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Articles 6421 through 6520 of 43820:
- Public Service Law (Pioneer, Shailaja Chandra, Aug 23, 2006)
The much berated civil services could do with greater support from the legislature and judiciary in order to be more effective
- Distorting History (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 23, 2006)
Politicisation of education in the name of detoxification, will give birth to a generation of ignoramuses, says JS Rajput
- With Office Of Profit, Who Needs Pay Hike! (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Left parties, which usually oppose any hike in pay-cheques and emoluments of parliamentarians and legislators in any state, found themselves isolated in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday when they put up a similar show during the introduction of the . . .
- Natwar Replies To Party Notice (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Former external affairs minister and senior Congress leader K. Natwar Singh, who was recently suspended from the party and served a showcause notice, has sent his reply. The reply was sent two days ahead of the deadline set by the Congress.
- Multi-Pronged Plan For Naxals (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
The government is pursuing a multi-pronged approach to address the problem of Naxalism on political, security and development fronts in a holistic and coordinated manner.
- Trs Quits Upa (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
The Telangana Rashtra Samiti, a partner in the two-year-old UPA government at the Centre, ended its two-day drama late on Tuesday evening by announcing the resignation of its two ministers from the Union Cabinet and its exit from the UPA.
- Defiant Natwar Wants Sonia To Decide His Fate (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
A defiant Natwar Singh wants Congress president Sonia Gandhi to decide on the action to be initiated against him by the party's Disciplinary Action Committee, saying it consisted of men who had themselves been expelled by the party.
- Musharraf Offers Cooperation Against ‘Freelance Terrorists’ (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 23, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has offered India exchange of information and cooperation amongst their intelligence agencies to ward off terrorist attacks, and to join hands in investigations and in moving against “freelance terrorists”.
- Putin Is Nobody’S Poodle (Tribune, Rajan Menon, Aug 23, 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.
- A Burden Long Shed (Telegraph, Stephen Hugh-Jones, Aug 23, 2006)
What do the names Macaulay and Kipling mean to you? It’s an odd question to raise, you may think, as India enters its 60th year of independence. Yet it wasn’t I but an Indian who raised it.
- Differences Persist Between Bajaj Brothers (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Differences still persists between Rahul Bajaj, his brother Shishir Bajaj and others on the issue of transfer of shares for finalising the split of the Bajaj group, the Company Law Board has been informed by the lawyers.
- 'An Attempt By Centre To Gain Political Mileage' (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
An issue settled long back is unnecessarily being unsettled to score political gains. This is tragic.
- Telengana Row: Trs Pulls Out Of Upa Government (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
In a severe jolt to the UPA coalition, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) ministers K Chandrashekhara Rao and A Narendra on Tuesday resigned from the government and the five-MP strong party pulled out of the alliance withdrawing its support on the . . .
- Natwar Still Defiant (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
The suspended Congress leader, Mr K Natwar Singh today sent his reply to the party’s show-cause notice served on him, taking a defiant line, rejecting charges of wrongdoing in the Iraqi oil scam, and asking the party’s disciplinary action . . .
- The Telgi Saga (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 23, 2006)
Currently CNN-IBN is telecasting taped conversations between Abdul Karim Telgi and compatriots. Mr Telgi is the public face of the hidden mafia behind the nationwide fake stamp papers scam.
- Bhadarwah, Wah, Wah! (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 23, 2006)
Nobody should grudge Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad the satisfaction of exploring tourism potential of Bhadarwah.
- Quota In Doses (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 23, 2006)
The Union Cabinet’s clearance of the Bill providing 27 per cent reservation for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in government-aided institutions of higher education, including the IIMs and IITs, . . .
- Who Should Tax Farm Incomes? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 23, 2006)
The issue needs to be looked at not as one of jurisdiction but one of sincere enforcement.
- The Nation’S Not For Sale (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Aug 23, 2006)
It is tempting to look at the substance of Manmohan Singh’s reply in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday to the discussion on the Indo-US nuclear deal and, in the process, forget that the prime minister’s handling of the nuclear controversy in recent weeks . . .
- Seats Of Strife (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 23, 2006)
Nowhere do the pitfalls of ‘social justice’ make themselves as sharply felt in India as in the case of quotas in higher education. Yet this is also the sphere where the most definitive thinking and action are almost entirely politically or . . .
- Caring For The Fields Of Gold (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 23, 2006)
The government’s zeal for industrialization must not be allowed to push agriculture and rural life into oblivion, writes Ashis Chakrabarti
Touch of indifference
No one who has known him for long would think of Sadhan Pande as the Communist . .
- Optional Mataram (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 23, 2006)
In 1986, in a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court exempted two children of the Jehovah's Witness sect from singing the National Anthem at their school in Kerala.
- Domicile Not Key To Rs: Court (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
The Supreme Court today ruled that doing away with the requirement of “residence or domicile” for being elected to the Rajya Sabha from any state did not affect the federal polity because the Council of States “does not act as a champion of local . . .
- Afghanistan’S Objections Over Gate At Torkham (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
The design of a gate to be built at the Torkham border has become a bone of contention between the governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan and the latter has expressed reservations over its design.
- Institutional Sub-Literacy (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 22, 2006)
Sarva Sikhsha Abhiyan a colossal failure
- Karunanidhi Takes Vaiko Line On Lanka Issue (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
To take the wind out of the AIADMK and its allies, which are raising the Sri Lankan Tamil issue in the Assembly even after the chief minister, Mr M Karunanidhi, called for restraint, the DMK today took the MDMK line of reasoning and appealed for . . .
- Bereft Of Novelty (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 22, 2006)
There are no prizes for deciphering all that Hizbul Mujahideen supremo Syed Salahuddin has said in his latest interview.
- Gold Rises On Concern Iran May Not Meet Un's Nuclear Deadline (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Gold rose for a second day on concern Iran may refuse to meet a looming United Nations' deadline to halt uranium enrichment, boosting the precious metal's allure as a haven.
- Cong Leaders Meet To Discuss Telangana Issue........ (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
With UPA ally Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) threatening to pull out of the coalition on Telangana statehood issue, Congress leaders held a meeting here today to discuss the issue.
- The Paradigm Of (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 22, 2006)
The term geo-politics came into vogue with the consolidation of colonial empires and imperialist expansion in Europe. Conquests and wars in Eurasia and Latin America, indeed across the world in the 18th and 19th centuries, resulted in the use of . . .
- Supreme Court Rejects Petitions For Cancelling Bail To Lalu, Rabri (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
``PILs not meant to advance the political gain and also settle scores''
Bail relates to fodder scam, disproportionate assets case
"Such PIL would hamper course of justice, may cause prejudice to accused"
- Where Wisdom Is Lost In Knowledge (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 22, 2006)
Lawmakers must realise that if the system doesn't serve those in its direst need, it makes itself infructuous, says Arvind Kumar.
- ‘Nimage Ellarigu Aadarada Swagatha’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Kalam took the audience by surprise by starting his speech in Kannada. “Nimage Ellarigu Aadarada Swagatha,” he said to a rousing applause...
- Sense Of The House (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 22, 2006)
It's a good sign that Parliament rose to the occasion and focussed attention on the nuclear deal instead of fighting on trivial issues, says CP Bhambhri.
- Cabinet Clears Quota Bill For Obcs (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
The Union Cabinet on Monday cleared a bill that proposes to provide 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in government-aided Central educational institutions.
- Do Not Bury Nehruvian Ideology (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Aug 22, 2006)
I write this piece in anguish as the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, during his long speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort, did not utter a single word about the contribution made by the first Prime Minister of India in building up a vibrant . . .
- Wrong To Blame Particular Community For Terrorism: Pm (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Seeking to allay apprehensions of the Muslim community, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said it was wrong to blame any particular community for terror acts and action against terrorists should be based on concrete evidence.
- Obc Quota Bill Gets Cabinet Nod (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
The Union Cabinet on Monday night cleared a Bill providing 27 per cent reservation for other backward classes (OBCs) in Government-aided institutions of higher education from the next academic year without creamy layer concept.
- Little Chance Of Nuclear Compromise (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Aug 22, 2006)
Tehran will respond to the pending European package but is unlikely to suspend enrichment under pressure. What the world must realise is sanctions will take us further from and not closer to a peaceful solution.
- Rescued From The Abyss (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Aug 22, 2006)
In the first of a three-part analysis of the Indo-US nuclear deal, Arun Shourie argues that credibility has passed from the political class to professionals and entrepreneurs. And that the prime minister was wise to engage with the scientists’ misgivings
- Israeli Warplanes Roar Over Lebanon (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Israeli warplanes roared over cities on Lebanon’s northern Mediterranean coast and in the east along the border with Syria on Monday, after the Lebanese defence minister warned rogue Palestinian rocket teams against attacking Israel and . . .
- The Best Always Retire (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Aug 22, 2006)
One of my long-time colleagues never watches business channels, is unconcerned about which companies create wealth, is least interested in business personalities — they’re so boring, he says.
- Bjp's Stand Vindicated (Pioneer, Vivek Gumaste, Aug 22, 2006)
The assertion that the BJP's strident agitation against the proposed India-US civil nuclear cooperation deal has fallen flat in the face of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's "feisty" rejoinder in Parliament is a simplistic conclusion to a complicated issue.
- Israel Mulling Fresh Offensive (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Aug 22, 2006)
Paratroopers write open letter, call for probe into failure of leadership
- Dull Dogma Doesn’T A Syllabus Make (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Aug 22, 2006)
It would be a shame if the parliamentary furore over NCERT textbooks provides yet another occasion for a display of anti-intellectualism and partisan crossfire.
- Pm Has His Way, Quota Bill Cleared, Aided And Staggered (Indian Express, Shubhajit Roy, Aug 22, 2006)
Bill will be introduced this session and likely to go to Standing Committee, the one on unaided institutions goes back to HRD
- Where Does The Buck Stop? (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Aug 22, 2006)
Despite poverty, India has emerged as a world leader. The PM’s expression of helplessness is not understandable.
- Acting Right (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 22, 2006)
It does not bode well for a modern democracy when its leaders feel edgy about the citizen’s right to information.
- Loud And Clear (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Aug 22, 2006)
Finally, Manmohan Singh has asserted himself and his position on the nuclear deal with America.
- Plight Of Punjab’S Farmers (Tribune, Sucha Singh Gill, Aug 22, 2006)
Punjab is one of the most deserving states for a package to distressed farmers. It has been brought out by the 55th round of the NSS that Punjab farmers are third at the all-India level in terms of percentage of farmers under debt.
- Elusive Peace In Lebanon (Tribune, Anita Inder Singh, Aug 22, 2006)
After a month of fighting in which more than 1000 people have lost their lives, resolution 1701, adopted unanimously by the UN Security Council, offers the chance of peace to Lebanon. But will it stick?
- `Vande Mataram': Bjp Wants Arjun To Explain (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Centenary of the song is being celebrated this year .
- Take Steps To Revive Peace Talks In Sri Lanka: Cpi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Sri Lanka conflict heading towards war: D.Raja
Sri Lankan Government, LTTE should adhere to 2002 ceasefire agreement
"Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi will handle the situation in a mature manner."
Party will take steps to bring out commemorative . . .
- German Angst (Tribune, Shastri Ramachandaran, Aug 22, 2006)
The revelation by Gunter Grass that he had served in Hitler’s elite Waffen SS during World War II has unleashed a storm rarely seen in recent times over a writer’s confession.
- Vande Mataram Loses Out To Vote Mataram (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Mother, I bow to thee!
Rich with thy hurrying streams,
Bright with thy orchard gleams,
Cool with thy winds of delight,
Dark fields waving. Mother of might,
Mother free.
- Congress Tries Hard To Resolve Differences Over Telangana (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
With the Telengana Rashtriya Samiti (TRS) threatening to pull out from the UPA Government, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh called on TRC chief and Union Minister Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday to discuss his demand for creation of a . . .
- Quota Issue: Divisive Responses In North & South India (Pioneer, K Venkataramanan, Aug 22, 2006)
Sometimes, divisive issues invite divided responses. At other times, responses like strikes and protests tend to make issues seem divisive, even when they are not.
- Saving Tirumala (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 22, 2006)
The Andhra Pradesh Government's decision to bring in a law to prohibit the preaching of any religion other than Hinduism on the seven sacred hills of Tirumala, famous for the temple of Lord Venkateswara, is a welcome move to nip evangelical . . .
- Sc Declines To Cancel Bail Of Lalu, Rabri On Fodder Scam Pil Case (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to cancel the bail granted to Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad in the multi-crore fodder scam and dismissed a petition alleging he influenced the trial pending against him and his wife Rabri Devi in a Ranchi court.
- Cabinet Okays Staggered Quota (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
The Union Cabinet tonight cleared the politically sensitive legislation providing for 27 per cent reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in government-run higher educational institutions, including AIIMS, IIT and IIMs in a staggered manner.
- Religion As Currency (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Aug 22, 2006)
Archbishop Mar Varkey Vithayathil recently startled India's intellectual elite with his call for more babies to arrest the decline of Kerala's Catholic community.
- Bad Time To Be Muslim (Times of India, SANJAY SUBRAHMANYAM, Aug 22, 2006)
It was a slightly surreal experience transiting through a series of airports in the week following the British announcement of a discovery of a new conspiracy to blow up a vast number of planes in midair.
- Adios, Infosys. Hello, India? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 22, 2006)
If India’s embrace of capitalism continues on its current path, Nagawara Ramarao Narayana Murthy will be seen as just another triumphant businessman the country produced.
- Addressing Baloch Grievances (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 22, 2006)
The level of hostilities between the military and the rebels in Balochistan may have decreased significantly, but the militant presence in the province continues to be strong as evidenced by a string of bomb blasts over the past few days.
- Us Destroying Two Nations For Twin Towers (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 22, 2006)
About 90 people including 70 suspected rebels and four US soldiers were killed in clashes between coalition troops and Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan.
- Memoirs Of A Diplomat (Hindu, R. K. Raghavan , Aug 22, 2006)
A British ambassador's candid and controversial account laying bare the underside of the `war on terror'
- Bill On Quota For Obcs This Week (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Cabinet gives approval for Bill
- Engaging With Beteille (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
This selection of 50 short essays is a sequel to Beteille's Chronicles of Our Times, a similar collection of newspaper contributions published some years ago.
- Congressional Rebuke (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 22, 2006)
The latest congressional report should provide food for thought for those who are running America’s war on terror.
- Economic Policy: Mid-Term Report (Business Standard, Shankar Acharya, Aug 22, 2006)
In a few weeks the UPA government will reach the mid-point of its five-year term.
- Rural Development And Planned Urbanisation Are Fully Compatible (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Aug 22, 2006)
At the present juncture in the development history of the country it is perhaps right to pause and seek agricultural development with well-planned urban growth.
- Mr Murthy`s Next Innings (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 22, 2006)
If N R Narayana Murthy had simply led and built such an extraordinarily successful company as Infosys Technologies then that itself would have been enough to put his name in the history books.
- Russia-Us Trade Off (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 22, 2006)
Moscow must not turn the WTO negotiations into one more battleground in its image war with Washington.
- The Worsening Law & Order Situation (Dawn, Sajjad Ali Shah, Aug 22, 2006)
ON August 11, 1947, Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the first president of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan, in his address to the members informed them that their assembly had dual functions of writing a constitution and making laws to . . .
- Sc Seeks Reason For Delay In Docs’ Salary (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Monday sought an explanation from the Centre within two weeks over the delay in releasing the salaries of doctors, who went on strike protesting the new reservation policy of the Government.
- Their Man In Islamabad (OutLook, B. Raman , Aug 22, 2006)
It is difficult not to be reminded of the MI-6's Man in Havana as one watches with amazement the encomiums being showered on Gen Musharraf as a stalwart ally in the war against terrorism by Bush and Blair.
- Good Women Should Enter Politics, Says President (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
When good women enter politics, nobility will come to the profession, isn’t it? questioned President A P J Abdul Kalam. There was silence amongst the women scientists in the audience. “Only if you say `yes’, will you get 33 per cent . . .
- Rajya Sabha Debate On Nuclear Deal — The Morphing Of A Pm (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 22, 2006)
Dr Manmohan Singh's Rajya Sabha speech left MPs and eminent scientists who were deeply uneasy about the nuclear deal satisfied and reassured.
- Take It From The Super Cop (OutLook, B. Raman , Aug 22, 2006)
KPS Gill was in Chennai recently, interacting with a group of serving and retired police officers on counter-terrorism management. Some of the salient points made by him.
- Quality, Equality (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 22, 2006)
Now that the cabinet has cleared the quota bills, the politics will presumably will be worked out and the fiscal commitment will hopefully be fully understood.
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