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Articles 16221 through 16320 of 23107:
- Blair Wants Iran Referred To U.N. (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jan 12, 2006)
Teheran's nuclear plans together with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's remarks against Israel have caused "serious alarm'' across the world, says British Premier
- India's Lost Daughters: Abortion Toll In Millions (International Herald Tribune, Amelia Gentleman, Jan 12, 2006)
As many as 10 million female fetuses may have been aborted in India over the last 20 years as families try to secure a male heir, according to a study published Monday in The Lancet, the British medical journal.
- Us, Eu Condemn Iran Over Resumption Of N-Research (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
European Union says Iran’s move violates nuclear pact
Iran has shown ‘disdain for international concern’ over its atomic programme by removing seals at its Natanz nuclear research plant, the US ambassador to the UN nuclear watchdog said on Tuesday.
- Manmohan Singh Invites Sajjad Lone For Talks (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Jan 12, 2006)
Widening the dialogue process with Kashmiri leaders, Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Tuesday invited Sajjad Ghani Lone, chairman of his own faction of the People’s Conference, for talks. Accepting the invitation, Lone will meet Dr Singh . . .
- Overdue Step (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jan 12, 2006)
Government’s notification of 8.5% interest rate on employees’ provident fund (EPF) deposits for fiscal 2005-06 ends the long-drawn uncertainty over the issue. However, it leaves open the question of how the EPFO is going to meet the resultant . . .
- 3 Rahu Clansmen Gunned Down (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
Five Rahu tribesmen were kidnapped from the farm of Mushtaq Ahmed Rahu, adviser to the Sindh chief minister, early on Tuesday morning and later three of them were gunned down in the jurisdiction of New Saeedabad police station in Matiari district, ...
- What’S Under The Carpet? (Telegraph, Debabrata Mohanty, Jan 12, 2006)
Debabrata Mohanty looks at how an indus- trially resurgent Orissa continues to ignore the issue of tribal resettlement and rehabilitation
- Iran Resumes N-Work (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
Iran removed seals on its nuclear research facilities on Tuesday, allowing work to resume after a two-year suspension despite warnings from the West of possible UN sanctions, Iranian nuclear authorities said.
- ‘Demilitarisation, Self-Rule Positive Proposals’ (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
Billing suggestions of self-rule and demilitarisation as positive, APHC Executive Member Bilal Lone has said the Hurriyat Conference is expected to take up these suggestions in the next round of talks with the Indian government.
- Bugs In The System (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 11, 2006)
The culture of phone tapping speaks volumes — even more than politicians over the phone
- Missing Millions (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 11, 2006)
The deeply entrenched bias against girls in Indian society needs to be removed.
- Funding Or Fiddling? (Deccan Herald, L C JAIN, Jan 11, 2006)
The scheme for state funding of poll expenses leaves the floodgates open for private funding.
- Andrabi Released, Criticises Musharraf (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Jan 11, 2006)
"The only solution to the Kashmir problem is to give people the right to self-determination'' "He [Musharraf] does not have a line of action. He has shown ultimate flexibility on Kashmir and he has a dangerous game plan."
- Left’S Plan For Govt: Tax Malls, 5-Star Hotels, Use Psu Funds (Indian Express, ANANDA MAJUMDAR, Jan 11, 2006)
After virtually blocking all government proposals for raising resources for infrastructure growth...
- India's Lost Daughters (International Herald Tribune, Amelia Gentleman, Jan 11, 2006)
NEW DELHI As many as 10 million female fetuses may have been aborted in India over the last 20 years as families try to secure a male heir, according to a study published Monday in The Lancet, the British medical...
- Won't Submit To High Court, Says Somnath (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 11, 2006)
"Even though I have full respect for the judiciary I, as Speaker of the Lok Sabha,
- The European Union (Eu) Regards Scientific Collaboration With India As A Strategic Priority (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 11, 2006)
The European Union (EU) regards scientific collaboration with India as a "strategic priority" and is looking forward to strengthen cooperation under its Research Framework porgramme, a senior EU official said here on Jan 4.
- Kashmir : India For The First Time To Hold Talks With Separatist Leaders Other Than Those From The Moderate Hurriyat Conference (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 11, 2006)
In an effort to broaden the scope of the ongoing dialogue process on the Kashmir issue, the Centre will for the first time hold talks with separatist leaders other than those from the moderate Hurriyat Conference
- 'Pak Still The Hub Of Nuclear Black Market' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 11, 2006)
Pakistan continues to be the hub of nuclear black market involved in trading surplus goods to other countries despite the uncovering of the proliferation network of disgraced former top scientist AQ Khan two years ago, a report said on Monday citing...
- Pm Invites Separatist Lone For Talks (Hindustan Times, Arun Joshi, Jan 11, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has invited the People's Conference for talks in Delhi on January 14, even as the Hurriyat Conference waits for an invitation for a second round of talks with the Centre.
- West Angry As Iran Resumes N-Work (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 11, 2006)
Iran removed U.N. seals at its uranium enrichment plant and resumed nuclear fuel research on Tuesday, drawing sharp criticism from the West which fears its nuclear programme could be used to make bombs.
- Aborting The Future (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 11, 2006)
SHAMEFUL are the findings in the latest study of female foeticide, according to which over one crore foetuses have been aborted in India during the last 20 years.
- 'Say No To State Funding' (Daily Excelsior, Atul Cowshish, Jan 11, 2006)
Shockingly abominable as the cash-for-questions expose involving 11 members of parliament and shown on the small screen has been, it has led to a knee-jerk reaction by the government
- 'Say No To State Funding' (Daily Excelsior, Atul Cowshish, Jan 11, 2006)
Shockingly abominable as the cash-for-questions expose involving 11 members of parliament and shown on the small screen has been, it has led to a knee-jerk reaction by the government
- The Washington Rot (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Jan 11, 2006)
In the six years since Atal Bihari Vajpayee declared, in the presence of Bill Clinton, that India and the United States of America were “natural allies”,
- No Case For Subsidies To Ril (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jan 11, 2006)
Reliance’s attempt to seek a subsidy from the government on sale of petrol and diesel on the grounds that is selling these below cost price is a natural corollary of the government’s distortionary pricing policy in the sector.
- Somnath Calls For All-Party Meet To Discuss Hc Notice (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 11, 2006)
Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has called for an all-party meeting here on January 20 to discuss the situation arising out of the Delhi High Court notice to the Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha, Election Commission and the Centre on the expulsion of MPs in th
- Curb Phone Tapping (Times of India, Rajindar Sachar , Jan 11, 2006)
The current controversy over the phone tapping of Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh has again high-lighted a prevailing menace.
- Murder In The Womb (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 11, 2006)
It's not a revelation, but a confirmation, that our female fetuses are disappearing faster than we would like to believe.
- Pakistan’S Belated Protest (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 11, 2006)
ACCORDING to the Foreign Office spokesperson, Pakistan has lodged a strong protest with the US-led forces..
- Centre Ropes In Separatist Leaders For Talks (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 11, 2006)
Making it clear that the talks for finding a solution to the Jammu and Kashmir issue would not be restricted to the Hurriyat Conference, the UPA government for the first time on Tuesday invited separatist leader Sajjad Lone of the People’s Conference for.
- Cpm Calls For Legislation On Phone Tapping (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 11, 2006)
Joining the chorus of voices making phone-tapping allegations, the CPM on Tuesday said there was no political party that did not suspect its phones were being tapped.
- What Next In Balochistan? (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Jan 11, 2006)
THE situation in Balochistan is going from bad to worse. Every day the newspapers carry reports of rocket attacks by unknown people and shelling and firing by the security forces.
- Shocking Beyond Belief (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 11, 2006)
THE news that researchers in Canada and India have found that a staggering 10 million female foetuses might have been selectively terminated following ultrasound tests in India
- ‘Demilitarisation, Self-Rule Positive Proposals’ (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 11, 2006)
Billing suggestions of self-rule and demilitarisation as positive, APHC Executive Member Bilal Lone has said the Hurriyat Conference is expected to take up these suggestions in the next round of talks with the Indian government.
- Centre To Raise Anti-Terror Force (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 11, 2006)
Widening the dialogue in Jammu and Kashmir beyond Hurriyat Conference for the first time, the Centre today invited separatist leader Sajjad Lone of People’s Conference for talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on January 14 to find a solution to Kashmi
- Unbundle Labour Reform (Business Standard, Conal Urquhart , Jan 11, 2006)
It is a healthy sign that most of the states have reacted favourably to the labour ministry’s reform proposals, which have focused on amending the Industrial Disputes Act (IDA) and the Contract Labour Regulation Act (CLRA), and on ending the “inspector ra
- Sc Gives Two Weeks To Bihar To Clarify Stand (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 11, 2006)
The Supreme Court today gave two weeks’ time to the Bihar Government to make its stand clear on an application for the restoration of Non Bailable Warrant (NBW)
- 5 Mn Baby Girls Murdered Since 1994 (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
India's 11-year-old legal ban on selective abortion of female fetuses has not prevented cold-blooded "murder" of about five million girl children since 1994, according to a new survey published here on Monday.
- Protest Lodged With Us-Led Forces In Afghanistan (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Pakistan has lodged a strong protest with US-led forces in Afghanistan after a cross-border firing incident over the weekend in which killed eight were people.
- Working To Close N-Deal, Upa Fights Last-Minute Jitters From Within (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Jan 10, 2006)
With US Under-Secretary of State Nicholas Burns arriving in India on January 19 for talks with his counterpart Shyam Saran, the top UPA leadership is working overtime to arrive at a political decision to close the July 18 nuclear deal before . . .
- Now Mulayam ‘Wealth’ Under The Sc Scanner (Indian Express, R VENKATARAMAN, Jan 10, 2006)
The Supreme Court today issued notice to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, seeking reply why criminal trial should not be ordered against him for allegedly accumulating wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income.
- Caves Of Antiquity (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Sanjay Biswas and Shubha Chacko are mesmerised by the ancient temples and sculptures of Aihole that silently speak of people who lived fifteen hundred years ago.
- It’S A Story Of Survival For Too Many Kids (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Jan 10, 2006)
India continues to have the highest incidence of child labour in the world besides an increase in the reported crimes against and by children.
- Securing Human Rights For All (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 10, 2006)
On Human Rights Day, December 10, what must worry the world is the silent violation of human rights
- Forest Minister Launches Crackdown On Timber Mafia (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Jan 10, 2006)
In a high drama operation of post-midnight raids, Forest Minister Tariq Hameed Qarra has seized over 1,000 cft of illegally felled timber, alongwith seven wood poachers, in Kangan area of Srinagar district even as some Government officials involved . . .
- Justice By Fractions (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 10, 2006)
UPA brings high maths and low politics into welfare. Economic logic loses out, so do minorities
- 'Pakistan Continues To Be Hub Of Nuclear Blackmarket' (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Pakistan continues to be the hub of nuclear blackmarket involved in trading surplus goods to other countries despite the uncovering of the proliferation network of disgraced former top scientist A Q Khan two years ago, . . .
- Yogi And Commie Star (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Jan 10, 2006)
Brinda Karat is suing a Trivandrum publisher who published a photo of hers together with a quotation from an interview of hers to the effect that yoga was the secret behind health and beauty — although he published an apology the next day.
- Ruined Green (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 10, 2006)
Book fairs and political rallies are essential for the health of certain democracies.
- I’M Depressed, You’Re Depressed (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 10, 2006)
One of the questions I am often asked is, “Do you ever get depressed?” The person asking me is usually depressed and feels better if I admit I’m in worse shape than he or she is.
- Roopalben Cloud May Have A Silver Lining! (The Financial Express, Mythili Bhusnurmath, Jan 10, 2006)
It’s hard to believe but one day we might just find ourselves thanking Roopalben Panchal. Today she is seen as the villain of the piece
- Pak Telecom Company Signs Mous With Reliance, Bnc (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Setting aside security concerns, state-run Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited (PTCL) has signed MOUs with two Indian Telecom companies to provide cable link between the two countries through the Wagah border.
- Amar Singh Aplogises To Pm For Dragging Some Pmo Men In Case (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
In the midst of his campaign against Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh today apologised to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for dragging names of some officials of the Prime Minister's Office in the phone tapping allegations.
- Grow Up, General (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 10, 2006)
New Delhi has rightly rejected General Musharraf's offer to ensure peace in the Valley if three towns there are demilitarised.
- Jehanabad Jail-Break: Hc Pulls Up Bihar Govt (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Taking serious note of the lapse, the High Court on Monday asked the government to explain it by January 30 how the lapse occurred, and what steps had been taken to prevent recurrence of such incidents.
- Mulayam Sees Threat To Life (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
The petitioners contended that the High Court order was erroneous, unsustainable, not in public interest, in contravention to the law laid down by the Supreme Court and deserved to be set aside and quashed.
- Amar Singh Moves Sc In Phone Tapping Case (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Blaming Congress President Sonia Gandhi directly for the alleged tapping of the telephones of Samajwadi Party leaders Mulayam Singh Yadav and Amar Singh, a petition has been filed in the Supreme Court by the latter for a judicial probe . . .
- Latvian Soldiers To Join Afghan Mission (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Latvia is to send soldiers to Afghanistan this year to take part in a NATO programme to rebuild the war-battered country, the National Armed forces said on Monday.
- Importance Of Being Mp! (Daily Excelsior, MD Vazeeruddin, Jan 10, 2006)
"Nothing became him so well in life as the leaving of it," says one character of another in Shakespeare's "Macbeth".
- Supreme Court Notice To Mulayam And His Family (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
PIL seeks CBI probe into ``disproportionate assets''
Charges that Mulayam, his sons acquired properties worth crores of rupees
Corruption has reached even Prime Minister's office, says petitioner
- Segregation! That's What Upa's Minorityism Means (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 10, 2006)
Not just the Union Cabinet but the United Progressive Alliance leadership must reject the proposal of the ministry of social justice and empowerment to allocate plan funds in proportion to religious community population.
- Technology Has Converged (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 10, 2006)
Trai’s consultation paper on issues relating to convergence and competition in broadcasting and telecommunications only highlights the obvious. The answer to most of the questions asked in the paper is a resounding yes.
- National Population Policy — When Will It Start Ticking? (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Jan 10, 2006)
On the second day of the New Year and the first working day in 2006, the highest court of the land issued a notice to all States and Union Territories asking them to indicate the action taken by them in implementing the National Population Policy (NPP)...
- No Let-Up In Cold Wave Conditions (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Freezing cold wave conditions, prevailing in many parts of north-west India for the past fortnight, continued today without any let-up as the mercury hovered six degrees below normal in Punjab and Delhi.
- Amar Singh Moves Sc; Advani, Mamata Join Tap Dance (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
It would appear that every politician is on tap. While Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh took his phone-tapping allegations to Supreme Court on Monday, seeking a judicial probe, Leader of Opposition L K Advani and Trinamul Congress chief . . .
- Speaker Is Right (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 10, 2006)
Parliament can expel members
IT was one of the saddest days in the history of India when its citizens became a witness to the unthinkable spectacle of their beloved, honourable MPs demanding and getting money for asking questions in Parliament.
- Sufferers’ Woes (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 10, 2006)
Thanks to the indifference of the government and the lethargy of the administration, many precious lives may be lost in the coming days in the quake hit areas of Uri.
- Plot To Kill Me, Alleges Mulayam Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
"Congress party and a leading industrialist are involved, will give details at appropriate time"
- Up Keeps ‘Tapping’ Lines Crackling (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Soon, you will need a logbook as thick as the once-indispensable telephone directories to keep track of the tapping controversy.
- Financing Change (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jan 10, 2006)
Will the National Advisory Council’s (NAC) suggestion of linking governance to disbursal of central funds to states improve the quality of governance? Unlikely.
- Musharraf’S Kashmir Plan (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 10, 2006)
Pak to join India in combating militancy if troops are withdrawn from 3 cities
- Ten More Die In Northern India As Cold Wave Continues (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Ten more people died of the cold in northern India as homeless people lit bonfires to ward off the chill in cities shivering since the onset of an extreme cold spell last weekend.
- Hc Notice To Houses On Mps’ Expulsion (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
A day after Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee stated that he was against the interference of courts in Parliament’s decision of expelling 11 MPs for their “involvement” in the “cash for query” scam, the Delhi High Court today issued notices . . .
- Kalam Calls Them India's Societal Ambassadors (Hindustan Times, Sajjan Singh Thakur, Jan 10, 2006)
"Be wherever you are. But adopt one village of India, because each one of you belongs to one."
- Death Toll Touches 120 In N India - Capital Records Lowest Temperature In 70 Years (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
People in the capital woke up on Sunday to the coldest weather in 70 years, as the death toll from northern India's cold spell rose to 120, a police spokesman and the Meteorology Department said.
- Andrabi Slams Pak, Mirwaiz For Kashmir ‘Sellout’ (Indian Express, MUZAFFAR RAINA, Jan 10, 2006)
Two days from her release after more than four months behind bars, Dukhtaran-e-Millat chairperson Asiya Andrabi condemned today what she called the Hurriyat and the Pakistani sellout on the Kashmir issue and said that she would continue her . . .
- Amar Singh Moves Apex Court (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
The SP leader also cited the 1996 judgment of the Supreme Court which said an order on the telephone-tapping in terms of the provision of the Act cannot be issued except by the Union home secretary and home secretaries of the state government.
- Amar Singh Apologises To Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Samajwadi Party general secretary and spokesman Amar Singh on Monday offered an apology to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his remarks that some people in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) were also involved in the phone tapping case.
- Musharraf Floats Joint Management Plan For Kashmir (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Jan 10, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has proposed a joint management by India and Pakistan for the disputed region of Jammu and Kashmir, a move that would leave both countries with reduced sovereignty over the territories they now control.
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