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Articles 221 through 320 of 500:
- India To Stop Humbug On Tibet (Frontier Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2007)
€śIndia to stop humbug on Tibet” by Hem Raj Jain New of Delhi, India, in The Frontier Post Letters column of Sunday, June 10, 2007, is completely off the mark factually.
- Srinagar, Leh On Wmf Watch List (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2007)
Srinagar, along with Indian cities like Agra, Ahmedabad and Dwarka,mythical capital of Lord Krishna, has been included in the list of world monuments which need to be preserved. This has been mentioned by the World Monuments Fund (WMF).
- A Biographical Treat (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2007)
This book, supported by black and white photographs, is a wealth of information on Tibet, politics, Buddhism and the Dalai Lama.
- Dalai Lama Warns Of "Lost" Tibet (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2007)
The Dalai Lama, reiterating calls for autonomy for his Tibetan homeland, has warned of the impending loss of Tibetan culture if the region continues to be denied self-rule by China.
- In The Footsteps Of The Gurus (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2007)
K.P. Kunhiraman recalls what it was like to be a student in the good old days. Anjana Rajan.
- Arunachal And Chinese Tactics (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Jun 08, 2007)
While India’s relations with China has generally been on the upswing gauging by the growth in bilateral trade flows, joint military exercises, and people - to - people contact programmes, there is still no change in the status quo over their . . . .
- Settle Border Row Without Displacing People, Pm Tells Hu (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday told Chinese president Hu Jintao that the two countries need to stick to the 'Guiding Principles' they agreed to in 2005 to resolve their vexed boundary dispute, amid signs that Beijing may be backing away . ..
- China Wants More Trade Through Nathu La (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2007)
During their recent visit to Sikkim, a four-member Chinese delegations has conveyed to Chief Minister Pawan Chamling that their country likes to increase the volume of Nathu La Border Trade.
- Dragon Fire (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 07, 2007)
China is a rising power, but also an increasingly truculent state on territorial or maritime disputes with its neighbours, unable to rise above narrow considerations.
- Border Line Case (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 07, 2007)
Washington, February 13, 2007. The US Congressional Research Service (CRS) releases its report on US-India relations.
- Ten Ways That China And India Will (And Won't) Change The World (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 05, 2007)
That China and India will provide huge market opportunities, but remain relatively poor is one of several pairs of contradictions that form the substance of David Smith's The Dragon and the Elephant.
- Creeping Instability Around India (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 04, 2007)
India’s regional security environment is characterised today by instability owing to the rise of Islamist fundamentalism, nexus between narcotics trafficking and terrorism, proliferation of small arms, uncertainty inherent in the rule of despotic . . . .
- Living On The Edge (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 04, 2007)
Government doesn't have any plan to save tigers from extinction, says Prerna Singh Bindra.
- When Wood Is Lost For Trees (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2007)
The editor of the beautifully illustrated book under review is also the general editor of all Marg publications and held in the highest esteem for his erudition and acknowledged authority on the arts and cultures of the subcontinent and the Himalayan . .
- Counting Heads, Missing The Picture (Indian Express, Jaya Jaitly, Jun 02, 2007)
The Sachar Committee report sadly looks as if it formulated a premise and then created instruments to find empirical data suiting a pre-ordained picture.
- God Is In The Market (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 01, 2007)
Markets, cities, civilisation — it is in this order that primitive man made the slow ascent to where he is today, poised on the verge of globalisation; poised to achieve universal prosperity and abundance.
- Between Poetry And Painting (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2007)
Indian art treasures (Jnana-Pravaha and Mosaic, price not mentioned) is a beautifully produced and curated book, possibly of unmentionable expensiveness, that catalogues the Suresh Neotia collection, most of which is now kept in the Jnana-Pravaha . . .
- Prostrating Before China (Deccan Herald, PRAKASH NANDA, Jun 01, 2007)
The Indian leadership will be forced by the Chinese to banish His Holiness Dalai Lama.
- No Obc Quota In Iit Admissions This Year (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2007)
IIT-Bombay and other IITs will continue with last year's admission policy and not include the OBC quota this year.
- Dragon's Gambit (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 30, 2007)
New Delhi must not be distracted by Beijing's rhetoric on Arunachal Beijing's refusal to grant a visa to an IAS officer from Arunachal Pradesh citing that he is a citizen of China by virtue of being from the state has predictably sent New . . . .
- Amartya Sen To Head Panel On Nalanda University (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2007)
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen will head a panel that will oversee the opening of an international university in Nalanda in Bihar, and its first meeting will be held in Singapore in July.
- Sifting Through The Pages Of Dust For Info (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2007)
Rock flour powdered by glaciers travel far and wide and rest a long time, before telling the tales of past climates. V K Joshi explains.
- Chinese Whispers (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 28, 2007)
Decoding political signals from Beijing often reduces diplomacy to semiotics. Nevertheless in singling out one Arunachal Pradesh officer in a group of 107 and refusing him a visa - on the grounds that he belonged to an area that was . . .
- Comic Buffs Set To Honour Hergé (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 28, 2007)
When the Belgian cartoonist known as Hergé died in March 1983, not even Fanny, his widow, thought the extraordinary success of Tintin would live on.
- Border Row (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 28, 2007)
The Chinese continue to provide proof that the India-China border problem remains where it has been since the 1962 war.
- Thousands Embrace Buddhism In Mumbai (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 28, 2007)
Thousands of followers of Dalit icon Babasaheb Ambedkar today embraced Buddhism at a function here.
- Strolling In The City Of Time (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 28, 2007)
Hugh and Colleen Gantzer take a trip to Ujjain, in Madhya Pradesh, which has been a hotseat of scholarship and pilgrimage for four millennia.
- Over 50,000 Dalits Embrace Buddhism (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 28, 2007)
Over 50,000 Dalits across Maharashtra embraced Buddhism on Sunday on the 50th anniversary of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar’s “turning the wheel of religion.”
- One Lakh People Convert To Buddhism (Hindu, Prachi Pinglay, May 28, 2007)
"A step taken to protest against Government's apathy towards basic needs of tribal people"
A majority who took the "Deeksha" were tribals and followers of Dalit writer Laxman Mane
It could not be termed a move away from Hinduism
- Daddy Knows The Best (Pioneer, ASHOK MALIK, May 26, 2007)
On Thursday, May 24, The Pioneer carried a report on a Planning Commission proposal to settle retired Army and paramilitary soldiers and officers in border and coastal zones.
- Just Talking Won't Do (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 25, 2007)
One of the greatest assets of Bharat, that is India, is its human resource. For decades we have been admired across the world because of the services we have rendered to others through our human resource.
- Securing Borders (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 25, 2007)
In recommending that demobilised soldiers and retired paramilitary troops be resettled in border areas, the Planning Commission has offered a 1950s solution to a 21st century problem.
- The Ailing Armed Forces (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 23, 2007)
The increasing number of cases of suicide and “fragging” in the defence forces should be a cause for concern.
- Mountaineers' Fear Of Global Warming (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2007)
Climbers and officials in Nepal are worried that global warming is making the glacial environment unsafe for humans in the Himalayas.
- Koffee Is A Three Letter Word (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, May 22, 2007)
News flash on Headlines Today: ‘Next: the beard story of England. Karan Billimoria is behind the success of Cobra’s beard...’ Since when did snakes grow hair on their chins — do they even have them? Chins. Mistakes like these can be delightful — . ..
- Chinese Bid To Lift Ban On Tiger Trade Will Result In Extinction, Say Conservationists (Independent (UK), Clifford Coonan, May 22, 2007)
China's tiger farmers are stepping up pressure on the government in Beijing to lift the country's ban on trading products made from tigers, which conservationists believe could signal the end for the endangered big cats.
- Chinese Team To Visit Nathu La (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2007)
A delegation of officials from the Chinese Embassy in India is scheduled to visit Nathu La in east Sikkim on June 4 to study the prospects of increasing trade through the border.
- 'No Chance Of Conflict With China' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2007)
Holding that border talks with Beijing had gained tremendous momentum over the last three years, defence minister A K Antony dismissed reports of any military confrontation with China.
- Chinese Bid To Lift Ban On Tiger Trade Will Result In Extinction, Say Conservationists (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2007)
China's tiger farmers are stepping up pressure on the government in Beijing to lift the country's ban on trading products made from tigers, which conservationists believe could signal the end for the endangered big cats.
- Dalai Lama To Step Away From Politics (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 15, 2007)
The Dalai Lama will keep his spiritual role but wants to lessen his political burden as he moves into "retirement," an official in the Tibetan spiritual leader's office said.
- Karan Singh Wants Varsity Named After Maharaja Gulab Singh (Tribune, S.P.Sharma, May 14, 2007)
Dr Karan Singh, MP and president of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, today suggested that teaching fundamental duties to students should be made part of the curriculum.
- Fund Squeeze Robs Sindhu Darshan Of Sheen (Tribune, S.P.Sharma, May 14, 2007)
The Sindhu Darshan festival in the Ladakh region launched a decade ago by the BJP- led NDA government has lost its sheen as the present government at the Centre has squeezed funds for the annual event that was meant to attract tourists to the area.
- Gestures Of Greatness (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2007)
Type "Books on Mahatma Gandhi" on an Internet search engine and the response throws up no less than 1,500,000 sites! It's anybody's guess how many books there might be on offer at each site.
- Of Tainted Candidates And Presidential Assent (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 14, 2007)
This is with reference to Mr Rajinder Puri’s article, “Next Presidential poll” (25 April).
- Walk In The Clouds (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2007)
With the rising temperatures in the plains, this is the perfect time to head for the hills, and Chail in particular. With its rich forests and lovely walks, this is a beautiful locale, tailor made for the summer.
- Man Behind The Aura (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 11, 2007)
He claims to be just an “ordinary monk” — a Nobel Peace Prize and unending comparisons to Mahatma Gandhi are just a few indicators to the contrary.
- Ec Wins In Land Of Bahubalis (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 09, 2007)
Votes for the seven-phased election in Uttar Pradesh will be counted on May 11; but the winner is clear — the Election Commission (EC).
- Nation’S Largest Conversion At Racecourse (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 09, 2007)
India’s largest religious mass conversion will be held at Mahalaxmi Racecourse on May 27. Laxman Mane, a nomadic tribal whose autobiography Upara (Outsider) is a celebrated work of Marathi Dalit literature, will preside as lakhs of his supporters . . . .
- Indian Paramilitary Forces Fail To Use (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, May 09, 2007)
India’s plans to modernise its seven central paramilitary forces (CPMFs) have gone awry.
- Chinese Chequers (Pioneer, Wilson John, May 09, 2007)
The UPA Government's denial of a report by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha MP from Arunachal Pradesh, Mr Khiren Rijiju, about alleged Chinese intrusion 20 km into Indian territory is at best ambivalent, and yet it clearly . . . .
- Stressed Out In The Army (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, May 07, 2007)
Addressing an Army Commanders Conference last month, Union Defence Minister AK Antony said, "All possible steps must be taken to reduce the stress on jawans. A more humane management is needed to tackle these problems."
- Seek Universal Truth In All One Does (The Economic Times, VITHAL C NADKARNI, May 05, 2007)
In Bulletproof Monk, Chow Yun-Fat is a Tibetan bonze flying across the globe to protect an ancient scroll of unlimited power.
- Painting The Town With A Rich Array Of Works (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2007)
Monday night's fine art auction at Paddington Town Hall is likely to be a blockbuster for Sotheby's - even on par with art mart landmarks such as the Harold Mertz collection in 2000 or the Leon and Peggy Trout sale in 1989.
- Poaching For Bin Laden (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2007)
In the jungles of India, local animal trappers have a new breed of client: Islamic militants using the trade in rare wildlife to raise funds for their cause. Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark report from Assam
- Visit With Dalai Lama Was Thrill Of A Lifetime (Singapore Times, Editorial, The Singapore Times, May 05, 2007)
Many years ago, in the 1960s, I worked with Tibetan refugees in India. I taught English to interpreters in the Tibetan government- in-exile offices and to young children who had just fled across the border from Tibet. I also wrote an English- . . .
- Indians Stay Hot, Rally Past Jays (Chicago Sun Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2007)
It is so early in the morning that the cooks in the roadside dhabas along India's National Highway 37 are asleep in their kitchens, their tandoors unlit.
- India’S First Afghan Rebuilding Effort Nears End (Indian Express, MANU PUBBY , May 05, 2007)
It cost three lives, ran numerous cost overruns and caused heartburns to Pakistan. But India's first major developmental project in post-Taliban Afghanistan is finally on course to completion.
- Crackdown Before The Olympics (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 05, 2007)
China’s rights situation casts a shadow over the Olympic Games in 2008.
- Rightsizing Vip Security? Delhi Alone Has 9,000 Guarding 391 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2007)
All the talk of reviewing and rightsizing the security cover for the country’s VVIPs seems to be having just the opposite effect — the number of persons provided protection by the Centre has actually gone up by another 71 since the UPA came to power.
- The Top 10: Holiday Hit List In The Subcontinent (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2007)
What's new: In the middle of one of the country's most renowned tiger reserves, an exciting and innovative safari project has started.
- 2nd Century Bc Buddhist Art Cave Discovered (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2007)
As the world celebrated the 2,551st birth anniversary of the Buddha on Wednesday, Nepal – his birthplace – had an additional reason to rejoice: The discovery of an ancient cave, an older Ajanta with exquisite wall paintings . . . .
- Why Richard Gere Was Out Of Line (Tribune, Shakuntala Rao, May 03, 2007)
I am tired of listening to the media chatterati incessantly talk of all these ‘parochial’ and ‘non-modern’ elements of our society who are making a big deal of Gere’s enthusiastic pecking of Shilpa Shetty.
- Who Owns Tibet? (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2007)
People are often fascinated about the geographical beauty of Tibet, yet it can be taken for granted that few really know about the true history of Tibet.
- His Own Pope Yet? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 30, 2007)
Benedict XVI on April 24 will mark the second anniversary of his formal installation as Pope. Yet he remains an enigma to many who thought they knew him well, and something of a blank slate to a world curious to see what this new pontiff would be like.
- Actor Gere Says 'Obscene' Kiss Was Nothing (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2007)
Hollywood actor Richard Gere downplayed an Indian court order for his arrest for publicly kissing Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty on the cheek.
- Richard Gere Issued Arrest Warrant By Indian Court (Chicago Sun Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 27, 2007)
A court issued arrest warrants for Hollywood actor Richard Gere and Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty on Thursday, saying their kiss at a public function ''transgressed all limits of vulgarity,'' media reports said.
- Arrest Warrant Out For Richard Gere And Shilpa Shetty (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 27, 2007)
An Indian court has issued arrest warrants for Richard Gere, the Hollywood actor, and Shilpa Shetty, the Bollywood star, after he kissed her on the cheek at a public event to promote Aids awareness.
- Judge Orders Gere's Arrest Over That Kiss (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 27, 2007)
An Indian court issued arrest warrants yesterday for Richard Gere, the Hollywood actor, and Shilpa Shetty, the Bollywood star, after he kissed her on the cheek at a public event to promote Aids awareness.
- No Immediate Threat To Himalayan Glacier Due To Global Warming: Expert (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2007)
An Indian glaciologist has claimed that there is no imminent threat to the Himalayan glaciers in the wake of global warming, unlike warning by international climate scientists.
- Beijing Denies Monk Restrictions (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2007)
The boy chosen by the Dalai Lama but rejected by Beijing as the reincarnation of the Panchen Lama, Tibetan Buddhism’s second-highest figure, is not in restrictive custody, the Chinese foreign ministry said today.
- Moving On The Kargil-Skardu Road (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 25, 2007)
The third round table conference on Jammu and Kashmir took place in Delhi on Tuesday. Ushering in peace within Kashmir remained the focus of the deliberations but we also need to look at the bigger picture.
- No Breakthrough In India-China Talks (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Apr 24, 2007)
The special representatives-level talks between India and China on boundary dispute that ended yesterday followed the same pattern as nine such previous rounds: there was neither any breakthrough nor any breakdown.
- Indian Sandalwood Raises Stink In Nepal (Pioneer, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Apr 20, 2007)
Red sandalwood, a precious fragrant tree whose indiscriminate felling is a punishable offence in India, has raised a stink in Nepal, with the exposure of a thriving cross-border smuggling network that has Ministers at loggerheads.
- Coonoor Conundrum (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Apr 20, 2007)
When Chinese Special Representative Dai Bingguo arrives for yet another round of border talks at Coonoor over the weekend, he might be forgiven for wishing, if only for a fleeting moment, that it were Brajesh Mishra of the NDA government sitting . . .
- Spcial Article (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Apr 18, 2007)
Consider the state of the nation. Then consider the political response to issues that confront it. Begin with the North-east. The entire region is bleeding from separatist insurgencies that started decades ago.
- Sitting On The Fence Won't Do (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Apr 18, 2007)
Kargil was revenge for Siachen, a former Pakistan Army Chief told me, sipping his white wine in a third country.
- Indians Angered By Gere's Passionate Embrace With Shilpa (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2007)
The evening was supposed to focus international attention on the sexual misadventures of India's famously promiscuous lorry drivers.
- Game Plans (OutLook, B. Raman , Apr 16, 2007)
The Falun Gong, Tibetan youth, Uighur separatists and disgruntled sections of the local population due to perceived issues of economic injustice would constitute the four internal sources of concern.
- Gujarat Dists Start Counting Kashmiris In Madrasas (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 16, 2007)
Days after three Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militants arrested in Kashmir revealed that they had received indoctrination at a Darool Ulum in Surat, police were carrying out a headcount of Kashmiri students in madrasas in at least three districts of south . .
- The All-New Satyagraha Just Put ‘Gandhi In The Pantheon Of Gods’ (Indian Express, Vijay Rana, Apr 16, 2007)
“Hold pleasure and pain, profit and loss, victory and defeat to the same: then brace yourself for the fight. So will you bring no evil on yourself.”
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