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Articles 5421 through 5520 of 43820:
- 4 Ministers Quit Munda Govt (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
The Arjun Munda-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in Jharkhand was reduced to a minority as four of its ministers resigned on Tuesday and announced they were parting ways with the ruling alliance.
- S S Menon, Who Served In Israel, China And Pak, Is New Foreign Secy (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Sep 06, 2006)
In appointing India’s current envoy to Pakistan, Shiv Shankar Menon, as the next Foreign Secretary, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has engineered a rare moment in the South Block.
- Supreme Intervention (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 06, 2006)
The Supreme Court’s decision to transfer the so-called Kashmir sex scandal case to Chandigarh upholds the vital right of every person, regardless of the nature of the crime, to a free and fair trial.
- Fight Terror But Don't Cut Out Muslims, Pm Tells Cms (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
A fortnight ago, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had heard Muslim leaders articulate the community's sense of insecurity after terror attacks in the country.
- No End To Terrorism (Tribune, Anita Inder Singh, Sep 06, 2006)
At first it may seem surprising that extremists inspired by Pakistan had a hand in the London bombings of 7/7 last year and the recent attempts to blow up aeroplanes leaving British airports for the United States.
- Peace Caught In Arms Tug-Of-War (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Sep 06, 2006)
The peace process in Nepal is stuck over “managing” the weapons of the two armies — the Nepal Army and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of the Maoists — during the proposed Constituent Assembly elections.
- Tolerance Unlimited (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Sep 06, 2006)
Legal luminary Fali S. Nariman was the chief guest at a seminar on secularism on a sultry Sunday at St. Columba’s School in New Delhi where I, too, was called upon to speak.
- Too Late For Havana (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Sep 06, 2006)
The announcement last week that Shiv Shankar Menon would become the next foreign secretary on October 1 was the right decision at the wrong time.
- Pak Should Shut Down Terror Camps: Paper (Tribune, Arun Kumar Jain, Sep 06, 2006)
Saying there were ‘‘dangerous international terrorists’’ hiding in Pakistan, the New York Times has suggested that among the ‘‘crucial things’’ that Islamabad could do was to ‘‘permanently shut down’’ Kashmiri terrorist groups based on its soil.
- Mma All Set To Pull Out Of Baluch Assembly (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
The Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), which is the largest party in the ruling alliance of Baluchistan, is now in the final stages of a decision to put in their resignations from the provincial Assembly.
- Beyond Rhetoric, Iranians Find Ahmadinejad Wanting (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took office a year ago promising to improve the lives of ordinary citizens by distributing the country’s oil wealth more fairly—in his own words, “by bringing the oil money to people’s tables.” So far, he has failed to deliver.
- India-Pakistan Talks: The Way Forward (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
During my recent week-long stay in New Delhi, I met a broad section of politicians and discussed the current deadlock in India-Pakistan talks with them.
- The Great American Oligarchy (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 05, 2006)
I never thought I'd ever hear the United States of America called an "oligarchy”. But now I have. My dictionary says an oligarchy is a form of government where most or all political power effectively rests with a small segment of the society.
- The Balochistan Problem (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 05, 2006)
A new map published in the US Armed Forces Journal and prepared by one Ralph Peters delineates the boundaries of a free Balochistan.
- More Equal Than Others (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 05, 2006)
At our airports now there is a separate check-in counter for 'Parliamentarians', ostensibly to make life easier for 'ordinary' passengers.
- Who Is Playing Politics? (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 05, 2006)
Information Minister Mohammad Ali Durrani's remarks at a press conference in Islamabad that the opposition should "stop playing politics" with Nawab Akbar Bugti's dead body are in bad taste.
- Musharraf Sees Foreign Hand In Balochistan (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf on Monday said the government stands for the rights of Balochistan and its people, and did not rule out possibility of foreign hand in creating law and order problems in certain areas of the province.
- Shift In Us Public Opinion (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Sep 05, 2006)
America has returned to 1968. On August 31, a vital deadline at the very top of George Bush’s agenda passed, and no one died at the deadline. Instead, the intended victim was frisky to the point of being cocky.
- Allegations Against Erra Chief (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 05, 2006)
Judgment must be reserved until innocence or guilt is established. There is little doubt, however, that a cloud of suspicion hangs over the chairman of the Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (Erra) and, by association, the . . .
- Before It Is Too Late (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 05, 2006)
Pakistan seems to have reached the edge of the precipice. The political rumpus that has erupted in the country in the aftermath of Nawab Akbar Bugti’s killing signals a national crisis of grave proportions.
- `We Must Make Education Priority No 1' (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Sep 05, 2006)
The economy is in good shape, employment is being generated, but we don't have enough people with the required skills and educational background. — MR T. V. MOHANDAS PAI, MEMBER OF BOARD AND HR CHIEF, INFOSYS.
- A Political Key To The Naxal Problem (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 05, 2006)
Andhra Pradesh despite being a star performer in growth has, according to the World Bank’s Development Policy Report-2006 for India, as abysmal a record in delivery of core public services as some of the worst Indian states.
- In Defence Of National Autonomy (Pioneer, CP Bhambri, Sep 05, 2006)
India has surrendered its democratic right to regulate its economy by accepting the dictates of the new global economic regime, says CP Bhamhbri.
- Sc Moves J&k Sex Case To Chandigarh, Slams The Bar (Indian Express, R VENKATARAMAN, Sep 05, 2006)
In a stinging indictment of the J&K Bar Association which had passed a resolution denying any legal aid to the accused in the Srinagar sex scandal, the Supreme Court today ordered that trial of 14 of the 18 accused be shifted from Srinagar to Chandigarh.
- No Compromise On State Writ: Musharraf (Daily Times, Rana Qaisar, Sep 05, 2006)
President says ‘foreign hand’ might be fuelling insurgency
Shujaat-led team to start dialogue with nationalists
- The Case Against Pns (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 05, 2006)
The substance can’t be brushed away
- Anticlimax? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 05, 2006)
The Tarapore report on capital account convertibility (CAC) is tantamount to fence-sitting, a subdued balancing act with the ifs and buts of liberalising India’s financial markets.
- How Many Of Us Are Liars? (The Financial Express, PUSHKAR, Sep 05, 2006)
Ram Gopal, a lower caste politician contesting the upcoming elections in Gopalpur, is educated and has several upper caste friends. While aware of the wrongs perpetrated by the upper castes against the lower castes, he does not entertain any . . .
- Petro Product Pricing: Accept The Reality (The Financial Express, Vikram S Mehta, Sep 05, 2006)
For how long can the interests of public shareholders be subordinated to political exigency?
- 3 Ministers May Resign Soon, Cm Likely To Fall (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
The Arjun Munda government in Jharkhand may fall any time if three of his ministers — Enos Ekka, Hari Narayan Roy and Madhu Okra, now camping in the national capital, resign from the state Cabinet.
- Sc Shifts Trial Of 14 Accused To Chandigarh (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
With no lawyer in Srinagar willing to defend the 14 accused persons, including two former Ministers and some senior police officers and bureaucrats, in Srinagar sex scandal, the Supreme Court today while pulling up Kashmir Bar Association for . . .
- America And The Oil Slick (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Sep 05, 2006)
If Iranian President Ahmadinejad is serious about opening a Euro-based oil bourse in Tehran to undermine the US dollar, now is the time to strike. Strategic experts believe that internationally, the mega strategic energy deals are slipping . . .
- Call From Karbala (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 05, 2006)
The killing of three Indians, all Shia pilgrims from Hyderabad, by a posse of what are assumed to be Sunni terrorists, is a wake-up call in more ways than one.
- Jihadis In The Yard (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 05, 2006)
Those looking for macabre humour in the unfolding drama of Britain discovering that its council estates in London and elsewhere have become fertile breeding ground for jihadis who are willing to commit mass murder in the name of Islam will find it . . .
- Sc Comes To Aid Of Accused, Trial Shifted To Chandigarh (Pioneer, Abraham Thomas, Sep 05, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Monday came to the aid of the high-profile accused in the Srinagar sex-scandal case by ordering shifting of trial in 14 cases to the court of District and Sessions Judge, Chandigarh.
- Rift Over Disinvestment (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 05, 2006)
Prime minister Manmohan Singh’s government has stopped disinvestment of public sector undertakings (PSUs) but issues of policy and processes remain to be resolved as shown by the dispute over the sale of Bharat Aluminium Company (Balco).
- Lobbyists On Overdrive As Us Senate Reconvenes (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
Come Tuesday, and the race for getting the India-US civil nuclear cooperation deal through the Senate begins gathering urgency, with only a month left before Congress adjourns for the November mid-term elections.
- Of Research And Plagiarism (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 05, 2006)
Advancement of Learning” is universally accepted as the insignia of university education. But this cannot be achieved unless there is proper coordination between teaching and research in our universities.
- A Lethal Triad (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 05, 2006)
A horrendous disaster has been averted in Siliguri and the involvement of two CID personnel - one has been released for lack of evidence ~ in planting explosives in a briefcase in a petrol pump should set alarm bells ringing.
- Principled Stance (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 05, 2006)
Could Baig be J&K’s future leader?
- Inquiry Report Blames Greed For Kumbakonam School Fire (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
A mixture of avarice, dishonesty and a blatant disregard of safety standards caused a devastating fire in a school in Kumbakonam two years ago in which 94 young children died, an inquiry commission found.
- India To Focus On Latin America, Africa (Daily Excelsior, Pallab Bhattacharya, Sep 05, 2006)
In his Independence Day speech this year, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said one of the thrust areas of India's foreign policy would be Latin America and Africa. This has been on the cards for quite some time and Singh's announcement could not have . . .
- Alienated Baloch (Tribune, Syed Nooruzzaman, Sep 05, 2006)
During an interview with an enterprising Pakistani journalist in March 2006, Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, the most popular tribal leader of Balochistan, said: “Now our options are clear: resist and die, or die without resisting.
- The Nuclear Deterrent Interest Of Iran (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 05, 2006)
Historically speaking, among the more important international events in the 1950s was the First International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy held in Vienna in 1955.
- Expand The Net (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 05, 2006)
Well begun, but less than half done. That is how one can sum up laudable initiatives by UTI Mutual Fund to extend its reach to the unorganised sector.
- On Teachers’ Day, Let’S Draw Up Some New Timetables (Indian Express, Kanti Bajpai, Sep 05, 2006)
On this special day, let’s ask ourselves: why does teaching not attract more talent? We proclaim great respect for teachers.
- Pm Expresses Pain Over Ujjain Professor’S Death (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
Addressing award-winning teachers here today, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, said he was pained to hear the death of a professor in Ujjain last week at the hands of “unruly students”.
- Peace Process Set To Resume, Pm To Meet Mush In Havana (Times of India, Indrani Bagchi, Sep 05, 2006)
It's inevitable — after the chill, a thaw is on the way. When Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf meet in Havana for a formal kiss-and-make-up session next week, India may indicate the end of the present diplomatic . . .
- Diplomacy And Development (Hindu, C. T. Kurien, Sep 05, 2006)
Exploration of the symbiotic relationship between economic policy and foreign policy .
- The Reforms Experience (Hindu, S.L. Rao, Sep 05, 2006)
This is a clearly written and well-argued book, with a section at the end of each chapter summarising the involved arguments, a rare and welcome feature.
- Relevance Of Nonalignment (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Sep 05, 2006)
Prime minister Manmohan Singh will be attending the 14th Nonaligned Summit in Havana on September 15 and 16.
- J&k Bar Association Pulled Up (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
"Keep the judiciary away from politics"
Press release threatened "to show the real face of India in Kashmir"
"Make allegations with a sense of responsibility" .
- Joseph Steps Down; Kuruvilla Named New Kerala Congress(j) Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
Joseph dubs IG's report `incomplete,' seeks judicial probe into allegation
- Bjp Wants Action Plan Against Terrorism (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Sep 05, 2006)
Alleges that POTA repeal has sent out wrong political message
Naxal operations have become more sophisticated
"Signal from UPA is that it is soft on terrorists, naxals and insurgents" .
- Programmed To Torture (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Sep 05, 2006)
On the one hand we spent close to 48 hours in a ditch with Prince, hoping someone would rescue him from the . . .
- Rocking The Boat (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 05, 2006)
As a Sri Lanka traumatised by LTTE militarism and terrorism and trapped in a trisanku-state of `no-peace-no-war' lurches towards civil war, with the four-year-old ceasefire agreement virtually in tatters, a JVP-led move to get the merger of the . . .
- Sex Scam: Sc Pulls Up J&k Bar For Statement (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
The Supreme Court today took a serious view of a press statement of the Jammu and Kashmir Bar Association in the sex scandal case for its separatist tone and tenor.
- Balochistan Shadow Over India-Pakistan Ties (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Sep 05, 2006)
Escalating conflict in Balochistan could push President Pervez Musharraf to adopt an aggressive position against India.
- Australia Looks To Raise Its Profile (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Sep 05, 2006)
Canberra's recent dealings with major powers show its preference for "reassurance rather than deterrence."
- Sri Lankan Army Captures Sampur (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 05, 2006)
LTTE says attack a violation of ceasefire
- Report On Fuller Capital Account Convertibility — Will The . . . (Business Line, Ashoak Upadhyay , Sep 05, 2006)
Though the latest CAC report reads like a travelogue of India's financial sector and government finances reforms to date, it is a valuable guide to the subject of convertibility.
- Reminiscences (Hindu, B. R. P. Bhaskar, Sep 05, 2006)
by P.C. Alexander, Translated by Pala SK. Nair, Current Books, Round West, Kottayam-686001. Rs. 240.
- Kumaraswamy’S Home Jahgir Gets All The Goodies (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
When Mr H D Deve Gowda was the prime minister, his political opponents used to dub him the “Prime Minister of Holenarasipur” for the kind of attention he used to devote to his home constituency, even while presiding over the Dilli darbar.
- Sociological Perspective Of Public Health (Hindu, Sarah Hiddleston, Sep 05, 2006)
Two related books examining the sociology and history of disease, and public health
- Musharraf May Compare Bugti Killing To Blue Star (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Sep 05, 2006)
As he prepares for a two week visit to the US, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is expected to defend the killing of Baluch leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti by invoking comparisons with India’s Operation Blue Star against Sikh extremists in 1984.
- Out Of Parliament And Into The Mountains? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 05, 2006)
The Balochistan National Party (BNP) announced Sunday that it had decided to resign from the National Assembly, Senate and the Provincial Assembly as well as all local bodies in protest against . . .
- Upa Does Left Twist (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 04, 2006)
On the face of it, the only objection that can be raised about the proposed inclusion of Left MPs in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's delegation to the 14th Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Cuba is that our comrades will be junketing in the garb of . . .
- Showcaused: Natwar & Son By Ed (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued showcause notices to former external affairs minister K Natwar Singh, his son Jagat, and others in the Iraqi oil for food kickbacks investigation.
- Helping Farmers (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 04, 2006)
TO reap the political benefits from the package for farmers in 31 worst-affected districts announced by the Prime Minister recently, Congress leaders from Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala met Dr Manmohan . . .
- Coalition Dharma (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 04, 2006)
By quitting as Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister, Mr Muzaffar Hussain Beig, the man in the eye of the Congress-PDP storm, may have saved the alliance from immediate danger but the episode has raised vital questions about the dynamics of . . .
- Arjun Sees No Opposition To Quota Implementation (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh today said he did not foresee opposition from any of the UPA allies while implementing the 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in higher educational institutions in the country.
- Siddaramaiah Inducted Into Congress (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
The Karuba community today flocked to the Congress party in a massive show of strength to mark the induction of its undisputed leader Siddaramaiah into the Congress party in the presence of its President Sonia Gandhi.
- Culture Of Percentage (Pioneer, RAHUL RAMAGUNDAM, Sep 04, 2006)
Bihar has proved that corruption leads to fragmentation of society and is the number one social evil, says Rahul Ramagundam
- Pakistani, Indian Pilgrims Slain In Iraq (Reuters, Ross Colvin, Sep 04, 2006)
Fourteen Pakistani and Indian Shi'ite pilgrims were abducted and killed in Iraq's western desert, police said on Saturday, victims of sectarian strife between Sunnis and Shi'ites that threatens civil war.
- Bangladesh Intransigence (Daily Excelsior, Sarvadaman, Sep 04, 2006)
India has been fighting Naga insurgency almost for five decades. It is the inborn patience of the Indians that have sometimes allowed the political cauldron to go on boiling for a longer periods. Infact, there has been addition to already existing . . .
- Keep It Up (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 04, 2006)
It is to be welcomed that Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, his predecessor Farooq Abdullah, moderate Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Moulvi Umar Farooq and Jammu-Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Yasin Malik have been seen together at . . .
- How We Deny Sectarianism And Then Pay For It (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 04, 2006)
Eleven Pakistani pilgrims to Karbala have been brutally murdered by sectarian thugs in Iraq.
- 'I Only Get Suggestions, I Never Thrust The Awards' (OutLook, Anuradha Raman, Sep 04, 2006)
The I&B minister, who not only certifies controversial films but also seems to want to decide on who will win the coveted Dadasaheb Phalke award this year, defends his actions.
- Gandhi, A Second Coming (OutLook, Editorial, Outlook, Sep 04, 2006)
A 100 years after he conceived the satyagraha, a breed of neo-Gandhians goes beyond the khadi and charkha to coopt Bapu in whole new ways.
- Iraq Pm: Hosting Of National Flag Must (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Sunday ordered that the Iraqi flag be hoisted across "every inch of Iraq", after a Kurdish leader banned it from flying in the northern Kurdish region.
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