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Articles 7721 through 7820 of 43820:
- Kargil: Sharif's Party Puts Out White Paper (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 07, 2006)
PML wants Musharraf to "admit his blunders"
It asked him to "present himself for a court martial"'
- Diplomat Prepares To Leave (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 07, 2006)
Deepak Kaul, the Indian diplomat who Pakistan expelled on Saturday was scheduled to return to India by road through the Wagah border on Monday, Indian officials said.
- Pm, Sonia Woo Lalu & Paswan (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi are both banking heavily on railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and steel minister Ram Vilas Paswan to dilute and fragment the 27 per cent reservation for the OBCs in educational institutions.
- "For The U.S., The Nuclear Issue Of Iran Is Just An Excuse" (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 07, 2006)
As Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council,Ali Larijaniis Iran's top nuclear negotiator. In an interview with The Hindu in Tehran on Saturday, he discussed Iran's nuclear programme, its relations with India and the escalating crisis . . .
- No Need Of Alarm (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 07, 2006)
Iraq's 'civil war' threat is not new ---- There has been a sudden change in the tone of the top echelons of the United States military establishment on the issue of Iraq.
- Interest Rates: Banks Take Up Rbi Signal (Hindu, C. R. L. Narasimhan, Aug 07, 2006)
But intriguing Government directive to PSBs may slow upward trend
The RBI's stance on interest rates has been justified on a number of counts. Non-food credit, money supply, and deposits have all been growing ahead of expectations.
- Natwar Moves Privilege Motion Against Pm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Taking the Congress Party and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh head on, former external affairs minister Natwar Singh on Sunday moved a notice of privilege motion against Dr Singh for the leak of the Pathak report.
- Kerala Education Act: A Model For The Nation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 07, 2006)
Consensus in matters such as education is desirable, but not always possible. That, however, should not impede society from advancing towards social justice and equality. The government's duty is to pave the way for it.
- The Train Over River Time (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 07, 2006)
Before the Chinese thought of building a rail line to connect Quinhai, province in the southwest of China, to Lhasa, the idea would have been fantasy.
- Parliamentary Panel Raises Queries Over Communal Violence Bill (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Aug 07, 2006)
Reservations over Centre's jurisdiction in maintaining law and order
Section 55 remains the bone of contention
Under it, Centre can notify areas as "communally disturbed"
Also, it can deploy armed forces to such areas
- Waiting For Award (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 07, 2006)
The tribunal needs to be reasonable and fair to all states
- Pathak Report Leak: Natwar Moves Privilege Motion Against Pm (New Indian Express, PTI, Aug 07, 2006)
Natwar Singh on Sunday 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 . .
- ‘A Very Noble Concept’ (Deccan Herald, G K GOVINDA RAO, Aug 07, 2006)
"A casteless society is where no single group feels superior to another.Why should anybody, who does not belong to any of the reservation categories, have to mention his caste?"
- Drop Them A Quicker Lifeline (Pioneer, Ahtesham Qureshy, Aug 07, 2006)
Government cannot wash its hands of the various child welfare schemes by merely framing a law against child labour, says Ahtesham Qureshy.
- 'Anti-Us Crusader' Gets Left Nod (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Aug 07, 2006)
Relations between the Congress and Left allies entered another critical phase on Sunday with the latter extending support to former external affairs minister Natwar Singh in his battle against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the leak of the Justice . . .
- Colas And Farmer (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 07, 2006)
Soft drinks in face of hard truths ---- For the second time in three years, a Delhi-based environmental NGO has tested samples of popular colas and found them contaminated by pesticides at levels that are deemed dangerous for human consumption.
- 10 Israeli Soldiers Die In Hizbollah Rocket Attack (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Hizbollah killed 10 Israeli soldiers today in its deadliest rocket strike yet and Israeli bombs killed 10 Lebanese civilians as Lebanon rejected a draft U.N. resolution to end the 26-day-old war.
- Questions Of Ethics And Safeguards (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 07, 2006)
Readers' responses fall into three categories. For the large part, they are appreciative and supportive.
- Kashmir Situation "Grave": Nc (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Describing the prevailing political situation in Jammu and Kashmir as "grave", opposition National Conference today said the prosperity and development of India and Pakistan depend on the resolution of Kashmir issue.
- Natwar Singh Dares Congress With Privilege Move (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
The simmering fight between Natwar Singh and the Congress leadership came to the surface on Sunday after the former external affairs minister — along with 33 other MPs from SP, AIADMK and TDP — moved a breach of privilege notice against the . . .
- Ipi Gas Deal (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 07, 2006)
Pakistan and India are united on something at last: on the fact that they both want a far lower price than what Iran is demanding.
- 'How Report Leaked Before Reaching Pm?' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Former foreign minister Natwar Singh, at the centre of a political storm over the Iraqi oil-for-food scam, has said that government should answer how the findings of the Pathak Inquiry Authority, which indicted him for abuse of his position in the . . .
- Natwar's War Gains Momentum (Pioneer, Navin Upadhyay, Aug 07, 2006)
SP, TDP, ADMK & BJP also to bombard PM with privilege notices ---- As the UPA Government plunged from one crisis to another, Natwar Singh's privilege notice against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh got widespread support from the Opposition and the . . .
- The Export Challenge Is Real (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Aug 07, 2006)
Rains in Karachi have claimed several lives. Many people were hit hard by frequent and prolonged power breakdowns and some were electrocuted on the first day of the downpour.
- Questions For Karat (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 07, 2006)
When extreme malleability threatens political morals we still tend to look at the CPM to see if someone cares for the straight and the narrow.
- Adb Refuses Dam Funds (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has refused to provide any funds this year for the Bhasha dam construction project due to “political concerns”, sources have revealed.
- India, Pakistan Trade Expulsions (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
In a relapse to the tit-for-tat phase in bilateral relations, India on Saturday evening declared senior Pakistani diplomat Syed Mohammad Rafiq Ahmed persona non grata within hours of Pakistan deciding to expel his counterpart in the Indian High . . .
- Jaswant’S Yes And No. What Can It Be? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 06, 2006)
It isn’t easy to create a sense of high anticipation and to sustain it for some drama-packed days, only to let it subside into an anticlimax.
- Upa Accused Of Dumping Proposal For 6 New Aiims (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
The BJP today accused the Congress-led UPA of putting to cold storage the proposal of the previous NDA government for opening six new AIIMS and upgradation of six existing hospitals to the level of AIIMS.
- Meaning Of Life (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 06, 2006)
It is said that one should always live life like great men. A better course will be to choose one's ideal and follow him or her to the hilt. Otherwise the danger is that one may get lost in a labyrinth of lofty ideas.
- India Should Not Remain Silent On Israeli Bombings: Mulayam (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav today expressed serious concern over increasing terrorism in the world and also lamented "the death of innocent citizens" in Israeli bombings on Lebanon, saying that India should not remain "silent" . . .
- It’S A Political Theatre Of The Absurd (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 06, 2006)
"Governance demands back-breaking work that calls for vision, application, contemplation; not politics of expediency"
- Both Expel Each Other’S Diplomat (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
The Indo-Pak peace process today suffered yet another blow as they expelled each other’s diplomat after Islamabad’s "outrageous" action of handcuffing, blindfolding and detaining a senior Indian High Commission official.
- Cpi(m) Demands Probe Against Reliance In Oil For Food Scam (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Claiming that Reliance was one of the biggest beneficiaries in the Iraqi oil for food programme, CPI(M) today demanded that government institute a probe into the issue.
- Israel Carries Out Heaviest Yet Bombardment Of Lebanon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
America says U.N. resolution designed to halt the war is nearing completion
- Kalasa-Banduri Nala Project Gains Momentum (Hindu, Govind D. Belgaumkar, Aug 06, 2006)
It will meet drinking water needs in the Bombay Karnataka region
- Pak Must Destroy Terror Infrastructure: Doval (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Aug 06, 2006)
A quintessential “operations” man and the Bhishma Pitamah of the Indian intelligence brass, Ajit Kumar Doval (IPS 1968 batch, Kerala cadre), is viewed as a national asset.
- Mountain In The Molehill (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 06, 2006)
Did you notice that in the entire commotion over the Jaswant Singh mole revelation nobody talked about the one aspect which, if any at all, should have mattered today? And it is not so much as to who the mole was, but whether or not a leakage did . . .
- Ruthless Dna (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 06, 2006)
Congress reveals its true colours ---- The scapegoating of former External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh through the selectively leaked report of the Justice Pathak Inquiry Committee late Thursday evening shows the lengths to which the . . .
- Patronage -Based Politics And Crime (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 06, 2006)
Distressing signals are there; if one has the time and inclination to go through the annual Home Ministry Reports. The crime rate in urban and rural areas is multiplying at a fast pace.
- Pathak Report: Who Let The Cat Out? (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Who leaked the RS Pathak Authority’s report on the oil-for-food scam to a private television news channel?
- Spare Us The Whims And Fancies (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 06, 2006)
There are some good reasons why a parliamentary resolution on the Indo-US nuclear deal is a bad idea. Unlike practical legislation, resolutions reflect emotion and sentiment, things that ought to be kept in check when dealing with a country’s . . .
- Natwar, Do It Right (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 06, 2006)
The former external affairs minister must accept the Pathak panel findings and make a graceful exit
- Pm To Visit Helsinki For India-Eu Summit In Oct (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 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 . . .
- Social Activist And Environmentalist (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Aug 06, 2006)
Pepsi and Coca Cola executives call her gusty, one who makes much noise. Her critics say she is moody, temperamental and a “bad boss” to work with.
- Tap Equity Markets To Enhance Returns (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 06, 2006)
The finance minister has said that the rate of interest on EPF and small savings will not be raised in spite of short-term rate hikes by the RBI.
- A’Hlan Wa Sahlan! (New Indian Express, Jemima Raman, Aug 06, 2006)
As I stepped off the aircraft — and before I could breathe or stretch my travel weary limbs — the words came tumbling from nowhere in particular:
- Setback To Indo-Pak Ties As Both Expel Each Other's Diplomat (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
The Indo-Pak peace process on Saturday suffered yet another blow as they expelled each other's diplomat after Islamabad's "outrageous" action of handcuffing, blindfolding and detaining a senior Indian High Commission official.
- Ajk Opposition Plans Protest Campaign (Dawn, Raja Asghar, Aug 06, 2006)
The ruling party in Azad Kashmir seem to be in for hard times so soon after winning a second successive term in an election that all its rivals say was rigged.
- Ukrainians’ Choice (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 06, 2006)
Two years ago, politics in Ukraine seemed to be a battle between good and evil. Now the picture is more complicated.
- Attack On The Idea Of India (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Aug 06, 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.
- Choice Was Clear, Historic Change Is On The Way (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 06, 2006)
giving its nod to the N-deal, the US House of Representatives has taken Indo-American ties to a broader, deeper level
- We Just Pulled Up Our Diapers On Child Rights (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Aug 06, 2006)
It would be funny, if it weren’t so grim. While India jostles politely for membership to the elite G-8, we have just been awarded membership to another, well, exclusive club.
- Cliches At 22 (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Terrorist, John Updike’s new novel, is set in a declining factory town in New Jersey ironically named New Prospect.
- The House They All Built (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Aug 06, 2006)
The Bharatiya Janata Party would not be itself if it stopped playing politics with history. As the real intentions of the BJP in raking up a controversy about an American “mole” in P.V. Narasimha Rao’s PMO become clear, Sonia Gandhi and Prime . . .
- Natwar At War (Pioneer, Navin Upadhyay, Aug 06, 2006)
Slaps privilege notice on PM * Plans massive Jat jalsa to flex muscle ---- Treated as an untouchable by a party which he served for more than four decades, Congress veteran Natwar Singh has decided to declared war on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh . . .
- Norway Envoy Reaches Colombo For Fresh Peace Bid; Clashes On (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
A Norwegian envoy arrived in Sri Lanka on Friday to try to prevent a resumption of full-scale civil war after a sharp escalation in clashes between the military and Tamil Tiger rebels.
- Force Attention On Terrorism (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 06, 2006)
It is interesting to note the giddy veering of India's political rhetoric from belligerence in the immediate wake of the Mumbai blasts, to conciliation just a couple of weeks later. Interesting, but not surprising.
- Development Will Eliminate Child Labour (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 06, 2006)
The intention behind the government’s decision to ban employment of children below 14 years of age as domestic servants, and as helpers in the unorganised part of the hospitality industry, under the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) . . .
- Singh Sets Terms For Left Nuclear Inputs (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to address the concerns of the Left on the Indo-US nuclear deal on Thursday.
- Memories Of Bombay (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 06, 2006)
Like Suketu Mehta, I was born in Calcutta, a city in extremis, in Mehta’s words, and, like him, grew up in Bombay.
- Un Resolution Calls For Ceasefire In Lebanon (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
The United Nations has called for a complete ceasefire in Lebanon.
- Sending Peacekeeping Troops To Lebanon? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 06, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, on his return from a session of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) in Malaysia, has said that Pakistan would consider sending peacekeeping troops to Lebanon only after approval by the United Nations, the . . .
- Mdmk's Political Struggle Will Continue, Says Vaiko (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
"The party will submit to love and affection but not to repression"
The party never supported violence or acts of terrorism
"Till our death, we will continue our journey with our heads held high"
- Natwar Has 'Nuclear Arms' Ready (Pioneer, PTI, Aug 06, 2006)
Isolated in the Congress in the wake of the Pathak report, former External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh appears to be mobilising political parties opposed to the Indo-US nuclear deal in a move aimed at embarrassing the party and the coalition. . .
- Karat On Reliance (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
CPM leader Prakash Karat today asked the Centre to order a probe into the charge that Reliance benefited from the Iraqi oil-for-food scandal.
- ‘Handcuffs & Blindfold’ On Diplomat (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
The tit-for-tat expulsions on either side of the border today resumed after a lull with Pakistan throwing out a senior Delhi diplomat and India promptly returning the compliment.
- Us, France Agree On Plan To End Fighting (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
The US and France agreed today on a Security Council resolution calling for fighting between Israel and Hizbollah to end, but on the ground both sides traded fire and a Hizbollah rocket killed three.
- Iran Wants Nuclear Talks, But Not At Gunpoint (Hindu, N. Ram , Aug 06, 2006)
No problem with India's nuclear deal, only with U.S. `double standards'
- Opposition Boycotts Ajk Council Election (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
The opposition in the AJK Legislative Assembly on Saturday boycotted the election for a vacant seat of the AJK Council which was won by the Muslim Conference candidate Mallick Pervez Akhtar.
- Force Attention On Terrorism (Pioneer, KPS Gill, Aug 05, 2006)
It is interesting to note the giddy veering of India's political rhetoric from belligerence in the immediate wake of the Mumbai blasts, to conciliation just a couple of weeks later. Interesting, but not surprising.
- Un Team Apprises Centre Of Nepal Talks (Statesman, Devirupa Mitra, Aug 05, 2006)
The high-level United Nations team which had gone to Nepal to assess the situation and consider possible roles for the multinational body, had a low-key stopover in Delhi today.
- Natwar Dumped, But Congress In Line Of Fire (Pioneer, Navin Upadhyay, Aug 05, 2006)
Parliament rocked, Houses adjourned ----- Political calculations can sometimes go awfully wrong.
- Saluting Heroism (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 05, 2006)
It would be politically-incorrect these 59 years after Independence to suggest that we emulate former colonial powers.
- Volcker Rocks Par, Probe Announced Over Report Leakage (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
The Justice Pathak inquiry today had a fall out inside and outside Parliament proceedings of which were disrupted by a vociferous Opposition protesting the leakage of the findings into which the government has announced a probe.
- Sri Lanka Battles Rebels As Displaced Flee To Safety (Reuters, Peter Apps, Aug 05, 2006)
Tamil Tigers and troops exchanged mortar and artillery fire on Saturday in the 11th day of fighting in Sri Lanka's restive east, as the military sought to move thousands of displaced civilians out of harm's way.
- Ruthless Dna (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 05, 2006)
Congress reveals its true colours ---- The scapegoating of former External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh through the selectively leaked report of the Justice Pathak Inquiry Committee late Thursday evening shows the lengths to which the Government's . .
- Israeli Commando Raid Near Tyre Kills 5 Lebanese (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Helicopter-borne Israeli commandos landed near the southern Lebanese city of Tyre and clashed with Hizbollah guerrillas on Saturday, Lebanese security sources said.
- Protect Forest Wealth Of Kanyakumari District: Forum (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
"10,000 acres of forests have been encroached upon''
- U.S. Wants Pakistan To Move Against Terrorists: Boucher (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
'U.S. is working with everybody in the region against terrorism'
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