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Articles 4621 through 4720 of 43820:
- We Must Reconsider And Question The Meaning Of ‘War On Terror’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 15, 2006)
Five years ago, I watched the unimaginable from my office in Tokyo.
- When Rebels Want To Rule The Army (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Sep 15, 2006)
How much say should a rebel outfit have in the choice of Chief Of the Army Staff (CoAS)? The government appointed Rukmangad Katwal as CoAS, overruling objections from . . .
- State, Not Church (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 15, 2006)
The controversial address of Pope Benedict XVI at the University of Regensburg on Wednesday may well be construed as Vatican’s seal of approval on Samuel Huntington’s famous clash of civilisations argument.
- Are You Still There? (OutLook, V. Sudarshan, Sep 15, 2006)
Barely two months after the Mumbai bomb blasts, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be meeting the man whom India has been subtly trying to blame for the diabolic acts—General Pervez Musharraf.
- Convertibility — Conditions And Consequences (Business Line, A. Seshan, Sep 15, 2006)
Instead of devoting more attention to dollarisation, the Second Tarapore Committee has gone into detail on the possibility of internationalisation of the rupee, which is not likely to happen in the near future.
- Munda Quits, Koda Stakes Claim To Form Government (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2006)
The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) on Thursday elevated Jaganathpur Independent legislator Madhu Koda as the next chief minister of Jharkhand, ending the political drama that crippled the state for over a week.
- India, Brazil Set Common Goals (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Sep 15, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh concluded a “historic” visit to Brasilia on Thursday after attending the first summit of the India-Brazil-South Africa Dialogue Forum (IBSA) in which the largest democracies of the developing world decided to join . . .
- Blair Goes Ballistic At ‘Mad Anti-Americans’ Of Europe (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2006)
“The danger is if they decide to pull up the drawbridge and disengage. We need them involved,” Mr Blair said, spelling out his political vision in a pamphlet published by the Foreign Policy Centre think-tank.
- To Laugh And Learn (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2006)
Some interesting reads in Kannada...
- Instability Ahead (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 15, 2006)
Arjun Munda’s resignation as Jharkhand’s Chief Minister was inevitable. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government was reduced to a minority last week when four ministers - Madhu Koda, Harinarayan Rai, Enos Ekka and Kamlesh Singh - withdrew . . .
- A Complete Farce (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 15, 2006)
The strong stand taken by the government initially against the draconian Hudood ordinance put on the statute books by General Ziaul Haq as part of his strategy to sell his Islamisation gimmick to the county which was reflected in the original . . .
- Cpi Meet To Focus On Assembly Poll Tie-Ups (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2006)
The Communist Party of India (CPI) will discuss possible electoral alliances for the coming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and other states at a two-day national executive meet from Monday.
- Koda Follows In Mahanta Footsteps (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2006)
A social worker-turned-politician, 35-year-old Mr Madhu Koda, who is set to become Jharkhand chief minister, is perhaps the second youngest person to occupy the high post after Mr Prafulla Kumar Mahanta of Assam.
- Rumours Of Thai Military Coup Refuse To Die (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2006)
The capital is once again abuzz with rumours of a possible coup as caretaker Prime Minister Mr Thaksin Shinawatra will be out of the country for quite some time.
- Moving Up The Ranks, Koda Becomes Jharkhand Cm (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2006)
Patahatu village of Jharkhand is in the spotlight now and it does not take long to find out why. This village surrounded by the iron ore mines of Gua amid the green canopy of Saranda, Asia's largest sal forest, has got its 'Sanghi', Madhu Koda.
- Ap Congress Tries To Ease Tension With Trs (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2006)
Witnessing a game of one-upmanship and competition among Andhra Congress leaders to attack TRS and its president K. Chandrasekhar Rao, the central leadership of the Congress party has made a fresh attempt on Thursday to bring down the political . . .
- Beating Resistance (Frontline, S. Viswanathan, Sep 15, 2006)
Tamil Nadu government has decided to take up the decade-old challenge from casteist forces of four panchayats in Madurai and Virudhunagar districts to the statutory empowerment of Dalits, with all the seriousness that it deserves.
- Caste And Conflict (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Sep 15, 2006)
The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar is confronted with conflicts as it tries to implement its social development agenda.
- Pope Tells The Truth (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 15, 2006)
Pope Benedict XVI, unlike his predecessor Pope John Paul II, clearly suffers from no illusions about averting the inevitable fullscale clash between civilisations by striking a compact or entering into an accommodation with Islam.
- Politics Of Cynicism (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 15, 2006)
The fall of the Arjun Munda Government in Jharkhand has been engineered by cynicism and deceit.
- Work Towards Real Democracy (Pioneer, Sunita Vakil, Sep 15, 2006)
For the past several years, Pakistan has been pursuing a duplicitous policy regarding Islamist violence.
- Independents Rule, Jharkhand Roasts (Pioneer, Nityanand Shukla, Sep 15, 2006)
Going against the anticipated drama on the floor test by the BJP-led Arjun Munda Government, the transition of power was a smooth affair in Jharkhand on Thursday.
- Can Science Bring China And India Closer? (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Sep 15, 2006)
For meaningful cooperation aimed at the realisation of both countries' scientific aspirations, a change in mindset will be necessary.
- Extremists Vs Moderates (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Sep 15, 2006)
The US President had been talking about the war on terrorism for the last five years. That did not make sense. Terrorism was a strategy and not an entity against which war was to be waged. It was like saying that World War II was against Blitzkrieg . . .
- Happiness And Beauty (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Sep 15, 2006)
In the more than half a century since the Lalit Kala Akademi was set up, Sankho Chaudhuri was only the second Bengali to be invited to be its chairman. His passing last month evoked sorrow all over the country.
- Trade Pacts: Why It’S A Big Deal (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Sep 15, 2006)
Does a trade agreement between India, Brazil and South Africa make economic sense?
- Divided And Ruling (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Sep 15, 2006)
Tensions leading up to Muzaffar Beig's resignation as Deputy Chief Minister put the Congress-PDP marriage to the test.
- Building On The Ruins (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Sep 15, 2006)
The monsoon in Delhi has been weird to say the least. It rains every now and again but there has been no steady watering of this parched land, which needs to have its water table at a decent height for citizens to have an adequate supply of water.
- Munda Skips Test, Quits (Tribune, Ambarish Dutta, Sep 15, 2006)
Chief Minister Arjun Munda tendered his resignation marking a pre-mature exit of the 18-month-old NDA government in Jharkhand after failing to muster the required numbers to prove majority in the Assembly today.
- Gun For Trouble (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 15, 2006)
There's a weapon for every 10 people on earth, and two bullets per person, enough to kill us twice over. And that is leaving out weapons of mass destruction, or the arsenals that are at the disposal of government armed forces.
- Do Bigha Brazil (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 15, 2006)
Brazil should mean much more to India than samba and football. With Brazil's land mass of 85 lakh sq km against India's 33 lakh sq km, and a population of 185 million as against India's over one billion, it is apparent that land is abundant in one . . .
- Road, Rail Projects Devour Thousands Of Trees (Tribune, S.P.Sharma, Sep 15, 2006)
The fragile green cover in Jammu and Kashmir has yet again become a victim of several road and rail construction projects as thousands of full grown trees are being cut on the name of development.
- A Woman Caught On The Wrong Side Of History (Telegraph, Chirosree Basu, Sep 15, 2006)
Suparna Gooptu takes on a pariah. Although acknowledged as India’s ‘first woman barrister’, Cornelia Sorabji has evoked a lot of discomfort in a milieu accustomed to viewing the inception of gender politics in India in association with the growth . . .
- Bandit Hero (Times of India, Sauvik Chakraverti, Sep 15, 2006)
It is useful, when considering political rulers of ages past, to make a clear distinction between "roving bandits" and "stationary bandits". In English history, Norsemen like Hagar the Horrible go down as "roving bandits" who killed, raped, looted . . .
- Divisive Issues Wreck Nation-Building (Tribune, Shahira Naim, Sep 15, 2006)
On the morning of September 7, a Muslim boy is teased by his peers at an elite public school in Lucknow. He is asked if he would sing the Vande Mataram at the school assembly a little while later.
- Cuba Sees Us As Dictator (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2006)
Launching a blistering attack on the US, Cuba, host of the NAM Summit, has charged it with resorting to war and using economic might to impose a “veritable dictatorship” on the world.
- Defeating Terrorism (Tribune, T.P. Sreenivasan, Sep 15, 2006)
Nostradamus’ prophecy that “two metal birds would crash into two tall statues and the world will end soon after” appeared to have come true on September 11, 2001. The world as we knew it certainly ended on that day.
- India Supplying Arms To Baloch: Afgan (Daily Times, Irfan Ghauri, Sep 14, 2006)
Opp for provincial autonomy, commission to probe Bugti’s killing
- Women’S Bill Delayed Again (Daily Times, Shahzad Raza, Sep 14, 2006)
MQM boycotts cabinet and parliamentary party meetings
Bill should have been sent to CII: Sher Afgan.
- War On Terror, Ties With India: European Leaders Praise Pakistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2006)
European Parliament President Josep Borrell Fontelles on Wednesday praised Pakistan for its efforts to improve relations with India and its front-line role in the ‘war on terror’.
- Us Sees 'Pause' In Indian Reforms Process (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2006)
The US, on Wednesday, said that there was a "pause" in India's economic reforms process and that this loss of momentum could have serious economic costs attached to it. However, the Defence Minister, Mr Pranab Muherjee, said that the economic reforms . .
- Bomb Scare In Malegaon (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2006)
Security agencies in the state continue to have a tough time. On Wednesday, a bomb was found at a shopping complex near the Mohammedia Madrasa Centre in Malegaon.
- Waiting For Winter (Times of India, Brinda Karat, Sep 14, 2006)
The prime minister's recent statement that his government will bring the women's reservation Bill to Parliament in the next session has been widely welcomed.
- Changing Labels Takes Time (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 14, 2006)
Old-fashioned packaging makes consumers think of botulism, not of the Empire.
- Cong-Bjp Vande Row Set To Escalate (Times of India, Rajeev Deshpande, Sep 14, 2006)
In its fleet-footed retreat over the Vande Mataram controversy when confronted by Islamist opposition to the national song, Congress has virtually disowned the Freedom Struggle's protest hymn and set up fresh confrontation with BJP . . .
- Pacifism Works With Middle-Class India (Indian Express, NANDITA PATEL, Sep 14, 2006)
The recent success of Munnabhai’s Gandhigiri shows that in India the concept of pacifism has long carried with it a moral authority that few pragmatists have managed to dent.
- At Ibsa Summit, Quota Lessons For I From B & Sa (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Sep 14, 2006)
As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh leaves for Brasilia to take part in the first India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) summit, are reservations and quotas on his mind? Or maybe the question isn’t entirely quixotic.
- Why Ramani And Not Manu Behind Bars? (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Sep 14, 2006)
With the arrest of Bina Ramani last week it can be safely said that Manu Sharma will get away with murder twice. There will be no justice for Jessica Lall because the Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up to establish a new case against her . . .
- All The Bidders For A Troubled Bank (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Sep 14, 2006)
Just a fortnight ago, when United Western Bank (UWB) topped the first-ever customer satisfaction survey of banks, the findings and timing of the survey seemed outlandish.
- Gst For India: Some Basic Questions (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 14, 2006)
Even after two decades of reforms the system of domestic trade taxes in the country remains deficient. Union finance minister’s announcement in this year’s budget of his intent to usher in a “national Goods and Services Tax” by 2010 is thus to be welcomed
- Few Expectations From India-Pakistan Talks (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2006)
A long-awaited summit meeting between the leaders of India and Pakistan this week, their first in a year, is not expected to produce any dramatic breakthroughs with both sides facing domestic political pressure.
- Not Quite Role Models (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 14, 2006)
A senior policeman once quipped: “There are four stages to a cop’s official career. The first is servility when the officer is too junior to be noticed.
- Talibanisation Proceeds Apace (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Sep 14, 2006)
Several developments during the last three weeks indicate that Bangladesh's present coalition Government, led by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party but dominated by the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh (JeIB), is bent upon winning the forthcoming general . . .
- Death Of A Tiger (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 14, 2006)
Sunday has proved to be a blot on the nation's resolve to save its tigers from becoming extinct.
- End Haj Subsidy (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 14, 2006)
In refusing to stay the Allahabad High Court order to suspend Government subsidies to religious pilgrims, the Supreme Court has acted exemplarily.
- Govt Defends Speaker's Haste In Expelling Tainted 11 (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2006)
Defending the action to expel 11 Members of Parliament in the cash-for-query scam as being part of 'internal proceedings' of the House, the Centre on Wednesday stated that the matter was not referred to Privileges Committee as the case required an . . .
- Spat With Trs Intensifies; Two Cong Ministers In Ap Offer To Quit (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2006)
Picking up the gauntlet thrown by Telangana Rashtra Samithi, two Congress Ministers in Andhra Pradesh-- M Satyanarayana Rao and Mohammad Ali Shabbir-- have offered to resign and seek fresh mandate amidst intensifying war of words between the . . .
- Lanka Govt, Rebels To Talk Peace: Eu (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2006)
The European Commission said today it has received signals from both the Sri Lankan government and separatist Tamil Tiger rebels that they are ready for talks on the settlement of the conflict “without any preconditions.”
- In Denial Mode (Frontline, V. VENKATESAN, Sep 14, 2006)
As States fudge facts and figures to deny manual scavenging exists, the Supreme Court may scan their claims to get at the truth.
- 'America Biz Coming To India' (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2006)
A large group of American businessmen are planning to visit India in November to look for opportunities to invest in the country, US Ambassador David Mulford told a gathering of Indian and American businessmen on Wednesday.
- The United (Western) Colours Of Idbi (The Financial Express, Sourav Majumdar, Sep 14, 2006)
Challenge for IDBI will be to convince its own shareholders that the decision was in their interest.
- Bengal Chamber To Singur (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 14, 2006)
A method in Mamata Banerjee’s rant
- The Taliban Threat (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 14, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf's remarks about the Taliban before a seminar on Kashmir held at the European parliament in Brussels on Tuesday that they represent a danger greater than Al Qaeda provides some food for thought.
- Prioritising Provincial Autonomy Bill’S Passage (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 14, 2006)
Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination Salim Saifullah has said that the National Assembly will soon pass the . . .
- Review Internal Security Now (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Sep 14, 2006)
Liberal Muslim leaders must join the Government's efforts to identify and isolate radical Islamists in India
- Islamic Missionaries Unfazed By Claims Of Al Qaeda Links (Reuters, Kamran Haider, Sep 14, 2006)
Devotees came in their tens of thousands, unrolled mats, pitched tents, assembled mini-stoves, and spent the weekend in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad sipping tea, praying and listening to sermons.
- Taliban And Al Qaeda (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 14, 2006)
Some realities President Pervez Musharraf referred to on Tuesday seem to elude observers of the Pakistani scene in the context of the war on terror.
- Musharraf Should Help Singh (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 14, 2006)
The Indian prime minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, has signalled that the issue of terrorism will top his agenda of talks with General Pervez Musharraf on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement conference in Havana later this week.
- Brazil, India Strengthen Ties (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2006)
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tightened their countries’ ties on Tuesday by agreeing on a “strategic partnership” on the political and economic fronts.
- Dancing Divinity (Hindu, ATHREYAATHREYA, Sep 14, 2006)
Keshav, essentially a political cartoonist, uses striking colours and form to portray Krishna and other deities of the Hindu pantheon as well as episodes from well-known tales
- Our Men In Havana (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Sep 14, 2006)
It would seem a pity that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has to travel half way round the world to meet Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf. But look at it differently; isn’t it better that the two leaders see each other in Havana than not at all?
- Brazil, South Africa Back India's Nuclear Plans (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2006)
The presidents of Brazil and South Africa said on Wednesday they supported changes in international rules to allow India to buy nuclear fuel and reactors from the United States and other countries.
- Death Squads Kill 60 In Iraq (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2006)
Police recovered 60 bodies over the past day across Baghdad, most bound and tortured, officials said on Wednesday, highlighting how sectarian death squads are still plaguing the Iraqi capital despite a major security drive.
- Seize Opportunity For Talks With Ltte, Chidambaram Urges Rajapaksa (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 14, 2006)
``Talks can bring down tensions and halt flow of refugees into India''
- Towards A Doctrine For Internal Security (Hindu, Harish Khare , Sep 14, 2006)
There is a notion that all it takes is sturdy political will for the Indian state to defeat the increasingly lethal non-state actors. The result is ignorance about the nature of internal disorder.
- Integration Vs. Forced Assimilation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 14, 2006)
THE MOUNTING campaign against multiculturalism by politicians, pundits, and the press, in Britain and across Europe, is neither innocent nor innocuous.
- Balochistan: The Wider Issues At Stake (Hindu, K. Shankar Bajpai , Sep 14, 2006)
Patriotism, nationalism, devotion to country — it is all essentially a matter of feeling, of attachment.
- Lesson Of Gore Ecofilm — Don't Vote On Personality (Hindu, Jonathan Freedland, Sep 14, 2006)
The former U.S. Vice-President delivers a stunning lesson on global warming.
- Talks Between Manmohan, Musharraf Should Be Productive, Says Cpi (M) (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2006)
The leadership of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) would like the proposed meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on the sidelines of the XIV Non-aligned summit in Havana "to be productive . . .
- Support For India's Nuclear Deal (Hindu, N. Ravi Kumar, Sep 14, 2006)
Brazil would be willing to cooperate on fuel supplies and technology, indicates Lula
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