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Articles 20521 through 20620 of 26693:
- Sheikh Rashid Was Given Hundreds Of Acres' (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jun 16, 2005)
Pakistan People's Party demands a full-fledged probe into training of militants
- Maoist Problem Was Main Focus Of Talks" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2005)
I have returned with the goodwill of the Indian Government and the people: Girija Prasad Koirala
- Another Test For West Bengal's Opposition (Hindu, Marcus Dam, Jun 16, 2005)
West Bengal's Opposition parties have another chance to challenge the Left Front before next year's Assembly election.
- Butchering Livelihoods (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2005)
A 130-year old slaughter house, the source of livelihood for hundreds living nearby, will be shifted 40 kms away from the original spot. Shaafat Ahmed explores the repercussions of the decision.
- Advani Retains His Job, But For How Long? (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jun 16, 2005)
The unwritten understanding seems to be that Mr. Advani will soon quit as BJP chief.
- Selling Trivia As News (Tribune, Maj-Gen Himmat Singh Gill (retd) , Jun 15, 2005)
To survive the onslaught of the corporate world and other moneybags who often own newspapers and magazines,
- Building On Bands To Discover Price (Business Line, D. Murali , Jun 15, 2005)
BUILDING on bands to discover price with runners in company,
Yes Bank is offering 7 crore equity shares through 100 per cent book building process.
- Blank Wall (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jun 15, 2005)
The Pakistan President, General Pervez Musharraf, seems to have had no trace of self-doubt when he asserted in categorical terms at Kuala Lumpur,
- Identifying Alternatives To Petroleum (Hindu, N N SACHITANAND, Jun 15, 2005)
For the short and medium term, India should further exploit its coal deposits using clean technology, speed up Railway electrification, and popularise biodiesel.
- Advani Should Quit Politics: Vhp (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2005)
Those who believe in Hindu ideology should lead BJP, VHP has said, adding that Mr Advani and Mr Vajpayee should quit politics.
- Power Equations In The Parivar (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jun 15, 2005)
The BJP-RSS arrangement ignores a basic democratic principle: a political party draws its strength from the people it represents.
- Talking To Insurgents (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 15, 2005)
After the recent cease-fire pact signed with the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB),
- Openness For Efficiency (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Jun 14, 2005)
Competition, whether between domestic firms or with foreign enterprises, helps promote technical efficiency,
- No Pesticides, Higher Crop Yields (Hindu, Devinder Sharma , Jun 14, 2005)
Villagers have demonstrated that pesticides are not only harmful but also unnecessary.
- Two Makeover Artists (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Jun 14, 2005)
Last month I described the transformation of General Musharraf from a no-holds-barred adversary of India to a jigarjaan dost.
- Advani's Political Doosra Gets Called (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Jun 14, 2005)
L.K. Advani's troubles are not all about Jinnah. Nor are they over with his return as president of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- Stuffing Of Rolls (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 14, 2005)
The Election Commission has rightly directed the Electoral Registration Officers in Tamil Nadu to register cases against the office-bearers of any political party that filed bulk applications for inclusion in the electoral rolls in the 165 constituencies
- Tn Students Move Court (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2005)
The cancellation of CET caught students on the wrong foot who had already sought admissions on the basis of marks obtained in the entrance exam.
- Delightful Trek Turns Into Nightmare (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2005)
Though most trekking organisations promise much, they leave the participants in the lurch once the trek gets underway.
- Quest For Nuclear Security (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Jun 14, 2005)
In the current scenario, the only way out would be for nations to adopt a “no first use treaty of nuclear weapons”
- U.S. Slaps Sanctions On Israel (Hindu, Conal Urquhart , Jun 14, 2005)
Sale of unmanned aerial vehicles to China irks America
- Trouble In The Agp (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Jun 14, 2005)
THE ASOM Gana Parishad (AGP) could be heading for a split. The cracks have widened after the party's steering committee served
- Will Scrapping Of Cet Stand The Judicial Test? (Deccan Herald, S Murari, Jun 14, 2005)
In scrapping the common entrance test (CET) for admission to professional courses, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalitha may have won over vast sections of students and academics,
- Apotheosis Of Jinnah? (Tribune, G S Bhargava, Jun 13, 2005)
Has Lal Krishna Advani set the cat among the pigeons? Or more aptly, considering that Pravin Togadia, Ashok Singhal and their likes have got his scalp, hawks in pigeons’ plumes?
- Inequity Reigns At The Un (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jun 13, 2005)
At one level, the putting off of the insistence on being given full veto powers may appear to an act of sacrifice in the interests of reforming the present shape of the UN Security Council.
- Back On The Ram Rath (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Jun 13, 2005)
The author is an independent researcher. He has recently co-edited the book, Battles Over Nature
- Nawab And His Ways (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Jun 13, 2005)
Such confusion. Delhi its do not know what to make of the Nawab of Pataudi. Why so much noise for something he has been doing since childhood? After all it’s been the favourite sport of royalty and actually how would the common man like mere cops . . .
- Mayawati Makes A Move (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 13, 2005)
Eventually extremes meet. Politics being no exception to this iron law, Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati seeking to join hands with Brahmins is not surprising.
- I Have Learnt Many Lessons, Says Advani (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jun 12, 2005)
New Delhi : Bharatiya Janata Party president L.K. Advani said on Saturday he hoped the lessons he had learnt in the past fortnight would help him shoulder future responsibilities.
- Bjp Is A Creature Of Rss: Karat (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2005)
Thiruvananthapuram : CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat has said that L. K. Advani's resignation from the presidentship of the Bharatiya Janata Party and his subsequent withdrawal of the resignation three days later underlines the fact . . .
- It Is Destination Pune (Hindu, ANUJ CHOPRA , Jun 12, 2005)
The city is a strong contender for the position of the `Silicon Valley of India'. But why, you might ask
- Choice Of Vice-Chancellors (Hindu, P.C. Chandrasekaran, Jun 12, 2005)
FROM A mere 27 universities in 1947, the Indian university system has grown to reach a figure exceeding 300 today.
- What Is Wrong With The U.S.? (Hindu, Mike Marqusee, Jun 12, 2005)
While the world has good reason to fear U.S. global ambitions, the former also needs to remember that some of the most crucial agents in thwarting those ambitions are to be found within America itself ... . Beginning a new column.
- Blaming Women (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Jun 12, 2005)
The spread of HIV/AIDS, and its `feminisation', suggests that equitable gender relations and ensuring women's rights are also imperative for a healthy society.
- Whither The E.U.? (Hindu, Bill Kirkman, Jun 12, 2005)
The harsh truth is that the whole exercise has been an extravagant diversion of energy, imagination and time that would have been far better put into addressing the legitimacy of the European project among the public.' Robin Cook
- Idea Of Jinnah’S Secularism Difficult To Digest’ (Deccan Herald, Ibrahim Afghan , Jun 12, 2005)
A recent remark of the BJP president L K Advani on the Founder of Pakistan Mohammad Ali Jinnah has started the expected debate,
- How Grey Was My City Then (Deccan Herald, Sashi Sivramkrishna & Heisnam Bison Singh , Jun 12, 2005)
It was not as though Bangalore was always green. The trees were introduced quite recently and mostly for commercial purposes. A look at some old records of the city prove that.
- Police As Agent Of Social Change (Tribune, J. L. Gupta, Jun 12, 2005)
Police in India is almost as old as our civilisation. It has been said, “In Mahabharata and Ramayana there are specific references to the existence of police administration”.
- Dastans: The Ancient Art Of Story Telling (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2005)
The Hamzanama is nothing but an illustration of a ‘dastan’ that tells stories. SHRUBA MUKHERJEE speaks with theatre artist Mahmood Farooqui who is attempting to revive this ancient cultural form
- Rjd Will Win Bihar Polls: Raghuvansh (Tribune, Prashant Sood, Jun 12, 2005)
Union Rural Development Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh has the onerous task of implementing three of the six components of the UPA government’s...
- Reformer Tamed (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 12, 2005)
Most critics of Mr L.K. Advani believe that he will always be the bridesmaid and never be the bride.
- Big Debate To Small Drama (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Jun 12, 2005)
The author is president, Centre for Policy Research
Slipped through the fingers
The BJP’s resolution that facilitated Advani’s withdrawal is a painfully blinkered return to its own past.
- The Gender Gap Persists Globally (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 11, 2005)
The Gender Gap study released by the World Economic Forum, while highlighting the areas in which less developed countries lag behind in gender equality, also indicates the huge gaps between men and women in the developed economies.
- Now, Let’S Talk Gandhi (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 11, 2005)
In this season of revisionism, the RSS can take another look at the father of our nation
- Who"s Secular, Who Is Not? (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, Jun 11, 2005)
The Congress party seems as worried by Advani’s newfound secularism as Hindutva fanatics are.
- Some Reservations At Aligarh (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 11, 2005)
The world will judge India’s secularism by the treatment she metes out to Aligarh.”
- Voting On Europe (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 11, 2005)
In the last week of May, as the French were preparing to vote on the new European constitution, I was travelling through two countries connected most intimately with France.
- Netaji Remains An Idol (Tribune, T.P. Sreenivasan, Jun 11, 2005)
Austria had a major role to play in Netaji’s life, not in the least because his wife, Emilie Schenkl, and their daughter, Anita, lived here.
- Jinnah Secular? Hardly (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Jun 11, 2005)
Mohammed Ali Jinnah is one of the greatest contradictions in history.
- Prize Catch (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 10, 2005)
A Full-Blown controversy has arisen over whether Jagtar Singh Hawara and his accomplices were arrested from Patiala or Narela in Delhi. But that is just not central to the issue.
- Stand Up, Bjp (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 10, 2005)
The question is: will L.K. Advani stay as BJP president or go? On the face of it, that would seem to be the narrower question from the past few days.
- Is Good News The Best News? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Jun 10, 2005)
The reward being offered for clues on the whereabouts of Gautam Goswami, the former Patna district magistrate accused of misappropriation of funds meant for flood relief,
- From Military Coups To People's Coups (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 10, 2005)
Latin America's political elites need to accept the new reality that power has passed from the drawing room to the street.
- France Casts Shadows Across The Bosphorous (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Jun 10, 2005)
A sense of unease prevails that Turkey will have to settle for a vastly different European Union than it may have sought.
- Passionate For A Cause (Tribune, Geetanjali Gayatri, Jun 10, 2005)
HE is a crusader steeped in Indian traditions with roots in society
- Advani's Resignation — Cathartic, Yes; Catastrophic, No! (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jun 10, 2005)
There are some happenings of history which it has never been possible for perspicacious mind-readers to explain to anyone's full satisfaction.
- Politics In India Is The Binding Secular Religion (Business Line, D. Murali , Jun 10, 2005)
Jinnah was secular, it's a fact, says Jaswant. If Jinnah were secular, why call us pseudo-secular,
- Laluji Vs Barbie (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 10, 2005)
There is never a dull moment in Indian politics and it takes all kinds to keep the entertainment going.
- Shocking Apathy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 10, 2005)
Reports in The Tribune on June 8 and 9 on the disastrous consequences of industrial effluents among the children of Chehlan village of Fatehgarh Sahib district in Punjab are shocking.
- Advani's Karachi Speech Decoded (Hindu, Suhas Palshikar, Jun 09, 2005)
The RSS has failed to understand the line of legitimation Mr. Advani has opened up; and the Congress, in its enthusiasm to mock him, has chosen to neglect the challenge this speech has thrown up for it.
- Advani Sets Jinnah Among The Parivar (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 09, 2005)
Opinion on Atal Bihari Vajpayee has always been divided. To some he embodied moderation in a party wedded to bigotry and right-wing extremism;
- So Many Jinnahs (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 09, 2005)
The furore surrounding L.K. Advani’s recent visit to Pakistan and his homage to its founder at Jinnah’s mausoleum in Karachi has reopened the debate about the Quaid-e-Azam’s vision for the subcontinent
- Jaswant Backs Advani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2005)
"What he said is a historical fact"
- Eastern Disturbances (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Jun 09, 2005)
Both the Centre and the Assam government are turning a blind eye to the collaboration between ULFA and the ISI, writes Sumanta Sen
- The Challenge Of Turning A Concept Into Reality (Business Line, Kausik Datta, Jun 09, 2005)
Kaushik Dutta and Kshama V. Kaushik analyse the Irani Committee Report
- Funds For Clean Drinking Water (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 09, 2005)
ISLAMABAD: The government has earmarked an amount of Rs 2 billion under the Public Sector Development Programme 2005-06 for clean drinking water project.
- Far Too Many Deep Throats (Telegraph, Gouri Chatterjee, Jun 09, 2005)
It couldn’t be, not this frail old man grinning about “making money,” surrounded by family bent on making sure he gets “his due”.
- Disturbing Kasauli’S Peace (Tribune, Baljit Malik, Jun 09, 2005)
A variegated flora ribbons the Kasauli ridge. A ribbon that protects the ecology, environment and peace of this charmed expanse of green acres.
- A Latter-Day Secularist (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Jun 09, 2005)
Journalists know how difficult it is to hold on to a story after it has been written. They want it to appear in the next edition of their newspaper.
- Advani Pays The Price (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 08, 2005)
IN quitting the leadership of the BJP, Mr Lal Krishna Advani has succumbed to the pressures of the hardliners in the Sangh Parivar.
- Unfriendly Neighbourhood (Telegraph, Sanjib Baruah, Jun 08, 2005)
India’s unilateralism in dealing with illegal immigration shows a misunderstanding about its power and influence, says Sanjib Baruah
- Timely Service (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 08, 2005)
A moment of poise after uncertainty is all that Goa can expect. The gain of the restored United Progressive Alliance government, to be headed by Mr Pratapsinh Rane, is minimal.
- Was Jinnah Secular? (Business Line, RUDRANGSHU MUKHERJEE, Jun 08, 2005)
The year was 1923, the month was November. Mohammad Ali Jinnah was a candidate in Bombay for membership to the Legislative Assembly.
- Knowledge Based Farms (Tribune, Dr M.S. Bajwa , Jun 08, 2005)
AGRICULTURE in our country in general and in Punjab in particular is at a crossroads today economically, technologically and ecologically.
- Is It An Advani Gambit? (Deccan Herald, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jun 08, 2005)
Though the UPA regime seems well entrenched in power at the moment, seasoned players such as the BJP leader, Mr L. K. Advani, know only too well the pitfalls of power and the fragility of coalition governments.
- World Of Puzzles (Deccan Herald, S Subbaraman, Jun 08, 2005)
Solving crosswords not only promotes lateral thinking but also improves one’s vocabulary
- Imponderables In The Eu (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 08, 2005)
Whitehall's Decision To put on hold plans to hold a referendum in the UK on the 2004 Treaty of Rome,
- After L.K. Advani's Yatra To Pakistan (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jun 08, 2005)
Mr. Advani has come uncomfortably close to departing, suddenly, without any warning, from the prescribed orthodoxy. Why?
- The Myth Of Upward Mobility (Tribune, MICHAEL KINSLEY, Jun 08, 2005)
According to America’s founding documents and its national myth, we are all created equal and then it’s up to us.
- Two Makeover Artists (Business Line, Ashok V. Desai, Jun 07, 2005)
Last month I described the transformation of General Musharraf from a no-holds-barred adversary of India to a jigarjaan dost.
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