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Articles 10621 through 10720 of 43820:
- Cong Attacks Sp On Big B's Interview (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2006)
Congress on Friday attacked Samajwadi Party in the wake of an interview by Amitabh Bachchan in which he has held the Income Tax Department as an "exemplary organisation" about which he has "greatest respect".
- Cong Wants Aiadmk, Allies Banned For ‘Backing’ Ltte (Indian Express, JAYA MENON, Jun 30, 2006)
The first feeble echo of a response to remarks by LTTE ideologue Anton Balasingham, ‘‘deeply regretting’’ the ‘‘monumental historical tragedy’’ of Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination, was heard in Chennai today when Congress-sponsored posters appeared . . .
- Enter Siddu (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 30, 2006)
How the Cong-AIPJD merger works out, the future will tell
- Upa Compromising India's N-Security: Bjp (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Jun 30, 2006)
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) mounted a frontal attack on the UPA Government on Thursday for bowing to the United States on the nuclear deal that threatens the country's right to "credible minimum nuclear deterrent".
- Back To Heartland Politics (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Jun 30, 2006)
VP Singh's latest political concoction has the potential to harm Samajwadi Party's electoral prospects in Uttar . . .
- Cauvery Waters: Karnataka Rejects Assessors' `Report' (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Jun 30, 2006)
The advice of the assessors is only "notes" and not a "report", says Government
- Surprise Over Bangladesh Leaders' Remarks (Hindu, HAROON HABIB, Jun 30, 2006)
Comments on ban on export of lentil, sugar and wheat
Ban was imposed globally, says Veena Sikri
SAARC should have common candidate for U.N. top post: Morshed Khan
- Tulf President: Indian Model Will Suit Sri Lanka (Hindu, R.K. Radhakrishnan, Jun 30, 2006)
Says it will be welcomed by people and Government of Tamil Nadu
It will silence Tamil Nadu politicians who do not understand the ground reality
They have no right to demand more for regions of Sri Lanka than they have in their own State
- How The West Lost A Friend In Moscow (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jun 30, 2006)
Persistent Western criticism of Russia and America's role in the unrest in its neighbourhood appear to be testing the patience of even pro-western Russian leaders. Now Mikhail Gorbachev tells Washington and London to keep their hands off Russia.
- Landing Rights (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 30, 2006)
The recent interest of the Left Front government in acquiring thousands of acres of good agricultural land in different districts of West Bengal has its roots in the New Industrial Policy (NIP) announced by the Front in 1994.
- India To Import Wheat After A 6-Year Hiatus (International Herald Tribune, Saritha Rai, Jun 30, 2006)
In an effort to quell escalating prices and replenish its alarmingly low stockpiles, India is preparing to import wheat for the first time in six years.
- Hamas Provokes A Fight (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2006)
The Palestinians who futilely threw up sand berms on Gaza's main roads to deflect Israeli troop movements were building their defenses in the wrong direction.
- Israel Seizes Hamas Ministers, Delays Invasion (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2006)
Israel on Thursday postponed a planned ground invasion of northern Gaza, giving diplomacy another chance to free an Israel soldier held by men allied with the Palestinian's ruling Hamas group.
- Us, Iraqi Forces Clash With Shiite Militia (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2006)
Iraqi and US troops battled Shiite militiamen in a village northeast of Baghdad on Thursday, and witnesses and police said US helicopters bombed orchards to flush out gunmen hiding there.
- Report: Us-Led Afghan Mission Is Failing (Christian Science Monitor, Tom Regan, Jun 30, 2006)
A report by a Paris-based international security and policy advisory group, the Senlis Council, says that the US-led mission in Afghanistan is failing because US policies on eradicating the Afghan poppy crop aren't working.
- Israeli Forces Go After Hamas Leaders In Gaza And Syria (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2006)
If Hamas militants are holding an Israeli soldier in Gaza, why are Israeli jets buzzing the home of Syria's president 180 miles away?
- Is Pakistan Ready For Democracy In 2007? (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2006)
– In a visit as short as it was secretive, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice swept through Islamabad this week with a firm reminder for President Gen. Pervez Musharraf: Ensure free and fair elections in 2007.
- Seizures Show New Israel Line Against Hamas (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2006)
Israeli troops seized 64 members of Hamas in the West Bank on Thursday, including a third of the Palestinian cabinet and 23 legislators, a move that Israeli officials said indicated a significant change in Israel's policy toward the Hamas government.
- Drinking In History By The Cup (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 30, 2006)
Even if I didn’t know soccer, I thought, perhaps I could still enjoy the extraordinary show of geopolitical passion that the sport ignites.
- As China Ages, A Shortage Of Cheap Labor Looms (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2006)
Shanghai is rightfully known as a fast-moving, hypermodern city — full of youth and vigor. But that obscures a less well-known fact: Shanghai has the oldest population in China, and it is getting older in a hurry.
- Are Our Temples Anti-Women? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Jun 30, 2006)
Even a cursory glance at the news reports shows a generous sprinkling of misogynous words hiding behind a thick smokescreen of spirituality, reverence and chauvinism.
- Cwc Members Rap Govt On Price Rise (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Jun 30, 2006)
Members of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) today rapped the UPA government for its failure to check the spurt in prices of essential commodities which, it they felt, had hit the party’s “aam admi” plank and undermined its image.
- Gsm Or Cdma—which Will Work For You? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 30, 2006)
Definitely GSM, especially since the dominant handset vendor in India, Nokia, has decided to stop making CDMA handsets.
- Time To Call Off The Salwa Judum (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 30, 2006)
It is the state’s primary duty to protect its citizens. Instead, innocent tribals are displaced from their homes to be pitted against the sophisticated Naxal army
- Telecom Fdi: More Time For Companies (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2006)
Revised deadline is July 2
- Prisoner Of A Violent Past (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Jun 30, 2006)
Born in war in 1948 and sustained by half a dozen subsequent wars, Israel has adopted the motto, “We fight, therefore we exist,” coined by former Premier Menachem Begin.
- Let Politics Not Devour The Gir Lions (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 30, 2006)
The Gir lions, despite their seemingly exalted status among all protected species, lead a life of confinement.
- Socialism’S Big Wheel (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 30, 2006)
If Congress ministers can waste funds on dead companies, they can’t blame Left for not reforming
- On Track With China (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 30, 2006)
When India and China agreed three years ago to begin focussed, high-level discussions on the border question, they made two key assumptions.
- 4 Koramangala Buildings Demolished (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2006)
The demolition drive was back in Koramangala on Thursday after a six-month gap.
- Insightful, Informative (Hindu, S. Venkatesh, Jun 30, 2006)
Some interesting reads in Kannada...
- Now, Top J&k Ias Officer In Cbi Net (Indian Express, RIYAZ WANI, Jun 30, 2006)
Two weeks after it arrested two top J&K politicians for their alleged role in the Srinagar sex abuse scandal, the CBI today arrested one of the seniormost IAS officers in the state in the same case:
- Price Hike Hits Cong, Brickbats Within (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Jun 30, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram faced rough weather at a marathon Congress Working Committee meeting on Thursday on the UPA Government's inability to contain inflation and spiralling prices of essential commodities.
- Shock Therapy (Times of India, SWAGATO GANGULY, Jun 30, 2006)
On August 9, 1965 Malaysia's parliament expelled Singapore from its federation. Does this expulsion by a republic, of a state that once belonged to it, hold any lessons for us?
- Govt Against ‘Outsiders’ Fixing Mps’ Pay (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Jun 30, 2006)
Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee’s suggestion that an independent commission be set up to periodically determine the salaries of MPs has not found favour with the government, which believes such a move will dilute existing Constitutional provisions.
- Perked Up Bosses (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 30, 2006)
Meghalaya sets bad precedence
It may seem laughable for three persons to enjoy the status and facilities of a chief minister, but such is the fate of Meghalaya.
- Farmed Out (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 30, 2006)
Major changes in any sphere stir up passions. More so if the changes threaten traditional livelihoods of the people.
- Forward Trading Locks Up Rs 6.7 Cr In The Name Of Avian Flu (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2006)
Malaria, HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis are colossal problems in the country, but it was avian flu that attracted the attention of Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss earlier this year, following which he ordered the procurement of one lakh doses of . . .
- A Patriot And A Socialist In The League Of Youth (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 30, 2006)
The shadow of Krishna Menon’s career as India’s defence minister falls inevitably on his life.
- U.S. Senate Committee Backs India Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2006)
A landmark civilian nuclear cooperation accord with India won backing from a second U.S. congressional committee on Thursday, adding momentum to a deal critics fear will weaken nonproliferation efforts and supporters call a vital opening to a new ally.
- Economic Reforms With Humane Face (Daily Excelsior, Ramesh Kanitkar, Jun 30, 2006)
The recurring theme, time and again, in the speeches of Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, and his Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram is: Economic reforms with what they call "human face".
- Poor Month For Political Activity (Daily Excelsior, Arun Nehru, Jun 30, 2006)
June was a poor month for political activity and little has changed over the years.
- Addl Security Forces For Railway Project In Valley (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Jun 30, 2006)
One of Jammu & Kashmir state's most influential bureaucrats and a senior officer of Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Mohammad Iqbal Khanday, has been arrested by CBI today for his alleged involvement in the infamous 'Srinagar sex scandal'.
- Democracy Under Stress (Daily Excelsior, Atul Cowshish, Jun 30, 2006)
Democracy is not just about a multi-party system that allows free participation in elections.
- Farewell To Arms (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 30, 2006)
Five years after adopting a UN Programme of Action to tackle illicit trade in small arms and light weapons (SALW), representatives of governments and civil society are meeting in Geneva to assess the progress.
- Sonia Prods Pm On Price Rise (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi today called an emergency party meeting to tell the Prime Minister and finance minister that the soaring prices of essential commodities must be reined in at once.
- Quereshi Appointed 3rd Election Commissioner (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2006)
After weeks of intense speculation, SY Quereshi, Secretary in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, was on Thursday appointed the third Election Commissioner of India.
- Bush About-Face On Iran Draws Friend's Ire (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2006)
The headline in the Washington Post reads, "Why Did Bush Blink On Iran? Ask Condi."
- Cwc Meet Will Discuss Rising Prices (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2006)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has decided to call a meeting of the party’s working committee on Thursday to discuss the issue of rise in price of essential commodities at a time when the Centre has already undertaken steps to check the price rise.
- Naga Talks In Top Gear; Deal To Be Clinched In Bangkok (Tribune, Swati Chaturvedi, Jun 29, 2006)
In the words of the Prime Minister’s Principal Interlocutor “From first gear it has now moved into fourth gear”.
- Crossing The Hurdle (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 29, 2006)
It is great relief for both India and the US administration as the civilian nuclear deal between the two has crossed the first major hurdle after powerful House International Relations Committee has accorded its approval to it.
- Escape Hatch Buoys Delhi (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2006)
The thorny clauses in the draft US legislation on the nuclear deal with India, as of now, are not binding, foreign ministry officials said today.
- There Is No Honour In Killing (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 29, 2006)
I have always believed in advocacy as a tool to solve problems that afflict our society.
- Pictures Of Sacrifice (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Jun 29, 2006)
The recent student violence in two universities here (sparked off by false promises about university affiliation and power cuts during World Cup matches), has set off comparisons with the Tiananmen Square movement of 1989 — but only among foreign . . .
- Coming Of Age (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 29, 2006)
July 1 will be an important day in the history of education in West Bengal. St Xavier’s College, Calcutta, will become, on that day, Bengal’s first autonomous institution of higher education.
- N-Deal Made Under Special Circumstances, Says Rice (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2006)
US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice has said the nuclear deal with India was made under “special circumstances” and declined to give any commitment on extending the arrangement to Pakistan.
- 'Gitmo Inmates Waging Jehad Against Us' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2006)
Guantanamo Bay detainees are staging suicide attempts and hunger strikes to undermine American policy in the war on terror, a senior US military official said, calling the acts a 'jehad' against the United States.
- Bad Faith (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 29, 2006)
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam has now added insult to assassination. In an interview, the chief negotiator of the LTTE and one of its principal ideologues, Mr Anton Balasingham, has admitted to killing Rajiv Gandhi.
- Towards The Endgame In Nepal (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jun 29, 2006)
The sooner a U.N. mission is in place to monitor the arms of the Nepal Army and Maoist PLA, the smoother will be the transition towards an interim government and Constituent Assembly elections.
- What Balasingham Should Understand (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 29, 2006)
As the peace process in Sri Lanka totters on the brink of collapse and the screws of international sanctions tighten on the Liberation Tigers of . . .
- Palestinians Flee As Israeli Troops Enter Gaza Strip (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jun 29, 2006)
Olmert says aim of the operation is rescue of the kidnapped soldier
- Struggle And Strife (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 29, 2006)
Of all the conversations I had in Bastar, the one I might remember longest was with a Muria tribal named Hadmo Ram Poyam.
- Don’T Repeat Mistakes (Tribune, Harwant Singh, Jun 29, 2006)
An agreement for mutual withdrawal of troops from the Siachen area could not be reached due to Pakistan’s intransigence in authenticating the positions physically held by Indian troops.
- Voting On N-Deal (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Jun 29, 2006)
President Franklin Roosevelt, as soon as he took over as President at the darkest hour of US history – the Great Depression – spoke to his countrymen in his inaugural address and told them “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
- Engage With Open Eyes (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Jun 29, 2006)
Nothing symbolises the confusion and ambivalence in our approach to relations with China more than the contradictory statements about Sino-Indian relations that have emanated from our Defence and External Affairs Ministries over the past year.
- More Troops For War On Terror: Pakistan (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jun 29, 2006)
This disproves Kabul's charge of Islamabad helping militants in Afghanistan, says Kasuri
- Nuclear Deal: `Major Hurdle' Crossed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2006)
Bill still has to be passed by Congress and Senate
We are not quite there yet, says a senior official
Amendments were "quite handsomely defeated"
- Israeli Forces Enter Gaza Strip (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2006)
Israel launched multiple air strikes on the Gaza Strip as troops in tanks, armoured cars and bulldozers with lights blazing rolled several kilometers into southern Gaza where the missing serviceman was believed to be held, pushing into disused . . .
- Sc Freezes Jirga Ruling On Minor Girls’ Wedding (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Wednesday froze a jirga ruling of handing over five minor girls to a victimised family as compensation over a murder in Jacobabad and ordered the police to submit an inquiry report within two weeks.
- Small Is Beautiful (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 29, 2006)
The lead article in the latest issue of Organiser sharply attacks the entry of big business in retail and flays the Left for opposing FDI but welcoming Indian corporates into the sector.
- Sonia Is Nac’S Lifeline, But Will She Oblige? (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Jun 29, 2006)
With Sonia Gandhi yet to reveal her mind on the future of the National Advisory Council, there is growing concern within the Congress and Left that it may become dysfunctional — even if it is not formally disbanded — unless the Congress president . . .
- A Deal Between Democracies (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 29, 2006)
It’s become a cliche‚ to speak of the US-India relationship as a bond between the world’s oldest democracy and the world’s largest democracy.
- Nepal Maoist Leaders Meet Indian Envoy (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Jun 29, 2006)
Key Maoist ideologue Baburam Bhattarai and spokesperson Krishna Bahadur Mahara today called on Indian Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee as part of Maoist efforts to convince the international community about their “seriousness” in the peace process.
- Imperial Apologists Peddle Poisonous Fairytale (Hindu, Priyamvada Gopal, Jun 29, 2006)
Neocon ideologues are being given free rein by the media to rewrite the history of Britain's empire and whitewash its crimes.
A wilful ignorance of other people's cultures and histories encourages the notion that freedom is intrinsically Western
. . .
- India Not To Cap N-Programme (Tribune, T.R. Ramachandran, Jun 29, 2006)
The Manmohan Singh Government believes that the 37/5 mark-up or vote in the House International Relations Committee in Washington yesterday outlines the legal basis for full Indo-US cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
- Let The Best Get A Chance (Pioneer, JS Rajput, Jun 29, 2006)
Instead of quotas, there should be broad-based supportive inputs for the weaker sections beyond considerations of caste . . .
- On To Round Two (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 29, 2006)
The overwhelming approval by the International Relations Committee of the US House of Representatives of the Indo-US nuclear deal augurs well.
- Strategic Partner Or Threat? (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Jun 29, 2006)
Nothing symbolises the confusion and ambivalence in our approach to relations with China more than the contradictory statements about Sino-Indian relations that have emanated from our Defence and External Affairs Ministries over the past year.
- Threat Rewarded, Docility Ignored (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 29, 2006)
It is strange to see the Government providing relief packages to terrorists, but leaving Hindu victims to fend for themselves, notes YK Sharma
- Sans Power And Will (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Jun 29, 2006)
Power crisis is not the only problem that ails Uttaranchal. Law and order too is worsening by the day, says Hiranmay Karlekar
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