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Articles 5621 through 5720 of 43820:
- Sangh Parivar Patriarch Takes Rss, Bjp To Task (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
In yet another indication that all is not well with the BJP, or, for that matter, its paterfamilias, the RSS, leading social worker and former Rajya Sabha member Nanaji Deshmukh has criticised the two organisations for straying from their path.
- Why Alienate If You Can Garner Support (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 02, 2006)
By promoting racial profiling, Governments are planting seeds of more terrorist modules. They are only alienating a whole mass of people who would only be glad to participate in the war against terrorism
- Sarkari Jokes: Govt That Doesn't Work (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 02, 2006)
Indira Gandhi regained power towards the end of the 1970s, promising a government that works. When asked what his sarkari slogan could be after the Congress swept the 1984 polls, Rajiv Gandhi promised “a government that works faster”.
- Nothing To Do With Patriotism (The Economic Times, V KRISHNA ANANTH, Sep 02, 2006)
The BJP’s love for Vande Mataram does not emerge from any notions of patriotism or the legacy of the freedom struggle. Instead, it is just a handle to intimidate the members of the minority community.
- Provocative & Senseless (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 02, 2006)
It was an extraordinary statement, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Sher Afgan Niazi telling the National Assembly that “he (Nawab Akbar Bugti) has been rightly killed”.
- These Appalling Disparities (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 02, 2006)
Some observations made by speakers at the launch of the South Asian Human Development Report, 2005, are most pertinent to the conditions prevailing in Pakistan.
- Unilateral Us Sanctions On Iran? (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Sep 02, 2006)
The passing of the August 31 deadline for Iran to comply with the Security Council resolution calling upon it to end its programme of uranium enrichment has obliged the US to decide on its future strategy vis-a-vis Tehran.
- Durrani Speaks Language Of Violence (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 02, 2006)
Minister for Information & Broadcasting Muhammad Ali Durrani has warned the Opposition that it will become irrelevant for Pakistani politics if it continues to follow the tactics of strikes, boycotts and movements. Addressing a news conference . . .
- Government Is Besieged With Popular Disbelief (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 02, 2006)
The government has made a mess of politics and probity in the case of the killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti. It took Mr Bugti’s body to Dera Bugti and buried it rather than hand it over to the family or show it to anyone except two dubious persons — . . .
- Pakistan In Crisis (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Sep 02, 2006)
The killing of Bugti has provided a martyr for the Baluch nationalism. The movement will only intensify.
- Grab In The Name Of God (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Sep 02, 2006)
This kind of grab in the name of God is not limited to any one community.
- Role Of A Powerful Medium (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 02, 2006)
Let me begin by saying that in my view television in India has played an important and beneficial role.
- Merkel Overtakes Rice As World's Most Powerful Woman: Forbes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Indra Nooyi,, Sonia Gandhi, Lalita Gupte and Kalpana Morparia, Vidya Chhabria among Indians on list.
- The Sanctity Of A Trust (Business Line, H. P. Ranina, Sep 02, 2006)
Courts have consistently upheld the sanctity of trusts and thwarted any attempt to disqualify a trust as being invalid, except in compelling circumstances.
- War Tactics For The Markets (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 02, 2006)
Daryl Guppy offers The 36 Strategies of the Chinese for Financial Traders to help overcome your two biggest enemies in the markets. Vijay Singal provides tips on `stock market anomalies and low-risk investing' in Beyond the Random Walk.
- Technical Difficulties Thwarting Iran’S N-Ambitions: Us (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Iran appears to be encountering technical difficulties with its uranium enrichment but this does not diminish the fact that it has nuclear ambitions and is acting on them, US officials and experts said on Thursday.
- Sonia Appoints Soz To Address Pdp Concerns (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
With CM Ghulam Nabi Azad in the arid Ladakh desert, Congress high command has directly opened its channels with PDP. Union Water Resources Minister Prof Saifuddin Soz has chipped in to neutralise the impact of Azad’s ‘misfire’ in which he retained . . .
- The `War On Terror' And West Asia Circa 2007 (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Sep 02, 2006)
The U.S. approach has been uniformly unsuccessful and raises questions about its major and minor premises, the efficacy of its methodology, and, in the final analysis, of its intent.
- Daggers Drawn (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 02, 2006)
In a way, coalitions are marriages of convenience, which remain stable only until such time as all parties are committed to keep them going. Jammu and Kashmir is no exception.
- Cbi Assures 'No Political Pressure' In J&k Sex Scam (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
The CBI on Friday told the Supreme Court that it was facing “no political pressure“ while investigating the Jammu and Kashmir sex scandal.
- A Very Beig Problem (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Sep 02, 2006)
The Congress party’s tryst with its alliance partner in J&K may have reached its end game. The recent stand off with the People’s Democratic Party was ostensibly triggered after Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad set aside the PDP’s decision to seek . . .
- Tale Of Two Ghulams (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 02, 2006)
The kerfuffle in Srinagar, which grew into a full-blown crisis, appears to have been defused for now.
- Ba Pass, Otherwise Fail (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 02, 2006)
A lot of hand-wringing on thuggish student politics has followed the murder of a professor in Ujjain. Student politicians have been asked to behave better.
- Lop-Sided On Lebanon (Indian Express, P.R. KUMARASWAMY, Sep 02, 2006)
While other countries are preparing to increase their contribution, it is likely that India will pull out from the UN peacekeeping force that is currently operating in southern Lebanon. The recent remarks of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s special . . .
- How The Channels Lost The Plot On The Campus Drama (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Sep 02, 2006)
As an education migrant who fled a Left-dominated, politicised university in the then Calcutta for a Left-dominated, politicised university in Delhi, I have a theory on student politics, an activity that graduated to murder this week and . . .
- Brinda Karat Seeks V.B. Singh's Intervention (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
"Help solve problems of workers of the Chamera III hydro-electric project in Chamba"
- Sri Lanka Army Denies Hand In Vandalising Statue (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 02, 2006)
"Mean acts that serve no purpose"
- Politics Without Vision (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 02, 2006)
The controversy triggered by the People's Democratic Party's decision to demand the sacking of Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Muzzaffer Hussain Beigh might turn out to be a storm in a teacup.
- Race On To Inherit Bugti’S Legacy (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
The race for who would take on the mantle of the late Baluch leader Akbar Khan Bugti has started.
- The Aiims I Know (Indian Express, C P Bhambhri, Sep 01, 2006)
Health Minister of India Anbumani Ramadoss recently launched a tirade against the management and functioning of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.
- Is Peacekeeping Good For India? (Indian Express, Ramesh Thakur, Sep 01, 2006)
The big question: will we stay and even expand our contribution to the UN Interim Force in Lebanon, or will we pull out? More importantly, on what basis should we make such a decision?
- Pinch Of Saffron (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 01, 2006)
The report by a high-level BJP panel set up to probe the party’s defeat in a Thiruvananthapuram bypoll freeze frames the petrol pump scam. But that’s not the most striking part of this story anymore.
- Cheque Mate (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 01, 2006)
There's another mess in disinvestment. And it could be the biggest yet. The UPA’s decision to revalue Balco’s 49 per cent equity that Sterlite bought in 2004 — the first, controlling stake of 51 per cent was bought in 2001 . . .
- Telangana Issue: Heated Exchanges In Assembly (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
The Congress and BJP on Thursday blamed each other for adopting 'double standards' on the Telangana issue.
- Harsh Lessons In College Politics (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 01, 2006)
When I made Haasil in 2003, I was drawing on my immediate environment but I never anticipated that student politics would become politicised to this extent.
- Seniority Could Be The Key To Natwar Successor (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Sep 01, 2006)
By appointing Shiv Shankar Menon as the country’s new foreign secretary today, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh chose ‘competence’ over ‘seniority’; but the same principle is unlikely to be applied when filling in the vacant slot of External Affairs . . .
- J&k: Pdp Tells Azad Fire Our Man, Your No 2 (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Sep 01, 2006)
The Congress-PDP coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir plunged into crisis today when the PDP removed Deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Hussein Beig as leader of its legislature party and asked Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad to drop him from the . . .
- Teheran May Be A Stumbling Block (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Sep 01, 2006)
Some observers in Washington believe that New Delhi’s friendship with Teheran could affect India-US relations.
- Rewrite The Book (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 01, 2006)
Discussions on higher education in India rarely acknow-ledge that there is a world beyond IITs and IIMs.
- Comrade’S Fusillade (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 01, 2006)
Cpm general secretary Prakash Karat has initiated a debate on the functioning of the Election Commission with his proposal for an amendment to the Constitution in this regard.
- Letter From Dgp (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 01, 2006)
It is gratifying to know that the DGP of Punjab knows that his men register false cases against innocent people and allow criminals to go scot-free under the influence of politicians.
- China’S ‘Look West’ (Tribune, Don Lee , Sep 01, 2006)
Kashgar, China – Not too long ago, Kashgar was a sleepy town with mud houses, largely unchanged since Marco Polo trekked through in the 13th century. Marco Polo is said to have found Kashgar an oasis when he arrived here in 1275 on his journey . . .
- Pm For Reform Of Criminal Justice System (Tribune, S.S. Negi , Sep 01, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today asked the legal fraternity to ponder upon certain important questions raised by noted lawyer Fali Nariman in his latest book on various malaise of the Indian legal system, particularly the criminal justice in . . .
- Heathen Under Every Bed (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Sep 01, 2006)
We have, seemingly, already arrived at that situation. The Western world, led by the United States of America, has chosen.
- Baluchistan Heading For Federal Rule (Tribune, Muhammad Anis, Sep 01, 2006)
Pakistan largest, yet poorest province of Baluchistan is almost certainly heading for federal rule, with a majority of Pakistan's opposition parties saying on Thursday that their members were ready to resign from the Baluchistan provincial . . .
- Campus Sport (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 01, 2006)
To the innumerable factors that threaten life in India, add another — student politics.
- Us Affirms Move To Sell F-16 To Pak (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Sep 01, 2006)
The recent assassination of a Baluchi leader will not affect the sale of F-16 fighter jets by the US to Pakistan, according to a State Department official.
- Pm Prod For Judicial Rejig (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, today asked the country’s legal and judicial fraternity to reflect if judicial interference in administrative actions was “too frequent” and the law of contempt was “an impediment to judicial reform.”
- As If In A Bad Dream (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Sep 01, 2006)
Is India in the throes of a nightmare? Is the horror we witness day in and day out for real or is it a mirage? Whatever it is, one thing is for sure, it is unacceptable.
- They Need Aid! (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 01, 2006)
About our ‘well informed’ MPs
While the two Bills (Clinton and Gates) recently wowed audiences at the XVI International AIDS Conference at Toronto with their passionate involvement in dealing with the world’s most dreaded and fast mutating . . .
- Baig Removed, Zargar Appointed Pdp Lp Chief (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Sep 01, 2006)
Controversy over the portfolios of two Ministers of PDP---Muzaffar Hussain Baig and Tariq Hameed Qarra---took a dramatic turn today when Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad allocated Finance and Planning to the Deputy Chief Minister but Mufti Mohammad . . .
- Women's Reservation Bill In Next Session : Pm (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said he hoped that a bill aimed at providing reservation for women in Parliament and State legislatures would be introduced in Parliament in its next session.
- Intelligence To Counter Terror (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 01, 2006)
The serial blasts in Mumbai that resulted in the death of nearly 200 train passengers has been ascribed to an intelligence failure.
- Sonia, Nooyi Among 100 Most Powerful Women In The World (Press Trust of India, DHARAM SHOURIE, Sep 01, 2006)
Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Chief Executive-designate of PepsiCo Indra Nooyi and ICICI Bank's Lalita Gupte and Kalpana Morparia, are on Forbes magazine's list of 100 most powerful women in the world.
- Shyam Saran Named As Special Envoy For U.S. Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
India named its outgoing foreign secretary on Thursday as special envoy for negotiations with the United States over a controversial civilian nuclear cooperation deal that is yet to be approved by the U.S. Congress.
- Another Indictment (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 01, 2006)
Does the tiger have a chance?
- China Media Censors "Blacklist" Tibetan Princess (Reuters, Benjamin Kang Lim, Sep 01, 2006)
China is censoring media reports about the daughter of Tibet's 10th Panchen Lama, industry sources said, apparently worried that her popularity would eclipse that of her father's disputed successor.
- Keep Bad Guys Out (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 01, 2006)
Something is happening at a regular frequency these days that should bother us. More police parties from other states have started visiting our State in recent times than ever before.
- The Beginning Of The Beginning (Business Standard, Jamal Mecklai, Sep 01, 2006)
The astounding success of the public campaign to prevent the government from emasculating the Right to Information Act is an inspiration.
- Bugti’S Body ‘Found’ In Cave (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 01, 2006)
Pakistani soldiers searching a cave in Kohlu in south-west Balochistan province have found the body of slain tribal leader Nawab Akhtar Bugti but expected to retrieve it in a day or two as it was pinned under a boulder.
- Sc Is Not Pleased At The Way Governor Pardoned Convict (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
Supreme Court has on Thursday reserved judgment on the issue of the then Governor of Andhra Pradesh Sushil Kumar Shinde granting pardon to Gowru Venmkat Reddy, who was convicted for murder.
- All Cracked Up (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 01, 2006)
Assam drought no political enterprise
- Bush Defends War As Election Day Nears (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
President George W. Bush on Thursday was set to begin a renewed campaign to defend his Iraq war strategy ahead of fall elections and the fifth anniversary of the Sept.
- When Politics Strikes At Forest Roots (Business Line, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 01, 2006)
The primary cause for the destruction of forests is encroachment, and, ironically, such illegal occupation is often because of some policy decision of the State or Central government.
- Vande Mataram! (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 01, 2006)
The penchant for India's political class to make mountains of molehills is once again evident in the controversy over the singing of the Vande Mataram on September 7, marking the centenary of its composition by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.
- New Defence Procurement Policy — Not Big Bang Enough (Business Line, R. Sundaram , Sep 01, 2006)
Although the new Defence procurement policy is welcome, it could have done more.
- Bush-Mocking Shirt Ok To Wear: Court (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
A US student who sued school officials after he was made to censor his T-shirt that labelled president George W Bush "Chicken-Hawk-In-Chief" and a former alcohol and cocaine abuser won an appeal on Wednesday to wear the T-shirt to school.
- India To Allow Private Industry To Make Military Hardware (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
Indian authorities have decided to allow private companies to develop high technology military systems in an effort to help upgrade the country’s aging military hardware, the Defence Ministry said Thursday.
- Israel Quits Two Thirds Of Seized Lebanon Land (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
Annan slams Israel use of cluster bombs
- Apc Calls For Total Strike: Sc Urged To Take Notice Of Killing (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
An all parties conference on Thursday appealed to the nation to observe a complete strike on Friday and mark it as a ‘Black Day’ to express solidarity with the people of Balochistan.
- Us Drive For Hegemony (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 01, 2006)
The Iranian nuclear issue could well prove to be a watershed in world politics. August 31 was the deadline set by the UN Security Council resolution 1696 for Iran to halt its uranium enrichment programme.
- Stimulating Growth (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 01, 2006)
The policy has some features which could spur growth.
- System Is Gaining Ground (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 01, 2006)
Mma leader Qazi Hussain Ahmed has felicitated Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on his triumph over the no-trust move.
- Bugti: Role Of Elderly Politicians (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 01, 2006)
After the Kohlu incident of August 26, situation in some parts of Balochistan and Sindh has assumed serious dimension. Some elements are trying to disrupt the normal life by forcing shutter downs, wheel-jams, torching of public and private property . . .
- Restructuring Of The Un (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 01, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has underlined the need for restructuring of the United Nations to make it responsive to international developments in accordance with its Charter.
- Bugti’S Body Retrieved; Burial Today (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
The body of Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) chief Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti was retrieved from a cave in the Kohlu district on Thursday as efforts to recover the bodies of other tribesmen continued, officials said.
- All-Party Delegation Meets Prime Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
Seeks early settlement to Mullaperiyar and Vizhinjam issues
- Murder Most Vile (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 01, 2006)
The death of an Ujjain college professor after he was brutally set upon by a group of students suspected to be from the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad is a grim reminder that in Bharatiya Janata Party-run Madhya Pradesh, elements of the Sangh . . .
- Eleventh Plan Ignores Food And Nutrition Insecurity (Hindu, Madhura Swaminathan, Sep 01, 2006)
The Plan must have a goal of providing food security to all Indians. The public distribution system must be strengthened and made universal.
- Battles Within Before The Big Fight (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Sep 01, 2006)
Just eight months before the French Presidential elections, the question of who will be the final candidate is still not clear: neither among the socialists nor among the conservatives.
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