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Articles 13021 through 13120 of 16899:
- Making History Is Hard Work (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 07, 2005)
`Historic' is a word that has been devalued not a little by its indiscriminate use in the course of the détente process in Jammu and Kashmir. Yet the fact is the wheels of history are turning, however slowly.
- Staggered Doubts (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 07, 2005)
The Election Commission needed to show some earnestness in setting things right in Bihar and the result was evident during the assembly poll in February.
- Aicc Snubs Trs Leadership On Naxal Issue (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Sep 07, 2005)
Digvijay says he leaves decision on parting ways to KCR's wisdom
- Elections In Bihar (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 07, 2005)
THE Election Commission’s long schedule for the Bihar Assembly elections has evoked a sharp reaction from all the political parties. Clearly, staggered elections spread over a period of five weeks will not serve the interests of anyone, not even the commi
- Hurriyat Seeks Honourable Solution (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
The Mirwaiz faction of Hurriyat Conference met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today.
- Winds Of Change (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 06, 2005)
Winds of change are blowing for the better across the world. Only those who take notice of them will be able to keep pace with the times.
- Just Reprimand (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
The Election Commission has rightly reprimanded the Bhupinder Singh Hooda Government in Haryana ....
- 'We Are Not In Love With The Congress' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 06, 2005)
Amar Singh's uninvited entry into a UPA dinner made news over an year back. He tells Anshul Chaturvedi what the problem is with Samajwadi-Congress ties:
- Pm Says Could Cut Troops In Kashmir (Reuters, Palash Kumar, Sep 06, 2005)
New peace talks between India and Kashmiri separatists on Monday ended with an assurance from New Delhi that it will cut troop levels in the region if insurgent violence and guerrilla incursions from Pakistan cease.
- There's A Much Larger House On Fire (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Sep 06, 2005)
About the time 50 Dalit houses were set ablaze in Gohana, the country marked 50 years of a law giving effect to the Constitution's abolition of untouchability. As if to rub it in, 25 more Dalit homes were torched the same week in Akola, Maharashtra.
- India: A Super Power Or A Failing State? (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Sep 06, 2005)
The term “failed state” entered our lexicon, initially, in the context of Somalia, Afghanistan, and now, increasingly, for Iraq.
- The Killer Count (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 06, 2005)
Naxal violence demands a decisive response
- Hurriyat Seeks Honourable Solution (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
The Mirwaiz faction of Hurriyat Conference met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today.
- Uttam Pradesh? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 06, 2005)
Uttar Pradesh's Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav is preparing to host former US president, Bill Clinton, to a very special Avadhi dinner at his Lucknow residence.
- Competition Need Of The Hour (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Sep 06, 2005)
Privatisation of power supply in Delhi shows that a private monopoly is worse than a public monopoly
- India Hails Truce Call In Nepal (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
India on Monday welcomed the unilateral ceasefire called by Nepal’s Maoist rebels. The rebels had declared a unilateral three-month ceasefire on Saturday, saying they would “not launch any offensive” during the truce.
- Cabinet Meets Today For Hike In Petrol Prices (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
Reflecting his commitment to bringing peace in Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today held significant talks with Hurriyat leaders and promised that conditions will be created for reduction of armed forces in the State if there is a . . .
- Third Time Lucky? (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 06, 2005)
Nepal truce of significance
- Pm For Troops Cut If Violence Ceases (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
Reflecting his commitment to bringing peace in Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today held significant talks with Hurriyat leaders and promised that conditions will be created for reduction of armed forces in the State if there is . . .
- Ljp Not To Contest Seats Held By Congress (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2005)
Paswan says he is still opposed to RJD leader Lalu Prasad
Talks were being held on seat sharing with the Communist Party of India and the Communist Party of India (ML) Liberation
- Election Commission Pulls Up Madhya Pradesh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2005)
"Remove lotus symbol from social science textbooks for class VI students"
- The Elusive Quota For Women (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 05, 2005)
The unending saga of the Women's Reservation Bill can be viewed in two ways.
- Towards A World Free Of Child Labour (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2005)
A Pakistani boy who worked as a camel jockey, an Ethiopian girl exposed to sexual exploitation, a Banjara boy rescued from a stone-crushing unit in Rajasthan and others will share their experiences at the Children's World Congress on Child Labour that ...
- Farmers' Siege Continues; Talks Inconclusive (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2005)
Up to a few weeks ago, the government had no plans to meet the All Party Hurriyat Conference. After the Pugwash Conference in Kathmandu last year, some Hurriyat leaders had wanted to meet the prime minister quietly. It was clear that his advisors did ....
- Chhattisgarh Situation To Be Reviewed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2005)
Landmine blast death toll 24; Chhattisgarh may ban outfits
- Of Signatures And Security (Daily Excelsior, Rajkumar Vijayveer Vikram Singh, Sep 05, 2005)
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) will come up for review by the end of this month. Since its inception in 1965, superpowers have converted ploughshares into spanners in their desperation to build up to that mythical level which would guarantee..
- Kings And Rebels (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 05, 2005)
Can Nepal’s King Gyanendra save the monarchy? The question assumes an urgency after the Himalayan kingdom’s largest political party, the Nepali Congress,
- Dialectics Or Politics? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 05, 2005)
The CPM politburo’s endorsement of Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s economic policies in West Bengal is both a matter for cheer and concern.
- Powerful Handshake Stirs Muslim World (Deccan Herald, Salman Masood, Sep 05, 2005)
The handshake between Pakistan and Israel is the beginning of a new era in Jewish-Muslim relations
- Peace Prospects After Gaza (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Sep 05, 2005)
The Israeli withdrawal of 8,000 Jewish settlers from the Gaza strip has been given high publicity in the western media,
- Badal Stresses For Early Solution To Dalits Issue (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2005)
Phagwara, Sept 4 (PTI) Former Punjab Chief Minister and Akali Dal chief Parkash Singh Badal today flayed the "inhuman act" of torching the dalits' houses in Gohana recently saying it had exposed the so-called secular face of the Congress government in ...
- Pakistan’S Musharraf Defends Talks With Israel (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2005)
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf defended today his Government’s talks with Israel, saying this was in accordance with the tenets of Islam.
- Eu Hopes Indo-Pak Dialogue Will Resolve Issues (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be assisted by a high-level team, comprising Home Minister Shivraj Patil, Jammu and Kashmir interlocutor N N Vohra, National Security Adviser M K Narayanan and senior Home Ministry officials in the crucial talks with....
- Expand The Dialogue On Kashmir (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Sep 05, 2005)
Up to a few weeks ago, the government had no plans to meet the All Party Hurriyat Conference.
- Naxals Deny Hand In Bangalore Blasts (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2005)
The Communist Party of India (Maoist) has denied involvement of any Naxal group in the blasts that occurred at the Janata Dal (Secular) and Congress offices last Friday.
- Bureaucrats In Karnataka - Nomads Under Duress (Deccan Herald, Asha Krishnaswamy, Sep 05, 2005)
The pressure for transfers of IAS men comes from many quarters and decisions are taken either at the bottom or at the top level
- After The Storm (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2005)
What we are witnessing far away on the Gulf Coast of the US is nothing short of a human tragedy which has left hundreds, if not thousands, dead.
- Arms Control In South Asia (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Sep 05, 2005)
In the first half of September, foreign secretaries and foreign ministers of India and Pakistan would have set the stage for a meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Musharraf on September 14
- Indo-Us N-Pact And Proliferation (Deccan Herald, Michael Krepon , Sep 05, 2005)
The nuclear cooperation agreement announced between US President George W Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the White House on July 18th marks a major shift in decades-long US policies to stop and reverse proliferation.
- Retold, In A Hurry (Hindu, S. SIVADAS, Sep 04, 2005)
Dharker was given three months to write the book, the deadline for the re-enactment of the Dandi march. That shows...
- Whither Justice? (Hindu, Shelley Walia, Sep 04, 2005)
A silence at the savagery that was witnessed by many around the country in 1984 "needs to be reprimanded and disciplined right away".
- Should Congress And (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Sep 04, 2005)
Unconventional wisdom is rarely honoured. But what is happening in India in political permutation and combination is a rarity as yesterday’s friends and foes are friends today.
- Karan Singh's ‘Solution’, Omar Abdullah's ‘Formula’ (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Sep 04, 2005)
It made an interesting if not hilarious reading. On the same day, same newspaper, two honourable gentlemen from the State hogged the headlines with their respective advice about how best to resolve the socalled Kashmir issue.
- Attention Turns To Change Of Guard In J & K (Deccan Herald, Zahoor Malik, Sep 04, 2005)
The Abdullahs want their rival, Mufti out of office. Former Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah had threatened to throw the Muftis into the Liddar river in Pahalgam.
- Communists Will Change — If It Suits Them (Deccan Herald, SUNANDA SANYAL, Sep 04, 2005)
Who says Communists do not change? They do, over time. The costs the people pay as a result are enormous, though.
- Nepal Maoists Declare Three-Month Ceasefire (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Sep 04, 2005)
This is the third truce called by the rebels since 1996. Every time, they have been the ones to end talks unilaterally and step up attacks against security forces.
- Polls: Lalu Welcomes Decision (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2005)
Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo and Railway Minister Lalu Prasad and Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on Saturday welcomed the announcement of four-phase elections to the Bihar Assembly.
- A Clean Sweep For Congress At Delhi University (Hindu, Lakshmi B. Ghosh , Sep 04, 2005)
Defying all talk of an anti-incumbency factor playing a major role in the battle of the ballot on the campus,
- Speed Up Growth: Manmohan Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2005)
Prime Minister unveils statues of Gandhiji, Ambedkar, Nehru at Assembly complex
- Time To Take Tamil Nadu Forward: Prime Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2005)
Manmohan releases Vaiko's book, praises his breadth of scholarship
"Prison a stepping stone, not a boulder"
Strong bonds with Vaiko: Karunanidhi
No trace of self-pity in book: Ram
- M’Rashtra Demands Rs 12,640 Crore Aid (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2005)
Maharashtra has sought a Central aid of Rs 12,640 crore to undo the damage caused by rains and floods and rehabilitate the affected people.
- Parties Object To Polling Schedule (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2005)
Point out that dates clash with Ramzan, Dussehra The long-drawn process would increase expenditure for the candidates especially where polling would be held towards the later part, says Congress
- Democracy Revisited (Hindu, Rajni Kothari, Sep 04, 2005)
To contest one's own formulations in public is no mean job; especially when they have been articulated forcefully. But, scholar-activist Rajni Kothari sets out to do just that in his monograph Rethinking Democracy.
- Demystifying General Dyer (Hindu, Aditi De, Sep 04, 2005)
He does not think he would have enjoyed Dyer's company if he had met him in the officer's mess. Nigel Collett talks about the controversial General and his recently-published book.
- Nda Crisis A Chance: Cpi(m) (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2005)
To intensify its activities in Hindi-speaking States NDA's inability to play an effective opposition has forced that role also on us, says the party
- Cong Committed To Women’S Reservation: Margaret Alva (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2005)
The Congress party is committed to ensure the passage of Women’s Reservation Bill, senior Congress leader and AICC General Secretary Margaret Alva said on Saturday
- Different Strategies For Local Polls (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 03, 2005)
Alliances formed during Assembly and Parliamentary elections usually fall apart during local body polls.
- Buta Singh's Letters To President Made Public (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 03, 2005)
The Centre on Friday filed in the Supreme Court the reports sent by Bihar Governor Buta Singh to President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on April 27 and May 21 recommending dissolution of the Assembly. The letters, faxed to the President, who was then in Moscow, for
- Publish And Perish (Statesman, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 03, 2005)
Revulsion is a randy noun, notorious for flitting from one subject to the other in these times when there’s so much to be disgusted about
- Koirala Elected Ncp Chief For Third Term (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Sep 03, 2005)
Party statute allows a member to head the party only twice but Koirala loyalists amended the rule to let the patriarch lead once again.
- Performance The Key Word’ (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 03, 2005)
Eliminating corruption and providing citizen-centric administration by ensuring accountability at all levels right from political executive officials to officials at the local level are necessary in the country, says former Karnataka Chief Minister M Veer
- Great Potential In State (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Sep 03, 2005)
Karnataka can become a truly advanced state by harnessing its natural resources and scientific manpower
- Manmohan Singh Promises Steps To End Crisis In Plantation Sector (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 03, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, on Friday, promised to take pragmatic, practical and tactical steps to tackle the problems in Kerala's plantation sector.
- What Went Wrong And Where In Smc Office (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 03, 2005)
Why fight each other when there are many common enemies to be fought against. Let’s avoid drawing pleasure from trivialities and behave like matured minds. This is what nation demands from us.
- Pakistan’S Compulsions On Israel (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Sep 03, 2005)
THE meeting between Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri and his Israeli counterpart Silvan Shalom in the Four Seasons Hotel in Istanbul has understandably generated a lot of attention in India and abroad.
- Nepal's Maoist Chief Announces 3-Month Truce (Boston Globe, Gopal Sharma, Sep 03, 2005)
Nepal's Maoist rebels announced a three-month ceasefire from Saturday, their chief said in a statement, in a move to win support of political parties opposed to King Gyanendra's seizure power in February.
- Police Fury Over Naxal Activities In Pavagada (Deccan Herald, DH news, Sep 03, 2005)
Base camps along the Pavagada-Andhra borders provide training and weapons to naxalites who carry out activities in malnad and coastal areas.
- For A Coherent Regional Policy (Dawn, Javid Husain, Sep 03, 2005)
IN my last article on the state of Pakistan-US relations, I emphasized the need for Pakistan to adopt a coherent regional policy as the central element of our overall foreign policy. I would now venture to add that since the end of the Cold War, the absen
- Politicians’ Writ Or Police Raj (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Sep 03, 2005)
THAT police are meant to maintain law and order still holds good in the West, although the 9/11 attacks have drastically changed its meaning.
- Pm'suseful Kabul Visit (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Sep 03, 2005)
PM'suseful Kabul visit
Men, Matters, Memories
By M L Kotru
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Kabul visit has by all accounts been a useful one.
- Chief Minister Or Chief Master? (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Sep 03, 2005)
Nearly a decade of coalition rule now has produced many fundamental changes in our politics.
- Politics In Shangri-La (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 03, 2005)
n more ways than one Leh district across the mighty Himalayas is our Shangri-la, the expression chosen by English author James Hilton to describe the setting (a fictional land of peace and perpetual youth supposedly in the mountains of Tibet) of the Lost
- Govt To Sell 8% Stake In Maruti Udyog (Business Standard, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 03, 2005)
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) today approved the sale of 8 per cent government equity in Maruti Udyog Ltd to public sector banks and financial institutions.
- India’S Past-Ii (Statesman, Jagmohan , Sep 02, 2005)
Bright And Dark Sides Of The British Coin While the impact of British rule was salutary, in some respects, its negative fallout was deep and widespread.
- Congress Committed To Combating Terrorism (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
Sonia calls for sustained involvement of civil society
Country cannot afford to relax vigil against terrorism
Government following three-track strategy
- Us Armament Industry Brings Prosperity (Daily Excelsior, Harjeet Singh, Sep 02, 2005)
It is important to analyse the key words of the US Presidential Decision Directive 44, in July 2005, wherein the first feature is to "ensure that US forces (can) continue to enjoy technological advantages over potential adversaries".
- Maoist Bans A Hasty Decision: Lakshman (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
Senior BJP leader Bangaru Lakshman said the State Government’s decision to impose ban on CPI (Maoist) was a hasty one, taken without proper understanding of the realities.
- Chaos And Fury (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Sep 02, 2005)
The defining moment of the just-concluded monsoon session of parliament, we will be told,
- More Child’S Play (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Sep 02, 2005)
Delhi has been brimming over with strange happenings this last week. The chant from a rather broken down BJP has been, “Chidambaram must go.” Why?
- Parliament's Monsoon Meeting — A Session Not Rained Out (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Sep 02, 2005)
The monsoon session of Parliament has just ended, and happily quite some business was done this time unlike earlier sittings, which were stalled by an acrimonious opposition.
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