|
|
|
|
|
|
Articles 10821 through 10920 of 43820:
- Prachanda Power Vs People's Power (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Jun 28, 2006)
Peace processes have their own dynamics and longevity. The one playing out in Nepal is surely unique:
- First Vote Won Hands Down, Nuclear Deal (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jun 28, 2006)
Warding off many deal-breaking amendments, the juggernaut of Indo-US nuclear cooperation rolled out of the House International Relations Committee in Washington tonight with solid support from both Republicans and Democrats.
- Army Officers Face Disciplinary Proceedings (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
Action initiated in cases of irregularities
- Do Not Extend Military Help To Sri Lanka: Pmk Leader (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
Pattali Makkal Katchi founder S. Ramadoss on Tuesday demanded that the Union Government take into confidence the Tamil Nadu Government and the State's political leaders before taking any action on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue.
- The Bobby Buckles (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 28, 2006)
The British police ~ typified by the London Bobby ~ had long been a universal role model. Seldom taking recourse to firearms so unlike the American “copper”, and generally getting the job done using reputation and authority rather than a truncheon . . .
- Nitish Kumar Asks Ministers, Legislators To Behave (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
Appeal follows incidents of misconduct by MLAs, Ministers
Raises possibility of `counselling' for NDA legislators
Says Chapra incident will not drive a wedge between his party and BJP
- Bush Lobbies For N-Deal (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
US President George W Bush, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns met several Congressmen and Senators yesterday in a last-minute lobbying . . .
- Blinking On Iran (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 28, 2006)
No US Government since 1979 has had a serious political strategy regarding Tehran and the Bush Administration is no different, says Richard Perle.
- Us Bill Sets India Strict Conditions (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Jun 28, 2006)
The Hyde-Lantos Bill to "exempt from certain requirements of the (US) Atomic Energy Act of 1954 a proposed nuclear agreement for cooperation with India" has laid out very stringent and intrusive norms of good behaviour that cover India’s relations . . .
- V.P. Is Lying About Sonia, Says Fotedar (Asian Age, Yusuf Jameel and Shafqat Ali, Jun 28, 2006)
Senior Congress leader and Gandhi family loyalist Makhan Lal Fotedar on Tuesday accused former Prime Minister V.P. Singh of spreading falsehoods in anticipation of playing a major role in the country’s future politics.
- No Way To Ensure Urban Reform (Business Standard, Subir Roy, Jun 28, 2006)
Last week the prime minister inaugurated work on metro rail projects in Mumbai and Bangalore.
- Rail Freight Corridor (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 28, 2006)
PPP suggestion has merit
- A Chance To Do Justice By Vidarbha's Farmers (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Jun 28, 2006)
While farmers of the region are hoping for the best outcome from the Prime Minister's fact-finding visit to Maharashtra's Vidarbha district, it would be fitting and in the larger interests of the nation if agriculture is to occupy centrestage, at . . .
- A New Name For Jklf? (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 28, 2006)
The Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front became a household name in early 1990s. Millions of people of Jammu and Kashmir were attracted to its ideology and they thought that at last they had a party and ideology which could help them to et to their destination
- Owais Ghani’S Welcome Statement (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 28, 2006)
As a speaker at a seminar on Monday called for a dialogue to resolve the Balochistan issue, the Governor of the province, Mr Owais Ghani came out with a welcome disclosure that discussions were on with Nawab Akbar Bugti to find a political . . .
- Errant Sebs (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 28, 2006)
Doubling per capita power availability by 2012 is a tall order, given the disconnect between policy and populism.
- Close To Civil War? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 28, 2006)
Militias may not be fighting each other but Iraq is teetering on the brink of civil war, with an alarming rise in killings and kidnappings.
- Form Without Substance (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 28, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz was stressing the obvious when he said that Pakistan had all the essential elements of democracy.
- 10,000 More Troops To Guard Afghan Border (Daily Times, Rana Qaisar, Jun 28, 2006)
Rice in Pakistan on anti-Taliban mission
* Calls Karzai ‘extraordinary leader’, Musharraf a ‘moderate force’ in Muslim world
* Says increased Taliban activity not ‘political resurgence’
- Dangerous Trends Of Nwa Situation (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 28, 2006)
At least seven personnel of the security forces were killed and fifteen others injured in a suicide bombing of the Isha Check Post in North Waziristan Agency on Monday.
- A Journey To Nowhere (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Jun 28, 2006)
If the number of buses started between India and Pakistan were to be the criterion, the relationship would have been normal. The fact is that the
- Barrenness Of Our Envoys (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 28, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has stressed for formulation of a pragmatic foreign policy based on the leverage of the success of nation’s economic, political and social policies keeping in mind the changes taking place at the regional and international . .
- The Twin Crises (News International, M B NAQVI, Jun 28, 2006)
The writer is a veteran journalist and freelance columnist.
The Musharraf regime is facing a serious crisis. It has to organise the two elections between October 2007 to February 2008: one national general election and another to the office of the pre
- An Expanded Vista (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Jun 28, 2006)
Relations between India and the United States of America are once again at the crossroads.
- ‘Eu Transferred Terror Suspects To Us Agents (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
The European Union’s top justice official on Tuesday acknowledged suspected terrorists had been transferred to US intelligence agents on European territory, and said governments had a duty to determine whether these actions were illegal.
- Worldview | A Grand Bargain Between U.S., Iran? (Philadephia Inquirer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
The most fascinating part of my trip to Iran in late May was how much Iranian officials wanted to talk about holding talks with the United States.
- ‘Bmic Work To Begin From Mysore End Next Week’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
NICE Managing Director Ashok Kheny on Monday forecast that investments will flow into the State once the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) project is completed.
- Mulayam Announces Sops For Emergency Detenus (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
Alleges coercive measures by the UPA Government against SP workers
- Bjp Charges V.P. Singh With Double Standards (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
"His shifting stand well documented; we don't need his certificate"
Why is he silent on Volcker, Quattrocchi, Scorpene?
BJP worried about its prospects in U.P.
- Pakistan’S Dilemma (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Jun 27, 2006)
Musharraf, unlike Zia-ul-Haque is not serious about religious nationalism
- Uighur Terrorism In Pakistan (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 27, 2006)
The Chinese embassy in Islamabad has reportedly complained that members of the Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM) are planning to kidnap senior Chinese diplomats and consular officers in the country.
- Democracy’S Basic Elements Exist: Pm (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that Pakistan has all the essential elements of democracy.
- Six Pakistan Soldiers Killed In Car Bomb Blast (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jun 27, 2006)
Suicide bombing in North Waziristan
Rice may meet Musharraf today
Movement to remove Musharraf
- Waziristan: A Ceasefire Offer? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 27, 2006)
The news from turbulent Waziristan, if correct, will be widely welcomed. The militants who have kept the Pakistan Army embroiled in hostilities in the region have reportedly offered a ceasefire, though doubt has been cast on its credibility by the . . .
- Bush, India Hope For Hurdle-Free Run (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jun 27, 2006)
Confident of winning a crucial vote tomorrow in the House International Relations Committee, the Bush administration is now seeking widest possible support for “marking up” the bill on nuclear cooperation with India.
- "Aiadmk Government Spent No More Than What Centre Released" (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Jun 27, 2006)
Karunanidhi refutes Jayalalithaa's allegation on tsunami relief
"State Government has only spent Rs.806.43 crore"
"Jayalalithaa trying to fool people, saying the State had spent Rs.1136 cr. from its own funds"
- Us Congress Expected To Clear Indian N-Deal In First Vote (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
US lawmakers are expected to give conditional backing this week to a US civilian nuclear deal with India in the first congressional vote on the controversial agreement since it was first adopted nearly a year ago.
- Deputy Chief Of Sri Lankan Army Assassinated (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jun 27, 2006)
Suicide bomber rams motorbike into General's vehicle
- Headed For A Taliban State (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 27, 2006)
The word "politician" is synonymous these days with everything that is wrong, corrupt and incorrigible.
- India's Tortuous Trail In Telecom Industry (Hindu, Anand Parthasarathy, Jun 27, 2006)
Twenty-five years ago, making a telephone call from a southern state to an upcountry number was an exercise that could extend beyond one day. One booked a trunk call
- Diverse Canvas Of The Land And Its People (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
A must for understanding the North-Eastern States of India
- India-China Relations In Good Shape, Jiabao Tells Narayanan (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
As India and China held a fresh round of talks on the boundary issue today, Chinese premier Wen Jiabao said bilateral ties were in ‘‘good shape’’.
- Congress Softens Stand Towards Cpi(m) (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
CPI (M)-TDP tie-up, just an electoral understanding, no ideological wedding "The comments of the CPI (M) State secretary B. V. Raghavulu against the ruling party shall be taken in the right spirit." says K. Rosaiah
- Education Is Not Just About Jobs (Indian Express, Jagdeep S. Chhokar, Jun 27, 2006)
Discussing the purpose of education would be unnecessary in normal times, because it would be obvious to everyone.
- Still A Riot (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 27, 2006)
There are many objections to the communal violence (preventions, control and rehabilitation of victims) bill, 2005.
- Rising Pitch (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 27, 2006)
It is only rarely that foreign dignitaries show the inclination to visit a country twice in the same month. But with Mr Mangala Samaraweera, the Sri Lankan foreign minister, it is different.
- 'Implement Obc Quota Immediately' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
The Centre should immediately implement 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in higher educational institutions through an ordinance and all political parties should support the move, Health Minister S Ramadoss on Monday said.
- India-China Relations In Good Shape, Jiabao Tells Narayanan (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
As India and China held a fresh round of talks on the boundary issue today, Chinese premier Wen Jiabao said bilateral ties were in ‘‘good shape’’.
- ‘I Am Not Here Just To Fill Potholes, I’M Going To Build A Knowledge Society’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 27, 2006)
Of your many roles, as chairman of the administrative reforms commission, permanent aide of the Congress Working Committee, in-charge of Tamil Nadu and . . .
- We’Re Buying, Can We Sell? (Indian Express, Narayanan Madhavan and Rosemary Arackaparambil, Jun 27, 2006)
Twelve years ago I passed by a tiny Belgian mountainside town called Huy to write about an Indian steel success story.
- Sugar Daddy (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 27, 2006)
Mulayam can still go to UP voters with a governance card. Western UP holds the key
V.P. Singh may have cut the cake. But Mulayam Singh Yadav can still have it. The UP chief minister, however, would have to ensure his reelection strategy is not . .
- In Karnataka, Quota Rejig Gets Political Twist (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Jun 27, 2006)
In a political move aimed at making inroads into the backward class vote base in Karnataka, the ruling JDS-BJP coalition is likely to introduce a legislation to restructure reservations for OBCs.
- Mittal And The Art Of Deal-Making (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 27, 2006)
The decision of the board of Arcelor to recommend to its shareholders a merger with Mittal Steel — creating Arcelor-Mittal, to be headquartered in Luxembourg — may bring to a close one of the most strenuously contested takeover attempts in recent . . .
- Poll Materials And Ballot Boxes Despatched To Polling Stations (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
District Election Officer supervises arrangements at distribution centre
- Congress Weary Of Contesting Mcd By-Election (Hindu, Sujay Mehdudia, Jun 27, 2006)
BJP upbeat, Third Front in active mode
BJP feels this could well lay the foundation for its return to power in the Capital
DPCC president wants the Chief Minister to decide on the candidate
- Du Cut-Off Marks Likely To Come Down In Second List (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
Considerable increase in number of applications for popular subjects
Teachers claim that the rise in percentages is natural.
Most students tend to pay fees at any college they get into in the first cut-off list to secure a seat
- Stirring The Hudood Pot (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jun 27, 2006)
A Pakistani TV show has sparked a debate on the contraversial Hudood ordiances.
Participants in the TV programme were united in making recommendations for amendments
Contrastingly, the ruling MMA will not support even amendments to the Hudood laws
- Govt May Bar Media From Na Committees (Daily Times, Shahzad Raza, Jun 27, 2006)
Top government officials and members of the military establishment have been so irked by press coverage of National Assembly (NA) standing committees that they have proposed barring journalists from attending them, official sources told Daily . . .
- Anatomy Of A Failed Deal (Business Standard, Govindraj Ethiraj, Jun 27, 2006)
Can you ensure a merger goes through smoothly? Can there be a process to the process? How does one learn—the hard way, like Jet Airways—or is there an easier way out? And most importantly, can you learn from others’ experiences?
- Islamic Groups In Pak To Launch Anti-Musharraf Campaign (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
Islamic groups in Pakistan today announced the launching of an anti-Musharraf public mobilisation campaign from next month.
- Falsifying History (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, Jun 27, 2006)
Attempts to colour the culture and religion of ancient Israel in Islamic hues will make future negotiations over Jerusalem more difficult, says Daniel Pipes
- Providing Social Security To Unorganised Workers (Business Line, Jayati Ghosh, Jun 27, 2006)
The lack of provision of basic social security for the vast bulk of workers in India is one of the more depressing features of Indian society. This is sought to be corrected in the recent recommendations of the National Commission for Enterprises . . .
- Soft Underbelly Of Electoral System Exposed (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , Jun 27, 2006)
Errors in voter lists are more than just bureaucratic bungling.
- India Condemns Bomb Attack Near Colombo (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
India on Monday "unreservedly" condemned the "terrorist bombing incident" outside Colombo in which Sri Lankan Major-General Parami Kulatunga and other defence personnel were "tragically killed."
- Mittal Hails Seminal Day For Steel As Arcelor Bows (The Financial Express, Reuters, Jun 27, 2006)
Steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal hailed a "seminal day" for the steel industry on Monday after rival Arcelor reluctantly bowed to Mittal Steel's takeover bid to create a global giant.
- Disinvestment Initiative (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 27, 2006)
Opposing arguments lack rationale
- Top Us Senator Vows To Scuttle N-Deal (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
A senior United States senator has vowed to do everything he can to scuttle the legislation on the India-US nuclear deal when it is brought to the Senate floor.
- Terror Strike In Sri Lanka (Frontline, V.S. Sambandan, Jun 27, 2006)
ON June 16, Sri Lankans in the Sinhalese-majority north-central Anuradhapura district buried their dead in a mass grave.
- Corporate India Goes Places (The Financial Express, Mythili Bhusnurmath, Jun 27, 2006)
But are our companies doing their homework before they embark on cross-border deals?
- Caste As Basis Of Quotas (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 27, 2006)
Constitution’s Main Objective May Be Defeated
- Shaukat For Realistic, Pragmatic Approach In Foreign Policy (Pakistan Observer, Sharafat Kazmi, Jun 27, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that foreign policy is the extension of domestic policies and our diplomats should make concerted and sustained efforts to leverage the successes of our economic, political and social policies achieved during . . .
- Withering Centre, Flourishing Margins (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 27, 2006)
With Congress weakening by the day and BJP in no position to fill the vacuum, the prospect of the Third Front seems bright, says A Prabaharan.
- Hyderabad Nazim Forms Body To Probe Nazims’ (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
Leaders of political and nationalist parties and elected representatives belonging to the opposition on Monday staged a protest rally against the district Nazim and throwing out of the district council hall and manhandling of PPP-backed members.
- Internal Differences Voted Us Out Of Power In Rajasthan, Says . . . (Hindu, Sunny Sebastian, Jun 27, 2006)
Congressmen tended to discuss criticism within the party damaging its prospects
Party leader in Rajasthan would be someone who the people wanted: Sonia
People's problems had increased manifold after the BJP came to power, she says
- China May Fine News Media To Limit Coverage (International Herald Tribune, Joseph Kahn, Jun 27, 2006)
Chinese media outlets will be fined if they report on "sudden events" without prior authorization from government officials, under a draft law being considered by the Communist Party-controlled legislature.
- Abbas Orders Israeli Soldier Found (International Herald Tribune, STEVEN ERLANGER, Jun 27, 2006)
The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, ordered his security services on Monday to find a kidnapped Israeli soldier in the Gaza Strip as the Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, warned of a "comprehensive and ongoing military action" in Gaza by . . .
- Israel Threatens Big Offensive (Jordan Times, Omar Karmi, Jun 27, 2006)
Palestinian groups, including the armed wing of Hamas, yesterday set out their conditions for releasing any information about a kidnapped Israeli soldier.
- Imposing Democracy By The West (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 27, 2006)
President Abdullah Saleh of Yemen has questioned the rationale behind imposing democracy on the developing world especially in the Muslim countries of Asia, Middle East and North Africa by the West and said ‘we know what democracy is’.
- Ramadoss Plot To Grab Aiims Set To Fail (Pioneer, Praveen Kumar, Jun 27, 2006)
July 5 extraordinary meeting to sack Venugopal may not yield result ---- The ongoing feud between Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss and AIIMS Director P Venugopal is likely to end with the termination of the services of the latter at the . . .
- Maleeha Lodhi May Join Un Chief Race (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Jun 27, 2006)
Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf is likely to field former journalist Maleeha Lodhi, now Pakistan’s high commissioner to London, as his government’s candidate for the post of United Nations Secretary-General.
Previous 100 Politics & Polity Articles | Next 100 Politics & Polity Articles
Home
Page
|
|
