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Articles 2821 through 2920 of 3170:
- The Slippery Slope Of Stings (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Jan 16, 2006)
After the success of the Aaj Tak–Cobrapost sting, nearly everybody in the media has got used to the concept of the sting operation-for-hire.
- Crisis Management (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 16, 2006)
Once again Kashmir is facing the wrath of Nature. Snow has completely disrupted all the public utility services. The National Highway as usual got blocked this year too.
- Karnataka Government, Jain Math To Provide Medical Help To Pilgrims (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
Bangalore-based cardiac group drafted to ensure state-of-the art care
Health Department will depute personnel to Government hospitals in Shravanabelagola and Chennarayapatna
Cardiac care to be provided at the base and top of Vindhyagiri Hills
- Nato Relief Team To Leave Ajk By Feb 1 (News International, Mariana Baabar, Jan 14, 2006)
The Nato disaster relief team in Pakistan has started redeployment from Azad Kashmir and will be completely out of Kashmir by February 1 before moving to home bases by mid-February.
- Is There Such A Thing As Kashmiri Nationalism? (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 14, 2006)
As long as one believes that the Kashmir dispute is about religion or territory, then the only use for Kashmiriyat is as a propaganda tool to promote artificial constructs..
- We Are Like That Only (Times of India, Nikhat Kazmi, Jan 14, 2006)
Fakir Hassen from Johannesburg reports that Kajra re has been voted the most popular song in South Africa.
- Lohri: Changing With Time (Daily Excelsior, Arvind Goswami, Jan 13, 2006)
It is rightly said that in India every day is a festive day. This speaks of richness of culture of ours and also gives us an idea to ponder over the antiquity of Indian traditions.
- Dialogue Process: "Congress Will Play Constructive Role" (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Jan 12, 2006)
Prof. Soz for strengthening the Congress-PDP coalition in the State
Maintaining that the Congress and the People's Democratic Party (PDP) were "natural allies" in Jammu and Kashmir, senior Congress leader Saifuddin Soz said on Wednesday that . . .
- Monolithic Offering For Bahubali (Deccan Herald, Deepti Ganapathy, Jan 12, 2006)
The 57-ft monolithic statue of Bahubali at Shravanabelagola, has been brilliantly captured on a wall hanging by an award winning weaver from Bangalore - R Narayanappa. A senior weaver with the Karnataka Handloom Development Corporation here, . . .
- View From The Right (Indian Express, Ramdev versus Reds, Jan 12, 2006)
The front-page article in the issue dates January 15 is devoted to the controversy raised by CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat over the Ayurvedic medicines produced by Swami Ramdev’s Divya Yoga pharmacy.
- The Balochistan Situation Has Some Similarity To 1971 (Daily Times, Sardar Sherbaz Khan Mazari, Jan 12, 2006)
The situation in Balochistan has been further aggravated by the government
- A Journey Into The New American Century (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Jan 11, 2006)
Recent pronouncements by Condoleezza Rice and Nicolas Burns offer clues to the way Washington wants the global system reordered. But will the rest of the world go along?
- The Point Of Power (Hindustan Times, Abhishek Singhvi, Jan 11, 2006)
The invitation was unique and so was the topic. ‘Katha’, a ‘profit for all’ NGO, “working in the areas of language,
- Politics With Drama And Ironies (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 11, 2006)
Sometimes certain developments take place or utterances are made in politics which leave one wonder whether these are deliberate or spontaneous.
- The Balochistan Situation Has Some Similarity To 1971 (Daily Times, Sardar Sherbaz Khan Mazari, Jan 11, 2006)
* The situation in Balochistan has been further aggravated by the government..
- Left Is Right (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 10, 2006)
Tax exemptions complicate public administration and incentivise private crookedness
- Caves Of Antiquity (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Sanjay Biswas and Shubha Chacko are mesmerised by the ancient temples and sculptures of Aihole that silently speak of people who lived fifteen hundred years ago.
- Wrong Place To Tap (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jan 10, 2006)
What a strange way to start the New Year — to have Prakash Karat tell us with a smirk on his face that the private sector should never have been allowed to enter the telecommunications sector because someone broke the law and indulged in phone tapping.
- Overseas Indians Unsettled Over Delhi’S View Of Them (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Say government should be open to their ideas and innovation, not just their money
* Troubled by governmnet’s emphasis on money and investment
- Wings To Fly (Greater Kashmir, ZAFAR THAKUR, Jan 10, 2006)
The thrill of flying needs not only courage, but a rigorous training. When you have both, you are all set to fly, writes
ZAFAR THAKUR
- Multifaceted Personality (Hindu, B. R. P. Bhaskar, Jan 10, 2006)
K. BALAKRISHNAN (1924-84) burst upon the scene as a fiery student leader in the 1940s. A powerful speaker, he could hold any audience spellbound. As an editor he commanded the loyalty of a generation of readers.
- Memoirs Of A Fearless Critic (Hindu, Sulochana Pattabhi Raman, Jan 10, 2006)
This book is a biography of the art critic Subbudu by young Lada Guruden Singh.
- Mutual Banking — An Emerging Tool In Retail Banking (Business Line, J. Sethuraman, Jan 10, 2006)
FEE-BASED income through hybrid product and service offerings has already emerged as a profitable business model in the retail bankscape, and mutual fund (MF) distribution has become a fashion statement among all banks.
- Micro And Macro Aspects Of Devotion And Knowledge (Times of India, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jan 09, 2006)
If perchance you meet a great musician, and express your affection for him and say that you are ignorant of his music, the musician will say: I am inseparable from my music.
- Wings To Fly (Greater Kashmir, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jan 09, 2006)
It has always been a fascination for humans to fly. History being testimony to the various attempts at different times to marvel this human endeavour, right from hot air balloons to modern day state of the art flying machines.
- Terrorism, Corruption Major Challenges: Baig (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
Deputy Chief Minister, Muzaffar Hussain Baig has said the major challenges facing the governance today are terrorism and corruption which could be tackled only through coalition of right-thinking forces.
- Jk Safe For Investment, Cm Tells Nris (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
Promising to improve work culture and streamline procedures, making them transparent as also Industry and investor-friendly, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad
- Azad Calls Upon Nris To Invest In J&k (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 09, 2006)
Spelling out various incentives and concessions announced by the Jammu & Kashmir Government to attract investors...
- Tourists, Locals Make Merry On Frozen Dal (Greater Kashmir, M HYDERI, Jan 09, 2006)
The frozen Dal lake is an attraction for the tourists and local residents these days in the Valley where cold wave has slowed down everything else.
- Redeeming Lost Glory (News International, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jan 09, 2006)
Ideology is born, develops and has its being in dialectic — that is, dynamism fuelled by the struggle to overcome contradictions which come to the fore in its onward march.
- Democracy On A Sticky Wicket? (Deccan Herald, P V Subraya, Jan 08, 2006)
The views aired in the book by persons connected with the judiciary have been debated many times before
- ‘Education Cannot Be Based On Money’ (Deccan Herald, K Jayalakshmi, Jan 08, 2006)
To achieve the task of making India a knowledge-based society, we simply have to decommercialise education” - Dr P M Bhargava
- Highs And Lows (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 07, 2006)
Wonders will never cease. Seeing as how of the original Seven Wonders of the World (selected by Philon in 200 BC) only the Pyramids at Giza survive, a Switzerland-based organisation launched a global poll to elect the new Seven Wonders.
- Cbr: Taxpayer Friendly Reforms Pay (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 07, 2006)
The Central Board of Revenue has collected Rs 322 billion during the July-December period of the current financial year marking an increase of 22.7 per cent over the revenue collection in the first half of the last year. CBR Chairman M Abdullah Yusuf . ..
- Let’S Pretend (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 07, 2006)
Let's say you’re rich. Not just rich, but filthy rich. Then let’s pretend what will it cost you.
- Cbr: Taxpayer Friendly Reforms Pay (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 06, 2006)
The Central Board of Revenue has collected Rs 322 billion during the July-December period of the current financial year marking an increase of 22.7 per cent over the revenue collection in the first half of the last year. CBR Chairman M Abdullah Yusuf ...
- Trade And Social Concerns (Dawn, Najma Sadeque, Jan 06, 2006)
There were 6,000 negotiators, 3,000 registered business and NGO lobbyists, and some 5,000 stakeholder-protesters from 149 countries at the WTO’s recent Hong Kong ministerial.
- Task Force On Global Strategic Developments — Need Unclear, Purpose Undefined (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 06, 2006)
If a Task Force is not to end up as a monumental wool-gathering enterprise, its purpose should be delineated in sharp and clear terms.
- Us Won’T Talk Of This Iran N-Chapter (Indian Express, JOSH MEYER, Jan 06, 2006)
In a clumsy effort to sabotage Iran’s nuclear programme, the CIA in 2004 intentionally handed Tehran some top-secret bomb designs laced with a hidden flaw that US officials hoped would doom any weapon made from them, according to a new book . . .
- Can Pakistan Reform? (Frontpagemag, Robert T. McLean, Jan 05, 2006)
For months, Pakistani President Musharraf has been locked in a fierce political struggle with leaders of Pakistan’s religious schools, or madrasas. Represented by the powerful political organization Wifaqul-Madaris, . . .
- Value To Rural Markets (Telegraph, Alok K. Chattopadhyay, Jan 05, 2006)
When the regulation regime came into effect, the Agriculture Produce Market Committees in India geared up to the change. West Bengal, with its rich manpower, can easily lead the way in rural development enterprises, provided there is a political . . .
- Efficiency Has Become The Hallmark Of Our Governance: Ghulam Nabi Azad (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Jan 05, 2006)
Jammu and Kashmir Chief MinisterGhulam Nabi Azadcompleted two months in office on January 2 after taking over from Mufti Mohammed Sayeed. In an interview, Mr. Azad spells out his agenda for the next two years — focus on development, and giving a clean,...
- The Polity Has To Turn Its Back On Politics Of Intrigue (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jan 05, 2006)
There can be no gainers in this game that no leader or party can hope to control fully. Unless the trend is bucked, the polity will stand denuded of its democratic legitimacy.
- Riverside Drama -Sudip Returns To The Stage (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 05, 2006)
It is encouraging that a former member of Parliament has revived a concern for the banks of the Hooghly in Kolkata, which are in distressing shape even when there is evidence of beautification in some pockets.
- For A ‘Community Of Interests’ (Dawn, Syed Mohibullah Shah, Jan 05, 2006)
Why are shareholders, the only stakeholders in enterprises, entitled to sit on the board of directors of a company? Executives and professionals, labourers and lenders, vendors, distributors and others make very valuable contributions but none is . . .
- Sharing Secret Shames (Telegraph, GITHA HARIHARAN, Jan 04, 2006)
My introduction to Orhan Pamuk’s work came through his ambitious novel Snow.
- Brain Drain — Oxymoron In A Global Workforce (Business Line, Alok Ray, Jan 04, 2006)
Should we bother about brain drain when the flow is moving in all directions in today's global economy, wonders Alok Ray, and cites the increasing movement to India of quite a few established professionals from countries such as the US to take up jobs,...
- Poll Bounty (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 04, 2006)
Trust the leftists of Bengal to make even newborn children matter in vote-bank politics.
- Bjp's Manifest Mirages (Hindu, Jyotirmaya Sharma, Jan 04, 2006)
In many ways, the root of the problem lies in an authority crisis within the BJP.
- Clearing The Way For Multi Modal Transport (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Jan 04, 2006)
The basic approach should be to link train and bus services to reduce congestion on the roads.
- Tunnel Vision (Telegraph, Arkadev Chatterjea, Jan 04, 2006)
Contrary to the trend abroad, students in India’s top business schools seem overly concerned with job placements, writes Arkadev Chatterjea The author is professor of finance, IIM Calcutta, and visiting fellow, Cornell Higher Education Research . . .
- Alternate Roads (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 04, 2006)
Yet again the Srinagar-Jammu highway has turned hostile. Hundreds of passengers and trucks laden with essential commodities are stranded at different points on the deadly highway.
- Lost Capital (Indian Express, Gautam Bhatia, Jan 04, 2006)
Delhi’s future has been left to bureaucrats and developers. That’s the snag
- How Did Gudiya Die? (Indian Express, RAVINDER KAUR, Jan 04, 2006)
Women are still the terrain on which turf fights between men — for power politics, religion and economics — are fought, says Ravinder Kaur
- Year Of Three I's (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 04, 2006)
The UN has declared 2006 to be the year of deserts and desertification, to draw attention to the dangers inherent in the shrinkage of arable land and the drying up of aquifers due to reckless exploitation by human settlements springing up all over . . .
- U.S. Cedes Duties In Rebuilding Afghanistan (Washington Post, Griff Witte, Jan 03, 2006)
Four years into a mammoth reconstruction effort here that has been largely led, funded and secured by Americans, the United States is showing a growing willingness to cede those jobs to others.
- Modern Notions Of Culture And Self (Hindu, Partho Datta, Jan 03, 2006)
A peep into what is happening in India today in culture and what concerns move its most articulate citizens
- The National Resolve (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Jan 03, 2006)
Hinduism must realise that the caste system is sounding its death knell by brewing intolerance and division
- Hopes Rise After Stem Cell Breakthrough (Hindu, Alok Jha, Jan 03, 2006)
All of the concerns about contaminating proteins in existing stem cell lines can essentially be removed using this medium
- Perfidy On Science (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 03, 2006)
Four years after the attack on Parliament, the grotesque tragedy in Bangalore fits into the cycle of violence. That cycle has now afflicted all the metropolitan cities, a grim reality that makes it plain that Kashmir isn't the only terrorist storm centre.
- Develop 'Management Culture' In Hospitals (Daily Excelsior, Dr Arun Sharma, Jan 03, 2006)
The clinicians/doctors have been playing the dual roles - those of administrators and doctors. In the process, there have been more losses than gains. The medical community has not understood the world "management" in its correct perspective.
- Commercials Dumb Down Tv Viewers (Tribune, Paul Farhi, Jan 03, 2006)
Not so long ago, commercials tailored to guys pushed a few predictable buttons—sex, certainly, but also a kind of aggressive and crude frat-house humor. Bud Light—to pick another prominent marketer to the football-watching demographic—ran a series . . .
- Individual, Freedom And Organisation (Business Line, A. B. Sivakumar, Jan 02, 2006)
Let's face it. With very few honourable exceptions in the IT industry, individuals in most manufacturing organisations virtually surrender their individuality on joining an organisation, after signing a one-sided appointment letter.
- Death Be Not Proud (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Jan 02, 2006)
The story of an aged couple organising their own “bhog” at Baurhai Kalan near Mandi Ahmedgarh caused shock and revulsion among those who read it. But no such sentiments were evoked when my own maternal grandfather did the same over three decades ago.
- Place Of Origin (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Jan 02, 2006)
The author is former director-general, National Council for Applied Economic Research
- New Path For Bihar (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Jan 02, 2006)
Darling of the World Bank Chandra Babu Naidu paid for his love by losing power. Nitish Kumar appears to be moving in the same self-destruct mode. A World Bank team has already visited Bihar.
- Law And Justice (Hindu, P.D. Dinakaran, Jan 02, 2006)
The force of a law, a judicial decision, or administrative act depends on the extent of its justice. And justice means nothing other than conformity with the law of nature.
- A Slice Of Karnataka (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jan 02, 2006)
Two art and crafts exhibitions displaying the rich cultural heritage of Karnataka are on in Basavanagudi and Jayanagar.
- True Joy Resides In Simplicity (The Economic Times, K VIJAYARAGHAVAN, Jan 02, 2006)
A folklore centres on a king who approaches a sage in his quest for untainted happiness. The sage asks him to bring to him the shirt of a person who could sing blithely and with carefree abandon. The king’s long search finally takes him far away . . .
- What Me Retire? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 02, 2006)
The only graceful passage in the year past was the year itself
- `Yoga Can Help Wipe Out Terrorism' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
Yoga Science and Chikitsa Camp begins
- Social Trends In The New Year (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jan 02, 2006)
An important feature of 2005’s economic growth was that it put more disposal income into the hands of younger people. BPOs, aviation, hotels, tourism and the food and beverage industries expanded rapidly as did jobs in manufacturing, management and media.
- Resolution Of The New Year Resolution (Indian Express, PRIYA RAMANI, Jan 02, 2006)
Lofty resolutions. All part of year-end math right? Add all the Foster’s bottles consumed, divide by the number of hours you exercised.
- The Bite In The Atal Soundbite (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Jan 02, 2006)
It was vintage Vajpayee at the BJP ’s 25th jubilee celebration in Mumbai. By dramatically announcing his resignation from power politics he managed to yet again steal the limelight from his long suffering comrade-in-arms, L.K. Advani, . . .
- No Short Cuts To Confidence Building (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Jan 01, 2006)
I was invited this week by a Students Union of a university from the (so-called) ‘cow belt’. It was a very different invite from earlier ones I had received from academic institutions.
- Heritage Walk Brings To Light Neglect Of Buddhist Site (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
Sanctioning of various projects all around Bavikonda poses threat
- Zubin Mehta In Concert (Telegraph, RUDRANGSHU MUKHERJEE, Jan 01, 2006)
For most lovers of Western classical music — and I dare say for lovers of Indian classical music as well — there is something bizarre and disconcerting about going to listen to a concert in a stadium. But that was what was imposed on those music lovers —
- Bjp Pledges Ram Temple, Abrogation Of Article 370 (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
Out of power for the last 18 months, BJP today came out with a declaration pledging its commitment to Uniform Civil Code, abrogation of Article 370 and Ram temple as party chief L K Advani asserted that the recent scams that hit the party were shortcoming
- Preserving Pakistan’S Identity (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 31, 2005)
It is encouraging that Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has categorically stated that the Government will not allow airing of programmes that are against our faith, culture and tradition. Chairing meeting of PEMRA on Thursday, he said Pakistan has an open . .
- World Is More Terrorised Now (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Dec 31, 2005)
The world is entering the year 2006 more terrorised than it was on October 7, 2001, when the Untied States-led forces started bombing Afghanistan with a view to eliminate global terrorism. But the menace of terrorism has become at least four times . . .
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