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Articles 16321 through 16420 of 23107:
- `Courts Have No Power To Intervene' (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Jan 10, 2006)
Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Sunday said the decision to expel 11 Members of Parliament following the "cash-for-query" scandal was "beyond the pale of judicial scrutiny."
- Pakistan Lodges Strong Protest With Allied Forces (Pakistan Observer, Aroosa Alam, Jan 10, 2006)
Pakistan on Monday announced that Islamabad has lodged a strong protest with Allied Forces for the killing of eight persons in Waziristan and is also looking into evidence regarding Indian involvement in Balochistan and if needed it will be shared . . .
- Icici Bank Signs Shahrukh Khan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
ICICI Bank has signed Bollywood star Shahrukh Khan as its global brand ambassador.
- Pak Co. Signs Mous With Reliance, Bnc (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
State-run Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited (PTCL) has signed MOUs with two Indian telecom companies — Reliance and BNC — to provide cable link between the two countries through the Wagah border.
- That Buzz From Shopping (Hindu, Barbara Ellen, Jan 10, 2006)
Many women can feel a little empty at times. Luckily, it's easily cured at the sales.
- The European Union (Eu) Regards Scientific Collaboration With India As A Strategic Priority (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 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.
- Aphc Ready For Second Round Of Talks: Mirwaiz (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
All Parties Hurriyat Conference on Monday said it was ready for second round of talks with New Delhi and expressed hope that the government would do more to redress human rights problems and custodial killings in the occupied Kashmir.
- 10 Million Female Births Aborted In India: Study (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jan 10, 2006)
Nearly 500,000 female babies lost annually to selective abortion
Study based on survey of 1.1 million Indian households
"Girl deficit" more common among educated families
Prenatal sex determination and selective abortion result in low birth rate ...
- Not Bleak, Says Pakistan (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jan 10, 2006)
Pace of peace process disappointing but forecast is not bleak
"Unilateral demilitarisation possible only if New Delhi agrees to it"
Information on Balochistan being processed
Categorically denies charge of cross-border infiltration
- Hc Notice To Rs, Ls, Ec And Centre On Expulsion Of Mps (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
In a move which could trigger a stand-off between Parliament and the judiciary, the Delhi High Court today issued notices to the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Secretariats, Election Commission and the Centre on petitions by eight of the 11 expelled MPs . . .
- Probe 54-Year Incarceration In Hospital, Court Tells Assam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Bench orders compensation to 77-year-old man who was freed in July last
Machal Lalung was arrested when he was 23
Case never came up for trial
- South Zone Cultural Centre To Preserve Dravidian Art Forms (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam to participate in Tamil University's silver jubilee celebrations
- Amar Singh Takes The Phone Tapping Issue To Sc (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Carrying forward his charge on the telephone tapping issue, Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh today knocked at the doors of Supreme Court seeking a judicial probe into the whole incident.
He filed an application before the Registry for a direction . . .
- Late Call: Bjp Says Advani Phone Was Tapped Too (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Striking a ‘‘me-too’’ note, the BJP on Monday claimed it received ‘‘credible information’’ four days ago that the landline phones of former party chief L K Advani had been tapped during the Volcker controversy.
- Hurriyat Ready For Talks With Centre : Farooq (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Hurriyat Conference today said it was ready for second round of talks with the Centre and expressed hope that New Delhi would do more to redress human rights problems and custodial killings in Jammu and Kashmir.
- ‘India’S Reaction Is Disappointing’ (Indian Express, BHAVNA VIJ-AURORA, Jan 10, 2006)
Back from Pakistan, the Hurriyat Conference has expressed ‘‘disappointment’’ at New Delhi’s reaction to Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s remarks on the demilitarisation of Kashmir.
- Lobbying Scandal Set To Engulf Us Political System (Tribune, Rupert Cornwell, Jan 10, 2006)
Jack Abramoff, the disgraced former Republican super-lobbyist, has agreed a deal with US government prosecutors, opening the way for what could be the biggest political influence peddling scandal in Washington for decades.
- Iran All Set To Resume Nuclear Research (Indian Express, PARISA HAFEZI , Jan 10, 2006)
Iran confirmed it would resume research on nuclear fuel on Monday, prompting warnings by Germany of ‘‘consequences” and by the head of the UN nuclear watchdog that the world was running out of patience with Tehran.
- Farmers Should Be Made Aware Of Benefits Of Bt: Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
'Biotechnology can help reduce nutritional deficiencies among the poor'
- Pravasi Sanghom Seeks Help For Norks (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Activists go on fast at Thekkinkadu Maidan
The supporters and members of the Kerala Pravasi Sanghom observed `Pravasi Bharatiya Divas-2006' on Monday by going on a fast at the Thekkinkadu Maidan here to draw attention to the various problems of the . . .
- Status Of The Girl Child (Hindu, Andal Damodaran, Jan 10, 2006)
Papers documenting the status of the girl child in the Asian region
- ‘12 Moulvis Spreading Terror’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Suspected LeT militant Abdul Rehman, who is in police custody in connection with the IISc attack, was subject to polygraph test at the Forensic Science Laboratory in Madiwala on Monday. According to sources, Rehman had given vital information . . .
- Amar Singh Moves Supreme Court (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Honest probe possible only in judicial inquiry into phone tapping
Governments should adhere to court guidelines Congress among respondents
- Tatas To Display 3 Fiat Cars At Show (Business Standard, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jan 10, 2006)
In the first indication that its strategic tie-up with Fiat is crystallising, Tata Motors will display three Fiat India models during the Auto Expo beginning here on Thursday—Alfa Romeo, Grande Punto and Palio.
- 10m Girls Die For Male Heirs (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
At least 10 million female foetuses have been aborted in India over the past two decades by middle-class families determined to ensure they have male heirs.
- The Greying Of India (Tribune, Amar Chandel, Jan 09, 2006)
MODERN medicine and better nutrition have wrought quite a miracle in India. Life expectancy has increased dramatically during the last century and people are also leading a far better life.
- What It Means When You Fall, Die Or Cheat (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jan 09, 2006)
DREAM experts have much to say about the meaning of common dreams. Ultimately, it’s up to the dreamer to figure out how a dream applies to his or her life.
- Keep It Private (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 09, 2006)
Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa and Samajwadi Party MP Amar Singh have a case when they complain about phone tapping.
- Stooping Low (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Jan 09, 2006)
THE seedy CD of Sanjay Joshi has left a bad taste in the name of sting operations. How far can such sleazy operations go on?
- Governance May Pay For States (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
Stability index proposed for key officials, two year term suggested..
- Phone Tapping: Amar Singh Knocks On Sc Doors (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh on Monday moved the Supreme Court seeking a judicial probe into the telephone tapping issue.
- President Bush At Recess (New York Times, Editorial, The New York Times, Jan 09, 2006)
It is disturbing that President Bush has exhibited a grandiose vision of executive power that leaves little room for public debate, the concerns of the minority party or the supervisory powers of the courts.
- Assam Willing To Sign Ceasefire If Ulfa Agrees (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has said that he is willing to sign a ceasefire treaty with the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) if the outfit is ready to reciprocate the offer.
- The Forgotten Power (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 09, 2006)
PRESIDENT BUSH is a big fan of presidential power — from warrantless wiretapping to conduct just short of torture to locking up American citizens without charge or trial.
- On Balance (Washington Times, Editorial, Washington Post, Jan 09, 2006)
Could Sunni Iraqi opinion finally be turning against Al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab Zarqawi's terrorist organization?
- The Alito Hearings (Washington Times, Editorial, The Washington Times, Jan 09, 2006)
As Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito appears this morning for day one of his Senate confirmation hearings..
- 'Wilful Absence Can Invite Termination' (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
The Supreme Court has held that wilful absence of Government employee from work can invite termination from service and will have no right to receive monetary/retiral benefits during the period in question
- India Rejects Pakistan's Proposal For Demilitarized Kashmir (India Daily, Anil Rane, Jan 09, 2006)
India has asserted that the issue of withdrawal of security forces from Jammu and Kashmir or the deployment of forces there is sovereign decision of New Delhi and cannot be decided by a foreign government.
- Flow Of Nepalese Migrating To India Resumes After Cease-Fire Collapse (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
Youths in the hill districts of far-west Nepal have started migrating to India since the Maoist rebels broke their unilateral cease-fire.
- Musharraf Now Says Pak Willing To Join Fight Against Terror In J&k – Too Late Too Little? (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
Lamenting slow progress in the peace process, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has expressed Islamabad's readiness to fight terror with India in Jammu and Kashmir
- Central Institutions And Regional Disparity (Business Line, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jan 09, 2006)
There is a need for educational institutes of national repute in backward States such as Orissa to bridge regional disparity and trigger local development.
- 100 Years Ago (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 09, 2006)
Keshub Chunder Sen’s Anniversary. —Yesterday being the anniversary of the death of Keshub Chunder Sen, a public meeting was held at the Albert Hall in the evening.
- Bravo, Laloo! (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 09, 2006)
The Railways’ decision to end Container Corporation of India(Concor)’s effective monopoly and allow private players in container business is welcome.
- Ashish Deora’S Fairy Tale With Reliance Infocomm (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jan 09, 2006)
A week ago, the Supreme Court issued notices to the government and its various investigation and vigilance agencies..
- Musharraf’S Kashmir Plan (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 09, 2006)
Claiming complete support of the army to his peace initiatives with India, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has offered to join the fight against terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Terrorism, Corruption Major Challenges: Baig (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
Deputy Chief Minister, Muzaffar Hussain Baig has said the major challenges facing the governance today are terrorism and corruption which could be tackled only through coalition of right-thinking forces.
- Upa Plan For Minorities May Fragment Society, Warns Bjp; Not On, Agrees Left (Hindu, Varghese K George, Jan 09, 2006)
The UPA government’s controversial move to reserve a ‘‘certain percentage’’ of all development funds for minorities has been criticised by the BJP and the Left too has expressed concern.
- 12 Militants Travelled In Samjhauta On Passport (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jan 09, 2006)
A day after India and Pakistan inked an agreement to run a second train between the two countries on Khokhrapar-Munabao route...
- Pawar Rules Out Third Front (Hindu, ARUNKUMAR BHATT, Jan 09, 2006)
NCP to contest polls only in alliance with other parties
With just 7 MPs, the NCP cannot consider forming a third front
Denies small parties like NCP were pressuring the UPA Government
- 4000 Gelatine Sticks Seized In Ranchi, 5 Held (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
Five persons found possessing four thousand gelatine sticks weighing about three quintal were arrested by the police
- Hurriyat Delegation Returns From Pak (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 09, 2006)
The Hurriyat Conference has urged the Centre to "show flexibility" in resolving the vexed Kashmir issue and called for "immediate demilitarisation " in the State, saying peace can not be restored in a heavily militarised environment.
- A Harvest Of Treachery (NEWSWEEK, Ron Moreau, Jan 09, 2006)
Jan. 9, 2006 issue - In the privacy of his sparsely furnished house in Kabul, a veteran Afghan Interior Ministry official says the situation may already be hopeless. Although he has no authorization to speak with the press, and he could be in . . .
- Hurriyat To Delhi: Show Flexibility On Kashmir (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
The Hurriyat Conference has urged the Centre to show flexibility in resolving the vexed Kashmir issue and called for immediate demilitarisation in the state, saying peace cannot be restored in a “heavily militarised environment.”
- Pakistan Warns India Peace Process At Risk Over Baluchistan Issue – What About Continued Pakistan Sponsored Terror In India? (India Daily, Anil Rane, Jan 09, 2006)
Pakistan may be trapped in its own game. There is no proof that India is helping Baluchistan rebels.
- Communal Bill Comes Under Public Scrutiny (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
Former Chief Justice Ahmadi expressed apprehensions that the clause empowering the state government or Centre to declare an area as communally-sensitive could be misused.
- Iran Poised To Resume Nuclear Fuel Research (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jan 09, 2006)
U.S. threatens to refer issue to the U.N. Council
- Religious Reservation And Amu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
It was a flawed move from the start. When Aligarh Muslim University announced that 50 per cent of its seats in some post-graduate courses would be reserved for Muslim students, there was doubt whether this could be legally sustained.
- Public Transport For Livable Cities (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's advocacy of appropriate, efficient, and affordable public transport for Indian cities is a heartening sign that initiatives for sustainable urban transport will at last get some high-level policy support.
- City In Disgrace (Deccan Herald, SUBRAMANYA PATTABHI, Jan 09, 2006)
Bangalore’s glory is not so much in its present, but in the past.
- Woman Leader Of Nepal Maoists Held In India (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
An executive member of the women's wing of Nepal Communist Patry (Maoist) who was arrested from a tea estate in Darjeeling.
- Lockout At Toyota Car Plant (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
Flash strike over dismissals, Karnataka govt to hold peace talks.
- Most Pakistanis Want To Befriend India But... (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Jan 09, 2006)
Khurshid Kasuri has said that compared to peace overtures President General Pervez Musharraf had made India’s response was ‘halting.’ and ‘not flexible.’
- Wasted Rules (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 09, 2006)
India’s general awareness levels are rather low, whether the subject be history or health.
- Relief Workers Complain Of Harassment By Militants (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 09, 2006)
The outbreak of an epidemic is feared in the relief camps of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, which was rattled by a killer quake in October last year, with a reported 25 per cent increase in lung and liver diseases, says a prominent Karachi-based news magazine
- Speaker Rules Out Court Jurisdiction (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee is clear that the courts have no jurisdiction on expulsion of MPs from Parliament and will not respond to any judicial notices in the matter.
- Times And Choices Of Gudiya (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Jan 09, 2006)
The name is Gudiya. Looks rather like one too. On television the doll-like face stared back in vacant silence.
- No Withdrawal Of Support To Patnaik Government: Rajnath (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Orissa BJP delegation meets BJP president
Bharatiya Janata Party president Rajnath Singh on Saturday told a delegation from Orissa that there was no question of withdrawing support to the Naveen Patnaik Government, but matters that have soured the . . .
- 2 Kashmiri Pilgrims Killed In Makkah Building Collapse (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
The death toll on Saturday from Thursday’s building collapse in this holy city reached 76, including two Hajj pilgrims from Kashmir.
- Telangana: Manmohan For New Investment? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Is a solution political or administrative, asks Prime Minister
- Low Agriculture Growth May Hit Economy (Daily Excelsior, Satyendra Pratap Singh, Jan 08, 2006)
The parliamentary review committee on agriculture has suggested that in the eleventh plan a sum of Rs. 3, 60,000 should be invested to propel agricultural growth in the country, which has remained stagnant over the last 10-years.
- Advani’S Swan Song (The Week, Debashish Mukerji, Jan 08, 2006)
RSS wants to know who would succeed Venkaiah Naidu
The list of contenders remained broadly the same. But their rankings kept changing every week. However, one front-runner has emerged in the race for the next BJP president once Lal Krishna Advani . . .
- Violence In Pakistan's Tribal Belt Kills 16 (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Sixteen people, including eight paramilitary soldiers, were killed in Pakistan on Saturday in separate incidents in its restive tribal belt on the Afghan border, officials and witnesses said.
- Tslushnami Of Human Rights (The Week, Kavitha Muralidharan, Jan 08, 2006)
What a year has wrought in Tamil Nadu and Kerala—the good, the bad and the ugly...
- Treachery In The High Seas (The Week, K.P. Narayana Kumar, Jan 08, 2006)
Bereaved families worried about Indian sailors disappearing in foreign seas
- Iran Resumes Nuclear Fuel Research Tomorrow (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Iran is to end its two-and-a-half year suspension of nuclear fuel research on Monday or Tuesday, a senior official announced, overshadowing the launch of talks with Russia on compomise proposals to end the nuclear stand-off with the West.
- Judicial Activism In America (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Jan 08, 2006)
It is a well-established function of judges to say what the law is, or what it means. Many of them will follow precedents and give due attention to the original lawmaker’s intent in performing this function.
- Is The Federation At Risk? (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Jan 08, 2006)
Can the building of the Kalabagh dam and the bombing of Baloch insurgents (or call them miscreants) lead to the break-up of the federation?
- India, Pak To Resume Khokrapar-Munnabao Rail Service (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
India and Pakistan today decided to resume the Khokrapar-Munnabao rail link between the two countries from February 1.
The decision was taken after two days meeting between top railway officials of the two countries.
- Sonia Gandhi Reconstitutes Cwc (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Ahmed Patel continues to be the political secretary to Congress President Sonia Gandhi while B K Hariprasad and V Narayanswamy were inducted as general secretaries as Gandhi reconstituted Congress Working Committee and the AICC secretariat.
- Old Order Gives Way (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Jan 08, 2006)
The year just begun is likely to see a radical change in the political equations between the country’s principal parties broadly divided into two: the Hindu Right-wing and others.
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