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Articles 8421 through 8520 of 43820:
- A Common Stance In Wto For South Asia (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 29, 2006)
Regions such as Asean, Mercosur have gained from such a strategy; is the same possible for South Asia?
- A Government That’S Confused, Yet Smug (The Financial Express, Malvika Singh, Jul 29, 2006)
The UPA has lost the opportunity to step out of the status quo and alter the course.
- Cong, Left Join Hands With Bjp To Flay Govt On Spiralling Prices (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
The UPA on Friday faced acute embarrassment in Lok Sabha when some Congress members and Left MPs joined the BJP-led Opposition to criticise the Government on spiralling prices.
- Left Says Sense Of Parl Should Be Conveyed (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
Reconciling differences, Left parties today mounted pressure on the UPA government for a threadbare discussion on the landmark Indo-US nuclear deal in Parliament which should spell out its opinion on the sensitive issue of vital national importance.
- Terrorists And Fellow Travellers (Pioneer, AJAI SAHNI, Jul 29, 2006)
There are, it is often remarked, none so blind as those who will not see.
- Half Shut, Yet Half Open (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 29, 2006)
But the Mukherjee report is the nearest to a definitive closure on the Netaji mystery till date -------- The report of the Mukherjee Commission of Inquiry probing into the alleged disappearance of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was submitted to the . . .
- Handicaps To Education (News International, Hafizur Rahman, Jul 29, 2006)
A friend was saying the other day that but for frequent cataclysmic changes in our politics and in the country's constitution, the problems of education might have been taken more seriously by successive governments.
- The Quota Issue (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 29, 2006)
In a previous editorial denouncing the principle of state-imposed quotas for hiring in private firms, we noted that this had, however, become a live political issue.
- Bush Govt Tries To Pacify Accord Adversaries (Pioneer, PTI, Jul 29, 2006)
As concerns were raised in India over some provisions of the Senate bill on Indo-US nuclear deal, the Bush administration has said it is trying to ensure that there is nothing done to "distort, change and re-negotiate" the arrangement reached between . .
- Us: No Change In Nuke Deal (Asian Age, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Jul 29, 2006)
As concerns were raised in India over some provisions of the Senate bill on Indo-US nuclear deal, the Bush administration has said it is trying to ensure that there is nothing done to "distort, change and re-negotiate" the arrangement reached between . .
- Un Asks Us To Shut Down Secret Detention Facilities (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
The US should immediately shut down any secret detention facilities and grant prompt access to the Red Cross to any person detained in connection with an armed conflict, a UN rights panel said in a report released on Friday.
- Missing Files (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Jul 29, 2006)
Successive governments since 1947 conspired to conceal the truth about Netaji. Maybe Justice MK Mukherjee could not unravel the core mystery, but he certainly exposed the well-orchestrated deception underway since Jawaharlal Nehru's time to . . .
- Grabbers Keepers (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 29, 2006)
That's what Dhaka believes ---- Adverse possession, those acquainted with the daunting and near impossible task of evicting squatters from their property will aver, is nine-tenths of the law.
- Welcome Initiative (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 29, 2006)
Let industry follow its own course ---- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's indication that the Government will not impose caste-based quotas on Indian industry is a welcome, sobering recognition of the limits to reservation madness.
- Pakistan Is Not Lebanon (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Jul 29, 2006)
When one thinks of terrorism and Pakistan, one is reminded of the husband who complains against a neighbour for making eyes at his wife. It never occurs to him that it is his own responsibility to command the loyalty of his spouse.
- Indian Muslim Student Body In Eye Of Terror Storm (Daily Times, Kamil Zaheer, Jul 29, 2006)
A Muslim paediatrician says it seems like educated Muslim youth are being targeted as part of a conspiracy to demoralise them as they try to do well and improve their position in Indian society
- The Sindh Crisis (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 29, 2006)
Not handled carefully by the two sides, the MQM’s decision to quit the provincial and federal governments could be the precursor to a crisis greater than what appears to be the case at present.
- Missing Education Targets (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 29, 2006)
Given how the education sector has always been neglected as a low-priority area, it is clear that Pakistan will not be able to achieve the 80 per cent literacy rate by 2015 set out as one of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). Just how far . . .
- Power-Sharing Among The Provinces (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 29, 2006)
The question of Pakistan’s constitutional make-up and power-sharing among the country’s four provinces and ethnic minorities is once again coming under intense debate.
- Peace Process Sidelined (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Jul 29, 2006)
The multiple bomb blasts in Mumbai on July 11 resulted in the death of nearly 200 people.
- President Rejects Mqm Ministers’ Resignations (Pakistan Observer, Aroosa Alam, Jul 29, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf on Friday rejecting the resignations submitted to him by the MQM federal ministers has asked them to continue to work with the government for strengthening the political and democratic institutions in the country.
- Mqm Should Let The System Work (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 29, 2006)
In a dramatic move, one of the allies of the Government – the MQM has directed all its Federal and Provincial Ministers, advisors and special assistants to immediately send their resignations to the Sindh Governor and the President.
- Mqm Resignations (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 29, 2006)
Sindh has always been a province that has been difficult to govern. It has seen unwieldy and sometimes unnatural coalitions cobbled together by the centre to prop up governments and keep out the province's single largest party -- the PPP.
- Price: Save Cong, All Parties Walk Out (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
The finance minister, Mr P Chidambaram, today called upon the states to play a proactive role in bringing down the prices of essential commodities even as the BJP-led Opposition and other parties, including ruling alliance ones like the RJD . . .
- Was Ac Mechanic Playing Bunty To Two Bablis? (Pioneer, Vijaita Singh, Jul 29, 2006)
A day after, Delhi Police is still puzzling over the incident when two girls in a Hyundai Sonata accompanied by an AC mechanic in designer clothes breezed through the security cordon and reached the alignment point of the Prime Minister's residence . . .
- Government’S Dilemma In Fata (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jul 29, 2006)
Major General Shaukat Sultan, the Inter-Services Public Relations director general, has said that the extension of adult franchise in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) has created the problem of Talibanisation.
- Tsunami And The Tide Of Globalisation (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 28, 2006)
Before your research in oceanic history, you also wrote about the 1857 Uprising. South Asia is now preparing to mark its 150th anniversary. Would you say that 1857 saw the beginnings of a pan-Indian consciousness?
- Magnanimity For Millions On The Margins? (The Financial Express, Jayaprakash Narayan, Jul 28, 2006)
Thinking sections of society need to act fast and mobilise those suffering from misgovernance.
- When Onions Brought Some Governments Down (The Financial Express, S Narendra, Jul 28, 2006)
Its shortage in 1998 brought grief to many BJP-led state governments, who lost elections
- Limited Limo (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 28, 2006)
Log on to the website of famously low-cost Deccan Aviation and up flashes the logo on the top left, proclaiming Deccan to be a “limousine in the sky.” Given that one has to pay for even a bottle of water on Air Deccan, this takes some mental adjusting.
- Political Correctness (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 28, 2006)
It looks like a distinctly untranquil monsoon session for Parliament, and debatable if pending (old and new) legislation will reach their logical conclusion.
- Gays Can't Tie Knot, Rules Us Top Court (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
The Washington supreme court upheld the state's ban on marriage for same-sex couples, dealing the gay rights movement its second major defeat in less than a month in a liberal-leaning state that had been regarded as a promising battleground.
- Clearing The Cloud Around The N-Deal (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jul 28, 2006)
After the thumping vote on Wednesday night in favour of the Indo-US nuclear deal in the House of Representatives, you might think a happy ending is at hand.
- Advantage Lebanon (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 28, 2006)
Half-time score in the Middle East
Israel had well-laid well-rehearsed plans to attack Lebanon aiming to permanently destroy Hezbollah.
- Salwa Judum Will Be A Watershed (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 28, 2006)
The police term Salwa Judum as the people's response to the Left-wing extremist group.
- Taliban Returning Via Pakistan: Un Envoy (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
The Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan is backed by foreign money, terror networks and fighters coming over the border from Pakistan, the top UN envoy in Afghanistan said on Wednesday.
- Centre Feels The Heat On N-Deal, Opp Walks Out (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
The UPA Government faced rough weather in Parliament on Thursday from opposition BJP as well as the Left and Samajwadi Party on the Indo-US nuclear deal despite Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's assertion that the final vote by the US Senate would be . . .
- Centre Waits For N-Deal Act Details (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
The passage of the US-India nuclear cooperation Bill in the House of Representatives has been hailed as a big foreign policy victory for the Bush administration.
- Centre Of Controversy (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 28, 2006)
Kerala wants out of the Centre’s fiscal responsibility law that was incentivised for adoption by states. Gujarat and MP want flexibility in terms of deciding whether they must follow, as is the custom, the Centre when it restructures government pay.
- Do Not Derail The Dialogue (Deccan Herald, Sushant Sareen, Jul 28, 2006)
Is it correct to blame Pakistan for the recent 7/11 Mumbai serial blasts without hard evidence to back it up?
- The War Of Two Mistakes (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Jul 28, 2006)
The current conflict in Lebanon should be called the ‘‘war of two mistakes’’.
- The Publizen’S Life? It’S An Open Blog (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 28, 2006)
The me decade- It’s the age of the publizens who are of all ages and both sexes, and quite young.
- Much Heat, Little Light On Nuclear Deal (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Jul 28, 2006)
While New Delhi can say it is not bound by any "Sense of the Congress" provisions in the legislation, it must recognise that nuclear cooperation with the US will end if it tests a `nuclear device'. Therefore there is merit in the criticism that . . .
- House Warming (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 28, 2006)
The expansive support — more than three-fourths in a chamber of 435 — to the Indo-US nuclear deal from the House of Representatives in Washington surprised both the pros and the antis.
- Oppn, Upa Rap Govt On Price Rise (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government today came under a blistering joint attack from the Bhartiya Janata Party - led Opposition partiesand its own allies, including the Rashtriya Janata Dal and Left parties , on the unprecedented price . . .
- Learn To Change (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 28, 2006)
The key to a nation's future is in its schools. If that is so our future is bleak. The World Bank's Development Policy Review for India gives two interesting facts.
- India's Other Suicides (Times of India, SWAGATO GANGULY, Jul 28, 2006)
Farmer suicides, and distress in the agricultural sector that they reveal, hog political and media attention. It doesn't follow that the government has devised a panacea — revolving around debt relief — that's going to work.
- A Crusade For Social Justice (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
Some interesting reads in Kannada...
- Jaswant Admits To Seeking Time From Pm (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Jaswant Singh, whose book “A Call to Honour” has created a political storm, today admitted that he had sought time with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh two days ago, but a confirmation of his appointment . . .
- Foreign Policy Tangles (News International, Shafqat Mahmood, Jul 28, 2006)
The writer is a former member of parliament and a freelance columnist based in Lahore
- Demand To Amend Panel's Terms Of Reference Rejected (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
Commission has been empowered to probe bribery allegation, asserts Prakash
Panel set up to look into mining activity in the State
36 cases of illegal mining detected in Bellary district
Iron ore and dust valued at Rs. 1.73 crore seized in . . .
- Indo-Us Deal Crosses Another Hurdle (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 28, 2006)
With the US House of Representatives voting overwhelmingly in favour of the Indo-US nuclear deal another hurdle has been crossed in a process that promises to be a major test of India’s diligence. The process has several imponderables built into it.
- Snubbed, Cpm Looks At Next Best N-Shield (Telegraph, Monobina Gupta, Jul 28, 2006)
CPM general secretary Prakash Karat has said his party would not be satisfied with a voluntary statement by the Prime Minister on the Indo-US nuclear deal.
- Going Soft In The Knee (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jul 28, 2006)
Who was the mole in P.V. Narasimha Rao’s office, and who cares about that past history? It is dead and gone, not relevant to the realities of today. And for the press to pursue, relentlessly, a non-story is even more farcical than the story itself.
- To Find That Favourite Book (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 28, 2006)
For instance, where and how would you find these recent books? William Easterly:
- Mole On The Nose (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jul 28, 2006)
Jaswant Singh is a gentleman fallen among politicians. We have been waiting for his memoirs ever since a south-east Asian summit when the post-banquet entertainment took the form of a skit that was a witty take-off of Lewis Carroll’s “You are Old . . .
- Corruption Has A Deterrent (Business Standard, Kanika Datta, Jul 28, 2006)
Does corruption matter in a country’s “corporate” reputation? Does it really dissuade foreign investors or hamper economic growth? India’s low ranking on the Transparency Index year after year rarely attracts more than an “I-told-you-so” comment . . .
- Business On The Street (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 28, 2006)
No country can bring about policy changes that may destabilise players engaged in an economic activity worth more than Rs 4,75,000 crore.
- The Us And Muslims (News International, Rahimullah Yusufzai, Jul 28, 2006)
If the United States of America still hoped it would be able to win the hearts of minds of Muslims worldwide, its reaction to the events of the past few weeks in the Middle East should make it realise the futility of the exercise.
- Facing The Challenge Of Inclusiveness (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Jul 28, 2006)
In addition to our relationship to the land, we also need to consider our relationships with other people.
- Fill The Vacancies In The Courts (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jul 28, 2006)
Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, the chief justice of Pakistan, has breathed new life into the apex court by exercising its dormant suo motu powers to redress wrong and dispense justice.
- Disturbing Trend (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 28, 2006)
The message inherent in President Pervez Musharraf’s assertion in Karachi on Wednesday is that a change at the top provincial or federal executive level will not be allowed.
- Naga Issues And The Way Forward (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 28, 2006)
The Naga peace process may well be approaching the tipping point as the Union Government and the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) resume talks in Bangkok.
- Other Alphabets Want A Slice Of Internet (Hindu, Kieren McCarthy, Jul 28, 2006)
The Internet is a global revolution in communication — as long as you use letters from the Western alphabet. A report on the growing pressure for a Net that recognises Oriental, Arabic, and Hindi characters, too.
- Cpi(m) Launches Signature Campaign Against Israel (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
To submit memorandum to the Prime Minister on Friday
- Uttarakhand Activist To Launch Fast-Unto-Death (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
Dhirendra Pratap, a leading Uttarakhand activist and member of the All-India Congress Committee, has threatened to launch a fast-unto- death before Congress president Sonia Gandhi's residence from August 24 if the party does not get a Bill passed to. . .
- Putin Pushes A Wider Agenda For The G8 (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Jul 28, 2006)
In Russia's vision, the expanded G8 will no longer be a Western club but will evolve into a round table of the world's major players.
- Sri Lanka Launches Air Strikes In North, East (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jul 28, 2006)
The target is an illegal airstrip under construction by the LTTE
- News Dished Out As Soap Opera (Tribune, Chetna Keer Banerjee, Jul 28, 2006)
Five-year-old Siddhi Ganesh slipped into a canal in Jammu and died unsung the same day that little Prince was rescued from a bore well in Kurukshetra in the glare of media publicity and to nail-biting, nationwide concern.
- Diplomatic Divide Over Lebanon Crisis Widens (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
A diplomatic divide over how to end the fighting in Lebanon widened today with France pressing for an early UN ceasefire resolution, while the United States aimed new threats at Iran and Syria.
- Dancing With Dogma (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 28, 2006)
Tony blair was at it again on Wednesday — setting out the case for opening up public services to private providers, in one of a series of grand, setpiece speeches that he is said to have penned himself.
- President Debunks Rumours. Good (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 28, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has categorically said that no change in the Government is imminent at the Centre and in the Sindh Province.
- Condi Opts For War Instead Of Diplomacy (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 28, 2006)
The Rome conference of European and Arab officials has failed to agree on cease-fire due US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s opposition to diplomatic initiatives on the pretext that there cannot be a return to political uncertainty and . . .
- Pm Aziz Flies Into Karachi To Resolve Political Tumult In Sindh (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz will fly into Karachi early in the morning to finish off persisting political turmoil, sources learnt.
- ‘President Against Accepting Resignations’ (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Muhammad Ali Durrani Thursday night said that resignations of the Muttahida ministers had been received by the respective governments.
- Dangerous Times (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 28, 2006)
Three weeks on from the start of Israeli attacks on Lebanon, there is little to be optimistic about. Not only have the attacks continued, they continue to be indiscriminate in who they target.
- War On Media (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 28, 2006)
The recent attacks on Arabic television channels namely: Al-Jazeera and Al Arabia, Al Manar and LBC in Lebanon [July 23] stems from the Tel Aviv attempts to muzzle press freedom in order to suppress media reports about growing public resistance . . .
- The Biggest Threat (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Jul 28, 2006)
In the dominant political culture of India, citizens are encouraged to treat terrorism as an unavoidable feature of modern existence and undertake no independent initiatives to counter it.
- Re:have Terrorists Declared War On India? (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
The strengths talked about INDIA GOVERNMENT are REALLY WEAKNESS in DISGUISE. Look at the symbolism - Muslim President, Sikh Prime Minister, Hindu Thugs and Criminals likes of Lalloo Prasad as MPs, An Italian Au Pair Girl as the POWER PIVOT, these . . .
- Nuke Deal: Goalposts Shift (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Jul 28, 2006)
The Indian government and the Bush administration made combined efforts on Thursday to counter the charge levelled by Indian political parties in Parli-ament that the goalposts had been shifted in the execution of the July 18, 2005 civilian nuclear . . .
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