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Articles 6221 through 6320 of 43820:
- State’S Interest (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 25, 2006)
Compromises invariably breed further compromises. This is the most charitable comment that can be made on the Supreme Court’s decision to do away with the domicile clause for being elected to the Rajya Sabha.
- Bush To Help Racist Senator (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Aug 25, 2006)
President George W. Bush has no qualms about attending a political fundraiser for a Virginia Senator who recently used a racial slur against a young American of Indian ethnicity.
- How Much Do You Pay As Telecom Taxes? (The Financial Express, V SRIDHAR, Aug 25, 2006)
A telecom subscriber is burdened with 30-35% as taxes for every minute of call made
- Turkish Desires (Telegraph, BHASWATI CHAKRAVORTY, Aug 25, 2006)
A dark, handsome and solitary man, physically fit but tragically deprived, a man of simple living and sophisticated pleasures, with an acute mind and a delicate touch in cooking, is an irresistible draw as a detective.
- Protests Against Cong, Arjun (Tribune, Raman Mohan, Aug 25, 2006)
Thanks to the derogatory remarks against the Jat community in NCERT books, Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh has become an unofficial persona non grata in Haryana — a state where Jats had played a important role in the Congress’ . . .
- Lending Rates To Be Regulated (Tribune, Amarjit Thind, Aug 25, 2006)
The state government will evolve shortly a permanent mechanism to regulate the traditional loaning system of arhtiyas to farmers in the state so that the farmers could avail themselves of the loans from the commission agents at rates of interest . . .
- Us To Lift Cuba Embargo If It Embraces Democracy (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
The United States has said it would move to lift a 44-year trade embargo on Cuba if the interim government of the communist state embraces democracy.
- Israel Comes Off Second Best (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 25, 2006)
Israel's failure to crush Hizbollah has significant implications for the strategic situation in West Asia.
- Parched Earth (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 25, 2006)
A tangled skein of politics and nature
Between the north and the south, Bengal today presents a tangled skein of nature and politics that makes the risk of a possible food shortfall fairly substantial.
- Citizens' Initiative (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 25, 2006)
Do not curse darkness, light a little candle! True to this motto, seven apolitical NGOs in Chennai and five in Coimbatore, have decided to join hands and put up candidates for the coming elections to the municipalities and corporations in Tamil Nadu.
- Islamophobia Of Muslims (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 25, 2006)
Two unidentified men on a motorcycle on Wednesday shot the editor of the Islamic journal, Ishraq, in front of the office of Al Mawrid Research Institute run by the country’s top Islamic scholar, Javed Ahmed Ghamidi, in Model Town Extension, Lahore.
- Are Asians Facing A Witch-Hunt In Mid-Air? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Aug 25, 2006)
In recent weeks, a number of people of Asian or Arab origin have been forced off flights in Europe and America. What these cases illustrate goes far beyond legitimate policing and security precautions.
- Self-Rule Answer To Kashmir Issue: Mehbooba (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
Reiterating its stand on self-rule formula, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti has claimed it “has to be implemented on both parts of the dividing line”, and therefore will ensure adequate guarantees by both the countries.
- Kk Among Two Top Hm Ultras Killed In Doda (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
Security forces and police gunned down two top militants of Hizbul Mujahideen outfit including an ‘area commander’ belonging to the minority community at Kalihand, about 18 kms from Doda in early hours of this morning.
- Telangana Again (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 25, 2006)
The exit of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) from the United Progressive Alliance and its government has again brought to the fore the politics revolving around the demand for a separate state.
- Rjd, Jd(u) Mps Come To Blows, Almost (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
Verbal duel over JD(U) leader Prabhunath Singh's remark against Railway Minister Lalu Prasad .
- Degeneration Of Modern Nations Into Tribalism (Hindu, Hywel Williams, Aug 25, 2006)
Colonial interference and Europe's failure to absorb minorities has led to a global decay of the state.
- The Telangana Turn (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Aug 25, 2006)
When Telangana Rashtra Samithi chief K. Chandrashekhara Rao walked out of the UPA and began his hunger strike at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on August 23, he was not the first Andhra leader to use this evocative tool to pursue an emotive cause.
- Victim Of Its Charisma (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 25, 2006)
Tigers are a step away from extinction and the need of the hour is to protect them, instead of farming them for use, says Nirmal Ghosh.
- Indian Envoy To Assess Lebanon (Asian Age, Lakshmi B. Ghosh , Aug 25, 2006)
Indian special envoy C. Gharekhan is on a visit to the West Asia region to make an assessment of the ground situation in Lebanon. With the hostilities having ended in Lebanon, Mr Gharekhan’s 10-day visit, which began on Monday, will cover four . . .
- Reflecting The Divisive Mindset (Pioneer, KR Phanda, Aug 25, 2006)
Those who are familiar with the communal politics of the Muslim League before independence would not be surprised at the objection raised by Muslim leaders to the singing of Vande Mataram.
- Beirut To Bali: The Echo The West Doesn’T Want To Hear (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 25, 2006)
The Israeli attack on Lebanon and the ceasefire creating the perception of a Hezbollah victory in the minds of Muslim radicals worldwide could rekindle the threat of terrorism in Southeast Asia, or even raise it to new levels.
- Quota Stir: Docs To Increase The Dose (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
The medical fraternity’s confrontation with the government over the 27% reservation for the other backward classes (OBCs) in centrally-funded educational institutions appeared to be intensifying with the resident doctors of the All India Institute . . .
- Pak Remains At Crossroads Of Terrorism (Deccan Herald, Mubashir zaidi, Aug 25, 2006)
Critics say Musharraf, an avowed ally in the war on terrorism, has much to do to end militancy.
- Price Of War Is Too High (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Aug 25, 2006)
Beirut-Larnaca: Siroco, a stately French warship dressed in grey, sails smoothly, silently into Beirut's nearly deserted harbour, flanked by her escort the anti-submarine frigate Montcalm.
- Jihad Against Darrell Hair (Pioneer, ASHOK MALIK, Aug 25, 2006)
In the bizarre aftermath of Test cricket's first forfeiture - wherein the Pakistanis walked off the pitch, almost literally, at the Oval this past week and surrendered the game to England - there is an unfortunate tendency to see the episode within . . .
- The Biggest Internal Security Challenge (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Aug 25, 2006)
Stringent measures like confiscation of assets can stop corruption from spreading.
- Better Chance (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 25, 2006)
Mr Reddy should place all his cards on the table.
- The Born Again Terrorist (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 25, 2006)
Less than a fortnight after Heathrow, another scare aboard a Northwest Airline flight has the world’s headlines. Perhaps we’d be less scared if we learnt more. There is no convenient ‘us’ and ‘them’ when it comes to terrorism. ‘Converts’ who join . . .
- Painless Separation (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Aug 25, 2006)
After waiting 27 months to see some signs of hope for a separate Telangana, Chandrasekhara Rao runs out of options
- A.P. Assembly Proceedings Stalled Again For Second Day (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
Opposition criticises Congress for keeping silent on Telangana
- Tension Mounts As Dmdk Activists Raise A Banner Of Revolt In Villupuram (Hindu, A.V. Ragunathan, Aug 25, 2006)
Municipal operation of removing hoardings meets with resistance .
- Parties Deplore Lok Sabha Incidents (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
Political parties on Thursday deplored the incident of near physical clash inside the Lok Sabha and hoped all sides would set standards for proper behaviour in Parliament.
- Chamatkar: India’S Miracle Worker (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Aug 25, 2006)
Mumbai’s Meethi is the most speciously named river in geological history.
- On Quotas, Hasten Slowly (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 25, 2006)
The cabinet’s nod to the bill on OBC reservations in institutions of higher education has revived the spectre of 1990. The high emotive potential of the issue should have induced caution.
- Senator Apologises To Indian Student (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Aug 25, 2006)
The US Senator who mocked Indian student Shekhar Ramanuja Sidarth by calling him “Macaca”, a French word for monkey, has telephoned him with a personal apology.
- The Move Is Actually Against The President (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 25, 2006)
The combined Opposition has filed a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz with the National Assembly Secretariat in Islamabad on Wednesday, supported by a 30 count charge sheet.
- Shaukat Confident Against No-Confidence (Pakistan Observer, Mahmood Hussain, Aug 25, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat looks taller and more confident after the No- Confidence Motion moved in the National Assembly on Wednesday last by the Opposition.
- Anti-Americanism In Russia (Dawn, Rajan Menon, Aug 25, 2006)
The Bush administration’s imposition of sanctions on two Russian companies this month for selling military technology to Iran certainly sends the Kremlin a message — but it won’t be the one the White House has in mind.
- The War In Lebanon (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Aug 25, 2006)
Doubtless the cease-fire in Lebanon is extremely fragile. The UN’s unambiguous condemnation of Israel’s commando raid on a Hezollah stronghold inside southern Lebanon as a “violation” of the Security Council’s unanimous resolution 1701 has not . . .
- Issues That Matter (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 25, 2006)
The opposition now seems finally united on a one-point agenda — the exit of the army from politics.
- Road To Telangana Hyderabad, Congress Politics Are In The Way (Tribune, Ramesh Kandula, Aug 25, 2006)
The indefinite fast undertaken by Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao is oddly reminiscent of the one in the early 1950s that led to the creation of Andhra state, though no two persons can be as dissimilar as Potti Sriramulu . . .
- Tehran Asks West To Outline Timetable: Offer On N-Plan (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
Iran’s reply to an offer of incentives to halt nuclear work asks world powers to clarify key points including a timeline to implement the package, Iranian experts with diplomatic contacts said on Thursday.
- Brutality Against Teachers (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 25, 2006)
Things took an ugly turn on Tuesday in Karachi when teachers protesting against the ban on teachers’ union activities in Sindh were treated to the usual highhandedness of the . . .
- Micro Finance In Disaster Control (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 25, 2006)
The problem that had erupted in the Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh between the district authorities and micro finance companies seems to have calmed down over the last few weeks.
- Rise Of Women Ceos In Indian Industry (Business Standard, T Thomas, Aug 25, 2006)
Despite familial and societal restrictions, Indian women executives can perform better than their western counterparts.
- Voting On No-Trust Against Pm On 29th (Daily Times, Irfan Ghauri, Aug 25, 2006)
I will respond to Opp’s charges myself, says Aziz
No secret ballot, constitutional method to be adopted for voting
- Israel Says Bigger Force Needed Urgently (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said on Thursday that an enlarged UN force in southern Lebanon should be deployed as soon as possible to help defuse an ‘explosive’ situation on the ground.
- Showdown In Lok Sabha (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
The country’s highest legislature was witness to unprecedented scenes when RJD and JD(U) members virtually came to blows in the Lok Sabha today, necessitating two adjournments and the target of the attack, Prabhunath Singh, tendering his . . .
- Outrage In Jaipur (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 25, 2006)
The propensity of small incidents to be blown out of proportion and - encouraged by helpful television cameras that can exaggerate the actual strength of a crowd - make a 'national crisis' out of a local tragedy is well known in India.
- Collapsing Peace (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 25, 2006)
The entreaties, backed by promises of more dollops of aid, made by US President George Bush and European heads of state seem to have fallen on deaf ears in Beirut with the Lebanese Government showing no serious signs of disarming Hizbullah.
- Ls Degenerates Into 'Brawling Arena' (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
An MP jumping over the desk to separate two others from coming to blows.
- Difficult Words (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Aug 25, 2006)
The irony is inescapable. Last Tuesday, the country mourned the death of the nonagenarian shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan in Varanasi.
- No-Trust Vote On Aug 29 Likely (Dawn, Ahmed Hassan, Aug 25, 2006)
Playing down any significant political impact of the opposition’s no-confidence motion, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Thursday declared that he would defend himself in the National Assembly on August 29 when allegations levelled against him would . . .
- Opposition Boycotts Committee Meeting (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
All opposition parties on Thursday boycotted the first meeting of the Select Committee on the controversial Criminal Law Amendment (Protection of Women) Bill 2006 tabled by the government on Aug 21 amid strong protests by the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal . . .
- Cpm Democracy Sermon To Maoists (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
The CPM has urged Indian Maoists to learn from their Nepalese comrades and accept multiparty democracy.
- Voice Of Shakti (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 25, 2006)
The destinies of women can be extremely diverse. Some have freedom and power while others only survive. What they have in common, however, is an awakening sense of their potential political influence.
Chantal Boulanger
- Odd Opposition To The Ode (Pioneer, S Gurumurthy , Aug 24, 2006)
How is it that Islamic leaders don't feel as threatened by terrorism as by the National Song?
- Separate Statehood No Solution, Says Karat (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
"Wrong on the part of TRS to have left UPA"
CPI (M) differs with UPA Government on many economic issues
Alliance with TDP paid dividends to the party.
- Future Of The Nuclear Deal (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Aug 24, 2006)
After having wasted huge amounts of public money for two weeks on puerile controversies generated by the foibles two former Foreign Ministers, Jaswant Singh and Natwar Singh, the Members of the Rajya Sabha showed they are capable . . .
- Kumaraswamy Dismisses `Evidence' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Says people of the State and the media have been taken for a ride
- Terrorism After Babri Demolition: Mulayam (Hindu, Atiq Khan, Aug 24, 2006)
Targeting Muslims and attacking madarsas as centres of "ISI activities" would weaken the country: CM.
- Pakistan Still Backs Terrorism: Patil (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Government has shared some information on terrorism with Pakistan
ISI providing logistical support to terror outfits such as Lashkar, Jaish.
- Down But Not Out, Leading Reformist Looks Ahead (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Aug 24, 2006)
A former Speaker of the Majlis,Mehdi Karroubiwas the leading reformist contender in Iran's presidential election of 2005 but lost to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad under circumstances he considers improper. In an interview toThe Hinduin Tehran, he discusses . . .
- Israeli Prez In Sex Scam (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Israeli police on Wednesday questioned President Moshe Katsav over allegations he forced a former female employee into having sex with him, police said.
- Right To Information: First Principles & Sound Practice (Hindu, Arun Jaitley, Aug 24, 2006)
The constitutional right to freedom of speech and expression is the repository of the right to information — not the 2005 Act, which is an instrument laying down the statutory procedure in the exercise of this right.
- Where Does The Buck Stop? (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Aug 24, 2006)
Despite poverty, India has emerged as a world leader. The PM’s expression of helplessness is not understandable.
- Bottled-Up Plans (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 24, 2006)
There'sll now be bottles full of comments, not all of them objective or scientific, on whose science is better:
- Five Lives Of Vande Mataram (Indian Express, Sabyasachi Bhattacharya, Aug 24, 2006)
The appropriation of cultural creations for political purposes may be inevitable, but it should not happen in a state of arrogant ignorance.
- Enforcing The Peace: New Role For Indian Army In Lebanon (Asia Times, Seema Mustafa, Aug 24, 2006)
The Indian Army has no reservations about continuing as part of the strengthened United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon, although a final decision is still to be taken by the government.
- Pm Fails To Impress (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s defence of the Indo-US nuclear deal in Rajya Sabha last week may have earned him a lot of admirers and silenced both BJP and the Left, but Organiser is clearly not impressed.
- Iran’S Response (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 24, 2006)
Iran’s response to the package of incentives offered to it three months ago by the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany provides an opening for further negotiations - that is, if the US and Europe are willing to seize it.
- Road Ahead For N-Deal (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Aug 24, 2006)
AFTER having wasted huge amounts of the tax payer’s money for two weeks on puerile controversies generated by the foibles, two former Foreign Ministers, Mr Jaswant Singh and Mr Natwar Singh, the members of the Rajya Sabha, showed they are capable . . .
- Discordant Notes (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 24, 2006)
Song and dance over Vande Mataram
- India Will Go Beyond Geographical Borders To Protect Interests: Iaf (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Aug 24, 2006)
India will have to “forget geographical boundaries to protect its interests outside its boundaries”, Air Chief Marshal SP Tyagi of the Indian Air Force (IAF) said here on Tuesday.
- Doha Talks Failure — Giving The India-Asean Fta A New Thrust (Business Line, S. Majumder , Aug 24, 2006)
The deadlock in the Doha Round talks paves the way for the India-Asean Free Trade Agreement that was hobbled by the squabbling over the negative list.
- Nation & States: Iii (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 24, 2006)
UP's economic resurgence cannot be brought about merely by bringing into the state a few industrialists or entrepreneurs.
- Natwar’S New Avatar: Chaudhary Of Jatland (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Desperate to save his political career in the wake of his suspension from the Congress, former External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh today reinvented himself as a Jat leader of Rajasthan at a huge rally organized by his supporters here.
- If We Require N-Tests, We Will Have Right To Decide, Says Pm (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Brushing aside speculation that India had signed away its sovereign right over its strategic programme with the Indo-US nuclear agreement, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asserted in the Lok Sabha today that the deal would not close . . .
- Revive Doha Talks, Asean Tells Wto (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Asean, on Wednesday, called on WTO members, especially its major players, to try and revive the Doha Development Round negotiations before the end of 2006.
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