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- ‘Bush Is An Undesirable Visitor’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
While BSP’s national general secretary and party counsel Satish Chandra Mishra said that the court had restored the status as existed before September 3, 2003, when the MLAs had defected in two groups of 13 and 27, . . .
- Tigers Set Riders For Talks (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
A senior leader of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels has said further negotiations with the government will be pointless if Colombo does not act on pledges made at peace talks in Geneva last week.
- What Is The Big Nuclear Deal? (Indian Express, G. Balachandran, Mar 01, 2006)
Manmohan Singh’s statement in Parliament could prove to be a big gamble, says G. BALACHANDRAN
- ‘J&k Militants Have Ties With Al-Qaeda, Taliban’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has admitted that terrorists operating in Kashmir have nexus with the al-Qaeda, Taliban and Pakistani extremists which is a “very dangerous” combination.
- Full Text Of Finance Minister's Speech (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
Union Budget 2006-2007
Speech of P. Chidambaram
Minister of Finance
February 28, 2006
Mr. Speaker, Sir
It is my privilege to present the Budget for the year 2006-07.
- ‘Aam Aadmi’ Let Down: Left (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
The Left parties, crucial outside allies of the ruling UPA, on Tuesday blasted the Union Budget, terming it “regressive”, even as the Opposition expectedly called it anti-farmer and pro-rich.......
- Delhi Declaration Still Relevant, Says Mikhail Gorbachev (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Mar 01, 2006)
President of erstwhile Soviet Union foresees a great future for India-Russia ties
"Reliance on the use of force, on the role of the world policeman cannot do any good, but can only make processes more painful and provoke explosion"
- N.D. Tiwari Hails The Union Budget (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
Would help in achieving 10 % growth rate soon
Uttaranchal Chief Minister Narayan Dutt Tiwari on Tuesday described the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram as an instrument aimed at accelerating the pace of India's . . .
- Union Budget Evokes Mixed Reactions In Kerala (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
Very few proposals that specifically benefit the State
- Karnataka Assembly Proceedings Disrupted (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
Opposition stages dharna against ruling on Governor's address
The unrelenting stance of the Opposition in protest against the Karnataka Assembly Speaker, Krishna's ruling upholding the validity of the Governor's second address to the joint . . .
- State Mps Submit Memorandum To Lalu On New Rail Projects (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
New super fast trains, railway lines demanded
Andhra Pradesh MPs from across the political spectrum on Tuesday urged Railway Minister Lalu Prasad to include a set of proposals including new lines, gauge conversion, new survey lines and new trains.
- Election Commission Countermands Vizag Byelection; Repoll On March 25 (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Mar 01, 2006)
Orders replacement of State Chief Electoral Officer M.Narayana Rao
The Election Commission on Tuesday countermanded the byelection held for the Visakhapatnam Assembly constituency on February 19 on the ground that large-scale . . .
- When Silence Speaks Just As Loud (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 01, 2006)
If one has come to expect high drama from the annual budget, the United Progressive Alliance Government's third budget presented by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram was singularly lacking in it.
- Bush Kicks Off South Asia Tour Today (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
President George W Bush departed on Tuesday for India and Pakistan, a trip designed to cement two crucial US alliances and possibly hammer out a landmark agreement to share civilian nuclear technology with India.
- Budget: Conformist’S Compromise, But Worthy Of Praise (The Financial Express, M GOVINDA RAO, Mar 01, 2006)
The Budget for 2006-07 presented by the finance minister is broadly on predicted lines.
- Nothing In It For Farmers, Says Opposition (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
Budge will cause price rise, says the former Prime Minister Vajpayee
Ignores middle class, gladdens affluent: Advani
Allocation for infrastructure poor: Rajnath
A rather timid exercise: Yashwant Sinha
- It Is Aye All The Way For Concessions On Two Dishes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
From Shahrukh Khan to Swami Vivekananda and Thoreau, Union Finance Chidambaram traverses a long way
- Far From The Full Measure (Telegraph, S.L. Rao, Mar 01, 2006)
Inhibited by political pressures, Chidambaram has not gone the whole way to strengthen and stimulate the economy, writes S.L. Rao.
- Lucky And Wise (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Mar 01, 2006)
An exercised journalist asked P. Chidambaram at his post-budget press conference whether he would have to pay 12 per cent service tax on all the cash he withdrew from an automatic teller machine.
- Mulayam Seeks, Wins Trust Vote Amid High Drama (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
After Allahabad High Court disqualifies 40 BSP rebel MLAs who joined SP in 2003
Bench leaves it to Speaker to decide on disqualification
Entire Opposition stages walkout
- Clinching Nuclear Deal Will Be Bush's Great Contribution To Ending India's Isolation: Pm (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
"I have promised our Parliament that I will do nothing that will hurt India's strategic programme"
- With Hope And Confidence (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 01, 2006)
By leaving personal income tax unchanged, the Budget for 2006-07 may have dampened the enthusiasm of the salaried people who were waiting for some extra cash in their pocket, but it has other benefits for individuals.
- Pc's Budget Not Taxing; Cars, Idli-Dosa Made Cheaper (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
With key elections round the corner, the finance minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday presented a political Budget, re-asserting the UPA government's social commitments. However, the Left -allies at the Centre but already making grounds . . .
- Pakistan Hunting Qaeda, Taliban (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
* President calls Karzai’s Taliban list ‘a waste of time’
* Wants US to push for Kashmir deal
- Deal With Us Would Signal India’S Nuclear Coming Of Age’ (Daily Times, Elizabeth Roche, Mar 01, 2006)
While US nuclear experts are sceptical of the Indo-US nuclear deal, Indian experts believe it will bring New Delhi into the global fold of nuclear states
- Maoists Massacre 25 Ahead Of Bush’S Visit To India (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
Left-wing guerrillas killed at least 25 anti-Maoist campaigners on Tuesday after ambushing a convoy of trucks ferrying the unarmed activists in central India, police said.
- ‘India’S Success Marred By Social Inequality’ (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Mar 01, 2006)
The post-1991 dismantling of India’s nationally regulated economy has been accompanied by a rapid growth of social inequality and economic insecurity, according to an analysis published by the World Socialist Website (WSWS).
- Wanted More Holidays (Dawn, Hafizur Rahman, Mar 01, 2006)
There are spoil-sports everywhere, only we have more than our share of them in Pakistan. Usually their sanctimonious outbursts are aimed at innocent young people whom they cannot bear to see enjoying themselves with Klashnikovs and stolen motor cars.
- The Pain Of Being Displaced (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Mar 01, 2006)
In late January some members of the Hindu community living in Rehmatia Colony on the south bank of the Lyari river in Gulshan-i-Iqbal Town — now razed to the ground to give the right of way to the Lyari Expressway Project (LEP) . . .
- Grappling With The Ghosts Of Russian History (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Mar 01, 2006)
Russian television planned last week to mark the 50th anniversary of a turning point in Soviet history with a documentary. For reasons that are not very clear, the project was abandoned before it could be aired. “I don’t feel they want very much to mark t
- Causes Of The Sugar Crisis (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 01, 2006)
The reported decision by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to step in and check the rising price of sugar will have effect if action is taken against those behind the crisis — those who are involved in the hoarding of sugar, . . .
- Bush Leaves For New Delhi Amid N-Deal Debate (Dawn, Anwar Iqbal, Mar 01, 2006)
The joint US and Indian efforts to save their nuclear deal continues to dominate discussions in the US capital as President George W. Bush left home on Tuesday for a landmark visit to South Asia which many say is as important as President Nixon’s
- India Raises Defence Budget (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Mar 01, 2006)
Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram on Tuesday unveiled India’s budget for the year to March 2007 with a total federal government outlay of $126.8 billion or Rs5639.91 billion, of which $20 billion or Rs890 billion are earmarked for defence, . . .
- A Difficult Task Well Done (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Mar 01, 2006)
The Budget, above all, is an exercise in brand-building, besides being an attempt at substantial changes in economic policy. The Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, has served both purposes well as also balanced his books and . . .
- As The Crisis Deepens (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 01, 2006)
ACTS of terror and disruption in Balochistan have now become a daily occurrence and seem to be assuming new dimensions.
- Sonia Fact-File (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Mar 01, 2006)
Mrs Sonia Gandhi has been criticised by several people on account of her foreign origin.
- Towards Greater All-Round Growth (The Financial Express, MUKESH AMBANI, Mar 01, 2006)
Union Budget 2006-07 sends out a clear message about the government’s priorities—higher investment in the farm and rural sector, with a pronounced commitment to social equity. This, in turn, is expected to translate into dispersal . . .
- Kashmir Ultras Linked To Al-Qaida: Pervez (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has said in an interview to US television channel ABC that terrorists operating in Kashmir have nexus with the Al-Qaida, Taliban and Pakistani extremists and that is a “very dangerous” combination
- Terrorists In Kashmir Have Nexus With Qaeda, Taliban: Pak Prez (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has admitted that terrorists operating in Kashmir have nexus with al-Qaeda, Taliban and Pakistani extremists which is a "very dangerous" combination.
- Far From Enough (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 01, 2006)
Mr P. Chidambaram is now among India’s most experienced Finance Ministers, and this is showing in his confidence and aplomb.
- Aiadmk, Dpi Seal Electoral Pact (Hindu, S. Dorairaj , Feb 28, 2006)
Thirumavalavan satisfied with allotment of nine seats
- Making Of Carnatic Music (Hindu, PUSHPA SUNDAR, Feb 28, 2006)
Traces the traditional music's adaptation to the postcolonial social realities
- Don’T Expect Hard Reforms (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
Political compulsions in view of forthcoming assembly elections may force the Finance Minister to keep hard reforms at bay when he presents the Budget for 2006-07 today. .....
- Fm Harps On User Charges, Calls For Slashing Subsidies (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
Projecting a growth rate of 8.1 per cent in the current fiscal, the Economic Survey 2005-06 suggests a slew of measures like accelerating tax and labour reforms, improving the quality of expenditure and promoting infrastructure development . . .
- Rajapakse's Allies Reject Geneva Agreement (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Feb 28, 2006)
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse's electoral allies — the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) — have rejected the Geneva agreement between Colombo and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) . . .
- Governance Of Global Finance (Hindu, A. Vasudevan, Feb 28, 2006)
An institutional perspective along with unusual themes such as gender, risk, politics and democracy in the management of global finance
- Court Seeks Status Report On Bangladeshi Immigrants (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
Petition alleges inaction in preventing illegal entry of immigrants and seeks their deportation
- Mullaperiyar Dam: Factors That Are Favourable For The State (Hindu, Roy Mathew, Feb 28, 2006)
It has certain advantages when it comes to legal jurisdictions It has certain advantages when it comes to legal jurisdictions
- Will Bush Visit Be Transformational Or A Letdown? (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
When Air Force One touches down in the mellow twilight of the Indian capital on Wednesday to bring an American president to the subcontinent after six years, George W. Bush will have to live down a reputation that could otherwise make . . .
- Pm's Roundtable: Jklf Criticises Kashmiri Leaders (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
The London-based Jammu-Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) has questioned the wisdom of some Kashmiri leaders in not responding to talks convened by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
- Govt Gets Opposition Pat, Ally Fire On Iran Vote At Iaea (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
Taking predictable positions, BJP offered qualified support to Congress in Parliament over Iran vote today while supporting parties — CPI(M), CPI and SP — warned the Government against an adverse fallout if it took an anti-Iran stand at IAEA meeting on Ma
- Militants Killed In Saudi Gun Battle (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Feb 28, 2006)
Slain men linked to attack on oil site
Saudi security forces have killed five more militants, who could be linked to the perpetrators of Friday's foiled attack on Abqaiq refinery, the world's largest, in Saudi Arabia.
- Fresh Investigation Into Stamp Scam Demanded (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
The issue raised in A.P. Assembly in view of new revelations
- India-Us Relations: Discovering New Colours (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
When US President George W. Bush lands in New Delhi on Wednesday, he will find another American like him injecting colour into India-US relations through his paintings of Texan cowboys and Rajasthani peasants.
- Body Blow (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 28, 2006)
It would be alarmist to call it a spectre that is haunting Bengal. But it could be a costly mistake to ignore the fact that Maoists are growing bolder in some parts of the state.
- The Power Of Silence (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Feb 28, 2006)
Demolitions — the new mantra that the ‘authority’ in urban India seems to be obsessed with. Wholesale corruption has been an intrinsic part of the urbanscape for as long as I can remember.
- The Changing Needs Of Labour (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 28, 2006)
Extracts from the ILO’s regional high-level tripartite meeting on the Role of Labour Inspections in Combating Child Labour, Harare, 2001
- New Kids On The Block (Telegraph, Chandrashekhar Dasgupta, Feb 28, 2006)
Most analysts of world politics would agree that the prevailing unipolar global order will give way to a multipolar, or a polycentric order by mid-century
- No Retreat On Nuke Plan: Pm (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
Ahead of US President George Bush's visit to India on Wednesday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday emphasised that India will not accept any "limitation" on its strategic programme even as New Delhi negotiates a civil nuclear . . .
- "We Cannot Accept Safeguards On Our Indigenous Fast Breeder Programme" (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 28, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says the decision on what facilities may be identified as civilian will be made by India alone, and not by anyone else.
- Ploughing A Lonely Furrow (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 28, 2006)
When people have nowhere to go, they usually choose to go home. But for the Democratic Indira Congress (Karunakaran), a breakaway party of the Congress in Kerala, this is a difficult choice to make.
- A Sense Of Complacency (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 28, 2006)
If there is one sentiment that comes through in the pre-Budget Economic Survey presented to Parliament by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, it is a sense of complacency.
- Enduring Cultural Traditions Of India (Hindu, Prema Nandakumar , Feb 28, 2006)
Reinterpretation of India's cultural heritage for the modern youth
- No Erosion Of N-Doctrine, Says Pm (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Feb 28, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today made his government’s first major policy announcement on the Indo-US nuclear deal when he told Parliament that while preparing a Separation Plan, there had been no erosion of India’s Nuclear Doctrine . . .
- Towards Lower Taxes (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 28, 2006)
Survey paints a rosy picture of economy
The 2005-06 Economic Survey paints a rosy picture of the economy, but cautions the government against possible hurdles in achieving the 8.1 per cent growth target: fiscal deficit, hardening interest rates and ....
- Living With Secularism (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Feb 28, 2006)
Secularism in India comes in many shades and colours, but the manner in which the concept is being abused across the political spectrum should set alarm bells ringing. Nothing illustrates this better than the public speech . . .
- Nuke Deal: Country’S Interests First (Tribune, Premvir Das, Feb 28, 2006)
There is a segment of our political spectrum and scientific community which, for good reason or bad, feels that the country’s march towards nuclear capabilities will be severely constrained by the Indo-US nuclear agreement.
- High Growth, Low Inflation... (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Feb 28, 2006)
The American prison camp at Guantanamo Bay is on the southeast corner of Cuba, a sliver of land the United States has occupied since 1903. Long ago, it was irrigated from lakes on the other side of the island, but Cuban President Fidel Castro . . .
- Getting Out Of The Crevice (Dawn, Irshad Abdul Kadir, Feb 28, 2006)
The proverb: “Whom the gods wish to destroy, they first drive mad”, may seem at first to approximate the vandalism visited on Lahore and Peshawar consecutively on February 14 and 15, by radical mobsters protesting against the publication . . .
- Attack On Minister’S Residence (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 28, 2006)
THE miscreants have attacked the residence of Mir Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo, Balochistan Minister for Livestock with rockets and killed the guard of the minister and injured five others. The BLA has accepted responsibility for the daredevil act.
- Much Needed Legal Reforms (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 28, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that the legal reforms being introduced by the Government will ensure better access to justice besides improving law and order situation in the country. Talking to a delegation in Islamabad on Sunday, . . .
- A Coverup Committee (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 28, 2006)
That the United States Senate has a body called the intelligence committee is an irony George Orwell would have truly appreciated. In a world without doublespeak, the panel, chaired by GOP Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas, would be known . . .
- In A Dilemma (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 28, 2006)
The government is admittedly caught in a cleft stick on the cartoons issue. It has been a number of weeks since the protests against the cartoons began, but there seems to be no end to them.
- Time For A Sane Approach (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 28, 2006)
IT IS yet too early to heave a sigh of relief on the Iranian nuclear crisis.
- Self-Governance Being Discussed With India (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
The Foreign Office said on Monday that Pakistan and India were discussing at various levels the proposal of self-governance in Kashmir.
- Set The Interconnect Issue Right (The Economic Times, Rajesh Kalra, Feb 28, 2006)
Communications minister Dayanidhi Maran’s ‘India One’ scheme has everyone excited. While the minister himself cannot stop gloating over the Re 1 per minute call from anywhere to anywhere in India, several others see it as no more than a political stunt.
- Aid For Development’S Sake (The Economic Times, Jeffrey D Sachs, Feb 28, 2006)
Almost daily, the United States and Europe brandish threats to impose economic sanctions or cut off development assistance unless some vulnerable government accepts their political strictures. The most recent threats are towards the new Hamas-led . . .
- Infrastructure Threat (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Feb 28, 2006)
The Indian economy has entered a virtuous cycle of higher savings, higher investment and higher growth, says the latest Economic Survey. But wimpish politics threatens to trip this growth, over an infrastructure hurdle.
- Budget Wishlist: For Growth With Development . . . (Business Line, Nilanjan Banik , Feb 28, 2006)
Increasing labour participation, ensuring equal distribution of wealth and firming up infrastructure projects are all aspects of development that determine growth.
- Gaps Evident In The Survey (The Financial Express, NR BHANUMURTHY, Feb 28, 2006)
Backed by the economy’s overall robust indications, the Economic Survey picturises a very buoyant outlook for the year 2005-06.
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