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Articles 2921 through 3020 of 22438:
- Identity Crisis (Hindu, K. Kunhikrishnan, Sep 12, 2006)
Existential dilemma haunts a girl, picked up and raised by a childless couple. The apparently simple story has dimensions of the sufferings of pretty girls in society and destruction of their individuality. The theme is universal: that oppressed . . .
- Social Work In Global Perspective (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
Coauthored by professionals who have had ample and rich experience in dealing with people from countries other than their own their writing has a ring of authenticity and authority.
- Bjp Will Support Women's Reservation Bill In Any Form, Says Rajnath (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Sep 11, 2006)
Bharatiya Janata Party national president Rajnath Singh on Sunday said that his party would support the Women's Reservation Bill in whatever form the Bill was brought to Parliament.
- Navy Men Indicted For Wullar Tragedy (Statesman, Kavita Suri, Sep 11, 2006)
The Inquiry Commission probing into the Wullar lake tragedy in which 22 school children were killed in May in north Kashmir, has held four Naval officials and the principal of a school responsible for the incident and has recommended criminal . . .
- Showpiece Of An Independent Foreign Policy (Hindu, N. Ravi Kumar, Sep 11, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's nine-day trip to Brasilia and Havana
- Cenvat Abolition Led To Textile Industry "Revival" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Several mills were reopened, thanks to UPA Government decision: Chidambaram
- Khushwant Singh (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
What does this latest award mean to you?
It means more than all the others because it comes from my own people. The fact that I’m receiving an award from Punjab even though I don’t write in Punjabi is something to celebrate.
- A Perilous Journey Driven By Poverty (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 11, 2006)
In the past week, around 3,000 illegal immigrants from West Africa have reached the Spanish Canary Islands by boat, taking advantage of a window of perfect sailing conditions from the coast of Senegal and Mauritania.
- `Gen-X' Quiz On Sept. 17 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
The Rotary Club of Visakhapatnam in association with HSBC Bank will be conducting a quiz contest, Gen-X, for school children on September 17 at the Manasi auditorium in NSTL.
- This Is The Third World War (The Financial Express, SANDIPAN DEB, Sep 11, 2006)
When the World Trade Centres came down, they triggered a war that is more complex than any in human history.
- At Ibsa Summit, Quota Lessons For I From B & Sa (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Sep 11, 2006)
As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh leaves for Brasilia to take part in the first India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) summit, are reservations and quotas on his mind? Or maybe the question isn’t entirely quixotic.
- Developing Nations Summit Gathers Us Foes In Cuba (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Leaders of the Non-Aligned Movement of 116 developing nations will meet in Cuba this week for a summit that will gather some of the United States' fiercest critics just 90 miles (145 km) offshore.
- Cm Emulates Pm, And How! (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
It seems Bihar chief minister Mr Nitish Kumar’s desire to follow in the footsteps of the country’s Prime Minister goes beyond copying Central government schemes and naming them after himself.
- Moily Panel To Meet On 15 Sept (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
The Oversight Committee, which is preparing a roadmap for implementing the 27 per cent OBC reservation in elite Central educational institutions, will meet on 15 September.
- Sudden Death (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 11, 2006)
The death of 54 miners in Bharat Coking Coal Limited's Bhatdih mine in Dhanbad last week is a ghastly reminder that our miners continue to work in the most hazardous conditions.
- Literacy Drive (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 11, 2006)
The government’s ‘l00 per cent enrolment for literacy’ campaign, inaugurated by the federal education minister on Friday, on the occasion of International Literacy Day, is quite ambitious.
- Dr Khan: Nation Heaves A Sigh Of Relief (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 11, 2006)
DR AQ Khan, father of Pakistan’s nuclear programme underwent a successful prostate cancer operation at the Aga Khan University Hospital in Karachi on Saturday.
- Word Of Cheer (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 11, 2006)
Japanese proverb "one kind word can warm three winter months" may come true in the case of Leh district. In fact it will be in even less than three months that the trans-Himalayan territory will be in the grip of severe winter.
- Irwin’S Death Sparks Diana-Like Mourning (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin’s death last week set off an unprecedented wave of public mourning in Australia that experts have likened to the grief that gripped Britain after Princess Diana died.
- Cong Says Sept 7 Hype Wrong (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
The Congress on Sunday said September 7 had nothing to do with Vande mataram. “Due to some reason, a mistake was made and we admit it,” said party general secretary Janardan Dwivedi.
- India Is Too Modest About How It Can Play A Global Role As The World’S Largest Democracy’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 11, 2006)
Hello and welcome to Walk the Talk. Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, it’s a special privilege to have you on Walk the Talk, a rare appearance on Indian television.
- Heart Of The Matter (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 11, 2006)
A direly irresponsible attempt at post mortem
- Bjp Activists Storm Catholic School In Lucknow (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Around 40 Hindu activists stormed a girls convent school in Lucknow on Sunday after a few terrified pupils fainted because the school allowed a man to claim Jesus had entered his body, witnesses and police said.
- The One And The Many (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 11, 2006)
Amartya Sen writes in Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny, “a Bangladeshi Muslim is not only a Muslim but also a Bengali and a Bangladeshi, typically quite proud of the Bengali language, literature and music, not to mention the other . . .
- Time To Rewrite The Future (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Sep 11, 2006)
Domestic violence has plagued marriages since the dawn of history.
- Islamic Rage: A Clash Of Views (Deccan Herald, PRASENJIT CHOWDHURY, Sep 11, 2006)
Radical Islam has taken the place of Communist ideology for America.
- Mit Magazine Honours Six Indian-Americans (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
They are among 35 scientists picked by MIT magazine
- Siberian Thaw To Speed Up Global Warming (Hindu, Robin McKie, Sep 11, 2006)
The frozen bogs of Siberia are melting, and the thaw could have devastating consequences for the planet, scientists have discovered.
- Schoolteachers To Stage Demonstration (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
More than 1,000 primary schoolteachers from the State will take part in a demonstration at New Delhi on November 22 to highlight the inadequacies in the Right to Education Bill proposed by the Centre.
- Employers Hold The Key (Pioneer, Shailaja Chandra, Sep 11, 2006)
Apart from providing basic healthcare facilities, it is necessary to influence the mindset of society to actively promote the idea of safe motherhood
- No Truth Is Eternal (Pioneer, Surajit Dasgupta, Sep 11, 2006)
We humans love definitions. Because that qualifies us as 'scientists'. And we try, with our limited intelligence, to formulate ideas, axioms, conjectures and hypotheses about somebody or something until he or it gets compartmentalised.
- 'Indian', 'National' Institutes In Trouble (Times of India, SUBODH GHILDIYAL, Sep 11, 2006)
Private institutions — educational or otherwise — using the prefix 'Indian', 'Indian Institute' or 'National', could be in trouble. The Centre has proprietary right over these prefixes as they convey state patronage or ownership, and their use by . . .
- Developing Nations Summit Gathers U.S. Foes In Cuba (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Leaders of the Non-Aligned Movement of 116 developing nations will meet in Cuba this week for a summit that will gather some of the United States' fiercest critics just 90 miles (145 km) offshore.
- Minister For Training Children In Tackling Disasters (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Advocates including disaster preparedness in school curriculum
- `Reservation Is Necessary To Provide Equal Opportunities' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
It is seen only as a temporary solution
- Kochi In The List Of Unesco's Cities Of Living Heritage (Hindu, K.S. Sudhi, Sep 11, 2006)
UNESCO-supported network to be launched at a conference in Jaipur
- Meet Leaves Bjp With Visions Of Victory In Uttaranchal Assembly Elections (Hindu, C.K. Chandramohan , Sep 11, 2006)
Half the battle won as voters have been made to see reason for good governance, claim regional leaders
Time to knock at every door and ensure a vote for change, says former Minister
Set examples of good conduct besides proper need-oriented planning an
- The Marketing Of A Tragedy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 11, 2006)
Since Sept. 11 ...” The phrase has been uttered countless times during the last five years. Since Sept.
- J&k Flood Loss Put At Rs 359 Crore (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
As life limps back to normal in the flood-affected areas of Anantnag and Pulwama districts in South Kashmir, residents of Arwani township, near Beijbehara, continue to toil hard for restoring routine business by shifting back the stocks of . . .
- Maths Of Ics Topper (Tribune, R.K. Kaushik, Sep 11, 2006)
The year was 1914. Madras University had announced the matriculation results. Kumar Padmanabha Sankara, a 16-year-old youth from Ottapalam in Palakkad district of present-day Kerala, was not at all shocked to see his score.
- West Asia In Turmoil (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Sep 11, 2006)
On the morning of September 11, 2001, as hijackers crashed airplanes into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania, few would have guessed the dramatic repercussions of these actions on West Asia.
- Malegaon Seethes With Anger A Day After Blasts (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
"Why are you giving us bheekh (alms)?"
- Moily Committee To Finalise Report On Sept 15 (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
The Oversight Committee, which is preparing a roadmap for implementing the 27 per cent OBC reservation in elite Central educational institutions, will meet on September 15 to finalise its report.
- The Forgotten City (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
India has a way of reclaiming its colonial past.
- The Tales Of Two Families (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Yes, I’m both father and mother. Do I have a choice?” Narasimha Kumar Sattaluri says it with an air of resignation — and suppressed pain.
- One Fine September Day (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 10, 2006)
There’s more to 9/11 than the collapse of the Twin Towers and the beginning of the ‘war against terror.’ Here’s a list of all that has happened on this day.
- Her Journey: Naxal Arrest To Colombo Gold (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
When you tell her she’s been dubbed the next PT Usha, she looks you in the eye and says you are wrong. “I am much better.” The confidence has its reasons. Pinki Paramanik, 19, has just won three gold medals last month at the South Asian Federation . . .
- Copying: Weakens Fibre Of Society (Daily Excelsior, Joginder Singh, Sep 10, 2006)
The unabashed and blatant use of unfair means, both during examinations and later on in the marking is a shocking and ghastly reminder of the fact that our educational and examination system, in most places has become decayed and putrid.
- Govt Plans Nat'l Level Tests To Assess School Education Policy (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
In an effort to assess the effectiveness of the school education policy, the government is planning to set up a system to regularly test children at all stages on a sample basis across the country.
- The Ujjain Shocker (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 10, 2006)
Few incidents have exposed the partisan role of the police more eloquently than the attack on college teachers in Ujjain, which resulted in the death of Professor H.S. Sabharwal.
- Under And Mal-Employment (Daily Excelsior, Ramesh Pandita and Meenakshi Koul, Sep 10, 2006)
Thank God the notion of employment has changed a lot, it was time when a person working in a govt. sector was only considered as an employed and every other employment of any sort used to be counted as an . . .
- Cambridge To Confer Honorary Degree On Manmohan Singh (Press Trust of India, H S RAO, Sep 10, 2006)
Nearly 50 years after he earned his first class honours degree in economics from the University of Cambridge, his alma mater will confer an honorary doctorate on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh next month.
- Quota Will Not Help Obcs (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 10, 2006)
The UPA Government's move to impose caste-based reservation in higher education is not the right approach to solve the problem of socio-economic inequality in our society.
- Curriculum With Emphasis On S&t (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 10, 2006)
Federal Minister for Education Javed Ashraf Qazi has said that the revised educational curriculum with emphasis on science and technology related contents would be notified within weeks.
- Caste Floods Logic In Barmer (Pioneer, Sanjay K Jha, Sep 10, 2006)
It's like rattling away nursery rhymes. Children at a makeshift school at the relief camp in Kawas, the worst-hit village in the Barmer deluge, merrily narrate their tales of woes and get back to their meaningless chores. They are celebrating their . . .
- Rain Emergency In Hyderabad (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
All kind of train service between Hyderabad and Karachi has been suspended due to damage to rail track at the site of washed away bridge at Ranpathani .
- Regulate Foreign Providers (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 10, 2006)
The commerce ministry’s proposal to circulate a discussion paper on liberalising higher education and changing domestic regulations to attract FDI in the sector is welcome.
- Breaking The Code (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 10, 2006)
After reports of alleged spying by some members in the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS), Cabinet Secretary B K Chaturvedi has sent a stern circular to all secretaries, reminding them of basic ground rules for officers coming into contact . . .
- Freedom Song (New Indian Express, Swapan Dasgupta, Sep 10, 2006)
The irony is inescapable. Last month, the country mourned the death of the nonagenarian shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan in Varanasi. The obituaries gushed over his enlightenment and his ability to combine his devotion to Goddess Saraswati with . . .
- Wrong Focus (Business Standard, T N Ninan, Sep 10, 2006)
Someone said the other day that India is becoming pro-business, instead of pro-markets.
- After The Rains In Sindh (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 10, 2006)
Friday's heavy rains in Hyderabad and parts of Sindh wreaked their usual havoc on an already dilapidated infrastructure as 10 people were reported dead and thousands marooned.
- Apocalypse Now (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Eimona is Anomie spelt backwards. Anomie is what GB Prabhat’s second novel all about. Anomie is a condition or malaise in individuals, characterised by an absence or diminution of standards or values.
- `Heritage Walk' To Take Tourists Through Mysore's Culture (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Buildings and structures in the heart of the city to be showcased
The concept of Heritage Walk was introduced in 2004
Participants will be given a detailed note on the array of structures to be showcased to them.
- When The Terrorists' Plan Failed To Survive The Explosion (Hindu, ARUNKUMAR BHATT, Sep 10, 2006)
The town has proved not second to Mumbai in recovering from the shock and getting up to take care of the injured and to stand by the bereaved.
- Foreign Univs In India: Ministry Releases Paper (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 10, 2006)
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry today put out a consultation paper on “Education Services in India Under GATS” (General Agreement on Trade in Services), arguing that services negotiations under WTO could be used “to invite foreign . . .
- Popular Films And Culture (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
The six essays in the book, including the introductory chapter, are an effort to look at primarily mainstream Hindi cinema and some regional cinema of the same mode from the viewpoint of their being social reflectors.
- In The Mind Of Atta (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
This extract from a short story published in the New Yorker, ‘The Last Days Of Muhammad Atta’, by Martin Amis, is part of his new book, ‘The House of Meetings’.
- R.M. Veerappan Always Yearned For Dravidian Unity: Karunanidhi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Veteran leader felicitated on the occasion of his 81st birthday
- Siam, German Association Sign Mou (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Diesel engine, alternative fuels are among areas identified for cooperation
- Health & Edn Schemes Of Karnataka Enthuse Kalam (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
President APJ Abdul Kalam has favoured legislative backing for Karnataka’s innovative programmes in the field of primary education and health such as mid-day meal scheme, Yashasvini etc to make them permanent features.
- Men Smarter Than Women: Study (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Women all over may not like it, but it has been proved that men are smarter than women.
- Irwin’S Death Won't Deter Wildlife Enthusiasts (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 10, 2006)
The story of Steve Irwin isn’t strange to Indians.
- Doubts Surface Amongst Beleaguered Israelis (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 10, 2006)
Deep frustration in Palestine and humiliating failure in Lebanon. So is Israel doing a rethink? It takes time for the official leadership to change gear but it is a fair guess that some second thoughts are beginning to make their way among the less . . .
- Commercialisation Of Water Must Stop: Pandey (Tribune, Vibha Sharma, Sep 10, 2006)
For Magsaysay Award winner Sandeep Pandey, Mahatma Gandhi’s statement that the earth has enough resources to take care of everyone’s needs but not enough to fulfill even one person’s greed forms the basis of his fight against cola majors — Coca-Cola . .
- War Part Of Male Bonding: Study (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Men need threats, rivalry and war for them to work together the most effectively, according to a study of the “Male Warrior Effect”.
- A Whimsical Collection (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
This extract from a short story published in the New Yorker, ‘The Last Days Of Muhammad Atta’, by Martin Amis, is part of his new book, ‘The House of Meetings’.
- Onus On Teachers (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 10, 2006)
Government schools in Punjab are in bad shape.
- Teaching Youth The Basics Of Life (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Sep 10, 2006)
I loved English honours as a subject in college because of my teacher Dr Urmila Nagar, a petite woman who taught so well.
- Quota Will Not Help Obcs (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 09, 2006)
The UPA Government's move to impose caste-based reservation in higher education is not the right approach to solve the problem of socio-economic inequality in our society.
- Body Bomb Rips Apart Taxi In Sri Lanka, Four Children Injured (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
A bomb hidden with a dead body in a three-wheeled taxi exploded in embattled north Sri Lanka on Friday, wounding six people, including four school girls and a policeman, witnesses, the Government said.
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