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Articles 14821 through 14920 of 43820:
- A Sick Mind Indeed (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 06, 2006)
In a most extraordinary statement, an Israeli member of the Knesset has called for the execution of fellow MPs if they were found to have a link with Hamas.
- Religious Strife (Statesman, Marianna Belenkaya, May 06, 2006)
The conflict between the Iraqi Sunnis and Shias is gradually spreading to the broader Middle East, putting to test the system of national states created there in the past century.
- Be Tough With Taliban (Daily Excelsior, Tanveer Jafri, May 06, 2006)
The Indians had to face again, great & sorrowful news last days when media telecast news that an Indian Engineer, Surya Narayan was killed by the Talibani militants.
- Upa Core Panel Meets Today On Quota Issue (Tribune, Anita Katyal, May 06, 2006)
Now that Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal is back from his foreign visit, the next meeting of the Union Cabinet may well witness some sparks when he comes face to face with Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh on the latter’s . . .
- Hurriyat Wants Militants To Join Talks (Reuters, Palash Kumar, May 06, 2006)
Kashmir's main separatist political alliance said on Friday it wanted to invite Islamist militants fighting in the disputed region to join new peace talks with New Delhi.
- Marginalised Pandits (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, May 06, 2006)
The other day I was thumbing through the 260-odd page ‘‘Report on the impact of migration on the socio-economic conditions of Kashmiri displaced people’’ prepared by the Jammu-based Centre for Minority Studies, a well-researched effort which, needless to,
- Lagging Behind (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 06, 2006)
When the conversation around the dinner table turned to India, one of the most popular television anchormen in Guangzhou, the southern Chinese metropolis of more than 10 million people, said, "We Chinese regard Indians as our little brothers".
- Battle For Survival (Daily Excelsior, Jyotsna Pandit, May 06, 2006)
The Supreme Court verdict that construction work on the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) should go on simultaneously with effective rehabilitation of the project affected appears to be legally and morally correct. But it means little in concrete terms.
- Wasted Yatras (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 06, 2006)
The BJP’s decision to cancel the remaining part of the Bharat Suraksha Yatras of former Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani and party chief Rajnath Singh is the most sensible it has taken in recent months.
- Haryana To Have New Bus Service (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 06, 2006)
A new bus service known as "Haryana Gaurav" would be introduced by the Haryana Transport Department and the first such bus would be flagged off by Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda in New Delhi on May 6.
- Chautala & Sons (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 06, 2006)
For mere mortals, Rs 1,467 crore is an astronomical sum. Most may not even know how much it really mean in effect. But for those of O.P. Chautala ilk, even that may be only small change, collected casually while “serving” the public.
- Ec Asks Sonia To Remove Posters From Govt Houses (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 06, 2006)
Taking a tough line, the Election Commission on Friday night asked Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, a candidate for Rae Bareli Lok Sabha bypoll, to have removed all the posters of her party from government buildings by early Saturday morning.
- Growing Invasion Of Peace And Privacy (Tribune, Himmat Singh Gill, May 06, 2006)
Call it aggressive marketing, call it provision of goods and services, or just call it base corporate competitive persistence, but the daily harassment of citizens who value their quiet and privacy continues unabated.
- Angry Protests, Firing Leave 17 Hurt In J&k (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 06, 2006)
Amid protest demonstrations, life was paralysed throughout the valley against the recently unearthed sex scandal in response to a call given by the Central Traders and Manufacturers Association and supported by several separatist organisations.
- Tv For Your Vote (Tribune, J. Sri Raman, May 06, 2006)
MR Muthuvel Karunanidhi, patriarch of ‘Dravidian’ politics, of course, does not bear the palest resemblance to Marie Antoinette. But he has come out with a message to the electorate that his critics can make sound remarkably like the reported . . .
- New Western Aid Plans Are Recycling Old Failures (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 06, 2006)
FOREIGN aid today perpetrates a cruel hoax on those who wish well for the world’s poor. There is the appearance of action – a doubling of foreign aid to Africa promised at the G-8 summit last July, grand United Nations and World Bank plans to cut . . .
- Cbi Fir Or Cong Report Against Chautala? (Times of India, Vishwa Mohan, May 06, 2006)
In what is sure to trigger a controversy, CBI's decision to lodge an FIR against former Haryana CM Om Prakash Chautala and his family members in a disproportionate assets case looks like a photocopy of Congress "chargesheet" against the INLD leader . . .
- The Sweat On Their Brow (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, May 06, 2006)
India’s difficult task with its unskilled labourers abroad
- Spirit Of Constitution (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 06, 2006)
The Supreme Court just can't stop preaching. A two-judge bench in a recent ruling has asked why the state should encourage sale of liquor. It has also recommended that the Centre and states seriously consider steps to reduce consumption of alcohol . . .
- Up & Down In Down South (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, May 06, 2006)
Amma’s got a lot done so why’s she worried? Is there a gleam behind those famous Karunanidhi goggles? What’s Kalam doing atop a building? Looking for answers from a limo
- This Semi-Final Was A Goalless Draw (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, May 06, 2006)
Centre’s talks with Hurriyat were run-up to Srinagar roundtable on May 25 but yielded little to work with
- Back From The Brink (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 06, 2006)
Vadodara presents a textbook case of how to prevent a bad riot situation from turning worse
- A Fiat Gujarat Could Have Done Without (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 06, 2006)
Judicial activism, admirable on such occasions as when it comes to the rescue of ill-treated undertrials or bonded labour or child workers, at times turns problematical.
- Police On Fast Track, Sarangi In Shock (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 06, 2006)
Mumbai police swung into action on the day of Pramod Mahajan’s funeral, securing sanction to prosecute brother Praveen for murder and moving to fast-track the case.
- Yes, It's Terror (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 06, 2006)
One may not agree with many things that the United States does. But one can't find fault with what its Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Richard Boucher says about Maoists in Nepal.
- `A Battle Between Secular Democracy And Autocracy' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 06, 2006)
Yechury asks electorate to reject `politics of appeasement'
- Government Urged To Intervene In Chitrakala Parishat Row (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 06, 2006)
B.L. Shankar says he continues to be the rightful president of the parishat
The former Legislative Council Chairman questions validity of resolution replacing him
Claims that property of the Trust is in danger
Says credibility of the parishat is at
- Paramilitary Forces Arrive For Election Duties (Hindu, K.T. Sangameswaran, May 06, 2006)
They will be posted in `sensitive' booths; more forces to arrive
- "Dmk, Aiadmk Keep Altering Manifestos" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 06, 2006)
My manifesto unchanged: Vijayakant
- Why Not Strike Bargain With Iran? (Toronto Star, Haroon Siddiqui, May 06, 2006)
The world is only marginally less polarized on Iran than it was on Iraq three years ago. But the big difference this time is that George W. Bush is doing his bullying more skilfully.
- Jirga Lays Demands Before Talks (Daily Times, Iqbal Khattak, May 05, 2006)
A grand jirga, consisting of representatives from all tribes in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), has set May 12 as the deadline for the government to meet its demands before negotiating a peaceful solution to the issue of the presence . . .
- More Carnage In Iraq (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 05, 2006)
AS the Iraqi Parliament was convened for the first working session since elections in December, about 69 people were killed across the country in bombings and execution-style sectarian shootings. In the deadliest attack, a suicide bomber killed 15 . . .
- Turmoil In Balochistan (Dawn, Ghayoor Ahmed, May 05, 2006)
THE Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah wanted Pakistan to be a federation, with autonomous units in which fundamental human rights, equality of status and opportunity, social, economic and political justice would be guaranteed.
- A Swim In China's Polluted Pearl River? (Christian Science Monitor, Simon Montlake, May 05, 2006)
The mayor of China's top manufacturing city is hosting a "swimathon" this summer in the local Pearl River. Cleanup efforts to reverse years of industrial pollution have been so successful, claims mayor Guang Zhangming, that the Pearl is once again . . .
- Consulting Legislators (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 05, 2006)
On Wednesday General Musharraf visited Parliament House, where he talked to National Assembly Speaker Ch Amir Hussain and a number of ruling alliance legislators.
- Time To Shun The Chinese Trap (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 05, 2006)
Beijing has executed well its plan of propping up the Maoists and then making Nepal's royalty an institution of disgrace, says Bulbul Roy . . .
- Doing Away With 58-2(b) (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 05, 2006)
Ever since Ziaul Haq inserted Article 58-2(b) in the Constitution by a decree, Pakistan has seen four elected governments dismissed and the elected assemblies dissolved. Ziaul Haq first made use of it in 1988 when he sacked the government of . . .
- Where Have All Leaders Gone? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 05, 2006)
RC Acharya laments the near complete absence of leadership in governance, which is proving a serious hindrance before growth and progress
- Who's Afraid Of Convertibility? (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, May 05, 2006)
Over the past month or so, I have been on a road show meeting clients around the country to talk about capital account convertibility, and, to my amazement, I have encountered a fair amount of concern about what could happen if we opened up our . . .
- Progress On Kashmir (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 05, 2006)
Followinged months of stalemate on the Kashmir front, some movement is at last visible in this area of India-Pakistan relations.
- Come Home, Kaavya: All Is Pirated (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 05, 2006)
It is always a great relief to find that we Indians can actually be free of bias.
- Journey Of A Lifetime (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, May 05, 2006)
The immediate fallout of Pramod Mahajan's untimely and tragic death was the cancellation of the two Bharat Suraksha yatras by Mr LK Advani and Mr Rajnath Singh.
- Stoking Communal Flames (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 05, 2006)
The extended communal violence in Vadodara in Gujarat cannot be explained by its immediate provocation: the demolition of a dargah in Fatehpura area by the municipal authorities as part of a road-widening project.
- A Week Of Tragedy (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, May 05, 2006)
Like their English-language counterparts, newspapers in regional languages had barely got over their coverage of Indian engineer K Suryanarayana’s killing in Afghanistan, when news came in of the death of BJP leader Pramod Mahajan in Mumbai.
- How To Tackle Hostage Crises Abroad? (The Economic Times, Sushant Sareen, May 05, 2006)
An aggressive and ‘forward’ foreign policy, like the one India has adopted in Afghanistan, inevitably extracts a heavy price in men and material.
- Crossing The Rubicon...Tamil Nadu Style (The Financial Express, Jayaprakash Narayan, May 05, 2006)
The state’s elections show how the process of manipulating votes has reached its nadir
- The Widening Net Of Quota (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, May 05, 2006)
Will the supporters and detractors of quota for students fight pitched battles, or will the movement subside? Will we see another Mandal-like agitation, as was witnessed in 1990, with self-immolations over the Government's decision to introduce . . .
- Fettered Fertiliser Firms (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 05, 2006)
Urea pricing regime needs a fast revamp
- Back Shujaat, Musharraf Tells Disgruntled Leaders (Daily Times, Shahzad Raza, May 05, 2006)
Asks PML leaders to be prepared for general elections
Not conspiring against anyone: Chattha, Wattoo
Musharraf meets PML Sindh today
- Tracing Disequilibrium In The Asset Markets (The Financial Express, SUMANT SINHA, May 05, 2006)
The considerable lag between the flow of funds and the creation of assets is ensuring the imbalance.
- Sonia ‘Fights For Principles’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
“This is not an ordinary election,” Congress president Mrs Sonia Gandhi told the people of this Lok Sabha constituency today from where she is seeking re-election following her resignation after being accused of holding an office of profit.
- Silver Lining (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 05, 2006)
There is a silver lining in the blood-splattered atmosphere prevailing today. It is to be welcomed that both New Delhi and Islamabad have reiterated their resolve to go ahead with the peace process.
- Maoists Agree On Peace Talks (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Maoist rebels agreed today to peacetalks with Nepal’s government that are aimed at ending a decade-old insurgency which has killed 13,000 people.
- Tricolour And Tears At Mahajan's Funeral (Pioneer, TN Raghunatha, May 05, 2006)
He was magnetic and lustrous even in his death. The immense popularity that senior BJP leader Pramod Mahajan had enjoyed across the country's political spectrum and among various sections of society was very much in evidence, as he was cremated . . .
- They'll Do A Nepal To India (Pioneer, Rai Singh, May 05, 2006)
The political upheaval in Nepal has far-reaching implications for this country.
- South Indian Red Herring (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, May 05, 2006)
The author is president, Centre for Policy Research
In his defence of further extending reservations to the other backward classes, P. Chidamabaram, a late and curious convert to the new reservation mania sweeping the government, predictably . . .
- Ceasefire Ceases (Statesman, Sam Rajappa, May 05, 2006)
The suicide attack on the Sri Lankan Army Commander, Lt.-Gen. Sarath Fonseka, on 25 April, by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, marks the end of the 2002 Ceasefire Agreement between the government and the militant organisation.
- Consensus Crucial (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 05, 2006)
Nobody with a modicum of common sense would oppose a settlement of the debilitating dispute over Siachen, yet there is scope for disquiet at the series of “leaks” suggesting that an accord is imminent.
- Surviving Devils (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 05, 2006)
Dum Dum hoodlums mock CM’s assurances
- Vote Dpa To Invest In Future, Says Manmohan Singh (Hindu, R.K. Radhakrishnan, May 05, 2006)
Says Tamil Nadu deserves a secular, development-oriented, corruption-free government
DPA aim is to make the State top in prosperity, industrial growth
Manmohan commends performance of Union Ministers from Tamil Nadu
- Globalisation Of Saarc (Daily Excelsior, Pallab Bhattacharya, May 05, 2006)
When India hosts the 14th SAARC Summit next year, it will see not only the entry of Afghanistan as a full member but also the participation of East Asian neighbours China and Japan, as observers.
- Order In The House (News International, Editorial, The News International, May 05, 2006)
The latest instalment of the ongoing Sindh Assembly session started more than two hours late on Wednesday and lasted a mere 25 minutes before yet another tiresomely predictable "rumpus" led the chairperson to prorogue the proceedings.
- Tearful Adieu To Pramod Mahajan (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Thousands of mourners bid a tearful adieu today to one of the country’s promising politicians and BJP’s master strategist Pramod Mahajan, who was cremated here with full State honours in the presence of a galaxy of dignitaries led by Vice-President . . .
- Government Confident Of 8 Pct Growth, Oil A Risk (Reuters, Unni Krishnan, May 05, 2006)
The government is confident of sustaining 8 percent growth for many years but the recent rise in global oil prices poses a major risk to Asia's third-largest economy, a top government official said on Thursday.
- Prioritising Civil Service Reforms (Daily Excelsior, Srinivasan K. Rangachary, May 05, 2006)
The Government proposes to introduce a bill in Parliament to amend civil services rules whereby merit and integrity will get preponderance over seniority.
- Road To Nowhere (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 05, 2006)
A few villagers refusing to vote may make no difference to the election results. It may even work towards the greater glory of the winning parties, since India does not have a system in which the percentage of abstentions is taken into account.
- Shooting Stars (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 05, 2006)
It would surprise most believers if god loved Pramod Mahajan, who died at the relatively early age of 57.
- Designs In Demolition (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 05, 2006)
BJP is playing the communal game
- Pramod Mahajan (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 05, 2006)
General secretary of the BJP he may have been, but Pramod Mahajan always set forth as if he was a general launching into battle. Regardless of his party designation, he was the organisation’s man for all seasons and reasons.
- Running Riot (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 05, 2006)
The current spate of rioting in Vadodara is further evidence of the deep fissures that divide Gujarat and the perverse approach of the Narendra Modi administration towards issues of governance.
- Riots Are So 2002 (Indian Express, Darshan Desai, May 05, 2006)
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi tending to a Muslim riot victim. Narendra Modi seeking an army flag march in the beleaguered town of Vadodara.
- ‘Singh Wants Kashmir Issue Settled By 2008’ (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, May 05, 2006)
Indian PM tells Kashmir interlocutors he doesn’t want indefinite talks
* APHC, New Delhi to remain in touch through committees
- Students Seek President's Intervention Over Quota (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Petition signed by 1.7 lakh students opposing new reservation move by Government submitted to Kalam
- Bloated Babudom (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 05, 2006)
Parkinson would have loved Punjab
- Threats Won’T Work (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 05, 2006)
We report facts. Those who fear the truth in the Srinagar sex abuse case must know this
- Dialogue Of Religions (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 05, 2006)
In this strife-torn age, humankind is ultimately faced with two choices, dialogue or death
- View From The Right (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 05, 2006)
Given the massive popular uprising against King Gyanendra, the Organiser desists from coming out in his support but two reports in the weekly focus on the threat posed by the Maoists.
- Several Targets For Arjun’S Broken Arrow (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, May 05, 2006)
HRD minister’s quota card was less a joker than a calculated ploy to improve his own lot and, via Assembly elections two years hence in Madhya Pradesh, that of his son
- Trampling On Rights (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 05, 2006)
Anjanaben of Gujarat underwent surgery for an abdominal cyst in February1996 but died due to medical negligence. Her kidney had been removed by mistake, and although her father donated his kidney for transplant, her life could not be saved.
- Untimely Death (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 05, 2006)
BJP has lost a promising second rung leader
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