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Articles 15321 through 15420 of 43820:
- Lanka Seeks ‘Political Support’ From India (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Accusing the LTTE of making a “dent” in the ceasefire, Sri Lanka today asked for continued “political support” from India to find a solution to the problem.
- Lanka Wants Eu's Terror Tag On Ltte (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
While expressing its resolve to continue the ongoing peace process with LTTE, Sri Lanka on Friday asked the European Union to declare the Liberation of Tamil Tigers Eelam (LTTE) a terrorist organisation.
- Triumph Of Politics (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 29, 2006)
The first thing that strikes one about Monday's by-elections in four Assembly constituencies in Jammu & Kashmir, the results of which were announced on Thursday, was the high percentage of polling.While the average was 61 per cent, the turnout at . . .
- Trends In Myanmar (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 29, 2006)
Junta’s fraud on the people reaffirmed
The Myanmar military junta’s threat to dissolve Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy is another desperate attempt to tighten the screws on an icon of the democratic movement in Asia.
- America Slams Indian Laws On Fight Against Terrorism (Hindustan Times, S Rajagopalan, Apr 29, 2006)
India’s fight against terrorism is “hampered by its outdated and overburdened law enforcement and legal systems”, says the US State Department's annual country reports on terrorism. But the report also praises India for improving its “tactics . . .
- Record Victory (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 29, 2006)
This was the first popular election that Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad had contested and what a victory he scored! The record margin of over 58,000 votes by which he won the Bhaderwah Assembly seat gives solid legitimacy to . . .
- Nepal's Parliament Reconvened; Maoists Wooed For Dialogue (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Nepal's Parliament was reconvened on Friday for the first time in four years, and legislators proposed a cease-fire with Maoist rebels and elections to a constitutional assembly.
- Manmohan Singh To Meet Hurriyat Next Week (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Kashmiri separatists will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh next week before he heads for the revolt-hit region to discuss possible solutions to the conflict.
- Puppet Masters (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.
- Parties Gear Up In Nepal (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Apr 28, 2006)
People's revolution still alive
More than one lakh people congregate in Kathmandu
Ready to cooperate, provided three conditions are fulfilled: Maoists
G. P. Koirala taken ill on eve of Parliament session
- The Land As He Saw It (Hindu, ATHREYA, Apr 28, 2006)
Raghuthama Putty, who passed away recently, devoted his entire life to meticulously painting landscapes
- Government Taking Steps To Eliminate Corruption In Panchayats, Says Udasi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
Panchayat members should make good use of the funds allocated: Minister
Government has not cut grants to panchayats: Udasi
Rs.750 crore allocated for the "Jala Nirmala" project for 2006-07
Rs. 35 crore allocated for the `Swarna Jala' programme
- Affirmative Action: The American Experience (Business Standard, T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan, Apr 28, 2006)
"Affirmative action" in the US is aimed at the minorities. As such, in India it should focus on Brahmins. They constitute no more than 3 per cent of the population.
- Misgivings About Kalabagh (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 28, 2006)
While performing the groundbreaking ceremony of the Diamer-Bhasha dam on Wednesday, President Pervez Musharraf very categorically said that all the dams identified under the government’s ‘2016 Water Vision’ policy, including Kalabagh, will be built.
- Pakistan Must Qualify For Hrc Membership (Dawn, I. A. Rehman, Apr 28, 2006)
The report that Pakistan is a candidate for election to the new UN Human Rights Council (HRC) has aroused considerable interest among human rights activists in the country.
- High Oil Prices To Pose A Risk To Economy: Adb (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
The Asian Development Bank said on Thursday it expects India's economy to grow 7.5 percent this fiscal year but high oil prices posed a risk and may prompt the central bank to tighten monetary policy to curb inflation.
- India, Pakistan Must Get Serious About Nuclear Issues (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Apr 28, 2006)
The fourth round of expert-level talks on nuclear CBMs between Pakistan and India has been wrapped up with a joint statement on Wednesday.
- Business As A Bridge Between Neighbours (Business Standard, T Thomas, Apr 28, 2006)
By developing trade with Pakistan, we can gain more because we have a much bigger and much more competitive manufacturing base.
- Bush Administration Slammed In Senate Over Indian Nuclear Deal (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
Senate lawmakers criticised the US administration Wednesday for not being transparent with lawmakers on a controversial civilian nuclear deal with India.
- How Near Is India To Its Taxable Capacity? (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Apr 28, 2006)
While direct tax collections are on the rise, the contribution of indirect taxes as a percentage of GDP has stagnated the past four years.
- Blending Socialist Ideals With Market Imperatives (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Apr 28, 2006)
China concedes that FDI has had the most favourable impact on the development of its economy in the opening up process.
- Time To Consolidate Democracy In Valley (Pioneer, Ghazanfar Butt, Apr 28, 2006)
Musharraf should concede self-rule to the people of POK before questioning India on the rights of Kashmiris, says Ghazanfur Butt
- Maoist Vipers (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 28, 2006)
On the eve of Nepal's reconvened Pratinidhi Sabha's meeting to formally elected Mr GP Koirala as Prime Minister at the head of a seven-party alliance Government, two important statements have emanated from Kathmandu. Comrade Prachanda, chairman . . .
- Prescott's Problem (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 28, 2006)
The report that Britain's Deputy Prime Minister, Mr John Prescott, has confessed to having had a two-year-old "relationship" with a secretary, Tracey Temple, does not come as a profound surprise. Politicians in Britain, as in most other . . .
- Courtiers Hailed As Democrats (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Apr 28, 2006)
Today's historic meeting of Nepal's Pratinidhi Sabha presents a challenge not just to the kingdom's three main contenders for power - King Gyanendra, the constitutional parties led by Prime Minister designate Girija Prasad Koirala, and Comrade . . .
- It's Politics, Not Islam (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 28, 2006)
The wearing of the hijab in the Islamic world actually began with the Islamic Revolution in Iran, which made the veil obligatory for women - after the clerics succeeded in turning the tables on the middle-class and the leftist groups, who paid . . .
- Use The Democratic Dividend (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Apr 28, 2006)
Did India handle the Nepal crisis properly? Detractors claim that India's response was ham-handed and did not reflect the mood of the Nepalese people.
- Sp, Tdp Allege Ec Favouring Sonia (Pioneer, Deepak Kumar Jha, Apr 28, 2006)
Accusing the Election Commission of favouring Congress president Sonia Gandhi and discriminating against Jaya Bachchan, Samajwadi Party and Telugu Desam Party on Thursday demanded that the same yardstick should be adopted against both.
- Tough Task Ahead For Rahul Gandhi (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 28, 2006)
At one level, Rahul Gandhi’s offer to lead the Congress in Uttar Pradesh holds little surprise.
- Divisive Quota (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 28, 2006)
THE indefinite strike launched by the junior doctors of the five medical colleges in Delhi reflects their agony and anguish over Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh’s proposal to reserve 27 per cent seats for the Other Backward . . .
- Free At Last (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 28, 2006)
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has done a great service to the cause of human rights by ordering the release of Pakistani citizens languishing in various jails of Punjab even after they have completed their terms.
- Quotas In Private Sector (Tribune, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Apr 28, 2006)
NO sensible Indian would disagree with the view that a lot needs to be done to improve the conditions of those belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes.
- Home Is Where The Heart Is? (Pioneer, S Gurumurthy , Apr 28, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi remains an Italian subject in personal law and an Indian in public law, says S Gurumurthy
- Iraq Leader Sister Killed (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
Gunmen killed the sister of Iraqi vice-president Tareq al-Hashemi in Baghdad today, interior ministry sources and two officials in his party said.
- Graffiti And The Ec (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 28, 2006)
Graffito, singular: writing on wall; plural, graffiti. Man has been urged through the ages to read the writing on the wall. Graffiti have thus emerged as an integral part of human civilization.
- Third Time (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 28, 2006)
If there is a method in madness, Egypt needs to discover it quickly.
- China Irked As Nepal Trumps King Card (Statesman, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Apr 28, 2006)
Alarmed at the fall of King Gyanendra’s regime, China has rushed a delegation to Kathmandu to gloss over its unstinted support to the monarch and appease the new government.
- Nepal Maoists Can’T Be Ignored’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
The CPI-M insists that the Maoists’ role in the Nepalese struggle for democracy cannot be overlooked and they must find a place in the proposed Constituent Assembly to shape the proposed republic’s destiny.
- Natwar Picks Holes In March 2 Indo-Us Nuclear Deal (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
After attacking the Government over its handling of Nepal situation, former External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh today picked holes in the March 2 Indo-US civil nuclear deal, saying it contained elements that were absent from the joint . . .
- India-Cyprus : Forging New Ties (Daily Excelsior, Pallab Bhattacharya, Apr 28, 2006)
The recent visit of Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulus to India was aimed at giving a new perspective to the country's long standing political ties with India.
- True To Form (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Apr 28, 2006)
The verdict in the four Assembly by-elections is out.
- The War Of The Freebies (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Apr 28, 2006)
The battle for Tamil Nadu is being fought with rice and TV sets, as the Kazhagams go on a dole overdrive. Here, a quick measure of the people's pulse, especially vis-à-vis the Vaiko factor and the caste issues. In Tamil Nadu, so mixed is the . . .
- Cm Breaks Records In His Maiden Victory To Assembly (Daily Excelsior, Sanjeev Pargal, Apr 28, 2006)
Chief Minister and Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad today broke all records of margin to win first ever Assembly election from his home State in his 30 years political career defeating BJP’s novice Dhanantar Singh alias Koushal Kotwal by a . . .
- `Urbanisation Of Poverty A Big Challenge' (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Apr 28, 2006)
Lindiwe N. Sisulu, South Africa's Minister for Housing, strongly believes that the only way to lift people out of poverty is to give them the asset of a house. Excerpts from an interview in Mumbai recently:
- Sri Lanka Situation Causes Concern In State (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Apr 28, 2006)
Security agencies hope violence will die down soon
Navy, Coast Guard and police, including the coastal security wing, step up alert
Politicians may find it difficult to avoid raising Tamils issue if violence continues
Sri Lankan authorities have . .
- Strengthening A Partnership (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 28, 2006)
The long-standing friendship between India and Uzbekistan was reaffirmed during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Tashkent.
- Downside To A Road Corridor (Deccan Herald, V. Ranganathan, Apr 28, 2006)
The moral of the story is public decision-making needs to be strengthened with a great deal of professionalism.
- China For Talks To End Iran Nuclear Issue (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
Diplomatic resolution will benefit all
- Confusion And Chaos In Professional Education (Hindu, T.R. Andhyarujina, Apr 28, 2006)
Between cynical politicians and contradictory judgments of the highest court, students, parents, educationists, and institutions are perplexed, awaiting the next move by the government or the court.
- Bjp Rises Above Petty ‘Profit’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
After keeping its opponents guessing about its stand on the office-of-profit issue, the BJP today sought to take a “moral” high ground ruling out any compromise on the “larger moral principle” while moving any amendment to the existing law defining . . .
- Governor Writes To Mulayam For Cbi Probe Into Mehar Murder (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
Rajeswar refers to memoranda submitted to him by various parties in this regard
- Gender Inequality In Book Awards (Hindu, Natasha Walter, Apr 28, 2006)
The just-announced Orange prize shortlist showcases great talent. "Predictable," was the comment grudgingly given by one bookseller on looking at the list, which includes Sarah Waters, Ali Smith, Hilary Mantel, and Zadie Smith.
- Windfarms Drive Wedge Between Green Activists (Hindu, Ben Sandilands, Apr 28, 2006)
Can Something as small and beautiful as a seldom-seen but endangered species of parrot stop the turbines turning on any more wind farms in Australia?
- Signs Of Normality In Sri Lanka (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Apr 28, 2006)
Colombo halts "deterrent strikes" on "selected targets" in rebel-held areas
- Political Parties Upset Over Salem Corporation's Instruction (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
Remove flag masts or paint them white, says Election Observer
Election Commission has not mentioned removal in the model code of conduct'
Members enter into argument with officials
Sanitary inspectors and engineers carry out assessment
- No Unity Without Secularists (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Apr 28, 2006)
There cannot be a national unity government in Iraq because of the exclusion of secularists.
- Looking Back~i (Statesman, BIBEKANANDA RAY, Apr 28, 2006)
Now that the Left Front is aiming at returning to power for the seventh time, it may be relevant to look at its balance sheet during 29 years of uninterrupted rule.
- Trends In Myanmar (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 28, 2006)
The Myanmar military junta’s threat to dissolve Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy is another desperate attempt to tighten the screws on an icon of the democratic movement in Asia.
- Can Cm’S Anger Solve All Problems? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Apr 28, 2006)
That the member of a family that has opposed the international airport project, the metro rail project and the expressway project, to name just three, is now seeking refuge behind “development” will not fool many.
- Sri Lanka Strikes Stop But Mine Blasts Kill 5 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
If violence stops, diplomats say peace talks might still be possible. But if it resumes, they fear a return to a two-decade-old civil war that has killed more than 64,000.
- Pm To Keep Close Watch On Lanka, Nepal (Times of India, Indrani Bagchi, Apr 28, 2006)
India will keep a close watch on the Sri Lanka co-chairs meeting scheduled for Friday at Oslo — a senior diplomat from the Indian embassy will attend the meeting, as an observer.
- Mahajan Stable, Police Question Businessman (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
Mr Mishra is a tanker-water supplier. He had entered into a deal with Pravin’s PVM Enterprises to buy two air-conditioned buses at a cost of Rs 17 lakh in 1998-99.
- His Usp Is Middle Class-Ness (Hindu, BHUMIKA K, Apr 28, 2006)
The clock strikes nine and there is a sense of anticipation in most Kannada-speaking localities. You hear the compelling signature melody of T.N.
- A Question Of Merit (Times of India, Lalit Mohan, Apr 28, 2006)
Students protesting quotas are late by a few thousand years. Caste based reservations have been the basis of our social order for most of our recorded history. The concern for merit is legitimate.
- Admission Of Defeat? (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Apr 28, 2006)
The Pakistani Army and other law-enforcing forces avoid direct clashes with Taliban and other Islamic extremists
- Caught In A Trap Of Its Own Making (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Apr 28, 2006)
Facing bitter electoral competition in three Assembly by-elections in the Kashmir Valley, the PDP flew Islamist colours, borrowing from tactics used by Sheikh Abdullah in 1977. This time around, the trick hasn't worked.
- Iraq V-P's Sister Shot Dead (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
Sister of Iraq's new Sunni vice-president was killed on Thursday in a drive-by shooting in Baghdad, a day after the politician called for the Sunni-dominated insurgency to be crushed by force.
- Tame The Tiger (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 28, 2006)
The heinous attack on Sri Lankan army chief Sarath Fonseka at a hospital in Colombo has pushed the island nation to the brink of war. Colombo has already launched air strikes on 'selected targets' in areas under LTTE control as a retaliatory measure.
- Misreading The Enemy (Washington Post, David Ignatius, Apr 28, 2006)
It's a truism that all conflicts end eventually. But how do you resolve a confrontation with an adversary that appears unable or unwilling to negotiate a settlement? That's a common problem that runs through the West's battles with militant Islam.
- Bush's Misbegotten Iran Plan (Boston Globe, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
In an article titled ''The Iran Plans," published in a recent issue of The New Yorker, Seymour M. Hersh -- who helped bring the Abu Ghraib prison scandal to light -- examines what appear to be well-advanced White House plans for a bombing campaign. . . .
- Burning Evil (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 27, 2006)
One more incident of a possible Sati has come to light, this time of a 77-year-old woman at Imamganj in Gaya district in Bihar.
- Festering Wounds (Tribune, Aditi Tandon, Apr 27, 2006)
It was an arduous journey. Not so much for the miles that lay between the source and the destination as for the flash of distressing images that it brought back at every crossroad.
- The Curse Of ‘Giganticism’ (Tribune, Prashant Sood, Apr 27, 2006)
Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar has drawn support from a cross-section of society in her long struggle for the rights of tribals and marginalised sections of society.
- British Pm Blair Shaken After "Black Wednesday" (Reuters, Peter Griffiths, Apr 27, 2006)
British Prime Minister Tony Blair faced the challenge on Thursday of restoring his Labour Party's authority as a government after it was engulfed in scandal and crisis just a week ahead of crucial local elections.
- Paper Tigers (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 27, 2006)
The Union Minister for Panchayati Raj and Youth Affairs, Mr Mani Shankar Aiyar, now knows first hand what the common man knew all along that the much tomtommed empowerment of panchayati raj institutions (PRIs) is, to a great extent, an eyewash.
- Aligarh’S Holy Cow (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 27, 2006)
Supreme Court reins in the ghetto ambience
Monday’s Supreme Court ruling (coram: Balakrishnan and Jain, JJ) will serve to relieve Aligarh Muslim University of its ghetto ambience. While admitting the two petitions by AMU and the Centre against the . . .
- Fijian Parties Unite (Statesman, Sam Rajappa, Apr 27, 2006)
Almost coinciding with the election to five state assemblies in India, in distant Fiji, a cluster of islands in the South Pacific where people of Indian origin outnumbered ethnic Fijians at the time of its independence in 1970, election to Parliament . .
- The Battle For Chennai (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 27, 2006)
The city has traditionally been a DMK stronghold, but the AIADMK has been making inroads of late, says V. Jayanth
- Today's Editorial: Nepal's Next Step (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 27, 2006)
The release of tension in Kathmandu following Gyanendra's decision to hand back power to parliament certainly occasions a few whoops for democracy, but not three cheers yet.
- Medicos For Merit Take On Quota Custodians (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 27, 2006)
Medical students put aside their stethoscopes on Wednesday and raised their voice against the proposed Government move to impose quota for OBC students in centres of higher learning.
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