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Articles 17121 through 17220 of 43820:
- Hm’S Posture (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Apr 04, 2006)
One has not been able to fully understand the euphoria generated by Hizbul Mujahideen’s recent assertions.
- Death In The Crib (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 04, 2006)
Collective shame in Burdwan
- You Can Decide Not To Vote (Hindu, S. Dorairaj , Apr 04, 2006)
Election fever is sweeping Tamil Nadu with two major electoral combines and smaller parties reeling out promises. Most parties have released their manifestos and the lists of candidates for the May 8 Assembly elections.
- 68 Per Cent Polling Recorded In Assam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
65 of 126 constituencies covered in the first phase; rain affects voting in Guwahati
- Hamas Tries To Balance Conflicting Demands For Legitimacy, Right To Resist (Jordan Times, Amy Teibel and Sara Toth, Apr 04, 2006)
The Palestinians' new Hamas leaders have made it clear they will not pursue or punish fighters for attacking Israel, justifying a deadly suicide bombing last week as a legitimate act of resistance.
- Patch-Up To What Count? (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 04, 2006)
THE statement issued by the office of President Jalal Talabani that Iraqi political parties have reached an agreement on the bylaws for the next government’s functioning, obviously as a result of the push and shove of US Secretary of State . . .
- The Game Is Afoot (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 04, 2006)
The ruling party’s new pledges and reiteration of old ones mark the rolling out of the government’s election campaign.
- Cpi(m) Hits Out At Advani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
His statement on UPA a sign of desperation: Politbureau member
Other statements
Election results will strengthen anti-communalist forces in the country
It will provide a lesson to the UPA Government to change its "anti-people" policies
- Popularise Job Guarantee Scheme: Gopalkrishna Gandhi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
West Bengal Governor delivers sixth convocation address of KSOU
- "Morale Of It Industry In Bangalore Is Low" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
Overwhelmed by the ``pro-active'' government and infrastructure in Hyderabad, Infosys Chief Financial Officer T.V. Mohandas Pai on Monday said, ``It is good that Andhra Pradesh is doing what it is doing because Hyderabad has possibly the best . . .
- On The Mahatma's Leadership (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
Book boasts of rare photographs of Gandhi
- Rae Bareli By-Election On May 8 (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Apr 04, 2006)
By-election to the Rae Bareli constituency in Uttar Pradesh will be held on May 8. The Election Commission announced this on Monday.
- Implications Of N-Deal With India (Dawn, Talat Masood, Apr 04, 2006)
The Indo-US nuclear deal signed during President Bush’s recent visit to South Asia is meant to turn the relationship between the two states into strategic partnership.
- Uncomfortable Facts On Migrants (Deccan Herald, Paul Krugman, Apr 04, 2006)
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free," wrote Emma Lazarus, in a poem that still puts a lump in my throat. I'm proud of America's immigrant history, and grateful that the door was open when my grandparents fled R
- Uma Bharti Meets Tandon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
Seeking registration of political party
- Left Objects To Central Forces In Poll Booths (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
Protests other measures in West Bengal
"Security forces from outside the State may lead to communication problem"
"The basis for ascertaining booth-capturing is not clear."
- Rebels: Congress Wields Carrot And Stick (Hindu, Girish Menon, Apr 04, 2006)
Some of them have already withdrawn from the fray
- Stone That Triggered Avalanche (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 04, 2006)
Despite Sonia Gandhi's attempt to turn her resignation from the Lok Sabha into yet another 'sacrifice', the majority of people think otherwise, says Anil Narendra
- Yet Another Crisis (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 04, 2006)
The nwfp crisis seems to have deepened as the provincial assembly met Monday morning despite the Governor’s refusal to summon the session following his row with the Chief Minister.
- Indo-Us N-Deal Runs Into Trouble (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 04, 2006)
OPPOSITION to the Indo-US nuclear deal is mounting.
- Will 'Martyrdom' Work For Party? (Pioneer, CP Bhambhri, Apr 04, 2006)
Emotional chorus alone cannot bring victory to the Congress in the coming Assembly elections, says CP Bhambhri
- Free Iims And Iits From Govt Bondage’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
Tired of defending its autonomy time and again, the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad on Monday said it really needs to use its resources for education than waste it on making the government see reason.
- Balochistan Impasse (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 04, 2006)
WITH the Balochistan situation showing no signs of abating, acts of terrorism continue and one can detect a new sense of defiance in the utterances of some Baloch sardars.
- India’S Parties Wooing Muslim Vote (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Apr 04, 2006)
An estimated 55 percent of Assam’s electorate voted in Monday in the first phase of assembly elections, where balloting was held in 65 of the state’s 126 constituencies.
- Us, Uk Pile Pressure On Fractious Iraq Leaders (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
The United States and Britain piled pressure on Iraq’s leaders on Monday to break their deadlock over a new government and prime minister as quickly as possible and to disband sectarian militias to avoid civil war.
- Iran’S Signalling In The Gulf (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
On Wednesday, Iran tested a high-speed underwater missile called Hoot (fish) which it claims is the fastest in the world at 360 kilometres per hour and can avoid sonar (sound navigation ranging) detection
- Cross-Border Mergers In An Age Of Unreason (The Financial Express, Mythili Bhusnurmath, Apr 04, 2006)
Companies, like countries, have only permanent interests...in their bottomlines
- Rice Played Godmother To Nuclear Deal Between India And Us (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Apr 04, 2006)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is the true architect of the Indo-US nuclear cooperation treaty, which, according to a detailed investigative report in the Washington Post on Monday, now faces a “hard sell” in Congress.
- Politics As Performance (Indian Express, SHIV VISVANATHAN, Apr 04, 2006)
Indian politics and Hindi films have tremendous similarities. Both are sensitive to context and both are open structures. Both thrive on contradictions and neither fully resolves them.
- A Very Bad Idea (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 04, 2006)
The Centre is reportedly toying with the idea of setting up District Panchayat Administrative Service (DAPS) to ensure effective implementation of developmental programmes at the village level.
- Beyond The Rhetoric (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Apr 04, 2006)
The Left is losing ground
- Vatwagon (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 04, 2006)
Keep politics out
- Indian Fallen Service (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 04, 2006)
IFS officer as a human trafficker
- Left Cautions Ec Against Deploying Paramilitary Forces (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
The Left parties have impressed upon the Election Commission today not to deploy Central paramilitary forces inside polling stations in West Bengal and took exception to the conduct of some of the poll observers and guidelines issued by the commission
- Independents Hold The Key In Rs (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Apr 04, 2006)
There has been no dramatic alteration in the overall composition of the Rajya Sabha after the recent biennial elections as the two major political formations - the UPA and the NDA - have registered only minor changes.
- Bold Initiatives Are Needed (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Apr 04, 2006)
Notwithstanding the influence which the Left wields in public life and the academia, it is worth noting that it has always been a marginal force at the national level. Not only that, its influence is perceptibly on the wane.
- Advaniji’S Neither A Hardliner Nor A Softliner. He Has No Line. And It’S A Shock I’M Still To Recover From’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 04, 2006)
From ideologue to maverick, Uma Bharati has been described differently.
- Form Govt Soon: Us, Uk To Iraqis (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said on Monday that while it is up to the Iraqi people to chose their own leaders, the international backers who have spent blood and money to end a dictatorship have . . .
- Uzbek Envoy For Strengthening Ties With Pakistan (News International, Mohammad Ali Khan, Apr 04, 2006)
Oybek O Usmanov, Uzbekistan's new ambassador to Pakistan has stressed for enhancing people-to-people contacts for strengthening historic relations existing between the two brotherly Muslim countries.
- There’S A Story That Still Needs To Be Told (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Apr 04, 2006)
Dr Verghese Kurien enhanced the livelihood options for the small and marginal farmers. He also stood up against the faulty paradigm of free trade
- Majority Of Britons For Iraq Pullout (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Apr 04, 2006)
Findings may pressure Blair to set time-table for withdrawal
- France In Ferment, Anger On The Streets (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Apr 04, 2006)
Although protests have polarised around changes to labour laws, the real discontent runs far deeper. The direct street action is born of despair, of the conviction that nothing concrete can or will ever be delivered by the political or business . . .
- The Roads From Chitrakoot (Hindu, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Apr 04, 2006)
The Bharat Suraksha Yatras may not have the full backing of the rest of the sangh parivar.
- Shops And Slums — A City Divided (Hindu, A. Srivathsan, Apr 04, 2006)
The traders' protest and the slum-eviction drive in Delhi can be traced to the failure of city planning and urban governance. What is required is a radical reconstruction of the concept of a city.
- A New Trend In Historiography (Hindu, R. CHAMPAKALAKSHMI, Apr 04, 2006)
First volume of a set of interlinked studies that deploys the concept of `connected histories' to shed important light on aspects of the history of early modern Eurasia based on a variety of materials
- Contemporary Haute Couture (Hindu, Ranjit Hoskote, Apr 04, 2006)
A celebration of 32 design signatures and the life stories of these designers
- Cong Councillor Shot (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
Militants shot dead a Congress councillor and injured a contractor in the Kashmir valley overnight, official sources said today.
- Stability Is Pm’S Poll Plank (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday reiterated that only the Congress could provide a stable government in Assam as the Opposition was divided into various camps.
- Omar Discusses Pak Visit, Poll Issue With Azad (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
As notifications for the by-elections for four Assembly segments have been issued, National Conference president and former Union Minister, Omar Abdullah today had a breakfast meeting with Chief Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad, apparently to discuss . . .
- Well Done (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Apr 03, 2006)
The overall reception that surgeon Lt Cdr Wahida
Prizm has got in her home State during her
vacations is well deserved. It has climaxed into a meeting with Governor Lt Gen S.K. Sinha (retd) in this city last weekend.
- Voting Begins In India's Assam; Security Tight (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
Thousands of people lined up on Monday to vote in Assam as troops protected polling booths from possible rebel attacks at the start of the biggest electoral test for the federal coalition.
- Why Do People Choose Them? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 03, 2006)
Ethics and values no longer influence voters' emotions anywhere in the country, including in the South, writes K Govindan Kutty
- Recruiting Teachers (Statesman, SUBHAS SARKAR, Apr 03, 2006)
The future of a nation rests largely on teachers, especially in school. They are expected to mould and prepare future citizens for the challenges of life. Perhaps they alone can impart confidence and hope, a sense of discipline and yearning for . . .
- Kalam For Bihar (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 03, 2006)
The President, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, often takes extraordinary steps in a positive direction.
- Bangla Biman (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 03, 2006)
Between an ideologue and a market-savvy CM
- Analysing Networks Behind India’S Crumbling Infrastructure (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Apr 03, 2006)
Some time ago, ICICI Bank’s CEO K.V. Kamath said that when economic growth accelerates, the process of rapid infrastructure development and urban regeneration also kicks-in; but it has not happened noticeably in India.
- Ec Cracks Whip On Mahajan (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
The Election Commission has reportedly directed the Assam chief electoral officer to file a case against BJP leader Mr Pramod Mahajan and others for conducting a press conference after the end of the campaign yesterday.
- Pm Harps On Development And Stability Mantra (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
The Congress today promised “adequate financial compensation” to victims of ethnic violence in Karbi Anglong, besides stability and development if voted to retain power in Assam.
- Thousands Protest Us Immigration Reform Plans (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
Thousands of demonstrators rallied in this conservative California town and in New York to protest plans for a US legislative crackdown on illegal immigrants.
- Left Plays Alternative Over Upa Blues (Pioneer, Akhilesh Suman, Apr 03, 2006)
With the growing disenchantment against the Congress-led UPA Government at the Centre on major policy issues, there is possibility of creation of a front on the basis of alternative policy in the aftermath of Assembly election in the five States.
- China May Let Dalai Lama Visit, Eyes Vatican Ties (Reuters, Benjamin Kang Lim, Apr 03, 2006)
China may approve a visit by the Dalai Lama, as long as he abandons dreams of independence for Tibet, and establish ties with the Vatican if it drops links with Taiwan, the country's top religious official was quoted on Monday as saying.
- Silent Walls (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 03, 2006)
The West Bengal Government's - not the Election Commission's - enforcement of an old law banning the defacement of walls, has changed the State's rural and urban landscapes drastically.
- Unholy Entente (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 03, 2006)
The United Liberation Front of Asom, which has been waging a bloody separatist war for nearly two decades in Assam and is guilty of killings hundreds of innocent people and security personnel, has surprisingly decided to keep a low profile during . . .
- Congress Surrendering To Immigrants, Says Advani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
BJP leader L. K. Advani on Sunday accused the Congress of "surrendering" to the immigrants on the issue of infiltration into Assam.
- Poll Panel Cracks Whip On Mahajan (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Apr 03, 2006)
Case being filed against BJP leader for violating model code of conduct
- South America Is Turning Pink (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Apr 03, 2006)
The free market, liberalisation and privatisation policies of the right-wing leadership in South and Central America do not seem to be getting results.
- Do Not Be Afraid India File (News International, Jyoti Malhotra, Apr 03, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi should have known that Shamsur Rahman was going to be in town around the time she declared war on the Opposition and launched a new political struggle in the battle-fields of Uttar Pradesh .
- Punjab Police (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 03, 2006)
On Friday, while presiding over a meeting of senior officers, the IGP Punjab expressed satisfaction at the force’s progress in tackling the crime situation.
- A Cartful Of Ideas, Issues And Solutions (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
At the age of 80, the zeal with which he pursues socially relevant projects is exemplary. Founder Director of IIM Bangalore Prof. N.S. Ramaswamy, who was recently conferred with Padma Bhushan, shares his vision with Mandira Nayar...
- India’S Congress Party Faces Popularity Test In Assam Vote (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
The northeast Indian state of Assam, wracked by insurgency for decades, goes to the polls on Monday in a vote seen testing public approval of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s policies almost two years after he took office.
- Pakistan Steel Privatization (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
The sale of 75 per cent of Pakistan Steel for Rs 21.68 billion to a consortium which includes one of Russia’s leading steel producers and a Saudi steel company can be expected to provide the shot in the arm the country’s largest industrial unit . . .
- Vani Strikes Again (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 03, 2006)
The abhorrent tribal custom of vani or sawara, whereby girls are forcibly given in marriage to settle a blood feud between two parties, has reared its head again in Mianwali district.
- Changing Dynamics Of South Asia (Dawn, Fateh M. Chaudhri, Apr 03, 2006)
The recent whirlwind trip of President George W. Bush to South Asia was a sort of political tsunami after which the region has not been the same.
- Has The Penny Really Dropped? (News International, Khusro Mumtaz, Apr 03, 2006)
Bush Jr had ridden off into the sunset (or to be more precise flown off on Air Force One) leaving a wounded and shell-shocked General behind wondering whatever happened to his beautiful relationship with the leader of the (so-called) free world.
- Biggest Bureaucratic Reform Is Political (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 03, 2006)
The Supreme Court’s ruling recognising the government’s right to abolish any post created by it to reduce costs is salutary and will provide a boost to crucial administrative reforms.
- Rice, Straw In Iraq To Break Deadlock (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw made a surprise visit to Baghdad today to press Iraqi leaders to form a new government and avert a civil war.
- Asia: The Ascendant Continent (News International, Nasim Zehra, Apr 03, 2006)
The twenty-first century is decidedly the Asian century
- Rotten At The Roots (News International, Chris Cork, Apr 03, 2006)
Politicians are getting bad press almost everywhere these days. They are consistently exposed as fiscally fraudulent, institutionally deceitful, self-serving and downright corrupt whether they be to the right, left or centre of the political spectrum.
- Turmoil In Balochistan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 03, 2006)
Several Balochistan cities including provincial capital Quetta remained without electricity for the second day on Saturday due to blowing up of electric pylons by miscreants near Machh area. A QESCO spokesman said that four power circuits having 37 grid s
- Revamping Nab (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 03, 2006)
It was no surprise to see General Musharraf praise NAB for its concerted effort to eradicate corruption.
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