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Articles 1321 through 1420 of 43820:
- Ix Schedule Has Outlived Its Purpose: Nariman (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Oct 31, 2006)
Article 31-B is not a vast reservoir to include any law
Nehru said it was a one-time measure to protect farm laws
Now 285 laws are in IX Schedule
- State Terror (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 31, 2006)
The entire country is discussing Gandhigiri. Our prime minister recently toured South Africa to imbibe the spirit of Gandhi and satyagraha from where it all began. However, a young Manipuri woman's non-violent struggle to protest a draconian law . . .
- 20-Point Programme Relevant, Says Sonia (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi here today stressed the need for revival of the 20-point programme launched by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi as it was aimed at bettering the lot of the underprivileged and deprived sections of society.
- Rss For Dalit Head Priests In Temples (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
In what could raise eyebrows in several circles, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh mouthpiece Panchjanya has suggested that Dalits and other backward classes be trained and appointed as head priests at major temples in the country.
- Politics Off The Main Road (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 31, 2006)
When the Mulayam Singh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh appointed the Justice S. Narayan inquiry commission to probe charges of corruption against former chief minister Mayawati in the 150-km Delhi-Agra Taj Expressway contract, not many had . . .
- Meaningless Development (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 31, 2006)
Sir, Undoubtedly India is developing rapidly and getting exposure on the international platform.
- What Impedes Growth (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Oct 31, 2006)
And, yet again, we have thrown the possible victory at Mohali to the winds.
- Steal City? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 31, 2006)
The city named after India’s first great entrepreneur and industrialist, Jamshedji Nusserwanji Tata, has also thrown up an interesting model: that of a corporation in the private . . .
- Monument To Logic (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 31, 2006)
This... is being submitted three weeks ahead of the extended period of this inquiry...’’, reads the Justice S. Narayan Commission report at the end of Chapter XXII, an edited version of which appears on our oped page today.
- Lost: 13,000 Chances (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Oct 31, 2006)
When Prakash Karat, general secretary of CPI(M) came to The Indian Express, I looked forward to a heady debate, among many other issues, on why the party is averse to stock markets.
- Bush’S Iraq Slip Shows: Democrats Have Edge In Campaign (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
Democrats claimed momentum heading toward the November 7 elections as they sought to tap into voter unhappiness over Iraq.
- Over 80 Killed As Pak Gunships Hit Madrasa Near Afghan Border (Indian Express, Salman Masood, Oct 31, 2006)
The Pakistani military said today that it had destroyed a madrasa which was being used for training militants in the Bajur tribal area, straddling the border with Afghanistan.
- Turtle Walks And Birdwatching (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 31, 2006)
Madhusudan and his team found that bird diversity was positively correlated with median family income. In other words, birds prefer richer parts of town.
- Decolonising Our Education Process (Deccan Herald, Avijit Pathak, Oct 31, 2006)
A truly mature world is one in which diverse cultures and traditions of learning prevail.
- Should Dawood Escape Too? (Deccan Herald, Sushant Sareen, Oct 31, 2006)
Interestingly enough, most of those demanding clemency for Afzal don’t question his guilt.
- Dangerous Descent (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 31, 2006)
In Bangladesh, there are signs the army might step in.
- Bangla Oppn Gives Ahmed A Chance (Deccan Herald, Hassan Shahriar, Oct 31, 2006)
Bangladesh’s figurehead President Iajuddin Ahmed, who took over as the chief of the neutral caretaker administration in addition to his duties on Sunday night, is continuing his efforts to bring an end to the country’s current political impasse, . . .
- Ajay Chautala Asked To Pay Customs Duty On Toyota (Tribune, Manoj Kumar, Oct 31, 2006)
Indian National Lok Dal leader Ajay Chautala, son of former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala, has been served a notice by the Director-General of Revenue Intelligence to pay customs duty on his Toyata Land cruiser, which has been allegedly . . .
- Uncertainty In B’Desh (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 31, 2006)
Bangladesh President Iazuddin Ahmed taking over as the head of the interim government in Dhaka on Sunday was quite surprising. When immediate past Chief Justice K.M. Hasan refused to accept the invitation to head the . . .
- India Third Largest Investor In Uk After Us And Japan (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, who is visiting India as the special representative of the United Kingdom (UK) for International Trade and Investment, had a meeting with Minister of State for Commerce & Industry Ashwini Kumar here on Monday.
- Who Said Justice Is Denied? (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 31, 2006)
The conviction of Santosh Kumar for Mattoo's murder has just created a new faith in Indian judiciary. And this will have a far reaching effect if it is taken as a wakeup call by all citizens.
- A Consensus On Development (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 31, 2006)
At the 2002 International Conference on Financing for Development, held in Monterrey, Mexico, world leaders committed themselves to a new global partnership to achieve the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development . .
- Siachen Heat On Upa (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
A day after Pakistan foreign minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri said a breakthrough on the Siachen issue was in sight, the armed forces on Monday said the government had assured it that national security concerns will be safeguarded in any settlement.
- Subcontinent Adrift (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 31, 2006)
When the area in which one lives in experiences turmoil, the residents of the biggest house in the neighbourhood have two options.
- Yesterday Once More (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 31, 2006)
Not surprisingly, the latest round of talks between India and the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isaac-Muivah) have ended without a breakthrough.
- Fight The Hidden Enemy (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Oct 31, 2006)
Terrorists should be denied the facility of civil justice. Instead, they should be tried as war criminals, says Prafull Goradia.
- Qazi Calls For Protests Today Against Attack: Us Blamed For Bombing . . . (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) president and Jamaat-i-Islami Amir Qazi Hussain Ahmed has condemned what he called the US bombing of a seminary in Bajaur Agency in which 80 religious students and their head teacher were killed and announced a . . .
- Stay Order (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 31, 2006)
The monarchy in Nepal has earned a reprieve. But the Maoists’ decision to allow the monarchy to stay on till next year’s elections to the constituent assembly shows the country’s dilemma over the issue.
- Karbala To Mecca (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Oct 31, 2006)
Political Islam took its first mature step to recover agency from its Western tormentors by applying a healing touch to the bleeding fields of Karbala, where Mohammed's nascent faith split irrevocably into Shias and Sunnis.
- Bush Losing Church Support (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 31, 2006)
The number of conservative Christians with a favourable view of the Republicans has plummeted from 74 per cent to 54 per cent
- The Unfinished Agenda (Hindu, Raghu Dayal , Oct 31, 2006)
Analyses the causes of the prevailing clash of interests within the WTO and how it can be made to deliver its objectives
- Fountainhead Of Jihad (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 31, 2006)
Pakistan's lax attitude towards terrorism has revived the Taliban in Afghanistan, thus destabilising the entire region, says Lisa Curtis.
- Ppp To Take Action Against Mna (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
The People’s Party Parliamentarians leadership has decided to seek explanation from its MNA Syed Naveed Qamar for attending a reception hosted by Pakistan High Commissioner Dr Maleeha Lodhi at her London residence.
- Defence Lines (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 31, 2006)
A defence minister, by virtue of the post he holds, has to see himself and his role as being very different from that of the top brass of the armed forces. He has to be conscious all the time that he does not think or speak like army generals, . . . .
- Pakistan Keen To Promote Peace, Say Musharraf, Aziz (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Monday said Pakistan was keen to promote peace in the region.
- A Resurgent Private Sector (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Oct 31, 2006)
I have now reached the end of the list of the positives I said I would explore in this series of articles.
- Decline Of Trust In The United States (Dawn, Sebastian Mallaby, Oct 31, 2006)
In 1995 Francis Fukuyama came out with a book called “Trust,” in which he argued that a society’s capacity for cooperation underpins its prosperity.
- Alienation Of Europe’S Muslims (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 31, 2006)
A year ago this week, riots erupted in mostly Muslim suburbs of Paris and other French cities, underlining the alienation of a subculture that makes up 8 per cent of the country’s population but has suffered from chronic unemployment and discrimination.
- Pamuk In A Nutshell (Hindu, KALA KRISHNAN RAMESH , Oct 31, 2006)
Know why he won the Nobel for Literature
- Unravelling The Superstar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
An attempt to present Amitabh Bachchan analytically and academically
- For An Independent Foreign Policy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
The U.S. Secretary of State, Condoleeza Rice's whistle stop tour of Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing and Moscow last weekend offered a glimpse of the acute limits to American power in the post-Cold War period.
- Sezs Enter Crucial Phase (Hindu, C. R. L. Narasimhan, Oct 30, 2006)
Besides land, there are many other contentious issues connected with the SEZs
The controversies surrounding the SEZs are unlikely to disappear soon even if the opposition to it is focussed at the moment on land acquisition.
- Kasuri: Close To Pact On Siachen (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri said on Sunday that India and Pakistan were close to reaching an agreement to resolve the Siachen issue and suggested a "breakthrough" on this was expected next month to enable Prime Minister Manmohan . . .
- Time To Tune Up The Congress Machine (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Oct 30, 2006)
Reorganisation of the party organisation is long overdue.
- A Crisis In Bangladesh (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 30, 2006)
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's authoritarianism and reactionary manoeuvring in the face of a tide of popular discontent has created a dangerous stalemate in Bangladesh.
- Breeding Terror (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 30, 2006)
Bangladesh’s fledgling democracy is on trial once again. This is not the first time that the animosity between the two major political groups has spilled on to the streets.
- President Takes Over In Bangladesh (Hindu, HAROON HABIB, Oct 30, 2006)
Opposition terms it `most unfortunate'
Dr. Ahmed's move may plunge the country into further chaos, say analysts
Dhaka under siege by opposition for the second day.
- Cannot Sail (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 30, 2006)
Leading Indian companies have been aware of the compulsions of globalization; some, especially in pharmaceuticals, have taken themselves abroad and expanded there.
- Brazil's President Roars Back To Win Vote (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Overcoming a series of corruption and political scandals that tarred his image and undermined his credibility, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil won a landslide re-election victory in a runoff vote on Sunday.
- Sandinista Comeback Alarms U.S. (Hindu, Rory Carroll , Oct 30, 2006)
Daniel ortega is a hair's breadth from regaining power in Nicaragua and staging one of Latin America's most remarkable political comebacks, according to new opinion polls.
- Poison As Prescription (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Oct 30, 2006)
It was the ancient Fifties. A venerable academic used to preside over the School of Economics and Sociology of the University of Bombay at its magnificent Churchgate campus.
- Sri Lanka Peace Talks With Tamil Rebels Collapse (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
The Sri Lankan peace talks collapsed on Sunday after two days of squabbling over "humanitarian issues" and the two sides failed to even agree on new dates to meet.
- Dhaka Discord (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 30, 2006)
A slow-motion crisis is unfolding in an already politically dysfunctional Bangladesh. Retired Chief Justice KM Hasan, the person who was to take over as interim head of government, and whose task is to conduct the elections before January . . .
- Upa Policies Benefiting Few, Says Dasgupta (Hindu, Mohammed Iqbal , Oct 30, 2006)
AITUC to organise march to Parliament
- Sonia Plotted My Downfall, Claims Natwar (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Close on the heels of Sonia Gandhi's attack on him in a television interview three days ago, former External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh on Sunday hit back at the Congress president saying she was behind his recent problems with the . . .
- Sonia Behind Ed Action: Natwar (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Hitting back at Congress president Sonia Gandhi, former External Minister K Natwar Singh on Sunday said she was behind his recent problems with the Enforcement Directorate in the Iraqi oil-for-food scam and attacked her foreign origins.
- Inflation Worries (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 30, 2006)
India could be squeezed by firm global commodity prices, tight domestic supplies and funds chasing limited stocks.
- Stories Of India's Steel Industry (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 30, 2006)
That the Tata group has been able to organise international finance of to back its offer — based on Corus' balance sheet — is proof of the faith among international financial circles' in India's capacity to turn around financially-stressed steel . . .
- No Breakthrough For Colombo, Ltte (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 30, 2006)
The two-day talks between the Sri Lanka Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ended in Geneva on Sunday without an agreement on any of the issues or future engagement.
- Rising Speculation Grips Commodities Market (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Oct 30, 2006)
The National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) shut down twice on Saturday, causing several commodity prices to plummet to their lower circuit breaker.
- Bangla President Takes Charge (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
President Iajuddin Ahmed was Sunday sworn in as head of a caretaker government that will oversee
- Gathering Storm (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 30, 2006)
There is never a silly season in Bangladesh, a small country with big obsessions.
- Turn In The South (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 30, 2006)
The news about two Pakistani terrorists affiliated to Al Badr Mujahideen being arrested by the police in Mysore last Thursday night indicates the extent to which jihadis have infiltrated India's southern States, especially Karnataka.
- Talks On To End Dhaka Political Impasse (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Thousands of protesters took to the streets across Bangladesh for a third day on Sunday, as the president worked to end a political stalemate over who should lead a caretaker government to oversee upcoming elections.
- Needed, A Roadmap (Pioneer, Syed Zarir Hussain, Oct 30, 2006)
Unless Naga rebels show flexibility and the Government works overtime with some amount of seriousness, fresh turmoil in Nagaland seems inevitable
- Provincial Legislators’ Tales Strike A Chord With Us Senator (Statesman, Devirupa Mitra, Oct 30, 2006)
Friction, frustration and competition ~ provincial legislators across the world are able to share these emotions among their counterparts, working at the grassroots, but still having to look over their shoulder at the big shadow of the centre.
- Don't Let It Sail Through (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 30, 2006)
Steel major SAIL has reportedly proposed a mega 12 million tonne plant in Jharkhand, so as to exploit to the full the 2 billion tonnes Chiria iron ore reserves.
- India-Pak Close To Striking Deal On Siachen: Kasuri (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Pakistan foreign minister Khurshid M Kasuri said on Sunday that India and Pakistan were close to reaching an agreement to resolve Siachen issue and suggested a ‘breakthrough’ on this was expected next month to enable prime minister Manmohan . . .
- Rebels Want Jaffna Blockade Lifted (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Sri Lanka’s separatist rebels lambasted the government for not agreeing to lift its blockade of an ethnic Tamil stronghold in the north, as the military said today special forces killed two guerrillas who attacked their camp in the country’s east.
- ‘Sonia Is An Alien To Indian Culture’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
For the first time ever, Former External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh attacked Congress President Sonia Gandhi on her foreign origin.
- One More District (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 30, 2006)
The decision to make Barnala a district is financially ruinous without any corresponding administrative gains for citizens or any tangible improvement in governance.
- Diversity, A Binding Thread (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 30, 2006)
India has done well to give its approval for the ratification of the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of Diversity of Cultural Expressions adopted by UNESCO at its 33rd session on October 20 last year. India is a living example of . . .
- Timing For Self-Rule Theory Not Appropriate: Azad (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Even as the Congress party is “strongly comfortable” with the PDP, it is not happy with the timing of its alliance partner’s theory of self-rule being strongly advocated as the basis of solution to the problem of Jammu and Kashmir.
- Lanka-Ltte Peace Talks Fail (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Oct 30, 2006)
Amid mutual recriminations and intransigent positions, the Geneva peace talks between the Sri Lankan government and LTTE rebels failed on Sunday, with the two sides bitterly accusing each other of...
- Bangla Prez Is New Caretaker Chief (Deccan Herald, Hassan Shahriar, Oct 30, 2006)
Bangladesh President Iajuddin Ahmed on Sunday night took oath as the chief of the “neutral” caretaker administration with opposition parties and leading lawyers charging him of violating the nation’s constitution.
- The Srikrishna Report (Tribune, Amrik Singh , Oct 30, 2006)
What has happened to the Srikrishna Report about the Mumbai riots? This is a question that has been asked repeatedly during the past few years and needs to be asked even more pointedly today.
- A Tough Fight Lies Ahead (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Oct 30, 2006)
We have three crucial Assembly elections coming up in Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal and Punjab.
- Needed: A South Asian Economic Union (Asian Age, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 30, 2006)
Bangladesh is rowdy, boisterous and drenched in fundamentalism. But it is a democracy all right. Liberals are divided but they speak out against fanaticism in one voice.
- Azad Tells Pdp: Take ‘Self-Rule’ Proposal To Pm Panel (Asian Age, Yusuf Jameel, Oct 30, 2006)
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Sunday that he was not against the "self-rule" theory being pursued by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), a major partner in the state’s ruling . ..
- Iran Scents World Split On Nuclear Issue (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Iran on Sunday remained defiant over its nuclear programme despite the threat of sanctions, saying it was detecting splits between world powers on whether to punish Tehran for intensifying atomic work.
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