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Articles 15121 through 15220 of 43820:
- A Dire Prediction (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, May 02, 2006)
It gives me a frisson whenever I see a book of mine for the first time.
- High Risk (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 02, 2006)
Fighting an evil has its costs, but that is no reason for giving up the fight.
- Dargah Demolition Sparks Violence (Daily Excelsior, Sanjeev Pargal, May 02, 2006)
Striking at two places targetting minorities, the militants gunned down 28 civilians—19 in Kulhand area of Doda district and nine at Lolan Galla in Basantgarh area of Udhampur district since last night. Ten others were injured in Kulhand shoot-out.
- Nepal Bounces Back (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Times, May 02, 2006)
Whatever be the reservations of Natwar Singhs and their ilk in the diplomatic and media world on India’s Nepal policy, New Delhi has won warm appreciation from global think tanks for the ‘roll back of palace coup’ in Nepal.
- Kalam Calls For Global Mechanism To Prevent Terrorism (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 02, 2006)
Sharing the concern of a stunned nation at the killing of Hyderabad engineer K. Suryanarayana by the Taliban, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on Monday called upon the global community to collectively devise a mechanism to ensure that such situations . . .
- Campaign For Third Phase Of Polls Ends In Kerala (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 02, 2006)
Fate of 85 candidates in 15 seats to be decided
UDF candidate in Koothuparamba beaten up
Mood upbeat in LDF camp in both districts
All booths under Election Commission scanner
- Oil And The Tenuous Global Balance (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, May 02, 2006)
High and rising oil prices have stoked dormant fears of a global economic shock comparable to those experienced in the 1970s.
- An Act Of Terrorism (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 02, 2006)
The murder of 22 Hindus in a village in Indian-occupied Kashmir on Sunday is a despicable act of terrorism and deserves unqualified condemnation.
- Nepal Students Now Target Politicians (Times of India, Keshav Pradhan, May 02, 2006)
After having fought against Gyanendra unarmed, Nepal's pro-democracy students on Tuesday came out in the streets with lathis to discipline politicians fighting over plump ministerial posts over the past one week.
- Sorrows Of The Quake Victims (Dawn, S.M. Naseem, May 02, 2006)
According to a news report, more than 100 earthquake survivors clashed with the police recently in Mujohi, a village near Muzaffarabad, over new rules regarding compensation for quake-damaged homes, leaving a few people injured.
- In The Wilderness (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 02, 2006)
Speaking in what look like riddles to the common man, the ARD announced on Sunday its priorities.
- Aziz Links Free Trade To Kashmir (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 02, 2006)
PM says non-tariff barriers also impediment to trade
Urges greater energy cooperation among SAARC states
- Who Let The Dogs Out? (The Financial Express, Mythili Bhusnurmath, May 02, 2006)
Sebi’s recent order makes the most compelling case for a super-regulator for the financial sector
- Neighbours's Responsibility (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, May 02, 2006)
King Gyanendra has restored the Parliament under India's pressure.
- Hurriyat Forms Group To Meet Pm (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 02, 2006)
After day-long deliberations the moderate faction of separatist Hurriyat Conference here today constituted a six-member delegation led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq that would be meeting the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on Wednesday.
- The Case Against Sanctions On Iran (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 02, 2006)
As expected, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, has issued a report citing Iran's non-compliance with the requests of both the IAEA's board of governors and the United Nations Security Council, and . . .
- Reds Waiting In The Wings (Pioneer, Ajoy Bose, May 01, 2006)
Nepal's Maoists have been presented with an unprecedented challenge and opportunity.
- Too Good? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, May 01, 2006)
Of late three developments have taken place concerning the restoration of popular rule in Pakistan.
- Iran To Deal With Iaea, Not Unsc (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 01, 2006)
Iran promised today it would show ‘‘maximum cooperation’’ with a probe into its nuclear programme on condition the case was dealt with by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and not the UN Security Council.
- Unsc Resolution On Iran 'Dangerous': China Ambassador (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 01, 2006)
It could be "dangerous" to introduce a UN Security Council resolution to force Iran to halt uranium enrichment activities, the Chinese ambassador to the UN has said here.
- Price Of Life (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, May 01, 2006)
Tragedies inevitably if unfortunately engender recycling of conventional wisdom. So, when news broke on Sunday late morning that Surayanarayan, the Indian telecom engineer, has been murdered by that group of murderous thugs, the Taliban, two questions....
- Visiting Pakistan To Defreeze Siachen (Daily Excelsior, Atul, May 01, 2006)
It now looks certain that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit Islamabad before the summer is out; it is in a sense returning Gen Pervez Musharraf’s visit to Delhi in April 2005 actually on a self-invitation to watch the . . .
- Wise Move (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, May 01, 2006)
It is to be welcomed that the moderate faction of the Hurriyat Conference will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on May 3. Its acceptance of the Prime Minister's invitation speaks of wisdom and maturity.
- New Nepal Pm Urges Maoist Rebels To Talk (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 01, 2006)
Nepal’s Parliament called on Sunday for elections for an assembly to rewrite the constitution along with a cease-fire with Maoist insurgents, as the new prime minister urged the rebels to sit down for talks.
- Farmers Driven To Suicide (Tribune, Suraj Bhan Dahiya, May 01, 2006)
Punjab, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, the prosperous states with a rich output of food as well as commercial crops, industrially vibrant, politically aware, technologically and financially up-to date
- Rewards And Brickbats For Ifs Officers (Daily Excelsior, N.B. Menon , May 01, 2006)
India’s 26th foreign secretary, Shyam Saran, will be demitting office in June. He has been a "crisis manager" ever since foreign minister K. Natwar Singh was forced to quit the office following the Volcker report.
- Witness The Spineless (Hindustan Times, Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi , May 01, 2006)
I have to hand it to you, Shyan Munshi: you got nerve. But maybe someone should turn you around to check if you got a spine.
- Nuclear Cloud Over South Asia (Times of India, Maleeha Lodhi, May 01, 2006)
The political environment in South Asia is marked by an ambience of hope and anticipation.
- What’S Up, Docs? (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 01, 2006)
If HRD Minister Arjun Singh has it his way, the number of seats available to general category students at the post-graduate level in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences will shrink from 33 of the total 50 seats to 19.
- Lankan Govt To Seek India's Support (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 01, 2006)
With the Sri Lanka peace process under threat due to escalation of violence, the island nation is sending a senior minister here this week to seek India's "political" support for revival of the dialogue process between the government and LTTE.
- Initial Mess (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 01, 2006)
The Securities and Exchange Board of India’s most recent revelations indicate that almost every institution involved in the initial public offering process had thrown away the rule-book in its zeal to grab a share of the business.
- Back To Square One? (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, May 01, 2006)
The prophecy was almost right. It said that the Shah dynasty in Nepal would last for 12 generations, so King Gyanendra is pushing the edge of the envelope.
- Impact Of Iran’S Russian Missile Defence Deal (Tribune, Rosa Brooks, May 01, 2006)
Let me tell you about the next war. It will start sooner than you think — sometime between now and September. And it will be precipitated by the $700 million Russian deal this week to sell Tor M1 air defense missile systems to Iran.
- Arjun Refrains From Openly Pushing Reservation Agenda (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 01, 2006)
In the eye of a political storm over the controversial move on reservations in elite educational institutions, HRD Minister Arjun Singh today held an intriguing press conference here at which he refrained from openly pushing his pro-reservation agenda...
- Attacking Minority: Let Kills 22 Hindus In Kashmir (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 01, 2006)
At least 20 Hindus are feared been killed by terrorists in Kulhan area of Bharat in Doda district, about 200 km north-east of Jammu late Sunday night, according to reports reaching here.
- Telling The Taliban (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 01, 2006)
The Taliban’s brutal killing of K. Suryanarayan, an Indian telecommunications engineer working for a Bahrainian company in Afghanistan, is a test of Delhi’s political resolve.
- Shackled Ombudsman (Tribune, S.S. Chahar, May 01, 2006)
With the passing of the Lokayukta Bill by the State Assembly decks were cleared for the appointment of a Lokayukta in Haryana, for independent enquiry and investigations into allegations of corruption and grievances against public servants.
- Arjun: Up To Manmohan To Decide (Hindu, Special Correspondent, Hindu, May 01, 2006)
Sibal's remarks on reservation for OBCs
To appeal to medical students to call off stir
Says Centre is dedicated to CMP
- China's New Push On The African Continent (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, May 01, 2006)
Hu Jintao's three-nation Africa tour to Morocco, Nigeria, and Kenya might have received only a sliver of the international limelight his much-heralded visit to the United States generated a week earlier, but in China itself...
- Narmada: The Cost Of Delaying Rehabilitation (Hindu, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, May 01, 2006)
The Supreme Court judgment of October 2000 reiterated a clear link between rehabilitation and construction for the future. That is now sought to be changed.
- Alternative Approaches To West Asian Crises (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, May 01, 2006)
Given the linkages, prioritisation would need to be eschewed in favour of parallel and simultaneous progress on Palestine, Iraq, and Iran.
- More Than A Demat Scam (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 01, 2006)
The order of the capital market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India, against several firms and individuals who have participated in the so-called demat scam was both comprehensive and unprecedented in its stringency.
- Some Thoughts, Some Reservations (Indian Express, Fali S. Nariman, May 01, 2006)
A case of great constitutional significance is being argued before a bench of five justices of the Supreme Court, presided over by the chief justice of India.
- Governments To Aid Engineer's Family (Hindu, Special Correspondent, Hindu, May 01, 2006)
Rajasekhara Reddy visits the victim's house; says he will personally assure the family's well-being
- Advani Wants Maran Shifted (Hindu, Special Correspondent, Hindu, May 01, 2006)
Seeks `credible' investigation into allegations against the Union Minister
- Iran Refuses To Blink (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 01, 2006)
With Iran refusing to meet a gun-to-its-head `deadline' to suspend its uranium enrichment activities, the debate over sanctions is virtually guaranteed to flare up again in the United Nations Security Council.
- Team Leaves For Delhi Today (Dawn, Qudssia Akhlaque, May 01, 2006)
A Pakistani delegation headed by Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammad Khan is leaving for New Delhi on Monday for talks with India. The two-day talks that begin on Tuesday will discuss the key issue of Jammu and Kashmir and other aspects of peace and security.
- Maoists Urged To Come For Talks (Hindu, Ameet Dhakal, May 01, 2006)
Koirala appeals to global community to support Nepal in rehabilitation, reconstruction
- Nepal Parliament Votes For Polls To Constituent Assembly (Hindu, Ameet Dhakal, May 01, 2006)
The mandate of the assembly will be to draft a new constitution for the country
Date not yet set for the vote
Koirala to hold talks with Maoists
- Welcome Step (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 01, 2006)
Pakistan’s reported willingness to consider expanding the list of items that can be imported from India comes as a breath of fresh air. For too long has bilateral trade been hostage to political compulsions.
- Will An Oil Boycott Work? (Business Line, C. Gopinath , May 01, 2006)
Could boycotting one top oil company offer solution to runaway petrol prices? Unlikely. Alternative sources of energy need to be aggressively pursued. Lifestyle changes need to be made. Governments need to set taxes at a level that would alter . . .
- Balco Bungling (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 01, 2006)
The Balco decision is a distortion of the principles of separating operational and policy-making responsibilities.
- Speak In One Voice (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, May 01, 2006)
The debate over reservation of seats in institutes of excellence has brought into the open differences within the Union cabinet on this controversial subject.
- A New Strategy On Iran (Washington Post, DENNIS ROSS, May 01, 2006)
The United States and Iran are playing programmed roles in a minuet on nuclear weapons.
- Taliban Abduct Indian Engineer In Afghanistan (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Apr 30, 2006)
Indian strategic interests received another setback in Afghanistan when a resurgent Taliban in an increasingly lawless country kidnapped yet another Indian and threatened to kill him by 6 pm tomorrow if all Indians did not leave Afghanistan till then.
- Hyderabad On A High (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
R Akhileshwari gives an insider’s view of the city of nawabs and wonders whether the argument that Hyderabad has ‘Bangalored’ Bangalore is nothing but fiction.
- Dalal Street Sees Crash And Rescue (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
The day after market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) indicted top brokers and bankers in the IPO scam, Dalal Street witnessed an opening plunge, a host of clarifications and a dramatic recovery.
- Nepal Parties Ponder Fate Of Monarchy (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Nepali political parties discussed the fate of the once-revered monarchy and proposals to set up a Constituent Assembly today, just days after the king ceded power in the face of mass protests .
- Taliban Abduct Indian Engineer In Afghanistan (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Apr 30, 2006)
Indian strategic interests received another setback in Afghanistan when a resurgent Taliban in an increasingly lawless country kidnapped yet another Indian and threatened to kill him by 6 pm tomorrow if all Indians did not leave Afghanistan till then.
- `The Ldf Wants To Distribute Poverty' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy followed a different tack during the campaign by highlighting development issues.
- Pakistan Matinee (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Apr 30, 2006)
An enforced 40-yr-drought has finally ended in Pakistan. Its people have been allowed to enjoy Indian films in theaters.
- Extremist Positions (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 30, 2006)
In Kerala, militant fundamentalism is now hogging the inviting political space that the two coalition fronts have kept open, for a legitimacy that it never managed to have before.
- Facts Still Incomplete And No One Knows Why (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Apr 30, 2006)
The way television channels have hyped the attack on Pramod Mahajan and his subsequent hospitalization for two days… crossed the limits of sanity.
- Sri Lankan Foreign Minister To Visit India (Indian Express, Rajeev Bhattacharyya, Apr 30, 2006)
Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera is expected to visit India on May 7, at a time when India is looking with concern at the escalation of violence in the neighbouring country.
- Voices From Nepal (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Apr 30, 2006)
Nepal is one of those unrecorded stories that only emerge when there is a crisis.
- Yechury Wants Maoists To Help Build New Nepal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Describes three-month ceasefire as positive
- Nris Present A Strong Case For Hubli-Dharwad (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
The issue of excluding Hubli-Dharwad cities from the list of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission is not only being discussed in the State, but is also being debated world wide among the natives of these cities.
- Nepal Events Overtake India (Deccan Herald, N J Nanporia , Apr 30, 2006)
Before and after King Gyanendra took over in Kathmandu New Delhi has been diligently “waiting and watching” the developing crisis in that unhappy country. And now it transpires that it hasn’t watched hard enough and has waited for too long.
- Life In Jail Is Enlightening, A Journey Within (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 30, 2006)
Six days after getting bail in a disproportionate assets case, Mumbai’s supercop Daya Nayak had an “encounter” with R Venkatesh of Deccan Herald.
- The Role Of Arcadia (Telegraph, AMIT CHAUDHURI, Apr 30, 2006)
The Oxford Tagore Translations, whose general editor is Sukanta Chaudhuri, gives us pause, and a renewed opportunity to take stock of the achievement and its historical moment.
- Bjp Flays Tdp Stand On Telangana (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
The BJP has flayed the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) for accusing it of pursuing "opportunistic" politics on Telangana.
- Laloo Guests Crowd Trains To Delhi (Deccan Herald, Abhay Kumar, Apr 30, 2006)
The mess has been created by the political hangers-on, who are desperate to make their presence felt at Laloo Yadav’s daughter, Chanda’s wedding in Delhi, slated for April 30.
- Book Rack (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Irwin Allan Sealy (Picador, Rs 465) A kaleidoscope of colour, billed as an alphabet, and narrated by the nameless ‘N’ - a writer who lives in the foothills of the Himalayas - Red is at once a love story and a story about the love of art, about life . . .
- U.S. Came Close To Declaring Pakistan A "Terrorist" State In 1992 (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Apr 30, 2006)
Letter blamed Islamabad for supporting militants in India
Letter talked of the complicity of ISI and Army in training terrorists
Pakistan warned that it would be listed among State sponsors of terrorism
A meeting in 1992 resolved to further . . .
- Theni Has The Pride Of Producing Three Chief Ministers (Hindu, K. Raju, Apr 30, 2006)
Voters in Andipatti are not averse to welcoming `foreign' candidates
- We Will Help Farmers And Jobless Youth: Sharad (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Apr 30, 2006)
Sharad Yadav’s election as Janata Dal (United) President has been a subject of controversy within and outside the party. A seasoned politician who was first elected to the fifth Lok Sabha in 1974 at the age of 25, Yadav has before him the gigantic . . .
- Rahul Gandhi Keeps Quota Pot Hot (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Rahul Gandhi on Saturday roiled the already turbulent quota waters for Congress by a remark which may encourage anti-quota protesters, but is likely to give a handle to the its opponents to beat the ruling party with.
- Affirmative Action Not At The Pvt Sector’S Cost (Deccan Herald, Anant R Koppar, Apr 30, 2006)
"In Malaysia of 1970s, locals were given education and brought on par with Chinese & Indian immigrants"
- Mixing History With Mystery (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Utpal Borpujari talks to author Shivani Singh on why she feels history provides the right mix of ingredients for a story teller.
- Coming Home To One's World (Hindu, Gowri Ramnarayan, Apr 30, 2006)
Gulammohammed Sheikh on sorting out his India through art and the intrusion of politics into a once-insular field.
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