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Articles 3921 through 4020 of 43820:
- Sez Protest By Jd(u) Spells Unease For Bjp (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
In a move to undermine the BJP’s role, JD(U) president Sharad Yadav here today announced his decision to team up with Indian National Lok Dal of Om Prakash Chautala, Shiromani Akali Dal of Parkash Singh Badal and Apna Dal of Sone Lal Patel to . . .
- West, Islam In "Conflict Of Ignorance" - Aga Khan (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Sep 23, 2006)
Ignorance and rejectionism lie at the heart of the conflict between the Western and the Islamic worlds, the Aga Khan, spiritual head of the world's more than 15 million Shia Ismaili Muslims, said.
- Sometimes, A Hawk Must Wear Kid Gloves (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Sep 23, 2006)
Those of us who are supporters of the U.S. war against “Islamic Fascism” (an expression coined by President Bush) need to thank a feisty American senator.
- September 11: Before And After (Dawn, Shameem Akhtar, Sep 23, 2006)
IF a catastrophe of the magnitude of September 11 were to occur in the horrific manner in which it did in New York, any nation would go mad, and if the victims of this brutal act were to see the hidden hand of militants of whatever persuasion . . .
- Delhi's Disastrous Rise To Riches (Business Standard, Sunil Sethi, Sep 23, 2006)
The confrontation between angered citizens and the police in Delhi this week, in which four people died, is a perfect example of the kind of blind ignorance that seizes governments from time to time—myopia would perhaps be too kind a word.
- Pakistan Is Training Snake: Karzai (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said Pakistan is ‘training a snake that can also bite the trainer.’
- The Havana Puzzle (Business Standard, T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan, Sep 23, 2006)
Even if the general delivers, can we hope for any sort of continuity in the post-Musharraf era?
- Barbs Of Truth (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 23, 2006)
Kurt Vonnegut is like Mark Twain or Chekhov, extremely funny when depressed.
Imagine there’s no country,
It isn’t hard to do.
Nothing to kill or die for,
And no religion too, John Lennon
- Today's Hit Is Tomorrow's Niche (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 23, 2006)
Hits are not quite the economic force they once were, declares Chris Anderson, in The Long Tail, explaining why the sales that go with Number Ones are not what they used to be.
- Us Arrogance & Pakistan (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 23, 2006)
The Pakistan government took a decision after 9/11 to side with Washington and abandon its support for the Taliban regime in Afghanistan which was accused of harbouring Osama bin Laden.
- Lessons Of The Baloch Jirga (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 23, 2006)
In a development that reflects the widespread alienation of the Baloch following the killing of Akbar Bugti, a grand jirga was convened on Thursday by the Khan of Kalat, Mir Suleman Daud Ahmedzai in which they announced that a case would be . . .
- The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (The Financial Express, Malvika Singh, Sep 23, 2006)
While Orissa exemplifies good governance, elsewhere the rulers are busy exploiting the nation
- Energy Security Remains An Elusive Goal (The Financial Express, N K Singh, Sep 23, 2006)
Few will quarrel with the thrust of the Kirit Parikh Report, but implementation needs more attention.
- Mush Metamorphosis (OutLook, B. Raman , Sep 23, 2006)
There seem to be two clear shifts - the first relates to the on-going US-led war against international terrorism and Pakistan's role in it and the second to Pakistan's stand on jihadi terrorism in Indian territory.
- Democratic Federalism (The Economic Times, C P Bhambhri, Sep 23, 2006)
The military regime in Pakistan has not learnt any lesson from its own history and has followed the same policy of ruthless suppression of sub-nationalist movement in Balochistan. It has forgotten that the birth of Bangladesh as a separate country . . .
- S.Korea, U.S. Working To Spur Nuclear Talks (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Sep 23, 2006)
The United States and South Korea are working on an initiative to try to restart stalled six-country talks on the North's nuclear program, South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon said on Friday.
- Sonia, Pawar Meet Amid Cong-Ncp War Of Words (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
In the middle of the Congress-NCP war of words over coalition management, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and NCP chief Sharad Pawar met at 10 Janpath on Thursday night.
- Penalty Issue In Repayment Of Loans By Cash (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Sep 23, 2006)
The same amount cannot represent both a loan and undisclosed income
The ITO should decide before hand whether the amount represented a loan or undisclosed income. If it is a loan, it is easier to levy penalty.
- Grist For The 'Degree Mills' (News International, Praful Bidwai, Sep 23, 2006)
The writer, a former newspaper editor, is a researcher and peace and human-rights activist based in Delhi
- Injury In Computing `Non-Injurious Price' (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 23, 2006)
The real world today is cruel and harsh. "It respects power, not poverty or weakness, and power comes from a high level of industrialisation. Hence, if we wish to get respect in the comity of nations, we must make India a modern, powerful, highly . . .
- A Night In Dera Bugti (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 23, 2006)
A decent funeral was not permitted to an honourable man who died a brave death in the Bambore Hills. The empire played no dirge at the death of a Baloch Sardar.
- Sc Orders Police Reforms (Tribune, S.S. Negi , Sep 23, 2006)
In a judgement that would go down as a landmark in the history of reforming criminal justice system and strengthening the rule of law in the country, the Supreme Court today ordered drastic changes in the police administration to make it more . . .
- Special Article (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 23, 2006)
Representation Of The Marginalised
- Trade Not Aid To Fight Poverty, Extremism (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 23, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that Pakistan needs its products’ access to the US markets to generate greater economic activity and more employment opportunities in the country.
- The Mush Quotient (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 23, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s remarks to an American television channel that the Bush Administration threatened to bomb his nation into Stone Age in the wake of 9/11 should not surprise.
- Realisation Dawns On Hrw (Pioneer, Hari Om, Sep 22, 2006)
The US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) acknowledged that there is "considerable evidence that Islamabad has provided Kashmiri militants with training, weapons, funds and sanctuary".
- Incubator Of Islamist Terror? (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Sep 22, 2006)
Will the charade of democracy survive in the Islamic Republic of Bangladesh?
- Panic In Bangkok (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 22, 2006)
It is obvious that deposed Thailand Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatara did not take adequate precautions before leaving for New York to address the UN General Assembly on September 18.
- Congress Turns Ram's Votary (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Sep 22, 2006)
No single party or religious group can decide the Ayodhya issue on its own and the Congress needs to understand this, says Anuradha Dutt
- Karnataka Congress Leaders Meet Sonia & Antony (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
The top brass of the Karnataka Congress on Thursday met party president Sonia Gandhi.
- Crop Portends (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 22, 2006)
Though tentative, the crop numbers are not encouraging and can have an adverse fallout.
- We Are The Law (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Just how brazen politicians can get is demonstrated by Urban Development Minister S Jaipal Reddy’s statement, in the wake of demonstrations against the sealing of illegal buildings in the Capital turned violent and resulted in three deaths on Wednesday.
- Muscular Japan (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 22, 2006)
The election of Shinzo Abe as the new leader of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (and therefore as the next Prime Minister) was a foregone conclusion. Although he has held only one political office, of chief cabinet . . .
- Mirage At The Bottom Of The Pyramid (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 22, 2006)
We need to view the poor primarily as producers, not as consumers, and emphasise buying from them, not selling to them.
- Thai Junta Bans Political Meetings, New Parties (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Thailand's new ruling junta on Thursday announced a ban on meetings by political parties and barred the establishment of new parties.
- Pepsi Versus Poverty (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 22, 2006)
There's something deeply disturbing when one compares the Kerala government’s abject failure, as reported in this newspaper on Thursday, on implementing the jobs guarantee programme to the prompt proscriptions it had issued earlier against cola companies.
- Saving Delhi (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 22, 2006)
The violence that occurred during Wednesday's bandh called by traders in Delhi, resulting in the death of three persons, including a child and a teenager, could have been avoided if authority had been more alert to the simmering anger over . . .
- Quota In Higher Education — Must Not Be In Perpetuity (Business Line, Jandhyala B. G. Tilak, Sep 22, 2006)
Equality of opportunities in education has been one of the most important policy objectives in civilised societies. Equity and diversity in education are noble ideals of any strong and vibrant education system and they need to be constantly nurtured.
- How Terror Corrodes The Economy (Business Line, Sudhansu R. Das, Sep 22, 2006)
Sans the trouble of terror, India would have made far greater economic strides.
- Let Markets Resurge With Psu Public Offers (The Financial Express, PRITHVI HALDEA, Sep 22, 2006)
All PSU raisings need to be through public offers, only for retail, using the fixed price route
- An Open Letter To American Senators (Hindu, M.R. Srinivasan, Sep 22, 2006)
The draft Senate Bill on the India-U.S. civilian nuclear deal of July 2005 has been worded as though dealing with a normal non-nuclear weapon state. Any additional obligations imposed on India are unacceptable.
- Threat Is From Those Who Accept Climate Change (Hindu, George Monbiot, Sep 22, 2006)
If the biosphere is ruined it will be done by people who know that emissions must be cut _ but refuse to alter the way they live.
- Coalition Dharma In Karnataka (Hindu, PARVATHI MENON, Sep 22, 2006)
What is it that cements the alliance between the Janata Dal (Secular) and the BJP?
- Not By Judicial Fiat Alone (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 22, 2006)
The fierce protests during the day-long bandh by Delhi's traders — which resulted in the death of four people in police firing — signals an urgent need to formulate a . . .
- Let `Militant' Said To Be In Pakistan (Hindu, Devesh K. Pandey , Sep 22, 2006)
Suspected to be involved in the conspiracy behind the Mumbai train blasts
- Admission Strengthens Budapest's Hand (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 22, 2006)
The Gyurcsany Government's admission it has been lying to the people brought shocked Hungarians out on to the streets but are the politicians playing a much longer game?
- Has The Nelp Been Successful? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 22, 2006)
It is premature to declare the current round of NELP as a success or failure, merely going by the number of bids and/or the profile of the bidders.
- Military Games (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 22, 2006)
The political crisis in Thailand presents a predicament to democracies, including India. New Delhi has refused to take sides on the bloodless military coup in Thailand.
- Bjp Flays Mails From Pm’S Advisor (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Party spokesman Prakash Javadekar said the report published in an English daily suggested Dr Baru had sent emails to important officials and journalists giving his views on articles written by eminent diplomats and journalists on the Havana accord . . .
- Hudood Laws, Ghamidi’S (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 22, 2006)
Pakistan’s best-known moderate Islamic scholar, Dr Javed Ahmed Ghamidi, has resigned from the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII), the constitutional body meant to “advise the legislature [on] whether or not a certain law is repugnant . . .
- Pawar's Third Front Threat Forces Congress To Abandon Ajit Singh (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Sep 22, 2006)
NCP chief Sharad Pawar's move to forge an alternative "secular alliance" in Uttar Pradesh and project Ajit Singh as the next Chief Minister of the State has put a stop to the ongoing efforts by a section of Congress leaders to woo the western UP Jat . . .
- Food Imports Need Not Be Anathema (The Economic Times, Dhanmanjiri Sathe, Sep 22, 2006)
Import of foodgrains brings bad memories to most Indians.
- Fewer Tanks In Bangkok As Thai Army Reduces Presence (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Fewer tanks patrolled the streets of Bangkok on Thursday as the Thai army reduced their presence at key government facilities, but troops were not to be completely withdrawn, an army officer said.
- Thailand In Transition (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 22, 2006)
On the night of September 19, the Thai television channel suddenly started playing the national anthem, and international channels disappeared from the screen. Military vehicles started to appear on the streets.
- Curbing Extremism (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 22, 2006)
President Musharraf's remarks at the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative in New York on Wednesday on the need for those from different faiths to have a dialogue are timely and should be heeded by those living in the west.
- Security Forces Against Ceasefire (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Top officers of the security forces fighting terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir are not in favour of the government announcing ceasefire with ultras during the holy month of Ramzan.
- Soft Murmurs In Silly Season (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Sep 22, 2006)
Like subterranean eddies barely discernible on the surface of a sluggish stream, the so-called marginal players of Indian politics and their seemingly minor discontents remain largely invisible to the metropolitan eye.
- Thai Junta Begins Clampdown, Detains Pm Aides (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Thailand’s new military rulers said on Thursday that four top members of deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s administration had been detained. The regime also assumed the duties of parliament and banned meetings by all political parties.
- Special Article (Statesman, DIPAK BASU, Sep 22, 2006)
As the reservation system India is based on caste, the government has not been able to improve the lot of the backward or the poor as they may not belong to the castes or tribes entitled to receive aid from the state.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 22, 2006)
Deaths in police firing, widespread violent public protest, disruption of normal life, all these arouse the sentiments upon which politicians thrive (induce?) but which have no place in policy formulation or administrative action.
- Musharraf Indicates He Is Not Ready To Shed Uniform (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
In an indication that he would not relinquish the post of army chief in the near future, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said he has derived strength from his uniform to amend the controversial Islamic laws which no leader including a . . .
- Manmohan Not Keen To Push For Joint Anti-Terror Mechanism (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
The joint anti-terror mechanism agreed to between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President General Musharraf may come a cropper even before it takes off.
- Thai Generals Cement Grip (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Thailand’s ruling generals cemented their grip on power today, as ousted Prime Minister Mr Thaksin Shinawatra said he would take a break from politics and called for national reconciliation.
- Wheels Of Corruption (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 22, 2006)
A report in this newspaper that a senior officer found three traffic police personnel, including an assistant sub-inspector, accepting bribe from a truck driver on the Jammu-Srinagar highway is bound to invite varied reactions.
- Help Them (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 22, 2006)
Of late there have been a spate of reports of nomadic Gujjars and Bakarwals moving down the high mountains along with their cattle. These reveal an exciting aspect of social and economic life of the State.
- Trade Not Aid To Fight Poverty, Extremism (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 22, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that Pakistan needs its products’ access to the US markets to generate greater economic activity and more employment opportunities in the country.
- Us Nuclear Help To India Bothering Pakistan: Pm (Daily Times, Shahzad Raza, Sep 22, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Thursday that India could produce more fissile material for nuclear warheads through its civilian nuclear cooperation deal with the United States.
- Yale Courses Now On The Net For Free (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Yale University said on Wednesday it will offer digital videos of some courses on the Internet for free, along with transcripts in several languages, in an effort to make the elite private school more accessible.
- Urban Plight (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
The reprehensible violence during a traders'bandh in the capital on Wednesday symbolises a crisis of governance that is evident in most of our cities.
- Game Of Musical Chairs (Daily Excelsior, Arun Nehru, Sep 22, 2006)
The game of political 'musical' chairs continues in Jharkhand as the NDA and Arjun Munda is thrown out and Madhu Kode a independent MLA becomes the Chief Minister as the game of 'numbers' in a coalition structure pushes the state from one disaster to . .
- Pastoral Disquiet (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Sep 22, 2006)
What Pope Benedict XVI dubbed “startling brusqueness” has never been the sole preserve of lesser-known 14th-century Byzantine emperors.
- Spread The Butter, Not Non-Usable Nukes (Indian Express, JAGAT S. MEHTA, Sep 22, 2006)
If the aftermath of the Bush-Singh agreement on civil nuclear cooperation has been tortuous, with the US Senate set to vote on it today, it may be an apt moment to recall that the original principles behind the Non-Proliferation Treaty were . . .
- Hasta La Vista, Havana (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 22, 2006)
With two new entrants this year, taking its total to 118 countries, NAM’s strength is close to 2/3rds of that of the United Nations. So even if not able to get its act together as one whole, it is still seen as a good place to network, to try and . . .
- Crossing The English Channel (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Sep 22, 2006)
National language or not, I guess more than half our readers will require a translation, so here it is: “If you speak a hodgepodge lingo, you will receive a hodgepodge reply.”
- Us & Iran Needn’T Be Us & Them (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 22, 2006)
The crucial distinction is in separating the Tehran regime from the people when drawing up the list of sanctions, says the noted dissident in this ‘Letter to America’
- King, Country And The Coup (Indian Express, Inder Malhotra, Sep 22, 2006)
Remarkably, almost all reports on Thailand’s coup have stressed that though 18th during the last seven decades, it is the first in the 15 years since the country opted for democracy.
- City Blights (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 22, 2006)
In a parliamentary form of government, the legislature is supreme — it alone has the right to make laws and all that the courts can do is to interpret them.
- All Things Rotten (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Sep 22, 2006)
It is a Delhi phenomenon, one that is in the news, but symptomatic of the appalling urban planning, norms and regulations across urban India.
- Bengal Shares Its Madarsa Reform Secret With Pak (Indian Express, Jayanth Jacob, Sep 22, 2006)
A ‘socialist society,’ enrolment of girls, professional management, sufficient funds_here are some tips on madarsa reforms from the West Bengal Government to Pakistan.
- Koda’S Troubles (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 22, 2006)
Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda has won the confidence vote.
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