2006)
Investigation into the Varanasi bombings leads to the fact of Bangladesh's emergence as a base for Islamist terrorism.
- The Indus Opportunity (Deccan Herald, B G Verghese, Apr 29, 2006)
By co-operating with India on water projects on the basis of the 1960 Indus Treaty, Pakistan stands to gain much
- What Is This Law About? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 29, 2006)
Does Vasundhara Raje need a poll debacle to withdraw the recently passed Freedom of Religion Bill 2006, as Jayalalithaa had to do after the drubbing she and her party received during the 2004 Lok Sabha . . .
- Accord On New Cbms (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 29, 2006)
Even though basically of a technical nature, the four confidence-building measures, including the finalisation of “ground rules” along the international border, agreed to by Pakistan and India on Thursday, constitute a step forward in the on-going . . .
- How Kaavya Got Caught & Got Pulled (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
How Kaavya got caught & got pulled
- Indian-American teenage author’s dream story knocked off shop shelves
April 28: The fiction about an Indian-American teenager pushed relentlessly to succeed by ambitious parents has a happy ending.
- Cong In Spot On Natwar (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
The Congress is mulling over the continuous outbursts of K. Natwar Singh, undecided on whether the former minister should be “reined” in through disciplinary action or mollified in some way as the oil-for-food scam noose tightens around his neck.
- Taliban Abduct Indian Contractor (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Taliban militants kidnapped an Indian mobile phone contractor in southern Afghanistan on Friday, according to a provincial official and the Taliban's purported spokesman.
- Cong Sends Stern Message To Natwar (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Reeling under a sulking Natwar Singh's sniper attacks, Congress on Friday sent a stern message to him and distanced itself from the Volcker controversy.
- Count The Votes For Democracy (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Apr 29, 2006)
The outcome of the by-elections in Jammu and Kashmir proves that the hardy plant of democracy survives despite the jehadi challenge.
- Us Asks Cong To Clear Sale Of F-16 Jets To Pakistan (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Apr 29, 2006)
THE Bush administration will formally ask the U.S. Congress to approve the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan, Undersecretary of State R. Nicholas Burns said on Thursday.
- Nepal Parliament Reconvenes After Four Years (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Nepal’s Parliament reconvened on Friday for the first time in four years, with legislators proposing a ceasefire with the country’s Maoist rebels and elections to a constitutional assembly.
- Indian Worker, Driver Kidnapped In Afghan South (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Afghanistan (Reuters) - Gunmen kidnapped an Indian telecommunications worker and his Afghan driver in southern Afghanistan on Friday and Taliban insurgents claimed responsibility.
- Us Warns Naxalites May Pose A Long-Term Challenge In India (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Apr 29, 2006)
The United States today warned Naxalites in the eastern India are "growing in sophistication and lethality and may pose a significant long-term challenge.
- Koirala To Be Sworn-In As Nepal Pm Tomorrow (Press Trust of India, Shirish B Pradhan, Apr 29, 2006)
Nepal's Prime Minister-designate Girija Prasad Koirala will be sworn-in tomorrow following the postponement of the oath-taking ceremony due to his ill health.
- J-K: President To Address Legislature's Joint Session (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Accepting the invitation of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, President A P J Abdul Kalam will address a joint session of the state legislature in Srinagar, an official spokesman said.
- Classy Cast Of Mind (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 29, 2006)
The announcement that reservation for other backward classes is to be extended to IITs and IIMs has provoked much debate in the press. Critics say the move will undermine the functioning of these institutions by devaluing the principle of merit.
- Pm For Poll Fund Reforms (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, believes that corruption in Indian public life has greatly reduced after dismantling of licence permit raj and taxation reforms, but it cannot disappear altogether unless there are reforms in financing of elections.
- Nepal’S Revived Parliament Meets (Tribune, Shirish D. Pradhan, Apr 29, 2006)
Nepal today took first step towards multi-party democracy with its Parliament holding its first meeting in four years, but Prime Minister-designate, Mr Girija Prasad Koirala, could not attend it due to ill health.
- Triumph Of Politics (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 29, 2006)
The first thing that strikes one about Monday's by-elections in four Assembly constituencies in Jammu & Kashmir, the results of which were announced on Thursday, was the high percentage of polling.While the average was 61 per cent, the turnout at . . .
- America Slams Indian Laws On Fight Against Terrorism (Hindustan Times, S Rajagopalan, Apr 29, 2006)
India’s fight against terrorism is “hampered by its outdated and overburdened law enforcement and legal systems”, says the US State Department's annual country reports on terrorism. But the report also praises India for improving its “tactics . . .
- Record Victory (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 29, 2006)
This was the first popular election that Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad had contested and what a victory he scored! The record margin of over 58,000 votes by which he won the Bhaderwah Assembly seat gives solid legitimacy to . . .
- Manmohan Singh To Meet Hurriyat Next Week (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Kashmiri separatists will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh next week before he heads for the revolt-hit region to discuss possible solutions to the conflict.
- Cbms-Conflict Resolution In Tandem (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 29, 2006)
The third round of Pakistan-India dialogue on conventional CBMs has concluded with experts agreeing on some important measures, including finalisation of ‘ground rules’ for implementation along the international border. They also agreed not to develop . .
- Puppet Masters (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Apr 29, 2006)
Investigation into the Varanasi bombings leads to the fact of Bangladesh's emergence as a base for Islamist terrorism.
- India, Pakistan Agree To Work To Finalise "Border Ground Rules" (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Apr 28, 2006)
Part of conventional CBMs between the two countries
Agree on modalities for holding quarterly flag meetings in agreed sectors
Existing posts, defence works not to be fortified
Persons inadvertently crossing LoC to be returned fast
- Hamas On A Tightrope (International Herald Tribune, George S. Hishmeh, Apr 28, 2006)
It is the tradition here that any new government be given a grace period of 100 days before judgement is voiced about its direction and effectiveness. But this has not been the case with the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority.
- India, Pakistan Must Get Serious About Nuclear Issues (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Apr 28, 2006)
The fourth round of expert-level talks on nuclear CBMs between Pakistan and India has been wrapped up with a joint statement on Wednesday.
- Business As A Bridge Between Neighbours (Business Standard, T Thomas, Apr 28, 2006)
By developing trade with Pakistan, we can gain more because we have a much bigger and much more competitive manufacturing base.
- Security Guard Attempts Suicide In Kashmir (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
A security guard attempted suicide at the house of a legislator in a village in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, official sources said today.
- Time To Consolidate Democracy In Valley (Pioneer, Ghazanfar Butt, Apr 28, 2006)
Musharraf should concede self-rule to the people of POK before questioning India on the rights of Kashmiris, says Ghazanfur Butt
- Pak Cries 'Foul' On Cbm Talks (Pioneer, K J M Varma, Apr 28, 2006)
Pakistan proposed but India disposed. And that's what Islamabad says is the cause of contention.
- Sp, Tdp Allege Ec Favouring Sonia (Pioneer, Deepak Kumar Jha, Apr 28, 2006)
Accusing the Election Commission of favouring Congress president Sonia Gandhi and discriminating against Jaya Bachchan, Samajwadi Party and Telugu Desam Party on Thursday demanded that the same yardstick should be adopted against both.
- No Demilitarisation Of J&k, Says India (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
India today rejected Pakistan’s proposal to demilitarise Jammu and Kashmir by pulling out heavy artillery, guns, rockets and mortars, saying it was its sovereign right to keep troop formations in the state.
- True To Form (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Apr 28, 2006)
The verdict in the four Assembly by-elections is out.
- The War Of The Freebies (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Apr 28, 2006)
The battle for Tamil Nadu is being fought with rice and TV sets, as the Kazhagams go on a dole overdrive. Here, a quick measure of the people's pulse, especially vis-ŕ-vis the Vaiko factor and the caste issues. In Tamil Nadu, so mixed is the . . .
- India Rejects Pak Proposal To Dimilitarise J&k (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
India today rejected Pakistan’s proposal to demilitarise Jammu and Kashmir by pulling out heavy artillery, guns, rockets and mortars, saying it was its soverign right to keep troop formations in the State.
- Cm Breaks Records In His Maiden Victory To Assembly (Daily Excelsior, Sanjeev Pargal, Apr 28, 2006)
Chief Minister and Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad today broke all records of margin to win first ever Assembly election from his home State in his 30 years political career defeating BJP’s novice Dhanantar Singh alias Koushal Kotwal by a . . .
- Nepal Pm-Designate Too Sick For Swearing-In (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
Nepal's 84-year-old Prime Minister-designate Girija Prasad Koirala has had to postpone his swearing-in ceremony on Friday morning because of ill health, a spokesman said.
- Sri Lanka Situation Causes Concern In State (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Apr 28, 2006)
Security agencies hope violence will die down soon
Navy, Coast Guard and police, including the coastal security wing, step up alert
Politicians may find it difficult to avoid raising Tamils issue if violence continues
Sri Lankan authorities have . .
- China For Talks To End Iran Nuclear Issue (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
Diplomatic resolution will benefit all
- Bjp Rises Above Petty ‘Profit’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
After keeping its opponents guessing about its stand on the office-of-profit issue, the BJP today sought to take a “moral” high ground ruling out any compromise on the “larger moral principle” while moving any amendment to the existing law defining . . .
- No Unity Without Secularists (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Apr 28, 2006)
There cannot be a national unity government in Iraq because of the exclusion of secularists.
- Truth Is Above Contempt (Tribune, Sudhanshu Ranjan, Apr 28, 2006)
It is heartening that Parliament has amended the Contempt of Courts Act in 2006 to make truth a defence.
- Mahajan Stable, Police Question Businessman (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
Mr Mishra is a tanker-water supplier. He had entered into a deal with Pravin’s PVM Enterprises to buy two air-conditioned buses at a cost of Rs 17 lakh in 1998-99.
- Tainted Army Officers May Have Been In Line For Medals (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
As if being found guilty of killing five innocent civilians in a stage-managed encounter in Jammu and Kashmir was not enough, the Army now has more reason to cover its head in shame.
- Development And Conservation Should Go Hand In Hand: Collector (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
The need to strike a harmonious balance between development and conservation was underscored by the Nilgiris Collector, C. Vijayaraj Kumar, while releasing a compact disc titled, `Window on Nilgiris' brought out by the Nilgiri Wildlife and . . .
- Caught In A Trap Of Its Own Making (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Apr 28, 2006)
Facing bitter electoral competition in three Assembly by-elections in the Kashmir Valley, the PDP flew Islamist colours, borrowing from tactics used by Sheikh Abdullah in 1977. This time around, the trick hasn't worked.
- Iraq V-P's Sister Shot Dead (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
Sister of Iraq's new Sunni vice-president was killed on Thursday in a drive-by shooting in Baghdad, a day after the politician called for the Sunni-dominated insurgency to be crushed by force.
- 7 Tourists Among 20 Injured In Pahalgam Blast (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
Seven tourists were among the 20 persons wounded in a hand grenade blast at the crowded bus stand of Pahalgam in south Kashmir this afternoon, official sources said.
- Naxal-Hit States Allowed To Raise 9 Police Battalions (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
The Centre today sanctioned the raising of nine more India Reserve Battalions (IRB) comprising 9,000 police personnel for Naxalite-affected states, including Haryana.
- Overhaul The Civil Services (Tribune, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 27, 2006)
Over the last few years, there have been several cases of misconduct and misuse of official powers by officers belonging to the civil services. People have been mute witnesses to cases such as a Director General of Police pawing a teenager in his . . .
- Fijian Parties Unite (Statesman, Sam Rajappa, Apr 27, 2006)
Almost coinciding with the election to five state assemblies in India, in distant Fiji, a cluster of islands in the South Pacific where people of Indian origin outnumbered ethnic Fijians at the time of its independence in 1970, election to Parliament . .
- Medicos For Merit Take On Quota Custodians (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 27, 2006)
Medical students put aside their stethoscopes on Wednesday and raised their voice against the proposed Government move to impose quota for OBC students in centres of higher learning.
- India's Protest Ignored, Musharraf Lays Foundation For Dam (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Apr 27, 2006)
It will inundate large parts of land in northern part of Jammu and Kashmir: New Delhi
The dam is part of our water policy: Pakistan
The $6.5-billion project is part of Gen. Musharraf's `2016 water vision'
- "We Have Kept Our Promises" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 27, 2006)
The former West Bengal Chief Minister, Jyoti Basu, who presided over the State for more than 23 years, said at the launch of the Left Front's campaign for the Assembly elections that his desire to was to see it "break all records and be installed . . .
- Sri Lanka Defends Air Strikes (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Apr 27, 2006)
Unofficial figures put casualties in deterrent strikes at 12
- Congress Hails Nepal Developments (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 27, 2006)
Sonia congratulates G.P. Koirala
The role of the Government of India has been that of a catalyst
Sonia assures Koirala and the people full support
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- Angry Rhetoric Iran's Brinkmanship Doesn't Help (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 27, 2006)
The closer one gets to Friday, April 28, the deadline prescribed by the Security Council for Iran to stop all uranium enrichment, the more belligerent become the statements from Tehran.
- The Big Fight (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Apr 27, 2006)
The two major alliances may be throwing caution to the winds as they make promises they may find hard to keep.
- Musharraf Opens Work On Diamer-Basha Dam (Daily Times, Ibrahim Shahid, Apr 27, 2006)
President says new dams crucial to producing cheap power
Royalties from Diamer-Basha to be divided between NAs, NWFP
Displaced to be resettled in nine ‘model villages’
- Pakistan, India Work Towards Pact To Avert N-Accident Risk (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 27, 2006)
Discuss draft text of agreement, to be finalised at next meeting
* Talks on nuclear CBMs conclude, talks on conventional CBMs today
- Russia Delivers Nuclear Fuel To India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 27, 2006)
US officials criticise Russian move ahead of NSG rule changes
* Moscow not permitted to transfer fuel to non-NPT members
- Counting Today As Valley Eagerly Awaits Results (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 27, 2006)
Even as heavy turnout of electorate in all the three segments has caused perceptible anxiety in the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which asked for vote on the basis of its 3-year-long Government, Valley is eagerly waiting for results of . . .
- Muslim Ministers Play Minority Card On Mulayam (Times of India, SUBODH GHILDIYAL, Apr 27, 2006)
With UP minister Azam Khan not heeding to pleas for restraint and leading protests against governor T V Rajeshwar, it is becoming clear that SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav is having a tough time to balance contending pulls of electoral compulsions . . .
- British Dy Pm Admits To Affair With Secretary (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 27, 2006)
Britain's Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott on Wednesday confessed to having had a clandestine affair with a secretary 24 years his junior.
- How Opaque Kumar Got Kicked, Got Wild, And Got A Lifer (Business Line, D. Murali , Apr 27, 2006)
Was Kumar `more a reformer than a wrongdoer' as his defence used to say in 2004? Is he a scapegoat?
- Norway, U.S. Condemn Colombo Blast (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 27, 2006)
Oslo optimistic of early end to violence in Sri Lanka
- Troubled Neighbourhood (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, Apr 27, 2006)
A volatile neighbourhood will have serious implications for India’s quest for stability and economic progress
- Two Islamic Militants Captured In B’Desh (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 27, 2006)
Bangladeshi security forces have captured two commanders of an outlawed Islamic militant group blamed for a string of bombings that killed 26 people last year, officials said on Wednesday.
- Abdullah Haroon: A Leader And Philanthropist (Dawn, Prof Sharif al Mujahid, Apr 27, 2006)
Among the All India Muslim League’s second cadre leadership, Abdullah Haroon, though actively associated with the AIML for only five years (1937-42), stands high in its echelons.
- Karuna Days Or Jaya Hey, No One Can Say! (Pioneer, K Venkataramanan, Apr 27, 2006)
With less than two weeks to go before Tamil Nadu elects a new Assembly, the election scene presents a hazy picture with neither of the two main fronts having a clear look at the finishing line.
- Cbi To Book 5 Army Officers For Killing 5 Kashmiris In Cold Blood (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Apr 27, 2006)
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is set to chargesheet five Army officers, including a Brigadier, for the alleged abduction and murder of five unarmed, innocent Kashmiris in the infamous Pathribal “encounter” in Anantnag in March 2000.
- India Has Sold Its Nuclear Soul To The Us (Rediff on the Net, Brahma Chellaney , Apr 27, 2006)
The US waiver bill to give effect to the nuclear deal with India shows just how wide the gap is between what America promises and what it sets out to do.
- Whither Sri Lanka's Peace Process? (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Apr 27, 2006)
Will the situation spiral out of control or will it ultimately veer back to the path of negotiations? The international community could help determine what happens.
- Mahajan Responds To Reduced Doses (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 27, 2006)
Senior BJP leader Pramod Mahajan responded positively to reduction in medication for maintaining his blood pressure and remained “stable” although he continues to be on ventilatory support and dialysis on the fifth day at the Hinduja Hospital . . .
- Nepal Army Chief Helped Convince Gyanendra (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Apr 27, 2006)
The royal Nepal Army's perception that the crisis in the country was fast escalating out of control played a decisive role in convincing King Gyanendra to step back from the brink on Monday night.
- Six Killed, 11 Injured In Nepal Army Firing (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 27, 2006)
Six persons were killed and 11 others injured when the Nepalese army opened fire on demonstrators protesting the killing of a young woman allegedly by the troops in country's east.
- Indus Water Woes (Tribune, B.G. Verghese, Apr 27, 2006)
Pakistan’s water worries should concern India. Both sides share the Indus and it is only if they join hands that its potential can be optimised with sustainability to combat the common peril of climate change.
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