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Articles 16721 through 16820 of 43820:
- Arjun Denies Ec Charge (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
Human Resources Minister Arjun Singh on Sunday denied the Election Commission’s charge that he had prima facie violated the model code of conduct for elections ....
- Nri Top Guns Look Beyond Ethnic Lines (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Apr 10, 2006)
The movers and shakers within the most influential NRI corporate community in the US say they are looking to expand their activities beyond ethnic lines....
- From Afghanistan With Love (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
The Afghan President was earlier scheduled to visit India for six days. His private visit to Shimla on April 13 was called off because of some political engagements back home.
- Five Constituencies In Tiruchi Will Witness Battle Between Aiadmk And Dmk (Hindu, Syed Muthahar Saqaf, Apr 10, 2006)
Nine constituencies in the district account for 17,55,023 voters
- Advani Hits Out At Centre's Path Of ``Appeasement'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
`Yatra' aimed at creating awareness about UPA's divisive policies
Yatra enters Maharashtra
Says Centre trying to create a rift between religious communities
POTA repeal against national interest
- A Framework For The Future (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 10, 2006)
Journalism for me is a continuing learning experience.
- Iraq, Iran, And A Strategy Of A Thousand Errors (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Apr 10, 2006)
America has brought anarchy and indescribable misery to Iraq. Now it is eyeing Iran. Would American and world public opinion be mute spectators to another exercise in monumental folly?
- Medha Seeks Manmohan's Intervention (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar on Sunday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to intervene and get her discharged from the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences where she was admitted after she was removed from the dharna site at . . .
- "Nda Govt. Shielding Political Nexus Of Ranveer Sena'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
Demand to extend the tenure of Amir Das Commission
A large number of dalits were killed in Bathepur massacre engineered by the Ranveer Sena'
Party leader to call on the Governor in this connection with a request to intervene into the matter
- Sometimes, Every Picture Tells Half A Story (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Apr 10, 2006)
No columnist should start with a cliche, so apologies and all that, but here I go: Every story has two sides. Where was the other side when TV news channels, especially the major English language ones, covered the Medha Patkar story?
- More Teeth To Commission On Minority Edu Institutions (Daily Excelsior, M Rama Rao, Apr 10, 2006)
Critics are quick to take the Government to task for the recent amendment to the National Commission for Minority Educational institutions Act.
- Upa Appeasing Minorities: Advani (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
BJP leader L.K. Advani today accused the Congress-led UPA government of “appeasing” minorities and said the policy was not for the welfare of the minorities but to get their votes.
- Hrd Ministry Proposes 27 Per Cent Reservation For Obcs In Iits And Iims (Times of India, Amrith Lal, Apr 10, 2006)
Merit is central to education. But education is not merely about safeguarding existing notions of merit.
- An Indian Role In Africa (Telegraph, S.L. Rao, Apr 10, 2006)
The author is former director-general, National Council for Applied Economic . . .
- King’S Cross (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 10, 2006)
The collapse of authority comes in many ways. King Gyanendra may still be the reigning monarch of Nepal, but he clearly has little political or moral authority.
- The Politics Of Personality (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Apr 10, 2006)
In her early years as Congress president, Sonia Gandhi was treated as a political lightweight by her opponents and independent commentators alike. Her public persona exuded diffidence.
- Delhi’S Fashion Week (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Apr 10, 2006)
After the fashion fiesta concluded in Mumbai with the wardrobe malfunction controversy, the Delhi fashion week had all the big wigs of industries crossing their fingers and praying for the best.
- Quota Vote Bank (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 10, 2006)
Govt should rethink the move to extend reservation
- Cet: Moving Towards Another Definition (Deccan Herald, Vijesh Kamath, Apr 10, 2006)
This isn’t the first time that the state government is experimenting with a piece of legislation to regulate admissions in private professional colleges
- Assam: Acid Test For A New Party (Deccan Herald, Anirban Bhaumik , Apr 10, 2006)
Cries of Imam Sahib zindabad can be heard as the two men walk towards the podium.
- Sneaker Trouble (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 10, 2006)
Asian-American groups are complaining about German shoemaker Adidas’ release of a sneaker with an image they say perpetuates a negative stereotype of Asians.
- Naxal Icon Finds No Logic In Violence » (Hindustan Times, Sutirtho Patranobis, Apr 10, 2006)
Light is slowly fading in Naxalbari, a lush green village from where the Naxal movement spread like wild fire to the rest of West Bengal and across the country. But there is little difficulty in locating the mud hut we are headed for.
- Pakistan And Siachen Imbroglio (Daily Excelsior, Brigadier (Retd.) S. N. Sachadeva, Apr 10, 2006)
Even as India and Pakistan work out a demilitarisation agreement on Siachen to facilitate a prime ministerial visit to Pakistan later this year, foreign office and defence mandarins have drawn their red lines:
- Freedom To Be Corrupt (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Apr 10, 2006)
Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh has suggested that Government employees should not be transferred before two years to enable them to show results.
- Politics As Spectacle (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Apr 10, 2006)
What should one make out of these pictures: former Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani holding a bow and arrow in his hands and Bharatiya Janata Party president Rajnath Singh wielding . . .
- Divine Inspiration (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Apr 10, 2006)
We have to either admire the Church, or sympathise with it.
- Left To Review Govt Support After Polls (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Apr 10, 2006)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) on Friday said it would review its support for the government after state elections are out of the way next month.
- Tight Security For Final Ballot In Assam (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
Security personnel carrying automatic weapons guarded polling centres across Assam on Monday as voting began for the second and final phase of elections.
- New Future…Old Problems (News International, Chris Cork, Apr 10, 2006)
Standing beneath the tree next to the ruins of the mosque in the village of Kot Galla the enormity of both the devastation and the task of reconstruction is cruelly evident.
- Going For The Seventh (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 10, 2006)
The longer the streak, the sooner it will end. But election after election, the Left Front in West Bengal has defied this rule.
- Exploiting Scarcity (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
The minister for human resource development, Arjun Singh, has “proposed” on the eve of important state elections that the quota of reserved seats in centrally-funded institutions of degree-giving institutions should be increased from 22.5 to 49.5 . . .
- Stop This Farce (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
Kamal Nath, the minister for commerce and industry, can justifiably take pride in the country’s export performance since he took office in 2004.
- Challenge For President Musharraf And Ard (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Apr 10, 2006)
Just as the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) was in the process of disclosing further alleged scandals about the PPP leader, Benazir Bhutto, leaders of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) were thinking in Lahore about . . .
- Indian-American Community Lobbying Hard For Nuclear Deal (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Apr 10, 2006)
The Indian-American community is lobbying hard and spending money to push the Indo-US nuclear cooperation deal through Congress.
- The Ulema And Karo-Kari (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 10, 2006)
THAT 40 religious leaders of various schools of thought declared karo-kari unIslamic at a conference held in Larkana the other day is a positive development.
- A Sustainable Move (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 10, 2006)
The Punjab government is pressing ahead with the completion of a model, modern industrial city being set up near Faisalabad.
- Empowering Women In Bihar (Times of India, Sowmya Kerbart Sivakumar, Apr 10, 2006)
The 73rd Constitutional Amendment in 1993 did for women what parliamen-tarians are still twiddling their thumbs about — it made women's reservation mandatory within the panchayati raj framework.
- Walled City, Not World City (Times of India, Gautam Bhatia, Apr 10, 2006)
At electricity and ticket counters, you encounter miserable faces. Traffic proceeds in disordered screeches, bumps and starts; horns blare for no reason at all. People shout when they can whisper.
- Democracy By Choice (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Apr 10, 2006)
The US gives little value to popular mandate and counts monarchs and dictators as its staunch supporters
- Expectations Over Oil Sector Regulator (Hindu, N. Ravi Kumar, Apr 10, 2006)
Benefits foreseen include a level playing field for all players, larger investment in natural gas sector and greater competition
- French Lessons (Business Standard, Subir Gokarn, Apr 10, 2006)
Critical reforms should not get stalled by resistance that is based on either imperfect understanding or inadequate institutions.
- Cm Under Fire Over Move To Disband Ranvir Sena Panel (Indian Express, J P Yadav, Apr 10, 2006)
The Nitish government’s decision to disband Justice Amir Das Commission probing the political links of the Ranvir Sena has generated sharp criticism from various quarters.
- Fast Forward, Rewind (Indian Express, Aiman Mustafa, Apr 10, 2006)
Medha Patkar’s fast in New Delhi recalled a form of protest that had almost disappeared. A powerful tool in the hands of the Mahatma and his followers, its decline mirrored the fading away of Gandhian politics. Here are some famous fasts, post-1947
- Democracy And Poverty — Thailand And The Philippines (Jordan Times, GWYNNE DYER, Apr 10, 2006)
We should return to the rule of law after the election,” declared Thailand's national police chief, General Kowit Watana last Sunday, as the polls closed in a parliamentary election called three years early by embattled Prime Minister Thaksin . . .
- A City For The Asian Century (Deccan Herald, Ken Livingstone, Apr 10, 2006)
In meeting the challenge of the new economies, Britain has a trump card in multicultural London
- Politicising Environment Prematurely (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 10, 2006)
Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said that the present Assemblies can also elect Gen Musharraf constitutionally as the President of the country for the next term.
- Ard Moves Ahead (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 10, 2006)
The ARD meeting in Lahore did not throw up any fireworks, but it represented another step in a process which is aimed at positioning the alliance for the next general elections, and even beyond.
- It's Bush's Turn (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
If President George W. Bush wants serious immigration reform as badly as he says he does, he had better step up soon to get his party united behind him. Otherwise the best hope in a generation to fix the immigration system will end up as . . .
- Crippled Agri Growth: Blame It On New Policy Of Financial Sector (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
A new policy regime of financial sector reforms was mainly responsible for the slower growth in rural institutional finances to agriculture particularly during the decade of 1991-2000 and poor performance thereafter, a research paper says.
- Kerala's Highway To Nowhere (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 10, 2006)
K Govindan Kutty on why grandiose projects like metro have support of politicians and bureaucrats alike in Kerala
- Corruption And Development~i (Statesman, SANKAR SEN, Apr 10, 2006)
Slowing Down The Wheels Of Administration
- Hussein's Trials (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
The crimes committed against the Iraqi people by Saddam Hussein's dictatorship are so numerous that there is no realistic possibility of . . .
- Immigration Logjams And Incompetence (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
Lawmakers who think the United States government could process 11 million illegal aliens in a "guest worker" program should be forced to listen to what whistleblower Michael J. Maxwell told a panel of angry lawmakers last week.
- Great Rip-Off In Name Of Development (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Apr 10, 2006)
Why do we Indians find it so difficult to believe that foreigners are waiting to pour billions of dollars into India and are unable to digest the claim that a Sensex of 11,900 is based purely on fundamentals?
- Pakistan's Economic Miracle (Jordan Times, Fahed Fanek, Apr 10, 2006)
The prime minister of Pakistan, Shaukat Aziz, is well-known in Amman. Two decades ago, was manager of Citibank in Jordan for two years, during which he built many friendships in the Jordanian business and political communities.
- Democracy Now? (News International, Khusro Mumtaz, Apr 10, 2006)
"The most effective way to restrict democracy is to transfer decision-making from the public arena to unaccountable institutions: kings and princes, priestly castes, military juntas, party dictatorships, or modern corporations."
- Votes In The Time Of Tv (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 10, 2006)
The phenomenon of political life following art in Tamil Nadu is all set to enter a new phase. The original scriptwriter in Mr Karunanidhi has finally led him to break away from the formula of pitting one star against another.
- A Pil(l) For Headache (Pioneer, Shailaja Chandra, Apr 10, 2006)
Despite doing well on social and environmental fronts, issues addressed through PILs are often quite technical, says Shailaja Chandra
If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear - George Orwell
- A Bearer's Chit (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 10, 2006)
There is nothing subtle about the UPA Government's attempt to secure a 'clean chit' for Election Commissioner Navin Chawla against whom the Opposition NDA has levelled serious charges of gross impropriety and pronounced political bias.
- After Aligarh (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 10, 2006)
There was a time in the 1980s when "religious riot in Aligarh" was not so much a news occurrence as a cliché. Like Kanpur and Meerut, Gorakhpur and Varanasi, it was one of the many Uttar Pradesh towns seemingly cursed by persistent social violence.
- Take Sting Out Of Bite (Pioneer, Cecil Victor, Apr 10, 2006)
If the US has had to begin looking for remnants of Stinger surface-to-air shoulder-fired missiles it gave the Afghan mujahideen to fight the Soviet Army in the 1980s, there is trouble brewing within the "coalition against terror" and Pakistan is . . .
- Arjun Invokes Vp To Pay Back His Sizing Up (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Apr 10, 2006)
The Human Resource Development Ministry passed the buck on the exaggerated media reports explaining the Election Commission on Sunday about his announcement of extending 49.5 quota in the IIMs and IITs.
- From Home Of Kashmir’S Head Priest, A ‘Feminist’ Magazine (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Apr 09, 2006)
She is edited and founded by Sheeba Masoodi, also known as wife of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq; piece on dating creates heat at launch.
- Curfew In Nepal To Foil Opposition Rally (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 09, 2006)
Pro-democracy demonstrations continue; clashes in the capital and other towns; hundreds arrested
- A-G's Clean Chit `Irrelevant': Advani (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, Apr 09, 2006)
"Only Chief Election Commissioner can comment on Chawla's conduct"
- Troops Moved To Malakand To Smash Kidnapper Dens (News International, Ikram Hoti, Apr 09, 2006)
More than 1,000 Army troops have been moved to Malakand Agency possibly for carrying out an operation against gangs of kidnappers, authorities told The News here on Saturday.
- The Die Is Cast Against Defiant Baloch Chieftains (News International, Tariq Butt, Apr 09, 2006)
The government is tightening the noose around the neck of three defiant Baloch chieftains to force them into renouncing aggression.
- Jirga Seeks Removal Of Soldiers From Waziristan (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
A big tribal Jirga held on Friday in Mir Ali rejected the ban on carrying arms in North Waziristan and demanded that soldiers be removed from check-posts on the roads and deployed on the border with Afghanistan.
- Bhutto, Sharif’S Parties May Boycott Pakistan Polls (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
Pakistan's mainstream Opposition parties said on Friday they might stay out of elections next year if their exiled leaders are barred from returning home and a caretaker government is not set up.
- Nepal Imposes Curfew Ahead Of Anti-King Protests (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Apr 08, 2006)
Nepal's royalist government imposed a day curfew in Kathmandu and its neighbouring areas on Saturday and some mobile phone services were disrupted, hours before a rally against King Gyanendra's rule.
- Iraq: A Nation In Search Of A Leader (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
United States and Britain have stepped up their efforts for a national unity government in Iraq.
- Sonia's Gamble To Win Back Uttar Pradesh? (Daily Excelsior, Fazal Mehmood, Apr 08, 2006)
The battle for political space in Uttar Pradesh is getting tougher.
- Bush, Gop Struggle For Public Approval (US News & World Report, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
President Bush has hit new lows in public opinion for his handling of Iraq and the war on terror and for his overall job performance. Polling also shows the Republican Party surrendering its advantage on national security.
- Chalta Hai’ For Politicians (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Apr 08, 2006)
Men, Matters, Memories
When it comes to feathering one's nest there is hardly anyone who can better the Indian political class.
- The Future Of Jihad (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Apr 08, 2006)
The jihadis of today are increasingly locking horns with the US-led Western world.
- Left To Review Govt Support After Polls (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Apr 08, 2006)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) on Friday said it would review its support for the government after state elections are out of the way next month.
- Problems In Textbook Screening (Japan Times, Editorial, Japan Times, Apr 08, 2006)
The Education, Science and Technology Ministry has screened and approved 306 textbooks, most of them for first-year high-school students, for use from next spring.
- Right Royal Mess (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 08, 2006)
But Nepal’s top gun least perturbed
- Who Are These Miscreants? (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 08, 2006)
The death toll in paramilitary forces’ counter-offensive against miscreants in North Waziristan on Wednesday has risen to 40 as more bodies were recovered on Thursday.
- Need For Free, Fair Polls (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 08, 2006)
Us assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher has met ARD leaders Amin Fahim and Raja Zafarul Haq in Islamabad on Thursday to have a feel of the political currents in Pakistan.
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