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Articles 15221 through 15320 of 43820:
- Long Live The Raja (Deccan Herald, Deepti Ganapathy, Apr 30, 2006)
Brought out by Harper Collins (India), The Raja is Dead is a historical fiction set in the pre-Independence era when India is about to taste the sweetness of freedom, and the monarchy is on the brink of ruin.
- 70 P.C. Vote In Kerala (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Second phase polls witness blast, incidents in Kozhikode district
- Laura’S Theme (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 30, 2006)
President George W Bush’s approval ratings might be at their lowest ever. Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Ronald Rumsfeld might not be the flavour of any month insofar as the majority of the American people are concerned.
- India And Pakistan Once Came Close To Resolving Divisive Issues (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Apr 30, 2006)
Former Indian foreign secretary Salman Haider has said that in the 1980s and 1990s, it appeared as if an agreement between India and Pakistan on “one or more of the divisive subjects might be within reach”.
- No More Appeasement (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 30, 2006)
Whatever the genesis of the current rampant extremism in Pakistan, and whether or not Pakistani and American interests coincide in resisting this phenomenon, President Musharraf is right in saying that the fight against terrorism has to be fought for . .
- Pakistan's Fault Line (Pioneer, BHARAT VERMA, Apr 30, 2006)
The so-called land of the pure, Pakistan, on its creation in 1947 had approximately 13 per cent minorities residing within an Islamic population of 76 million.
- Voices Of Silence (Statesman, Jagmohan , Apr 30, 2006)
World Monument Day on 18 April gave us an opportunity to grasp the significance of our architectural legacy
- Karnataka Leg Of Advani's Yatra Called Off (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Advani's 'Bharat suraksha yatra' in the Karnataka stretch, to be resumed on May 3, had been called off as the BJP leader would be involved in campaigning in the states going to the polls, senior party leader M Venkaiah Naidu said today.
- Beyond Pragmatism (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 30, 2006)
Defendin himself against critics who accuse him of having sold out to the US, General Musharraf has defended his role in the ongoing War on Terror, saying he is fighting it not on Washington’s behest but because this suits the country’s interests.
- Tough Agenda For Nepal Mps (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Nepalese legislators headed back to work on Friday after a four year-break—their jobs reinstated by a monarch whose regime was left teetering by weeks of unrest, but their power to carry out the reforms they’ve promised unclear.
- J&k Producing 500 Doctors Every Year (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Apr 30, 2006)
In the last decade or so, the number of MBBS graduates that India produces every year has multiplied by several thousands and the number is going up each day.
- Roti, Kapada Aur Ctv! (The Economic Times, R K NANDAN, Apr 30, 2006)
The ongoing election campaign in a few states in southern and eastern India has seen political parties striking new lows by promising the moon to the electorate!
- Unsc Resolution On Iran Dangerous: China (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 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 said in Chicago on Saturday.
- Taliban Threatens To Kill Abducted Engineer (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Taliban abductors of an Indian engineer in Afghanistan this evening threatened to kill him if all Indians did not leave the country by 7 PM (Ist) tomorrow.
- Democratic Polls Worry Bengal Reds (Pioneer, Swapan Dasgupta, Apr 30, 2006)
In a week that has witnessed needless euphoria over the victory of Maoist-inspired mob power in the streets of Kathmandu, it may be prudent to celebrate a dramatic but silent victory of Indian democracy right on our doorstep.
- Taliban Threaten To Kill Engineer (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Apr 30, 2006)
Taliban rebels, who kidnapped Hyderabad-based telecommunications engineer K Suryanarayana on Friday evening, have communicated through the media that they would kill him if the Indian government did not announce a decision to withdraw all Indian citizens
- Ensuring Press Freedom (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 30, 2006)
IN an interview with this newspaper and in his address to other forums during his first visit to Lahore after assuming the office of Federal Information Minister, Senator Muhammad Ali Durrani talked about wide range of issues, including domestic . . .
- Nothing Is Ruled Out In Tamil Nadu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
The only thing that can be said with a measure of certainty is that — barring a late swing — no one party is likely to get a majority on its own, say Yogendra Yadav and Sanjay Kumar
- Cbi Inquiry Into Blast Demanded (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Two persons were killed in blast that took place on April 6
14 persons arrested were later released on bail
Accused charged under the Explosive Substances Act
- The Man Of The Season (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
V.S. Achuthanandan has caught the imagination of the public in a way few leaders have, says C. Gouridasan Nair
- It's Pakistan's War (News International, Editorial, The News International, Apr 30, 2006)
When Ayman Al Zawahiri said in a video message released yesterday that the Pakistani people and army should rise up against their government, it's as if the Al Qaeda No 2 were corroborating President Musharraf's published statement the previous day . . .
- Chirac’S Commendable Move (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 30, 2006)
French President Jacques Chirac’s proposal for setting up a special World Bank account to channel money to the Palestinians could help relieve the current financial crisis in the occupied territories.
- Iran's Nuclear Progress (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Apr 30, 2006)
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad continues to help the Bush administration's effort to convince the U.N. Security Council that more concerted action is needed to stop Iran's nuclear program.
- Us Interested In Final Settlement To Kashmir (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
The US has an "interest" in seeing if a "final settlement" of the Kashmir issue can be reached and was trying to help build on the progress made by India and Pakistan on the Composite Dialogue.
- Pm Speaks To Koirala, Offers Nepal All Help (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday assured Nepal all help in its economic recovery.
- Colombo Will Not Fall Into Ltte Trap, Says Envoy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
"The Tigers will suffer the consequences for the recent attacks"
Air strikes were a "deterrent" and limited in scope
There has been some denting of LTTE's capacity
Sri Lanka wants India to extend support for a negotiated settlement
- For A World Free From Chemical Weapons (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 29, 2006)
Let us,today, renew our collective commitment to eliminate chemical weapons.
- "There Is A Fury Building Up Across The Country" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
In this excerpt from a much longer interview, Arundhati Roy updates her essay on the Narmada issue,The Greater Common Good, published in 1999 inFrontline. The interview was done byShoma Chaudhuriover a period of several days, in person and on email.
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 29, 2006)
In the report "State to press for final order on Cauvery dispute" (Karnataka edition, April 27, 2006, page 1, and on inside pages elsewhere), the reference to the setting up of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal by the Supreme Court in 1991 was wrong.
- Aiadmk Main Political Adversary, Says Brahmins Association (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
"Polls opportunity for Kanchi devotees"
- Election Commission Issues Notices To Dmk, Congress (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Apr 29, 2006)
Alleged code violation at rally in Chennai during Sonia Gandhi's visit
- I’M Not Bush’S Poodle: Musharraf (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
General Pervez Musharraf, facing a surge of anti-American sentiment, on Thursday warned that covert US air strikes against al-Qaeda inside Pakistan were an infringement of national sovereignty.
- India Hints A Giftwrap Of Revival Package (Indian Express, ANANDA MAJUMDAR, Apr 29, 2006)
With Nepal taking the first major step towards popular rule when its Parliament was reconvened after four years today, India has decided to propose a package for the country’s economic recovery.
- Celebration Of Democracy (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Apr 29, 2006)
The vote in Kolkata on Thursday — in the third phase of polling for the West Bengal Assembly elections — is set to go down in the State's election annals as one of the most keenly watched battles of the ballot.
- Siddu Forthcoming, Others Reserved (Deccan Herald, B S Satish Kumar , Apr 29, 2006)
Siddaramaiah’s AIPJD has scored a point over other parties by demanding reservation in the private sector
- Pakistan's Fault Line (Pioneer, BHARAT VERMA, Apr 29, 2006)
The so-called land of the pure, Pakistan, on its creation in 1947 had approximately 13 per cent minorities residing within an Islamic population of 76 million. In its unholy fervour to achieve physical instead of the spiritual purity, the minorities . . .
- India To Boost Co-Habitation Of Maoists (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Apr 29, 2006)
As the Nepal conundrum continues to stare in the face of policy-makers here, there is one thing which New Delhi is going to encourage: co-habitation of Maoists in the Nepalese political set-up.
- The Siege Within (Pioneer, Sushant Sareen, Apr 29, 2006)
The armed insurrection by Pashtun tribes in Pakistan's north-western tribal belt and Baloch tribes in the south-western province of Balochistan is not a new phenomenon.
- Bangladesh Was An Aberration (Pioneer, Irfan Husain, Apr 29, 2006)
Among serious observers of Pakistan, predicting its disintegration has become a bit of a cottage industry.
- Southern Record (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Apr 29, 2006)
South India has an enviable history of reservation in education.
- Political Consensus (Frontline, V. VENKATESAN, Apr 29, 2006)
The history of reservation for OBCs underscores a strong political commitment to the policy of positive discrimination in their favour.
- Jayati Ghosh: Protecting Foreign Investors (Frontline, Jayati Ghosh, Apr 29, 2006)
Bilateral investment treaties have become potential weapons of multinational companies against developing country governments and societies.
- What Affirmative Action Can Be All About (The Financial Express, YRK REDDY, Apr 29, 2006)
Corporates should make affirmative policy a part of their recruitment and outsourcing strategy
- Refined Future (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Apr 29, 2006)
The numbers from Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) show its strategy of betting big on the refining business is with an eye to the future. RIL’s refining business, in fact, has been the key reason for its robust performance during Q4FY06, when it . . .
- Pull Up Your Socks, Sebi (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 29, 2006)
It is welcome that Sebi should act tough on IPO manipulation. But its tough and wide-ranging order that sought to reassure investors that the regulator was in command has been marred by its own decision to hold in abeyance the ex-parte interim order . . .
- The National As Local (The Economic Times, C P Bhambhri, Apr 29, 2006)
The Lok Sabha and the state assembly elections in India of the twenty-first century have all-India significance because neither the Congress nor the BJP, the two claimants for an all-India political space, are able to form a central government on . . .
- An Open Letter To The Hon'ble Pm (The Economic Times, V RAGHUNATHAN, Apr 29, 2006)
In our country, we have more varieties of haves and have-nots than most. We have the rich haves and the poor have-nots; the urban haves and the rural have-nots; the higher-caste haves and the backward-caste have-nots; the educated haves and the . . .
- Maharashtra Groups Pressing For Central Rule In Parts Of Belgaum? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Dharam Singh, Kharge urge Chief Minister to call all-party meet
- Sri Lankan Foreign Minister To Visit India (Indian Express, Rajeev Bhattacharyya, Apr 29, 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.
- Sonia Tn Rally Invites Poll Panel Notice (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
The EC on Friday slapped showcause notices on the Congress and the DMK for using as many as 228 vehicles, instead of the mandated three, for Sonia Gandhi’s joint April 25 rally in Tamil Nadu. ‘‘In complete violation of the model code of conduct,
- Markets Are Essential, So Is Regulation (Tribune, Johann Hari, Apr 29, 2006)
The first has been conducted in the United States over the past 25 years, increasingly setting corporations free from regulation and safeguards. The second experiment has been conducted in Argentina over the past five years, and lies at the opposite . . .
- Parliament Reconvenes In Nepal (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Apr 29, 2006)
Resolution on constituent assembly tabled; debate, vote on Sunday
- Nine Naxals Killed In Kadapa Forests (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Women among the dead in the biggest anti-naxal offensive in Kadapa district
Some naxalites have fled the scene of encounter
Major offensive planned in YSR's native district
Bodies of the encounter victims yet to be identified
Arms, ammunition and
- A Policy Of Deception On Nepal (Indian Express, S. D. Muni , Apr 29, 2006)
India has turned back from the brink of disaster over Nepal. For years it has remained a confused and uncertain observer of the Nepal crisis that was precipitated by the Maoist uprising and King Gyanendra’s despotism.
- With A Plot From Bangladesh (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Apr 29, 2006)
Investigation into the Varanasi bombings leads to the fact of Bangladesh's emergence as a base for Islamist terrorism.
- The Solution Is Not Quota (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 29, 2006)
Let me begin with an ordinary, everyday Indian story. It is the story of a little boy called Lakshay who, at the age of three, needed admission in a Delhi kindergarten.
- Himalayan Task (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 29, 2006)
The King retains power with no change in constitution
- Is 'Euston-Ism' The New Left In The U.K.? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Apr 29, 2006)
The only Left bit of the "Euston Manifesto" is its faintly Left jargon. On the other hand, there is a lot in it that neo-conservatives are more likely to find to their taste.
- Who’Ll Police The Police? (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Apr 29, 2006)
A number of cases of gross miscarriage of justice have come to light recently.
- Politics Amidst Turmoil (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 29, 2006)
Four months after the December 2005 election, Iraq's parliamentarians finally picked nominees to fill the seven top spots in the governmental structure.
- Kaavya’S Novel Off The Shelves (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Apr 29, 2006)
The budding literary career of Kaavya Viswanathan received another deadly blow when her publishers, Little Brown, announced they will withdraw her first novel How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild and Got a Life from bookstores.....
- Iran Vows To Defy U.N. Resolution On Uranium Enrichment Plan (Hindu, WILLIAM J BROAD, Apr 29, 2006)
IAEA delivers report to Security Council; debate next week
- 'Step Up Political Pressure On Ltte' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Calling it a "close and friendly neighbour", Sri Lanka wants India to assist in "political and diplomatic terms to the peace process".
- Pakistan Matinee (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Apr 29, 2006)
An enforced 40-yr-drought has finally ended in Pakistan. Its people have been allowed to enjoy Indian films in theaters. I was in Lahore recently to witness the release of Akbar Khan’s Taj Mahal. The law banning other Indian films still holds, but . . .
- Extremist Positions (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 29, 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. But no one is complaining, not when few Malayalis can tell — or care . . .
- Facts Still Incomplete And No One Knows Why (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Apr 29, 2006)
“The way television channels have hyped the attack on Pramod Mahajan and his subsequent hospitalization for two days… crossed the limits of sanity.
- What Is This Law About? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 29, 2006)
Does Vasundhara Raje need a poll debacle to withdraw the recently passed Freedom of Religion Bill 2006, as Jayalalithaa had to do after the drubbing she and her party received during the 2004 Lok Sabha . . .
- Tn Women Shgs In Eye Of A Storm (Deccan Herald, S Murari, Apr 29, 2006)
Women’s self-help groups, which have grown exponentially in the last five years, find themselves in the eye of the storm.
- Pressed For Freedom (Pioneer, Praveen Kumar, Apr 29, 2006)
There is nothing new about attacks on journalists. There have been several brutal attempts to curb freedom of the Press.
- Not Just A Stock Response (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Apr 29, 2006)
The Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (Sebi) crackdown on market manipulators involved in cornering of shares in the initial public offering (IPO) market is a welcome move on more than one front.
- Count The Votes For Democracy (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Apr 29, 2006)
The outcome of the by-elections in Jammu and Kashmir proves that the hardy plant of democracy survives despite the jehadi challenge.
- Do We Need More Laws And Courts? (Dawn, Khalid Jawed Khan, Apr 29, 2006)
The federal government has yet again embarked on a reforming spree. As usual, the target is the judiciary.
- Get A Life, Kaavya (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 29, 2006)
If there is anything worse than being identified as a cheat, it is attempting to rationalise sharp practice by taking recourse to psycho-babble.
- Compensation For Restrictive Covenant (Business Line, H. P. Ranina, Apr 29, 2006)
Money paid not for loss of employment, but for preventing a person from doing something that would be prejudicial to the interest of his former employer is not taxable.
The compensation is not profit in lieu of salary but capital receipt in lieu . . .
- ‘My Popularity Has Gone Down’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Talibanism spilling over into settled areas: Musharraf
Says US covert strikes are infringing on Pakistan’s sovereignty
* I’m nobody’s poodle
* I have a lot of teeth to bite back with
* Baloch rebels are mercenaries, pgymies, merely pinpricks
- Nepal Parliament Reconvenes After Four Years (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Nepal’s Parliament reconvened on Friday for the first time in four years, with legislators proposing a ceasefire with the country’s Maoist rebels and elections to a constitutional assembly.
- Change In Nepal (Tribune, Pran Chopra , Apr 29, 2006)
Within a matter of days, if not hours, Nepal has emerged out of an unprecedented crisis to knock at the doors of a kind of opportunity it has never had before. It is not certain yet that it will be able to sustain the chance till its fruition.
- Nepal Parliament Reopens, Ailing Pm-Designate Absent (Reuters, Gopal Sharma, Apr 29, 2006)
Nepal's parliament opened on Friday for the first time in four years, but the country's 84-year-old prime minister-designate was too ill to attend the opening or his swearing-in ceremony.
- Classy Cast Of Mind (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 29, 2006)
The announcement that reservation for other backward classes is to be extended to IITs and IIMs has provoked much debate in the press. Critics say the move will undermine the functioning of these institutions by devaluing the principle of merit.
- Nepal’S Revived Parliament Meets (Tribune, Shirish D. Pradhan, Apr 29, 2006)
Nepal today took first step towards multi-party democracy with its Parliament holding its first meeting in four years, but Prime Minister-designate, Mr Girija Prasad Koirala, could not attend it due to ill health.
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