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Articles 12621 through 12720 of 43820:
- Rahul Bajaj Files Papers As Independent Candidate (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
Candidature for RS seat supported by BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP
Rajya Sabha seat fell vacant after Pramod Mahajan's death
NCP clear that support for Bajaj would have no impact on coalition government
Election to be held on June 15
- A Welfare System At Work (Hindu, Padmini Swaminathan, Jun 06, 2006)
Foregrounds the theme of care and analyses it from a gender perspective
- Solana In Tehran With Carrot N' Stick Package (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
Iranian officials have agreed to meet on Tuesday with a senior EU representative carrying a six-nation package of rewards and penalties meant to stop Tehran's uranium enrichment program, diplomats said.
- Dare To Be Different (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
ICAR’s new policy combines commercialisation of new intellectual property with provisions of benefit sharing.
- Pakistan’S Likely Shape In 2020 (Dawn, Javid Husain, Jun 06, 2006)
The hallmark of great nations is that they learn from their past experience to become wiser in conducting their current and future affairs.
- Blame It On Agriculture (Telegraph, Bibek Debroy, Jun 06, 2006)
The author is director, Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, New Delhi.
- Ex-Minister's Kin Among 6 Hizb Militants Held (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Jun 06, 2006)
In a major achievement, Police and Army have jointly busted a major militant network with the arrest of six militants of Hizbul Mujahideen, including the nephew of senior PDP leader and former Minister of State for Health Abdul Gaffar Sofi, in south . . .
- China Prepares To Sinocise South-East Asia (Daily Excelsior, Rajkumar Vijayveer Vikram Singh, Jun 06, 2006)
The defence minister Pranab Mukherjee's six day China visit and signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on a host of issues, including military to military cooperation has raised a number of issues.
- Politics And The High Life (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jun 06, 2006)
The Rahul Mahajan ‘story’ is symptomatic of the all-consuming illness that has afflicted the political class.
- West As Abettor Of Terrorism (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Jun 06, 2006)
Western powers provided Third World dissidents asylum and indirectly promoted terrorism
- Left To Protest Hike In Oil Price (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
As irony would have it, within a week Left parties announced its opposition to oil price hike, the Congress-led UPA Government once again snubbed them by going for a steep hike in prices of petroleum products from Monday night.
- Stung By Pawar Slap, Cong Admits Mistake (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sharad Pawar appears to have alarmed the Congress leadership by deciding to support the candidature of industrialist Rahul Bajaj for Rajya Sabha along with the BJP and the Shiv Sena.
- Disable Polio (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 06, 2006)
The recrudescence of polio in Uttar Pradesh with 20 new cases reported within the first half of 2006 - well before the peak transmission period of the microbe between July-August - is clearest indication yet of how the campaign against the disease . . .
- Nomination Widens Allies’ Differences (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
The periodic game of political one-upmanship between the two key UPA allies, the Congress and the NCP, is now again being played out in Mumbai over their respective claims on the lone Rajya Sabha seat being vacant in Maharashtra.
- Our Strange Dichotomy (Pioneer, Debraj Mookerjee, Jun 06, 2006)
We are unwilling to pay anything but shamefully low wages for domestic labour and also do not want to see the eyesores we call slums around us
- Buy And Make (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 06, 2006)
As Indo-US defence cooperation takes shape American defence manufacturers are now trying to lobby with the Indian government to ease the critical offsets clause in defence contracts as spelt out in the defence procurement procedures 2005 document.
- France’S 35-Hour Work Week Criticised (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 06, 2006)
France’s 35-hour work week has a mixed legacy, the top Socialist contender for next year’s presidential race said today, criticising one of the biggest Socialist reforms of the past decade.
- Lc Polls May Lead Parties To Clash (Deccan Herald, B S Satish Kumar , Jun 06, 2006)
The Legislature Council polls may have been a good chance for the AIPJD leader Mr Siddaramaiah to settle scores with JDS
- Land Rites (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 06, 2006)
In economic terms, farming is hardly the best use of land. Even farmers who depend on land for their livelihood are compelled to do so because they know no better use of land.
- Divine Rights Of Politicians (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 06, 2006)
Remember James I? He was the King of England who advocated the concept of 'Divine Rights of Kings'.
- A Sermon We Don't Need (Pioneer, A Surya Prakash, Jun 06, 2006)
The observations made by Pope Benedict XVI recently about democracy and secularism in India while receiving our new Ambassador to the Holy See, has raised the hackles of secular democrats in India.
- Profile Of The Economy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 06, 2006)
The Economic Survey released by the finance ministry on Sunday indicates the challenges that an economy on a high growth trajectory encounters and which, if unaddressed, may precipitate a downturn.
- Conflicting Ways Of Looking At The Economy (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 06, 2006)
The Economic Survey 2005-06 made public on Sunday inspires hope, but as usual the general comment on it challenges the figures and predicts doom in the coming months.
- Senior Us General Holds Talks With India’S Top Brass (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
Washington's highest-ranking military official, General Peter Pace, held wide-ranging talks with the heads of India's armed forces in Delhi on Monday, an official said.
- Indian-Americans Lobbying For Nuclear Deal: Nyt (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
“Indian-Americans have mounted an intensive drive to support President George W Bush’s plan to aid civilian nuclear programme, spending heavily on lobbying, campaign contributions and public relations to persuade Congress to approve the deal,” the . . .
- Revisiting The Great Web Of Life (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Jun 06, 2006)
Way back in 1969 Theodor Rosebury published his seminal book Life on Man, which showed that the human body was teeming with microscopic life of all kinds. In particular Rosebury estimated that some 50 million individual bacteria live on the average . . .
- Petrol Costlier Now By Rs. 4, Diesel By Rs. 2 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
Murli Deora says decision to spare kerosene and LPG was taken as the weaker sections use them
Rangarajan Committee proposal accepted
Customs duty cut from 10 to 7.5 per cent
- Security Re-Jig (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 06, 2006)
The proposed revamp of the system by which VIPs (genuine or self-styled) are provided personal security officers has two positive features ~ a separate agency for the job, and recovering costs from the persons covered since those operations really . . .
- Flight Of Imagination (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 06, 2006)
Government policies normally do not contain proposals about specific projects.
- A Legal Case Against Iran (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
Speaking last October at a Tehran conference on "The World Without Zionism," Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, referred to Israel as a "disgraceful blot" and called for it to be "wiped off the map."
- Militants Confirm Captive Corporal Alive (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Palestinian militants holding Israel Corporal Gilad Shalit angrily said on Tuesday they would not release any information about the serviceman's condition after Israel ignored a deadline to begin releasing Palestinian prisoners.
- Discordant Democrats Need A Big Idea (The Economic Times, Arun Maira, Jun 05, 2006)
President Bush’s ratings have continuously skied down-hill from the great heights they were lifted up to by the 9/11 crisis.
- ‘Pakistani Factor’ In Canada Terrorism (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 05, 2006)
Twelve Pakistanis and Bangladeshis have been arrested in Canada before they could allegedly cause an explosion three-times bigger than the one in Oklahoma by the American terrorist Timothy McVeigh in 1995.
- The Politics Of Resort! (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 05, 2006)
Politics, they say, is the last resort of a scoundrel. A secluded resort could even be the last refuge for elected politicians, especially on the eve of crucial votes of no-confidence or even elections to the upper house in the country or a state.
- Muslim Parties, Jan Morcha Unite Against Mulayam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Some Morcha constituents take part in PDF convention
Meet held to mobilise public opinion in favour of Muslim religious leaders in active politics
PDF will play important role in Uttar Pradesh, says CPI (ML)
Muslim, democratic forces to . . .
- Fewer Pandits Turn Out For Kheer Bhawani Festival (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Cite the recent terror attacks in Srinagar as the reason
- State Breakdown (Tribune, Rajinder Sachar, Jun 05, 2006)
The public at large has been very critical of the lumpen brigade of the BJP in Gujarat threatening theatre owners and cinema-goers who dare to show any inclination to see Aamir Khan’s latest film. And all this because the actor has shown concern . . .
- Too Many Bosses (Telegraph, S.L. Rao, Jun 05, 2006)
The author is former director-general, National Council for Applied Economic Research.
- At Least, A Good Dinner (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Jun 05, 2006)
Running a coalition government, which is a permanent headache, has taught the Prime Minister how to put together many things.
- Saving Shimla (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 05, 2006)
The announcement by Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh that new construction would be totally banned in the state capital is to be welcomed. For those who have seen Shimla degenerate from the Queen of the Hills to a slum, this . . .
- "We Have To Give Importance To People's Issues" (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Jun 05, 2006)
Somnath Chatterjeeon the experiences of his two years as Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
- Rumsfeld’S Pat: Nothing To Be Happy About (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 05, 2006)
Us defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has praised President Musharraf ’s campaign against terrorism. Speaking at the Asia- Pacific security conference in Singapore, he said Gen Musharraf has done an excellent job in a difficult country in a . . .
- Need For Debate On Defence Budget (Dawn, Talat Masood, Jun 05, 2006)
The demand for opening up the defence budget and giving more details of it to parliament has grown over the years.
- Getting Out Of The Trap (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 05, 2006)
Whether or not it was the work of a suicide bomber, the result of Friday’s attack on an army convoy near Bakakhel was the death of five more soldiers.
- Two Views In Bjp Over Rahul Episode (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jun 05, 2006)
Former Prime Minister breaks his silence; indicates intention to help the embattled Mahajan family
- The Story Of The Iconic Image Of Che Guevara (Hindu, Richard Gott, Jun 05, 2006)
The revolutionary's face has been used both as a symbol of protest and a fashion accessory.
- Iraqi Pm Fails To Name Ministers For 2 Key Posts (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Jun 05, 2006)
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki failed, once again, on Sunday to name ministers two the key posts of interior, defence, and national security and parliament, which was scheduled to meet .....
- Twists And Turns In A Sordid Case (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 05, 2006)
"It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma; but perhaps there is a key," to use a Churchillian description.
- Sri Lankan, Ltte Teams Leave For Oslo (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Jun 05, 2006)
Delegations of the Sri Lankan Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on Sunday left for Oslo to hold direct talks on the functioning of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM), said the state-run Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation.
- Fulfil True Needs And Eschew Greed (The Economic Times, K VIJAYARAGHAVAN, Jun 05, 2006)
An ancient Tamil proverb notes, Pasi vanthaal patthum parandhidum, meaning that when hunger overpowers, even ten scruples and principles would be thrown to winds (where ‘ten’ denotes ‘many’).
- Whys And Wherefores Of An Apology (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 05, 2006)
Should the apology not have been in your corrections column, or on Open Page, asks a reader. The reference was to what was published in
- Grand Bargains And Distress Sales (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Jun 05, 2006)
Three years ago, Iran had come up with a proposal for rapprochement with the United States. The details have only now been made public. As for the U.S., despite the grandstanding, the willingness to explore a new course is evident.
- Code Gets A Hostile Reception In Goa (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Two days after a somewhat lukewarm audience response to the film, the much-publicised The Da Vinci Code was withdrawn from theatres in Goa on Sunday following threats from right-wing Christian bodies in the state.
- Tension Across Loc (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 05, 2006)
It’s difficult but life must go on. This old adage has come true in the case of "Azad" Kashmir as the occupied territory across the Line of Control is locally known.
- Pakistan’S Allies~ii (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Jun 05, 2006)
The budding US-China détente brokered by Pakistan came into full bloom here. NBC News on 7 January 1980 said “for the first time in history (a senior State Department . . .
- Sharif Asks Pakistanis To Joing Hands For Democracy (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Stepping up efforts to oust Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has asked people in his country to join hands for establishment of democracy.
- One Held For Murder Of Aiadmk Worker (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Eight others absconding; police blame it on business rivalry
- It's The Economy, Stupid (Times of India, A SRINIVAS, Jun 05, 2006)
From a political economy point of view, there are two interesting aspects to the issue of undocumented or 'illegal' Hispanic migrants in the US. First, the business community and sections of the state do not favour a crackdown.
- Before Pervez, Karamat Had Thought Of A Coup (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Pakistan's outgoing ambassador to the US and former army chief Jahangir Karamat has said he could have overthrown former premier Nawaz Sharif's government but decided against it as he felt it was not in "national interest" to topple a democratically . . .
- Suicide Bomber Kills 28, Hurts 62 In Iraq (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
A suicide car bomber blew himself up in a crowded market in oil-rich southern Basra on Saturday, killing 28 people and wounding 62. In Baghdad, a Russian diplomat was killed and four diplomatic employees were kidnapped.
- Iraq Turmoil Continues (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Gunmen killed 21 people, including a dozen high school students, after they dragged them off buses north-east of Baghdad.
- Karachi Traffic Jam (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 05, 2006)
It is sometimes frightening to see the ease with which Karachi can be brought to a standstill. On Friday, an alliance of parties associated with the Pukhtun community decided to hold a rally that started from one end of the city and ended at the . . .
- Govt In A Spot Over Quota, Profit Bill (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
The “impressive” progress card of UPA’s two years in office that was brought out in costly and glossy booklets hardly received any notice as it was swamped by the continuing mess over the office of profit bill and the OBC quota issue.
- Taking Cue From Airs, Tax Authorities To Catch Tax Evaders (Pioneer, PTI, Jun 05, 2006)
Large investors in mutual funds and RBI bonds beware of the snooping taxman, as he has collected details about your investments through annual information returns (AIRs).
- Pray For Peace And Return Of Pandits (Daily Excelsior, Sarwar Kashani, Jun 05, 2006)
It was a psychological, social and communal reunion of the "cultural brotherhood" separated by murky politics.
- Bjp To Hold Satyagraha Against Terrorism (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
BJP would organise an eight-day long nation-wide Satyagraha from June 7 to protest the spurt in terrorist violence in Jammu and Kashmir and "expose the UPA Government’s failure" to check the growing menace.
- Pro-Quota Groups To Stage Rallies In Tamil Nadu (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
A group of pro-quota organisations will stage rallies and demonstrations across Tamil Nadu on June 6 to demand promulgation of an ordinance to provide 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in higher educational institutions.
- 17 Nabbed On Terrorism Charges In Canada (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Seventeen Canadian residents were arrested on terrorism charges. They were inspired by Al Qaeda, had amassed enough explosives to build huge bombs and were planning to blow up targets in densely populated Ontario, police said on Saturday.
- Nepali Court Orders Release Of Jailed Ex-Ministers (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Nepal's Supreme Court on Sunday freed three ministers in the royalist government of King Gyanendra arrested after the monarch gave in to mass protests and handed power back to political parties in April.
- 'Priyaranjan Dasmunshi Has Set A Bad Precedent By Viewing The Film' (OutLook, Anuradha Raman, Jun 05, 2006)
From a call to hold back its release to granting an adult certification, with a prominent disclaimer that it was a work of fiction, it was the I&B ministry which took all the decisions. The Censor Board chairperson on the parallel body.
- 'Accept Mukherjee Panel Report, Reject Government Stand' (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Failing to bring the UPA to agree to allot a day for discussion in Parliament on the Justice Mukherjee Commission Report on Netaji, All India Forward Bloc plans to go to the court of people.
- Improve Quality Of Education, Panel Tells Arjun (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Jun 05, 2006)
A recent report of Parliament Standing Committee that - the higher education has grown in quantity but lacked in quality - may be an eye-opener for Human Resource Develop- ment Minister Arjun Singh.
- Mayawati Tells Obcs To Beware Vote Politics (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Predicts fall of UPA Govt before Monsoon Session ---- Terming the move to provide reservation to OBCs in higher educational institutions as "vote politics", BSP supremo Mayawati appealed to the OBCs to beware the plans of Congress and BJP on the issue.
- Macro Manoeuvrings (Business Standard, Subir Gokarn, Jun 05, 2006)
A shift in the monetary policy stance from anti-inflationary to neutral is needed.
- Onus On Leaders (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jun 05, 2006)
Are we really living in the land of Mahatma Gandhi, the apostle of peace and non-violence? Not a day passes without reports of murders and mayhem being splashed in the print and electronic media.
- Facts Are Sacred (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 05, 2006)
Much of this cavalier attitude is the result of 24x7 news channels trying to outdo each other in entertaining, as opposed to informing, viewers by dumbing down news and taking liberties with facts.
- Balm For Rahul In Atal Sympathy (Telegraph, MANJEET SEHGAL WARRIOR, Jun 05, 2006)
The first comments from the BJP offering sympathy and help to Rahul Mahajan, recovering from a possible drug overdose, came today with Atal Bihari Vajpayee saying “such mistakes happen in young age”.
- Back Gujarat Bill (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 05, 2006)
If UPA scuttles it, jihadis will rejoice ---- The drama over the Gujarat Control of Organised Crime Bill, 2003, which has been hanging fire for three years, is now set to enter a new act.
- Moving Backward (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 05, 2006)
Caste-based reservation in India has nothing to do with raising the lot of the poor, and everything to do with garnering votes, says Peter . . .
- Advocate And The Imposter (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Jun 05, 2006)
Whenever there is a deal in our country, wheelers-dealers are around to grease the required wheels so that it gets on without a hitch.
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