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EditorialDisinvesting PSUs boon to investors
Nov.06 : The government’s decision to go in for a two-pronged disinvestment programme will surely add quality and depth to India’s stockmarkets. Full story![]()
India’s stimulus: To end, or not to end...
Nov.06 : The monetary and fiscal authorities in this country have considered withdrawal of stimulus packages; and while the Union finance minister stressed these would remain for the time being, he also clearly said that the government would wait for third-quarter GDP numbers and advanceFull story![]()
Rein in pak for peace in asia
Nov.06 : Sir, The frequency and intensity of the recent bomb blasts in Pakistan must have reverberated through Pakistan’s interior minister Rehman Malik’s brain and rattled him enough to claim that India has been in cahoots with the Taliban and is behind the recent mayhem there. These incoherent comments are clear signs of the minister being shell-shocked. A lesson about the Pakistan authorities’ patronage of terrorists and the Taliban is in the pet manual where it says that the big cat, like the lion and the tiger,Full story![]()
Other Head lines
- Security: Citizens can’t be ignored
- Let others follow judges’ example
- Why are there so many holidays?
- A sorry mess in Karnataka
- Oil safety rules need overhaul
- Is anybody in Pak listening?
- Inflation: Ball in govt’s court
- Rajdhani attack warning to govt
- Paranoia apparent in Pak responses
- Give our airlines better, fairer deal
- On China, lower our expectations
- India’s toughest games lie ahead
- Dangers of swap deals with rebels
- Honeymoon for Cong continues
- An anti-climax in Afghanistan
- Make our schools better, then IITs
- Pak ISI & terror: Iran says it too
- It’s time to speak frankly to China
- The games within the Delhi Games
- Fears rise: Pak out of control?
- The industrial index phenomena
- Games 2010: Stop drift, take charge
- Sensible line on tackling Naxals
- Pak Army HQ hit: Questions remain
- Kabul attack: Pak gets more brazen
- Venki’s Nobel is time to introspect
- Heed UN’s call to protect migrants
- Floods in South a national calamity
- A reality check for rich nations
- Is Rio’s victory a slap for Obama?
- Bharti-MTN: Let it be a wake-up call
- A dissection of champions
- Red China is 60
- Air India strike has to end now
- Firm line with Pak was much needed
- G-20: Lofty vows, but no results
- Cricket, sex and extra cover
- NPT cannot be forced on India
- Climate: US has to act, not just preach
- Banks key focus of G-20 in Pittsburgh
- Fight Naxals with guns and butter
- Stakes are high in Maharashtra
- How real is Pak action on Hafiz?
- Bypolls: Warning sign for Congress?
- Is the worst over? Too early to say
- Is caste census a good idea now?
- China: As unease grows, act firmly
- A wake-up call on 2010 Games
- Why was a 5-day strike necessary?
- A first-class political debate
- Improve schools if India is to rise
- Misbehaviour just can’t be condoned
- Jet pilots must return to work
- Encounters a blot on our democracy
- Some refreshing plain speaking
- Little headway in WTO Delhi talks
- Climate plan must, for richer or poorer
- Pak actions need greater scrutiny
- A people’s man who delivered
- At WTO, protect India’s farmers
- A good sign, see if it is sustained
- Pakistan & US: So what’s new?
- Stay focused on space, carefully
- BJP needs new formula, big idea
- A truly global trade outlook
- A pathbreaking move by judges
- Govt’s firm line on Pak welcome
- It’s good to learn more languages
- Do more to end free trade fears
- Infrastructure: Get the basics right
- BJP’s Shimla show a wasted effort?
- Banning books is always bad
- A stable Kabul will help India

