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Articles 18821 through 18920 of 43820:
- Kalam Reaches Myanmar On A Three-Day Visit (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam and a 40-member entourage arrived in Myanmar amid tight security on Wednesday for a three-day visit.
- Iaea Sending Iran Report To Unsc Today (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
VIENNA MEET Tehran warns Washington of ‘harm and pain’, White House calls statement provocative
- 'Indo-Us N-Pact Doesn't Hamper Dealing With Iran' (Hindustan Times, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Mar 09, 2006)
The Bush Administration has rejected the notion that proceeding with the civilian nuclear energy agreement with India undercuts America's dealing with Iran on the issue, stressing that the US looks at both the cases differently.
- What Is Sacred? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 09, 2006)
When terror is precision-timed for symbolism, careful scrutiny of the site and the situation is revealing.
- The Night America Voted Against All That’S Wrong With America (Indian Express, SANDIPAN DEB, Mar 09, 2006)
There was something different about Oscar 2006. And it was not only the fact that, possibly for the first time in history, we had a winner — George Clooney — who didn’t thank anyone.
- Finding Zaheera Sheikh (Indian Express, AYESHA KHAN, Mar 09, 2006)
She represented the demand for justice in Gujarat. Till twists and turns in the Best Bakery case gathered her into the shadows, says AYESHA KHAN
- Ec’S Disqualification Move Opens A Pandora’S Box (Deccan Herald, B S Arun, Mar 09, 2006)
Rajya Sabha MP Jaya Bachchan is in the spotlight for holding an office of profit
- Bush Seeks Congress Backing For India Deal (Indian Express, LALIT K JHA, Mar 09, 2006)
US President, George Bush, who has made Congressional approval of the Indo-US nuke deal as a “high priority” for his administration, on Tuesday met influential members of the Congress seeking their views and soliciting support on the civilian nuclear . .
- Attack On Press (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 09, 2006)
Media persons should be able to function fearlessly
- In Islamabad, On A Turning Wicket (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Mar 09, 2006)
Pakistan should not define its interests solely in terms of competing with a much larger neighbour, says Pakistan should not define its interests solely in terms of competing with a much larger neighbour, says HUSAIN HAQQANI
- Varanasi Bombings (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
The terrorist objective is to widen the religious divide
- Us, World Leaders Condemn Terror Attacks (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Mar 09, 2006)
Fighting terror is our common struggle, and we stand with the people of India as they bring to justice those responsible for these cowardly acts”.
- Oh India! Do Not Beat Around This Bush (Times of India, AMJAD K. MARUF, Mar 08, 2006)
It is too early for us to rejoice at the fact that Bush visit has turned out to be in India’s favour.
- Indo-Us N-Deal: Good Or Bad? (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
India tested nuclear bombs in 1974 and has remained outside the Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT) since then. US laws prohibit the export of nuclear technology to countries who have not signed NPT.
- N-Deal Doesn’T Recognise India As Nuclear Weapon State, Says Burns (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
The US has made it clear that the Indo-US nuclear deal does not amount to recognition of India as a nuclear weapon state.
- Verdict On Zaheera Report Today (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
The Supreme Court will pronounce on Wednesday its verdict on the acceptability of the report of the high-powered committee investigating the allegations and counter-allegations made by Best Bakery case key witness Zaheera Sheikh and social activist Teesta
- Nuke Deal With India: Us Was Not Sure Till Last Moment (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswamy, Mar 08, 2006)
The United States was not sure until the very last minute whether a civilian nuclear energy deal with India was going to be possible and if a "good deal" was not on the cards, Washington was going to walk away from it.
- Up Sliding Into Lawlessness: Centre (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
The serial bomb attack on the Sankat Mochan temple is the latest of a string of incidents suggesting the slide of the country's largest state into lawlessness.
- Budget For Deceptions (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 08, 2006)
An analysis of this year’s budget by JNU professor Prabhat Patnaik, a key figure in the CPM’s group on economic affairs, pinpoints inadequacies in the document from the Left’s standpoint:
- India On Alert To Prevent Trouble After Bomb Blasts (Reuters, Sharat Pradhan, Mar 08, 2006)
Armed police mounted vigil at temples and public places across India on Wednesday and leaders appealed for calm as Hindu groups called for a strike in Uttar Pradesh to protest against bomb blasts that killed 15.
- Kashmir Settlement Needs Sincerity: Cm (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Winding up the discussion on the resolution regarding roundtable conference in Legislative Council today, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said that persuasion of emotional slogans and beating about the bush, to led astray the people, who have shun . . .
- Mills Of Justice (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 08, 2006)
The Supreme Court ruling on the Mumbai mill lands case gives everyone breathing space.
- Concessions And Gains (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Mar 08, 2006)
There would be no dearth of former officials and experts in Washington and New Delhi, taking potshots at the Indo-US agreement on nuclear separation that was unveiled in Parliament on Tuesday by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and soon . . .
- Time For Activists To Look At Social Minefields (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Mar 08, 2006)
Even after a decade of the legally guaranteed representation for women in the Panchayat Raj system, there is no groundswell of opinion for legislative reservation for women
- Getting Thru The Glass Ceiling (Deccan Herald, Rachna Bisht Rawat, Mar 08, 2006)
She’s wearing the pants, carrying the laptop, sometimes even smoking the cigarette, but, we can take a bet: she is still not man enough for you.
- Gender Parity: A Long Way To Go (Deccan Herald, Lola Nayar, Mar 08, 2006)
Sc pronouncement making the registration of marriages compulsory is a positive step
- Running Out Of Time (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Mar 08, 2006)
Chidambaram has come a long way since 1996 when the fiscal imbalance was worse than it is today
- Blasts In Sankatmochan Temple And Railway Station Kill Dozen, Several Injured (Indian Express, CR Jayachandran, Mar 08, 2006)
PM, Kalam appeal for peace • BJP slams ‘competitive minorityism’ • Shameful, say Muslim law board and Jamiat
- Mulayam Moves To Take Ground Measures, On Political Front Too (Indian Express, Atiq Khan, Mar 08, 2006)
Even as Governor TV Rajeswar kept a close watch on the situation in the aftermath of the serial bomb blasts in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav held a closed-door meeting with some of his ministers and senior officials . . .
- A Million Voices For The Tree (Daily Excelsior, Ratnadhar Jha, Mar 08, 2006)
Like nuclear warheads, destruction of tropical forest has become ‘domestic to our century’.
- Issues Remain Unaddressed In Budget (Hindu, Subramanian Swamy , Mar 08, 2006)
The 2006-07 budget has no solutions for the pressing problems of the economy. Instead, we find a tax on kitchen tiles, packaged software, and share transactions just to make budgetary ends meet and not for dynamic policy.
- Angry Musharraf Is Bad News For Karzai (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Mar 08, 2006)
The exiles, who do not want to be named, have taken their cue from Musharraf’s extraordinary and unseemly outburst on CNN last Sunday when he accused President Karzai of being “totally oblivious of what is happening in his own country”.
- N-Deal Will Bring India Into "Non-Proliferation Mainstream": Burns (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Mar 08, 2006)
Seeking to drum up support of the sceptical lawmakers, the US has said the nuclear deal with India would bring it into the "non-proliferation mainstream" and dismissed any parallel between the Indian and Iranian programmes.
- Pressure Pays Off (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 08, 2006)
Rare sustained pressure — public, media, political, perhaps judicial too — has paid off and a review of the Jessica Lall murder case is under way.
- Women’S Lib Crib (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Mar 08, 2006)
Careful about reading this one. After all, an editorial on Women’s Day quoting a study that suggests that feminist ideals have made women in general ‘unhappier’ is likely to get the rolling pins as well as the brief cases out.
- Red Alert In Up After Blasts, Cm Announces Ex-Gratia (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
A red alert has been sounded in Uttar Pradesh following blasts in Varanasi while Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has announced ex-gratia relief for the victims and appealed to the people to maintain peace and order.
- A Matter Of Confidence (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
No individual can be bigger than the institution. And so it is in the case of the Election Commission, which first grabbed the public mindspace when TN Seshan began disciplining political parties across the country.
- Full Circle? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Mar 08, 2006)
Who was the leader to have accompanied United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi during her meeting with US President George W. Bush in the national capital recently? Dr Karan Singh is the answer.
- Tackling Al-Qaeda (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Mar 08, 2006)
Over four years have passed since 9/11. According to dependable intelligence sources Osama bin Laden throughout this period remained holed up in the tribal belt that lies between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
- Breaking The Mould? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 08, 2006)
Among the points raised by President Pervez Musharraf during his talk with editors on Monday and earlier in his CNN interview was his criticism of the ‘India-centric’ attitude in Pakistan.
- Self-Correction Is In National Interest Now (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Mar 08, 2006)
In his meeting with the editors of Pakistan’s leading newspapers and electronic media on Monday, President Pervez Musharraf used the word “Indiacentric” to describe a foreign policy stance that he intends to shun in the future.
- T.N. Concludes Arguments Before Cauvery Tribunal (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Mar 08, 2006)
Pleads for the setting up of a Cauvery Valley Authority
- Iaea Meets Amid Rift Over Iranian Nuclear Programme (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Iran will not agree to a compromise over its nuclear programme that involves suspending full-scale uranium enrichment for any longer than two years, a diplomat told AFP Tuesday.
- Caring And Sharing (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 08, 2006)
This year’s Oscars were the Caring & Sharing awards. Caring, because the nominees were unusually politically concerned, and sharing, because the actual winners were carefully divided so almost every film got something.
- Senate Surprises (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 08, 2006)
Monday's voting by the provincial assemblies brings to a close the election to 45 seats of the Senate. Predictably, the government and its allied parties are the main beneficiaries, together gaining more seats than they had lost in the ballot . . .
- Why Discuss State Policy With Clergy? (The Economic Times, P R RAMESH, Mar 08, 2006)
A few months ago, a group of Kargil widows held an emotional press conference in the Capital to complain about the Centre’s indifference towards them. They invoked the tragic loss of their loved ones and the government’s lack of concern for their . . .
- Bush Visit To Pakistan, India May Have Done Harm: Nyt (Dawn, Masood Haider, Mar 08, 2006)
Saying that President Bush’s visit to “Pakistan and India may have done real harm”, the New York Times chided Mr Bush for “sticking” President Musharraf with the unwelcome task of explaining to Pakistanis why his friend and ally, Mr Bush, had . . .
- Was Gandhi Hindu? (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 08, 2006)
Gandhiji was born of Hindu parents and was cremated by Hindu rites; but was he Hindu in any narrow sense? India has had an assassinated former prime minister born of a Zoroastrian father who was also cremated by Hindu rites.
- Russia As An ‘Unpredictable’ Petro-State (The Financial Express, DOMINIQUE MOISI, Mar 08, 2006)
When he first arrived in Paris in 2000 as Russia’s newly elected President, Vladimir Putin had a simple and reassuring message. “I am bringing you what you need most: a stable and guaranteed source of energy.
- Mdmk Shifts Camp — Is It Advantage Aiadmk? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Mar 08, 2006)
With Mr Vaiko walking out of the DMK-led alliance to the AIADMK, Ms Jayalalithaa appears first off the block in the race to the Tamil Nadu Assembly. For the DMK it appears to be a double whammy as now the other allies may demand more seats.
- Marxist Miff (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Mar 08, 2006)
West Bengal’s ruling Left Front is livid at the Election Commission of India’s insistence on enforcement of the ban on wall writing by political parties. In earlier elections, the ban was enforced fitfully.
- Side Trips On A Visit To India (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Mar 08, 2006)
More than four years after a US-led invasion force delivered to Afghanistan the gifts of freedom and democracy, the man behind the enterprise finally plucked up the courage for a quick trip to Kabul.
- What’S In It For The Us? (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Mar 08, 2006)
“What is in it for America?” That was how the national security adviser, M. K. Narayanan, reacted after the Bush administration proposed the nuclear deal to the Indians at Blair House, the official guest house of the American president, during the . . .
- Golden Night For Movie Outsiders (Tribune, Andrew Gumbel, Mar 08, 2006)
This year’s Oscars host was a Hollywood outsider. Four of the five films made more than pocket change at the box-office.
- King Refuses To Listen (Tribune, Maj-Gen Ashok Mehta (retd), Mar 08, 2006)
The call was from Nepal. “Dang-Ghorai has given the first martyr of Nepal’s third revolution.
- Optimism On Iran (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 08, 2006)
Faint signs of diplomacy succeeding
- House Proud (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 08, 2006)
There is something strange about the political centre of a republic being divided into upper and lower.
- Indian Englishes (Telegraph, Stephen Hugh-Jones, Mar 08, 2006)
Is British English better than Indian English? The sensible and conventional answer these days is; “What do you mean ‘better’? They’re two branches of one language, each valid in its place.”
- Terror Strikes Varanasi (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
20 dead, 50 hurt in blasts Alert in states PM, Kalam appeal for calm
- No Fresh Taxes In Punjab Budget (Tribune, Sarbjit Dhaliwal, Mar 08, 2006)
With an eye on the coming Assembly elections in Punjab, the Finance Minister, Mr Surinder Singla, today presented a tax free Budget having a total outlay of Rs 27,791.87 crore. The revenue deficit will be Rs 1,390 crore.
- India: An Emerging Power — Ishtiaq Ahmed (Daily Times, Ishtiaq Ahmed, Mar 07, 2006)
In material terms, India has embarked, in a very determined way, upon the path taken by Japan and Germany after World War II to find their fortune in world affairs by developing their industrial strength and technological base.
- Us ‘Trapped’ India Into Signing Nuclear Deal: Rashid (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2006)
Information Minister Sheikh Rashid has said India has been "trapped" by the US into signing a nuclear deal and that the deal will not effect Pakistan.
- And The Great Game Goes On — Uri Avnery (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Mar 07, 2006)
And now, with one stroke, Putin has changed everything. Inviting Hamas to Moscow was a gambit of genius: it didn’t cost anything, and it put Russia back on the map of the Middle East.
- Talks With Bush Positive: Musharraf (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Mar 07, 2006)
President not for judging outcome of the visit through an "Indo-centric approach"
- Pm For Acceptable Iran Nuke Solution (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2006)
Hours before the crucial IAEA meeting on Iran, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday tried to assuage the Left by saying that he did not favour sanctions against Tehran nor participation in any effort towards a regime change in that country.
- Babbar Accuses Sp Of Having Saffron Nexus (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2006)
Accusing the Samajwadi Party of having close links with saffron forces in Uttar Pradesh, suspended Samajwadi Party MP Raj Babbar today sought the Centre’s intervention in the wake of communal violence in Lucknow recently and elsewhere sometime ago
- Analysis - India-U.S. Ties Surge But Some Mistrust Lingers (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Mar 07, 2006)
A successful visit to India by U.S. President George W. Bush has dramatically bolstered ties between the two countries but decades of mistrust will not be erased overnight
- Tax Free, Zero Deficit Budget Worth Rs 14436-Cr (Daily Excelsior, Sanjeev Pargal, Mar 07, 2006)
Deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Hussain Baig, Incharge Finance and Planning didn’t impose any fresh taxes nor increased or reduced the existing taxes in his fourth successive zero deficit and revenue surplus budget worth Rs 14,436 crore presented . . .
- Budgeting For Future Reforms (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 07, 2006)
The stock market was the quickest to discern some of the finer nuances of what initially seemed like an unremarkable budget presented last week by finance minister P Chidambaram.
- Chidambaram's Focus On Stability And Growth (Business Line, R. Parthasarathy , Mar 07, 2006)
The Budget is as good as one can expect given the Government's constraints, including political
The Finance Minister has tried to trigger this growth impulse through increased investment. As he said, big bang Budgets are not necessary . . .
- Facts Are Sacred (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 07, 2006)
It was to huge saffron protests that the Justice U.C. Banerjee Committee appointed by the Railway Ministry presented, in January 2005, its interim report on the Godhra train calamity.
- Let The Iaea Do Its Work On Iran (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Mar 07, 2006)
Involving the U.N. Security Council will escalate the nuclear crisis and reduce the scope for dialogue and negotiation. India must disassociate itself from any such move.
- Emerging Nations Threaten G7 Dominance (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 07, 2006)
The new kids on the block must battle the old guard over dwindling resources.
- Congress Violating Code: Assam Opposition (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2006)
EC in State to assess preparations The parties expressed apprehension that the Congress might resort to rigging
Opposition parties in Assam complained to the Election Commission on Monday that the Congress was violating the model code of conduct.
- Trends In Management (Hindu, A.V. VEDPURISWAR , Mar 07, 2006)
Captures the emerging changes in Indian management in the wake of globalisation
- Sniffing It Out In India (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Mar 07, 2006)
The celebrated Bush visit is over and children can go to their examination centres on time, citizens can move about their city without traffic stoppages leading to unimaginable snarls, the Manmohan Singh government can clap its hands in glee for . . .
- Don't Compare India's Case With Iran: Burns (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2006)
US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns on Monday said that with the signing of a historic civil nuclear deal with the US, New Delhi was moving towards obligations with International Atomic Energy Agency.
- Demystifying Growth (Hindu, S. L. Rao, Mar 07, 2006)
Provides a framework for understanding India's experience in pursuing economic growth with equality
- U.S. Insists India Nuclear Deal Will Not Spark Arms Race (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Mar 07, 2006)
The Bush administration, launching a campaign to sell its civilian nuclear accord with India to the U.S. Congress, on Monday insisted the deal advances U.S. interests and would not spawn an Asian arms race.
- Reminiscences Of A Police Officer (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Mar 07, 2006)
A good reminder to all those concerned with the issues of governance, policing and administration
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