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Articles 821 through 920 of 22438:
- Americans, Americans (Indian Express, Krishan Kalra, Oct 31, 2006)
Europeans call them crazy. But are Americans really crazy or do they just want to do their own thing?
- Tank Travel (Times of India, Manjul Bajaj, Oct 31, 2006)
A 42-year-old man in Cheshire, UK, has just bought himself a 7.5-ton Sabre tank to go to town for shopping, dropping the kids off, catching a movie, that kind of thing. There are many large vehicles on the road but nothing quite like . . .
- Mattoo Killer To Be Hanged (Tribune, S.S. Negi , Oct 31, 2006)
Applying the rarest of the rare principle in the murder case of Delhi University law student Priyadarshani Mattoo 10 years ago by senior faculty member Santosh Singh, now a practising lawyer, the Delhi High Court today awarded him the death sentence.
- 20-Point Programme Relevant, Says Sonia (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi here today stressed the need for revival of the 20-point programme launched by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi as it was aimed at bettering the lot of the underprivileged and deprived sections of society.
- Splurge Urge: Rs 50 Lakh For B'day Bash (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
UPA leaders in Jharkhand are scurrying for cover following reports of a 'never-seen-before' birthday bash of a minister's son.
- What Impedes Growth (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Oct 31, 2006)
And, yet again, we have thrown the possible victory at Mohali to the winds.
- Lost: 13,000 Chances (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Oct 31, 2006)
When Prakash Karat, general secretary of CPI(M) came to The Indian Express, I looked forward to a heady debate, among many other issues, on why the party is averse to stock markets.
- Turtle Walks And Birdwatching (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 31, 2006)
Madhusudan and his team found that bird diversity was positively correlated with median family income. In other words, birds prefer richer parts of town.
- Decolonising Our Education Process (Deccan Herald, Avijit Pathak, Oct 31, 2006)
A truly mature world is one in which diverse cultures and traditions of learning prevail.
- Bangla Oppn Gives Ahmed A Chance (Deccan Herald, Hassan Shahriar, Oct 31, 2006)
Bangladesh’s figurehead President Iajuddin Ahmed, who took over as the chief of the neutral caretaker administration in addition to his duties on Sunday night, is continuing his efforts to bring an end to the country’s current political impasse, . . .
- Kalam For A Global Cadre For Human Development (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
Arguing in favour of a national policy for creating a Global Human Development Cadre for India, President A P J Abdul Kalam said on Monday that the knowledge-delivery system should be...
- They Gave Up All And Moved To Canada (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 31, 2006)
Canada needs immigrants because by 2016 the rate of growth of their population will be negative.
- Mattoo Killer Gets Death Penalty (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
Seven years after a trial court inflicted a severe blow to the “judicial conscience” of the country with its shocking acquittal of the Priyadarshini Mattoo killer, the pendulum of justice swung the full distance on Monday as the Delhi High Court . . .
- Hikes And Curves (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 31, 2006)
Many economics departments in north America run sweepstakes in the month of October. Faculty members and graduate students contribute a dollar or two and bet on who is going to win the Nobel Prize in economics.
- A Consensus On Development (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 31, 2006)
At the 2002 International Conference on Financing for Development, held in Monterrey, Mexico, world leaders committed themselves to a new global partnership to achieve the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development . .
- Piety, Not Pelf, Should Prevail (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 31, 2006)
On August 17, a division bench of Delhi High Court, comprising Justice Mukandan Sharma and Justice Hema Kohli, handed over the administrative control of the 700-year-old dargah of Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia to Mr Azimul Haq, Wakf Commissioner.
- Bush Losing Church Support (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 31, 2006)
The number of conservative Christians with a favourable view of the Republicans has plummeted from 74 per cent to 54 per cent
- Anger Erupts (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
Led by BJP, traders fight pitched battles with police
More than 50,000 traders from across the Capital fought pitched battles with police on Monday afternoon as they laid siege to the Delhi Vidhan Sabha on the first day of the 10-day session.
- Decline Of Trust In The United States (Dawn, Sebastian Mallaby, Oct 31, 2006)
In 1995 Francis Fukuyama came out with a book called “Trust,” in which he argued that a society’s capacity for cooperation underpins its prosperity.
- Ways Of Reducing Poverty (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 31, 2006)
The usual wrong-guy-got-the-prize claims have followed the Nobel Peace Prize for Dr Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank. But one of these claims stands out in its will to miss the point: that Wal-Mart’s legendary founder Sam Walton is a better . . .
- Alienation Of Europe’S Muslims (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 31, 2006)
A year ago this week, riots erupted in mostly Muslim suburbs of Paris and other French cities, underlining the alienation of a subculture that makes up 8 per cent of the country’s population but has suffered from chronic unemployment and discrimination.
- Bomb Blast, Attacks Leave 80 Dead In Iraq (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
Eighty people were killed or found dead in Iraq on Monday, including 33 victims of a bomb attack on labourers lined up to find a day’s work in Baghdad’s predominantly Shia district of Sadr City.
- Pamuk In A Nutshell (Hindu, KALA KRISHNAN RAMESH , Oct 31, 2006)
Know why he won the Nobel for Literature
- Unravelling The Superstar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
An attempt to present Amitabh Bachchan analytically and academically
- For An Independent Foreign Policy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
The U.S. Secretary of State, Condoleeza Rice's whistle stop tour of Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing and Moscow last weekend offered a glimpse of the acute limits to American power in the post-Cold War period.
- An Investment In Our Collective Future (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 30, 2006)
We must act today if we are to prevent calamity tomorrow.
- Prize For The Big Man (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Oct 30, 2006)
It is very unlikely that Gambia’s president, Yahya Jammeh, re-elected last month to a third term with a 67 per cent majority, will ever win the Mo Ibrahim Prize for achievement in African leadership.
- When News Value Overrides Reader Sensitivities (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 30, 2006)
Has the publication of visuals come under your scanner at any point of time after your taking over as the Readers' Editor, asked Vasudevan Sundaram of Secunderabad a few months ago. It has, and it continues to.
- Scholarships For Pakistani Students (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 30, 2006)
India with its English-based education system is attractive for its other Anglophile neighbours. New Delhi could use this advantage to create goodwill.
- Brazil's President Roars Back To Win Vote (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Overcoming a series of corruption and political scandals that tarred his image and undermined his credibility, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil won a landslide re-election victory in a runoff vote on Sunday.
- Poison As Prescription (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Oct 30, 2006)
It was the ancient Fifties. A venerable academic used to preside over the School of Economics and Sociology of the University of Bombay at its magnificent Churchgate campus.
- Farmer Reaps It Harvest Of Crores (Telegraph, G.S. RADHAKRISHNA, Oct 30, 2006)
As he sits on a wooden cot under a tamarind tree in front his two-room house, surrounded by his flock of buffaloes and cows, Koti Reddy’s placid life disguises the dilemma posed by a windfall.
- Jilted Lover Behind Pm ‘Killer’ Mail (Telegraph, JOHN MARY, Oct 30, 2006)
A jilted lover sent threatening emails against the Pri-me Minister and President to teach the girl a lesson by falsely attributing the messages to her, Kerala police said today.
- Full Sc Bench To Review 9th Schedule Scope (Pioneer, Abraham Thomas, Oct 30, 2006)
For the first time in the recent past Supreme Court is expected to sit in a constitutional Bench for five days in a row to decide the scope of judicial review of laws placed under the Ninth Schedule.
- Al Badr Resurfaces (Pioneer, B Raman, Oct 30, 2006)
The arrest of two terrorists in Mysore proves that the ISI is using Al Badr, one of the oldest jihadi outfits, to spread mayhem in south India, says B Raman
- Safe Sex: Beggars Can Be Choosers (Statesman, Manoj Chaurasia, Oct 30, 2006)
The state welfare department has come up with an idea for the government anti-AIDS campaign that, arguably, has the potential to make begging look like a viable career option for unemployed graduates and undergraduates across the country.
- Case Registered Against Fahad's Relative (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
She had housed the suspected militant and his father
- One More District (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 30, 2006)
The decision to make Barnala a district is financially ruinous without any corresponding administrative gains for citizens or any tangible improvement in governance.
- The Srikrishna Report (Tribune, Amrik Singh , Oct 30, 2006)
What has happened to the Srikrishna Report about the Mumbai riots? This is a question that has been asked repeatedly during the past few years and needs to be asked even more pointedly today.
- Jilted Love Led To Pm Email Threat (Asian Age, K. Venugopal , Oct 30, 2006)
After a nail-biting 48 hours, the Kerala police on Saturday night arrested Akbar Raj, 26, a native of Cherthala, for sending an email to top police officers in the state threatening to kill Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President A.P. J. Abdul Kalam.
- I Love Being A Pioneer. We Have Come To A Point Where Telecom Is On Autopilot. The Next Big Wave Is Farming’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 30, 2006)
Hello and welcome to Walk The Talk. I am Shekhar Gupta and what am I doing in a college called Arya College, Ludhiana? It is no IIT, IIM or St Stephens, Xaviers, Elphinstone or Loyola, but a small, modest college in smalltown Punjab in Ludhiana.
- The Truth Behind Women 'Opting Out' (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
When New York Times reporter Lisa Belkin coined the phrase "the opt-out revolution" in 2003 to describe a supposed exodus of mothers from the workforce, her article sparked a media flurry. Other journalists rushed to find their own examples of women . . .
- On Campaign Stop, Bush Rallies Loyalists (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
After months of fundraising, President Bush plunged into retail politicking for the first time this campaign season, telling a raucous crowd of several thousand Republican partisans on Saturday that the Democrats would raise taxes and retreat from . . .
- Bush Still A Hot Commodity In Some Places (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
For all the talk about the political baggage that President Bush carries this year, his stop in Indiana on Saturday showed that he could still turn on — and, White House strategists say, turn out — the most faithful party voters.
- Swaziland Abuzz About Aids (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
This tiny kingdom's new anti-AIDS campaign arrived without warning one day in July, featuring a slogan both unusually explicit and dripping with implied accusations: Makhwapheni Uyabulala.
- Gulf Investors Urged To Cash In On India Boom (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Bahraini and other Gulf investors should make use of India's ideal investment climate, said a top Indian government official.
- Missing Soldier Secretly Married Iraqi (International Herald Tribune, CP Bhambhri, Oct 30, 2006)
The missing American soldier who has been the subject of an intensive manhunt in the capital since being kidnapped by gunmen outside the heavily protected Green Zone last week was, at the time, visiting an Iraqi woman whom he had secretly married . . .
- Al Badr In Mysore (OutLook, B. Raman , Oct 30, 2006)
Karnataka Police claims the arrest of two Pakistani terrorists belonging to Al Badr—the oldest of the existing jihadi terrorist organisations of Pakistan, considered as close to Pakistan's ISI as the LET.
- 'The Grameen Bank Won It' (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
'We (Bangladesh) have taken many things from the world, now we have given something to the world, a model to build a poverty-free society.'
- Higher Growth Is Vulnerable (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Oct 30, 2006)
High economic growth in Pakistan is more vulnerable than in China or India as it has few cushions or reserves to finance external shocks, says the World Bank.
- Nigerian Plane Crashes With 104 People Aboard (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
A Nigerian airliner carrying 104 people, including the man regarded as the spiritual leader of Nigeria's Sunni Muslims, crashed in a storm Sunday after taking off from the airport in Abuja.
- Digital Natives Versus Immigrants (Deccan Herald, John Naughton , Oct 30, 2006)
Multi-tasking-Today’s youngsters are technologically savvy in cyberspace which makes them feel at home at the workplace
- Naac Move To Make Accreditation Mandatory For All Colleges, Varsities (Hindu, K. Ramachandran, Oct 30, 2006)
"Process helps an institution evaluate its strength, weaknesses"
- Golden Rule Of Gandhigiri (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Oct 30, 2006)
Wages of rich and poor employees (including their perks) should be raised in such a manner that both multiply the economy by the same factor. Such a rule will combine economic justice with national interest.
- Britain's Indians Flaunt Riches (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Britain's super-rich Indians now have a new destination — Northwood. They are transforming the quiet west London suburb into the country's first ‘millionaires’ row’ for a single ethnic minority.
- Open University (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 30, 2006)
The New York City education department has slammed the door on e-tutors from India. The reason: Indian tutors don't comply with American laws that require teachers to undergo background checks.
- Brazil's President Roars Back To Win Vote (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Overcoming a series of corruption and political scandals that tarred his image and undermined his credibility, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil won a landslide re-election victory in a runoff vote on Sunday.
- Sri Lankan Peace Talks: A Welcome Step (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
For the first time in eight months, members of the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) came together this weekend, meeting behind closed doors in Geneva.
- Federal Police Step In Over Mexico Unrest (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Five months after leftist protesters occupied the center of Oaxaca in southern Mexico, President Vicente Fox sent federal security forces this weekend to resolve a deadly conflict that has stained the image of a town famed for its colonial facades . . .
- As 'Goblins' Knock, Evangelicals Answer (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Bruce Watters used to simply hand out candy on Halloween, just like his neighbors in St. Petersburg, Fla., until he decided the holiday's ghoulishness really diBruce Watters used to simply hand out candy on Halloween,dn't jibe with his Christian beliefs.
- Mexican Police Storm Embattled Oaxaca (US News & World Report, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Federal police backed by armored vehicles and water cannons tore down barricades and stormed embattled Oaxaca on Sunday, seizing control of the city center from protesters who had held it for five months.
- Gallaudet Votes To Remove President (US News & World Report, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
The board of trustees of the nation's premier school for the deaf voted Sunday to revoke the appointment of the incoming president, who had been the subject of weeks of protests that at times shut down the campus.
- Tongue Twist Of Fate (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Oct 30, 2006)
The familiar adage is that there are many Indias. Given our ancient Indic obsession with pairs of opposites, our academic and popular journals are full of bi-polar descriptions.
- Woman Killed, 3 Hurt In Blasts (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
One woman was killed and three others injured in two separate blasts in the state whereas security forces seized 10 kg of explosives and other ammunition since last night, official sources said today.
- At Gallaudet, Trustees Relent On Leadership (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Surrendering to months of widening and unrelenting protests by students, faculty, alumni and advocates, the board of trustees of Gallaudet University, the nation’s premier university for the deaf, abandoned its choice of the institution’s next president.
- Which Party Can Get Voters To The Polls? (US News & World Report, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Here's Rick Santorum's plan to close his challenger's big lead in the polls and pull off a surprise win next week: a phone bank staffed with a half-dozen die-hard volunteers in this Philadelphia suburb.
- On Cloud 9 (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2006)
For the Indians, Nepal would seem like a home away from home.
- On A Reading Mission (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2006)
T. K. Sajeev is an avid reader who has now embarked on a mission to propagate this habit in his own, unique way
- Managing Minds (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2006)
Business leader-turned-author Brij R. Singh recently launched his second book, "Wisdom beyond Borders", published by Harper Collins at New Delhi's India International Centre. By profession, Brij is the CEO and MD of . . .
- Model Right To Education Bill Flawed: Knowledge Commission (Hindu, Anita Joshua, Oct 29, 2006)
"Inadequate to meet constitutional responsibilities; not justiciable"
- A Strategic Impasse? (New Indian Express, Swapan Dasgupta, Oct 29, 2006)
India will soon have to fight its own war against a force oozing with confidence
- Never Again The Face At The Window (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2006)
For twelve years I have watched that face as I got out of my car.
- Taliban Using Human Shields (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
President Bush and NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer today discussed how the Taliban has begun using Afghan civilians as human shields.
- ‘Someone I Don’T Recognise Looks Back At Me’ (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 28, 2006)
‘Vain as it may sound, I miss seeing my own face, my own shape. I miss myself. At the same time I feel completely naked.’
- A Plea For Justice To Jessica (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Oct 28, 2006)
Sodhi and Sonia have revived hopes that justice may yet be done. Bless them!
- Mutual Distrust (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Oct 28, 2006)
The people should fight against fake patriots who are interested in militarisation, tyranny and backwardness.
- Tackling The Polio Crisis (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 28, 2006)
India faces the risk of poliomyelitis making a large-scale comeback. So far this year 416 cases have been recorded in nine States, representing 26 per cent of the global total.
- Rahul Gandhi Shifted To Hrd Panel (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
Lok Sabha MP and Congress party’s heir apparent Rahul Gandhi sought and got a shift from the Parliamentary Standing Committee of the Home Ministry to the panel attached the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry setting off furious speculation . . .
- Karunanidhi’S Move (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 28, 2006)
The communication by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi to all the chief ministers to implead themselves in the Supreme Court case on reservations cannot be legally faulted.
- Sonia To Dig Into ‘Creamy Layer’ (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi is likely to convene a meeting of the Congress Working Committee shortly to discuss the Supreme Court’s observations on creating a “creamy layer” while implementing reservation for scheduled castes and tribes.
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