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Articles 13521 through 13620 of 43820:
- Pm Suggests 5 Point Programme To Build A New Kashmir (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 25, 2006)
Talking tough, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today asserted that attempts by "some elements" within Jammu and Kashmir to disrupt peace process would be firmly thwarted and proposed focus on a five-point programme to build a new Kashmir.
- System Failure (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 25, 2006)
The UPA’s decision to extend reservations for OBCs to centrally funded institutions of higher learning is a triumph of wishful thinking over reality.
- Leaps Of Faith (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 25, 2006)
The government of India has reacted promptly and properly to the remarks Pope Benedict made about religious conversions and religious intolerance in India.
- Avoidable Hype (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 25, 2006)
In the turbulent 1990, an all-party delegation led by late Deputy Prime Minister Devi Lal had visited Srinagar.
- With Zero Attendance, Manmohan Sings Come-All Tune (Pioneer, Khursheed Wani, May 25, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spelt out his vision of a transformed Jammu and Kashmir expecting every individual of the State, irrespective of religion and region, to lead a life of dignity free from oppression, poverty and fear.
- Left Forces Quota Everywhere Except Home Turf (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, May 25, 2006)
The CPI (M)-led Left Front may have armtwisted the UPA Government to announce 27 per cent quote for OBCs in institutions of higher education from June 2007, but it is not prepared for the same in States like West Bengal, Kerala and Tripura where it rules.
- Easing Of Fdi Norms To Help India’ ‘Easing Of Fdi Norms To Help India’ (The Economic Times, G Ganapathy Subramaniam & Jayanthi Iyengar, May 25, 2006)
Liberalisation of foreign direct investment (FDI) policy would help India to attract more investment from the US, feels Mr Franklin L Lavin, the US under secretary for international trade.
- Taxing Policy (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 25, 2006)
Discourage states from competing on tax sops
- Quotacadabra (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 25, 2006)
The UPA-Left decision on the OBC quota in higher education admissions is deplorable.
- Reservations: The Shortcut To Nowhere (The Financial Express, RAJIV KUMAR, May 25, 2006)
Move from sharing a declining pie to increasing the pie’s size and to accountability for services
- Quota: Bjp Against Dilution In Excellence (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 25, 2006)
While favouring reservation for OBCs in institutions of higher education, the main Opposition party, the BJP, today drew the UPA government’s attention towards the constitutional amendment related to reservation, which was passed during the last . . .
- The Other India (Business Standard, Barun Roy, May 25, 2006)
Both Singapore and Malaysia offer ample proof that even a strong-armed government can be good for its people if it so desires.
- Still Time For Quota Rethink (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 25, 2006)
The UPA has done what politicians do best: taken the easy way out.
- Centre Approves Rs 6,395 Cr Bangalore Metro Project (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 25, 2006)
After years of delay the Bangalore Metro Rail project is finally set to take off with the Centre giving the go ahead signal to the Rs 6,395 crore venture.
- Al Gore’S Comeback (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 25, 2006)
F. SCOTT Fitzgerald’s principle that “there are no second acts in American lives” does not apply to Al Gore.
- Hurriyet’S No To Rtc (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 25, 2006)
One can understand why the All Parties’ Hurriyet Conference has decided to boycott the “roundtable conference” called by Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh in Srinagar.
- Rahim Threatens To Dissolve Pa (Daily Times, Shahzad Raza, May 25, 2006)
Shujaat assures chief minister of government and PML support
- Brand Buddha~i (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 25, 2006)
“I am a communist”, said the West Bengal chief minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on more than one occasion recently.
- Pm Enters Third Year In Office (Daily Excelsior, Atul, May 25, 2006)
Manmohan Singh has entered his third year in office as Prime Minister of India amidst an ominous sign of student unrest all over the country, triggered ostensibly by the controversy over reservations for other backward classes (OBCs) in higher institutes
- World Powers Meet To Discuss Iran Nuclear Offer (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 25, 2006)
World powers meet in London on Wednesday to discuss a package of incentives and threats drafted by European countries aimed at defusing a crisis over Iran's nuclear program.
- Market, Quotas Poop The Party (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , May 25, 2006)
If it was baptism by fire for the gentleman-politician, Dr Manmohan Singh, in May 2004, when as dramatically as unexpectedly he was anointed Prime Minister by the Congress chief, Ms Sonia Gandhi, it was nothing short of a tumultuous second . . .
- Will Seat Hike Resolve Quota Tangle? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 24, 2006)
The periodic eruption among students, often resulting in avoidable violence and self immolations, is caused by the second-most explosive issue that continues to rock our polity.
- Fundamentals Win Over Sentiment (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , May 24, 2006)
During the past 10 days, the stock market has been witnessing a steep fall for which a whole lot of reasons have been attributed.
- In Reverse Gear (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 24, 2006)
The decision of the moderate Hurriyat Conference to keep off the second roundtable also has come as a big surprise. To use a sports terminology it is against the run of play.
- Conspiracy Of Silence (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, May 24, 2006)
Anyone who has read the series of news reports this newspaper has run on the findings from the National Sample Survey’s 1999-2000 round will agree there is no case for reservations of the sort being contemplated today, either in private sector jobs . . .
- Whatever Happened To Rangarajan? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 24, 2006)
Enough dither over oil prices, says Dr Manmohan Singh. But there is hardly a case for the PM to get involved in determining gas station prices.
- Good Response (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, May 24, 2006)
It is to be welcomed that the chief ministers of 11 states have been quick to respond to their Jammu and Kashmir counterpart's plea to take effective measures for preventing harassment of innocent citizens of the State in their respective territories.
- Cac Needs Policy Underpinning (Business Line, S. Goswami, May 24, 2006)
The experience of the Southern Cone countries in the late 1970s/early 1980s points to the dangers of moving rapidly towards opening the capital account without a supporting policy matrix.
- Stirring Up Hornests’ Nest (Hindu, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, May 24, 2006)
Instead of uprooting casteism, reservations should not become a bane for the society
- Why Big Fish Get Away (Daily Excelsior, Joginder Singh, May 24, 2006)
Corruption at high places has regrettably become rather pronounced in the last few decades.
- Separate Ways (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 24, 2006)
Tough and daunting challenges confront Montenegro
- Fear And Repression In Myanmar (Hindu, John Aglionby , May 24, 2006)
16,000 forced from homes as generals try to annihilate resistance.
- Round Table, And The Road Home? (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 24, 2006)
Two families of top Hizb-ul-Mujahideen operatives hope that the second round table on Kashmir will help their loved ones return home.
- Honk, Honk (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 24, 2006)
Sarojini Naidu once poked fun at Gandhiji when he took his goat by ship to the London roundtable conference.
- Stock Market Turmoil Spoils The Upa Party (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , May 24, 2006)
More than the external and extraneous factors, the role of the regulatory agencies assumes importance.
- Reserving All Hopes Of Progress (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 24, 2006)
A far better option than quotas will be to offer the needy scholarship so that they gain a competitive edge, says Bulbul Roy Mishra.
- 'Iran Seeks Direct Talks With The Us Over Nuclear Programme' (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 24, 2006)
Softening its stance, Iran has requested through intermediaries direct talks with the US over its nuclear programme, according to American officials and foreign diplomats.
- The Seven-Year Itch (Dawn, Mahir Ali, May 24, 2006)
IT may have been possible to attach slightly more credibility to the so-called charter of democracy signed in London last week by Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif had the two of them attempted a degree of criticism.
- For Free And Impartial Polls (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 24, 2006)
There is talk among political circles of convening an all-parties conference to ensure that the forthcoming electoral process is free and fair.
- New Iraqi Government (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 24, 2006)
Now that an Iraqi “national unity government” is finally in place, one hopes it will be able to make its presence felt, given the “tough man” image of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.
- Sindh Tensions Are Inevitable (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, May 24, 2006)
The yearlong simmering differences between Sindh Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim and his major coalition partner, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), have finally surfaced, with the MQM boycotting the provincial assembly session and Dr Rahim thundering
- Troops On Alert For Pm's Kashmir Conclave (Reuters, Palash Kumar, May 24, 2006)
Hundreds of troops sealed off Srinagar on Wednesday as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived for a peace meeting which Islamist militants have threatened to disrupt.
- 8,000-Crore Question (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 24, 2006)
We now have a figure for the price the nation is being asked to pay for human resources minister Arjun Singh shooting off his mouth Rs 8,000 crore.
- ‘Instead Of A Vital Link In A Solution, Nkc Became Part Of The Problem’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 24, 2006)
Yogendra Yadav responds to Pratap Bhanu Mehta’s letter of resignation on Monday from the National Knowledge Commission
- Pm Lets Down Peers (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 24, 2006)
They are neither politicians nor MPs and their resignations will not destabilise the UPA Government in any way. Yet, the departure of Mr Pratap Bhanu Mehta and Mr Andre Beteille from the National Knowledge Commission is a distressing signal for . . .
- Pdf Is Not For Muslims (Pioneer, N Jamal Ansari, May 24, 2006)
Envisaging a political party that will exclusively represent the Muslim community, some Islamic organisations in Uttar Pradesh launched the People's Democratic Front with Shahi Imam Ahmad Bukhari as the patron and prominent Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe . .
- ‘Perhaps I Trust Society Too Much, Perhaps You Trust The State Too Much’ (Indian Express, Yogendra Bhai, May 24, 2006)
My letter is redeemed by the fact that it prompted you to write.
- Grain Of Graft (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 24, 2006)
Scams over the government’s grain purchases have long been part of our political landscape.
- Punjab’S Farmer Must Think Smart (Indian Express, Manraj Grewal, May 24, 2006)
Farming is “time-pass”, he had said. It has been two years since Malkit Singh of Lehal Kalan village in the Sangrur district of Punjab said this to me but his words still gnaw.
- Doctors Float Parallel Organisation To Ima (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 24, 2006)
A maha rally will be organised in the capital on June 4 by medicos supporting reservation
- Lessons From The Hustings (Telegraph, Bidyut Chakrabarty, May 24, 2006)
Democracy, if not marginalized, is certainly a casualty in West Bengal after the recently concluded assembly elections.
- Focus Back On The Left (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 24, 2006)
The victory of the Left in West Bengal and Kerala, the endorsement given to the DMK election manifesto and the loss of a majority in Assam for the Congress should make the UPA government and the Congress leadership introspect and draw lessons.
- Wake-Up Call (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 24, 2006)
Though negotiations are being held with agitating medicos, the latter’s protests have been dismissed as unwarranted by Mr Arjun Singh.
- Table Talk (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 24, 2006)
The peace process in Jammu and Kashmir seems to be floundering once again.
- Politics Of Sympathy (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 24, 2006)
The lack of concern shown by ministers to the doctors’ strike betrays a moral bankruptcy
- Hurriyat In True Colours (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 24, 2006)
Though not unexpected, the Hurriyat Conference led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has thrown a spanner in the works by refusing to participate in tomorrow’s roundtable conference in Srinagar, aimed at finding a negotiated solution to the Kashmir problem.
- Passing Weapons (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 24, 2006)
Sometimes, when I find myself at another well-informed Delhi dinner party, I wonder who the audience for Westminster Gleanings in Calcutta can be.
- A Lawless Law (Tribune, Fali S. Nariman, May 24, 2006)
Thanks to the marvels of live televised parliamentary proceedings, the country witnessed on May 16 and 17 a brief but rare spectacle of inter-party camaraderie when members belonging to different political parties in each of the two Houses of . . .
- The Appalling State Of Indian Muslims (Hindu, Firoz Bakht Ahmed, May 24, 2006)
Muslims in India are falling behind in every conceivable growth indicator
- To Be Or Not (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 24, 2006)
A second wedding anniversary is traditionally associated with paper. Mr Manmohan Singh might well want to link the second anniversary of his government with something even more fragile than paper.
- In Iran's Ambition, Israel's Dark Cloud (Washington Post, Nora Boustany, May 24, 2006)
D avid Landau , editor in chief of the Israeli daily Haaretz, said Monday that Israel hoped to link its need for a stronger defense against the Iranian nuclear threat to its stated willingness to pull out of more occupied Palestinian land.
- Arjun's Caste Conscription (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 23, 2006)
The officials and politicians who are at the helm in the Department of Forestry manage their affairs in utmost lackadaisical manner.
- A Law Unto Themselves (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, May 23, 2006)
Corruption in high places has regrettably become rather pronounced in the last few decades.
- Kabul Calling (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 23, 2006)
The Union Social Justice Minister must realise that there won't be a society worth its name left in India after what she has set out to achieve.
- Ima Pune Chapter To Observe One-Day Strike On May 25 (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2006)
Around 2,500 general practioners and consultants, registered with the Indian Medical Association (Pune Chapter), would observe a day's strike on May 25 to protest against the Centre's proposal for OBC quotas in institutes of higher learning.
- Quota Will Not End Disparities: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2006)
Expressing concern over the fast- spreading protests against the Government's proposed reservation policy, spiritual guru and Art of Living proponent Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Monday said that providing quota would not end disparities.
- Koirala Meets King, Expands Cabinet (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2006)
Nepal's Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala met King Gyanendra at the Royal Palace here tonight; the first time after a parliamentary proclamation drastically curtailed the monarch's powers.
- Sensex Shocks (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 23, 2006)
The volatile swings that have characterised the movement of the stock market over the last few days continued on Monday, but even the pessimists would not have expected the 1100 point fall that took the Sensex below the five digit mark.
- Tyranny Of The Smug (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, May 23, 2006)
Why not reserve us all? Why not provide education, health, drinking water and electricity to all, regardless of caste and class? Why this game of dividing us all in an attempt to continue exploiting India?
- Out Of Place (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 23, 2006)
Playing politics through religion is a dirty game, and the results are usually a dirtier — often an unbearably tragic-mess.
- Beyond Sound And Fury (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 23, 2006)
In recent polemics, reservation has been projected primarily as an issue of caste conflict.
- Bandage On A Cancer (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 23, 2006)
Taking a stand is thorny, more so, when one is ‘rebelling’ against one’s own community.
- Quota Without Tears (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2006)
The quota row today hit the government’s image where it should hurt, with two members quitting the National Knowledge Commission, set up by the Prime Minister to promote excellence in education and knowledge creation.
- Peace Process With Pak To Continue: Pranab (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2006)
Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said country’s peace process with Pakistan will continue even though militant attacks are continuing in Kashmir from across the border.
- Upa’S Birthday Gift: Petrol, Diesel Price Hike Soon (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2006)
Strongly indicating an increase in the price of petrol and diesel as “we cannot continue to subsidise energy consumption on this scale” Prime Minister Manmohan Singh categorically said here tonight that his UPA government had significantly . . .
- 2 Quit Pm’S Knowledge Panel (Tribune, Smriti Kak Ramachandran, May 23, 2006)
Objecting to the government’s proposal of implementing 27 per cent reservation for OBCs, two members of the National Knowledge Commission, Pratap Bhanu Mehta and Andre Beteille, today sent in their resignations to the Prime Minister.
- Hurriyat Puts Spanner Into Round Table Conference (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, May 23, 2006)
It was on the expected lines. By refusing to participate in Round Table Conference (RTC) at Srinagar, All-Party Hurriyat Conference has once again proved they do not look forward to a dialogue with the Prime Minister but are more interested in . . .
- Manmohan Singh Hints At Fuel Hike (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2006)
Marking the second anniversary of UPA regime at the Centre, PM Manmohan Singh on Monday gave two indications that had profound implications for the near future. The first was a clear signal that a fuel price hike was imminent and the . . .
- Nepal Maoist, Spa Leaders Meet (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2006)
Support for peace road map, constituent assembly reiterated
"Nepal should be made a republic"
India and Nepal are twins: Yechury
Main task of Parliament is to hold elections
- Hurriyat Not To Attend Round Table (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , May 23, 2006)
One killed, 20 injured in grenade attacks in Srinagar
National Conference also issues a threat
Jaish owns responsibility for Monday's grenade attacks
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