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Articles 16921 through 17020 of 43820:
- The Politics Of Sacrifice (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Apr 07, 2006)
Why Sonia Gandhi can get away with her grand-standing
- Boucher On Democracy (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 07, 2006)
After his meeting with the President, US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher addressed a press conference in the US embassy. According to the official sources, while meeting the President he confined himself . . .
- Electioneering (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 07, 2006)
With the campaigning phase for next year's general elections effectively under way, the ARD's Lahore meeting on Saturday should be of profound importance.
- Mishandling Federalists (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 07, 2006)
While Nawab Akbar Bugti these days shows all the signs of a secessionist rebel who deserves to be crushed as ruthlessly as the government says he does, his rhetoric is strangely federalist.
- Lessons From Thailand (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 07, 2006)
The constitutional crisis in Thailand is not about to end soon, the resignation of its prime minister notwithstanding.
- Remembering Thimayya (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Apr 07, 2006)
Gen Thimayya gained international stature through his association with the UN and thereby helped to shape the image of the country abroad.
- Thaksin Respects Democratic Values (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 07, 2006)
PRIME Minister Thaksin Shinawatra of Thailand has announced to step down following weeks of mass protests demanding his resignation in the wake of a controversial election, boycotted by three major political parties.
- Boucher’S Fears About Afghanistan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 07, 2006)
US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher has said that violence in Afghanistan is likely to increase this year as NATO led forces expand their activities to Taliban infested southern and eastern Afghanistan.
- Implications Of Mirwaiz Formula (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 07, 2006)
APHC chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq has said that Kashmir issue should not be viewed on religious or cultural grounds. At a Press conference, he said Kashmir should be one unit including Ladakh, Jammu and Northern Areas of Pakistan. He supported ‘ . . .
- What Could Brighten The Country’S Image (Dawn, Dr Ayesha Siddiqa, Apr 07, 2006)
The government of Pakistan is concerned about building a positive image for the country for which it seems to be struggling to hire highly paid and presentable consultants.
- Harassment (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 07, 2006)
WE have only Mr Akhtar Mengal’s account of the events preceding Wednesday’s siege of his Karachi house to go by since the police declined to comment on the event.
- Kasuri Briefs Us Team On Ties With Afghanistan, India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
A delegation of US state senators and politicians called on Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri on Thursday.
- Nawaz, Benazir’S Return An Internal Issue, Says Boucher (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
US wants a free, democratic Pakistan
* Boucher says US watching Balochistan crisis, implies BLA cannot be called a ‘terrorist’ outfit
- Rice Rebuts Critics On The Hill, Point By Point (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Apr 07, 2006)
Slicing through layers of informed American scepticism, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has made the strongest pitch so far on why the nuclear deal with India needed to be signed by Washington in Washington
- India Slams Arrests (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
India today condemned the arrests of several political leaders by the royalist government in Nepal ahead of today’s general strike .
- Peace Talks: Ltte To Get Safe Passage To Geneva (Deccan Herald, P KARUNAKHARAN , Apr 07, 2006)
Accompanied by the newly-appointed peace envoy, Jon Hanssen-Bauer, Mr Solheim also met President Mahinda Rajapakse to discuss the current situation of the peace process..
- An Ideal Opportunity To Act Decisively (The Financial Express, Jayaprakash Narayan, Apr 07, 2006)
The failure of prosecution in several cases has re-focused public attention on our justice . . .
- 'Past Non-Proliferation Policies Did Not Achieve Their Goals' (Pioneer, Condoleezza Rice, Apr 07, 2006)
We don't want India to expand its civil nuclear energy production without our help, says Condoleezza Rice
- Secular Vend For Islamist Cause (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Apr 07, 2006)
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.George Santayana
- We Do Not Have Any (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 07, 2006)
Iran’s response has been obscured with news about its potential to threaten international stability
- Iraq Govt Formation Falters Again (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
press conference at which officials were expected to announce the date of the next session of Iraq’s Parliament was cancelled today, organisers said, dealing another blow to efforts to form a government.
- Now, Mirwaiz Calls India, Pak To Parallel Hurriyat Roundtable (Indian Express, RIYAZ WANI, Apr 07, 2006)
In a move which could unsettle the Prime Minister’s plan to convene the second conference on Kashmir in Srinagar, Mirwaiz Umer
- Laws Are Not For All (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 07, 2006)
When the finance minister proposed a controversial fringe benefits tax last year, I don’t think he had in mind the kind of ‘‘fringe benefits’’ that I am referring to this week.
- N-Deal: Us Congress Wary, But Receptive (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Apr 07, 2006)
Grudging support for the Indo-US nuclear deal has become evident among lawmakers in Washington after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s full day of testimony before both Houses of Congress.
- Sonia Stern On Illegal Foreigners (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
The people in the state have experienced the tenure of two non-Congress governments during which development and progress came to a halt, Sonia Gandhi said
- War Room Leak Case: Cbi Nabs 5 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
The raids in 17 places in Delhi, Mumbai, Goa, Chandigarh and Muzaffarpur were conducted after the agency registered a case against nine people, including Ravi Shankaran, a relative of Navy chief Admiral Arun Prakash, in connection with the case . . .
- Modern Urban Preoccupations (Hindu, Jayant Kaikini, Apr 07, 2006)
Some interesting reads in Kannada
- The Evolution Of The Model Code (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Apr 07, 2006)
With its origins in 1951, the code emerged out of a political consensus. So long as it remained on paper, there was hardly any protest. The situation changed when the focus shifted to enforcement.
- Bjp's Difficult Yatra (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 07, 2006)
The crisis in the Congress is hardly hidden from public view — a succession of scams, a bitter controversy that led the party chief to resign from important posts, and a none-too-happy prognosis for the Assembly elections.
- New Political Outfit To Contest Five Seats (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Pondicherry: "Uzhaippaali Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam", a new political party, has planned to field candidates in five segments in the Union Territory.
- Bjp Mlas Demand Special Session Of Delhi Assembly (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Whatever is happening is unfortunate'
- Politician Shot Dead In Held Kashmir (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
A militant-turned-politician was shot dead at a bus station in held Kashmir on Wednesday, while seven people were injured in separate attacks in the restive region, police said.
- ‘Pakistan, India Remain Engaged In Peaceful Dialogue’ (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
The report ‘Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The US Record 2005-2006’ released on Wednesday said Pakistan and India "remained engaged in peaceful dialogue on a range of issues" and "worked together" to assist victims in the aftermath of the . . .
- Third Stepdown For Sonia (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, Apr 06, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi has resigned for the third time — now as the chairperson of the Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Trust whose first head was Mahatma Gandhi.
- Kathmandu Clamps Night Curfew (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
Attempt to thwart Thursday's anti-King general strike sponsored by Opposition
- Evidence Is Fake, Says Saddam (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Apr 06, 2006)
Documents link ex-President to mass execution of Shias in the town of Dujail
- Lamy Urges Us, Eu To Cut Industrial Tariffs (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
The United States and Europe must agree to cut industrial tariffs and farm subsidies for a successful accord by April to pave the way for a global trade pact, World Trade Organisation chief Pascal Lamy said on Wednesday.
- Assam’S Widow From Gujarat Is Agp Candidate (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Apr 06, 2006)
When Alaka Desai first came to Assam 23 years ago, arriving in Guwahati from Gujarat to work on a doctoral thesis on the Northeast, little did she imagine that she would one day contest an election here as the candidate of a regional party.
- Advani Urges Pm To Intervene (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, L.K. Advani, has in a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh requested him to immediately intervene in the matter of sealing and demolitions in Delhi and if necessary promulgate an Ordinance to . . .
- Iraq’S Interim Pm Indicates He Won’T Succumb To Pressure (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
Iraq's interim Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari has indicated he will not yield to calls to step aside to let someone else to form the next government.
- Tackling Thailand's Crisis (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 06, 2006)
A day after claiming victory in a snap general election, Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has agreed to step down before the new Parliament meets.
- Catwalk Snafus (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 06, 2006)
Just how sick and narrow-minded a society we are becomes evident from the ridiculous fuss that has been generated by what the trade describes as “wardrobe malfunctioning”.
- In Indira’S Footsteps (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Apr 06, 2006)
Last week this column suggested that the Congress should be buried. Some elaboration is in order.
- Congress Spectacle (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 06, 2006)
With the election process under way, the predicament of the Congress gets more and more complex, even a touch comical. The latest roadblock is its failure to decide on a candidate against Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee.
- Rice, Straw Visit Ill-Timed, Counterproductive: Iraq Leaders (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw's visit to Iraq last week proved counterproductive and only served to strengthen premier Ibrahim al-Jaafari's resolve to retain his post, a media report said today.
- Out In The Cold (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 06, 2006)
Can these elections see a revival of the Congress’s fortunes in West Bengal? The answer to this question could determine the shape of the state’s politics beyond the polls. Bengal is not the only state where the Congress has been out in the cold . . .
- Cong Chief Quits Trust (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
Two weeks after resigning from her Lok Sabha membership and from her post as the high-profile National Advisory Council (NAC) chairperson in the midst of a political storm over the office-of-profit controversy, the Congress president Mrs Sonia . . .
- Polls Across Loc (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
Flattened by unprecedented earthquake on October 8 last year "Azad" Kashmir (as the occupied territory across the Line of Control is locally known) is witnessing a serious electoral confrontation these days.
- Plight Of Minorities In J&k (Daily Excelsior, S Mohan Singh Kala, Apr 06, 2006)
To help in rehabilitation and development of minorities Finance Minister proposed in the budget, to set up a J&K Minorities Development Corporation, to promote employment opportunities, entrepreneurship by sponsoring self-employment programmes . . .
- Economy On A Roll (Daily Excelsior, K R Sudhaman, Apr 06, 2006)
Sceptics have been critical of the UPA Government that it has been unable to push economic reforms because of compulsions of coalition politics.
- Political Murders (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
The trend is wicked but all too familiar by now in the State.
- Uncertainty Ahead (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 06, 2006)
Protests have led to the Thai PM’s resignation
- Saffron States Fall In Vat Line (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Apr 06, 2006)
The protest against Value Added Tax (VAT) regime has gradually subsided with the BJP-governed states accepting and implementing it from April 1. The initial grumbling against the new tax petered out with the five saffron-run states embracing VAT . . .
- Muslim India Tries To Escape The Past (Deccan Herald, RANDEEP RAMESH, Apr 06, 2006)
Prominent individuals belie the poverty of a minority left behind by the 1947 partition
- To Put Bihar On Fast-Track, Pm’S Task Force, State Turn To Icici (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Apr 06, 2006)
The ICCI Bank will help Bihar government formulate a model of private-public partnership in infrastructure development, keeping in view specific problems of the state.
- All The Tea In China (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Apr 06, 2006)
Dressed in tight, faux leather pants, 50-year-old Sheng Xiu Qing oozes attitude.
- Karunanidhi's Arithmetic Versus Jayalalithaa's Chemistry (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Apr 06, 2006)
The Tamil Nadu Assembly election may be decided by which of the two prevails
- Law And Order Has Broken Down' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
We will highlight the failure of the UDF Government to help farmers. The debts incurred by them resulted in 1,500 suicides.
- Congress Rejects Advani's Offer (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
The Congress on Wednesday rejected Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani's offer to make common cause with it in politics, saying the two parties "stand at the opposite ends of Indian polity."
- Migrants And Minorities (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
The scrapping of the IMDT Act has lent a new dimension to electioneering in parts of Assam, says Sushanta Talukdar
- Three Meat Grinders For N-Deal: Us Congress, Nsg And Iaea (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Apr 06, 2006)
The Indo-US nuclear deal takes a significant step as Condoleezza Rice testifies before the US Congress. C. Raja Mohan untangles the complexities
- Indo-Us N Deal Has Serious Implications (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Wednesday said Pakistan is against increase in the permanent members of the Security Council and in favour of enhancing only non-permanent members to make the organization more representative and equitable.
- Fcc Conference (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 06, 2006)
The second day of the 59th Formation Commanders' Conference(FCC) was mostly devoted to briefings and discussions on matters of professional importance.
- Development' Binds Nitish's Coalition Of Extremes (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Apr 06, 2006)
The coalition Mr Nitish Kumar leads in Bihar includes not only the marginalised sections but also people from the upper crust and castes.
- China And Our Energy (The Financial Express, J NANDAKUMAR, Apr 06, 2006)
Among the three pacts on energy cooperation signed between Russia and China during President Vladimir Putin’s Beijing visit last month, Moscow’s willingness to export up to 80 billion cu. m. of natural gas to energy-hungry China has caught the . . .
- Gandhi Evoked For All Manner Of Causes (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
Two major nonviolent protests this week in India are being used by both the left and right.
- China Sends Big Business Group To U.S. (International Herald Tribune, Joseph Kahn, Apr 06, 2006)
Chinese leaders, eager to improve relations with the United States ahead of the first ever visit there by President Hu Jintao later this month, have dispatched a large delegation of businessmen and economic officials both to display . . .
- Thaksin Respects Democratic Values (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 06, 2006)
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra of Thailand has announced to step down following weeks of mass protests demanding his resignation in the wake of a controversial election, boycotted by three major political parties.
- Boucher’S Fears About Afghanistan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 06, 2006)
US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher has said that violence in Afghanistan is likely to increase this year as NATO led forces expand their activities to Taliban infested southern and eastern Afghanistan.
- Fukuyama's Take On Islam And Islamists (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Apr 06, 2006)
His prescription: the solution lies not in "fixing" the Muslim world by imposing democracy but in reaching out to alienated Muslims in the West.
- An Excess: Too Steep A Cess Will Hurt Aviation (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 06, 2006)
The proposed Rs 500 cess on air travel to develop small airports and subsequently provide subsidy to airlines to service these airports is a bad idea, on account of its size and its stated purpose.
- Justice For All, For Social Stability (The Economic Times, KIRAN KARNIK, Apr 06, 2006)
It is a matter of self-interest for the power-class to quickly mend the system before it breaks.
- The India Hype Is Ahead Of Reality (The Financial Express, R SESHASAYEE, Apr 06, 2006)
The economic growth India has achieved, to quote the finance minister, is ‘quite a heady mix’ and we saw the effect recently in Davos, where the world looked at India with great interest. We discovered our importance in that milieu.
- Six Killed In Nepal Maoist Attack (Statesman, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Apr 06, 2006)
While the Nepal government concentrated its might on the Opposition parties, beginning fresh raids on the houses of leaders, students and trade unionists and arresting over 100 people, the Maoists struck in eastern Nepal, killing six security . . .
- A Defunct Post (Business Line, S Balakrishnan, Apr 06, 2006)
Do we need alternate directors?
An alternate director is in the same position as any other director as regards his duties, rights and liabilities.
- Taking Wing (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Apr 06, 2006)
Tuesday is bound to go down as a red-letter day for civil aviation in the country.
- Modernisation In The Air (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 06, 2006)
Airport upgradation brooks no delay
- Season For Freebies As Five States Go To Polls (Times of India, KAUTILYA KUMAR, Apr 06, 2006)
Politics has to be more about praxis and less about promises. If so, do manifestos matter in our times? Hardly. They are false statements meant to mask realities. They breach public trust.
- Politics As Performance (Times of India, Shiva Shankar M Rao, Apr 06, 2006)
Indian politics and Hindi films have tremendous similarities.
- Solution To Kashmir Issue Left To India, Pak: Rice (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
Reiterating its policy on Kashmir, the US has said that the issue has been left to India and Pakistan to find a solution that would open the doors for "greater prosperity" and "greater peace" in the region.
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