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Articles 6021 through 6120 of 43820:
- Moscow's Pessimism About West Asia (Pioneer, Marianna Belenkaya, Aug 29, 2006)
Although neither Israel nor Hizbullah is interested in resuming hostilities any time soon, peace remains fragile in West Asia, says Marianna Belenkaya
- Cess That Vanished (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 29, 2006)
THE Comptroller and Auditor General has discovered misappropriation of over Rs 934 crore collected as the rural development cess during 2001-05 by the Punjab Government.
- End Of A Legend (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 29, 2006)
Shamsur Rahman's death is a blow to the literary world as well as forward thinking forces in Bangladesh, says Sandip Mukharji.
- J&k Sex Scandal Accused Move Sc (Tribune, S.S. Negi , Aug 29, 2006)
In a new development in the Jammu and Kashmir sex scandal, almost all main accused, including some politicians and top-ranking officers, today moved the Supreme Court for the transfer their cases from Srinagar to Jammu on the grounds that the . . .
- We Must Understand That People See Different Truths (Hindu, Karen Armstrong, Aug 29, 2006)
Religion recognises that there can be coherence in apparently contradictory narratives. The same applies to global politics.
- Killing Of Rebel Sets Baluchistan Afire (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Violence flared in Pakistan's turbulent Baluchistan province on Monday and at least one person was killed during protests over the killing of a nationalist rebel chief, police said.
- Delivery Of Public Services (Hindu, Madhura Swaminathan, Aug 29, 2006)
Case studies prepared for a World Bank report on the improvements in public service delivery in India .
- Historic Investigation Of An Assassination (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Aug 29, 2006)
It is now more than 15 years since Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated under very tragic and dastardly circumstances at Sriperambudur, about 40 km from Chennai.
- Capitalism With A Human Face (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
An account of modern economic policy from a classical liberal perspective — a contribution to the globalisation debate .
- The Balochistan Cause Gets A Martyr (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 29, 2006)
The killing of Akbar Khan Bugti has angered Balochistan. It has also sent shock waves through political circles in Pakistan.
- Killing Won’T Affect Ties, Says Us (Dawn, Anwar Iqbal, Aug 29, 2006)
The United States would like to see the Balochistan dispute settled within the framework of a strong and unified Pakistan, the US State Department said on Monday.
- New Delhi Slams Gen Over Bugti Killing (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
India has called the killing of Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti ’unfortunate’ and a ’tragic loss’ for Balochistan and Pakistan, while urging Pakistan to use dialogue and not military force to solve political problems.
- Renewed Violence In Balochistan (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 29, 2006)
Balochistan witnessed renewed violence on Monday as the province shut down to protest against the killing of Jhamoori Watan Party (JWP) leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti in a military operation on Saturday.
- Get The Local Flavour (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 28, 2006)
Since India is a federation of states, many of which have come up after the Constitution came into force, we will not trot out a knee-jerking response to the demand for a separate state in Telengana.
- Violence In Quetta (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Baloch mobs set fire to cars and government-owned buildings even as their representatives and leaders declared war against the Pakistan Government following the killing of their senior leader Akbar Khan Bugti during an army operation in the Kohlu . . .
- 'No Consensus On Telengana In Upa' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
The Centre had not been able to take a decision on the formation of a separate state of Telengana owing to lack of consensus on the issue within the UPA, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Sunday.
- When Two Eras Overlap (News International, Prof Khwaja Masud, Aug 28, 2006)
Human life is reduced to real suffering when two ages, two cultures overlap.
- As Time Goes By (Tribune, Raj Chatterjee, Aug 28, 2006)
We were talking, my old friend and I, of the trials and tribulations of old age, both of us having left long behind man’s allotted span of three-score and ten.
- Revenge Of The Creamy Layer (Indian Express, RAVINDER KAUR, Aug 28, 2006)
The quota bill, cleared by the cabinet and tabled in Parliament, provides for staggered implementation.
- Time To Profile Passengers (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, Aug 28, 2006)
The debate over profiling airline passengers revived after the thwarted Islamist plot to bomb 10 airplanes in London on August 10.
- Israel, Hizbollah Agree To Exchange Of Prisoners (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Israel and Lebanese militant outfit Hizbollah have reached an agreement, brokered by Germany, to facilitate exchange of prisoners within two-three weeks.
- Oic Needs Resuscitation (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 28, 2006)
The OIC’s pathetic response to Zionist aggression in Lebanon and Palestine proves that it needs to be buried.
- Bugti: A Violent End (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 28, 2006)
The death of Nawab Akbar Bugti during a military operation in the hills near Kohlu late on Saturday is tragic and could well be a defining moment in Pakistan’s chequered history.
- Own Law Blocks Direct Ulfa Talks (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
After agreeing to cease hostilities after 27 bloody years and the top leadership even agreeing to hold direct talks with the Centre, the hitch in taking the peace process forward is now the outfit’s own constitution.
- The Semantics Of Terror ‘ (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 28, 2006)
What do Nelson Mandela, Michael Collins, Archbishop Makarios, Menachim Begin, Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Shamir, Eamon DeValera and Jomo Kenyatta have in common?
- Numbers Victory No More (News International, Nasim Zehra, Aug 28, 2006)
As expected the currently unified opposition has begun to exert political pressure on the government by tabling a no-confidence motion against the prime minister. One hundred and forty one members have signed the motion.
- A Significant Sixty (Telegraph, S.L. Rao, Aug 28, 2006)
N.R. Narayana Murthy represents a new breed of middle-class (some even lower middle-class) Indians who in the last 20 years have used their brains and their enterprise to build fabulous businesses in their lifetimes.
- Pf Lines Up Pension Age Punch (Telegraph, Srikumar Bondyopadhyay, Aug 28, 2006)
Employees will have to wait longer for retirement benefits under the provident fund scheme, if the government clears a proposal to raise the eligibility age.
- Tiger Of Balochistan Killed In Lair (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
A photograph of Nawab Akbar Bugti sitting with a gun in a well-guarded cave in Balochistan and vowing to carry on an armed struggle against Pakistan's military to achieve autonomy for his over-exploited province sent shock waves across Pakistan and . . .
- Insurgent Leader Bugti Killed In Pak (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Bugti, one of Pakistan's top insurgents, was killed in a massive military operation in which around 60 other guerrillas were also gunned down.
- Our Energy Interests~ii (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 28, 2006)
This is where the oddities arise and a disjoint becomes apparent between what the Government of India is saying and what American and Indian businessmen have been doing.
- Left For ‘Paradigm Shift’ In Upa’S Economic Policy (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
The CPI-M has called for a “paradigm shift” in the government’s economic policy for larger doses of public investments to enhance job opportunities and purchasing power.
- Politicos Shield Veerappan Of North, Dadua (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
'Dadua' in colloquial Hindi means a person who commands unqualified respect. That this Dadua surely does that in the Bundelkhand region is beyond doubt. And, he has been doing this for the last 34 years.
- Sez Appeal (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 28, 2006)
If one were to use response as the yardstick to judge the success of a policy initiative, then the government's move to adopt China's Special Economic Zone (SEZ) model as a growth catalyst has already hit gold. Less than six months after the . . .
- Centre Wakes Up To Naxalite Threat (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
With Naxalites casting a shadow over almost a third of the country’s total area, the Centre is pursuing a multi-pronged approach to address the problem in a holistic and coordinated manner.
- Wto: Bumpy Road Ahead (Daily Excelsior, K R Sudhaman, Aug 28, 2006)
There was some ray hope for revival of the collapsed WTO talks after the G-8 summit of industrialized nations at St Petersburg in Russia, but it seemed to have evaporated after the meeting of key trade ministers including India in Geneva in the last . . .
- J&k Enjoys Highest Degree Of Self-Rule: Governor (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Saying that the concept of autonomy of a State is in no way a threat to national unity, Governor Lt Gen (Retd) S K Sinha today asserted that Jammu and Kashmir is enjoying highest degree of self rule in the country.
- Mission Progress: Pm In Orissa (Times of India, BHASKAR ROY, Aug 28, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's first visit into the distressed hinterlands of Orissa will begin on Monday for two days, which will focus on the issue of development in some of the most backward areas that are turning into the theatre of . . .
- Grain Of Sense (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 28, 2006)
The decision to re-introduce stock holding limits on wheat reflects the UPA government’s nostalgia for the control raj of yore.
- Cag Report Creates Stir (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
The report of Comptroller General of India (CAG) about the misuse of crores of rupees by the Punjab Government has created a stir among political circles. The Opposition Shiromani Akali Dal and its alliance partner the Bharatiya Janata Party have . . .
- Remove Derogatory References To Jats In Ncert Books: Karat (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Ms Brinda Karat, MP and a member of the CPM Politburo, today assuaged hurt feelings of Jat community by seeking immediate deletion of all derogatory references to the community in the books published by the NCERT.
- People's Voice (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 28, 2006)
Nepal was right to revoke price hike
- Bjp To Launch Stir For State’S Rights (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Announcing to launch an agitation with the help of other political parties and social organizations, the BJP yesterday constituted a state-level committee to prepare an action plan to get Himachal's share under the Punjab Reorganization Act, 1966.
- Mumbai Ushers In Ganesha Amidst Tight Security (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Maharashtra ushered in the Ganesha festival amidst tight security today with the Central intelligence agencies warning the local administration of terror attacks during the 10-day celebrations.
- Exclude Creamy Layer (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 28, 2006)
The Manmohan Singh government could finally table the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Bill, 2006, in the Lok Sabha, despite divisions among UPA coalition partners like the DMK and the PMK.
- Punjab’S Poor Show (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 28, 2006)
Punjab ranks 29th in a countrywide survey on the implementation of Central programmes. Manipur is at the bottom and Punjab is one slot above. To add to the shame of . . .
- Venezuela’S Chinese Connection (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 28, 2006)
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s world tour has landed him in China for the fourth time during his presidency. One of his main objectives there is to try to draw China into his global so-called “guerrilla war” against the United States.
- Riots Spark After Akbar Bugti’S Killing (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Curfew has been imposed was imposed in Quetta for indefinite period of time on Sunday due to unprecedented violence, which erupted after killing of Jamhori Watan Party (JWP) Chief Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti and his men.
- Rules Vs Principles (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 28, 2006)
One of the major debates regarding convergence of accounting standards internationally, is whether they should be rules-based or principles-based. The style and culture in the US, in respect of such regulatory documents, prefer extremely detailed . ..
- Achieving Literacy Targets (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 28, 2006)
It is all very well for President Musharraf to say that the government will offer the required funds to achieve an 85 per cent literacy rate by 2012.
- Understanding & Fighting Terrorism (Dawn, Talat Masood, Aug 28, 2006)
The news of the terror plot in Britain in which some British citizens of Pakistani origin and a few Pakistanis were allegedly involved came soon after the regrettable Mumbai train explosion that had the Indian leaders and media pointing fingers . . .
- The Descent Into Tribalism (Dawn, Hywel Williams, Aug 28, 2006)
Modern governments, when they try to justify their existence in historical terms, are apt to propose a rough-and-ready anthropology for human development. First came the tribe — savage in instinct, ritualistic in religion and run on the basis of . . .
- Paying A Tribute To Castro (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Aug 28, 2006)
Every once in a while a writer gets the urge to fly off the handle and have a crack at his critics, especially when he believes they have been unfair and unnecessarily provocative.
- Writ At All Costs: Musharraf (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Sunday said the government would take ‘every step’ to ensure its writ in Balochistan and other parts of the country.
- Who Aims To Reform Health System (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
The World Health Organisation has devised a health agenda (2006-15) aiming to restructure the deteriorating health system, worldwide control the transmission of infectious diseases, address loopholes in execution of global health reforms.
- Children Of Lesser God (Pioneer, RAHUL RAMAGUNDAM, Aug 28, 2006)
Apart from poverty, inaccessibility to schools and lack of quality education are other causes of unchecked child labour, says Rahul Ramagundam
- Un Volte-Face On Aids (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 28, 2006)
After three years of throwing money at AIDS treatment programmes while ignoring the vital task of prevention, the head of UNAIDS announced this week that prevention is the key to defeating AIDS pandemic.
- Lalu: I’M Ready For Paswan Handshake (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav said here on Sunday that he has no problem about a handshake with his Cabinet colleague and bête noire Ram Vilas Paswan, indicating that a possible realignment of political forces might be in the offing.
- Incoherent Narratives (Dawn, Karen Armstrong, Aug 28, 2006)
When Sophocles presented Oedipus Rex at the festival of Dionysus in 430 BCE, he changed the plot in a way that would have shocked his Athenian audience.
- On Ways To De-Clog The Ombudsman’S Office (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Aug 28, 2006)
The Finance Minister has now asked politicians, particularly Amar Singh, to complain to the Banking Ombudsman about foreign banks who refuse to give loans and credit cards to politicians, lawyers and the police.
- Far Away, So Close (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
At one point in 2002, with the tension between Israel and Palestine at a peak, Palestinian émigré writer Samir El-youssef called up Israeli writer Etgar Keret to talk.
- The Good Neighbour (New Indian Express, Swapan Dasgupta, Aug 28, 2006)
It would perhaps not be outrageous to suggest that had the authorities in Pakistan been as forthcoming with information to India, as they were to the British Intelligence, the July 11 carnage in Mumbai may have been averted.
- Stormy Na Sitting Likely Today (Dawn, Ahmed Hassan, Aug 28, 2006)
The government is expecting a stormy National Assembly sitting on Monday on account of the killing of former Balochistan chief minister and chief of Bugti tribe Nawab Muhammad Akbar Khan Bugti in a military operation in Kohlu.
- Tragedy With A Price (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 28, 2006)
It is distressing to find the president congratulating the country’s security forces for their “successful operation” that killed Nawab Akbar Bugti and several of his companions in the Bhambore Hills of Balochistan on Saturday.
- Opposition’S Futile Exercise (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 28, 2006)
Opposition leaders including Qazi Hussain Ahmed, Ch Aitazaz Ahmed and Pervez Ashraf have conceded that their no-confidence motion against the Prime Minister will fall through on the floor of the National Assembly.
- Fortunes Rising For India’S Congress Party: Poll (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
India’s ruling Congress party will return to power with a comfortable majority if elections are held today, an opinion poll said on Sunday.
- Balochistan In Flames After Pak Army Kills Top Leader (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Prominent tribal leader Nawab Akbar Bugti was killed in a Pakistani Army missile attack in the restive Balochistan province that also left 38 armed rebels and 21 security personnel dead, triggering massive rioting during which a protester was shot dead.
- Atal: We Made India N-Power To Reckon With (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Aug 28, 2006)
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Leader of Opposition LK Advani on Sunday said the six-year rule by the BJP-led NDA Government had not only successfully heralded the era of coalition politics in India but also made India a nuclear power.
- Incensed Baluchis Rise In Revolt (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
The killing of a top tribal chief by Pakistani troops sparked widespread violence and rioting on Sunday and raised fears that a decades-old conflict in the country's volatile southwest could widen.
- Sad End Of Stubborn Bugti (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 28, 2006)
Veteran Baloch Sardar Nawab Akbar Bugti, his two grandsons and a number of his accompalices were killed in an encounter with law enforcing agencies in remote areas of Balochistan on Saturday. It’s said that the law enforcing agencies were engaged .. .
- Copying Script To Success (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Aug 28, 2006)
The unabashed and blatant use of unfair means, both during examinations and in marking, is a shocking reminder of the fact that our educational and examination system has decayed.
- Pm Visit Effort To Derive Political Mileage: Bjd-Bjp (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
A day before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Orissa, the ruling BJP-BJD alliance today said it was “an attempt to derive political mileage”.
- Scientists Still Have Doubts,ask Pm To Spell Out Strategy (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Aug 28, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was urged by the country’s top nuclear scientists at their recent meeting with him to formulate an adequate Indian response as they had "serious doubts" that the US Congress would accept the concerns of the nation on . . .
- N-Credit To Bipolar Politics (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Aug 28, 2006)
The release of two special issues of RSS monthly Rashtradharm — focussing on the BJP and the Jana Sangh — turned into an occasion for two veteran swayamsewaks, former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha . . .
- High-Level Meet To Tackle Naxal Menace Soon (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Aug 28, 2006)
The Cabinet Secretary is slated to hold a high-level secretarial meeting shortly to evolve an effective strategy for dealing with Naxalite created bottle-necks in developmental works in the affected districts.
- So Wide, You Can’T Get Around It... (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Mike Marqusee delves into an inspired Bob Dylan encyclopaedia.
- Is There Life After Cbms? (Pakistan Observer, Khalid Saleem, Aug 28, 2006)
Has the peace process been dealt a death blow by the stand-off engendered in the wake of Mumbai blasts? Are the two sides at all interested in reviving the moves towards a meaningful peace?
- Dalits Allege Assault, Lalu Charges Nitish Govt (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
A group from the Lohar community on Sunday called on Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav alleging that they had been beaten up by the upper caste men in their village in an attempt to capture their land.
- Maran`s New Deal (Business Standard, Sunil Jain, Aug 28, 2006)
This is the ultimate irony. The company that just last year challenged Trai’s decision to slash bandwidth tariffs (a major determinant of long-distance tariffs), not once, but twice, on the grounds that it was making just . . .
- Curbing Fiscal Deficit The Priority (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 28, 2006)
The finance ministry’s opposition to the Planning Commission suggestion of shifting the FRBM Act mandated fiscal and revenue deficit targets beyond 2008-09 is justified.
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