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Articles 11421 through 11520 of 43820:
- A Promise And Pressures (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
The Public Distribution System (PDS) in Tamil Nadu has a long and chequered history.
- Seeds And Protests (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Jun 21, 2006)
The UPA government's decision to allow field trials in GM food crops may have human and economic costs.
- Targetting Migrant Workers (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jun 21, 2006)
Sixteen agricultural workers of Nepali origin are the latest victims of terror.
- Kumaraswamy Moves Into Lucky Abode With Six Cows (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
With the Karnataka Chief Minister moving into the "lucky" house after waiting for four months, the troubles dogging Kumaraswamy arising out of the Bangalore-Mysore Expressway may become a thing of the past.
- Third Front Protagonists Hopeful Of Settling Differences (Pioneer, Akhilesh Suman, Jun 21, 2006)
The protagonists of the proposed third front are hopeful that the minor differences between CPI and CPI (M) may not be an impediment in formation of the non-BJP, non-Congress alternative at the national level .
- Three-Handed Cut-Throat (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 21, 2006)
Congress, BJP And Left Hold Cards Close To Chests!
- Nepal Accord (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 21, 2006)
To assume that Nepal’s Seven Party Alliance-Maoist accord on the dissolution of parliament, formation of an interim government (rebels included) and holding elections to the constituent assembly in May next year will usher in an era of peace and . . .
- All Quiet In Balochistan? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 21, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf said on Monday that life was returning to normal in Dera Bugti and nearby areas because “terrorists have been eliminated from Balochistan”.
- No Enthusiasm As Pok ‘Pm’ Flags Off Bus (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
The first service of the Poonch-Rawalakot bus was today flagged off by Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) ‘Prime Minister’ Hayat Khan with 57 passengers on board.
- Musharraf Again Rules Out Foreign Access To Dr Khan (Pakistan Observer, Aroosa Alam, Jun 21, 2006)
Amid controversies and renewed demands by international community for fresh probe into A.Q Khan issue, President General Pervez Musharraf has once again dismissed such demands saying that Pakistan’s own investigators are competent and far better . . .
- Fata Alliance Threatens Violence If Hayat’S Killers Not Arrested (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 21, 2006)
The Fata (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) Grand Alliance has told the government to arrest the alleged killers of journalists Hayatullah Khan by June 24 otherwise they will began a violent movement to press their demand.
- In Strike’S Own Country, Left U-Turn: It, Tourism ‘Hartal-Free’ In Kerala (Indian Express, RAJEEV P I, Jun 21, 2006)
Desperate for an image makeover but shying clearly off Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee-model solutions, the Left Government in Kerala today declared that it would banish, but not ban, hartals from both the state’s sunrise sectors—IT and tourism.
- Book On M.P. Released (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan said here on Tuesday that journalists play an important role by acting as beacon for politicians.
- Sentiments And Sensibilities (Deccan Herald, Archbishop Bernard Moras, Jun 21, 2006)
You find some people are touchy about some things and would fight tooth and nail to preserve their self-identity, which they see, somehow threatened by the other. We somehow feel that we should condemn such an attitude.
- The Black Power's Quiet Side (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 21, 2006)
"Black Power" quickly became the controversial slogan for a movement that was largely perceived as rejecting the civil rights movement's nonviolent tactics and goals of integration in favor of a new ethos of black identity, self-defense and separatism.
- Japan’S Return To Prewar ‘Virtues’ (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 21, 2006)
As the conservatives are back in power in Japan, moves are underway to change its pacifist education system
- Ready For Talks Without Preconditions, Says Iran (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Iran’s foreign minister reiterated on Tuesday that Tehran was ready to enter international talks over the package of incentives aimed at resolving the standoff over its nuclear programme, but without any preconditions.
- J&k Sex Scam: 2 Ex-Ministers Held (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Two former ministers including a Congress leader were arrested by the CBI in connection with the sex scandal.
- Another Barrier On Loc Falls (Indian Express, Arun Sharma, Jun 21, 2006)
The first Poonch-Rawalkot bus in 58 years rolled across the border this afternoon. UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, along with Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee, flagged off the bus carrying 30 passengers from Poonch to Rawalkote on PoK, as the large . . .
- Unreal Estate (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 21, 2006)
Why do politicians everywhere have an objection to the land aspects of industrial/infrastructure projects?
- Missed Opportunies (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 21, 2006)
The PM was conspicuous by his absence at SCO summit
- Rot At The Top (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 21, 2006)
Some of Srinagar’s powerful people were involved
- Turkey’S Eu Prospects (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 21, 2006)
Given the tough way in which Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan talked the other day on the Cyprus question, the prospects of Turkey’s membership of the European Union do not seem very bright.
- Iraq: Some Damning Statistics (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Jun 21, 2006)
Within a couple of days of George W. Bush’s return from his extraordinarily surreptitious foray into Baghdad’s green zone, his nation’s self-proclaimed newspaper of record, The New York Times, had a bit of bad news for the president.
- Who Are The Poor? (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 21, 2006)
The author is secretary general, PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, New Delhi
- A Dream Come True For Beedi Workers Of Solapur (Hindu, Meena Menon, Jun 21, 2006)
Manmohan Singh to inaugurate housing project on July 2, to benefit 10,000 women
Project financed by State, Central governments and beedi workers
Women took part in designing homes and made some changes
- Contempt Proceedings Against Former Mhaa President (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
The Madras High Court has initiated suo motu contempt proceedings against former president of the Madras High Court Advocates Association (MHAA), S. Prabakaran, for having taken out a rally inside the court premises.
- Bjp For Immediate Rollback Of Hike In Petro Price (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Traffic on the busy Khairatabad-Raj Bhavan stretch goes haywire
Dattatreya urges Left parties to withdraw support to the UPA Government
Bangaru Laxman suggests rationalisation of sales, other taxes
- 'N-Deal May Not Materialise This Year' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
United States leading Republican Senator John McCain has expressed doubts about the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal being endorsed by the US Congress before the end of this year.
- Sick Of Politics (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 21, 2006)
There is something very skewed with a State’s political reasoning when a minister finds it more important to announce the setting up of an expert . . .
- Talks Within Purview Of Indian Constitution: Sonia (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Reiterating Central Government resolve to hold dialogue with different sections of the society to solve vexed problems, chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Sonia Gandhi today said talks and not violence, is the solution of any issue.
- Hidden 'Enemies' (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jun 21, 2006)
It is seldom that two events take place almost simultaneously pointing to hidden wars and enemies plaguing the social order at large.
- Sex Scandal Cuffs On Ex-Ministers (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
“I am going for a morning walk,” Ghulam Ahmed Mir told the staff at Jammu and Kashmir House as he was led away by CBI officials after his arrest in the sex scandal that has rocked the Valley.
- Celeb Circuit Ticks On Substance Abuse (Deccan Herald, DEVIKA SEQUEIRA , Jun 21, 2006)
The police, however, deny there is cocaine going around at Goa parties.
- Challenges In Kashmir (Deccan Herald, Balraj Puri, Jun 21, 2006)
Power devolution to J&K and its regions is a logical step forward within constitution
- This Tail Wags The Dog (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Jun 21, 2006)
The Israel lobby selectively pumps in funds to distort US elections
- Costly Affair (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 21, 2006)
Marriages may be made in heaven, but their packaging, thankfully, is left for mortals to accomplish.
- In A State Of Neglect (Telegraph, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , Jun 21, 2006)
For those who have heard of but not seen the National library, the sheer grandeur and beauty of the building is bound to invoke a sense of awe.
- New Delhi Concerned Over Situation In Sri Lanka (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Samaraweera arriving tomorrow for talks
- India-China Border Talks Next Week (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
This will be the eighth round
Both sides committed to arriving at a "package settlement" of the boundary question
Special Representatives mechanism agreed upon in June 2003
- Court Quashes Poll Notification For Local Bodies (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
In a judgement with far-reaching Constitutional and political consequences, Justice P. S. Narayana of the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Tuesday quashed the notification for the ongoing panchayat raj elections on June 10 after declaring that there was . . .
- Tourism, It May Be Exempted From Hartals (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Kodiyeri says Government trying to evolve consensus on the issue
- Japan To Withdraw All Soldiers From Iraq (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Jun 21, 2006)
Troop pullout likely to be completed in about two months
- Focus On Life In The Urban Sprawl (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Jun 21, 2006)
The World Urban Forum is looking at sustainable growth of the world's cities.
- Reclaiming The Public Imagination (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jun 21, 2006)
Disquieting impressions are gaining ground. If these are not corrected, Manmohan Singh might be inviting dangerous challenges, not just to himself but to the interests of the Indian state.
- Army Commander Says Waziristan Under Control (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Jun 21, 2006)
The Pakistan Army has put militants in Waziristan “on the defensive” and the situation in the Waziristan tribal areas has “cooled down tremendously”, Commander 11 Corps Lt Gen Mohammed Hamid Khan has said. Others disagree.
- Singh Wants Local Kashmir Groups Heads (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Jun 21, 2006)
Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh wants “local” instead of “outside” experts to head the five working groups he announced after a roundtable conference in Srinagar last month to study various issues concerning Jammu and Kashmir and recommend . . .
- Saying It With Flowers (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jun 20, 2006)
A prelude to a forthcoming marriage has begun. The new political soap opera is preparing the stage for the curtain to rise before act 1, scene 1. Prakash Karat visited Mulayam Singh with a bunch of flowers.
- Trade Should Be Linked To Normalisation With India And Not Resolution . . . (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 20, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said in Karachi on Sunday that no progress had been made so far with the Indian government on the resolution of Siachen, let alone Kashmir and other vital issues, but he hoped . . .
- Killings In Sri Lanka (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 20, 2006)
Sri Lanka appears to be heading for a fresh crisis with an alarming increase in violence for the past few days.
- Lessons In Diplomacy (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 20, 2006)
Despite events in Nepal and Sri Lanka moving in two very different directions, the situations in India’s two neighbours may serve to reinforce a common lesson for New Delhi.
- In “Delhiwood” (Tribune, Amar Chandel, Jun 20, 2006)
Many years ago, during an informal chat, I mockingly chided film actor Pran for “cheating” his diehard fans like me by giving up on villainous roles and playing a good man instead in many films. In an equally light tone, he said it was not his fault.
- For A Stable Border (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 20, 2006)
The Tenth Round of talks at the official level on the Siachen issue, held at New Delhi on 23 and 24 May 2006, have predictability ended in no agreement.
- Political Affairs (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 20, 2006)
It need not just be in affairs of the heart but also in political matters that opposites attract and likes repel.
- Real Threat (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 20, 2006)
A functional relationship between the government and the opposition is a crucial sign of a mature democracy.
- How To End A Nightmare (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 20, 2006)
The image of a resurgent Bengal is incompatible with the mindset of its political leadership and the functioning of its slothful administrative machinery, writes A.K. Chatterjee
- “Aaj Ka Mla” (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 20, 2006)
Politicians are rightly called the government’s sons-in-law. They are fed, pampered and spoiled at state expense. The public gives money to the state exchequer; they empty it.
- Contractual Collisions (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 20, 2006)
Systemic lack mars Mysore-B’lore expressway
- Of Lalu, Sidhu And Gm (Business Standard, Sunita Narain, Jun 20, 2006)
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad and former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu are the clowns of Indian politics. But with a difference. Sidhu led the protest for the BJP against the fuel price hike by riding an elephant.
- Twinkle, Twinkle Bjp Star (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 20, 2006)
No rhyme, no reason in Madhya Pradesh
- Science Of Teaching (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 20, 2006)
About 70 per cent of India's population lives in rural or semi-urban India. More than 15 million of our population are between the ages of 17 and 18, but only a fraction of them are educated enough to earn a decent living. Educating and empowering . . .
- Blacklisting Arms Suppliers (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Jun 20, 2006)
That there is need to blacklist as many as 118 firms involved in doing business with the various departments and public sector undertakings of the Ministry of Defence is a pointer to the extremely lucrative and extensive market that India provide . . .
- Nepal Peace Deal Ignites Fresh Debate Over King's Role (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Jun 20, 2006)
In the heat of Nepal's pro-democracy protests, in a swirl of smoke from burning tyres, demonstrators hung a rat from electricity wires and dangled a banner from its body declaring that King Gyanendra was dead.
- The Importance Of Regional Parties (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Jun 20, 2006)
The emergence of regional parties has raised many eyebrows, some in anxiety and some in eager expectation.
- Army Continues Fire-Fighting On Gender Bias (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
The Army today continued its fire-fighting exercise in the wake of reported remarks of its Vice-Chief, Lt Gen S. Pattabhiraman, that forces could do without women and insisted today that there was no gender bias in the forces while pointing out . . .
- 'We'll Not Back A Party Exclusively For Muslims' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 20, 2006)
The scent of electoral success pervades Badruddin Ajmal , president of Assam United Democratic Front (AUDF), a party he founded a few months before the assembly polls in the state. AUDF won 10 seats, and in the process stalled the Congress from . . .
- Something Special (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 20, 2006)
The government's focus on manufacturing as a whole marks a welcome change of attitude from a sector-specific, export-focused approach to industrial growth.
- India, China To Re-Open Trade Via Nathu La Pass (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
India and China have signed a historic agreement to resume border trade through the strategic Nathu La Pass from July six after 44 years of closure, a move that could also signal Beijing’s implicit recognition of Sikkim as part of India.
- Bjp Plays Down Vajpayee’S Compliment To Left (Tribune, S. Satyanarayanan, Jun 20, 2006)
The BJP today sought to play down former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s praise of Marxists, but said there was nothing wrong in picking up good things from everyone, including the Left.
- Popular Culture-Ii (Statesman, Biswajit Ghosh, Jun 20, 2006)
Indians have always celebrated their food diversities and never before has fast or junk food found so much popularity.
- China 'Unlikely' To Scuttle Tharoor's Bid For Un Job (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
Shashi Tharoor, India's candidate for the post of UN secretary general, on Monday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other political leaders as New Delhi maps a strategy to win the widest possible support for pushing the . . .
- Reliance Inks Pact With Haryana (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
Overruling objections by Opposition parties and even a ruling party MP, the Reliance Industries and the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) today signed a joint venture agreement for setting up a Rs 25,000- . . .
- Mexico And Its Sensible Choice (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 20, 2006)
Something unusual is going on in Mexico — a normal presidential election. Mexico’s relatively new democratic institutions are not being strained, and are not at risk.
- Behind Ice Lies J&k Govt-Governor Chill (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
The roots of the controversy over the allegedly “man-made” lingam in the Amarnath cave to “compensate” for the lack of a “natural” one lie in the troubled political history of the Amarnath yatra ever since it came under the control of the Shrine . . .
- Clause & Effect (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Jun 20, 2006)
Not quite a clause for concern yet, but if property prices fall far enough, trouble lies ahead.
- Coalition Course (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 20, 2006)
Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy has abandoned his obduracy on the Bangalore-Mysore expressway, and all credit must go to his coalition partner, the BJP.
- Jd(u) Announces Tie-Up With The Apna Dal For U.P. Polls (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , Jun 20, 2006)
Nda tie-up is at the Centre and not in States, says Sharad Yadav
To address public meetings to unite people against SP, BSP
Attempt to unite old Janata Party groups in Haryana
New office bearers and executive committee members announced
- Letting The Jungle Crumble (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 20, 2006)
The UPA’s political compulsions to enact the Scheduled Tribes (Recognition of Forest Rights) Bill, 2005, couldn’t have been more clear.
- Take Steps To Bring Peace Back To Sri Lanka, State Parties . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
They also seek steps for protection of Indian fishermen's interests
They also seek steps for protection of Indian fishermen's interests
- J&k Police Gun Down Top Hizb Militant (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
The Jammu and Kashmir Police and the Army on Monday claimed to have gunned down a top Hizbul Mujahideen militant, believed to be involved in the killing of several political workers and civilians, in a joint operation near Pampore .
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