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Articles 7321 through 7420 of 43820:
- In A Bind In Iraq (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 11, 2006)
The plan most recently drawn up by the United States to stabilise the situation in Iraq seems to be coming apart before any headway could be made in its implementation.
- Tackling Terrorism (OutLook, KPS Gill, Aug 11, 2006)
There is a need to keep our sense of outrage alive and to work on a daily basis to communicate this outrage to the political leadership, but equally important is greater vigilance, cooperation with enforcement agencies, and a determination not . . .
- Development Hurts (Times of India, Ashish Kothari, Aug 11, 2006)
When farmers in Pen and Raigarh in Maharashtra recently gathered to protest the takeover of their lands for a special economic zone, they were expressing a growing discontent among India's rural masses.
- Obc Quota In Phases Is Fine, Admits Lalu (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Rashtriya Janata Dal president and railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav has virtually admitted that he is game to phased implementation of reservation for the OBCs in educational institutions.
- Work On Better Alternatives (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 11, 2006)
A section of the ruling elite of Pakistan led by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has been stressing on changing the focus to non-traditional areas of security.
- War Is No Panacea (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 11, 2006)
Two weeks ago I was in Beirut. The streets, instead of teeming with tourists, were deserted; the waiters in the cafes had no one to serve; there was a ghostly quiet.
- The Gathering Storm (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Aug 11, 2006)
Despite Natwar Singh's flip-flops, problems of the UPA are far from over, particularly with an aggressive Left with an eye on the main chance . . .
- Understand The Jihadi Mindset (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Aug 11, 2006)
What is the link between Kashmir, Iraq, Chechnya, Afghanistan and West Asia?
- Ban In A Bottle (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 11, 2006)
Kerala's Coca-Cola Communism ---- The decision of Kerala's Left Democratic Front Government to ban the bottling . . .
- Bjp's Natwar Gambit Goes Up In Smoke (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
BJP's Natwar Singh gambit — no one in the party is entirely clear what it was supposed to achieve — has vapourised.
- War On Terror Gets New Bush Lexicon: It’S War Against Islamic Fascism (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Aug 11, 2006)
This dramatic formulation employed by US President George W. Bush today after a plot to bomb several airliners was foiled in London, will ricochet round the world for a long time to come.
- Attack On The Idea Of India (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Aug 11, 2006)
How ironic that Tony Blair should be the first major political leader to point out that the nature of our Kashmir problem has changed.
- House In Order (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 11, 2006)
Shekhawat’s ruling on the privilege motion should tell MPs where they have been going wrong
- Dr Singh, Mp, Lok Sabha (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 11, 2006)
Thase columns had observed yesterday Natwar Singh’s fulminations against the prime minister could help the Congress rediscover the virtues of party-government solidarity.
- The Zoo’S Not A Jungle, It’S Worse (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 11, 2006)
The news is now almost routine, losing its shock value. On Wednesday, yet another tiger died at Ranchi’s Birsa Munda zoo, the seventh since July 9.
- An Asean-India Standoff (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Aug 11, 2006)
The stalemate in the trade negotiations is a test of the political will on both sides for cooperation on all fronts.
- A Tale Of The Times (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Some interesting reads in Kannada...
- Desperate To Oppose (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Aug 11, 2006)
Even before these civilized assumptions were rendered redundant by the rough and tumble of ‘emerging’ democracies, there were alternative perceptions of the Opposition’s role. Radical politicians, particularly . . .
- Natwar Charge Gets Leaky After Notice Rejection (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Suspended Congress leader K Natwar Singh on Thursday suffered a setback in his fight for political survival as Rajya Sabha Chairman B S Shekhawat rejected his breach of privilege notice against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the issue of the . . .
- Rs 150-Crore For Flood-Hit Gujarat (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
The centre on Thursday announced an assistance of Rs 150 crore for flood-hit Gujarat.
- Nda Set To Nuke Deal With Us (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will submit a memorandum to President A P J Abdul Kalam on Friday against the India-US nuclear deal to “expose” the Left parties who allegedly “are colluding with the government” while “making public . . .
- Upa, Left, Tdp To Raise Speaker Issue Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Having taken a serious view of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee questioning the impartiality of Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, the UPA, Left parties and Telugu Desam Party on Thursday came together and decided to raise the issue . . .
- India Avoiding Debate On Nuclear Deal? (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Aug 11, 2006)
India is planning to wind up the monsoon session of parliament to avoid prodding from its allies and the opposition National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on the Indo-US nuclear deal.
- No-Trust Motion Against Prime Minister (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 11, 2006)
Opposition has decided to submit a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz in the National Assembly on August 23 next. ARD chairman Amin Fahim told reporters after . . .
- Relevant Quranic Guidance (Dawn, Jafar Wafa, Aug 11, 2006)
IN the present global scene, non-Muslims appear to be converging on an anti-Muslim agenda because of their perceived danger from what they call `radical' Islam.
- Curbing Indoctrination (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 11, 2006)
The chilling tale of the 23-year-old Frontier-based suicide bomber Aminullah, who blew himself up in southern Afghanistan last month killing 10 people, comes as a reminder of the dangerous kind of indoctrination being done at some seminaries.
- Don’T Quit, Mr Speaker (Tribune, L.M. Singhvi, Aug 11, 2006)
The long suffering Speaker of the Lok Sabha or, for that matter, the Chairman, must not resign even though it seems they have reason enough to do so personally.
- Privilege Motion Against Pm Rejected (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
In a decision that saved the Congress-led UPA government from possible embarrassment, Rajya Sabha Chairperson Bhairon Singh Shekhawat today rejected the breach of privilege motion moved by suspended Congress leader Natwar Singh against Prime . . .
- Bush's 'Islamic Fascist' Remark Causes Furore (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
President George Bush's remark blaming "Islamic fascists" for the foiled plot in London to blow up US-bound flights has caused a furore among American Muslim groups.
- Natwar Relents, Wants To Meet Pm (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Aug 11, 2006)
After launching a personal tirade against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a mellow and friendless Natwar Singh today sought an appointment with him and Congress President Sonia Gandhi in a belated attempt to mend fences with them.
- Blair’S Us Tilt Comes Under Glare (Telegraph, Amit Roy, Aug 11, 2006)
Is Tony Blair’s pro-US foreign policy to blame for young British Muslims turning to terrorism in protest against his actions in Iraq and now in Lebanon?
- Pakistan Has Cracked Down On Kashmir Militants: Report (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 11, 2006)
Militants "lurk" near LoC, "but their success rate is very low"
- This Impasse Must Be Broken (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 11, 2006)
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat should take the lead in resolving the standoff in Parliament.
- "Indian System Relevant To Sri Lanka" (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 11, 2006)
Firmness with dialogue is the way to overcome terrorism: Karan Singh
- 700 Tribesmen Cut Off As Bridges Collapse (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
As many as 700 tribal people living at a height of more than 3,700 metres in Kunnu and Charang villages, one of the most remote areas of Kinnaur in Himachal Pradesh, have been cut off from the rest of the country as the two foot bridges connecting . . .
- Beirut: Time For Another Requiem? (Hindu, Shail Mayaram, Aug 11, 2006)
What is going to be the fallout of the most recent Israeli onslaught? A human tragedy. A colossal loss of a civilisational heritage.
- Tdp Regaining Political Space (Daily Excelsior, Jayant Muralidharan, Aug 11, 2006)
Is Telugu Desam supremo Nara Chandrababu Naidu gradually returning to the centrestage in Andhra Pradesh?
- Sonia's Truck With Gujarat (Pioneer, R.K. Misra, Aug 11, 2006)
In a low key visit, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi bravely bumped over pot-holed roads to get a first hand impression of the miseries of the marooned in Surat.
- India’S Signal May Not Work (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 11, 2006)
As if the current dip in bilateral relations was not enough, we now have a new “war doctrine” by the Indian military to combat what it describes as Islamabad’s “new” strategy of “attack by infiltration” into India beyond Indian-held Kashmir.
- Vajpayee-Speaker Standoff Haunts Ls (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee’s stinging letter to the Lok Sabha Speaker, Mr Somnath Chatterjee, is still haunting Parliament, with the Congress-led UPA and other supporting parties now bent on turning the heat on Mr Vajpayee demanding his “regret” . . .
- Drifting Away (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 11, 2006)
Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin's latest outburst only confirms that he is drifting away with each passing moment.
- Pests In Kerala (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 11, 2006)
Kerala’s decision to shut down the production units of Coke and Pepsi in response to the CSE’s study that found unacceptable levels of pesticide residue in the colas, smacks of classic political chicanery. No one can doubt that the . . .
- Top Defence Slots (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 11, 2006)
It is imperative that the defence minister initiates immediate action to thwart any snowballing of controversy over the appointment of the next Chief of the Air Staff, the seeds of which appear to have been, sadly, sown.
- Tackling Ulfa~ii (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 11, 2006)
Following the dismissal of the AGP government and imposition of President’s rule in November 1990, Assam was declared a disturbed area.
- Some Thaw In Frosty Natwar-Cong Matrix (Statesman, Shahid Pervez, Aug 11, 2006)
After going hammer-and-tongs at the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh over the last few days, the former foreign minister, Mr Natwar Singh, seems to have mellowed his stance, holding his fireworks, in the midst of some signs of a rapprochement . . .
- How To Create A Network Of Networks (Business Standard, T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan, Aug 11, 2006)
The challenge in transport is to meld the different networks together in a such a way that inter-modalism comes at the lowest cost.
- Half-Dose Will Not Do (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 11, 2006)
Government must regulate and monitor the entire healthcare sector and not zero in only on the pharma industry.
- How On Earth Can We Live Together? (The Economic Times, Arun Maira, Aug 11, 2006)
India's economy is performing impressively. GDP is growing fast; inflation is moderate; and Indian stock markets have done better than most.
- Sri Lankan Govt Needs Strategic Vision To Resolve Conflict (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 11, 2006)
"The two main parties in the Sri Lankan conflict have to demonstrate the political commitment and resolve the conflict rather than pretend they are interested in a process of negotiations and play for time."
- International Energy Agency Report — India Must Plug Into China's Approach (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Aug 11, 2006)
At a time when the coalition government in India is finding it an arduous task to convince allies on cost-reflective prices to public utilities, the eminently workable reforms in China and the suggestions made by the IEA could provide some . . .
- Us-France Split Delays Un Action On Lebanon War (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Columns of Israeli tanks thrust into Lebanon on Thursday and battled Hezbollah fighters but Israel said it had put a broader offensive on hold to give diplomacy a chance to end the month-old war.
- Political Long And Short Of Disinvestment (Daily Excelsior, Sunil Gatade, Aug 11, 2006)
Disinvestment is turning out to be a difficult proposition for the two-year-old Manmohan Singh Government with every passing day.
- Reckless Vendetta (Daily Excelsior, Arun Nehru, Aug 11, 2006)
Justice RS Pathak Authority into the Iraq ‘food for oil’ issue has acted in record time to clear the Congress party and Sonia Gandhi and indicts Natwar Singh and now we will have three government agencies who will use every method possible to . . .
- Kerala’S Cola Swipe (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 11, 2006)
This is politics, not reasoned policy
- Paradox Of A ‘Command-Market’ Economy (The Financial Express, V ANANTHA NAGESWARAN, Aug 11, 2006)
Pushing a billion people into a different growth path is a matter of scale, which only governments can provide. China scores over India, whose politicians and bureaucrats blame the . . .
- Food Security: China's Success Story (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Aug 10, 2006)
China has hugely improved the availability of, and access to, food through a combination of a sound agricultural policy, development of rural infrastructure, and investment in research and development in the farm sector.
- Revolution In A Bottle (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 10, 2006)
Kerala’s Marxists are silly banning Coke-Pepsi. Plus, they could be doing their state great harm
- Ljp, Left Sharpen Attack Against Nitish Govt. (Hindu, K. BALCHAND, Aug 10, 2006)
Paswan, Bardhan lead Kranti March; party workers told to gherao block development officers for their rightful benefits .
- Fixing The Afghan Wobble (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 10, 2006)
On August 1, there was an important security development in Afghanistan. By inducting an additional 8,000 troops in six southern provinces of Afghanistan, the NATO extended its security operations in what is considered to be the most challenging . . .
- Gift From Natwar (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 10, 2006)
His attacks on the PM have brought party close to government. Will Congress remember the lesson?
- Nepal Dispute Ends As Govt Blinks First (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Aug 10, 2006)
The festering dispute between Nepal’s seven-party government and the Maoists over decommissioning the guerrilla soldiers that aggravated this week after Prime Minister Koirala championed accommodating King Gyanendra in the future political system, . . .
- 13 Blasts That Changed Our World (Times of India, Bachi J Karkaria, Aug 10, 2006)
Today, Justice P D Kode will commence delivery of judgement on the accused in the 1993 blasts. But, in the 13 years since those 13 bombs RDX-ed their way path through the city, Mumbai has already stood in the dock. The sentence has already been delivered.
- Inquiry Report (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 10, 2006)
It was Aristotle’s dictum that all interpretation or criticism must begin with the text itself. Thus it would be appropriate to begin with the text of the report submitted by Mr R.S. Pathak on the United Nations oil-for-food programme.
- "We Are Still Interested In Dialogue Based On Justness And Fairness" (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Aug 10, 2006)
Those who think only about bombs, war, and attacking others are the root cause of everything that is wrong in the world, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tells The Hindu in an exclusive interview.
- Who Killed The Vidarbha Farmers? (OutLook, Smruti Koppikar, Aug 10, 2006)
Heartbreaking as they are, suicides - over 90 last month - are only a symptom of the larger and deep agrarian crisis, reminds the award-winning journalist, touching on the role played by our policy-makers and politicians - from Montek Singh . . .
- Urban Chaos (Business Line, Sudhansu R. Das, Aug 10, 2006)
Over the years, cities and towns have become terribly chaotic. The progressive degeneration of urban infrastructure questions the fundamentals of the urban development concept.
- Aids May Kill 11m In India In 20 Years: Report (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
An HIV/AIDS epidemic may kill 11 million people in India in the next 20 years, an Indian newspaper has reported.
- When A Mega Merger Runs Into Rough Weather (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 10, 2006)
The mega-merger in telecom, as it was once called, has now morphed into a petition for arbitration in the civil jurisdiction.
- Residual Problem (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 10, 2006)
The real issue is that the country simply does not have a national policy for safe use of pesticides.
- No Obc Quota In Pvt Institutes, Phased Rollout In Iits, Iims (Times of India, Akshaya Mukul, Aug 10, 2006)
It is becoming increasingly likely that OBC reservation in admission will be confined to government-aided institutions, even as unaided institutions like Symbiosis, Manipal Academy and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research may be left out of the . . .
- Transformation: Be Part Of A Collaborative Network (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 10, 2006)
Technology has always driven transformation, leading to paradigm shifts in mankind’s life and work. Today, such transformation is newer, faster and more pervasive than ever before.
- Left All For Probe Into Reliance Role (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
The Left parties have reiterated their demand for a thorough probe of the role Reliance played as a “non-contractual” beneficiary in the Iraqi oil-for-food programme.
- Is There Too Much Time To Fill? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 10, 2006)
"There are too many channels, not enough news and reporters just out of their teens."
- Anti-Cola Campaigner, Now Cm, Bans Coke, Pepsi From Kerala (Indian Express, RAJEEV P I, Aug 10, 2006)
Kerala’s MNC-bashing comrades have declared a blanket ban on the sale of Coke and Pepsi, on health grounds.
- Israel For Wider Offensive (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Aug 10, 2006)
Israel’s security cabinet voted nine to three on Wednesday in favour of an expansion of its Lebanon offensive with the aim of reaching the Litani River 20-30 kilometres north of the border.
- No-Trust Against Aziz On 23rd (Daily Times, Shahzad Raza, Aug 10, 2006)
Committee formed to draft motion, corruption to be main charge
No Opp decision yet on motion against president
- Lessons From L'affaire Natwar Singh (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 10, 2006)
The sooner Mr Natwar Singh sheds his hubris which has brought him to this pass the better will he be able to salvage what little political respectability he still thinks he can lay claim to.
- Natwar’S Comeuppance (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Aug 10, 2006)
The former External Affairs minister, Mr Natwar Singh, has nobody but himself to blame for his troubles
- Sonia Hits Out At Mulayam Singh (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Seeking to revive the Congress in Uttar Pradesh, India’s politically most crucial state, party president Sonia Gandhi late on Tuesday trained her guns on Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, accusing him of plunging the state into anarchy and . . .
- Israel Readies For Expanded Offensive (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Israel today sent its tanks into Lebanon and massed troops along the border for a proposed broader offensive against the Hizbollah as diplomats at the UN worked to salvage a peace plan in the face of opposition to it from Arab nations.
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