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Articles 3321 through 3420 of 43820:
- Leaving Their Marx (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 30, 2006)
There are three good reasons to welcome the CPM speaking up for good relations with Beijing and ending security-related restrictions against Chinese companies.
- Reforms: Chidambaram Seeks Political Space (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2006)
Unless they are completed, it will be difficult to sustain high growth.
- U.N. Envoy For Tsunami Recovery Seeks Revival Of Talks In Sri Lanka (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 30, 2006)
"Recovery process has ground to a halt in parts of north and east"
Reported Defence Ministry letter asks journalists not to disseminate news without confirmation from Media Centre for National Security
Move unnecessary and tantamount to . . .
- Iran Rejects Terms For Nuclear Talks (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Sep 30, 2006)
Tehran not to suspend uranium enrichment
- Legislation Soon To Implement Nanjundappa Panel Proposals (Hindu, Nagesh Prabhu , Sep 30, 2006)
Kumaraswamy rejects Congress charge of laxity in flood relief work
- Ethnic Hate Crimes On The Increase In Russia (Hindu, Marianna Belenkaya, Sep 30, 2006)
Religious and ethnic communities have a big role to play. They should not give in to provocations.
- South Korean Leads Race For Un Secretary General’S Post (Deccan Herald, COLUM LYNCH, Sep 30, 2006)
The leading candidate to succeed Kofi Annan as secretary general of the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon, South Korea’s minister of foreign affairs and trade, has at least one potential advantage over his rivals in the election race for the world’s top . . .
- Flashpoint Over Belgaum (Deccan Herald, Jangveer Singh, Sep 30, 2006)
Belgaum has always been an emotive issue for Maharashtra since it went to Karnataka after the reorganization of the States in 1956.
- New Narmada For News Television? (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Sep 30, 2006)
Will SEZs become the new Narmada of news television? The ingredients are there. Panning shots of big, shiny, glass and concrete structures, then jump cuts to farmers talking of “losing” land their great grandfathers had tilled.
- Mumbai-Malegaon Blasts (Deccan Herald, P.C. Dogra, Sep 30, 2006)
O July 11, seven blasts in seven suburban trains of Western Railway, Mumbai, killed over 229 persons and wounded over 700. Then came Malegaon blasts in a mosque, killing 37 Muslims and injuring many more, who were in the congregation of the devouts . . .
- Patch-Up At White House (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 30, 2006)
It has happened many times in the past. Presidents Pervez Musharraf and Hamid Karzai have met, pledged to bury the hatchet and fight terrorism jointly.
- Sezs: Pil Filed In Supreme Court (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2006)
They will create shortages: petitioner
Land is being acquired with the help of police
Quash all acquisitions and return land to farmers, court urged.
- Gandhi’S Way Won’T Do (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 30, 2006)
Rajkumar Hirani in his film “Lage Raho Munnabhai”, a sequel to “Munnabhai MBBS”, took up Gandhi and Gandhism and gave it an attractive makeover, making it . . .
- Opening A Dialogue (Hindu, BAGESHREE S. , Sep 30, 2006)
Shashi Deshpande's translation of her father Shriranga's memoirs is an important bridge across languages.
- Reservation In Premier Institutions (Hindu, Prabhudev Konana, Sep 30, 2006)
While reservation is a political hot button, it is about societal endurance, ethics, and value issues. If it is a pure political solution then, unfortunately, premier institutions will probably lose the battle.
- Is The Message Lost In The Medium? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 30, 2006)
Having got himself a breather, Mr Horatti will do well to discuss with the experts on how to take forward the education policy, which meets the concerns of both the medium and the message.
- Plea To Stop Acquisition Of Farm Land For Sezs (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2006)
The Supreme Court was moved on Friday to stop the acquisition of agricultural and cultivable land from farmers in various states for setting up special economic zones (SEZs).
- Centre To Be Neutral On Boundary Row (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2006)
Central government on Friday said it had “broadly” approved the written statement to be presented on its behalf in the court and would adopt a totally “neutral” stance on the matter.
- Demolitions: Citizens Can Breathe Easy (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2006)
Citizens need no longer fear demolitions of buildings which have violated bylaws. It is a win-win situation for both the citizens and the State government, as the new bill passed at the special session in Belgaum on Thursday has hailed the . . .
- First Quarter Brings Good News: 8.9% (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2006)
Despite a fall in the growth rate of electricity and construction sectors during the first quarter of 2006-07, the economy was able to record a phenomenal 8.9 per cent growth during the first quarter of financial year 2006-07, bettering the . . .
- Tourism Enriches (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 29, 2006)
Pro-active promotion of tourism is needed.
- The Death Of Freedom (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 29, 2006)
Today you bought the Guardian — or perhaps you are reading it online. Once it may have been the Independent. It is probable that on Sundays, sifting through the mountains of papers at your newsagent’s, you often reach for the Observer.
- Sonia To Kalam: Don’T Let Mp Allow Staff To Join Rss (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi today petitioned President A P J Abdul Kalam against the move by Madhya Pradesh government to let its employees take part in RSS activities. Seeking Kalam’s intervention, she sought reversal of the order.
- India`s Ambassadors In The Us (Business Standard, T Thomas, Sep 29, 2006)
If we can get American students to study here, it will prove to be a major advancement in diplomacy.
- A Force To Reckon With (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 29, 2006)
That’s what the Supreme Court order on police reforms aims at: a law-enforcing system which, insulated from the political class, will be able to serve the public and win its trust and respect.
- $43 Billion City Near Karachi (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 29, 2006)
The meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabi net (ECC), held on Wednesday, was highly productive in the sense that it took several decisions of far-reaching import.
- Musharraf Slams Bbc Over Isi Report (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Sep 29, 2006)
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf arrived here on Thursday fuming with rage over a BBC report that a research paper, written by a British intelligence official for the Ministry of Defence, had accused the Pakistani intelligence service, ISI, of . . .
- Statistics Hide More Than They Reveal (Times of India, Amrith Lal, Sep 29, 2006)
Anthony D'Amato's study puts forward two propositions. One, the amount of social violence in the US has come down over the years and, two, exposure to depictions of violence has influenced the decline.
- Siva, Indochina And The Geopolitics Of Peace (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 29, 2006)
Vietnam Airlines Flight 267 descended towards the airport over Cam Ranh Bay, a geopolitical relic of the Cold War where the Soviet Union built a major base for its Pacific Fleet. I, however, was flying into the area not to investigate . . .
- In The Land Of Rising Nationalism (Business Line, J. Srinivasan, Sep 29, 2006)
Japan's Prime Minister-elect, Mr Shinzo Abe, thinks the country cannot continue the way it has, and wants to revise the pacifist constitution and education to emphasise moral values, patriotism, and tradition.
- My Friend Dilip, The Cable Operator (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 29, 2006)
One day, back in the Bad Old 1980s, Dilip, a young man from our neighbourhood in Bombay, knocked on the door of my apartment with an intriguing proposition: did I want to watch movies round the clock for less than fifty rupees a month?
- Pride And A Lot Of Prejudice In Bangalore (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Sep 29, 2006)
Drawing attention away from development and corruption issues that have dogged Karnataka in recent months, two long simmering plots have been pushed into the forefront of politics in the state.
- The Trust Deficit (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 29, 2006)
President Bush's appeal to both Pakistan and Afghanistan to put their differences aside and cooperate in the struggle against the Taliban and Al Qaeda is timely and should be heeded.
- Another Army Man As Vc (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 29, 2006)
The appointment of a retired brigadier as the vice-chancellor of Bolan University by the Balochistan government is contrary to what FAPUASA and the HEC had expected.
- Not A Banana Republic? (News International, Shafqat Mahmood, Sep 29, 2006)
The writer is a former member of parliament and a freelance columnist based in Lahore
- Frank And Forthright (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 29, 2006)
The Wapda inquiry committee on the countywide power breakdown on Sunday last has completed its job in time.
- Beyond The Controversy (Hindu, SHIVASUNDAR, Sep 29, 2006)
Tipu Sultan has always been misrepresented because the victors are the ones who have a say in recording history.
- Gowda’S Own Country (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 29, 2006)
Going strictly by news coming from government quarters in Bangalore in recent months, it would be easy to forget that this is the metropolis that has almost single-handedly made over the idea of India in the world.
- No Deal Campaigners Set To Lose Battle (Pioneer, ASHOK MALIK, Sep 29, 2006)
Despite the perverse pessimism in some quarters in New Delhi, the overriding consensus in the State Department, on Capitol Hill and in the strategic affairs community here is that the India-United States civil nuclear deal is on course.
- Questionable Leaders (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 29, 2006)
Somewhere in the distant past, when Muslims were blissfully unaware of progress, the Imam of Jama Masjid with his old pal, Mr Balasaheb Thackeray, was a media darling.
- Will Austria's Right Survive? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 29, 2006)
Seven years ago, a rightist firebrand who mocked Jews and praised some of Hitler's policies alarmed the world by taking nearly 27 per cent of the vote in Austria's national election.
- Politics Of Durga Puja (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Sep 29, 2006)
While West Bengal erupts in what Union Information & Broadcasting Minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi calls "stree shakti" (women's power), two very dissimilar strees are jostling for Durga's tiara.
- The Captive Shames The Captor And Shames Himself (New Indian Express, S Gurumurthy , Sep 29, 2006)
He opted to be a refugee in Pakistan rather than remain a resident in India during Partition. He started his career as a soldier, the most prestigious job then and why even now, in his adopted country.
- Will There Be Convergence In The Chaos? (The Financial Express, S NARAYAN, Sep 29, 2006)
Economic progress today is driven by private enterprise, while government institutions are faltering
- Outrageous Strategems (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Sep 29, 2006)
Celebration time for at least some members of parliament. No, they do not belong to the group of celebrities who were involved in the imbroglio over office of profit.
- Karzai, Mush Bristle In Bush's Rose Garden (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
In a Rose Garden appearance arranged to show warmth and unity, the bickering leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan shook hands with President George W. Bush but not with each other.
- Cong Seeks Kalam's Intervention On Mp Allowing Govt Staff . . . (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
Once again raising the boggy of communal poralisation against its principal opposition the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Congress on Thursday sought the President's intervention against Madhya Pradesh Government's move to allow its employees to take . . .
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 29, 2006)
The continuing war of words between New Delhi and Islamabad ~ even if diplomats prefer to describe the sniping as “clarifications” ~ over the scope and role of the proposed joint mechanism on terrorism has rendered it a virtual non-starter.
- No Control On Durand Line (New Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Sep 29, 2006)
Nearly 113 years after it was drawn between British India and Afghanistan, the Durand Line remains volatile.
- Missing Package (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 29, 2006)
Since many prime ministers in the past announced special packages for the states they were visiting, it has become customary to expect such a windfall whenever the PM comes calling.
- Foreign Pressure For Gay Rights (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Sep 29, 2006)
Government should develop political consensus before legalising homosexuality as it is against the ethos of Indian society, says Anuradha Dutt.
- Gandhigiri, Mamu! (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 29, 2006)
The talk of a ‘Ramazan ceasefire’ in J&K struck a chord with none of the interested parties. Yet it has threatened to open up some deliciously interesting possibilities.
- Reservation Rumbles (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 29, 2006)
Buffered vigilance on the OBC quota
- Chronicles Of A Patriot (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
The world of covert intelligence is John le Carré’s natural terrain. He returns to it in his latest novel through a different route and in a different manner.
- Towards Police Reforms (Tribune, B.G. Verghese for and Sanjay Sangvai , Sep 29, 2006)
The Supreme Court has struck a major blow for democracy and freedom by decreeing that long pending and widely endorsed police reforms shall be implemented forthwith and that the directions given in this regard to the Union Government shall be . . .
- Against Hope (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 29, 2006)
Politics tends to be divisive everywhere, but only in Bengal can it be such an enemy of promise.
- By The Book (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 29, 2006)
The Pakistan president, Mr Pervez Musharraf, has consistently invited scepticism in India. Predictably, the publication of his memoir, In the Line of Fire, has intensified public disquiet in India about him.
- The Business Of War (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 29, 2006)
In mid-May, 1999, the Indian Army discovered that a large number of infiltrators had seeped into India’s side of the border from Pakistan.
- Upa-Left Coordination Committee Meets On Oct 4 (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
The UPA Government’s "pro-rich" economic policies, "deviation" from the country’s independent foreign policy and the controversy over Special Economic Zones (SEZs) will dominate the discussions at the UPA-Left Coordination panel meet here on October four.
- Tangerine Tales In Marmalade Prose (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 29, 2006)
Julia Glass’s second novel is strikingly similar to her first, Three Junes. Both are set in the West Village of New York (“a city of freely eccentric people”) and tell remarkably similar stories about parenthood, sexuality and human relationships.
- Maoists To Improve Coordination (Hindu, K. Srinivas Reddy, Sep 29, 2006)
Decision came at a meeting in Nepal of Maoist Parties and Organisations
Need for people's movements to draw closer
South Asia a burning cauldron of revolutionary movements
Committee to deepen links between genuine Maoists.
- Sonia Strikes At Sangh Via Kalam (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi has sought President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s help to get the Madhya Pradesh government to reverse its order allowing employees to participate in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s activities.
- Belgaum Stokes Passions In Maharashtra, Karnataka (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Sep 29, 2006)
The old row between Maharashtra and Karnataka over the status of Belgaum is all set to be reignited with political parties here pressing for special two-day Assembly session on the issue.
- Indophile Pm (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 29, 2006)
With Mr Shinzo Abe of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) taking over as the new prime minister of Japan, it is time to watchTokyo’s moves on the world chessboard.
- A Step Away From Licence Raj (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 29, 2006)
The government, in notifying the new environment impact assessment (EIA) norms, has sought to decentralise the process of environmental clearance for industrial projects.
- Creamless Report (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 29, 2006)
Oversight Committee Chairman M. Veerappa Moily’s decision to leave the contentious issue of excluding the creamy layer from the ambit of reservations for the socially and educationally backward classes to the prime minister is most unfortunate.
- Good Semantics (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 29, 2006)
As if to reaffirm the stance of those critical of the new joint mechanism against terrorism, Pakistan has reiterated its standard line over a list of wanted persons sent by India.
- Faling Revolution (Daily Excelsior, Jayant Muralidharan, Sep 29, 2006)
What is today described as "Naxalism" in Andhra Pradesh actually began as a Communist-led, Marxism-oriented peasant movement in Telengana in 1944. This Telengana movement was the outcome of a strained social fabric and an iniquitous . . .
- In Line Of Fire (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 29, 2006)
When Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf made a claim recently about the Untied States’ threat to bomb his country into "stone age" he invited an apt observation. US President George W. Bush virtually brushed it aside with a remark: "He is trying to . . .
- Chaturvedi Calls For Probity And Ethics In Public Life (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Sep 29, 2006)
`Bureaucracy has to be immunised from politicisation' .
- Bush Urges Anti-Terror Allies To Cooperate (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
In a White House appearance arranged to show warmth and unity, the leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan shook hands with President George W. Bush but not with each other.
- Norwegian Envoy To Arrive In Sri Lanka (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 29, 2006)
To persuade Government, LTTE to halt hostilities and resume dialogue
Norway engaged in behind-the-scenes activities to iron out issues
Prabhakaran says he is serious about negotiations.
- Haj House Row Raje Govt. Creation: Gehlot (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
Congress general secretary and former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has described the controversy over the construction of a Haj House at Sanganer near here as the creation of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Government in Rajasthan.
- Amend Act To Debar Buying Of Farmland For Sezs: V.P. Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
These should be developed only on wasteland, says former Prime Minister.
- A Crisis And An Opportunity In Sri Lanka (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 29, 2006)
The SLMM report, detailing the violations of the ceasefire agreement by the LTTE and the Government, underlines the need for a speedy return to the dialogue table.
- Pm Signals Sez Burial (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Sep 29, 2006)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi's directive against large-scale acquisition of prime farmland for non-agricultural purposes and full rehabilitation of affected farmers seems to have put a spanner in the rat race to create Special Economic Zones.
- Behind The Swedish Verdict (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 29, 2006)
The victory of Sweden's Centre-Right coalition against the country's oldest party, the Social Democratic Party, in the recent general election is in line with a trend witnessed in recent years across major European countries — the trend of the . . .
- ``U.S. For Rapid Economic Reform In India'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
"Reforms at the macro level will be central to transforming into a superpower"
India, U.S. have developed strategic relationships in many areas
Efforts on to reduce visa-processing delays
India should enforce Intellectual Property Rights standards
- Panchayati Raj Useful To Sri Lanka: Aiyar (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 29, 2006)
``It provides a mechanism for devolution from the Centre to people at local levels''
- "Globalisation Will Only Work If The Winners Share With The Losers" (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 29, 2006)
Economist and Nobel laureateJoseph Stiglitz,author, most recently, ofMaking Globalisation Work, spoke to Nobel Laureates Plus editor Nathan Gardels on September 22.
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