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Articles 19121 through 19220 of 43820:
- Taliban Stop Tribal Elders From Visiting Govt Official (Daily Times, Rana Qaisar, Mar 04, 2006)
Talks between visiting US President George W Bush and President Pervez Musharraf are likely to focus on regional security.
- Ahmadinejad Says Iaea Politically Motivated (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 04, 2006)
The UN nuclear watchdog’s treatment of Iran is politically motivated, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday, the day set for his country’s last-ditch nuclear talks with European nations.
- Economic Patriotism Defeats Market Discipline (The Financial Express, YRK REDDY, Mar 04, 2006)
Arcelor’s management is trying a grand menu of sentimental appeals to politicians, wooing shareholders with unprecedented promises and every other trick to ward off the Mittal bid.
- Sometimes, Abstinence Is Better Than Action (The Financial Express, NK SINGH, Mar 04, 2006)
The FM can credibly argue that there was no need to tamper with policies, under the circumstances
- Fowl Politics (The Week, Dnyanesh Jathar, Mar 04, 2006)
Politicians love to guard their turf, even while fighting a national crisis like the bird flu. Ever since culling operations began in Maharashtra on February 19, Anees Ahmed, animal husbandry minister, has been camping in the bird flu-hit ...
- French Finesse (The Week, R. Prasannan, Mar 04, 2006)
Former US secretary of state Colin Powell contemptuously called France and Germany ‘Old Europe’, but the ‘New World’ still has a lot to learn from them. Even as US Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns was planning to fly to ...
- Let Not Prosecutors Decide For Victims (The Economic Times, V KRISHNA ANANTH, Mar 04, 2006)
Part from expressing their concern, the political class has hurled a lot of allegations against the police for presenting a shoddy case that led to the acquittal of all the accused in the Jessica Lal murder case.
- Lalu Rules Out Privatisation Of Railways (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 04, 2006)
Railway minister Mr Lalu Prasad today ruled out privatisation of Railways, besides the entry of multinational companies in the railway transport sector in the country.
- The Left Perspective (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Mar 04, 2006)
Interview with CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat.
- Nuclear Deadlock (Frontline, R. Ramachandran, Mar 04, 2006)
THE nuclear component of the Manmohan Singh-George Bush Joint Statement of July 18 has inexplicably become the key to the changing contours of India's foreign policy.
- On A Mission To India (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Mar 04, 2006)
United States President George W. Bush is visiting India at a time when he is buffeted by controversies. Many U.S. commentators have said that the "lame duck" phase of his presidency has already begun. The Republican Party is showing signs of restiveness.
- Realising A Vision (Frontline, Purnima S. Tripathi, Mar 04, 2006)
M. Ramachandran, Uttaranchal Chief Secretary, spoke about the State's efficient administrative machinery and its contributions to realising the political leadership's vision of development. Excerpts from the interview:
- `Development For All' (Frontline, Purnima S. Tripathi, Mar 04, 2006)
The priority of Narayan Dutt Tiwari, the Chief Minister of Uttaranchal, has been the complete, integrated development of the State in tune with its unique ecology and environment. Excerpts from an interview:
- Arroyo Lifts Emergency (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 04, 2006)
After being assured by her adviser that the coup threat has eased, President Ms Gloria Macapagal Arroyo lifted the state of emergency exactly a week after she issued the controversial declaration to quell an attempt to overthrow her government.
- Roundtable Meeting Called By Pm (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Mar 04, 2006)
What was it really that persuaded the separatists in Kashmir to boycott the roundtable meeting called by the Prime Minister to discuss the issue, ...
- Iran-Eu Bid For Atomic Deal Before Iaea Meet Fails (Reuters, MARK HEINRICH, Mar 04, 2006)
Iran and top EU powers failed on Friday to resolve a standoff over its nuclear work before a U.N. atomic watchdog meeting next week that may lead to Security Council action over fears Tehran seeks nuclear bombs.
- Howard Says Policy Prohibits Indian Uranium Sales (Reuters, Richard Pullin, Mar 04, 2006)
Australia welcomed a nuclear deal between India and the United States, but would not sell uranium to India under current policy, Australian Prime Minister John Howard said on Friday.
- Bush, Musharraf Set To Discuss Joint Fight Against Terrorism (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 04, 2006)
U.S. President George W. Bush and his Pakistani counterpart were set to discuss this Muslim nation's role in the U.S.-led war on terror Saturday, during a high-profile, high-security visit.
- Us Won’T Mediate On Kashmir, Bush Tells Manmohan Singh (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Mar 04, 2006)
US President George W Bush has told Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that he will not mediate on the Kashmir issue
- Azad Asks Hurriyat To Change Attitude (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 04, 2006)
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has said that separatist leaders of Hurriyat Conference are neded to bring change in their attitude and should actively participate in the dialogure process over Kashmir as no solution to any problem is possible by . . .
- Bush Defends Controversial Nuclear Pact With India (Reuters, Steve Holland, Mar 04, 2006)
U.S. President George W. Bush on Friday defended a controversial nuclear agreement with India against criticism from Democrats in the Congress who say the deal rewards New Delhi for bad behaviour.
- State Of Crisis (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 04, 2006)
Democracy is under threat in the Philippines
- Countdown Begins (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 04, 2006)
Ensuring free and fair polls is the first priority
- The Blunted Strike Weapon (Daily Excelsior, Tushar Charan, Mar 04, 2006)
The Left affiliatedwtrade unions will perhaps do well to mull over their age-old strategies now that the airport workers strike that they had engineered in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata had brought only egg on their face.
- The Blunted Strike Weapon (Daily Excelsior, Tushar Charan, Mar 04, 2006)
The Left affiliatedwtrade unions will perhaps do well to mull over their age-old strategies now that the airport workers strike that they had engineered in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata had brought only egg on their face.
- A System That Killed The Verdict (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Mar 04, 2006)
Ayoung girl is murdered in a crowded restaurant in full view of 600 people. Eye-witnesses tell the police that they can identify the murderer.
- Umpteenth Day Of Anti-Us, Anti-Europe Demonstrations (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 04, 2006)
Complete shutdown and anti-US, anti-Europe demonstrations marked the concluding day of the American President's visit to this country as Kashmiri Muslims shouted slogans and clashed with Police while burning George Bush's . . .
- Islamists Promise Protests As Bush Meets Musharraf (Reuters, ZEESHAN HAIDER , Mar 04, 2006)
Anti-U.S. Islamist parties promised more protests on Saturday, as President George W. Bush prepared to round off a South Asian tour in Pakistan by urging President Pervez Musharraf to do more in the war on terrorism.
- Thank You, Mr President (Rediff on the Net, Sheela Bhatt, Mar 03, 2006)
This is what Prime Minister is most likely to say when President George Bush meets him in New Delhi, says a source in the Prime Minister's Office.
- Explosion At Us Consulate In Karachi Kills Diplomat (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2006)
A suicide bomb killed an American diplomat and three other people in the port city of Karachi yesterday on the eve of President George Bush's first visit to Pakistan.
- Nationwide Protests Led By Left Mar Bush Visit (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2006)
Tens of thousands of activists led by the Left parties, which provide crucial support to the UPA government from outside, today staged protests across the country to denounce the visit of US President George Bush whom they dubbed a "war criminal".
- Bush Warned Against Banking On "Unreliable" Musharraf (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2006)
In a strongly worded editorial ahead of President George W Bush's Pakistan visit, a leading American daily today warned him against banking on "unreliable" President Pervez Musharraf who has "suppressed secular democratic parties in the . . .
- Left, Bjp Demand Pm's Statement On Indo-Us Pact (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2006)
With India and the US clinching the nuclear deal, members belonging to Left parties and BJP in the Rajya Sabha today vociferously demanded a statement from the Prime Minister on the agreement.
- Wb: Bjp Urges Ec To Defer Assembly Poll (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2006)
Citing lack of time for campaign for the coming assembly election in West Bengal, BJP today urged the Election Commission to defer the election schedule, though its ally Trinamool Congress has welcomed it.
- Budget Session To Be Rescheduled, Extended For State Polls (Indian Express, Santwana Bhattacharya, Mar 03, 2006)
The government is planning to reschedule the Budget session of Parliament to allow members from the five states headed for Assembly polls between April 3 and May 8 to do their bit for the election process.
- India, Us Clinch 'Historic' Nuclear Deal (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2006)
India today agreed to open 14 of its 22 nuclear reactors to international safeguards under a last-minute deal clinched after intense discussions between the visiting US President George W Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
- U.N. Watchdog Welcomes U.S.-India Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Mar 03, 2006)
The U.N. nuclear watchdog welcomed a landmark civil nuclear deal between India and the United States on Thursday, saying it would end New Delhi's nuclear isolation and spur global non-proliferation efforts.
- Red Citadel On The Radar (Indian Express, SUBRATA NAGCHOUDHURY, Mar 03, 2006)
The dramatic three-phase reconnaissance exercise by the Election Commission (EC) teams over the past two months, . . .
- Do Our Thinkers Value Freedom? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Mar 03, 2006)
The ice-cold response from Indian historians and freedom of expressionwallahs to the ban on James Laine's book The Epic of Shivaji shines a mirror on how easy it is to grandstand on the Danish cartoons' contrToversy while ignoring our own dark underbelly
- Why It’S Not Just About Nuclear Power (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Mar 03, 2006)
The understanding that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh clinched with visiting US President George W. Bush today was only peripherally about renewing civil nuclear energy cooperation.
- In Each Other We Trust (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Mar 03, 2006)
Amidst the celebrations that have followed President George W. Bush’s decision to clinch a nuclear accord with India yesterday, it would be unwise to forget how close the UPA government came to squandering a historic opportunity to break out of the nuclea
- Tryst With The Future (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 03, 2006)
Hand it to Manmohan and Bush, they show how vision and conviction can make history
- Summer Simmer (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 03, 2006)
If Left Front has nothing to hide, it’ll also have nothing to fear from EC’s pre-poll exertions
- When A Dome Is Worth A Thousand Lives: Samarra Will Now Know Itself Through Photographs (Indian Express, MICHAEL C. HUDSON, Mar 03, 2006)
When a dome is worth a thousand lives: Samarra will now know itself through photographs
- Post To Bush: Don’T Bank On Musharraf (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2006)
In a strongly worded editorial ahead of George Bush’s Pakistan visit, a leading US daily today warned him against banking on “unreliable” President Pervez Musharraf who has “suppressed secular democratic parties in the country while striking deals . . .
- Bush Heads To Hyderabad And More Protests (Reuters, Terry Friel, Mar 03, 2006)
U.S. President George W. Bush heads to one of India's premier tech hubs, Hyderabad, and into more protests on Friday after sealing a landmark nuclear cooperation deal with the world's largest democracy.
- Chidambaram Overcautious (Tribune, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Mar 03, 2006)
There is a danger in trying to please a lot of people simultaneously. You might end up spreading the happiness so thinly that no one is overjoyed. On the contrary, everyone feels a little dissatisfied.
- Loss Of A Decent Life Malvika Singh (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 03, 2006)
The Jessica Lal murder only goes to show how ethics, integrity and civility had broken down in this capital city years ago.
- High Stakes (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 03, 2006)
The greater the stakes the more frenzied the game
- Standing Apart (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Mar 03, 2006)
Globalization has smashed all values to smithereens. Evangelists and idealists, however, still walk the earth, determined to overwhelm humanity with love, goodwill and economic well-being.
- When Politics Defeats Science (Tribune, Susan F. Wood, Mar 03, 2006)
Since my resignation six months ago as assistant commissioner of women’s health at the Food and Drug Administration, I have been traveling around the country meeting with men and women, fellow scientists and health care professionals.
- Budget Over, India's Reforms To Resume After Polls (Reuters, Surojit Gupta and Charlotte Cooper, Mar 03, 2006)
India's coalition government steered clear of tackling economic reforms opposed by its communist allies in this week's 2006/07 budget, preferring to hold fire until state elections are over in May, analysts say.
- Election Time (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 03, 2006)
ELECTIONS in four states and a Union Territory have been set in motion with the Election Commission announcing the dates for the same. The commission has its own yardsticks in preparing the schedule. Ordinarily, this is an internal affair of the ...
- Majority Of Indian N-Plants To Be Under Iaea (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Mar 03, 2006)
In what is going to be a red rag to the Left Front and the Opposition, the just-concluded Indo-US nuclear deal would place a majority of India’s nuclear power plants under permanent international safeguards.
- Haryana’S Excise Policy (Tribune, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 03, 2006)
GOVERNMENTS usually try to extract maximum revenue from the auction of liquor vends.
- Rly Budget Is Off Track: Bjp (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2006)
Following the proposed dynamic fare policy, during peak season, even the ordinary passenger in second class ordinary coaches would have to pay more.
- I Want That Deal, Said Bush (Hindu, Harish Khare , Mar 03, 2006)
U.S. had to come up with a new offer
Negotiations hit roadblock on safeguards
Indians insisted on continuity in supply
Scientists accepted fresh American proposal
- Bar Deaths Emit Rivalry Stench (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2006)
Were the three people killed in the Srirampura bar incident victims of political rivalry? Residents of the neighbourhood on Thursday said the area was infested with “political rowdyism”.....
- Bush, India, And Two Degrees Of Separation (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Mar 03, 2006)
Thanks to public debate and hard bargaining, our scientists have had many of their technical concerns addressed. But India must resist U.S. pressure to link the nuclear deal to any wider strategic realignment.
- Urbanization Affects Value System (Daily Excelsior, Dr G. Q. Sheikh, Mar 03, 2006)
Urbanization due to drift and concentration of population from rural areas to the towns has ushered metamorphosis in demography and value systems of modern India influencing standards, cultural tenets, ideas and attitudes, preferences and . . .
- A Hard Bargain (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 03, 2006)
Negotiations may have gone down to the wire but in the end, New Delhi and Washington did manage to reach agreement on the crucial second stage of their ambitious agreement on nuclear cooperation: the plan by which India is to effect a separation between t
- Myth And Reality (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Mar 03, 2006)
The Assembly debate over human rights violations has brought home the concern of the members over an important issue.
- Five Killed In Blast Near U.S. Consulate In Karachi (Hindu, Muralidhar Reddy, Mar 03, 2006)
American diplomat dies in suicide bombing ahead of Bush's visit
- India To Join Coalition Against Wildlife Trafficking (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2006)
It focuses on political, public attention on growing threats to wildlife
Seven major US-based environmental, business groups have joined the coalition
India and the US have been collaborating in wildlife conservation since 1989
- Massive Anti-Bush Protests In India (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2006)
Communist activists in their thousands held a noisy demonstration on Thursday to protest the three-day visit to India of US President George W Bush, witnesses and police said.
- Flavour Of India, Minus Chicken, On The Table (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2006)
I had a fabulous meal, Bush tells chefs
- Muslims Stage Massive Protest In Mumbai (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2006)
Rally draws support from the Left and Samajwadi Party; all sects participate
Rally draws support from the Left and Samajwadi Party
Husain paintings, Danish cartoons, Iraq crisis discussed
Imperialist bid to isolate China seen
- Us-India Nuclear Deal Comes Through (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Mar 03, 2006)
The nuclear deal between India and the United States has finally happened. In some ways dramatically so and in keeping with the brouhaha it had created not just in the United States . . .
- Massive Anti-Bush Protests In India (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2006)
Hundreds of thousands of activists led by the Left parties, which provide crucial support to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s government staged protests across the country to denounce the visit of US President George Bush on Thursday, . . .
- Confirming The Stereotype (Dawn, F.S. Aijazuddin, Mar 03, 2006)
There can be nothing more demeaning than living down to the expectation of others.
- Bush’S Agenda For His Visit (Dawn, Talat Masood, Mar 03, 2006)
The forthcoming visit of President Bush to India and Pakistan is a milestone in the on-going engagement and increasing interest of the United States in this part of the world. Several factors have contributed towards making South Asia an attractive destin
- New Global Rights Forum Taking Shape (Hindu, Louise Arbour, Mar 03, 2006)
The commitment of the international community will be as important to making the proposed U.N. Human Rights Council work as any changes in structure or working methods.
- Islamic Parties Call Strike, Black Day Against Bush Visit (Press Trust of India, K J M Varma, Mar 03, 2006)
Protesting against US President George W Bush's visit, Pakistan's Islamist parties announced a strike tomorrow and called for observing March 4 as a 'Black Day' while cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan said he would lead a protest rally here.
- Taliban Take Control Of Govt Buildings In Miramshah (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2006)
Tension gripped the North Waziristan agency on Thursday as Taliban took over government buildings, occupied the area’s telephone exchange and patrolled the streets of the tribal agency’s regional headquarters.
- Reaping The Whirlwind (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 03, 2006)
A US foreign service officer was among at least four people killed in yesterday’s suicide bombing near the American consulate in Karachi. Scores of people were injured. Mr Bush’s visit to Pakistan appears to be the likely motivation . . .
- ‘India Made A Commitment’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2006)
The US on Thursday night said India had made a "commitment" to put all the future civilian power, thermal and breeder nuclear reactors under international safeguards but left the right to designate the civilian status of any such reactor to New Delhi.....
- Massive Anti-Bush Rallies In India (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Mar 03, 2006)
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets across India on Thursday to protest the visit of US President George W Bush.
- A Landmark Deal (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Mar 03, 2006)
The Indo-US nuclear deal is a landmark one for more reasons than one. To begin with, it marks a high point in Indo-US relations that, despite occasional surges, has for years been characterised by an undercurrent of distrust. No less important, it ...
- Heavy Water Poured On Visit (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2006)
Massive protests were staged against the Bush visit on Thursday, both in Parliament as well as outside it across ...
- Pakistan Gives Importance To Farooq Papa (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
Of late, the Pakistani establishment has started granting recognition and importance to the Liberation Front headed by Mr Farooq Papa, who is based in Canada.
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