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Articles 5921 through 6020 of 43820:
- Learning To Read (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 30, 2006)
One would assume that at least in education, government policy is based on solid theoretical and philosophical assumptions and a clear-eyed assessment of ground realities.
- Rioting Marks Pakistan Tribal Leader's Funeral (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Gunfire and rioting broke out for a fourth straight day on Tuesday after an emotion-charged funeral service for a prominent tribal chief killed by Pakistani forces. Two police were wounded and dozens of shops destroyed in the violence.
- From Bullets To Ballots In Kashmir? (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Aug 30, 2006)
Is the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen contemplating turning to politics? If he takes the peace road, Syed Salahuddin could face opposition from within his own organisation too.
- Daily Newspapers Reach Over 200 Million People, Says Nrs 2006 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Growth of Internet usage slower than anticipated
Rise in TV viewers, FM radio listeners
Indian language dailies have grown substantially
Largest readership growth in Hindi belt.
- Ayodhya: Centre For Consensus On Bulletproof Structure (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Court adjourns proceedings by six weeks
- China And Nam (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Aug 30, 2006)
The 14th summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Havana next month is bound to be dominated by anti-American rhetoric from the Latin Left, Israel-bashing by the Arabs, and Iran’s nuclear confrontation with the West. Instead of being bogged down by . . .
- Konkan Paradox (Frontline, LYLA BAVADAM, Aug 30, 2006)
In resource-rich Konkan, successive governments have neglected agriculture, the region's mainstay.
- Massacre And Dispute (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
The distinction between a terrorist and a freedom fighter is getting thinner with every passing day. However, what if someone killed as a terrorist or a potential killer does not even get the benefit of being owned up as a freedom fighter by anyone?
- I Say, Three Cheers For Ayaan (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Muslim by birth, is a daring woman. She has dared to raise questions despite knowing that a Mussalman is prohibited from raising any question on Islam.
- Withering Lives (Frontline, P. SAINATH, Aug 30, 2006)
The agrarian crisis bankrupts whole communities and drives hundreds of farmers to suicide across Maharashtra.
- Textile Export Flaws (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 30, 2006)
THE revelations contained in the UNDP’s Asia-Pacific Development Report 2006 about Pakistan’s low standing in the region in textile exports — even compared to Bangladesh, a non-cotton-producing country — are shocking beyond belief.
- `Irrigation, The Key' (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Interview with Dr. B.L. Mungekar, member, Planning Commission.
- The Road Ahead (OutLook, B. Raman , Aug 30, 2006)
'India could not help us whereas we stood beside India throughout our history. We protect Hindus whereas all over Pakistan they were hunted and killed. A brave friend is better than a coward friend. India always showed her cowardliness in front of . . .
- Bitter Truth (Frontline, LYLA BAVADAM, Aug 30, 2006)
In western Maharashtra, the crisis in sugarcane has hit small and medium farmers the most.
- A Disappointing Judgment (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 30, 2006)
It is a disappointing judgment, although the Supreme Court has taken five months to finalise it. Probably, the word ‘perverse’ is more apt because the five-judge bench has opposed what is wanted, reasonable or required.
- Vagaries Of Security (Tribune, B. K. Karkra, Aug 29, 2006)
My battalion was then deployed for operations against the Naxalites in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh.
- Hometruths (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 29, 2006)
The finance minister’s response (letter to Montek, FE August 28) to the Planning Commission’s draft approach paper to the 11th Plan is in sync with ground realities.
- India: The Siege Within (Pioneer, A Surya Prakash, Aug 29, 2006)
Senior citizens who lived through the traumatic days of partition must be feeling a sense of déjà vu when they hear Muslim clerics launching a shrill attack on our National Song Vande Mataram, 56 years after India became a secular, democratic republic.
- The Sikandar-Jinnah 'Understanding' (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 29, 2006)
The year 1926-27 was a continuous period of communal strife between Hindus and Muslims. Towards the end of 1926 Muslim leaders of Punjab decided to unite on one platform and reconstitute the Punjab Provincial Muslim League, which was headed by . . .
- Saga Of Subsidies And Corruption (The Financial Express, Bhamy V Shenoy, Aug 29, 2006)
The petroleum sector is ailing, while the government continues to suffer heavy revenue losses
- Heady Brew (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 29, 2006)
FE’s analysis on how states’ tax and regulatory regimes on the liquor trade (Aug 28) distort consumption and floods the market with spurious products, spells the need for revisiting policy.
- Child Budgeting (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 29, 2006)
India can be rightly proud of the tremendous progress it has achieved over the last decade, particularly in terms of its remarkable economic growth and increasing global political influence. Yet, it is wanting in an area closest to people's hearts . . .
- Re-Defining Indo-Dutch Economic Ties (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Aug 29, 2006)
The Netherlands may have been slow to wake up to India's economic resurgence, but it is making up by quickly "redefining" the trade and investment relations.
- Feeding A Monster Called Monopoly (Business Standard, Ajai Shukla, Aug 29, 2006)
It happened at 2 a.m. on Independence Day, just as the source had said it would. Through the inky darkness on the Line of Control at Machhil, near Kupwara, nine infiltrating Lashkar-e-Toiba militants crept towards the border fence, barely a hundred . . .
- Not On, Mr Singh (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 29, 2006)
Twenty-seven months after assuming office, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has arrived in Orissa on a visit that is, really, an insult to the State.
- Comrade In Trouble (Pioneer, K Govindan Kutty , Aug 29, 2006)
Kerala has a history of charges claiming harassment of women; the latest one to surface taints PJ Joseph, giving VS Achuthanandan much to worry about
- Sex Scam: Notice To J&k Government, Cbi (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Aug 29, 2006)
13 accused seek transfer of trial outside State; counsel's charge against CBI
- Bugti: Making Of A Martyr (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 29, 2006)
By meeting a violent end Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti may now become a martyr for the Baloch nationalist movement.
- Pakistan Won't Stop Terror (Pioneer, Hari Om, Aug 29, 2006)
The UPA Government is insisting on "strengthening relations across the Line of Control".
- Ratification Of Treaties (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Aug 29, 2006)
The Manmohan Singh government’s insistence on maintaining executive privilege in dealing with the Indo-US nuclear deal raises two kinds of questions.
- Balochi Uprising (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 29, 2006)
The targeted killing of 79-year-old Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, Balochistan's most prominent and charismatic leader since Pakistan came into being in 1947, along with two grandsons and associates by Gen Pervez . . .
- Delhi: Dystopia Or Utopia? (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Aug 29, 2006)
When a city that can claim to have hosted almost 2,500 years of human habitation confronts its future, illuminating sparks are bound to fly. A two-year project of number crunching came to an end last week with the release of the Delhi Human . . .
- Dashmunshi Quoted Out Of Context, Says Cong (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Rattled by the strong reaction to Parliamentary Affairs Minister PR Dasmunshi's statement that the Left parties were free to leave the UPA Government, the Congress on Monday claimed that the Congress leader's remarks had been distorted by the media.
- India Must Not Lose Interest (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Aug 29, 2006)
India’s disinterest has created fear in Pakistan. Peace process must continue even if it is limping.
- Us Backtracks On Fmct (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Aug 29, 2006)
Talks on FMCT were stalled as the US does not wish to have verification in the mandate.
- Sharing The Blame (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 29, 2006)
Think of the mass hysteria that gripped the citizens of Maharashtra when some semi-literate girl from a Mahim slum woke up one morning and discovered that the waters of the ocean had turned ‘sweet’.
- Chidambaram Is Right And Wrong (Business Line, M. Ramesh , Aug 29, 2006)
The Finance Minister's letter asking banks to consider keeping any hike in PLR in abeyance may have created much consternation, but he did this in a transparent fashion, which deserves credit. But his utterances on bank mergers may be a different . . .
- Force Not The Solution, Says India As Baloch Fires Spread (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
With the killing of Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti fanning flames across Pakistan and threatening to become a domestic political flashpoint in Islamabad, New Delhi today underlined that “peaceful dialogue,” not military operations was the . . .
- Small Screen, Big Picture (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Aug 29, 2006)
Have you noticed how much they fidget? And speak with their hands or employ body language instead of words?
- Clipped Wings (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 29, 2006)
The failure of the West Bengal government to evict CITU, the CPM trade union, from its occupation of a building within the precincts of Kolkata international airport reveals much that is wrong with the party.
- War’S Reckoning (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 29, 2006)
The Israeli war against Hezbollah was reckoned a failure as soon as the fighting stopped, and so is the American war against Iraq, though the fighting continues.
- Iran Dismisses Us Threat Of Sanctions (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Registering money-lenders to give cheaper loans to farmers is not going to solve farmers' problems. The solution has to be found from within the banking framework, by making it provide credit to landless labourers, marginal farmers and women . . .
- In The Afterlight Of The Bugti Episode (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 29, 2006)
The widespread protests in Balochistan and elsewhere in the country over the killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti should come as no surprise to anyone.
- Meet With Musharraf Not Ruled Out: Pm (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tonight did not rule out the possibility of meeting Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on the sideline of NAM summit in Havana next month.
- Pranab, Priya Assail Left’S Handling Of Education........ (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
The CPI(M)-led Left Front Government in West Bengal was today criticised by Union Ministers Pranab Mukherjee and Priya Ranjan Dasmunshi for "politicization" of the education system and its policy on teaching english in schools.
- Beyond Merit And Quota (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 29, 2006)
The very base in which we target to alleviate the discrimination through implementing affirmative action policies have been questioned at different levels in our times overlooking its wider impact on creating social capital among the underprivileged . . .
- The Two-Way Traffic (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 29, 2006)
There is a group of European nationals who, in their hundreds of thousands, are leaving home to set up in other countries, pushing up property prices, using local services and failing miserably to learn their hosts' languages or to integrate . . .
- Pm For Bold Approach Towards Power Sector (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Hinting at the recent row over the Indo-US nuclear deal, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday appealed to the political parties in the country to have a “bold and forward-looking” approach towards the power sector needs.
- What Happened In Lebanon And Why (Dawn, Qazi Faez Isa, Aug 29, 2006)
Lebanon was pulverised and innocents were massacred. It is rare that such unbridled violence goes unchecked, rarer still that it is not even admonished. What deep depravity it is to see evil being justified and to hear a chorus of support for it.
- Baloch Leader's Killing A Tragic Loss: India (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Aug 29, 2006)
A "blatant interference" in internal affairs, says Pakistan
India terms killing "unfortunate"
India's concern ill-advised: Pakistan.
- A Culture Of Violence (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 29, 2006)
The MMA has made statements condemning the targeted killing of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti and termed it a diversionary tactic on part of the government. MMA leaders are suggesting that both the Women's Rights Bill, which seeks to make amendments to . . .
- Bugti’S Borderlands (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Aug 29, 2006)
Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti might be a bigger threat to Pakistan after being killed by the Pakistan army in an encounter last week. That insightful comment from General Asad Durrani, a former chief of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence, sums up an . . .
- Pak Papers Blast Govt Over Bugti Killing (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Aug 29, 2006)
Pakistan’s frontline daily newspapers have blasted the federal government for the killing of Baluch leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti; one paper going to the extent of describing the event as “the biggest blunder committed by the military since the . . .
- Tension Along Indo-Bangla Border (Daily Excelsior, Subhashis Mittra, Aug 29, 2006)
It was not one of those usual tensions arising out of cattle smuggling or exchange of fire along the Indo-Bangladesh border.
- Balochistan Crippled By Strike, Violence (Dawn, Saleem Shahid, Aug 29, 2006)
A complete strike on Monday paralysed Quetta and other cities and towns of Balochistan and reports of more incidents of rioting and arson were received from different parts of the province.
- Delhi Told To Mind Its Own Business: Bugti’S Killing Unfortunate: India (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
In a reaction to Indian government’s statement regarding the situation in Balochistan province, Pakistan on Monday told India to mind its own business and focus on putting its own house in order.
- Body Taken To Islamabad, Says Mazari: ‘Let Me Bury My . . . (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Veteran politician Sherbaz Khan Mazari has refuted government claims about killing Nawab Akbar Bugti in a mountain cave and said that the tribal chieftain was actually killed following a bitter shoot-out in the open.
- Communists For Competition (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 29, 2006)
Kerala Chief Minister VS Achuth-anandan wants to leave his mark in history as a hegemon-hunter.
- Salute To Professor, Governor Steps In (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
It was a rare show of public grief. Life in the ancient temple town Ujjain came to a standstill today with the ruling BJP supporting the Congress call for a bandh to mourn the death of Professor H.S. Sabharwal in Madhav College during the . . .
- Prachanda And The Politics Of Kashmir (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Aug 29, 2006)
By batting for Kashmiris and the north-east, the Maoist leader is trying to score runs for his own floundering side
- Teach Them A Lesson (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 29, 2006)
The death of Harbhajan Singh Sabharwal, a professor at Ujjain's Government Madhav Arts and Commerce College, at the hands of a student mob calls for the immediate setting up of a proper electoral system on campuses as directed earlier by the . . .
- Bugti Killing Unfortunate (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Aug 29, 2006)
India today described the killing of Baluch leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti by the Pakistan army as “unfortunate”.
- Dangerous Neighbour (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 29, 2006)
The killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti, mouthpiece of Baluchi aspirations, by Pakistani armed forces in the Marri tribal area takes the country one more step towards becoming a failed state.
- Pak Media Flays Second Biggest Military Blunder (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
That the Pakistani military may have committed a serious error of judgment in killing veteran Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti was evident in the Pakistani media on Monday with the targeted killing being termed the second biggest military blunder. . .
- Remembering Walcott (Times of India, BORIA MAJUMDAR, Aug 29, 2006)
It is nothing less than a morning ritual for me searching Google for all the latest cricket news of the day. August 27, however, was different.
- Iran Not Concerned About Un Deadline Over N-Issue (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Iran said on Monday it is not concerned about this week's United Nation deadline demanding it suspend a key part of its disputed nuclear program or face political and economic sanctions.
- Terror Turn In J&k Sex Case (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
The politicians, bureaucrats and police officials, facing trial in the J&K sex scandal, gave a new twist to the story by pleading before the Supreme Court on Monday that most of them were "implicated" in the case for their role in fighting . . .
- Flower Power (Times of India, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Aug 29, 2006)
Tens of thousands of women in Nepal's feudal society protested on the streets and organised all-women's rallies. The image is powerful; and the impact strong enough to win a people their democracy.
- Riots Continue Across Balochistan, Karachi (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Punjabi barber killed in Naushki, eight protesters injured in Pasni
Sindh-Balochistan highway blocked
10 injured in violence in Karachi
- Musharraf’S Misplaced Concreteness About The ‘Writ Of The State’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf said Sunday that the government would “take every step to ensure its writ in Balochistan and other parts of the country”.
- Pakistan, India Swap Barbs Over Bugti’S Killing (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
The Foreign Ministry said on Monday that India’s statement over Nawab Akbar Bugti’s death was “ill-advised” and a “blatant interference” in its affairs. “...the statement is not only against the well-established norms of interstate relations but . . .
- Please Choose (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 29, 2006)
If nature abhors a vacuum, the latter invites speculation.
- Historic Turn (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 29, 2006)
It is almost the end of history for Nepal’s monarchy; only the future will tell if it is also the beginning of a new age for the Himalayan nation. The draft of a new constitution for Nepal has all the makings of history.
- Spoiling The Beauty (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Aug 29, 2006)
Why did India go wrong with urban planning?
- Birth Of A Definition (Telegraph, M.R. Venkatesh, Aug 29, 2006)
M.R. Venkatesh looks at how the concept of ‘caste’ evolved in the South, where the first OBC movement had originated.
- To Invest In Nuclear Safety (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 29, 2006)
Nuclear power plants have a ‘front-loaded’ cost structure, i.e. they are relatively expensive to build but relatively inexpensive to operate.
- A Salutary Approach (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 29, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's remarks at a conference on terrorism organised last week by Muslim clerics in the capital addressed their immediate apprehensions against the grisly background of the Mumbai bomb explosions.
- India Stands By Baloch People (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Armed with yet another opportunity to give Pakistan a dose of its own medicine, India on Monday said the killing of veteran Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti was "unfortunate" and that it underlined the "need for peaceful dialogue to address the . ..
- Allow Muslims To Sing Vande Mataram On Sept 5, Bjp Urges Speaker (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
The controversy boiling over the compulsory recital of Vande Mataram to mark the conclusion of the year-long celebrations of the national song on September 7 is refusing to die down.
- The Baloch Blunder (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 29, 2006)
The missile attack launched by the Pakistan army on Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Bugti has given a fresh lease of life to Balochistan’s long simmering insurgency and put further strain on Pakistan’s fragile nation state.
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