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Articles 12521 through 12620 of 43820:
- Afghanistan: Cost Of Misrule (Dawn, Najmuddin A, Shaikh, Jun 07, 2006)
The runaway American army truck on a busy Kabul thoroughfare may have done little damage and caused few casualties but the riots it sparked have brought to the surface the feelings of the Afghan people and what they think has gone wrong inside their . . .
- Can College Seats Be Increased Overnight? (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
The government feels spending more money can solve the problem, but even that flow seems to be in trouble.
- The Helmsman Takes A Buffeting (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jun 07, 2006)
Can the success of Indian business make India as a whole richer, asks the latest issue of The Economist. Sure it can, says RASHEEDA BHAGAT, but only if there is a strong, effective and efficient, as well as sincere and honest government in place . . .
- No Price Hike Rollback: Deora (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Expects portion of Rs 28,000-crore oil bonds issue soon
- A Way Back Home (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jun 07, 2006)
Families of Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists hope the round-table conference will help them return home.
- Dead Certainties In Wartime (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Jun 07, 2006)
ON July 25, 1950, American soldiers in No Gun Ri, about 100 miles south of Seoul, were driven from nearby villages and herded towards a railroad embankment in front of the US lines.
- Being Middle Class Is Ok (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Jun 07, 2006)
One of the more insidious effects of quota politics is that identity has colonised reason.
- Refine Politics Out Of Oil (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 07, 2006)
The Centre’s move to belatedly revise the retail prices of petrol and diesel comes not a day too soon, given the spiralling international prices of crude oil. The reduction in custom duties makes perfect sense as well.
- For The Sake Of Peace Aditi Bhaduri (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 07, 2006)
The news that the ‘Quartet’ is planning to send financial aid to Palestine has reached Gaza but few are rejoicing or hoping for better times.
- Costlier Petrol (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 07, 2006)
THE fifth increase in petroleum prices in just two years of the UPA government has finally been effected.
- A Legitimation Challenge (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 07, 2006)
China’s success is also the source of its dilemmas
- Targeting Free Speech (Times of India, Rajeev Dhavan , Jun 07, 2006)
Aamir Khan is a distinguished actor who speaks in many voices. He sells Coca-Cola with wit and panache. The multinationals live off him — adding legitimacy and profit to their commercial product.
- Is There A Way Out? (News International, M B NAQVI, Jun 07, 2006)
The writer is a veteran journalist and freelance columnist.
- Jan Morcha, Sp To Join Protest Against Petrol Price Hike (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Former Prime Minister and Jan Morcha patron V.P. Singh today demanded ration cards for farmers to help them get diesel at subsidised rates.
- Fuel The Fire (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 07, 2006)
The political reaction to Monday's cabinet decision raising the price of petroleum products seems to suggest the move was either unexpected, excessive, or both. The reality, of course, is that it is neither unexpected nor excessive.
- U.N. Risks Shutdown Over U.S. Budget Cap - Tharoor (Reuters, Paul Taylor, Jun 07, 2006)
The United Nations faces a potential shutdown in which the Security Council could not meet and peacekeepers around the world would be left adrift if the United States and Japan carry out a threat to withhold funds, a top U.N. official said on Tuesday.
- Family Matters (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 07, 2006)
Mukund B Kunte delves into his past association with the Gandhis and recalls some moments when they appeared as real as anybody
- Carrot & Stick Policy (Pioneer, Niall Ferguson, Jun 07, 2006)
The world has witnessed a welcome change in American diplomacy in the past two weeks, more so on the issue of Iran, says Niall Ferguson
- Heroic Warning (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 07, 2006)
It may be inadequate to simply see it as a heroic death. Heroic it truly is, but what is more important about the death of Anil Kumar Singh is its poignant irony.
- Operation In North-West Not A Hunt For Osama: Pakistan (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jun 07, 2006)
Islamabad denies role in Kashmir terrorism
- Price Of Gas (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 07, 2006)
The agonizing process through which the decision to raise petrol and diesel prices is arrived at and the predictable hostile noises made by political parties have both become as tedious as an anecdote repeated many times over.
- Sordid Saga (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 07, 2006)
The Rahul Mahajan episode represents the worst in public life.
- Whose Bajaj? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 07, 2006)
Barely a fortnight after insisting forcefully that he had no plans whatsoever to join politics, Bajaj Auto head Rahul Bajaj has thrown his hat in the ring by announcing his candidature as an Independent for the byelection to the Rajya Sabha from . . .
- Sleaze-Bomb Is Ticking (Tribune, Rami Chhabra, Jun 07, 2006)
Unnoted by media, the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Bill 2006 was introduced in Parliament the day before its short session concluded;
- Sonia Meets Deora On Price Hike (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Although Petroleum Minister Murli Deora today ruled out the possibility of a rethink on the issue of fuel prices, the UPA government may be forced to relent given the fact that the Congress too has joined other political parties in pressing for a . . .
- Prachanda Warns Of Violence If Demand Not Met (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Maoist leader Prachanda has warned that the rebels will resort to violence if political parties did not accept their demand to set up a republican state after holding constituent assembly elections.
- Govt And Party Skid On Petrol (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
The Manmohan Singh government and the Congress slipped on an oil price spill and skidded towards a standoff but the Centre indicated late tonight that all options are open.
- Karat, Karunanidhi Discuss Politics, Price Increase (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
DMK won't join protests against petrol,diesel prices hike
- What Lies Hidden In The Footnotes Of The Past (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 07, 2006)
Tapan Raychaudhuri considers ways in which a legacy of mutual ill will can be transformed through honesty, memory and good sense The author is former professor of modern Indian history at the University of Oxford
- Quotas For Obcs `For First Time Since Independence' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Constitution `provides for reservations for backward classes, citizens' Constitution `provides for reservations for backward classes, citizens'
Arguments of anti-reservationists baseless
Such move taken after 60 years of freedom
- Israeli Tourists Get Sermons In India (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
The Israeli government has decided to break up the party.
- Rollback Of Fuel Price Hike Likely (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Within 24 hours of its move to sharply hike oil prices, the Manmohan Singh government came under pressure from the Congress and its Left partners to consider a quick rollback.
- Will Prodi Pull A Rabbit Out Of The Hat? (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jun 07, 2006)
Analysts are worried that there will be too many conflicting pulls, pushes and heaves within the Italian Prime Minister's fragile coalition for him to be able to act decisively.
- Jacking Up Oil Prices (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 07, 2006)
In effecting an increase in the prices of petrol and diesel for the sixth time in two years, the United Progressive Alliance Government at the Centre has shown utter insensitivity to people's concerns about its impact on essential commodities.
- Us Offers Deals On Trade To Entice Iran (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
The United States along with the four other veto-wielding members of the U.N. Security Council - Britain, France, Russia and China - drew up the package with Germany in a meeting in Vienna on Friday.
- ‘Jungle Lodges Displacing Tribals’ (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Jun 07, 2006)
Leading NGOs working for tribals in Karnataka have accused the state government of actively promoting jungle lodges in Nagarhole National Park of Kodagu district at the cost of tribals’ interest.
- Stock Market Mayhem (Frontline, V. Sridhar, Jun 07, 2006)
Foreign institutional investors, who have a stranglehold on the stock markets, trigger the utter volatility of May
- Courage, In The Face Of Ban And Bombs (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
A cinema owner in Jamnagar has defied the unofficial ban on Fanaa in Gujarat, becoming the first to show the Aamir Khan-starrer in the state.
- Quota Stirs Caste Cauldron (Telegraph, DHIRENDRA K. JHA, Jun 07, 2006)
The decision to introduce quotas for other backward classes in higher education has set the caste cauldron in Uttar Pradesh on the boil.
- Family Faces Eviction (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Arrested on charges of drug abuse and illegal use of government accommodation, Rahul Mahajan faces eviction from the 7 Safdarjung Road residence allotted to his father, the late Pramod Mahajan.
- Uncle Prakash Says Boy Is Victim Of 'Conspiracy' (Times of India, DEVRAJ DASGUPTA, Jun 07, 2006)
Unwilling to believe that Rahul Mahajan took drugs, family members are still clutching to the conspiracy theory that enemies of the murdered BJP leader are acting to destroy his "image" and "legacy".
- Be Aware And Safe (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 07, 2006)
There should be concerted action on all fronts
- Alcohol Becomes High Fashion (Deccan Herald, Doreen Carvajal, Jun 07, 2006)
Advertising and marketing strategies adopted by alcohol companies are increasingly turning into lifestyle entertainment
- Up Against Constitution (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Jun 07, 2006)
The PM should not allow himself to be influenced by unprincipled politicians
- Inevitable Hike (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 07, 2006)
The increase in prices of auto fuels was inevitable
- Koirala Comes Calling, Economic Package, Maoists’ Role Top Agenda (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
India's political establishment was keen to get its act right on Nepal as Prime Minister G P Koirala, accompanied by a 40-member delegation, arrived in Delhi today evening and PM Manmohan Singh set aside protocol to be at the airport.
- Omar Pleads For Continuity (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 07, 2006)
In a spirited and forthright manner, Omar Ayub Khan pleaded for continuity of policies and leadership for the nation’s sustained economic growth.
- Maoists Urge Koirala To Push India On Jailed Rebels (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
:Nepal's Maoist rebels urged Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala to seek the release of about 150 comrades jailed in India, during his visit to the neighbouring country.
- Nationwide Protests On June 13 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Decision follows CPI(M) leader Prakash Karat's talks with Samajwadi Party, TDP, RLD and AGP
JD(U) to wait for NDA decision
No justification for price hike: AIFB
Anti-people move, says Abani Roy
- Decision On Oil Price Hike Stands, Says Murli Deora (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
But pressure building up in Congress for rollback
``Tomorrow is another day. What happens tomorrow we will see,'' says Minister
Congress party feels there is scope for reduction in the impact on vulnerable sections
- 'Pravin Had Cautioned Pramod About Wayward Son' (Times of India, S Balakrishnan, Jun 07, 2006)
Sarangi Mahajan, the 38-year-old mystery woman dragged into the vortex of an unfolding bizarre family drama that has claimed the life of the family patriarch, Pramod Mahajan, and left his son, Rahul, behind bars on charges of drug abuse, spoke to . . .
- Begin At Home (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 07, 2006)
Since the government’s decision to hike oil prices has come under political pressure — the oil minister meeting Sonia Gandhi; increasing hints about a partial rollback
- ‘I’M A Communist And I’M Proud Of It. But We Have To Change, We Have To Reform’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 07, 2006)
‘I’m a communist and I’m proud of it. But we have to change, we have to reform’
- Coalition Calculus (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 07, 2006)
The Congress’s discomfiture over the NCP’s support to Rahul Bajaj’s candidature for a Rajya Sabha by-election is understandable.
- 'Excess' Land Grab To Benefit Netas? (Times of India, Sowmya Aji Mehu, Jun 07, 2006)
Why does the state government want to take over "excess" land in Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor? According to sources, certain bureaucrats and politically influential individuals are keen on a stake in the prized area.
- Pentagon Manual Skirts Geneva Norms (Hindu, Julian Borger , Jun 07, 2006)
The Pentagon is drafting a new rulebook for military interrogators which omits the Geneva Convention ban on ``humiliating and degrading treatment'', it was reported on Monday.
- Nepal Without Strings (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jun 06, 2006)
End the paternalism that marks New Delhi’s ties with Kathmandu
- Petrol Price Up By Rs 4, Diesel Rs 2 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
Overcoming opposition from Left parties the Congress-led UPA Government on Monday night decided to hike petrol price by Rs 4 a litre and diesel price by Rs 2 a litre, but spared LPG and kerosene supplied through public distribution system....
- Cong Asks Govt To Cut Fuel Price Hike (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
The Manmohan Singh government proposes, but Congress disposes.
- Pak Increases Defence Budget To Rs 250 Bn (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
Aiming to acquire high-tech equipment, Pakistan on Monday increased its defence budget from Rs 223.5 billion to Rs 250 billion even as the country's military spending last year shot up by nearly Rs 18 billion rupees.
- Reform: Despite Left, Pm Pushes Right Thing (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Jun 06, 2006)
With Assembly elections over, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has given a clear signal to the Left by going ahead with the fuel price hike that he is not going to delay crucial and tough economic decisions.
- Illegal Turns Legal (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 06, 2006)
Election time is the time for politicians to remember that they have some voters to take care of, whom they had neglected during the past four years or so.
- Law Of Slash & Grab (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 06, 2006)
The Karnataka government’s infrastructure Bill is retrograde. Congress, BJP must stop it
- Plan To Beautify Gandhi Samadhi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav and the State Urban Development Minister Mohd. Azam Khan on Monday met Governor T. V. Rajeswar to brief him on the State Government's plan to beautify Gandhi Samadhi at Rampur.
- Us Dismisses Iran Warning On Oil Disruption (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice dismissed Iran’s supreme religious leader’s threat on Sunday that oil shipments from the Persian Gulf would be disrupted if the United States made a ‘‘wrong move’’ toward his country over its nuclear programme.
- Japan Looks For Dragonheart (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
With PM Junichiro Koizumi set to retire in September, the battle in the Liberal Democratic Party over who will succeed him as party leader and prime minister is well under way. So far, the race is turning into a referendum on what to do about Japan's . .
- Rjd Protest Against Nitish Govt. (Hindu, K. BALCHAND, Jun 06, 2006)
"Criminals ruling the roost in the State", says the party
- Dissent Dogs Koirala’S India Visit (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Jun 06, 2006)
Nepal’s brief honeymoon with India seems to be over with the kingdom’s left parties, known for their deep distrust of New Delhi, expressing suspicions about the Indian government’s intentions on the eve of Nepali Prime Minister Girija Prasad . . .
- French Translation Of The Two Great Epics (Hindu, AUROGEETA DAS, Jun 06, 2006)
Attentive readers of Serge Demetrian's Le Ramayana and Le Mahabharata will find clues that reveal their oral source. Demetrian has translated the two great epics into French from oral narratives, particularly those recounted in Kancheepuram.
- "Autonomy Key To J&k Solution" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
Encouraged by the decision of the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, to re-open the question of Centre-J&K relations, the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Monday asserted that autonomy was the key to the problems of the State as it would meet . . .
- Office Of Profit: Govt May Defer Amendment Bill (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
The State government is unlikely to pilot the bill for amendments to the Karnataka Legislature (Prevention of Disqualification Act) 1956 on Tuesday.
- Sex Scandal (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 06, 2006)
The victims of the Srinagar sex scandal must be feeling a little relieved with the arrest of one of the key accused, a Deputy Superintendent of Police.
- Make It Uniform (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 06, 2006)
The Prevention of Disqualification (Amendment) Bill, 2006, popularly known as the Office of Profit Bill, which President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has returned to Parliament for reconsideration has evoked mixed reaction.
- Us Not Asking India For Troop Support: Pace (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
“I am not aware if the Afghan Government has sought such (Indian troops for Kabul) help from India.
- What Are The Indian President's Powers? (Hindu, Shanti Bhushan, Jun 06, 2006)
In terms of the Indian Constitution and through long-established practice, the President of India is only a figurehead like the British monarch.
- Social Dimensions Of Security (Hindu, R. K. Raghavan , Jun 06, 2006)
Pleads for a very comprehensive definition of `security' that moves away from a state-centric approach
- Victims Of Exploitation (Hindu, V. Gopalakrishna, Jun 06, 2006)
ANANTAPUR DISTRICT of Rayalaseema is the worst famine-hit region in Andhra Pradesh. Added to this natural misery the exploitation of the downtrodden by landlords in the form of bonded-labour has further worsened the socio-economic condition of the . . .
- Job Guarantee Report Card (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 06, 2006)
Indira Gandhi became Prime Minister in 1966 but it was in 1971 that she exploded on the national political scene — thanks to a single slogan that captured the mass aspiration of the time.
- Singapore Invites Rahul Gandhi (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Jun 06, 2006)
Singapore's elder statesman Lee Kuan Yew has invited Rahul Gandhi, Lok Sabha Member, to the City-State for discussions with political leaders and a tour of various government agencies and business enterprises.
- Agni-Iii Test Will Not Upset Peace Equation In The Region: Us (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
The US on Monday allayed apprehensions that it was putting pressure on India to refrain from test firing its Agni-III intercontinental ballistic missile and said the test will not be a destabilising factor in the region where several other . . .
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