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Articles 17821 through 17920 of 23107:
- ‘Uk To Keep Seeking Kashmir Settlement’ (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Britain will continue to urge Pakistan and India to find a permanent settlement of the Kashmir issue, said British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) here
- Question Of ‘Image’ (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 07, 2005)
A major problem to be tackled by the Islamic summit conference opening in Makkah today is one of image of the Muslims, especially in the West.
- New Parliamentary Year (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 07, 2005)
The first day of the inaugural session of the current National Assembly’s fourth parliamentary year was marred by opposition allegations against the government regarding the failure of the president to address a joint sitting of parliament.
- Iaea Should Continue Efforts To Resolve Iran Nuclear Issue: Putin (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
The International Atomic Energy Agency should continue its efforts to resolve the Iran nuclear issue, Russian President Vladimir Putin said here today.
- Natwar Wilts Under Volcker Issue Heat (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Minister without portfolio K Natwar Singh on Tuesday night announced his resignation from the Union Cabinet saying he did not want to be an excuse for paralysis of Parliament ...
- Ed Team Leaves For Iraq (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
The oil-for-food scam probe picked up momentum today with a team of officials headed by Enforcement Directorate chief Sudheer Nath today left for Iraq to collect documentary evidence, if any, showing that Natwar Singh had received oil vouchers . . .
- Congress Pulls Off A ‘Bloodless Coup’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Mr Natwar Singh might be more indignant with a section of the Congress leadership than with the NDA that led the campaign for his removal from the Cabinet over the Volcker expose.
- Natwar Resigns (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Minister without portfolio K. Natwar Singh tonight announced his resignation from the Union Cabinet, saying that he did not want to be an excuse for the Opposition to stall Parliament.
- Khushboo: A Larger Question (Tribune, J. Sri Raman, Dec 07, 2005)
After Ms. Jayalalithaa, no actress of Tamil cinema has provoked so much political discussion as Khushboo has done. And, strangely, it is the lesser of the two stars, who raises a larger political question, though it has not figured so far in the furore
- Reverse This Trend (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 07, 2005)
Figures tell their own tale may be a hackneyed sentence but it remains relevant for the State.
- Natwar Resigns From Cabinet (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Former Indian foreign minister Natwar Singh has resigned from the cabinet in the wake of charges that he and the ruling Congress party skimmed the UN oil-for-food scheme in Iraq.
- Natwar Quits Over Iraq Oil Scandal (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Indiaís suspended foreign minister, Natwar Singh, quit the cabinet on Tuesday amid unrelenting pressure from opposition groups over his role in Iraqís oil-for-food scandal. Singh said although he was innocent, he had decided to resign as opposition . . .
- Natwar To Resign Over Oil-For-Food Scandal (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Former Indian foreign minister Natwar Singh will resign, the party announced Tuesday, a move that failed to quell opposition fury over charges that he and the ruling Congress party skimmed the UN oil-for-food scheme in Iraq.
- Psu Ceos To Evaluate Govt Directors — A Rather Worrisome Proposal (Business Line, S. Subramanyan , Dec 07, 2005)
Media reports talk of a proposal by the Bureau for Reconstruction of Public Sector Enterprises (BRPSE) to let the chief executive officer (CEO) of a public sector undertaking (PSU) evaluate the performance of government directors.
- Nda To Disrupt Parliament Until Natwar Quits (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Continuing with its insistence on the immediate resignation of Mr Natwar Singh, the BJP today said the NDA would not relent from its demand of the resignation of Congress President Sonia Gandhi from the chairmanship of the National Advisory Council.
- Promotion Policy -By Jk Dutt (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 07, 2005)
The Centre’s decision to appoint a special appellate tribunal for redressing the grievances of our armed forces’ personnel has come like the proverbial answer to a maiden’s prayer.
- Why Girls Outshine Boys (Tribune, Michael Gurian, Dec 07, 2005)
Colleges and universities across the US are grappling with the case of the mysteriously vanishing male.
- Tulsi, Come Back (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 07, 2005)
fortnight after the grand Diwali celebrations comes what the Hindu calendar describes as the tulsi vivah. The deities, who have gone into hibernation during the shraadh period, now re-emerge. It is after the deity is wedded to the herbal plant that the m
- Govt, Cong Rejects Demand For Sonia's Resignation (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Government and Congress today rejected Opposition's demand for resignation of Sonia Gandhi as NAC Chairperson in the wake of allegations in the Volcker issue with the party terming them as "mischievious and motivated".
- Why Is Lalu Scared Of His Own ‘Created’ Bihar? (India Daily, Hari Shankar, Dec 07, 2005)
According to media reports, RJD chief Lalu Yadav on Tuesday apprehended before the Supreme Court that he will not get fair trial in the fodder scam cases in Bihar and Jharkhand and said he would apply for shifting the cases outside the two states.
- Iran Plans 2nd Nuclear Plant (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Iran plans to construct a second nuclear power plant, despite international concern over its nuclear programme, state television reported today.
- Sonia ‘Role’ Gets Amar Goat, Says Natwar Can’T Be Scapegoat (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Asserting that former external affairs minister Mr Natwar Singh should not be made a “scapegoat” in the Iraqi oil-for-food scam, the Samajwadi Party today sought to target Congress president Mrs Sonia Gandhi but did not take her name directly.
- Trauma Of The Toffs-Yasmin Alibhai-Brown (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 06, 2005)
As far as I know, no goldfish ever willingly chooses the bowl it wants to reside in. Cherie Blair, though, is absolutely convinced that the partners of past, present and future Prime Ministers of Britain — her own good self most of all — were or . . .
- Volcker Stalls Houses Again (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
An unrelenting Opposition, demanding the sacking of an “obdurate” Mr Natwar Singh from the Cabinet over the Volcker report, today forced the adjournment of both the Houses of Parliament that did little business since Friday.
- Labour And Politics (Hindu, K. Kunhikrishnan, Dec 06, 2005)
THERANJEDUTHA KRITHIKAL — Political Thoughts: B.T. Ranadive; Chintha Publishers, Deshabhimani Road, P. B. No 172, Thiruvananthapuram-695001.
- Sin Of Pride (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 06, 2005)
There is nothing in Mr K. Natwar Singh’s past career that quite explains his obstinate clinging on to office.
- Give Them A Chance (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 06, 2005)
The challenged don't need charity, but a chance to prove themselves," is the most inspiring message given by a highly successful physically handicapped person on the International Day of the Disabled people which has just been observed across the world...
- Natwar Meets Sonia, Offers To Quit (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
day after his removal from the Congress Steering Committee, Union Minister Natwar Singh, who has been in the thick of Volcker controversy, tonight offered to resign, Congress spokesperson Anand Sharma said.
- Volcker Ripples Cripple Parliament Again (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
A reinvigorated opposition, determined not to allow the Volcker report tremors to die down, stalled proceedings in both Houses of Parliament today demanding ouster of both UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Minister without portfolio Natwar Singh.
- Volcker Fire To Rage Till Pm Returns (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
As the BJP-Congress showdown over the Volcker controversy intensifies, the functioning of Parliament is set to be paralysed in the coming few days. In the midst of the NDA and the UPA government exchanging fire and trading charges, . . .
- The Employment-Poverty Link In Bangladesh (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekar, Dec 06, 2005)
The reduction in poverty in Bangladesh has not been commensurate with the expectations generated by the macroeconomic pattern of relatively stable and non-inflationary growth. In this edition of Macroscan, C. P. Chandrasekar and Jaya ti Ghosh say . . .
- Pm Informed Of Natwar’S Ouster: Cong (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
The Congress today accused the BJP of stalling the proceedings of Parliament on the Volcker issue to hide its own discomfiture over the developments related to Ms Uma Bharti.
- Tn: Kanchi Seer Seeks Transfer Of Assault Case To Pondicherry (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Kanchi Seer Jayendra Saraswathi today filed a petition in the Madras High Court seeking transfer of the 'Radhakrishnan assault case', in which he is the main accused, from a Sessions Court here to a Pondicherry court.
- Can Clinical Trials Ever Be Truly Ethical? (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Dec 06, 2005)
Unless the rights of those who participate in clinical trials and their ability to get the best treatment in case of injury or infection are guaranteed, the trials will not be fair even if they yield useful scientific results.
- Unwanted Minister (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 06, 2005)
MINISTER without portfolio K. Natwar Singh exemplifies the adage that it is possible to wake up a sleeping person but not one who pretends to be fast asleep. Hints that he should quit the government have been aplenty since his name figured in the Volcker
- Intel Set To Invest $800m In B’Lore (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Intel Corporation Chairman Craig Barrett on Monday unveiled a multi-year investment plan for India totaling more than $1b...
- German Tech To Spruce Up City Roads (Deccan Herald, Ashwini Y S, Dec 06, 2005)
Bangalore roads may soon wear a brand new look, if the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike has its way. The BMP is set to venture into a ....
- Defiant Son Says Natwar Need Not Quit (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Dec 06, 2005)
Jagat Singh conveyed a message of defiance to the Congress leadership on his father K Natwar Singh’s behalf on Monday to suggest that the Union minister did not consider it necessary to resign from the government even in the face of his ouster from . . .
- Bjp Chief Ignites Oil Slick In House (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Keeping the Volcker pot boiling, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha L K Advani on Monday demanded that the ruling party apply the same yardstick as it did in the case of former foreign minister Natwar Singh ....
- Govt Takes Up Rubber Cultivation (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
The Tripura government and Rubber Board will jointly sponsor rubber cultivation in border areas to rehabilitate villagers who were evacuated ....
- Oppn Aims For Sonia’S Jugular (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Both the Houses of Parliament were disrupted again on Monday over the Opposition demand for the resignation of Union Minister Natwar Singh and National Advisory Council Chairperson Sonia Gandhi over the Iraqi oil-for-food scam.
- Saddam Challenges Court’S Legitimacy (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Foreign lawyers defending Saddam Hussein challenged the legitimacy of the US-backed Iraqi court trying him and demanded more security for their team on Monday, after briefly storming out of the courtroom in protest.
- ‘There’S A Cadre-Leader Disconnect’ (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Dec 06, 2005)
K N Govindacharya, former BJP general secretary: “Advani says different things at different times.”
- Human Rights Education To Start In Select Schools In State (Hindu, K.P.M. Basheer, Dec 06, 2005)
To begin this month; part of national programme in schools
- Amritsar-Lahore Bus From Dec 23 (Tribune, Ajay Banerjee, Dec 06, 2005)
The much awaited Amritsar-Lahore bus service is finally scheduled to start from December 23 with the first bus coming in from Lahore on that day while the first bus from Amritsar will depart on December 27. The Punjab Government will be requesting . . .
- State Assembly Adjourns Without Doing Business (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Opposition disrupts proceedings for debate on various issues
Uproar over adjournment motions
CPI (M) members stage sit-in
Opposition boycotts BAC meet
House adjourned three times
- When Silence Speaks Louder Than Words (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Dec 06, 2005)
If you want to understand the big story, look for the small detail. When the action is being broadcast in the merciless way that television adopts, get out of the din and check the silence.
- Find The Truth, Says Amar Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Natwar Singh should not be made a "scapegoat" like Madhavsinh Solanki
- ``Advani Should Quit For Praising Jinnah'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
After her dismissal from the Bharatiya Janata Party, the former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Uma Bharti, demanded that BJP president L.K. Advani immediately resign as he ``disgraced'' the party by going to Pakistan and praising its founder Mohammad Ali
- Legitimacy Of Saddam Trial Challenged (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Dec 06, 2005)
Court is "made in America", says former Iraqi President
- "Not Afraid Of Execution" (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Dec 06, 2005)
The former Iraqi President, Saddam Hussein, who is facing trial told judges in a courtroom in Baghdad, "I am not afraid of execution.
- Food, Shelter ... But No Clothes (Hindu, Sandhya Soman, Dec 06, 2005)
Children played, climbed trees, while men napped in the sun. The women, however, made trips from Gandhi Mandapam to the banks of the Adyar to "see their houses" and pick up clothes, if there were any left.
- Opposition Parties Come Under Attack (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
BJP charged with lowering the prestige of Parliament
Opposition accused of undermining Justice Pathak inquiry committee
CPI (M) not to demand Natwar Singh's resignation
- "Sonia, Natwar Should Quit" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Both Houses adjourned after lunch
Demand for information about Mathrani's whereabouts
Patil introduces Communal Violence Bill in Rajya Sabha
- Recall Nothing To Do With Volcker Issue: Mathrani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Ambassador to Croatia Aneil Mathrani, who was recently recalled following his controversial comments on the Volcker issue, said on Monday his recall had nothing to do with the controversy.
- It Takes Two To Hold Back (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Dec 06, 2005)
This long essay — it has already appeared in three parts, this is the fourth — is about the latest incursion of the military in Pakistan’s political affairs. It started out with the assertion, which immediately drew disagreement from several readers,
- Kazakhstan Polls (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 06, 2005)
Voters in Kazakhstan have voted President Nursultan Nazarbayev into another seven-year stint of power in national elections held on Sunday. The Kazakh President has termed the elections as ‘more democratic than ever before’. Opposition has, however, ...
- Ear To The Ground (The Week, Kanhaiah Bhelari, Dec 06, 2005)
Even Lalu Prasad Yadav knew it was coming. "Baba, if Ram Vilas Paswan contests separately, we are sure to lose," I heard him tell his close friend Shivanand Tiwary, excise minister in the Rabri Devi regime. The shrewd politician had seen . . .
- Ensuring Food Quality (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 06, 2005)
The Karachi city government has informed manufacturers and sellers of edible products that the law requires them to renew their food licences by the end of the month.
- Infosys, Microsoft: Sharing Success And Silver Jubilee (Business Line, Vishwanath Kulkarni, Dec 06, 2005)
The similarities are uncanny. Technology giants Microsoft and Infosys are celebrating the Silver Jubilee of their incorporation this year.
- Bjp Expels Firebrand Sanyasin (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Uma Bharati was on Monday expelled from the primary membership of BJP for indiscipline and anti-party activities.
- Vat Regime Will Stay In Karnataka: Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Karnataka Finance Minister P.G.R. Sindhia said on Monday that growth in revenue under VAT (value added tax) will remain negative this financial year. But the State Government will not go back on its decision to join the VAT (value added tax) regime.
- Bharti Tele Gets $13.5m From Three Vc Funds (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Technology major Bharti Telesoft on Monday announced a strategic investment of $13.5m from three leading venture capital funds
- The Decision Maker (Times of India, ARADHANA SINHA, Dec 06, 2005)
Madam is extremely particular about her clothes. The cut, the colour, the style. All are important. When go shopping, we plan for one hour for two outfits. However, all plans of mice and women seldom go smoothly.
- Keep Biopiracy At Bay (Times of India, TEJASWINI APTE, Dec 06, 2005)
The upcoming World Trade Organisation ministerial meeting in Hong Kong will be a testing ground for the Indian government's stated commitment to protect traditional knowledge.
- Female Suicide Bombers Planning To Strike Us, Europe And India? (India Daily, Balaji Reddy, Dec 06, 2005)
Terrorism experts are all concerned about the female suicide bombers. They are almost impossible to catch before they strike.
- Saddam's Trial Adjourned Till Wednesday (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
The trial of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein was adjourned till Wednesday, the court in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone said on Monday.
- Suicide Squads Being Formed To Kill Shias In Nas (Daily Times, Shahzad Malik, Dec 06, 2005)
Intelligence agencies have uncovered a plot by two banned militant groups to kill Shia members of the legislative council of the Northern Areas, sources said on Monday.
- Omar Wants To Discuss Autonomy With Pervez (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
The National Conference President, Mr Omar Abdullah, today said its 50-year-old demand for internal autonomy in Jammu and Kashmir was the only possible solution to Kashmir problem.
- Wb Approves Over $27m For Ajk (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
The World Bank (WB) has approved a $27.153 million project to assist Azad Jammu and Kashmir government to restore vital economic and social infrastructure damaged or destroyed by the October-8 earthquake. The AJK-Community Infrastructure and . . .
- Historical Blunder (Pioneer, KR Phanda, Dec 06, 2005)
With a defiant Mr Natwar Singh deciding to dig in and several key figures in the Iraq oil vouchers scam suddenly choosing to play their own little discordant notes, the Congress party's gameplan to make Mr Singh a scapegoat and insulate . . .
- India, Pakistan Trying To Reconcile Geelani And Mirwaiz? (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 06, 2005)
Rival Hurriyat Conference leaders Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq are travelling to Saudi Arabia this week in an alleged attempt by the Indian and Pakistani governments to bring about a reconciliation between the two.
- On Natwar, Oppn In No Mood To Relent (Indian Express, Santwana Bhattacharya, Dec 06, 2005)
With the Government and the Speaker failing to mollify the Opposition on the Natwar Singh-Volcker controversy, the next two days of Parliament are likely to prove stormy. Defence Minister and Leader of the House in the Lok Sabha, Pranab Mukherjee, . . .
- Advani Wonders Whether Natwar Being Made A Scapegoat (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Maintaining that Natwar Singh was being made a scapegoat by the Congress to "save its skin" in the Iraqi oil deals, Leader of Opposition L K Advani today demanded that the ruling party apply the same yardstick and remove Sonia Gandhi as Chairperson of Nat
- Sc Stays Wakf Board Order Declaring Taj Mahal As Its Property (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
The Supreme Court today stayed the controversial order of the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Wakf Board declaring Taj Mahal as Wakf property with Archaeological Survey of India contending that the 'title' of the 17th century monument vested with the Centre
- Congress Ka Lafda Hai, Natwar To Bakra Hai: Advani (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Resorting to ‘Bambaiyya Hindi’, BJP president L.K.Advani today described the fallout of the Volcker Committee report as ‘‘Congress ka lafda hai, Natwar to bakra hai,’’ (the Congress is involved, Natwar is only a scapegoat), and demanded that Congress . .
- Uma’S Life, No Longer A Party (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Dec 06, 2005)
In her reply to the showcause notice served to her, Uma Bharati stated that the “BJP experiment” had failed. She must have known what was in store for her when she set those words down. Decode, also, her statements, “I am the real BJP”,
- Where Is Mathrani? ‘The Country Is Being Sold And Criminals Are Being Protected’ : Nda (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Dec 06, 2005)
Situation in New Delhi is serious. Taking strong exception to the whisking away of Indian Ambassador to Croatia Aniel Mathrani on his arrival at Delhi airport,
- Iran Not Interested In Talks With Us (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Says US intervention in nuclear talks complicated the issue
- Indo-Pak Peace Debates End (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Debating Society of Pakistan’s three-day India-Pakistan peace debates concluded at Government College University (GCU) on Sunday. The society had arranged three debates and three seminars as a peace gesture following similar debates in New Delhi . . .
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