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Articles 7621 through 7720 of 43820:
- Trees Or Forest? (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 08, 2006)
The current process of amending the controversial Hudood Ordinances seems to be heading for a parliamentary debate in which the proverbial forest may well be lost while looking at the trees, instead of the other way around.
- Justice For The Northern Areas (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 08, 2006)
It is not quite clear under what law the 1.5 million people of the Northern Areas (Gilgit-Baltistan), a region of 72,496 sq km, are ruled by Pakistan as a federal territory for 58 years.
- What’S Israel Up To In Lebanon? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 08, 2006)
Well-wishers of South Asia the world over must now seriously doubt whether the normalisation process between Pakistan and India will continue.
- Folly In High Places (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Aug 08, 2006)
Two erudite men, both former ministers of external affairs, both authors, both from Rajasthan, albeit from different communities — Natwar Singh and Jaswant Singh — have hogged the headlines these last two weeks for all the wrong reasons.
- Unadulterated Lies (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 08, 2006)
'The attendant propaganda -the abuse of language and eternal hypocrisy - has reached its nadir in recent weeks,' says John Pilger of the undiluted lies discharged daily by the western media since the beginning of the Lebanon crisis.
- Withering ‘Kali’ Of Kashmir? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 08, 2006)
Sometimes certain songs have lyrics that turn out to be nearly prophetic. Superhit "Junglee" readily comes to mind in this behalf. Saira Bano playing a Kashmiri belle had moved the millions while portraying Lata . . .
- Angry Congress Prepares To Punish Defiant Natwar (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
It's no longer a question of whether but of how soon the Congress will take action against Natwar Singh for given notice for a privilege motion against the PM over the leak of the Pathak authority report.
- The Forked Tongue (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 08, 2006)
When it comes to gift of the gab, you just can’t beat a Bajaj, especially if the first name happens to be Rahul. The independent Rajya Sabha MP from Maharashtra sure knows how to keep his PR and business in water-tight compartments.
- Petty Parochialism (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 08, 2006)
Regional parties will obviously have regional mindsets, and while they are increasing their political clout in national-level coalitions there should be well-defined, and more importantly well-maintained, distinctions between national and . . .
- Dmk's Tantrum (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 08, 2006)
Spare the nation regional politics ---- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) supremo M Karunanidhi's peremptory demand, conveyed through a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, that there should be immediate and . . .
- Basu Rules Out Left Tango With Bjp Over Nuke Deal (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
CPM Polit Bureau member and former West Bengal chief minister Jyoti Basu said on Monday that the four Left parties would not join hands with the BJP to vote against the Congress-led UPA government in the parliament over the India-US nuclear deal.
- Daylight Robbery! (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 08, 2006)
Paying unacceptably higher auto fair is equal to losing the wallet.
- Put Ngos Under Rti Scalpel (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Aug 08, 2006)
The $50,000 Magsaysay Award was recently conferred upon Arvind Kejriwal, a former Indian Revenue Service officer campaigning for the Right to Information (RTI).
- Upa Regime Has Abdicated Power (Pioneer, Vivek Gumaste, Aug 08, 2006)
In a short span of two years, the Congress-led UPA Government has efficiently dismantled any semblance of security the country had.
- Fighting External And Internal Enemies (Pioneer, Asheesh Shah, Aug 08, 2006)
All political and social organisations should review their policies in the interest of the nation to keep India ahead, says Asheesh Shah.
- 'No Favour If You Agree To Talk' (OutLook, SABA NAQVI BHAUMIK, Aug 08, 2006)
Pakistan foreign minister speaks to Outlook on his deep disappointment over Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh's decision not to visit Islamabad.
- Sonia To Meet Upa Allies On Tuesdays (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has finally set up a mechanism of coordination with the party allies in the ruling coalition at the Centre.
- Blood Over Water (Pioneer, Amantha Perera, Aug 08, 2006)
The peace process notwithstanding, war in Sri Lanka has intensified with little to hope from international efforts at mediation, says Amantha Perera.
- 'China, Pak Not Our Only Concern, Navy To Be Fully Balanced In 10 Yrs' (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
The Indian Navy's modernisation and upgradation programme is on track and within the next 10 years the service will be fully balanced, Naval chief Admiral Arun Prakash said.
- Ltte Supporters Will Face The Music, Warns Karunanidhi (Pioneer, K Venkataramanan, Aug 08, 2006)
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Monday warned that any one backing outlawed organisations like the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) would have to face the legal consequences.
- Lalu Finds Saviour In Sambandhi Taxman (Pioneer, Sidharth Mishra, Aug 08, 2006)
There is a phrase Jab Saiya Bhaye kotwal, to daar kahe ka (When your beloved is a cop why should you fear the world).
- Arnie’S Dream Ticket For Re-Election (Deccan Herald, Dan Glaister, Aug 08, 2006)
Arnie, it seems, has friends in high places. Some leading Hollywood liberals – the mythic entity said to prowl the hills of Los Angeles dispensing money and influence – are siding with the Republican governor.....
- War Of The Little Comrades (Pioneer, K Govindan Kutty , Aug 08, 2006)
Left's petty politics spares none; in Kerala, VS Achuthanandan is being targeted on the issue of self-financing colleges, endangering careers of students ----
- Ideology And Confusion (Statesman, DIPAK BASU, Aug 08, 2006)
Hinduism and India’s cultural heritage now have to contend with two major adversaries, apart from its traditional enemies such as the Islamic warriors and Christian missionaries.
- Bush Pushes For Lasting Peace (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
US President, Mr George Bush, said today he recognises that Israel and Hezbollah are objecting to parts of West Asia ceasefire resolution but said “we all recognise that the violence must stop.”
- Cup That Despairs (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 08, 2006)
Irresponsible trade unionism in tea gardens
However much a well-meaning Chief Minister may try to treat it as a closed chapter, irresponsible trade unionism seems likely to plague West Bengal for some time yet despite the paradigm shift in Marxist . . .
- Rajasthan, Himachal Settle Dam Dispute (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh have decided to resolve the 50-year-old issue of resettlement of Pong Dam oustees in the “larger interests of the people”.
- Pm To Visit Helsinki For India-Eu Summit In Oct » (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will meet his Finnish counterpart Matti Vanhanen in Helsinki for the seventh India-EU summit on October 13 during which the two sides are expected to discuss a range of issues including fight against terrorism and . . .
- Pakistan Army Uses Fundamentalists, But Scorns Them, Says Cohen (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
“The fundamentalists are not really that strong in Pakistan; the army has contempt for them, but uses them.
- Harsh Home-Truths (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 07, 2006)
For far too long have far too many politicians in Jammu and Kashmir secured their popularity by playing the “army card”. Mehbooba Mufti made a fine art of it.
- Israeli Strikes Kill 10 Lebanese; Un Split On Truce (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Israeli air strikes killed 10 civilians in Lebanon where Hizbollah battled Israeli troops on Monday as the U.N. Security Council failed to agree on a draft resolution seeking to end 27 days of fighting.
- Habitual Offenders (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 07, 2006)
State must face truth on custody deaths
A police administration that has recently been seen to be seriously concerned about the future of cricket in Bengal has generally not been as enthusiastic about cleaning up the mess in its own backyard.
- A Blow To Banking Reform (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 07, 2006)
The government’s arm-twisting of public sector banks into reconsidering the recent interest rate hikes undermines the RBI’s monetary management authority and severely dents the UPA government’s reforms credentials.
- India: Human Trafficking Fuelling Hiv (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 07, 2006)
Images of guns, drugs and rebels have long defined India’s troubled northeast. Now, a study across eight states in this resource-rich, infrastructure-poor, conflict-scarred region seeks to highlight a new worry:
- Hiroshima Calls For N-Free World (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
The Japanese city of Hiroshima marked the 61st anniversary of the world’s first atomic attack on Sunday with renewed calls for a nuclear-free world.
- Iran Rejects Un Nuclear Deadline (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Iran’s top nuclear negotiator said today that Iran will expand uranium enrichment, in defiance of a UN Security Council resolution setting an 31 August deadline for the Islamic Republic to halt the activity or face the threat of political and economic . .
- A Congress Mole In The Bjp? (OutLook, Salman Khurshid, Aug 07, 2006)
Jaswant Singh seems to have had the better of the call of BJP culture but gaps remain in his tell-all
- Natwar Moves Privilege Motion Against Pm (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Natwar Singh today raised the banner of revolt against Congress party by making common cause with the Opposition and giving notice of privilege motion against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over leakage of the Pathak Inquiry report in which he has . . .
- Division In The House (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 07, 2006)
UPA will face trouble on the Indo-US nuclear deal in Parliament, with combined opposition pressure mounting against it, says CP Bhambhri.
- 'The Elephants Have To Lead' (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
'The package is at risk, failure of talks will hit the vulnerable countries the most'
- A Bit Of Galbraith And A Vision In 4-D (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
The PM's press advisor advocates a marriage between economic and foreign policy, but is anyone listening?
- Singh-Song Goes Life (Pioneer, Ajoy Bose, Aug 07, 2006)
One wonders why there are such tall tales being told by our politicians, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing ---- Two non-issues with little contemporary relevance hijacked the Monsoon session of Parliament last week, and may do so again.
- Exclusive - Sri Lanka Rebels Say New Shelling A War Declaration (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Renewed government shelling after a Tamil Tiger offer to defuse a 12-day bout of fighting in the island's east is a declaration of war, the rebels warned on Sunday.
- Poll Panel Acts To Ensure Free And Fair Polls In Up (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Though polls to the Uttar Pradesh Assembly are still months away, the Election Commission has embarked on an exercise to fine-tune measures to ensure free and fair elections in the politically crucial state.
- Problems Of Manning Military Machine (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 07, 2006)
Even the most sophisticated technology of warfare is handled ultimately by men engaged in the profession of soldiering. Its use in combat depends therefore greatly on their skill, training, morale and ingenuity.
- Citizen Narain (Business Standard, Sunil Jain, Aug 07, 2006)
Life’s been quite a whirl for Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Director Sunita Narain ever since she unveiled CSE’s second set of tests that showed the country’s soft drinks industry hadn’t improved its act over the past three years with . . .
- Change Is The Only Constant (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Aug 07, 2006)
The Indo-US nuclear agreement, in my opinion, will be passed, as there are several economic benefits the two sides can expect from it. Moreover, the Cold War arguments are no longer relevant in today's world.
- Money Supply, Interest Rates And Growth (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 07, 2006)
No policy on the impact of money supply on inflation is complete without analysing productivity growth.
- Welcome, The Old World Order (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Aug 07, 2006)
It is ironic that even the leaders who call for the new world order and who, one would think, have the power to make it happen, are complicit in perpetuating the old world. From the various pulls and pressures around the world, mainly by the US and . ..
- ‘Weapon Of Politics’ (Deccan Herald, Vimala RamaRao, Aug 07, 2006)
"If politicians would allow us, we could write ‘Indian’ instead of whatever caste we come from. But will they let us? Abandoning a caste-based life does not suit many."
- In Memoriam: Nandini Satpathy (Indian Express, Inder Malhotra, Aug 07, 2006)
For many years until the rather terse announcement of her death on Friday, few outside Orissa had thought or heard of Nandini Satpathy, at one time a woman of power and glory in both New Delhi and Bhubaneswar.
- Natwar Turns Heat On Pm (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Opening a direct fight with the Congress particularly with 10 Janpath, with whom he was considered very close, former Union minister Mr Natwar Singh today moved a privilege motion against the Prime Minister, Mr Manmohan Singh, for the alleged . . .
- Justice’S New Phase (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 07, 2006)
What The Sunday Express found out via a right to information application the government surely knew already—that extra quotas in higher education would be less problematic, both from the point of view of interest group conflicts and perhaps also . . .
- When It Comes To Mr Q, The Right To Know Doesn’T Apply (Indian Express, Arun Jaitley, Aug 07, 2006)
Despite request under RTI, CBI declines information on freezing, defreezing of Quattrocchi accounts, Central Information Commission says ‘any attempt to compile voluminous information will disproportionately divert public resources’
- Centre Creating Problems For State Govt (Tribune, Sarbjit Dhaliwal, Aug 07, 2006)
Instead of extending a helping hand to its own government in Punjab at this crucial stage when the Assembly poll is not too far, the Congress- led UPA Government at the Centre is creating one problem after another for the state government.
- Natwar Gives Privilege Notice Against Pm (Tribune, Girja Shankar Kaura, Aug 07, 2006)
Former External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh, indicted by Justice R.S. Pathak for misusing his position, today virtually charted a route of confrontation with the Congress leadership by giving a notice of privilege motion against Prime Minister . . .
- Govt That Dithers (Times of India, D Raja, Aug 07, 2006)
The UPA government has displayed an abject lack of political will in implementing crucial policies. Take the issue of reserving 27 per cent seats in educational institutions for other backward castes (OBCs).
- Beyond Rhetoric (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 07, 2006)
Is secularism only a convenient tool for Congress to drum up minority support in states where they constitute an influential vote bank?
- Don’T Make Kargil’S Feat Controversial (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 07, 2006)
PML (N) has circulated a White Paper on the Kargil operation entitled ‘Kargil adventure — another huge defeat after Dhaka Fall, who is responsible?’ to focus on its negative bearing on the nation as a whole.
- Natwar Puts Pm In The Dock (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
In a development that signals his readiness to part ways with the Congress, a combative former Union minister K Natwar Singh has moved a privilege notice against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the Rajya Sabha on the leak of the Pathak inquiry . . .
- Sense And Sensitivity (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 07, 2006)
India seems to have finally decided to bypass Bangladesh in the proposed natural gas pipeline from Myanmar.
- Nationalisation Versus Globalisation In Oil Sector: Can The Balance Sustain? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 07, 2006)
Arun Singh, who was a friend of Rajiv Gandhi and the Minister of State for Defence in his government when the Bofors scandal broke, has since then been living a reclusive life in his cottage in Binsar, near Almora. Making a rare exception, he . . .
- Party Time (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Aug 07, 2006)
Delhi is back with a bang. The Page 3 regulars, designers, socialites and wannabes are back to partying big time.
- Relatives Of Missing Ship's Crew To Move Supreme Court (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Ship, missing for 11 months, had 10 Indian crewmembers on board
Lakshadweep MP petitions External Affairs Ministry
Dr. Koya suspects the ship to be stolen by pirates
- China Increases Pressure On Tibet (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 07, 2006)
Beijing – China’s Communist Party has been tightening its grip on Tibet in recent months, resorting to language and measures not seen since the repression of the late 1990s.
- Pm To Visit Helsinki For India-Eu Summit In Oct (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will meet his Finnish counterpart Matti Vanhanen in Helsinki for the seventh India-EU summit on October 13 during which the two sides are expected to discuss a range of issues including fight against terrorism and . . .
- Natwar’S Endgame: He Goes After The Pm, Finds Takers Outside Cong (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
With no friends left in the Congress and the Government and indicted by the Pathak panel for “misusing” his position to help those close to him obtain contracts and make money in the Iraqi oil-for-food scandal, former External Affairs Minister . . .
- Rhetoric, Atomised (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 07, 2006)
Parliament this week, like last week, is likely to see plenty of “nationalist” criticism of the India-US nuclear deal. In the US, as the nuclear bill goes to the Senate, “nonproliferation” advocates are talking it down again.
- Natwar Moves Privilege Breach Notice Against Pm (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Former External affairs minister K Natwar Singh will invite disciplinary action from the Congress if he goes ahead with his notice for breach of privilege against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the leak of the Justice RS Pathak Inquiry . . .
- Natwar Singh Gives Privilege Notice Against Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Alleged "leak" of Justice Pathak report
- Israel’S Turn To Feel The Shock (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Hizbollah today killed 12 Israeli soldiers in its deadliest rocket strike yet and Israeli bombs killed 19 Lebanese civilians as Lebanon rejected a draft UN resolution to end the 26-day-old war.
- Natwar Turns Leak Gun On Pm (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Natwar Singh has moved a breach of privilege notice against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for allegedly leaking the Pathak committee report on the oil-for-food scandal, inviting action from his party, the Congress.
- Wrong Pest (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 07, 2006)
When denial works, nothing else is needed. The cola companies, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, have confidently denied the possibility of impermissible levels of pesticides in their products.
- Lands And Ways Of Life (Telegraph, ABHIRUP SARKAR, Aug 07, 2006)
The author is professor of economics, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta
Second, how far should the government indulge itself in the act of acquiring land, by force if necessary, from farmers and hand them over to profit-maximizing investors?
- Lebanon: Draft Resolution Gets Mixed Response (Hindustan Times, DHARAM SHOURIE, Aug 07, 2006)
A draft resolution seeking an end to hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah as the first step towards a wider political settlement has received a mixed response from members of the UN Security Council.
- Save The Children (Tribune, Kim Sengupta, Aug 07, 2006)
A huge number of the victims of Israeli-Hezbollah war in Lebanon – the dead, the maimed and the dispossessed – are children.
- Dmk, Aiadmk `War' Over Farmers' Security Scheme Intensifies (Hindu, S. Dorairaj , Aug 07, 2006)
AIADMK activists hold protest meetings throughout the State
DMK, some farmers' associations term the AIADMK protest `political stunt'
"AIADMK opposed move to revive farm labourers board with an eye on polls"
DMK, some farmers' associations . . .
- Bjp Leaders Satisfied With The Performance Of Party Ministers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Budget presented by Deputy Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa comes in for praise
- What We Still Don't Understand About Hizbollah (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 07, 2006)
A terrorism expert, who has studied 462 suicide bombings, says such acts have little to do with religious extremism and that the West must engage politically to halt the slaughter.
- The Conflict Will Damage Lebanese Workers (Hindu, Heather Stewart, Aug 07, 2006)
The damage to infrastructure in Lebanon is The damage to infrastructure in Lebanon is estimated to cost at least œ13 billion to repair.
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