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Articles 13121 through 13220 of 43820:
- Left Dictatorship Behind Failure Of Foreign Policy: Bjp (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
The BJP on Monday accused Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of allowing the Left to dictate the country's foreign policy leading to the Government's utter failure in dealing with external affairs issues in the national interest.
- Sindh Coalition Intact (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 30, 2006)
Now that the differences between the MQM and the PML have been settled — to quote the prime minister — “amicably”, one hopes that no new tension will develop between the two, and the coalition will stay intact and work as a team for Sindh’s . . .
- Nepal Lawmakers Welcome Code Of Conduct For Ceasefire (Press Trust of India, Shirish B Pradhan, May 30, 2006)
Nepal's Parliament today welcomed the 25-point code of conduct for a ceasefire with Maoists, saying it would help check violence during the peace process aimed at ending the decade-long insurgency as a rebel leader called for sweeping reforms in . . .
- Bad Show (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 30, 2006)
Foresight leads to preemptive action.
- Turning To The Centre (Tribune, J. Sri Raman, May 30, 2006)
All the mysteries about the recently concluded Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, according to most analysts, are about what happened in the three weeks before May 8, the polling day.
- Buddha's Stance Confusing (Deccan Herald, V.R. Krishna Iyer, May 30, 2006)
Marxists oppose this grave menace. of Globalisation,Liberalisation Privatisation and have they too been Yeltsinised? Never. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, the brilliant West Bengal Chief Minister, why, the Left in India generally, has been blasphemed.
- Looking For Alternative (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 30, 2006)
Riding on their recent electoral successes, and notwithstanding their claims of having chosen “responsibility without power” in supporting the UPA government from the outside, the comrades are wielding their clout with glee.
- Keep Creamy Layer Out Of Quota, Says Bjp (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
Forced to tread a middle path on the controversial OBC reservation issue, the BJP today said it favoured quota for OBCs in higher educational institutions and wanted that the ‘creamy layer’ be kept out and economically weaker sections of upper . . .
- Nba Supports Aamir, Flays Ban On ‘Fanaa’ (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
The Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) has appreciated Bollywood star Aamir Khan’s “steadfast upholding of the cause of people displaced by Sardar Sarovar Dam” and termed the boycott of his film “Fanaa” in Gujarat as a “symptom of fanaticism”.
- India Steps Up Diplomatic Efforts On Nuclear Deal (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, May 30, 2006)
India has enough reason to feel confident that the US Congress will pass the much-awaited legislation approving the Indo-US civilian nuclear cooperation deal by next month end.
- Sc Notice To Govt On Quota (Tribune, S.S. Negi , May 30, 2006)
The Supreme Court today took cognizance of two writ petitions challenging the UPA Government’s decision to introduce 27 per cent reservation for OBCs and sought reply from the Centre as to what formed the basis for fixing the quota.
- Tourism Zone (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
I submit that entire Nilgiri district should be converted as a tourism zone. The main five zonal centres comprising Udhagamandalam, Coonoor, Gudalur, Kotagiri and Kundah regions are scenic spots.
- India Yet To Rise To Potential (Tribune, B G Verghese, May 30, 2006)
India is beginning to attract international notice but has seldom acted in keeping with its potential and power.
- Pro-Obc Means Anti-Cong (Indian Express, KUMAR KETKAR , May 30, 2006)
Not many people remember Charan Singh, the man who appointed B.P. Mandal to head a commission in the late ’70s to collect data on the Other Backward Classes (castes), belonged to the Congress Party till the mid-1960s.
- Risk In A Turban (Deccan Herald, M N Batra, May 30, 2006)
Security chiefs often become suspicious of harmless objects while checking guests
- More Seats In Reserve (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, May 30, 2006)
As the days roll on there is no sign of any discussion or debate on the issue of quotas for those who form the bulk of India.
- Some Reservations (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 30, 2006)
How can you support the extension of reservations to the OBCs while mopping up the resentment among the upper castes?
- A Law To Legalise The Illegal (Indian Express, G.P. Joshi, May 30, 2006)
The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.
- Six Visits, And The Hint Of A Breakthrough (Telegraph, Jyoti Malhotra, May 30, 2006)
Unlike his predecessor, Manmohan Singh perhaps prefers the slow-and-steady initiative on Kashmir. It seems to be finally showing results, in spite of bureaucratic sloth,
- India Yet To Endorse Un Role In Nepal (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, May 30, 2006)
As the Government in Nepal prepares to invite the UN into the peace process with the Maoists, India is yet to make up its mind on the timing and the nature of the external involvement in the Himalayan nation.
- Modern Classic (Hindu, Prema Nandakumar , May 30, 2006)
Two plantains for 15 paise. Eight annas for getting a proxy bus ticket. Thus starts the novel, Kuruthippunal, placing the events in an exact time frame with additional inputs about the first non-Congress government that had come to power in the . . .
- Against Empires Old And New (Hindu, Kesava Menon & Nirupama Subramanian, May 30, 2006)
Demolishes the justification trotted out by apologists for the U.S. invasion of Iraq
- Bits Of India On A French Beach (Hindu, BHUMIKA K, May 30, 2006)
The Swistik Knife will be India's own symbolic envoy when art lovers gather on a beach in France
- Yet Again We Cave In To Religious Bigots (Hindu, Nick Cohen, May 30, 2006)
Rival groups are egging each other on in a politics of grievance. Now, militant Hindus in Britain turn on M.F. Husain.
- A Quick Step Forward In Sino-Indian Ties (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, May 30, 2006)
As China and India grow in economic and strategic importance, what is needed is a genuine attempt towards mutual accommodation that would take into account shifting geopolitical power plays.
- Gujarat Ban On Aamir's Fanaa Unlawful: Nba (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , May 30, 2006)
"Whether in the name of religion or development, intolerance is unacceptable"
Expresses hope that common people will support Aamir Khan
Re-affirms commitment to just and equitable development
- Call Off Agitation, Cpi Tells Striking Medicos (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Says continuation will mean doing away with reservation
- Sharmila Tagore Resents Government Control (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Says there is a need for transparency
- Faulty Bsnl Lines (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Officials of the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) will have to take steps to attend to the grievances of consumers without much delay.
- Quota Has Approval Of Sonia, Manmohan: Arjun (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Bill will be brought in monsoon session of Parliament
Rules out any dilution of initiative
Opponents of Bill should see reason rather than harping on their own perception of the issue
It was meant for empowerment of the downtrodden
- Learning To Set Goals, And Chart Out A Plan Is Essential (Hindu, B.S. Warrier, May 29, 2006)
Achieving them in stages will be a powerful motivation that takes us to our ultimate destination
- Jayalalithaa's Participation, A Morale Booster For Aiadmk (Hindu, S. Dorairaj , May 29, 2006)
A message to DMK and allies that she will not back down from a political fight
- Dcc Chiefs Deny Giving Memo To Sonia (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Amid sharp reactions from the TRS, BJP and a rebuff from APCC president K. Keshava Rao seven District Congress Committee presidents from Telangana denied that they had submitted a memorandum to AICC chief Sonia Gandhi opposing Telangana.
- Junior Doctors Threaten To Launch Indefinite Strike From Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Procession taken out against Union Government's decision on reservation
- Through The Looking Glass In J&k (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 29, 2006)
New Delhi's dialogue with the All Parties Hurriyat Conference has reached an impasse. What could now lie ahead?
- Towards Meltdown (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 29, 2006)
FOR A bunch of alleged bloodsuckers, pitcher-plant mosquitoes turn out to be a bit of a disappointment.
- Inside Ukraine (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , May 29, 2006)
In contrast to American activism in Ukraine, Russia has so far adopted a low-key stand.
- Time For Stock Markets To Turn Sober (Hindu, C. R. L. Narasimhan, May 29, 2006)
Political stability and economic performance should decide sentiment
Over the last week, the stock market swings defied all understanding and seem to have left many investors and policy makers confused.
- Talks On Quota Deadlocked (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
The minister also told the agitating students on the Prime Minister’s behalf that their demand for setting up the commission too would be examined, while also assuring them that no action would be taken against the striking students, interns and . . .
- Signals On The Naga Front (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 29, 2006)
Considering that no breakthrough was on the cards anyway, the May 19-20 round of talks in Amsterdam between the Government of India and the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) has not been a total disappointment.
- Fuel Price Increase: Cpm To Launch Stir (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
The CPM general secretary appealed to agitating students to withdraw stir as the formula proposed by the UPA and the Left parties will provide “an equitable and balanced solution keeping in mind the interests of all sections.”
- Govt’S Mixed Record (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, May 29, 2006)
The govt has missed the boat and not done so many things it could have
- Govt Agrees To Examine Students’ Demand (Tribune, Tripti Nath, May 29, 2006)
The government tonight agreed to examine the students demand to set up an expert committee to review the reservation policy.
- ‘Let Us Welcome Them With Open Arms’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 29, 2006)
Respected Pratap Bhanu Mehta and Yogendra Yadav: I am not a researcher, scholar, politician, journalist. Neither am I a doctor or engineer. I am a school student.
- Need For Interaction And Crisis Management (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, May 29, 2006)
On 17 May 2004, the nation watched with disbelief as stock prices dropped 10 per cent within minutes after trading started for the day. A Sebi official later said that the ‘‘velocity of the fall in stock prices was second only to the great crash . . .
- Sebi Gets More Elbow Room To Enforce Discipline (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, May 29, 2006)
It comes following a Supreme Court order laying down a set of principles for trying financial crime.
- Powerful Lessons (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 29, 2006)
Reliance Energy Ltd’s decision to pull out of Orissa’s power sector is a sad finale to the state’s attempts at the sector’s reform.
- Dear Mr Modi, Don’T Abdicate Your Authority, (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 29, 2006)
writing this letter to you because I believe that somewhere in this madness, a small grain of sense, honour and truth still exists.
- Indonesia Quake Toll Rises To 4,611 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
20,000 injured, 1,00,000 homeless; US, Australia pledge aid worth $5m
- Racism Fears Dog World Cup (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 29, 2006)
Only a fortnight before the World Cup starts, racism has shot to the centre of public debate in Germany. While anti-racism campaigners have warned black and Asian fans against visiting parts of Berlin and the former communist east Germany....
- Cpm Invites Non-Nda Parties To Join Hands (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
At the end of the CPI(M)’s two-day Politburo meeting here today, the party General Secretary, Mr Prakash Karat declared they would invite all other non-NDA partners to join them in their struggle against the UPA’s “anti-people”policies.
- Quotas Turn Caste Politics Upside Down (Indian Express, Vrinda Gopinath, May 29, 2006)
SP, BSP show unusual restraint over Lucknow’s medics’ strikes but their eye is on the upper-caste vote, and next year’s elections
- Doesn’T Help To Typecaste (Indian Express, Pradipta Chaudhury, May 29, 2006)
Caste as a criterion in public policy is not supported by available evidence
- Document In Hand, Students Sceptical (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
The government today released a two-page document designed to defuse the anti-reservation agitation but medical students and doctors rejected the offer and lined up meetings to take a final decision.
- Indonesia Quake Toll Shoots Past 4600 (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Rescue workers dug desperately for survivors today and hospitals struggled to cope with the thousands of injured, a day after an earthquake killed more than 4,600 people on Indonesia’s Java island.
- Advani Backs Docs, Seeks Review Of Reservation Policy (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
The realisation has finally dawned on the BJP that it cannot hope to politically benefit from its unequivocal backing of the proposed OBC quota in higher education.
- Race Against Time In Shaken Java (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Rescue workers dug desperately for survivors on Sunday as residents returned to ruined homes on Indonesia's densely populated island of Java a day after a powerful earthquake killed nearly 3,300.
- Karma Of Competence (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 29, 2006)
I am convinced that
the time is ripe for a massive renaissance of our political culture
so that we build that
society which combines compassion with
competence, equity
with excellence.
Sonia Gandhi
- After Nepal, Prachanda Plots Mayhem In Bihar (Pioneer, Amarnath Tewary, May 29, 2006)
After virtually dethroning the Nepal King, the Maoists have now shifted their focus to Bihar. At a recently held meeting in Rajgir, Nepali and Indian Maoists sat together and chalked out a blueprint to create mayhem in Bihar.
- Reservation Or Retrogression? (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, May 29, 2006)
Politics is about creating 'vote-banks' and the 'reservation' game being played is essentially to divide the other backward classes (OBC) as also to check mate Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav in the Assembly election early next year.
- Gram Nyayalayas Bill To Be Tabled In Monsoon Session (Pioneer, Abraham Thomas, May 29, 2006)
The Bill seeking to establish courts across villages in the country will be tabled in the coming monsoon session of Parliament.
- Elementary Protest (Times of India, KAMALA BALACHANDRAN, May 29, 2006)
The HRD minister ignited the spark and the rival groups fanned it with their placards. The controversial issue of reservation in institutions of higher education is grabbing headlines with everyone rushing to take sides.
- Quota Row Goes To Court, Sc Will Hear Pil Today (Indian Express, R VENKATARAMAN, May 29, 2006)
27% OBC Reservation: Petitioner wants proposed quota law & Constitutional amendment quashed, says issue was settled by SC
- Kathmandu Takes The First Steps (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 29, 2006)
The 25-point code of conduct drawn up by negotiators of the Nepalese government and Maoist rebels is a welcome step in restoring peace and stability in the country.
- In Margins Of History (Pioneer, Ajoy Bose, May 29, 2006)
Manmohan Singh seems to have lost the confidence of Sonia Gandhi, who was the biggest source of support for the technocrat Prime Minister.
- Caution: Left Hand Drive (Pioneer, Anil Narendra, May 29, 2006)
Assembly results do not augur well for the two largest political parties as coalition era seems to have reached the States as well, says Anil Narendra
- Hitler's New Youth (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 29, 2006)
Unlike in the West, the German dictator has never been a hated figure in Palestinian society, say Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook.
- Nepal Army Pledges To Obey New Government (Reuters, Gopal Sharma, May 29, 2006)
The chief of Nepal's army said on Sunday the military would accept the orders of the new government, his first comments since parliament curbed King Gyanendra's powers including his control over the armed forces.
- Quotas By Fiat (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 29, 2006)
Blaming the politicians for keeping caste biases alive, Prof Andre Beteille insists that reservations will lead to social polarisation.
- Defence Diplomacy Redefined (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, May 29, 2006)
It isn’t often that India’s defence ministers make a mark on global diplomacy. But that’s precisely what Pranab Mukherjee is doing these days.
- Bin Laden Not In Pakistan: Sherpao (Daily Times, Javed Afridi, May 29, 2006)
Interior minister rules out operation in Upper Dir
Asks Afghan leaders to mind their own business, put own house in order
- Quota For Obcs Has Samajwadi Party's Backing: Arjun Singh (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh today dismissed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav's charge that the proposed reservation for OBCs was a "vote catching ploy" of the Congress and said it has the backing of the Samajwadi Party.
- Political Chaos In Bangladesh (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 29, 2006)
The Bangladesh Supreme Court has asked the Election Commission to update the electoral lists used for the 2001 polls and rejected the new voters’ list drawn up for the January’s parliamentary elections as ‘invalid’.
- Insurgency And Friendship Cannot Go Together (Daily Excelsior, Brig. (Retd.) S.N. Sachadeva, May 29, 2006)
Certain issues bordering on civil-military relations have been rattling the military mind for quite sometime.
- Gathering Storm (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 29, 2006)
Munda must find a way out of his failures
- Quota Row Clouds Rahul's Induction (Pioneer, Sanjay K Jha, May 29, 2006)
The Congress leadership is desperate to see the end of the students' agitation as it doesn't want to launch Rahul Gandhi in such a vitiated atmosphere.
- Progress On Sir Creek (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 29, 2006)
BY agreeing on a joint survey of the Sir Creek ahead of a 2009 UN deadline for final demarcation of maritime borders, Pakistan and India have given a further push to the on-going composite dialogue.
- Quota Debate And The Orwellian Doublespeak (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , May 29, 2006)
The Government has shut the quota debate by pronouncing that it has decided. But this, says P. V. INDIRESAN, is iniquitous as it has ordained that no institution — even if it has no government patronage — can admit students free of caste bias.
- An Elusive Deal (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 29, 2006)
Without a concerted political push to overcome the well-known hurdles, the Doha Round talks will get nowhere.
- The Teacher Who Would Be Pm (The Economic Times, R K NANDAN, May 28, 2006)
From the academic year of ‘07, one out of every two students joining the IIMs, IITs and AIIMS will not be getting in on the basis of merit! ‘Credit’ goes to the Manmohan Singh government!
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