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Articles 2421 through 2520 of 3170:
- Nab’S Utility (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 17, 2006)
Anmma leader’s demand that the National Accountability Bureau be abolished does not seem wide off the mark against the background of NAB’s record. Reacting to the bureau’s decision to stop the inquiry into the sugar crisis, Sahibzada Abul Khair Mohammad
- Reforms, Bose Need To Initiate (Daily Excelsior, Dr R R Dubey, Mar 17, 2006)
&K Board of School Education is an important institute of the State. It is headed by the Chairman at State level. However, for the entire functioning of Divisional level offices, the Secretary Board of School Education along with abundant . . .
- Core Issues In Asian Cities (Dawn, Noman Ahmed, Mar 17, 2006)
One of the key subjects of discussion at the World Social Forum, to be held later in the month in Karachi, will be the contemporary situation of world cities that, owing to several factors, are undergoing tremendous changes at the turn of the millennium.
- Ageing Queen Of The Adriatic (Frontline, Sudha Mahalingam, Mar 16, 2006)
WHEN was the last time you were in a city without road traffic? Not encountering a single car, bus or truck is perhaps the most appealing aspect of Venice for the jaded city-dweller hoping for a getaway from petrol fumes for a few days.
- Cleaning Up Democracy (Telegraph, PARTHA CHATTERJEE , Mar 16, 2006)
The author is director and professor of political science, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, . . .
- Give Ambedkar His Due (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Mar 16, 2006)
Ambedkar is not accorded the importance he should be despite his efforts to liberate the oppressed
- Pakistanis Watch "Bush-Mush" Satire Over And Over (Reuters, SIMON CAMERON-MOORE, Mar 16, 2006)
U.S. President George W. Bush went home two weeks ago, but ever since his visit Pakistanis have been watching multiple daily repeats of an animated television satire of his meeting with their own president.
- Star Of Hills (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Mar 16, 2006)
Leopard is one of the rare stars of the State especially its hills.
- Is Aviation Safety Taking A Back Seat? (Business Line, A. Ranganathan, Mar 16, 2006)
With more outfits taking to the skies and existing airlines expanding operations, there is going to be a serious problem of infrastructure at airports. This can affect flight safety seriously. Unfortunately, little attention is being paid to this . . .
- Illegal Constructions Choking Historic Mehrauli (Hindu, Mandira Nayar, Mar 16, 2006)
`Jahaz Mahal', a ASI protected monument, becomes yet another victim of crass commercialisation in the area
- Saddam's Scheming Did Him In (US News & World Report, Kevin Whitelaw, Mar 16, 2006)
In the months leading up to the invasion of Iraq, there had been great concern about what kind of "scorched earth" tactics Saddam Hussein might deploy against the U.S. military. U.S. News, for example, outlined some of the "Six Deadly Fears"that . . .
- ‘The Children’S Book Market In India Is Very Dull’ (Deccan Herald, Utpal Borpujari, Mar 16, 2006)
Madhavi Sonawala started Butterfly Books – an organisation that attempts to bring good reading material for children – about five years ago after she could not find many good books, educational games and hobby ideas for her five-year-old daughter.
- Commute To Another World (Deccan Herald, Barbara Demick, Mar 15, 2006)
It takes barely an hour to drive from downtown Seoul to the other side of the demilitarised zone, but the culture shock is such that you might as well be commuting to the moon......
- Overcoming The Energy Squeeze (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 15, 2006)
The visit to Islamabad of the US Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman to discuss how his country can help Pakistan meet its energy needs has made one thing clear: that Washington is not going to supply any nuclear technology for civilian use. It has also . . .
- Competing Ideas Of The Sacred (Hindu, Karma Nabulsi, Mar 15, 2006)
The crisis occasioned by the Danish cartoons, which depicted the prophet Muhammad as a terrorist, has become a microcosm of the wider conflict between Islam and the Western world.
- Ec Guidelines Shock Parties (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2006)
"No wall writing, pasting of posters" .
EC should not approach the election mechanically: CPI
CPI (M) says the fresh notification would undermine democracy
"Politicia
- The Culture Of Conspiracy (Tribune, William Weir, Mar 15, 2006)
Since the US vice president shot one of his hunting buddies, a number of alternate theories have been bubbling beneath the official version of events.
- Fm's Feel-Good Defence Bounty (Daily Excelsior, Brigadier (Retd.) S. N. Sachadeva, Mar 15, 2006)
Fulfilling a promise made to the Armed forces more than five years ago, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram in his 2006-07 budget, unveiled a big gift to them: the Defence Moder- . . .
- Fm's Feel-Good Defence Bounty (Daily Excelsior, Brigadier (Retd.) S. N. Sachadeva, Mar 14, 2006)
Fulfilling a promise made to the Armed forces more than five years ago, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram in his 2006-07 budget, unveiled a big gift to them: the Defence Moder- nisation Fund.
- Congress Election Committee Reconstituted (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2006)
Ahead of the forthcoming Assembly elections in five States, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday reconstituted the party's Central Election Committee (CEC), bringing in four new faces while retaining seven existing members.
- Country Facing Internal Threats, Says Musharraf (Daily Times, Ali Waqar, Mar 14, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf said on Monday that he feared only internal threats to Pakistan.
- Slow But Sure Steps Of Justice (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Mar 14, 2006)
IF there is justice there will be peace. Nine men from Baroda were sentenced to life imprisonment by a special court in Mumbai for a massacre of innocents (known as the Best Bakery case) during one of the most terrible communal riots in our . . .
- Citizen First — Sampark Centres In India — Ishtiaq Ahmed (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Mar 14, 2006)
Under the old bureaucratic system the individual was treated more as a subject on whom state functionaries exercised power to extract taxes, levies and other charges. In return some public services were provided, but since the state . . .
- Discourse On Course (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Mar 13, 2006)
In their case there are coincidences galore. Both are lawyers and have been People's Conference stalwarts in the past. They belong to the same northern parts of the Valley.
- India, China Confident Of Settling Border Dispute (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
Holding that Sino-Indian talks on border dispute were moving in the right direction to "extricate" them from "logjam", National Security Advisor M K Naryanan today said the delineation issue could be settled after the next two to three rounds.
- Varanasi Displays Secular Fabric (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Mar 13, 2006)
Residents foil terrorist designs
- Growing India Needs A Permanent Establishment (Tribune, Manish Tewari, Mar 13, 2006)
In the wake of the domestic fracas on the Iran vote at the IAEA, Dr. Manmohan Singh recently bemoaned the lack of an “establishment” and a strategic culture in India that takes a long-term view of India’s interests.
- A Spoof Hits China's Web, A Star Is Born (Christian Science Monitor, Robert Marquand, Mar 13, 2006)
An underground video sweeping Chinese cyberspace has half the country cracking up.
- Witnesses Fail To Identify Suspects (Tribune, Shahira Naim, Mar 13, 2006)
One of the art students recuperating in the ICU ward of Sir Sundarlal Hospital is confident that he would be able to draw the sketch of the culprit as soon as he is better.
- The Proof Is In Good Practice (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 13, 2006)
In the ten days since the Readers' Editor began functioning, the inflow of messages, in various forms, has been heavy, averaging 50 to 60 a day.
- The Classic Double Act Retold (Deccan Herald, Sunil K Poolani, Mar 12, 2006)
The author has the unique ability to celebrate tragedy, not an easy task.
- Spirit Of Varanasi (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 11, 2006)
IT is commonplace for terrorists to bandy about the name of a new outfit after a bloody strike.
- Kalam Is All Smiles On The Road To Mandalay (Indian Express, Manraj Grewal, Mar 11, 2006)
My people are rich and live in a powerful country but are still not content. I have come here to ask you how to make them happy.’’ During a rare heart-to-heart,
- The Importance Of Being Raj Thackeray (Indian Express, KUMAR KETKAR , Mar 11, 2006)
It is difficult to predict whether Raj Thackeray will be a maverick comet or a new star on the political firmament of Maharashtra. Whatever be his fate, one thing is for certain.
- Evergreen Magic Of The Steam Engine (Hindu, Simon Jenkins, Mar 11, 2006)
The train was once a revolutionary force, bringing romance and power to the world.
- Anatomy Of A Partnership (International Herald Tribune, Henry A. Kissinger, Mar 11, 2006)
President George W. Bush's visit to India has brought relations between the United States and India to an unprecedented level of cooperation and interdependence.
- Let Us Celebrate Ban On Kite-Flying (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 11, 2006)
Ultimately sanity has prevailed and the Punjab Government has taken the right step of banning kite-flying throughout the province. This followed a number of killings and injuries caused by coated string and metal wire during the . . .
- Couples And The British Tax System (Statesman, Mary Dejevsky, Mar 10, 2006)
International Women’s Day, and the culture secretary, Tessa Jowell, was out speaking about equal pay in her capacity as minister for women. It was an uncontentious, mother-and-apple-pie topic, perfect for a woman politician still under pressure.
- Varanasi Stands Resolute (Deccan Herald, PUJAA AWASTTHI, Mar 10, 2006)
Since Tuesday when twin bomb blasts rocked the temple town, business, according to Ashok Majhi, a 32-year-old boatsman, has been dull. “On a good day we make anything like Rs 300. Yesterday there was nothing,” he shrugs.
- Middle East In Black And White Terms (Hindu, Simon Tisdall, Mar 10, 2006)
Washington's refusal to deal with the new Hamas government together with a policy of isolating Teheran will only strengthen the hand of hardline Islamists.
- Grief’S Defeat (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 10, 2006)
Rabindranath Tagore’s Jogajog was published, in book-form, in 1929. This was the year Thomas Mann got the Nobel prize and Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own was published. While Tagore’s novel was being serialized in Bichitra . . .
- Ard’S Undemocratic Demand (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 09, 2006)
Opposition parties’ conglomeration ARD has said that it will not accept elections under the present set-up and demanded formation of national or caretaker government to hold free, fair, transparent and honest polls.
- A New South Asian Order In The Making (Dawn, Sherry Rehman, Mar 09, 2006)
Despite the concessions made by Pervez Musharraf for Washington, President Bush’s approach to South Asia indicates very clearly a major shift in US policy, refracted most sharply by his visit to the region.
- Killer Curves (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 09, 2006)
Curves captivate, as manifest by the likes of Marilyn Monroe. They also have a “killer” quality, and this has nothing to do with buxom beauties but pertains to the wonderful world of sport.
- Varanasi Is Us (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Mar 09, 2006)
In that umbra moment after the blasts, when the television screens suddenly spewed out images of blood-stained floors, panic-stricken crowds and strewn personal belongings, a stone seemed to settle on the chest.
- Making Panchayati Raj Effective In Haryana (Tribune, Ranbir Singh, Mar 09, 2006)
THE enactment and implementation of the Haryana Panchayati Raj Act, 1994, for restructuring the system of decentralised rural governance in Haryana in accordance with the provisions of the 73rd Amendment Act (1993), the devolution of functions . . .
- Let Ultra Shot As Cops Probe Varanasi Blasts (Tribune, Shahira Naim, Mar 09, 2006)
Even after 24 hours the Special Task Force entrusted to crack the Varanasi serial blasts killing about 20 and injuring 100 could claim only leads.
- Blood On His Hands (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 09, 2006)
In August 2001, George Bush told Americans that he worried about a culture that devalues life, and that he believed that, as US president, he has an important obligation to foster and encourage respect for life in America and throughout the world.
- Growing Up (Indian Express, JYOTSNA DIWAN MEHTA, Mar 09, 2006)
The young have a careless attitude towards life. They plunge head-long into life’s challenges, without caution, responsibility, or the proverbial second thoughts! That is why they say the young can conquer the world.
- Budget Commits To Promote 50 Handicraft-Centric Villages (Times of India, NARAYANI GANESH, Mar 08, 2006)
Say 'India' and immediately, a potential tourist thinks of palaces and monuments, handicrafts and textiles, festivals and fairs, regional cuisine and street food, ancient temples, mosques and churches, folklore and fantasy.
- Leader Editorial: Blood On His Hands (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 08, 2006)
In August 2001, George Bush told Americans that he worried about a culture that devalues life, and that he believed that, as US president, he has an important obligation to foster and encourage respect for life in America and throughout the world.
- Golden Night For Movie Outsiders (Tribune, Andrew Gumbel, Mar 08, 2006)
This year’s Oscars host was a Hollywood outsider. Four of the five films made more than pocket change at the box-office.
- Zoos Or Rustlers’ Hunting Ground? (Tribune, Saroop Krishen, Mar 08, 2006)
Top-level burglars — if such an adjective is not inappropriate to use for that fraternity — set their sights very high: they target famous paintings and prized art objects and their stake runs literally into millions of pounds.
- India: An Emerging Power — Ishtiaq Ahmed (Daily Times, Ishtiaq Ahmed, Mar 07, 2006)
In material terms, India has embarked, in a very determined way, upon the path taken by Japan and Germany after World War II to find their fortune in world affairs by developing their industrial strength and technological base.
- Tax Free, Zero Deficit Budget Worth Rs 14436-Cr (Daily Excelsior, Sanjeev Pargal, Mar 07, 2006)
Deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Hussain Baig, Incharge Finance and Planning didn’t impose any fresh taxes nor increased or reduced the existing taxes in his fourth successive zero deficit and revenue surplus budget worth Rs 14,436 crore presented . . .
- Trends In Management (Hindu, A.V. VEDPURISWAR , Mar 07, 2006)
Captures the emerging changes in Indian management in the wake of globalisation
- Tn Kaleidoscope (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 07, 2006)
The alliance between the ruling AIADMK and the MDMK for the May 8 Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu is yet another proof of the adage that politics is the art of the possible.
- Reporting Armed Conflicts (Daily Excelsior, Swati Ganeshan, Mar 07, 2006)
Defence has been for a long time a 'Holy Cow' for the journalists in our country.
- India To Produce 20,000 Mw Atomic Power By 2020 (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2006)
India has set a target of 20,000 MW generation of atomic power for 2020, DRDO's Chief Controller of R and D wing, A Sivathanu Pillai has said.
- Clear Message (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Mar 06, 2006)
United States President George W. Bush's visit to the sub-continent has sent a few clear messages.
- Fuzzy Myths In Focus (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Mar 06, 2006)
The finance minister’s tiny grant of Rs 5 crore — for Kuttiyattam, Vedic chanting and Ramlila — is a small beginning towards the big financing of ancient traditions that ‘modern’ thinkers, writers and policy-makers have chosen to ignore.
- Launch Without The Book (Deccan Herald, MALATHI RAO, Mar 06, 2006)
So engrossed are the followers of trends that they often forget the purpose behind it
- Give More Importance To Higher Education, Says Vice-Chancellor (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 04, 2006)
New semester system in Mangalore university next year
There are only two professional colleges in the Kodagu
Art centre for women inaugurated
- Plan To Promote Haryana Literature, Says Hooda (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 04, 2006)
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Friday stated that his Government was formulating a comprehensive plan to promote Haryana's literature, heritage and culture.
- Bush Sources Charm From India (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 04, 2006)
It was all the way an unprecedented “woo India” campaign as US President George W Bush rounded off his three-day visit late on Friday with a call to India to join America to assume global leadership for spreading the values of democracy and free trade.
- Us Offers India Advanced Fighter Aircraft (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 04, 2006)
The United States has offered to sell to India advanced fighter aircraft as the next step in a rapidly growing defence cooperation between the two countries.
- Naturally Allied (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 04, 2006)
Love and hate before the age of Bush
Politics and Play Ramachandra Guha
- Bush Gets A Taste Of India's Religious Diversity (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 04, 2006)
The United States has offered to sell India advanced fighter aircraft as the next step in a rapidly growing defence cooperation between the two countries.
- Quite Important (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Mar 04, 2006)
At times we don't take certain developments around us with requisite seriousness.
- Blood On His Hands (Times of India, Peter Singer, Mar 03, 2006)
In August 2001, George Bush told Americans that he worried about a culture that devalues life, and that he believed that, as US president, he has an important obligation to foster and encourage respect for life in America and throughout the world.
- Leader Editorial: Blood On His Hands (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 03, 2006)
In August 2001, George Bush told Americans that he worried about a culture that devalues life, and that he believed that, as US president, he has an important obligation to foster and encourage respect for life in America and throughout the world.
- Us Offers India Advanced Fighter Aircraft (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Mar 03, 2006)
The United States has offered to sell India advanced fighter aircraft as the next step in a rapidly growing defence cooperation between the two countries.
- Election Time (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 03, 2006)
ELECTIONS in four states and a Union Territory have been set in motion with the Election Commission announcing the dates for the same. The commission has its own yardsticks in preparing the schedule. Ordinarily, this is an internal affair of the ...
- Help Connect Urban And Rural India, Gopalkrishna Gandhi Tells Frontline (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2006)
Magazine's style of "reaching facts, of sharing them with its readers... " commended
- New Global Rights Forum Taking Shape (Hindu, Louise Arbour, Mar 03, 2006)
The commitment of the international community will be as important to making the proposed U.N. Human Rights Council work as any changes in structure or working methods.
- Four Years After Fall Of Taliban, Leader's Power Barely Extends Beyond The Capital (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
Standing behind George Bush inside his Kabul palace yesterday, Hamid Karzai radiated the trappings of a powerful president: a confident smile, massed security guards and the legitimacy bestowed by the 2004 election in which he won 55% of the vote.
- India Seeking A Friend, Not A Patron (Asia Times, Ehsan Ahrari, Mar 02, 2006)
As President George W Bush arrived in India on Wednesday, US-India ties were undergoing a process of considerable contemplation and discourse, both in Washington and New Delhi. One has to recall another time - 1972, when president . . .
- Cm Orders Judicial Probe Into Handwara Killings (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today ordered a judicial inquiry into February 22 killings of five civilians including three children at Handwara saying Law Minister Muzaffar Hussain Baig has been asked to work out modalities of the Inquiry Commission.
- Garden City Tops In Topiary (Deccan Herald, Michael Patrao, Mar 02, 2006)
It is well over 200 years ago that the famous Lalbagh Gardens were laid by Hyder Ali.
- Sachar Panel: A Demoralising Element (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
I am sure those who are news freak must be aware of Sachar Committee.
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