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Articles 13021 through 13120 of 43820:
- Language Of Caste (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 31, 2006)
In many ways, caste is about numbers. The political consensus we have for creating OBC quotas in central educational institutions is largely because parties are aware of the electoral clout of the other backward classes.
- Sahib’S Wife (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 31, 2006)
It would be funny if it didn’t capture so well the predatory bureaucracy and brown sahib culture that we all live with.
- Quota: Bjp Meet Endorses Rajnath Stand (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
Differing voices heard at executive
- It Is `Insiders' Creating Problems For Bjp: Vajpayee (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
This indicates that surely something is wrong somewhere, he says
- Why No Protests On Capitation Fees? (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
The anti-quota participant in the programme was not really qualified to debate the well-known social-scientist who argued that we can point out the flaws in quotas, but to say that the entire mechanism should be scrapped would be going too far.
- Un To Keep Working For Release Of Myanmar Leader (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
The United Nations has vowed to continue working for the release of Myanmar democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, whose house arrest the country's military Junta has extended.
- Sonia: Spare Kerosene, Lpg From Price Hike (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
``Increase diesel price marginally''
Petroleum Ministry to prepare note for Cabinet
Cut in customs, excise duties opposed by Finance Ministry
Oil companies want petrol price hiked by Rs. 10.5 a litre
- Annan To Keep Working For Release Of Suu Kyi (Press Trust of India, DHARAM SHOURIE, May 31, 2006)
The United Nations has vowed to continue working for the release of Myanmar democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, whose house arrest the country's military Junta has extended.
- Chaotic Bangalore Traffic (Deccan Herald, T C NARAYAN, May 31, 2006)
Steps should be taken towards improving traffic by firstly enforcing the rules
- Goodwill, Greed And The Righting Of History (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 31, 2006)
Neither agitating medical students, nor opportunist political parties or an unscrupulous corporate sector can bar access to equal opportunity for the backward classes
- All For A Good Yarn (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 31, 2006)
Do you actually care — I’d write give a damn, except that in these contexts one must choose one’s words with caution
- It’S The Hindus’Turn To Be Extremists (Deccan Herald, Nick Cohen, May 31, 2006)
Husain is the grand old man of Indian art. He began as a boy painting cinema hoardings for six annas per square foot before getting his first break at the Bombay Art Society in 1947.
- Pandora’S Box Awaits Opener (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
The independent commission that students opposing the proposed 27 per cent quota for Other Backward Classes have demanded might be a Pandora’s box in India’s vote-bank politics.
- Kalam Kicks Profit Bill Back (Telegraph, A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM , May 31, 2006)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam stunned the political establishment this evening by returning the office of profit bill to Parliament for “reconsideration”.
- Win To Deface (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 31, 2006)
Everybody likes to win. But victory celebrations are usually followed by responsible behaviour from the winner, and the resumption of normal business.
- Veil Of Peace (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 31, 2006)
The second round-table on Jammu and Kashmir, held recently in Srinagar, seems to have turned out better than expected.
- Saving The Package (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , May 31, 2006)
Dear Prime Minister,
I am a supporter of the nuclear deal, which you have concluded with the American president, George W. Bush — as an Indian citizen and as a columnist who has had a ringside view of the progress of this accord from its womb . . .
- Court’S Posers (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 31, 2006)
The motive behind introducing OBC reservations was always suspect. Now its legal validity too has come into question through two PILs.
- Stop Caste-Based Divide And Rule (Tribune, Ranjit Singh Ghuman, May 31, 2006)
Reservations are being used today as an instrument to capture power and divide and rule.
- Un Sweepstakes (Tribune, T.P. Sreenivasan, May 31, 2006)
THE election of the Secretary-General of the United Nations is like sweepstakes. Anyone can enter the race as no qualification is prescribed.
- Energy Conservation And House Building (Hindu, George Monbiot, May 31, 2006)
For 21 years, builders in the United Kingdom have been legally bound to construct homes that conserve energy.
- Earthquake Survivors Wait In Rain For Relief (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
Hospitals overwhelmed with five times their normal patient load begged for more medical staff and supplies to treat the thousands of injured.
- Turning Point In The Debate (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, May 31, 2006)
Developing countries pushed issues that plagued them atWorld Health Assembly
- Big Trouble In A Small Country (Dawn, Mahir Ali, May 31, 2006)
East Timor was supposed to be a United Nations success story. Yet in recent weeks, a mere four years into its journey as an independent nation, it has exploded into violence, exhibiting many of the symptoms of state failure.
- A Fitting Response (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 31, 2006)
In a welcome move, the government has decided to continue the policy of duty-free cement import.
- Arms Control In A Unipolar World (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, May 31, 2006)
After unsigning the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, sabotaging the verification protocol of the Biological Weapons Convention, and taking the arms race into Outer Space, the United States has finally settled on a multilateral arms control measure it . . .
- Women Celebrate, Men Sulk, Over A Ruling (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, May 31, 2006)
The British House of Lords has obliterated the traditional distinction between the home-maker and the breadwinner.
- Keep Talking (Times of India, Balraj Puri, May 31, 2006)
Prime minister Manmohan Singh was greeted by deserted streets in Srinagar when he went there to hold the round-table conference. Neither he nor his predecessor had received such a hostile reception in recent years.
- For Some Decorous Adversariality (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 31, 2006)
The signs are unpropitious. In its opening session, the 13th Tamil Nadu Assembly saw the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the opposition All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam rush down the path of conflict.
- Bjp Dubs Pm 'An Object Of Pity' (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, May 31, 2006)
In a multi-pronged attack on UPA for its "failure on all fronts" the BJP on Tuesday dubbed Prime Minister as "an object of pity who could be easily pushed around".
- Bjp Upholds Quota, Adds 'Don't Compromise Merit' (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, May 31, 2006)
On Tuesday, the National Executive of the BJP endorsed 27 per cent reservations for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) but without compromising on merit and excellence.
- The Mind Of A Maobadi (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, May 31, 2006)
Fifty-one year old Suresh is a Magar, Jan Jati (tribal), the hardcore of the 10-year long Maoist movement in Nepal.
- Kalam Sends Back Office Of Profit Bill (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, May 31, 2006)
Asks Parliament to reconsider it
- Extensive Consensus On Defence Cooperation With China (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, May 31, 2006)
Wen calls Pranab's visit a success; progress of border negotiations discussed
- Bjp Brass For Tightening Grip Over Organisation (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
Outsiders cannot cause any crisis for us, but if a crisis occurs within the party there are certainly some shortcomings," veteran Atal Bihari Vajpayee's agonising reflections at the BJP national executive on Tuesday sent the party leaders in into . . .
- Dawn Of A New Era In Nepal (Daily Excelsior, Subhashis Mittra, May 31, 2006)
A new era has dawned in Nepal. In a historic declaration, the revived Parliament adopted resolutions that not only stripped the King of his title as the Supreme Commander of the Royal Nepal Army, but also brought his private property and earnings . . .
- Arjun Singh’S Politics (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, May 31, 2006)
Reservation And The Politics Of Reservation!
- Cong, Left Differences Paralysing Economic Decision Making:bjp (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
Charging the UPA Government with being indecisive, BJP today said ideological contradictions between Congress and Left have paralysed economic decision making process in the country.
- The Economics And Politics Of Growth (The Financial Express, Rahul Bajaj, May 31, 2006)
Business functions in a democracy of quality and politics in a democracy of quantity
- Fighting India's Low Intensity Civil War (Daily Excelsior, Brig. (Retd.) S.N. Sachadeva, May 31, 2006)
India has been involved, for sometime now, in what may appropriately be termed as a low intensity civil war. When we survey the scene from eastern India to north western India,
- Graft Charges: Punjab Cm In The Dock (Deccan Herald, Satinder Bains, May 31, 2006)
The Congress MLA favoured retaining the Union Territory status of Chandigarh, the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana.
- Bundle Commission (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 31, 2006)
When the Mandal Commission report was thrust upon an unsuspecting nation by the VP Singh Government in 1990, its critics pointed out that the database the Commission based its assessments on was inherently flawed.
- Some Neighbourly Help, Please (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 31, 2006)
Going by the European Union (EU)’s decision to ban the LTTE, international mediation in Sri Lanka may have reached a crossroads.
- Negotiations The Only Credible Way Out (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 31, 2006)
Gulf countries will suffer as much, if not more, than Iran, if the US uses force to halt its weapons programme, says Marianna Belenkaya
- Roller-Coaster Ride In Kashmir (Pioneer, CP Bhambhri, May 31, 2006)
Roundtable Conference has taken the dialogue process between alienated Kashmiris and the Government forward, says CP Bhambhri
- Cpm's Hero Runs A Police State (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 31, 2006)
Hugo Chavez has not only turned Venezuela into an authoritarian state, but also made it a land of mass destitution and inequality, says Lowell Ponte
- Divide And Rule (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 31, 2006)
Conceived in political lust and born in transgression, the government’s misguided reservation policy has opened up a Pandora’s Box.
- Death To Jihadis (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 31, 2006)
The news from Bangladesh about a Barisal court sentencing seven hardcore Islamist terrorists to death is sure indication of the tenacity of the free judiciary of that country to defend its independence.
- Nepal Story Not Yet Over (Pioneer, Rai Singh, May 31, 2006)
In the editorial, "Coup against King" (May 20), you have rightly pointed out that it is absurd to hail Thursday's Parliament coup in Nepal as a "modern Magna Carta". But it is the royalty that is to be blamed for what has happened in Nepal.
- “There Have To Be Final Talks For Solution” (Deccan Herald, Bala Chauhan, May 30, 2006)
He is distant, cold and speaks briefly.
- Pakistan Politics Up For Rapid Changes (Daily Excelsior, V M Gokuldas, May 30, 2006)
Pakistan's political scene is in for rapid changes and India has per force to take a close look at the fast-moving developments to see what impact they could make on its domestic scene and on its overall security.
- Bill For Obcs, Balm For The Rest (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, May 30, 2006)
After weeks of tossing the reservation issue between quota protesters and its champions, a clarity of sorts has emerged on the position taken by the UPA government and the Congress.
- China, India Pledge To Deepen Military Exchanges (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
China and India pledged on Monday to deepen military exchanges during a visit by Indian Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee, the latest sign of warming relations between the neighbours and one-time foes.
- An Ecological Patriot's Vision (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, May 30, 2006)
A tribute to the acute perspective that M. Krishnan brought to the study of nature
- Upa Is Writing Its Own Epitaph (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 30, 2006)
No political party other than those led by OBCs gain from reservation yet mainstream players blunder into quota politics
- The Affluent Society (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 30, 2006)
Despite bringing unprecedented prosperity and equality in the world, Capitalism has turned out to be a dirty word
- Centres Of Change & Graft (Pioneer, K Govindan Kutty , May 30, 2006)
From Chennai and Thrissur come two pieces of news which, though unrelated, seem parts of a whole. Both go to show up, once again, temples as they have always been: Centres of change and corruption.
- Bend It At Their Beck And Call (Pioneer, Vivek Gumaste, May 30, 2006)
The tense atmosphere of a communal riot and the political grandstanding that accompanies it preclude an honest, objective assessment of the incident.
- Corruption As Human Rights Violation (Hindu, C. Raj Kumar, May 30, 2006)
The National Human Rights Commission should revamp its mandate in the light of massive institutionalised corruption that has left no institution in India untouched.
- Reds Signal War (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 30, 2006)
The upa Government's disastrous Nepal policy is beginning to recoil on India.
- The Bitter Truth Of Our Politics (Dawn, Murtaza Razvi, May 30, 2006)
While the world moves on to pursue its socioeconomic and other loftier goals in the new millennium, the debate on the state of democracy continues in Pakistan.
- Wincing Over Da Vinci Code (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, May 30, 2006)
Three Vatican-affiliated satra-pies have unilaterally banned the Hollywood blockbuster, The Da Vinci Code, thereby affirming paramount loyalty to Il Papa as opposed to the Indian nation.
- Get Professional (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 30, 2006)
The unseemly controversy over the denial of an extension of service to the former chairman of the State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Subir Raha, has once again brought the issue of corporate governance in public sector undertakings . . .
- Nepal Faces Hindu Backlash Over Declaration As Secular State (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
The May 18 declaration by Nepal's parliament ending the country's distinction as the world's only Hindu state was one of the several hard decisions taken by the new government to coax Maoist rebels to join in a peaceful political process.
- Kargil Pride Turned Into Shame (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 30, 2006)
Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said that he came to know of the Kargil operation from his Indian counterpart Atal Behari Vajpayee in May 1999. In an interview with Indian news agency PTI, he squarely blamed Gen Pervez Musharraf for what he . . .
- Buddha Bashing (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 30, 2006)
As if to iterate that the more Marxists change, the more they remain the same, the meeting of the CPI(M) Polit Bureau in Kolkata made all the necessary noises to emphasise orthodoxy and negate its campaign platform in the recent West Bengal election.
- Let Our Representatives Think Harder (The Economic Times, Rama Bijapurkar, May 30, 2006)
The diktat to instantly scale up existing institutions should be resisted and a dialogue must be held with them instead to come up with fast track solutions to increase capacity.
- Sifting Musharraf’S Good Points (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, May 30, 2006)
The pmln and the pppp got together with sundry other opposition parties in Lahore on Sunday to remember the day Pakistan tested its nuclear device in 1998.
- Can Democracy Ensure Economic Discipline? (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, May 30, 2006)
Freedom is an important component of development. But if it can deliver economic advancement for a vast majority depends squarely on whether or not the policy environment is conducive, says BHANOJI RAO.
- Explaining The Stock Market Correction (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, May 30, 2006)
The second fortnight of May witnessed a much needed though still inadequate correction of the recent unprecedented rise of the Sensex. Yet, in the blame-game that followed, inadequate "reform" stemming from political opposition has been seen by . . .
- Banned Books In India: 1970s-2006 (Business Standard, Nilanjana S Roy, May 30, 2006)
The 1970s: Politics, and what the state often saw as the misrepresentation of either India’s policies or its leaders, triggered most book bans in this decade. Former MI5 operative Greville Wynne upset MI5 and the Indian government when he published . . .
- Cbi Arrests Businessman (Times of India, M Saleem Pandit, May 30, 2006)
Contrary to reports that 30 people had been put through the identification and interrogation exercise in the Kashmir sex scandal, the CBI told the court on Monday that the identification parade of only 12 persons had been conducted, out of whom . . .
- We Need More Engineers (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 30, 2006)
It’s time India built more, many more, IITs. Seven IITs for an economy that intends to sustain its current annual growth rate of 8%, and even improve on it, is dismally meagre.
- Pakistan Rallies Around A.Q. Khan (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , May 30, 2006)
Renewed interest in America on nuclear proliferation network
- History And Mythology (Daily Excelsior, Indranil Banerjea, May 30, 2006)
During colonial times, India was portrayed as serving a role in history that was subservient to the European agenda, or as just a passive entity activated primarily by the incursions of invading groups.
- Natural Rise (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 30, 2006)
Free gas pricing, ensure competitive markets
- Wages Of Globalisation (The Financial Express, Sudha Mahalingam, May 30, 2006)
The government’s stand on the pricing of gas from JV and NELP fields is nothing new.
- Doha Round: Get The Majority Of Ldcs To Band (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 30, 2006)
With the livelihood of tens of millions of farmers at risk, only this unity will deliver
- Without Vision Not Fiis (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, May 30, 2006)
There is a strong consensus that India is vulnerable owing to the large mass of FII investment in the country.
- Jai Jai Shiv Shankar (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 30, 2006)
Glory to the One who bears river Ganges in His hair; Glory to the One who is the husband of Parvati; Glory to the One who is beyond death;
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