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Articles 11721 through 11820 of 43820:
- Putin Comes At The Back Of Ipi (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 18, 2006)
President Vladimir Putin has said that Russian Company Gazprom is ready to participate in plans to build the natural gas pipeline from Iran to India via Pakistan. Talking to reporters at Shanghai, he said that it’s completely realisable project as . . .
- Nepal To Set Up Interim Government With Rebels (Reuters, Gopal Sharma, Jun 18, 2006)
Nepal's Maoist rebel leader held ground-breaking talks on Friday with the government, which agreed to dissolve parliament and set up an interim administration to include the rebels.
- Bush Rejects Demand Of Lesser Us Role In Iraq (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
Rejecting lesser US role in Iraq, US President George W. Bush promised the Iraqi people that the United States would not "abandon them after we have come this far," even as the US lawmakers debate pulling out troops.
- The Politics Of Gas Pipelines (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 18, 2006)
THE Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project has received a shot in the arm with the Russian president’s offer to participate in the venture.
- Conflict Resolution Must For Peace: Musharraf (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf Saturday called for addressing root causes of terrorism and underscored the need for resolution of conflicts including Palestine and Kashmir to ensure peace, security and economic development in Asia.
- Sino-Pak Free Trade Deal (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 18, 2006)
Emphasising the need for more closer economic interaction with China, President Pervez Musharraf has said that the two countries have initiated Early Harvest Programme while the agreement on free trade was likely this year.
- Reform School Education (Tribune, Vijay Sanghvi, Jun 18, 2006)
In the midst of Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s by-election from Rae Bareli, Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh sprung a surprise by proposing to extend reservations to Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in admissions to higher studies.
- Seat-Sharing Accords Elude All Parties (Hindu, W. Chandrakanth, Jun 18, 2006)
CPI complains to All-India Congress Committee against State Congress
- Karunanidhi, Kumaraswamy Agree On Linking Of Ganga And Cauvery (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Jun 18, 2006)
Karnataka Chief Minister suggests presenting a joint proposal to the Centre
- Americans Are Coming (Tribune, Shelley Walia, Jun 18, 2006)
America’s recent nuclear deal with India has left the politicians and the innocent masses struck by euphoria unseen and unheard of.
- The Blair Doctrine (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 17, 2006)
The politically literate public in the US has never broken lances over United Nations reforms. Neither have reforms ever come up in US-UK bilateral relations.
- Us Senate Rejects Call To Pull Back Troops From Iraq (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
US Senate overwhelmingly rejected calls to pull back American forces from Iraq by the end of this year as Republicans and Democrats today sought to use the issue for political gains in an election year.
- Calling Mika (Business Standard, Kishore Singh, Jun 17, 2006)
Because everyone is away from Delhi on their summer breaks, there have been fewer parties than usual, which — according to Sarla
- Aiims Director On Leave (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
The director of AIIMS, Dr P Venugopal, who is in direct confrontation with the Union health minister, Dr A Ramadoss, whom he has accused of excessive interference in the functioning of the institute, has proceeded on leave.
- Centre Rejects Plea To Release Ulfa Top Five (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, Jun 17, 2006)
The Union Cabinet on Friday rejected United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA)'s demand to release its top five commanders.
- Ncp Hints At Tie-Up With Saffron Parties (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Reflecting the strain in ties with its ruling coalition partner Congress over Maharashtra Rajya Sabha bypoll, NCP today hinted it has kept open the option of tying up with BJP and Shiv Sena.
- Woman Army Officer Commits Suicide (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 17, 2006)
The Army today dismissed allegations that the young woman Army officer, who shot herself to death at the Northern Command headquarters in Udhampur last night, wanted to leave the Army as she was unhappy with the job “but had no money to repay the . . .
- Palestinian Freedom Under Israeli Guns (News International, IMTIAZ GUL, Jun 17, 2006)
Once again Palestine finds itself in extremely hot water. President Mahmoud Abbas has announced a public referendum on the Prisoners' Document to be held on July 26.
- Cabinet Approves Policy On Land Allotment To Political Parties... (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
In keeping with the Supreme Court directive to get official bungalows occupied by political parties in Luyten's Delhi vacated, the Union Cabinet on Friday approved a policy on allotment of land to them to build party offices in the Institutional Area.
- Fishing In Troubled Up Waters (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Jun 17, 2006)
Vishwanath Pratap Singh, a former Prime Minister and father of Mandalisation of upcountry politics, is back at it.
- Prove Holocaust: Iran Prez (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Iran's president on Friday questioned evidence of the Nazi Holocaust, calling it an unproven fact that needed to be verified.
- Women Files Application For Nullifying Childhood Marriage (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Disillusioned with waiting for a Jati Panchayat verdict on nullifying her marriage with Firoze, Mafia Bano, a victim of child marriage has filed an application with city quazi for speedy disposal of her case.
- Top Ultra Tipu Held With Two Grenades In Narwal (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Police parties from Jammu and Rajouri in wee hours of this morning arrested a Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant Tipu, who was reported to be involved in June 12 morning’s three grenade attacks at General Bus Stand in which one civilian was killed and 29 . .
- Badal Calls For Free Access To Sikh Shrines In Pakistan (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Shiromani Akali Dal on Friday sought free access by Indian pilgrims to Sikh shrines in Pakistan besides easing of visa restrictions for them.
- Ominous Signs For Upa Government (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Jun 17, 2006)
The Congress-led UPA government is in trouble as its allies are pulling in different directions.
- Killing In Karachi Ambush (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 17, 2006)
Senior prison official Amanullah Khan Niazi and his three associates were gunned down in a daring ambush on a busy road in Karachi. According to reports, five or six attackers sprayed the Deputy Superintendent of Jail’s white Toyoto Corolla . . .
- Spare Soft Targets (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jun 17, 2006)
In a young nation, the aged suffer. Young India’s growth story has been built on the back of the efforts of the preceding generation.
- She Sang For Punjab (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 17, 2006)
If you are a Punjabi, you would not recall even a single family function in the pre-remix era which had been solemnised without a Surinder Kaur song.
- A Surgeon Insulted (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 17, 2006)
THE Director of the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, Dr P Venugopal, being constrained to proceed on leave as a sign of his readiness to quit is an extremely unfortunate development.
- Tarn Taran Is 19th District Of Punjab (Tribune, Varinder Walia, Jun 17, 2006)
Tarn Taran was formally made the 19th district of the state to mark the 400th martyrdom anniversary of Guru Arjan Dev here today.
- Us Death Toll In Iraq Reaches 2,500 (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Nearly 2,500 American soldiers have died since the invasion of Iraq in March, 2003, the Pentagon has said.
- The Third Sex (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 17, 2006)
I was chatting with a young district collector, picking his brains about reasons behind choosing the services. The conversation veered around and finally the collector's thoughts settled upon his college life. His eyes seemed to move to a distant past.
- For Some Real Poll Reforms (Tribune, Jagdeep S. Chhokar, Jun 17, 2006)
Maneesh Chhibber’s “Exclusive” (The Tribune, May 22) reporting the suggestions made by a Parliamentary Panel on electoral reforms evokes mixed feelings.
- A Legacy Of Brutality (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Jun 17, 2006)
DR Louay Bahry, an adjunct scholar at the Middle East Institute in Washington, served as the chair of the Department of Public Administration at the University of Qatar and has taught at several universities, including the University of . . .
- Nepal To Set Up Interim Government With Rebels (Reuters, Gopal Sharma, Jun 17, 2006)
Nepal's Maoist rebel leader held ground-breaking talks on Friday with the government, which agreed to dissolve parliament and set up an interim administration to include the rebels.
- Nepal Maoists Agree To Join Govt (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
The Maoists in Nepal, who have waged a decade-long war to seize control of the Himalayan nation, agreed on Friday to join an interim government to be formed within a month, the rebels' leader Prachanda said after his talks with PM Girija Prasad Koirala.
- Expand Upa-Left Coordination Panel: Ncp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
"Congress alone must not share burden"
- Militant Attack Leaves Them Disabled For Life (Hindu, Luv Puri , Jun 17, 2006)
Five-hour torture for family
- Nice To Invite Ministers To Second Stretch Inauguration (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Expressing regret over the absence of representatives from the State Government at the inauguration of the Peripheral Ring Road, managing director of Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises (NICE) Ashok Kheny said on Friday that the government . . .
- Caught In A Time Warp (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 17, 2006)
On a balmy Friday night in Shillong, Tipriti Kharbangar and her band Soulmate are belting out gut-wrenching blues in a cavernous pub called Cloud Nine.
- Leading Up Politician Faces Bribery Charge (Times of India, Pradeep Thakur, Jun 17, 2006)
The income-tax department is investigating a leading UP politician, who has been in the news recently for all the wrong reasons, for helping businessmen of the state to evade excise duties.
- Koirala, Prachanda Reach Historic Accord (Hindu, Ameet Dhakal, Jun 17, 2006)
Both sides express commitment to human rights, press freedom in Nepal
- Aiims Row: Anbumani Warns Of Action (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Says he only acted as the ex-officio president
- A Hopeful Move (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 17, 2006)
A FLICKER of light seems at last visible at the end of the tunnel.
- Need For Reconciliation In Waziristan (Dawn, Amir Usman, Jun 17, 2006)
Two meetings on the situation in the tribal areas, with particular reference to the conflict in Waziristan, were recently held in Islamabad and Peshawar, and attended by senior government officials.
- Pak, China To Strengthen Strategic Partnership (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has said that Pakistan is awaiting for China’s support in attaining full membership of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and considers its relations with China as most valued. While Chinese President has lauded Pakistan’ . .
- Nepal Govt, Maoists Reach Agreement To End Insurgency (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Nepal’s government and the Maoist militants reached an agreement Friday aimed at ending the decade-long insurgency after a day of unprecedented meetings between rebel leaders and the government, the home minister said.
- Central Asia Rediscovers Islamic Roots (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 17, 2006)
Turkestan, Kazakhstan: In Soviet days, people walked past the Khoja Ahmed Yasawi mausoleum, a holy Muslim site in the steppe of southern Kazakhstan, and pretended it wasn’t there.
- Us House Rejects Iraq Pullout Timetable (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
The House of Representatives on Friday handily rejected a timetable for pulling US forces out of Iraq, culminating a fiercely partisan debate between Republicans and Democrats feeling the public’s apprehension about war and the onrushing midterm . . .
- Bush Advisers Rove, Bolten Are Millionaires (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Karl Rove, President George W. Bush's senior political adviser, reported assets of at least $1.8 million for 2005, while White House chief of staff Josh Bolten was worth at least $1.1 million, according to financial disclosure forms released by the . . .
- Service Of The Nation (News International, Hafizur Rahman, Jun 17, 2006)
By the very nature of his/her duties, a prime minister of Pakistan is serving the nation. So is the leader of the opposition because of the important place that the position occupies in the democratic dispensation.
- 'Iraq Pullout Date Not In Us Interest' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
The House on Friday handily rejected a timetable for pulling US forces out of Iraq, culminating a fiercely partisan debate between Republicans and Democrats feeling the public's apprehension about war and the onrushing mid-term campaign season.
- Rymbai In Delhi, To Discuss Cabinet Expansion With Sonia (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Jun 17, 2006)
Meghalaya Assembly meets, adjourned till June 23
I will like to retain Don Kuper Roy as Deputy Chief Minister: Rymbai
D.D. Lapang will be rehabilitated in a position equivalent to Chief Minister
- India To Review Non-Tariff Trade Barriers With Bangladesh (Indian Express, VIKAS DHOOT, Jun 17, 2006)
India is working towards dismantling the non-tariff barriers imposed on goods from Bangladesh, according to Minister of State for Commerce Jairam Ramesh. Speaking with The Indian Express, Ramesh said, ‘‘Jamdani sarees from Bangladesh being tested . . .
- Bjp, Jd(s) Clash On Mysore Highway Takes A Caste Turn (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Jun 17, 2006)
JD(S) National President H D Deve Gowda’s efforts to get the BJP national leadership to convince its Karnataka unit to toe his party’s line on the takeover of the country’s first private roadway project, the Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor . . .
- Private Quota May Haunt Monsoon Session (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Jun 17, 2006)
The Congress leadership may have put a lid on Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Meira Kumar’s call for SC/ST quotas in the private sector, but the demand for a consitutional amendment to bring that about is gaining strength and could be raised . . .
- ‘The Phobia Felt By Dalits Is Very Real’ (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Jun 17, 2006)
Chandra Bhan Prasad is a Dalit columnist and writer. In his latest book, Dalit Phobia: Why do they hate us? he argues that Dalit phobia is passed on from generation to generation....
- Aiims Row Gets Uglier, Minister Overrides Director's Decision (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
The AIIMS versus Ramadoss row is escalating. In a move bound to fuel hostilities, health ministry on Friday deliberately overrode AIIMS director Dr P Venugopal's appointment of Dr T Dogra as acting head and placed its own . . .
- Invert The Pyramid (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Jun 17, 2006)
The nation is once again caught in two contradictory trends of performance and non-performance in several critical areas of governance.
- No Progress On The Ground (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Jun 17, 2006)
New Delhi and Islamabad have to change their mindsets towards each other for promotion of peaceful relations
- Polarised Politics (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 17, 2006)
Political rivalry has already moved to the streets
- On Again, Off Again (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 17, 2006)
Govt must decide between saving lives & winning votes
- Heal Thyself (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 17, 2006)
Anbumani Ramadoss brings to his portfolio as Union health minister a significant qualification. He is that rare incumbent of the office to actually have a degree in medicine.
- Malaysian Straitjacket For India (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Jun 17, 2006)
Ashutosh Varshney is right to suggest (‘Be affirmative,’ IE, June 16) that we look at comparative experiences to enrich our own debate on affirmative action programmes, and the Malaysian example certainly provides some food for thought.
- Pawar Ploy To Enter Bajaj In Rajya Sabha Fits Upa Allies’ Gameplan (Indian Express, Inder Malhotra, Jun 17, 2006)
Once Sharad Pawar played his cards with his usual skill, outsmarting the Congress, the entry of Rahul Bajaj—one of the captains of industry and Pawar’s long-time personal friend—into Rajya Sabha had become a foregone conclusion.
- Quota And Populism (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, Jun 17, 2006)
By a happy coincidence I went to have coffee with Arun Shourie in his elegant Delhi home the day his new book came out. It is called Falling Over Backwards:
- From 'India Shining' To 'India Snorting' (News International, Praful Bidwai, Jun 17, 2006)
The writer, a former newspaper editor, is a researcher and peace and human-rights activist based in Delhi
- Sack Ramadoss (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 17, 2006)
He is a risk to India's health sector ---- Ever since taking charge as Union Health Minister with the advent of the UPA Government, Mr Anbumani Ramadoss, whose credentials as a medical practitioner do not merit comment, has been going about . . .
- Make Vat Rates Flexible (Business Line, R. Sthanumoorthy, Jun 17, 2006)
Diversion of trade is generally commodity specific
VAT rate autonomy for States is desirable because it enables them raise revenues according to their varying and changing expenditure requirements.
- Can The Taxman Outsource? (Business Line, T. N. Pandey, Jun 17, 2006)
Legality of hiving off assessment-related work
- No Concrete Solution In Sight (Pioneer, Kanchan Lakshman, Jun 17, 2006)
Prime Minister's wavering over an Islamabad visit is intended to send a message to Pakistan that its policy of simultaneously pursuing the 'peace process' and promoting cross-border terror is unacceptable to New Delhi ----
- Back To No Talks (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Jun 17, 2006)
National Security Adviser MK Narayanan is right in suggesting to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh the futility of going to Pakistan, which has no intention of ending terror as an additionality to its diplomacy.
- Now, Call A Spade A Spade (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 17, 2006)
Manmohan Singh would do well to reconsider his fetish for peace with Pakistan -----
- Sham Of Secularism (Pioneer, Sunita Vakil, Jun 17, 2006)
With India smarting under the rapid-fire of terrorism, the UPA Government appears busy indulging in minorityism to draw political capital. The standard Government accountability starts and ends with repeating hollow promises of punishing the terrorists.
- Buddha Says Behave, Kamala Gets Boot (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
On a day the Bengal chief minister warned police and government officials against misbehaving with the poor, the 65-year-old widow of a small farmer was driven out of a police station where she went to lodge a complaint against a landlord.
- A Nice Take-Off After All The Fuss (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Despite a tension-ridden run-up, the inauguration of the first 9-kilometre stretch of the peripheral ring road of the Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) project went off smoothly on Friday.
- Go Forward, There Is No Turning Back: Buddhadeb (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Support to Congress is out of compulsion, he says at a DYFI rally
- From Anuradhapura To Anuradhapura (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 17, 2006)
On May 14, 1985, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam carried out a massacre in Anuradhapura, gunning down 146 civilians as they prayed at a Buddhist shrine.
- Swarajists At The Savoy (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jun 17, 2006)
In Paris, during the students’ riots of the late Sixties, a pretty young Indian girl, now high in the Communist hierarchy, smoked foul-smelling French Gauloise cigarettes because they reminded her of Char Minars.
- Modern-Day Hydra (Business Line, K. Gopalan, Jun 17, 2006)
Corruption, particularly in India, is compared to a `Hydra,' as its manifestations are many — venality, favouritism, fraud, perjury and so on. And the guilty are found to be from various sections of society, religious heads not excluded.
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