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Articles 6521 through 6620 of 43820:
- Obc Quota Gets Cabinet Nod (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
The Union cabinet on Monday cleared the Bill granting reservation to OBCs in government-aided higher educational institutions in a staggered manner. The Bill is likely to be tabled in Parliament on Tuesday.
- Attacks On The Info Law Won’T Work (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 21, 2006)
Though the government has dropped the move to introduce amendments to RTI Act in the current session of Parliament, perhaps it has not yet abandoned its resolve to ruin this perfectly good law and, in the process, lose much of the goodwill it had . . .
- Iim-A Can Take 150 More Students: Prof (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
Is the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) making a mountain out of a molehill over the OBC reservation issue? One of the institute’s professors has dug holes into the loud noises made by top bosses that expansion is not possible . . .
- Very Political Science (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 21, 2006)
Nuclear scientists must be firmly told: this isn’t Pakistan, there is a strict lab-govt separation plan
- Jd(u)leader Held In Another J&k Sex Racket (Times of India, M Saleem Pandit, Aug 21, 2006)
Jammu and Kashmir, which is waiting for the dust to settle down on the high-profile sex scandal involving politicians and bureaucrats, now finds itself in the middle of another sleaze racket.
- Office Of Profit (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 21, 2006)
By appending his signature to the Parliament Prevention of Disqualification (Amendment) Bill, President APJ Abdul Kalam has put an end to needless speculation over a widening rift between him and the UPA Government on the 'office of profit' issue.
- India Must Show The Way (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Aug 21, 2006)
The war against terror continues and we are seeing 'new' innovative methods being deployed by terrorist groups.
- “Unprecedented” Security Plan For Pakistan F-16s (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
Pakistan has said negotiations on an “unprecedented” security plan that the US wanted from it before the sale of F-16 jets would start only after Washington forwards a letter of offer.
- Build Schools First (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 21, 2006)
How to teach history is important. More important is how to build education infrastructure
- Company Towns (Times of India, Sauvik Chakraverti, Aug 21, 2006)
The UPA government's clearance to private firms for the setting up of over 100 Special Economic Zones (SEZs) has raised loud objections from those who are otherwise defenders of free markets.
- Doha Talks Collapse: A Chance For India? (Business Line, Alok Ray, Aug 21, 2006)
As the Doha Round talks collapsed, basically, due to the US/EU squabbling over agricultural subsidies, India has reaped an indirect gain. It can now continue with its protectionist agricultural policies.
- A Conventional Approach Still (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Aug 21, 2006)
The Eleventh Plan Approach Paper has been accused of departing from conventional wisdom. But it has not departed enough. The critical issues it lists are all chronic sores that innovation, not conventional wisdom, can solve. But the Approach has no . . .
- Congress, Dmk Alliance To Continue For Panchayat Polls (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
The parties will work closely at the national and State levels: Moily
Karunanidhi praised for administrative skills
Moily advises Congress workers to strengthen party.
- Into Their Second Innings (Pioneer, Ajoy Bose, Aug 21, 2006)
Facing Opposition attacks as well as barbs from their allies both Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi realise that if they do not swim together, they will sink together
- Govt To Table Hudood Amendment Bill Today (Daily Times, Shahzad Raza, Aug 21, 2006)
Treasury MNAs ordered to ensure presence at session
MNAs complain to PM, say law minister did not brief them properly on bill.
- Ministry Biased Against Adag On Oil And Gas (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
Petroleum Minister Murli Deora and the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) have found themselves in a spot of major controversy surrounding the evaluation process for Coal Bed Methane blocks.
- Feeble Voice To Fight (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 21, 2006)
Residents of Premdasa Nagar, in absence of state support, have rented their premises and taken to drinking in distress, says Rahul Ramagundam.
- Americans Prefer Hillary As Democrat Candidate For Prez (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
Americans prefer Senator and former First Lady Hillary Clinton as the Democrat candidate for Presidential polls in 2008 above other contenders from her party, according to a new poll.
- Politician-Officer-Builder Mafia In Limelight Again (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
Many cases pending against Rohini DC who drew the Court's ire
- Technology Breaks Indo-Pak Barriers (Hindu, Bindu Shajan Perappadan, Aug 21, 2006)
Telemedicine enables medical students to `exchange notes' across the border
- The Unending War In Sri Lanka (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 21, 2006)
A political initiative to resolve the grievances of all ethnic groups along with an effective strategy to take on the LTTE is the best way out.
- Jat Rally A Raje Govt.-Sponsored Event: Congress (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
No member of the party belonging to the Jat community will participate in it, says PCC chief .
- Remedy Within (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 21, 2006)
The coalition parties need to clean up their act.
- "Indian Solution Should Be Acceptable To Sri Lankan Tamils" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
Need to ensure Sri Lankan Government's compliance: Ramadoss
Hails efforts made by the Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi in finding a solution
"Food to Island nation should be sent through Indian Red Cross Society"
"Sri Lankan Red Cross should . . .
- Flexible Labour Reforms Will Help, Says Citi (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
The Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) on Sunday said that flexible labour policies would help the sector to achieve potential size of $85 million, generate 12 million new jobs and additional $25 billion exports by 2010.
- A Dubious Record Of Unity (Deccan Herald, Amulya Ganguli, Aug 21, 2006)
When it concerns votes, all parties, from the Left to the Right of the political spectrum close their ranks.
- Cabinet Set To Clear Quota Bill Today (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
A Cabinet meeting is being scheduled for Monday to clear the contentious bill that would provide 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in government-aided institutes of higher learning.
- Purchasing Power Or Bubble Economy? (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 21, 2006)
President Musharraf said on July 26 that people have enough money in their hands, and that has led to a rise in the price level.
- Continuing Yasukuni Troubles (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 21, 2006)
Japan has a few serious problems to sort out with China and South Korea. Its hope of entering the United Nations Security Council as a permanent member cannot be realised if the People's Republic refuses to allow it.
- Bonhomie With Sonia Helped Pm Take The Bull By The Horn (New Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Aug 21, 2006)
Just before the Prime Minister was to speak in the Rajya Sabha on the Indo-US nuclear deal, Arjun Singh walked up to Manmohan Singh and exchanged pleasantries with him.
- America’S Orwellian Talk (News International, Nasim Zehra, Aug 21, 2006)
The unanimously adopted UN Security Council Resolution 1701 will at best reduce the fighting in Lebanon. In the immediate context it will wind down both the Israeli aggression and the retaliatory Hizbollah attacks.
- On Heroic Leadership (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 21, 2006)
Political life in our country has been marked by a tendency towards one-man rule.
- The Dispensation Of Justice (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 21, 2006)
The four-day International Judicial Conference, held in Islamabad recently to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court, issued the Islamabad Declaration at its conclusion.
- Sabotage In Na? (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 21, 2006)
It is somewhat understandable why so few members of the opposition failed to attend Friday's session of the National Assembly - especially those belonging to the MMA - since the top item for discussion was . . .
- Fiduciary Duties In Privatisation (Dawn, Syed Mohibullah Shah, Aug 21, 2006)
The widespread support for the Supreme Court decision on privatisation of the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) reflects the deep anxiety, even among supporters of privatisation, about the manner in which state-owned assets were being sold.
- Singh Has Some Plus Points Too (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 21, 2006)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was perceived as an articulate economist and politician and was expected to steer the South Asian region out of its quagmire of tension, confrontation and conflict due to the outstanding issues . . .
- Israel’S Blatant Vandalism (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 21, 2006)
Israe seized Palestinian Deputy Prime Minister Naser al-Shaer from his home in West Bank while its commandos raided a Hezbollah stronghold in eastern Bakaa Valley in ‘naked violation’ of the UN brokered truce on Saturday. Naser al-Shaer is top . . .
- Learning From Lebanon (Indian Express, Gurmeet Kanwal, Aug 21, 2006)
The Westphalian nation-state is fraying at the edges and Lebanon is a primary example of this. It has a regular army and it has the Hezbollah — a terrorist organisation that is officially tolerated if not recognised as the army of the south.
- Trivialising The War On Terror (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 21, 2006)
THE results of the alleged plot to bomb transatlantic airlines have varied from the serious to the ludicrous: while Britain and America have thanked Pakistan for unearthing the plot, flights have been delayed because a woman . . .
- Indian Lawyer Launches Crusade Against Abuses In Kashmir (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
My longer term goal is to have some of the army out (of Kashmir) – and definitely out of the civilian areas’
- Quota Bill Likely To Be Cleared Today (Tribune, Satish Misra, Aug 21, 2006)
Coming under pressure from its allies, the Union Cabinet is likely to take up the Bill providing 27 per cent reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in government-aided institutions like the Indian Institutes of Technology and Indian . . .
- Dialogue Only Route To Solve All Complex Problems: Cm (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today said that three out of five working groups announced by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh during 2nd Round Table Conference at Srinagar have met and the remaining two groups are also meeting very soon.
- Nation Pays Homage To Rajiv Gandhi (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today led the nation in paying homage to the late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 62nd birth anniversary today.
- Great Illusion (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 21, 2006)
About two years ago outgoing "Azad" Kashmir (the occupied territory across the Line of Control) "President" Sardar Mohammad Anwar Khan had put up quite a show in front of a group of journalists from this part of the State.
- Power To People (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 21, 2006)
The present structure of Panchayati Raj is imbued with ancient promises and with the two essential strands of Gandhiji’s economic philosophy.
- Cabinet Likely To Clear Quota Bill On Monday (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
A meeting of the Cabinet scheduled for Monday is likely to clear a bill providing 27 per cent reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in government-aided institutions of higher learning.
- Who Needs The Pill? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 21, 2006)
NEWS that a German scientist has come up with an “anti-stupidity” pill has sent hopes soaring in a world besieged by a surfeit of stupid people who have made life and living more difficult than it need be. Dr Hans-Hilger Ropers, Director of the . . .
- Row Builds Over Vande Mataram (Asian Age, Amita Verma, Aug 21, 2006)
The year-long centenary celebrations of Vande Mataram may end on a discordant note, with a section of Muslims in Uttar Pradesh objecting to the Union government’s directive to ensure recitation of the song in all schools on September 7.
- My Book Will Reveal Why India Acted On Volcker Report: Natwar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
"Why did the Indian Government act on a report that was trashed in other parts of the world?"
The report was completely doctored
I am not afraid to put the facts as they are
Manmohan Singh did not stand up for a colleague.
- Catching The Culprit: The Media Did It! (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 21, 2006)
It has taken just six months and two weeks in power for the erstwhile opposition stalwarts in Karnataka to realise that the much maligned media is the cause of all their problems.
- Widening The Safety Net (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 21, 2006)
The government proposal to extend the coverage of the Employees Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions (EPF&MP) Act is a good idea. There is, however, no reason why the EPFO should have a monopoly over retirement savings.
- Celebration Amidst Fear (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Aug 21, 2006)
Dr Manmohan Singh addressed the nation from the Red Fort on 15th August, the 59th year of our Independence.
- Government In A Bind Over Rti Act (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
President, Service chiefs, UPSC against sharing "file notings"
"Disclosure of notings may keep officials from rendering frank, written advice on file"
The Government has faced opposition from various official wings.
- Musharraf Pops Out Of Box (Tribune, Pran Chopra , Aug 21, 2006)
Like an untiring jack in the box, President Pervez Musharraf pops out his head every time anyone lifts the lid for him, and when no one else does he is quite capable of doing it himself; and perhaps because someone has told him that “thinking out . . .
- Lanka Crisis: India Offers Formula (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
With the bloody conflict raging in Sri Lanka between the government forces and the LTTE, India has pitched in to help by offering a political formula to resolve the crisis.
- Cabinet May Serve Quota With Cream (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
The Cabinet is expected to clear the bill providing 27% reservation for other backward classes (OBC) in centrally-funded educational institutions on Monday. The Cabinet will also vote for extending the benefits of reservation to the . . .
- Govt Puts Rti Changes On Hold Under Pressure (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
In the wake of massive public outrage and sustained agitation in different parts of the country in protest against the Congress-led UPA government’s controversial proposal to amend the right to information (RTI) Act, the government has . . .
- President’S Support (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 20, 2006)
All those who maintain that the fallen soldier merits more than lip-sympathy will be heartened by the President, the Supreme Commander of the armed forces, assuring his support to the raising of a National War Memorial in the Capital.
- Information Freeway~i (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 20, 2006)
This right cannot be questioned on the ground that the applicant has no reason to want the information he is asking for
- Declare Pak A Terror State: Bjp (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
Claiming that the recent spurt in terrorist activities in the country was sponsored by Pakistan, BJP today said India should step up pressure on the international community to declare the neighbouring country a ‘Terrorist State’.
- A Crusader Against Corruption (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Aug 20, 2006)
Anna Hazare is one of India’s most respected social activist. Whenever he takes up a cause, an alert is sounded in New Delhi’s corridors of power.
- Israeli Raid In Lebanon Violated Un Resolution: Annan (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has rejected Israel's contention that a raid conducted by its commandos in a Lebanese village was a defensive act and termed it a violation of the ceasefire resolution approved by the UN Security Council earlier this week.
- Israel Seizes Top Hamas Official (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
Israel seized Palestinian Deputy Prime Minister Naser al-Shaer, a top official of the Hamas militant group, at his home in the occupied West Bank today.
- Some Issues To Ponder (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 20, 2006)
The basic question regarding the Indo-US nuclear deal is whether we really need it. It is said, the deal will give a boost to our power sector.
- Do Mlas, Mlcs Deserve Salary Hike? (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Aug 20, 2006)
The present Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir is known to be a distinguished legal luminary and a constitutional expert.
- A Raja’S Realm (Telegraph, Malavika Karlekar, Aug 20, 2006)
A problem that early professional and amateur photographers in India had to deal with was an idiosyncratic and varied climate.
- Nothing Islamic About Fascism (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Aug 20, 2006)
So, five years after 9/11 are we back to the beginning? Not quite. Complexity has been replaced by simplicity, but the magnitude of ambition remains steadfast.
- Hurdles In Indo-Us Defence Cooperation (Daily Excelsior, Brig. (Retd.) S.N. Sachadeva, Aug 20, 2006)
A hard scrutiny of the Indo-US agreed minutes on defence cooperation hides more than it reveals.
- Mole In The Pmo? (Daily Excelsior, Joginder Singh, Aug 20, 2006)
In politics, truth is strictly optional. Former External and Finance Minister, Jaswant Singh first hinted that there was a mole in the Prime Minister's office during the tenure of PV Narasimha Rao.
- Bhisham Pitamaha Of Parliament (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Aug 20, 2006)
Last week this column gave expression to one's growing disenchantment with the way our parliament is conducting or not conducting the nation's business. It made dismal narration and one that gave me little pleasure to write about.
- Not Enough, Mr Moily (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 20, 2006)
The cautious balancing attempted by the Moily committee on administrative reforms is far behind public sentiment.
- Israeli Forces Violated Ceasefire: Kofi Annan (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said that he was "deeply concerned about a violation by the Israeli side" of the ceasefire in southern Lebanon.
- Taking Them On, Left, Right And Centre (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 20, 2006)
Heroism, Hemingway once said in another context, is grace under pressure. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s defence of the Indo-US nuclear deal was poised, polished and passionate.
- Two More Us States Plan To Hold Early Primaries (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
The Democratic National Committee on Saturday is expected to add Nevada and South Carolina to the early presidential voting states, a detour into gambling glitz and southern gentility from the traditional cold winds and snow of early primary states . . .
- Blot & Botch (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 20, 2006)
Enter the sarkari political scientist
A stiff dose of sarkari interpretation of contemporary history is in the offing with the NCERT’s decision to include in the class XII political science curriculum events that in its perception have influenced . . .
- Bureaucrats In Politics (The Economic Times, C P Bhambhri, Aug 20, 2006)
Justice R S Pathak in his report on oil-for-food programme has clearly pointed out that Natwar Singh, a very important leader of the Congress party, had tried to ‘influence’ the Iraqi government on giving concessions to his kith and kin on the . . .
- Moving Women Protection Bill In Na: (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
Govt plans to pass Hudood amendment bill in current NA session
- `Sonia Gandhi To Decide On Telangana' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
Fixing a deadline not to serve any purpose, says YSR
Decision to be based on voice of people of the region
Pranab Mukherjee panel is looking into the issue
- "Vaiko's Visit Pre-Empted Solution To Sri Lankan Tamil Issue" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
Rajiv Gandhi had urged Karunanidhi to hold talks with Prabhakaran
- Govt Puts Rti Amendment On Hold (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
The Right to Information (RTI) Act is not going to be amended, for now.
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