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Articles 17021 through 17120 of 23107:
- Al-Qaeda Deputy Praises Taliban In New Tape (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
Al-Qaeda No 2 Ayman al-Zawahri has praised Taliban leader Mullah Omar for winning back control of large regions of Afghanistan and urged Muslims to wage holy war . . .
- Who’S Afraid Of The Bulldozer (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 24, 2005)
So now we know what exactly it takes for our politicians to make common cause, sinking their differences, prejudices, competitive instinct, everything. No, it is not cricket (who’d say that after the Bengali revolt over Sourav Ganguly, anyway?) or war.
- In Ma-In-Law’S Defence (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Dec 24, 2005)
A few days ago Rajya Sabha discussed the issue of atrocities against women.
- I Have My Heroes, Therefore I’M Bengali (Indian Express, VICTOR BANERJEE, Dec 24, 2005)
Bullshit is unavoidable whenever circumstances require someone to talk without knowing what he is talking about.
- Passage Of Quota Bill: Bjp Hold On Nda Weakens (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Dec 24, 2005)
The smooth passage of the Constitution (104th Amendment) Bill in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday and in the Rajya Sabha a day later was not just a victory for the UPA government but marked the growing disintegration of the once-powerful entity called . . .
- Shut Your Eyes (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 24, 2005)
We need courts to clean up plenty of things. Private morals are not one of them
- 2005 — The Year That Was (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Dec 24, 2005)
As it is often said when it rains it pours. The adage proved tragically true with the onset of the monsoon in July.
- Crackdown Won’T Halt Immigration (Tribune, Michael A. Fletcher, Dec 24, 2005)
The bill passed by the House late Friday to step up border enforcement and crack down on the millions of undocumented workers in the country would be doomed to failure if enacted because it does not acknowledge the inexorable economic forces that . . .
- The Evolving Confrontation (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 24, 2005)
The writ of Judge John E Jones III runs only within the state of Pennsylvania. Yet his judgment this week in the case of Kitzmiller v Dover Area School District is the proverbial shot heard round the world.
- Imperial Assumptions (Dawn, Eugene Robinson, Dec 24, 2005)
IT seems that the Imperial Presidency has been restored.
The nation’s highest office was cut down to constitutional size three decades ago, when Richard Nixon helicoptered out of town, but listening to George W. Bush in his latest come-out-swinging ....
- Ghost Of Christmas Past (Indian Express, GEORGE N. NETTO, Dec 24, 2005)
Memories of childhood Christmases in Munnar in the ’50s always make me nostalgic.
- Pemra’S Absurd Ban (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 24, 2005)
Cable operators in the country again seem to be suffering because of PEMRA’s strange policies.
- Politicians Oppose Delhi Demolitions (Tribune, Ravi Bhatia, Dec 24, 2005)
The average, law-abiding citizen of Delhi is convinced that had it not been for the Delhi High Court, the current demolition drive would never have taken place and that illegal constructions could not have come up without political and official patronage.
- Insat-4a Placed In Intermediate Orbit (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
INSAT-4A has been placed in intermediate orbit, and all systems on board the satellite are functioning normally, according to ISRO Satellite Centre here.
- No Illegal Occupation Of Houses By My Kin: Laloo (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
Railway Minister and RJD supremo Laloo Prasad on Friday described as misleading and vindictive Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi’s charge that his close relatives were “unauthorisedly occupying" 26 government quarters and advised Modi . . .
- `New Reservation Bill A Disaster For Dalits' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
Dalit-Adivasi bodies say it will lead to chaos in education sector
The new reservation Bill is a `disaster' for the Dalits in the country, leaders of seven Dalit-Adivasi organisations said on Friday.
- Eight New Schemes For The Tsunami-Hit (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
Pension for women widowed by disaster
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy announced eight more schemes for the victims of last year's tsunami on Friday.
- Minister Seeks Icar Help To Evolve Better Quality Crops (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
Proposal for setting up sugarcane research station at Cuddalore sent to Centre
- Reliance Sets January 25 As Demerger Date (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
With its demerger proposal getting regulatory and legal clearances, Reliance Industries will offer its 3 million shareholders free shares in four Anil Ambani group companies on January 25.
- Without Merit (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 23, 2005)
The Constitution has been amended to include reservations in private unaided educational institutions for SCs, STs and OBCs. That the 104th Constitution amendment Bill was passed almost unanimously and with alacrity shows that consensus . . .
- Pm To Secure Meghalaya Foresters' Release From B'desh (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would personally intervene to secure the release of three Meghalaya foresters, now lodged in Bangladesh jail, official sources said on Tuesday.
- Al-Qaeda Deputy Praises Taliban In New Tape (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Al-Qaeda No 2 Ayman al-Zawahri has praised Taliban leader Mullah Omar for winning back control of large regions of Afghanistan and urged Muslims to wage holy war against the West, according to a tape that surfaced on Sunday.
- Where India Could Score: World Police Games! (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 23, 2005)
Given the fact that India’s performance in international sporting events has not been too positive, it may not be out of place to make a suggestion or two for the next World Police Games, scheduled to be held at Hyderabad.
- A Subversive Story Of Self-Sacrifice (Hindu, Karen Armstrong, Dec 23, 2005)
To celebrate the nativity story with a consumerist orgy is to misunderstand a muth that venerates the dispossessed.
- Passed At Last (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 23, 2005)
Amendment widens the scope of quota
THE Lok Sabha has passed the Constitution (104th) Amendment Bill, 2005, to reserve seats for socially and educationally backward classes, besides the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, . . .
- Parliamentary Panel Urges Firing 10 Mps For Taking Cash (Reuters, Terry Friel, Dec 23, 2005)
An Indian parliamentary committee on Thursday urged the sacking of 10 members filmed taking cash for putting up questions in parliament, the latest in a series of corruption scandals in the world's largest democracy.
- Manmohan Sends Sos For Foreign Minister: Apply! (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is keen to appoint a new external affairs minister at the earliest as the portfolio is becoming too much of a burden for him, privileged sources in the government said.
- Khaki Taliban (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 23, 2005)
In a bizarre display of police brutality, a Meerut police team stormed into the town's Gandhi Park and physically assaulted couples present there
- Oil Psus’ Revenue Losses To Double This Fiscal: Aiyar (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
The revenue loss suffered by state-owned oil retailing firms on the sale of petrol, diesel, LPG (popularly known as cooking gas) and kerosene, below their production cost will almost double to Rs 38,15,400 crore this fiscal, Petroleum Minister Mani Shanka
- Bio-Fuel Plantation Farm Set Up (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
A model farm to promote cultivation of plants among farmers in rain-fed areas
- Micro Planning Process Begins For Unicef Project In Krishnagiri (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
It will focus mainly on health-related aspects
- Erdogan Refutes Criticism On Pamuk Trial (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Turkey's Premier on Wednesday defended the country's conduct in the freedom of expression case again renowned author Orhan Pamuk, saying that ``freedoms are not limitless.''
- Saddam Alleges Torture In Custody (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Dec 23, 2005)
Former Iraqi President calls Bush a liar
- Reliance Fixes Jan. 25 As Record Date (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Reliance Industries has fixed January 25, 2006 as record date for allocating shares of its demerged entities to its shareholders. The Bombay High Court had earlier this month approved a scheme to demerge four entities out of RIL.
- Sbi To Install 15 More Atms In Madurai Zone (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
DGM inaugurates 62nd ATM in Dindigul
State Bank of India would install 15 Automated Teller Machines in Madurai zone comprising 136 branches in nine districts shortly. It would install ATMs at important railway stations, said N. Sadasivam, . . .
- Lathis For Love (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 23, 2005)
The Meerut case was another case of hideous moral policing in this country.
- Your Spit Will Say All About You (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
You no longer need to fear that injection. Saliva from your mouth can now be used effectively for diagnostic purposes, discovers M S S Murthy.
- There Is A Mixed Message From Mecca (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Dec 23, 2005)
Sudheendra Kulkarni analyses the refreshing as well as the disturbingly routine news from the OIC summit, the Muslim countries’ ‘mini-UN’
- Tying An Early Knot On Life (Indian Express, SUNIL MEHRA, Dec 23, 2005)
A high court ruling earlier this year considered the willful consent of a 15-year-old girl to marry as legally valid. This has set the cat among the pigeons for those working to end the scourge of child marriages.
- Par Approves Bill For Reservation In Unaided Educational Insts (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Parliament today approved the Constitutional Amendment Bill providing reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in unaided private educational institutions with Rajya Sabha passing the bill with near unanimity.
- Kbd: The Way Out (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 23, 2005)
President Musharraf has regretted the resistance against construction of the Kalabagh Dam in Sindh and attributed it to committing suicide. He, however, said that he will not let Sindh commit suicide.
- Chauvinism And Justice (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Dec 23, 2005)
The Calcutta crowd was in an incensed mood. Sourav Ganguly, the erstwhile captain, had been removed from India’s ODI eleven on the ground of consistent lack of form.
- Ril Fixes Jan 25 As Record Date For Allocating Shares (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Reliance Industries Ltd today said that it has fixed January 25, 2006 as record date for allocating shares of its demerged entities to its shareholders.
- Relief Deals A Blow To Tsunami-Hit Families (Deccan Herald, R Krishnakumar, Dec 23, 2005)
A year after the tsunami, the district administration here is still waking up to new challenges. On the surface, the government and the NGOs do look in control of the entire gamut of rehabilitation measures.
- Satellite Boost To Dth Broadcast (Telegraph, CHARU SUDAN KASTURI, Dec 23, 2005)
India today launched its heaviest satellite till date that will allow television viewers across the country to directly receive 150 channels, clearer and sharper than ever before, via antenna no larger than dinner plates.
- Indiscreet Behaviour (Deccan Herald, L C JAIN, Dec 23, 2005)
Cameras have now shown how the people’s representatives are milking the MPLAD scheme for personal gains.
- Three’S A Crowd (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 23, 2005)
It always helps to listen to those who know. If an organization has an expertise in resolving or managing conflicts, its counsel could be useful to peacemakers.
- Why Israel Does Not Have A Constitution (Dawn, Muhammad Ali Siddiqi, Dec 23, 2005)
Most observers of the Palestinian scene know that Israel does not have a constitution, but few try to know why it has chosen not to have one. The reasons are to be found less in the conflict between the religious right and the liberals and . . .
- Parliament Passes Reservation Bill (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
172 vote in favour; two against the Bill
- Pakistan Offers India Two Transit Fee Formulae (News International, Khalid Mustafa, Dec 23, 2005)
Islamabad has offered two formulae to New Delhi for determining the annual transit fee to be collected by Pakistan from India for gas pipeline that would pass through its territory under the proposed $7.2 billion Iran-India-Pakistan (IPI) gas pipeline.
- Training Media For Growth (Tribune, Mahi Pal, Dec 23, 2005)
The 73rd Amendment Act has not only given a new lease of life to the panchayati raj system in the country, but also provided space for women and marginalised groups as members and chairpersons of these institutions in local governance.
- Saran Rules Out Changes In Indo-Us Civilian Nuclear Deal (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
In a rebuff to non-proliferation hawks in the US, Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran today ruled out changes in the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal and rejected inclusion of the proposal for a moratorium on fissile material production in it.
- Rape Of Constitution (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 23, 2005)
Legal circles are shocked over reports published in a section of the press that preparations are afoot to bring about yet another amendment in the constitution just to benefit the sitting Senators. Feedback suggests that this highly abhorrent plan,
- Saddam Too Has Hr! (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 23, 2005)
Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, currently facing trial on charges of killing Shiite civilians during his rule, has said that he was beaten and tortured by the Americans. He told the trial court that he was beaten ‘on every part of his body”.
- Kashmiris Hide In Govt Building (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Militants took refuge in an official building in occupied Kashmir after ambushing a patrol on Thursday. The militants, believed to be two in number, ran into a government building after the ambush, police said.
- Letter From India: Bribery So Common, It's A Laughing Matter (International Herald Tribune, Amelia Gentleman, Dec 23, 2005)
Not many people bothered to feign surprise or outrage at India's latest corruption scandal: the exposé of 11 Indian members of Parliament filmed taking bundles of bank notes in payment for asking questions in Parliament.
- Delhi Demolition Drive Losing Steam (Hindu, Sandeep Joshi, Dec 23, 2005)
Violent protests and traffic blockades as BJP leads demonstrations on Day V
- India To Free 8 Pakistanis (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
India on Thursday decided to set free eight Pakistani prisoners as part of ongoing peace process.
- Fighting "Hidden Hunger" (Daily Excelsior, B.S.Padmanabhan, Dec 23, 2005)
Of late media reports have highlighted the problem of malnutrition, especially among children, in different parts of the country.
- Trampled Upon (Business Line, R. Sundaram , Dec 22, 2005)
That stampedes have become a regular feature in our country, particularly during religious festivals is clear, as governments pat themselves on the back when festivals pass off uneventfully. But a stampede causing the death of 42 people who were part ...
- On An Empty Stomach (Telegraph, Jaydev Jana, Dec 22, 2005)
An advisor to the commissioner of the Supreme Court has recently informed the apex institution of two incidents of hunger death in the Jalpaiguri district. Widespread poverty resulting in chronic and persistent hunger is the single biggest scourge . . .
- India Is A Very Good Risk Country’ (The Economic Times, Mayur Shetty, Dec 22, 2005)
Among the handful of global broking firms that have set shop in India, Howden India is the only specialist. The firm, which is a part of the UK’s Hyperion Insurance Group, has been placing liability insurance programmes of Indian IT companies . . .
- Criminal Conduct Could Be Concealed In A Thicket Of Detail' (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 22, 2005)
In theaccounting terrain, it is just one more routine day. Because there are enough stories of accounting going astray in recent news, as if to match the crime reports in the city pages. For instance, "Visco, false accounting will be `yet another scandal'
- Two More Bus Route Agreements Formalised (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 22, 2005)
Inked during the third round of the technical-level talks
Trial run for Amritsar-Nankana Sahib service on January 27 and from Nankana Sahib on January 29
Boon to thousands of Sikh pilgrims who visit the Nankana Sahib shrine round the year
- Third Peace Bus Soon To Start Running (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Dec 22, 2005)
The India-Pakistan bus diplomacy launched almost seven months ago with the rolling out of the Delhi-Lahore ‘Sada-e-Sarhad’ bus will acquire a new dimension when a third bus service, connecting Amritsar and Lahore, becomes operational on January 20.
- Hurriyat To Visit Quake-Hit In Pok (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
A delegation of the moderate faction of Hurriyat Conference led by its chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq will leave for Pakistan on Saturday to express solidarity with the quake.....
- Indian Woman Becomes Tsunami Mother (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
An Indian woman whose four children were washed away in last year’s tsunami has given birth to a baby girl after doctors reversed her sterilisation, an official said on Wednesday.
- Reliance Demerger Scheme Filed With Registrar (Telegraph, CORPORATE BUREAU, Dec 22, 2005)
Reliance Industries’ demerger scheme came into effect today after the company filed the certified copy of the Bombay High Court order with the Registrar of Companies (RoC).
- Amritsar-Lahore Bus Starts Jan 20 (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
The Amritsar-Lahore bus service will begin operation from January 20 while the trial run of the bus service between Amritsar and Nankana Sahib will be held on January 27, it was officially announced here today.
- Beneath The Debris (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
The state, seized by one of its bouts of righteousness, has taken to the streets of Delhi on a bulldozer. Houses and shops have been torn down, their occupants being thrown out in the cold.
- Meerut Taliban In Khaki Sparks Row (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Outrage and anti-police protests erupted on Wednesday over TV images showing burly women cops punching and pulling the hair of helpless women whose only fault was walking in a Meerut park with male partners and perhaps holding hands.
- Last Word (The Week, Sachidananda Murthy, Dec 22, 2005)
Post-Independence culture can be divided into the pre-Ramayana and post-Ramayana days, with the first mega television serial on the popular Indian epic as the dividing moment. Ramanand Sagar became the electronic Valmiki, as his serial in the mid-80s tran
- Amritsar-Lahore Bus From Jan 20 (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Taking yet another step to enhance people-to-people contact, India and Pakistan today decided to launch the long-awaited Amritsar-Lahore bus service from January 20 and Amritsar-Nankana Sahib bus link by February 27.
- Sexual Harassment Shatters High Life (Tribune, Jeremy Laurance, Dec 22, 2005)
It was once seen as a glamorous occupation that offered young women the opportunity to see the world. But the reality of life as an air stewardess is irregular hours, disrupted sleep, sexual harassment and tensions with their partner over child rearing.
- Saddam Hussein Present As Trial Resumes (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Dec 22, 2005)
Witness alleges execution of his brother; security fears keep Ramsey Clark away
- Nuke Deal: India Rejects Moratorium (Hindustan Times, S Rajagopalan, Dec 22, 2005)
While strongly reaffirming its commitment to non-proliferation, India on Wednesday ruled out a moratorium on its fissile material production or acceptance of any new conditions in order to secure approval for the Indo-US nuclear deal.
- Pakistan, India Okay Amritsar-Nankana Bus (News International, Ghulam Haider, Dec 22, 2005)
Pakistan and India signed an agreement on Wednesday to operationalise the Amritsar-Nankana Sahib bus service after two-day secretary-level talks concluded here.
- America’S Way To Fight A War (Dawn, John Yoo, Dec 22, 2005)
Iraq seems to have the imperial presidency in retreat. Last week the White House accepted Sen. John McCain’s proposal to prohibit cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment of enemy combatants.
- Pakistan, India Sign Agreement On Bus Services (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Pakistan and India have signed an agreement on Wednesday for the opening of two special bus services across the border after holding two days of technical negotiations.
- Judicial Probe Of Sangla Arson (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 22, 2005)
Nearly 40 days after the horrendous Sangla Hills carnage we are still nowhere near ascertaining the truth.
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