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Articles 8721 through 8820 of 43820:
- Pakistan Warns India Against ‘Hot Pursuit’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
FO says Pakistan wants early resumption of peace process with India
69 Pakistanis evacuated from Lebanon so far
- Private Players' Role (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Jul 25, 2006)
Education in Tamil Nadu, especially engineering education, has benefited much from the efforts of the private sector.
- A Reminder To The President (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 25, 2006)
The letter to President Pervez Musharraf by some intellectuals, retired generals and serving and former parliamentarians breaks no new ground and states the obvious.
- Pakistan To India: Show Sagacity (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
Pakistan’s defence minister, Rao Sikandar Iqbal, has said that India should show sagacity instead of hurling allegations.
- A Passage Thru Jannat (OutLook, MANJU KAPUR, Jul 25, 2006)
Occasionally the book reads like a catalogue of Kashmiri Muslim rituals from prayer to wazwan, but her compassion shines through. The telling is straightforward, the mode realist and the pace, especially in the last section, swift.
- When The Water Touches The Nose (OutLook, Dunu Roy, Jul 25, 2006)
Environmentalism isn't a luxury of the rich, sure. But when he really had to say why, he loses nerve.
- The Record Of Reforms (The Financial Express, CM VASUDEV, Jul 25, 2006)
By the 1980s, it was recognised that our growth strategy, of centralised planning with a dominant role for the public sector, was not able to fulfill national aspirations.
- The Invisible Prime Minister (Pioneer, Gautam Sen, Jul 25, 2006)
UPA chairperson and her anonymous advisers are making decisions without the very grave personal and political obligations that should constrain them ------ The Prime Minister's authority in India has become invisible.
- Tell Me, Mirror... (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 25, 2006)
Despite all that India has achieved, as credible commentators such as Clive Crook and S Narayan point out (FE, July 24, ‘15 years of economic reforms’), it needs to do much more. ‘The petty done, the undone vast,’ (transposing Thomas Hardy’s . . .
- Sowing Fdi (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 25, 2006)
With farm investment falling, the Government must explore ways to augment finances.
- Terror Thrives In Corruption (Pioneer, BULBUL ROY MISHRA, Jul 25, 2006)
There is a popular saying in Bengali 'Sorseyr modhye bhoot' (The spook is in the mustard), suggesting that if the very mustard, used by the exorcist, shelters the ghost, how will there be a remedy? Hence exorcism must begin with exorcising the mustard.
- Let’S Help Ian Mcewan Write (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 25, 2006)
We are, more or less, at the mid-point of the literary festival season... Thirty years ago, such events were virtually unknown.
- The Good Guys Rarely Win (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Jul 25, 2006)
It speaks volumes for US priorities that the kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers by Hizbollah generated a quality of response that only makes sense if Washington itself was under siege from extra-terrestrial satanic forces.
- India Unruffled By Pakistan's Nuke Push (Times of India, Indrani Bagchi, Jul 25, 2006)
India has refused to be drawn into reacting to what it considers the final attempt to derail the US-India nuclear deal by the American non-proliferation lobby.
- Once Bitten (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 25, 2006)
One could argue that M. Karunanidhi is simply adhering to the acute concern political parties have expressed for Abdul Nasser Mahdani in neighbouring Kerala.
- Costs Of Rejection (Times of India, K SUBRAHMANYAM, Jul 25, 2006)
The Indo-US nuclear deal under negotiation has been misunderstood as a bilateral engagement. Critics view the deal as a clever US attempt to entrap India into a junior partnership to serve US interests and cap India's strategic arsenal.
- Seeking Growth With Human Face (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Jul 25, 2006)
Growth is undoubtedly important, but not at any cost. It has to be fair and just, employment oriented and environmental friendly, not ruthless, rootless, voiceless and futureless.
- `This Government Can No Longer Carry Out Any Reform' (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jul 25, 2006)
"It is very difficult to establish whose hand is on the steering wheel of the economy and, for that matter, whose foot is on the accelerator and whose on the brake pedal?... " — MR JASWANT SINGH, LEADER OF OPPOSITION IN RAJYA SABHA
- Your Mp, Live On Tv (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 25, 2006)
That Parliament wasn’t exactly a model of diligent legislative work and sparkling debate on Monday — the day Lok Sabha TV (LSTV) went on air — may suggest to some that the annual Rs 15 crore spent in broadcasting MPs’ actions live is another . . .
- Terror Accused Mahdani Most Valuable Ally For Left, Cong (Indian Express, RAJEEV P I, Jul 25, 2006)
If the DMK government in Tamil Nadu is arranging for 1998 Coimbatore blast accused Abdul Nasser Mahdani’s Ayurvedic massages, the Left and the Congress in Kerala have been doing the stretching—prostrate at his feet.
- Rice Meets Lebanon Pm, Expresses Support (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
Us Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora in Beirut on Monday in a show of support for that country’s weakened democracy, which is struggling to contain the fighting between the Hizbollah and Israel.
- Terror, Price Rise Stall Lok Sabha (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
The first day of the Monsoon Session today began with the BJP’s twin attack — on terrorism and price rise. Slamming the government on its failure to tackle either, the Opposition led by the BJP forced the Lok Sabha to be adjourned for the day.
- India Has Fought Terrorism Effectively Respecting Human Rights: Pranab (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
Union Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here on Monday that India has fought the scourge of terrorism effectively and has respected human rights and "this is an important distinction between the defence and security policies of democracies . . .
- Nepal Rebels Tell U.N. Won't Surrender Arms (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
Nepal's Maoist rebels will not give up their arms before a likely vote next year to decide the political future of the restive Himalayan nation, rebel chief Prachanda has told United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan.
- The Spy Whom Jaswant Left In The Cold (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 25, 2006)
What could be more scary than a cockroach in the kitchen? Why, a mole in the PMO, of course.
- Thai Pm Files Defamation Suit Against Critics (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Monday sued an anti-government protest leader and 11 others for defamation and demanded $26 million in damages, his lawyer said.
- Not Exactly Total Recall (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jul 25, 2006)
Jaswant Singh provides a partial account of a key period in Indian diplomacy
- A Covert To Violence (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jul 25, 2006)
Never in life Jammu and Kashmir Jamaat-e-Islami's Moulvi Yusuf Shah would have thought that he would one day be bracketed with a mafia don of global disrepute.
- Fault Lines Of Colonial System Of Policing (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jul 25, 2006)
The British left us saddled with a police structure vastly different from what they themselves had back home.
- Right To Information Legislation In J&k (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jul 25, 2006)
Corruption is a major issue grappling the Indian society and polity and the right to information is a major tool in the hands of the citizens in their fight against corruption as this right can impregnate secrecy which is the breeding ground of . . .
- Smoke Around Nuclear Real (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Jul 25, 2006)
The pitch against the one-year old-Indo-US nuclear deal will undoubtedly rise manifold as Parliament began its monsoon session and the Left has put the UPA Government on notice over emerging contours of the agreement.
- Ch Pervaiz Deserves This Honour (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 25, 2006)
Punjab Chief Minister Ch Pervaiz Elahi has been elected unopposed as President of the Pakistan Muslim League, Punjab. No other candidate has filed nomination papers for the coveted post.
- For An Office With Profit (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Jul 25, 2006)
It is a well-known maxim that the questions one asks determine the nature of the responses elicited.
- Claptrap Of The Politician (Statesman, Jagmohan , Jul 25, 2006)
Few of us realise that the issue of illegal constructions and conversion of properties in Delhi is not merely one of civic governance; it extends to a much larger realm of constitutional morality and the way our democracy is functioning in practice.
- Columbus’ Hidden Face (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 25, 2006)
Christopher Columbus was a cruel, despotic tyrant who ruled over his subjects with an iron fist, according to new documents which have emerged 500 years after his death. GRAHAM KEELEY reports from Barcelona
- Manipur On Alert As Naga Report Sparks Ire (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
The twin capital districts of Imphal West and East have been put under alert and prohibitory order of 144 CrPC anticipating trouble after reports claiming HRD minister Arjun had agreed to Naga student organisations’ proposal of allowing . . .
- 'Vote Bank Politics' Of Df Govt Leading To Rise In Terrorism (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
Launching an attack against the DF Government in Maharashtra, former Chief Minister Manohar Joshi has said the Congress 'vote bank politics' was responsible for the rise in terrorism in the state.
- Differences In The Designs Of Development (Hindu, Amit Bhaduri, Jul 25, 2006)
Unless the course is changed from a corporate-led capitalism to decentralised employment-led growth, resistances will overwhelm the government.
- The President Has No Red Cards (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jul 25, 2006)
He has no mandate to set himself as a constitutional referee.
- The Reforms Experience (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
This volume, a befitting honour to C.H.Hanumantha Rao, contains 19 papers of high quality by eminent economists on the broad theme of economic reforms.
- The Jvp Makes Its Move (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jul 25, 2006)
The party's plea in the Sri Lankan Supreme Court against the "temporary merger" of the north and the east has sparked concerns.
- Time For Parliament To Step In (Hindu, K.C. Pant , Jul 25, 2006)
Rarely before has a bilateral accord carried such far-reaching implications for India as the nuclear deal with the United States. It threatens to compromise the country's freedom of action. An extraordinary situation calls for an extraordinary . . .
- Pakistan Trade Team Puts Off Visit (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jul 24, 2006)
"Hosts may have reservation after blasts"
Delegation was to leave for India on July 31
MPs Brinda Karat and Sandeep Dixit cancelled visit
- Pm Dares Jaswant (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
In a somewhat caustic reaction to the charge by BJP leader Mr Jaswant Singh that there was “a mole” in the PMO passing on India’s nuclear plans to the USA during the tenure of PV Narasimha Rao, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today dared him to . . .
- Why Didn’T Left Profit (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 24, 2006)
Priyaranjan Das Munshi said all the right things about respecting the president while returning the un-amended office of profit bill.
- Ard Tactics That Won’T Work (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 24, 2006)
The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) — a conglomerate of opposition parties including the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) of Benazir Bhutto and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) of exiled premier Nawaz . . .
- Pm Not Keeping N-Deal Vows: Karat (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
A day before monsoon session begins, CPM general secretary Prakash Karat widened the scope of opposition to Indo-US nuclear deal by issuing a detailed stand on how the promises made by PM Manmohan Singh in Parliament on the deal are being "changed . . .
- Israel Warns Of Full Scale Ground Invasion (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
A besiged Lebanon continued to be bombed from air for the 10th day as Israel called up thousands of reserves after warning it could launch a full-scale ground invasion and airdropped leaflets warning civilians to leave border villages by 2 pm on Friday.
- Musharraf Asked To Separate Offices Of President, Army Chief (Press Trust of India, K J M Varma, Jul 24, 2006)
As Pervez Musharraf planned to get elected as Pakistan President for another term next year, 18 prominent Pakistanis, including six retired Generals, have asked him to separate the offices of President and Army Chief, saying combining . . .
- Find & Destroy The Terrorists (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 24, 2006)
The Federal Assembly has approved the decision of the Russian President to find and destroy the terrorists who murdered the Russian diplomats in Iraq.
- Saviour Ships (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 24, 2006)
India, unostentatiously, moved a few places up the international power-scale when deploying four naval ships to evacuate its nationals stranded in the Lebanon conflict.
- Pm Dares Jaswant To Name Mole In Pmo (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
In a counter offensive, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today dared him to name the person who he claimed was a mole in the PMO leaking nuclear secrets to the US during the tenure of P V Narasimha Rao.
- Call The Bluff (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 24, 2006)
The fanatical agenda of the BJP dispensation in Madhya Pradesh is getting incredibly outrageous.
- Cpm To Be Vocal On N-Deal In Parliament (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
The CPI-M will make the Indo-US Nuclear Deal the major weapon of its attack on the government in Parliament’s monsoon session, and wants all big parties to join in the chorus.
- United We Debate (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 24, 2006)
As the endgame on legislating a nuclear exception for India begins in the US, our Parliament has every right to hear from the government and discuss the agreement’s implementation.
- Replace Labour Minister: Cpi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
He has no time for labour issues and the Ministry is non-functional, it alleges
- Karat Warns Centre On Foreign Policy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
"Departures in Senate draft from original deal"
- Indian Maoists Criticise Prachanda (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jul 24, 2006)
Multiparty democracy, U.N. supervision a "dangerous" mistake.
- Eliminating The Quotas (Tribune, Pran Chopra , Jul 24, 2006)
A tragic situation arises when one cherished principle collides with another which is equally cherished.
- Indian Resilience (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Jul 24, 2006)
The biggest challenge before the Maharashtra and central government in the aftermath of the Mumbai blasts was to prevent a communal backlash at any cost. Riots, instigated by hatred, were exactly what the terrorists had hoped for.
- Name Mole: Manmohan Tells Jaswant (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Jul 24, 2006)
Monsoon session begins today
BJP to move adjournment motion
CPI (M) says Parliament should determine nuclear deal parameters
- Deadlines (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 24, 2006)
Once again, the Sindh Governor has set a deadline for contractors to complete infrastructure projects in Karachi on time, or in some cases, before the agreed timeframe, so that the city’s many traffic-related problems can be reduced.
- Truth Won’T Bring House Down (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Jul 24, 2006)
Two foreign policy challenges are likely to dominate the Parliament’s monsoon session starting today.
- At Meet, Left Will Press For Debate On N-Deal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
The Left parties plan to raise their objections to the Indo-US nuclear deal at the UPA-Left coordination meeting on Saturday and demand that the agreement be discussed in Parliament.
- Pm Dares Jaswant To Name Mole (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today challenged former Union Minister and senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh to prove the allegation he made in his book “A Call to Honour” that there was a mole in the Prime Minister’s Office during the premiership . . .
- Dawood Not In Pak, Says Interior Minister (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
Two days after India asked it to deport Dawood Ibrahim, Pakistan has maintained that the international terrorist is not on its soil and said he will be arrested straightaway if any proof of his presence is given.
- Left Punches Holes In N-Deal (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
The much-hailed Indo-US civilian nuclear deal could come under severe attack in the monsoon session of Parliament beginning tomorrow with Left parties raising several objections to the changes being proposed by the American Congress and the . . .
- Jaswant’S Book Embarrasses Bjp (Tribune, Satish Misra, Jul 24, 2006)
“Call to honour” of former External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh is turning out to be a “matter of honour” for the BJP.
- Do What You Say (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 24, 2006)
Pakistan’s involvement in promoting terrorism in India is a well-established fact. What happened in Mumbai on July 11 is the latest example of the use of terrorism for achieving its unholy objectives.
- Sixth Pay Panel Needs New Guidelines (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 24, 2006)
Financial disasters can sometimes be moderated by skilled manipulation.
- Opinion: The Rising (Daily Excelsior, Deepti Priya Mehrotra, Jul 24, 2006)
When Narmada Bachao Andolan's Medha Patkar broke her 21-day hunger strike, a journalist asked her whether "pressure tactics" like indefinite fasts should be used to influence decisions.
- India-China Ties On Upswing (Daily Excelsior, Subhashis Mittra, Jul 24, 2006)
India-China relations have established a new landmark with the re-opening of the strategic Nathula border after 44 years.
- Change Across Loc (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jul 24, 2006)
Now that the election dust has settled down in "Azad" Kashmir it appears that Sardar Attique Ahmad Khan is set to become the new "Prime Minister" of the occupied country across the Line of Control.
- Riding The Third Wave (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 24, 2006)
For the first time in 200 years of globalisation, we are seeing a new third wave of globalisers driven by firms from the smaller, less developed but fast growing economies,
- Fishtailing Gm Seeks A Driver (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Jul 24, 2006)
Having been at the head of the world auto industry, GM finds it difficult to accept that others may have better ideas about how to compete to win. Instead of a small team to make quick operational decisions, it is gunning for a mammoth alliance.
- Watch The Ball, In Tough Times (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 24, 2006)
As I write this, I hear the TV describing the incredible ordeal of a marathon runner, who survived for days lost in the Sahara, without food or water. After a providential rescue and long convalescence, he shocked everyone by announcing that he . . .
- Comatose Sharon's Condition Worsens: Docs (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
The condition of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has worsened, doctors said on Sunday, more than six months after the hawkish leader fell into a coma after suffering a massive stroke.
- Double Entendre (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 24, 2006)
In Alexander Dumas’ The Man In The Iron Mask, King Louis XIV’s identical twin brother is kept prisoner so that he may not claim his right to the throne.
- Partners In Crime (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 24, 2006)
The revelation by a high-level inquiry that a man dubbed as a wanted criminal killed in an encounter by the Karachi police was not what the police claimed he was is extremely disturbing and shows that incidences of extrajudicial killing . . .
- India Faces Hostile Security Environment (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jul 24, 2006)
While it is impracticable to create military as sets to every conceivable situation, there is a need to continually examine long-term possibilities and put away contingency plans to meet those eventualities.
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