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Articles 2621 through 2720 of 43820:
- Fewer Women Should Use Veils, Says Brown (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
Britain’s former foreign secretary Jack Straw found support from British Prime Minister Tony Blair, chancellor of the exchequer Gordon Brown and controversial author Salman Rushdie for raising the issue of whether Muslim women should be veiled.
- ‘Us Pressure Would Mean War’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
North Korea will view US pressure to rein in its nuclear programme as "a declaration of war", the isolated communist regime said on Wednesday in its first official statement since announcing it had carried out a nuclear test.
- Anger, Rancour Before Navy Barak Ok (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Oct 12, 2006)
Angry exchanges between the top officers of the Indian Navy preceded the clearance of the Barak NG joint production agreement between India and Israel.
- Atomic Adolescent (New Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Oct 12, 2006)
India was quick in its condemnation of North Korea’s nuclear test on Monday.
- Manmohan Calls For "Inclusive Globalisation" (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Oct 12, 2006)
University of Cambridge awards him honorary degree of Doctor of Law
- Blair's Long Goodbye (Frontline, Hasan Suroor, Oct 12, 2006)
At the annual Labour Party conference Prime Minister Tony Blair signals that he will step down in a year's time.
- N Korea's N-Test Complicates Indo-Us Nuke Deal (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
North Korea's nuclear test has complicated the implementation of the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, with a bill on the agreement set to come up in the lame duck session of the Senate that gets underway in about four weeks.
- 22 Sri Lankan Soldiers Die In Battle (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 12, 2006)
Intensified fighting caused by LTTE provocations, says Colombo
- Pm’S Package For Farmers Provides Relief To Co-Operative Banks Instead (The Economic Times, Girish Kuber, Oct 12, 2006)
PM Manmohan Singh announced a Rs 3,750-crore special package for Vidarbha farmers on July 1. Yet 310 farmers have committed suicide since then. That’s not all, the total number of suicides in Vidarbha this year alone is 970.
- What Is Wrong With Banking? (Daily Excelsior, Ramesh Kanitkar, Oct 12, 2006)
In Jaipur early this year the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) nabbed an inter-stage gang that had cheated several nationalised banks of Rs. 1.5 crore by presenting fake bills or forged drafts.
- ‘Mercy Power Of President Subject To Review’ (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
A two-judge Supreme Court bench of Justice Ajit Parsayat and Justice S.H. Kapadia held in separate concurring judgments on Wednesday that the powers of the President and governor to pardon a convict, or to reduce the sentence imposed, are subject . . .
- Defeat Extremists At Next Year’S Elections: (Daily Times, Rana Qaisar, Oct 12, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday urged the nation to vote for moderates in next year’s general elections.
- Cbi Is A Politicised Agency, Claims Bjp (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
The BJP said the CBI FIR against former defence minister George Fernandes in the Barak case "signals total politicisation of the agency". "It shuts and opens cases as per the wishes of the political bosses", the BJP alleged here on Wednesday.
- `Finding A Publisher Was A Nightmare' (Hindu, Mukund Padmanabhan, Oct 12, 2006)
The Inheritance Of Loss may have won the Man Booker Prize but author Kiran Desai had an ``incredibly difficult'' time finding a publisher for the novel.
- Talks On Kashmir Under Way, Says Musharraf (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 12, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf said on Wednesday that discussions were under way between Pakistan and India for an agreement on the Kashmir issue. He expressed the hope that "something" could be announced during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's . . .
- Polling Peaceful In Madurai Central By-Election, 70 Per Cent Turnout (Hindu, S. Vijay Kumar, Oct 12, 2006)
AIADMK candidate seeks re-poll in two booths alleging bogus voting
- Chikungunya Cases Confirmed In Delhi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
39 new dengue cases admitted to AIIMS; total up to 1,101
Union Health Minister Ramadoss visits AIIMS
Hundreds screened for dengue.
- Politics Can’T Be The Factor In Pardon: Sc (Indian Express, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Oct 12, 2006)
Amidst the clamour over the mercy plea for Mohammed Afzal, ordered to be hanged for his role in the December 2001 Parliament attack case, the Supreme Court today made it clear that maintenance of the rule of law, and not political expediency, should . . .
- "Writing Can Be A Dangerous Activity" (Hindu, Mukund Padmanabhan, Oct 12, 2006)
Kiran DesaionThe Inheritance Of Loss, the Man Booker Prize, and the process of writing novels.
- Reconcile Ideas On Growth And Finance (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Oct 12, 2006)
Of late, the government and regulatory authorities have been airing differing views on fiscal discipline, foreign institutional investment, use of foreign exchange reserves, SEZs and interest rates.
- Trinamool, Congress For Sustained Joint Movement Against Left (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
Collective opposition to go beyond the proposed Tata Motors project
- Facing The Truth (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Oct 12, 2006)
India's objection to Pakistan's legal right to sign the 1963 border treaty is justified, but the alignment it secured was correct.
- You Did It! A Kiran For Indian Women (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 12, 2006)
It’s a good time to be an Indian! Even more to be an Indian woman! Hot on the heels of Indra Nooyi, chairman and CEO, PepsiCo topping both the Forbes’ and Fortune list of Most Powerful Women, we have India-born Kiran Desai walking away with . . .
- Quality Of Mercy (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 12, 2006)
This is not the first time the Supreme Court has reviewed the executive’s constitutional power to grant pardon or remission of sentence.
- North Korea's N-Test Could Complicate Indo-Us Nuclear Deal (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
North Korea's nuclear test has complicated the implementation of the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, with a bill on the agreement set to come up in the lame duck session of the Senate that gets underway in about four weeks.
- Manmohan Calls For New Global Vision (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
Over a year after being honoured with a doctorate by Oxford University, Cambridge University bestowed upon Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Doctor of Law degree here today.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 12, 2006)
The Central Bureau of Investigation will have to do an infinitely better job following up the FIR it registered against George Fernandes than it did probing the Bofors affair if it desires retaining domestic and international credibility.
- Is West Needlessly Needling Muslims? (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Oct 12, 2006)
If Muslims are found living in self-imposed ghettos, the tendency of the West to mock at other cultures and religions qualifies it as a bully, says Anuradha Dutt.
- Friendless In Chennai (Indian Express, JAYA MENON, Oct 12, 2006)
Nearly six months after the Tamil Nadu assembly elections, the state is in election mode again. Yesterday the Madurai by-election took place, and elections to the local bodies will be in full swing tomorrow and the day after.
- Can These Children Access A Future? (Indian Express, RAHUL RAMAGUNDAM, Oct 12, 2006)
Most of those concerned with child labour, see it as a product of poverty. Therefore, while poverty cannot be ended with immediate effect, a child can be provided with ameliorative measures.
- Neoliberal Approach To Education (Frontline, VENKATESH ATHREYA, Oct 12, 2006)
The 11th Plan draft approach paper sees education not as a human right but as an instrument to enhance growth rates.
- Gender Injustice (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Oct 12, 2006)
The overall intent of the government on women's issues as reflected in the draft approach paper raises new concerns.
- Upa's Mid-Term Report Card (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
The UPA's record of achievement is a case of two steps forward and a giant step backward.
- Shadow Of Iraq (Frontline, Vijay Prashad, Oct 12, 2006)
The coming elections to the U.S. Congress will determine whether the Bush administration's Iraq policy has found favour with the people.
- Environmental Apathy (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 12, 2006)
It now appears the government will miss the November 1 deadline for introducing ethanol-blended petrol, even though that was also a postponed deadline.
- Remuneration Quotient (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Oct 12, 2006)
There cannot be exploitation of workers beyond a point and American war on wages will provide an opportunity for Indians, says Prafull Goradia
- Mumbai Mockery (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 12, 2006)
Reports from Mumbai that relatives of those accused of carrying out the horrific train blasts on July 11, 2006, have petitioned the Prime Minister's Office and Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh of Maharashtra, alleging police . . .
- Saddam Slams Judge For Silencing Microphone (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
Saddam Hussein rebuked the chief judge of his genocide trial today, accusing the court of preventing him from defending himself. “When the accuser and prosecutor talk, the world listens. When the man called ‘the accused’ speaks, you switch off the . . .
- Mercy Plea Should Not Drown Victim Kin's Voice (Pioneer, Abraham Thomas, Oct 12, 2006)
In a landmark verdict bound to change the rules governing grant of clemency to convicts, the Supreme Court on Wednesday held that the President or the Governor should not go by the pleas of the convict alone but also by its impact on the family . . .
- If Afzal Is Let Off More Women Will Live In Fear, Says Rampal's Widow (Pioneer, Neeraj Chauhan, Oct 12, 2006)
He showered his love on his bicycle. Though his family and friends told him to replace it with a motorcycle or a scooter, his bicycle was his constant companion for more than 20 years.
- Synchronised Decision-Making (Pioneer, Vinayshil Gautam, Oct 12, 2006)
Holistic development of human personality ought to form an integral part of management lessons, says Vinayshil Gautam
- Personal Vendetta (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 12, 2006)
Meanwhile, India's defence is weakened
- Hot Air Over Stray Dogs (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Oct 12, 2006)
In her article "Truth about cats and dogs" (October 9), Ms Shailaja Chandra writes, "For years animal rights activists armed with laws-rules, court rulings, research papers and editorials have scored over tongue-tied municipal officials."
- Pardon Afzal To Nation's Peril (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 12, 2006)
The campaign to save Mohammed Afzal Guru, mastermind of the terrorist attack on Parliament House on December 13, 2001, from the gallows by human rights activists, separatists and cynical politicians does not augur well for the nation.
- Looming War Clouds (Pioneer, Dmitri Kosyrev, Oct 12, 2006)
Russia and Georgia are eyeball-to-eyeball and America is doing everything to exacerbate the crisis
- Bofors To Barak (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 12, 2006)
Inquiries into defence deals in India operate on this principle — catch an intruder by allowing your house to be burgled. Thus it was that the meandering Bofors investigation led to the Armed Forces never getting enough guns or spares.
- Dangerously Disarming (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 12, 2006)
Bofors and Denel were blacklisted following defence deal scandals. Will the Barak allegations result in a similar fate for companies supplying vital equipment to the three services? Are we serious about building our military deterrence?
- Delusions Of Order (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Oct 12, 2006)
Marginal states like North Korea can turn desperation into power and make the powerful look utterly desperate. We need to rethink power in the 21st century
- Wounded By The West (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 12, 2006)
Although it focuses on the fate of a few powerless individuals, Kiran Desai’s extraordinary new novel manages to explore, with intimacy and insight, just about every contemporary international issue...
- No Clemency On Political, Religious Considerations: Sc (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
In an apparent message in the midst of the controversy shrouding the hanging of Parliament attack accused Afzal Guru, the Supreme Court today held that the powers of President and Governor to grant clemency was open to . . .
- The Business Of Politics (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 12, 2006)
Dynasty ought to become a four-letter word for politicians, as most family-run businesses have realised to their peril. There’s further evidence of that now from far away lands.
- U.S., Russia Still Working On Details Of Wto Deal (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
The United States and Russia are still negotiating details aimed at reaching agreement on Moscow's bid to join the World Trade Organization, the U.S. commerce secretary said on Wednesday.
- Unarmed Combat (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 12, 2006)
Whether or not George Fernandes and the others are guilty of wrongdoing in defence deals, as charged by the Central Bureau of Investigation, is a matter that the courts will now have to decide.
- Keeping To The Right (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 12, 2006)
The first leg of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s six-day European tour underlines the growing relationship between the two countries, both political and economic.
- Lives Being Made Over (New Indian Express, Mini Kapoor, Oct 12, 2006)
Look first at two other novels that were in quiet contention for the Booker Prize this year. In Hisham Matar’s In the Country of Men, a young boy is rudely prepared for exile as the politics of 1979 Libya come streaming into his family home.
- Up Is Ready To Ban All Colas (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
UP chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav said that his government was ready to ban cola drinks if all parties arrived at a consensus on the issue.
- Us Not Examining A Q Khan Role On N Korea's Nuke Development (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
The Bush administration has refused to speculate on what the disgraced Pakistani scientist A Q Khan's input may have been in the North Korean nuclear blast.
- Bofors To Barak (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
Inquires into defence deals in India operate on this principle - catch an intruder by allowing your house to be burgled.
- Behind The Kumbakonam School Tragedy (Frontline, S. Viswanathan, Oct 12, 2006)
The inquiry report on the Kumbakonam school fire in July 2004 indicts the school management and government officials.
- Cold War Clouds (Frontline, Vladimir Radyuhin , Oct 12, 2006)
A report prepared by two experts of the state Duma predicts a worsening of Russian-American relations in the next few years.
- Abe's Empire (Frontline, P.S. Suryanarayana, Oct 12, 2006)
For new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe the challenges are many as Japan seeks to reposition itself in the new world order.
- Sri Lanka:mixed Signals (Frontline, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 12, 2006)
The conflict resolution process remains stalled though the government receives "positive signals" from the LTTE.
- Less Than Civilian Colleagues (Daily Excelsior, Col. (Retd.) Surendra Sharma, Oct 11, 2006)
High hopes are placed on the appointment of the Sixth Pay Commission. While a majority of the government servants look forward to a manna from heaven, that bulwark of our society - the men in olive green - are for the first time hoping that they . . .
- Kids Work As Ban On Child Labour Starts In India (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Oct 11, 2006)
Ten-year-old Sonu sits forlornly on a plastic chair in a ramshackle street food stall in New Delhi, taking a break after serving customers tea.
- Widows Meet Kalam, Oppose Clemency To Guru (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2006)
Widows of security men who died in the Parliament attack today met President A P J Abdul Kalam to plead against mercy for Mohammad Afzal who faces execution in connection with the 2001 terror strike.
- Understanding Gandhi (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Oct 11, 2006)
Whenever Mahatma Gandhi is referred to in conversations or discussions, the common tendency is to denounce him or praise him for his superhuman values. Few understood him in his own days. He represents what is incomprehensible in human personality.
- Pakistan Aiding Taliban Resurgence (Tribune, Lt Gen (retd) Vijay Oberoi, Oct 11, 2006)
The volte face by the Pakistani army in Waziristan will have long-term adverse effects for peace in our region in general and stability in Afghanistan in particular.
- Moily Panel Sets Three-Year Roadmap For Obc Quota (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2006)
Setting a three-year roadmap for providing reservations for OBCs in institutions of higher education, the Moily Committee has recommended a slew of measures to implement the quota but left the controversial creamy layer issue to the government.
- Cbi Fir Against Fernandes; Alleges Rs 20mn. Bribe To Jaya (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2006)
The Tehelka ghost today returned to haunt former Defence Minister George Fernandes when CBI filed a corruption case against him, the then Naval chief Admiral Sushil Kumar and Jaya Jaitley, who was accused of receiving a bribe of Rs two crore in the . . .
- Us Not Examining A Q Khan's Role In N Korea (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2006)
The Bush administration has refused to speculate on what the disgraced Pakistani scientist A Q Khan's input may have been in the North Korean nuclear blast.
- S Korea Will Reconsider Its Engagement With North (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2006)
South Korea will reconsider its policy of engagement with the North following Pyongyang's announcement it had tested a nuclear device, President Roh Moo-hyun was cited as saying today.
- A "Hymn" To India And Indians (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 11, 2006)
Manmohan invites expatriates to join great adventure of creativity
- Cbi Fires Rs 2-Cr Charge At George In Missile Deal, He Says It’S Politics (Indian Express, Raman Kirpal, Oct 11, 2006)
Six years after India signed the Rs 1,150-crore Barak missile deal with an Israeli company, the CBI has registered an FIR naming former Defence Minister George Fernandes, his colleague and former Samata Party president Jaya Jaitly, the then Chief of . . .
- Pm Says No To Another N-Weapon State, Blair Agrees (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Oct 11, 2006)
A day after North Korea reignited the proliferation debate, 10 Downing Street became the venue for India making public its critical stand on the emergence of another nuclear weapon state and got a ringing endorsement of it from British Prime Minister . .
- Police Interference In Politics Must Also Stop (Indian Express, Manoje Nath, Oct 11, 2006)
The landmark Sup-reme Court judgment in the writ petition filed by Prakash Singh and others proposes to lay down the foundation for an apolitical, responsive and accountable police force.
- Indo-Pak Joint Mechanism (Daily Excelsior, Joginder Singh, Oct 11, 2006)
Pakistan and India have agreed to restart peace talks, which had been suspended since train bombings killed more than 200 people and injured over 700 in July, 2006.
- Nuclear Test May Embolden Iran To Take The Same Path (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2006)
North Korea’s claim to have tested an atomic bomb could embolden Iran as it defies the UN Security Council over its own nuclear programme, say analysts.
- Atomic Adolescent (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Oct 11, 2006)
India was quick in its condemnation of North Korea’s nuclear test on Monday. It was on the target when pointing to the Pakistan link in the North Korean proliferation.
- Murder In Moscow (Tribune, Anne Applebaum, Oct 11, 2006)
At the time of her murder in Moscow last week, Anna Politkovskaya was at the pinnacle of her influence.
- Kiran Desai Is Youngest Woman Booker Prizewinner (Reuters, Paul Majendie, Oct 11, 2006)
Indian novelist Kiran Desai succeeded on Tuesday where her mother failed and won the Booker prize, the youngest woman ever to capture one of the world's most prestigious literary awards.
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