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Articles 4221 through 4320 of 43820:
- Scourge Of Terrorism (Hindu, R. K. Raghavan , Sep 19, 2006)
Demolishes the theory that licence to religions has worked well for the U.K.
- China Is Not Just Rising, But Also Changing (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 19, 2006)
China's advance toward global economic pre-eminence appears irresistible. Having recently surpassed Britain, France and Italy, its economy is now the fourth-largest in the world...
- Nations Co-Exist In Cyber Space (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 19, 2006)
Oppressive prime ministers and caring dictators — elected with the click of a mouse — are running over 100,000 cyber nations armed with their unique flags, emblems, mottos and warped ideologies.
- In Stasis (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 19, 2006)
For Jharkhand, the celebrations have not stopped since its birth. Its politicians, providing for five changes of government in less than six years, have alone assured that the gaiety continues unbroken.
- Women-Centric Vision (Hindu, CAVERY BOPAIAH, Sep 19, 2006)
Argues for putting women squarely at the centre of the development process
- Invitation To Peace (Telegraph, Jyoti Malhotra, Sep 19, 2006)
Manmohan Singh triumphed in Cuba by putting the India-Pakistan dialogue back on track, writes Jyoti Malhotra
- Madhu Koda Sworn In (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2006)
To seek vote of confidence on September 20
- Chirac Urges World Powers Not To Refer Iran To Security Council (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2006)
ElBaradei reiterates call for diplomatic negotiations
Iran warns against security council action.
- Global Rally For Darfur Peace (Hindu, Jonathan Steele, Sep 19, 2006)
Warning of genocide in violence-wracked Sudan region .
- Bound By Promises (Telegraph, Tapas Majumdar, Sep 19, 2006)
I had written a year back in these columns on the ‘promises’ in the Constitution of India, Part IV (Directive Principles of State Policy), particularly Article 45, on the children’s right to education.
- `We Are Ready For President's Rule' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2006)
Former Prime Minister Deve Gowda releases `charge sheet' against Congress .
- Leave Those Kids Alone (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 19, 2006)
As the nation went through the paces of Teachers' Day this year, the mood in many staffrooms was grim.
- Pervez's Balochistan Blunder (Pioneer, Anil Narendra, Sep 19, 2006)
Bugti's killing has united all political factions in Pakistan, leading to widespread demands for Gen Musharraf's ouster, says Anil Narendra
- Shift Focus To Employability (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 19, 2006)
It is good that labour reform, long relegated to the backburner, is once again the focus of government attention.
- Congress Believes In Spirit Of Tieup (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2006)
The Congress on Monday clarified that it is observing coalition "dharma" better than any other party heading such a ruling alliance, while playing down the Nationalist Congress Party’s "call" for a third front.
- Indo-Us Wargames Get Bigger (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Sep 19, 2006)
The Manmohan Singh government, ignoring the criticism of the Left parties, has dramatically expanded the scope of joint military exercises with the United States.
- Solution To Poverty Is Less Governance (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 19, 2006)
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) yearly report for 2006, released last week, focuses on female migrants and human trafficking.
- No Shift In India's Stand: Manmohan (Hindu, N. Ravi, Sep 19, 2006)
Misunderstanding with Iran a thing of the past, he says
- Section 377 Must Go (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 19, 2006)
The argument against Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code is writ large indeed.
- Latin America’S Kerala (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 19, 2006)
The turn under the Cuban sun has occasioned general bonhomie and much nostalgia. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was awarded a rare one-on-one meeting with the ailing Fidel Castro and had many words of praise for one of the world’s most resilient . . .
- Our Fragile Mind (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Sep 19, 2006)
There must be some inscrutable logic at work when a speech entitled ‘Faith, Reason and the University’ delivered at the University of Regensburg sets off a political firestorm.
- A Strategic Setback For India (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 19, 2006)
India has suffered its first strategic setback in the fight against terrorism by certifying that Pakistan is not an aggressor but a state aggressed upon. On the terrorism front it brings both countries at par.
- Democricket Game In Jharkhand, Till Reign Stopped Play (Indian Express, PETER RONALD DESOUZA, Sep 19, 2006)
Till the UPA extended support in Jharkhand to the independents led by Madhu Koda — sworn in as chief minister on Tuesday — one was tempted to view the current events in Jharkhand politics as a step forward in its tryst with democracy.
- Q&a: 'Access To Food Is The Biggest Challenge In Asia' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 19, 2006)
Among the Millennium Development Goals set by the UN for the 21st century, halving the proportion of hungry people in the world is top of the list.
- Madhu Koda Sworn In, Trust Vote On Sep 20 (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2006)
Independent MLA Madhu Koda was today sworn in as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand at the head of a three-member ministry comprising MLAs whose desertion led to the downfall of the BJP-led government in the state last week.
- Karunanidhi, The Televisionary (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 19, 2006)
One thing you have to say about South Indian politicians: they sure keep their word. Before knocking J. Jayalalithaa off her chief ministerial . . .
- Lalu Charms Iim-A With One-Liners, Unusual Biz Lesssons (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2006)
Clad in dhoti-kurta, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad was far from the image of a typical management guru but he did not fail to mesmerise students of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) with his witty one-liners and out-of-the-box . . .
- Koda Gets Cm's Chair, Soren The Headache (Pioneer, Nityanand Shukla, Sep 19, 2006)
Madhu Koda's dreams came true on Monday when he was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand along with his rebel troupe of Kamlesh Singh of NCP, Enos Ekka and Harinarain Rai, who were sworn in as ministers.
- Somali's Yusuf Escapes Violence That Kills 11 (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2006)
A car bomb killed five people and wounded several others outside parliament in Somalia's provincial capital Baidoa on Monday in an assassination attempt on President Abdullahi Yusuf.
- Kashmir Politicians Hail Musharraf-Manmohan Talks (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2006)
Joint statement a grand gift to State's people: Mufti
- It Is Not The Economy But Race (Hindu, Gary Younge, Sep 19, 2006)
Recent research into voting patterns in America ignores the elephant in the room.
- Mufti Welcomes Havana Initiative (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2006)
PDP leader and former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed today said the meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf at Havana had revived the hope for lasting peace in Jammu and Kashmir.
- No Longer A House Of States (Tribune, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Sep 19, 2006)
The Supreme Court has been seeing the “basic structure” of the Constitution of India as sacrosanct and, therefore, not open to tampering or tinkering. Yet it is not clear which of the 444 articles and 12 schedules that make the world’s longest . . .
- Strategic Thinking (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 19, 2006)
A recent report by the CIA's National Intelligence Council, Mapping the Global Future, predicts that by 2020 India's GNP will have overtaken, or be on the threshold of overtaking, European economies.
- Bush Fires For Cia’S ‘Torture’ Power (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2006)
President Bush launched an impassioned counterattack on critics of his proposals to give CIA interrogators a free rein in their treatment of terror suspects yesterday, saying “it’s vital that the folks on the front line have the tools necessary to . . .
- Period Of Coalition Politics (Hindu, B.R.P. BHASKAR, Sep 19, 2006)
In this complete works of E. M. S. Namboodiripad series, volume 40 contains documents of the period from October 1968 to July 1969. At that time Namboodiripad was Kerala's Chief Minister, the CPI (M)-led seven-party . . .
- Lalu Gives Iim-A Students Fodder For Thought (Deccan Herald, Parag Rabade, Sep 19, 2006)
“The railways is not just a cow, but a jersey cow that will fall sick if not milked fully.”
- India, Iran To Rework Gas Project (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2006)
India will rework on the India-Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline once the report of experts on the feasibility of the project is available, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Monday.
- Belgaum Calling (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 19, 2006)
It may be premature and totally unnecessary to term the Karnataka government’s decision to hold a special session of the state legislature in Belgaum in the last week of September with hyperboles like ‘historic’, but its political significance . . .
- Wb-Imf Certificate (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 19, 2006)
Though the annual meetings of the World Bank and the IMF no longer evoke the kind of interest they once did, it is imperative to take note of their India-specific observations.
- China: Boom Or Bust? (Tribune, S.P. Seth, Sep 19, 2006)
In a recent forum on Australian television, the participants debated if China was headed for boom or bust. China’s continued economic growth of around 10 per cent is now regarded as a given by many commentators around the world.
- Lebanon: A Battlefield For Political Influence (Tribune, Megan K. Stack, Sep 19, 2006)
The rush to rebuild this war-crushed country has gotten tangled up with a high-stakes sectarian competition, as Sunni Arab governments in the region race against Shiite Iran and its ally Hezbollah to prove political clout and capture . . .
- Reasons For Alienation (Deccan Herald, Amulya Ganguli, Sep 19, 2006)
The efforts of the BJP to divide India on communal lines has been a failure. A fe w Muslim youth may be misled.
- Injustice In Kerala (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 19, 2006)
Candles won't be lit for Kim Karunakaran, Sujith and Anu. Geographically, they were murdered in the wrong place. Unlike Priyadarshani Mattoo or Jessica Lall, they were not residents of Delhi commanding the power of national media coverage.
- Manufactured Rage (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 19, 2006)
Pope Benedict XVI delivers a scholarly lecture on the importance of reason in theology at a university in Regensburg, Germany, during the course of which he quotes Manuel II Paleologus, the 14th century Christian emperor of Byzantine telling his . . .
- Behind Every Successful Man (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 19, 2006)
Indra Nooyi may have bubbled her way to the top of PepsiCo despite, as she herself acknowledged, the three disadvantages of being a woman, an immigrant and an Asian in the US and, therefore, having to work three times harder!
- Reduce The Wpi Weightage For Sugar (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 19, 2006)
In many parts of India, the sugar industry is in dire financial straits. Cash-strapped sugar mills take delivery of sugarcane but postpone paying farmers. This forces farmers to take extortionate loans.
- Field Survey (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 19, 2006)
If banking were a sport, say football, foreign banks in the land apparently face a dodgy goalpost! Now the skin-tight branch-licensing policy of the Reserve Bank means that foreign banks hoping to walkaway with the branch network of target, . . .
- Jharkhand Gets Third Cm In Two Years (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2006)
Independent legislator Madhu Koda, who led a rebellion that toppled the Arjun Munda government last week, on Monday took oath as fifth chief minister of Jharkhand.
- Us May Plead India's Case At Nsg (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2006)
After the US Congress, the second biggest hurdle facing the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal is China, according to former US deputy secretary of state Strobe Talbott.
- Pope Launches Battle For Europe (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Sep 19, 2006)
Pushing the envelope firmly while regretting the 'misunderstanding' caused by his discourse on violence in Islam, Pope Benedict XVI has sounded the battle-cry for Christian domination in Europe.
- Musings On China’S Growth Story (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 19, 2006)
While growth is booming, there’s tension in the interplay of economic and socio-political forces
- N-Deal Will Sail Through, Says Talbott (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2006)
Brookings Institution President and former Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott has said categorically that the Indo-US nuclear deal will go through smoothly.
- Retail Opportunity (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 19, 2006)
India tops the list of 30 most attractive emerging markets for mass retailers.
- Doha Round: Has Multilateral Trade Slipped Over Edge? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 19, 2006)
After the launch of the Doha Round the WTO negotiations did become democratised, with the emergence of more players and changed rules of engagement, only to be nullified by the pulls and pressures within.
- Forget Bhai Bhai, Focus On Business! (Business Standard, Govindraj Ethiraj, Sep 19, 2006)
Few turned up to listen to former National Security Advisor Brajesh Mishra speak at a seminar organised by the Observer Research Foundation on India-China relations at Calcutta University’s Alipore campus last weekend. The stiflingly hot Kolkata . . .
- The Musharraf Enigma (Business Standard, Deepak Lal, Sep 19, 2006)
A jehadi replacement for Pervez Musharraf is a consummation devoutly not to be wished.
- Public Indictment Of Political Class (Pioneer, MC Joshi, Sep 19, 2006)
With Muslims forming about three-fourth of its six lakh population, Malegaon, defying its history of communal clashes, seemed to demonstrate exemplary social harmony when, on September 9, three bomb blasts killed 38 innocent people . . .
- Legislative Initiatives Against Media Undemocratic: Jacob Mathew (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2006)
In a democracy, media content should only be subject to self-regulation: Jacob Mathew
- Nepal Mps Want Us Ambassador Recalled (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Sep 19, 2006)
At least two members of Nepal’s Parliament have criticised US ambassador James Moriarty for what they called brazen “interference” in Nepal’s domestic affairs, and asked the government to send him back urgently.
- More Autonomy, Please (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 19, 2006)
If you feel that you have had enough of Bugti, Qazi, Osama, Mulla Dadullah, Pope Benedict XVI and the likes, check out the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan's most recent report titled 'Northern Areas of . . .
- Pak, India To Jointly Fight Terror: Pm (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said that President Pervez Musharraf had assured him “Pakistan has no hand” in perpetuating recent terror acts in India and had given an “explicit commitment” to work with India “to do all that in their control . . .
- Local Governments Still Dysfunctional (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 19, 2006)
More than five years down the line, the local government system, brought in with so much fanfare, lies in ruins. People continue to suffer from a lack of civic amenities and good governance just as they did when this system was not in place.
- Chirac Opposes Iran’S Referal To Unsc (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 19, 2006)
UN nuclear chief Mohammed ElBaradei said Monday he remained “hopeful” Iran and world powers would be able to move towards “long-overdue” negotiations over Tehran’s atomic ambitions.
- We Cannot Afford Prejudices Against Islam (News International, Karen Armstrong, Sep 19, 2006)
In the 12th century, Peter the Venerable, Abbot of Cluny, initiated a dialogue with the Islamic world.
- Global Grief (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 19, 2006)
World events this week have shown the inevitability of globalisation in terms of how economics is forcibly wedded to politics and religion. In Singapore, the World Bank, IMF, G7 are holding talks to decide how to resurrect talks. When they will . . .
- Victory At Nam (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 19, 2006)
INDIA, a victim of cross-border terrorism for a long time, has been of the view that those indulging in this inhuman activity on any pretext deserve no sympathy. No civilised nation should extend any kind of support to the outfits killing innocent . . .
- Will Nam Declaration Carry Weight? (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 19, 2006)
The Declaration adopted by the Havana NAM Summit has condemned Israeli attack on Lebanon, supported peaceful resolution of the US-Iran nuclear stand-off and deplored terrorism sans movements for self-determination and struggle against foreign occupation.
- Starting Again (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 18, 2006)
Having salvaged the peace talks stalled after the Mumbai massacre, and agreeing to travel to Pakistan in the near future, Manmohan Singh must now retain firm control over both the process and agenda of the engagement with Pakistan.
- Pawar Bats For Upa, Party Guns For Cong (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Sep 18, 2006)
While Sharad Pawar tried to defend his role as the Union Agriculture and Food Minister and said all that was politically correct about the “spirit of UPA”, others at the Nationalist Congress Party’s (NCP) third national convention here targeted . . .
- Karnataka Government Records Relating To Bmic `Manipulated' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 18, 2006)
Reply to show-cause notice submitted to Supreme Court
- ‘Prof Lalu’ To Enthral Iim-A Today (Deccan Herald, Parag Rabade, Sep 18, 2006)
The campus of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad is full of excitement with both the students and the faculty waiting over something unthought for. Railway Minister Lalu Prasad, who may have failed Bihar miserably, is all set to . . .
- Time With My Daughter (Deccan Herald, MAYA JAYAPAL, Sep 18, 2006)
My daughter is visiting. She has come alone. And, much as I love my delightful grandchildren, and my shy, smiling son-in-law, I like the fact that she’s free of the distractions of seeing to their needs. It happens once in three or four years and I . . .
- Government Records Relating To Bmic `Manipulated' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 18, 2006)
Reply to show-cause notice submitted to Supreme Court
- Minister Makes Fuss In Police (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 18, 2006)
Sometimes fact is stranger than fiction. This is especially true in the case of politicians, who enact scenes that even film scripts cannot match.
- Nrega Mitigates Rural Distress (Deccan Herald, TRILOCHAN SASTRY, Sep 18, 2006)
The endorsement of NREGA highlights that people are demanding work and not doles.
- Good News All Around (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Sep 18, 2006)
There is prosperity all over but a section of the population feels left out due to various reasons.
- Lessons From Bellary (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 18, 2006)
The widespread illegal mining of iron ore in Bellary district of Karnataka has snowballed into a controversy which has the potential to threaten the future of the current Janata Dal(S)-BJP government.
- Smoke In Cuba (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 18, 2006)
Politics is the art of the possible, and the leaders of India and Pakistan are mature enough to remember this. They are also only too conscious of the fact that they lead the only two nuclear weapons States in the world that share frontiers . . .
- Bjp Presses ‘Caution’ Button (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 18, 2006)
The main Opposition BJP on Sunday asked the UPA government to exercise “double caution” on the resumption of dialogue with Pakistan saying the proposed joint mechanism appears to be “a fig leaf to cover the concessions” made to Pakistan in regard . . .
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