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Articles 12721 through 12820 of 43820:
- Your Smoking Is Killing Me (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 05, 2006)
Ban on depiction of smoking in films and TV serials is necessary as impressionable minds take their screen idols very seriously, says Shailaja Chandra.
- Sonia Asks Azad To Mend Ties With Pdp (Pioneer, Sanjay K Jha, Jun 05, 2006)
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad's disenchantment with the alliance partner People's Democratic Party (PDP) and his alternative political plans have not been appreciated at all by the central leadership of the Congress.
- Luxury Becomes Necessity (Pioneer, K Govindan Kutty , Jun 05, 2006)
Thomas Friedman might well have second thoughts revisiting Bangalore; while the world is certainly flat in these parts, it's also uneven and potholed ---- Queen Regent Kempananjammanni spent less than Rs 42 lakh almost a hundred years ago, to build . . .
- Statue Symbolises Culture, Says Chief Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
It was reinstalled amid playing of nagaswaram
- Bjp Looks Set To Dump Mahajan Jr (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
BJP president Rajnath Singh on Saturday said in Bangalore that the party had not shown any interest in bringing Mr Rahul Mahajan, who is battling for life in a Delhi hospital, into politics.....
- Congress Dares Coalition To Seek Dissolution Of Assembly (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
Only elections can be a test of popularity of JD(S), says Ugrappa
- Aiadmk Workers Being Harassed, Alleges Jayalalithaa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
Claims police are not taking any action
- A Master's Vision (Hindu, ANAND HARIDAS, Jun 04, 2006)
A rare collection of O.V. Vijayan's political cartoons and writings provides a glimpse of his genius.
- Bjp Leadership In A Dilemma Over Rahul Mahajan Episode (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
Party leaders contradict each other on the line to be adopted; Rahul was poisoned, says Munde
Initial reports suggested that it was a case of liquor and drug overdose
Sushma Swaraj described it as a family tragedy unconnected to the party
"We . . .
- Talks On Siachen Not Dialogue Of The Deaf: Pak Defence Secy (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Jun 04, 2006)
Pakistan Defence Secretary Lt-Gen Tariq Waseem Ghazi (retd) visited New Delhi for the tenth round of Defence Secretary-level India-Pakistan talks on Siachen and Sir Creek. He agreed for an interview but could not find time. On his return to Islamabad . .
- Bjp, Sad Hit A Rocky Patch (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
Relations between the SAD and the BJP in Punjab have not exactly been cordial ever since Jathedars of the Akal Takht and three other Sikh high priests wrote a letter against the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
- Nilotpal Calls Ec Biased (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
Senior CPI-M leader Mr Nilotpal Basu today accused the Election Com-mission of “bias” against 10 CPI-M MPs when its website, “despite no prima facie evidence,” said they were under probe for holding offices of profit.
- Strike Out (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 04, 2006)
The foiled terrorist strike on the RSS headquarters at Nagpur early on Thursday was not unexpected, even though it is to the credit of the security forces that they acted according to drill and gunned down the three attackers.
- Quest For Lacquer (Hindu, AMRITA SHETTY, Jun 04, 2006)
Hunting for a Vietnamese lacquer painting threw up a wealth of information.
- Galbraith The Green (Hindu, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Jun 04, 2006)
Galbraith's 1958 essay throws up issues which may turn out to be fundamental ones in the 21st century.
- Taliban-Ii More Lethal (Pioneer, B Raman, Jun 04, 2006)
Afghanistan continues to boil in the jihadi cauldron while Pakistan stokes the fire below ---- The upsurge in violence - partly conventional strikes, partly acts of terrorism - which one has been seeing in southern and eastern Afghanistan since the . . .
- Not Yet Ready For Globalisation (Hindu, SHASHI THAROOR, Jun 04, 2006)
What makes the baseball World Series, a global competition? The participation of two Canadian teams...
- Cpi Keen On Poll Pact At Mandal Level (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
Party to contest 115 MPTCs, 7 ZPTCs
Says major political parties joined hands to defeat the party in the past
No compromise on its `stronghold' constituencies
Differs with CPI(M) on bauxite mining issue
- High Court Issues Notice To Union Government (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
A bunch of petitions challenge order of CAT
Respondents asked to file their replies by August 31
`CAT's order violates the principle of natural justice'
- Factors Behind The Rally (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 04, 2006)
Friday's rally in Karachi, organised by the Pakhtun Action Committee, succeeded in bringing life in the city to a standstill, but whether it accomplished any of its goals will depend on how the city administration will address the issues at stake.
- Demilitarisation Of Siachen (Tribune, Maj-Gen Ashok K. Mehta (retd), Jun 04, 2006)
The Siachen breakthrough did not materialise. We are closer to resolving any of the other outstanding issues with Pakistan.
- Karamat Opposes Long Involvement Of Army (Dawn, Anwar Iqbal, Jun 04, 2006)
Pakistan’s outgoing Ambassador to Unites States, Gen Jehangir Karamat, has advised the government not to involve the army ‘for too long’ in Waziristan and Balochistan because it can be ‘counterproductive’ to do so.
- Cabinet Expansion On Cards In J&k (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
Much awaited Cabinet expansion in the State is on the cards. The issue of expansion also figured during a meeting Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad had with UPA chairperson and Congress president Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi today.
- People Stories And The Public Interest (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Jun 04, 2006)
If President Kalam were media-obsessed — there’s absolutely no suggestion of this in this most serious-minded head of state —
- Office Of Perplexity & Pandemonium (Indian Express, Vivek Deshpande, Jun 04, 2006)
The attack on RSS headquarters in Nagpur shows that the Islamic militants are targeting a particular community.”
- Ban On Liquor ? (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Jun 04, 2006)
Nearly 30 years ago, when the Late M. G Ramachandran assumed power for the first time as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, one of the first decisions he announced was to impose total prohibition in the State.
- President’S Re-Election: Legal Aspects (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 04, 2006)
It may be recalled that the last general elections in Pakistan were held during the fourth quarter of the year 2002.
- Our Pattern Of Budget-Making (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 04, 2006)
Successive governments in Pakistan have tended to use the annual budgets to gain political mileage rather than promote any particular economic plan or strategy.
- Foreign Pressure Pushing Sri Lanka To Talks (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
Stepped up international pressure encouraged Sri Lanka's warring parties to resume talks this week amid hopes of a new power-sharing deal, officials and diplomats said.
- Poetry Of The Nitty-Gritty (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
Australian novelist, essayist and short-story writer Delia Falconer goes back into the past to find subjects for her books.
- What About Women’S Reservations? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 04, 2006)
Good things done with wrong intentions by politicians who are otherwise perfectly wise, are bound to have adverse repercussions. Every politician weighs benefits in terms of caste votes and then makes aggressive or guarded statements accordingly.
- Fed Up With Red (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 04, 2006)
West Bengal’s example shows that outdated ideas must yield ground in any face-off between ideology and good governance.
- Combined Arms Warfare Vs Terrorism (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Jun 04, 2006)
The series of killings by terrorists before and during the roundtable conference called by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Jammu and Kashmir and the military exercises conducted by the Indian armed forces to hone combined operations techniques . . .
- Da Political Code (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 04, 2006)
Who’s secular? Those banning ‘The Da Vinci Code’ in India while it plays in a theatre near the Vatican?
- The Maoist-Turned Democrat (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jun 04, 2006)
Maoists have been calling the shots in Nepal. And now Prachanda, the Maoists’ Supremo is himself leading the peace talks with the Koirala Government.
- Lifetrack In New York (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Jun 04, 2006)
My most favourite bar in New York is The Otherroom on Perry Street in West Village.
- A World Of Deception (Hindu, Shelley Walia, Jun 04, 2006)
Donna Leon's book explores another Venice, a complex city of intrigue and corruption.
- Quietly Affirmative (Hindu, Gowri Ramnarayan, Jun 04, 2006)
The Grip of Change is a work of literature, not a manifesto.
- In A New Light (Hindu, A.J. THOMAS, Jun 04, 2006)
"I would not be surprised if this novel turns out to be his magnum opus eventually."
- Anti-Fascist Manifesto (Hindu, RAVI VYAS, Jun 04, 2006)
The Abruzzo Trilogy: Fontamara, (1930) Bread and Wine (1926) and The Seed Beneath the Snow, (1943), Ignazio Silone, Steerforth Press, Paperback, £18.99. Other Books Consulted: Christ Stopped Eboli, Carlo Levi; Selections from Prison Notebooks, . . .
- Farmers Are Saviours, Not Beneficiaries (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 04, 2006)
“Everybody, including the PM, says that if agriculture goes wrong, nothing will go right. But that is yet to get translated into political action.” Agro scientist M S Swaminathan
- Simple Sorry Can’T Wipe Out Ghraib, Guantanomo Abuses (Deccan Herald, N J Nanporia , Jun 04, 2006)
Acknowledging a mistake is not an apology, nor is it an act of contrition.
- Markets Are Cyclical, Like Life After Death (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 04, 2006)
We must use our power to discriminate and should not be influenced by sensationalism in media and herd mentality
- Need To Redefine `Social Justice' (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 04, 2006)
The article "Reservation — an alternative proposal" (The Hindu, May 22-23) merits serious attention by the policy makers as well as civil society at large.
- U.S. Affirmative Action & Our Reservation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 04, 2006)
In that country, fixing quotas or awarding preferential extra points is not allowed
- Who Needs Checks & Balances? (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jun 04, 2006)
That’s what our politicians, left and right, seem to be saying as they take on the Election Commission, the SC, and now the President
- Pakistan’S Allies~i (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Jun 04, 2006)
From the 1846 Treaty of Amritsar creating the State of Jammu & Kashmir until the collapse of the USSR in 1991, Britain and later the USA becoming increasingly interested in the subcontinent’s Northwest.
- Disquiet On The Western Front (Pioneer, Kanchan Lakshman, Jun 04, 2006)
The biggest problem for the Hamid Karzai regime is that it does not have any control over regions bordering Pakistan, the hotbed of terrorism. Worse, Musharraf would rather aggravate insurgency ---- President Pervez Musharraf said after talks with . . .
- Payback Time (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Jun 04, 2006)
Hamid Karzai gave the Taliban all the latitude it needed for regrouping. India made the mistake of listening to him instead of trusting its own instincts back in 2002. Now, Karzai himself speaks out against Pakistan for sponsoring Taliban-II.
- Time Yet To Relent (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 04, 2006)
UPA must reconsider quota policy ---- By calling off their strike and returning to work, doctors in Delhi and other cities across the country have done the right thing. Now that the . . .
- Protecting Rights Of Minorities (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 03, 2006)
West Bengal Amendment Bill Will Hit Education
- ‘No Politician’ Pm (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Jun 03, 2006)
Remember Manmohan Singh, the man of impeccable credentials, of utmost humility, a do-gooder who will do no wrong, not knowingly, his admirers will tell you.
- Alternative To Communal And Casteist Politics (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jun 03, 2006)
The stark reality of the Indian politics has moved it's full circle: Congress brand of socialism and secularism to the BJP's communalism, and, now it is the turn of casteism.
- Siachen Is Strategically Important (Daily Excelsior, J N Raina, Jun 03, 2006)
India will be deluding itself if it feels sanguine that Siachen conflict will be negotiated with Pakistan amicably.
- Nagpur: Ib Detected Terrorists (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jun 03, 2006)
Communications operation enabled it to monitor the squad's movement
Did not have enough details to make pre-emptive arrests
Police have confirmed that the three killed were Pakistan nationals
- March Of Balle-Balle (Times of India, ARVIND KALA, Jun 03, 2006)
Punjabis number less than 3 per cent of India's population. They are outnumbered three to one by Bengalis and two to one by people who speak Telugu, Marathi or Tamil. In terms of population, Punjabis are also fewer than Gujaratis, Keralites or Oriyas.
- Suspects Surrender, Mystery Deepens (Pioneer, Vijaita Singh, Jun 03, 2006)
After midnight visitors, Bibek Maitra dead, Rahul Mahajan on ventilator----- Even as Rahul Mahajan battled for his life, in a dramatic turnaround, three of the four prime suspects wanted in connection with the death of Bibek Maitra, late BJP leader . . .
- Maoists Want To Resolve Conflict (Tribune, Shirish B. Pradhan, Jun 03, 2006)
Nepal's capital turned red today as tens of thousands of Maoists and their supporters gathered here for their first public meeting addressed by top leaders who said they wanted the conflict to be resolved peacefully.
- Valid Protest (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 03, 2006)
It is seldom that the legislators of the Jammu region cut across party lines to take up a common cause.
- What About Women’S Reservations? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 03, 2006)
Good things done with wrong intentions by politicians who are otherwise perfectly wise, are bound to have adverse repercussions.
- Strike Out (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 03, 2006)
The foiled terrorist strike on the RSS headquarters at Nagpur early on Thursday was not unexpected, even though it is to the credit of the security forces that they acted according to drill and gunned down the three attackers.
- Da Political Code (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 03, 2006)
Who’s secular? Those banning ‘The Da Vinci Code’ in India while it plays in a theatre near the Vatican?
- Reservation Question (Tribune, Ashok Kundra, Jun 03, 2006)
The debate about reservation for OBCs in the premier educational institutions is raging in the country. Pro and anti-reservationists are out in streets demonstrating, striking and protesting.
- Picturing Pakistan (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 03, 2006)
A book explains why Pakistan goes back and forth between democracy and military dictatorship.
- Dr Ghamdi Is Right, Mr Aziz Is Wrong (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
On Wednesday, at the National Education Conference in Islamabad, we heard an interesting argument.
- The Many Galbraiths (Business Line, R. T. Narayanan, Jun 03, 2006)
To some he was an academic in the classical mould who enjoyed delivering his brand of economics from the exclusive Harvard pulpit.
- Benazir, Nawaz Discuss Govt’S ‘Overtures’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto and Pakistan Muslim League-N leader Nawaz Sharif met in Dubai on Friday and discussed the prevailing political situation in Pakistan, particularly after the May 14 signing of the Charter of . . .
- New Income-Tax Return Form Introduced (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
New form seeks to capture not only assessee's income but also expenditure during financial year under assessment
Out goes "Saral"; new form to reflect actual cash flow of the assessee
Option of filing electronic or hard copy return this year . . .
- Dmdk Council To Decide Local Body Polls Strategy (Hindu, Ramya Kannan , Jun 03, 2006)
Vijayakant does not rule out forging an alliance
A concrete plan will emerge by September, says DMDK chief
`Captain' busy consolidating his gains and strengthening party
"I will participate in Assembly proceedings only if they are relevant to people
- Dealing With Drug Menace (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 03, 2006)
A number of speakers at a recent seminar in Karachi stressed the role of the media in creating awareness about drug abuse in the country.
- The Guessing Game (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jun 03, 2006)
As Tony Blair limps towards the end of his tenure, the controversy over John Prescott, his deputy prime minister and the ruling party’s deputy leader, who was 68 this week, is a reminder that oppositions do not win elections, governments lose them.
- Disquiet On The Western Front (Pioneer, Kanchan Lakshman, Jun 03, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf said after talks with visiting Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai in Islamabad on February 15 that terrorism was a common enemy and the two countries had to combat it together.
- "There Is A Very Deep-Rooted Prejudice" (Hindu, Siddharth Narrain , Jun 03, 2006)
Anuradha Mohit, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Special Rapporteur on Disability, says the academic sector has been the most insensitive in affirmative action for the disabled.
- Japan Considers Adding Patriotism To School Curriculum (Tribune, Bruce Wallace, Jun 03, 2006)
If the Japanese government gets its way, educators will soon add another course to the standard curriculum of reading, writing and arithmetic: teaching students to show love for their country.
- Get Rid Of The Culture Police (Tribune, Shakuntala Rao, Jun 03, 2006)
In December 1998, a small group of protesters halted the screening of the movie Fire in two Mumbai theatres.
- On Keeping Cool (Tribune, Raj Chatterjee, Jun 03, 2006)
As the celebrated chronicler of the activities of the Pickwick Club said a long time ago, “It is pleasant to turn from contemplating the strife and torment of political existence to the peaceful repose of private life.
- Celebrities, Ex-Husband Turner Roast Actress Jane Fonda... (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
Actress Jane Fonda was on the wrong end of a celebrity roast, the target of spirited insults from actresses, comedians and horror of horrors her ex-husband.
- Nations Try To Patch Up Splits On Sex At Aids Meet......... (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
The president of the United Nations General Assembly has sought to break the deadlock over a UN declaration on AIDS, with Islamic countries objecting to empowerment for girls and the United States and others resisting defining financial targets.
- Republicans In Trouble (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 03, 2006)
After the United States President, George W. Bush, won re-election in 2004, the Republican party believed it had a good chance of preserving its majorities in the two Houses of Congress over the next few electoral cycles.
- An Opportunity To Unite People (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 03, 2006)
Not many hours after police in Nagpur succeeded in repulsing a terrorist strike on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's headquarters, politicians of the parivar began to seek political mileage out of the episode.
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