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Articles 11021 through 11120 of 22438:
- Us-India Nuclear Deal Not A Military Agreement: Boucher (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Mar 11, 2006)
Richard Boucher, the new head of South and Central Asia at the State Department, said on Thursday that the nuclear deal with India was “not a military agreement,” but one meant to “provide a clearly-demarcated, permanently . . .
- Educating Rahul (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
Let the Amethi MP become education minister and infuse some energy into a moribund ministry
- Vulgarity Of The Nouveau Riche (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Mar 11, 2006)
On Diwali day a Sardarji rang me up to say he had met God face to face and wanted to tell me about it.
- Pak Taliban To Open Office In Wana To Settle Disputes (News International, Sailab Mahsud, Mar 11, 2006)
A meeting of tribal elders and clerics held in Wana on Friday authorised the local Taliban to open an office to settle disputes between the people on the basis of the Sharia and local customs and traditions.
- Defence And Development (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
The government deserves credit for coordinating all strategic commissions under the National Command Authority.
- Bandh Total In Mangalore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
The district bandh called by the Rashtriya Hindu Sena and other outfits on Friday against bomb blasts in Varanasi was total. Ten buses were damaged in stone-throwing incidents.
- Us-India Nuclear Deal Under Fire (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Mar 10, 2006)
The US-India nuclear deal remains under fire from leading experts in the area with one of them, Stephen Cohen of Brookings, arguing that even if the deal fails in Congress, it would still have enabled India to shop around the world . . .
- Images Of Leadership (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Mar 10, 2006)
A survey conducted over three years by the faculty of Wharton School of Management is both novel and revealing.
- Why Squander A Priceless Opportunity? (The Financial Express, Jayaprakash Narayan, Mar 10, 2006)
Our higher education is in deep crisis. Our human resource structure, instead of a pyramid with ever-increasing skills from base to apex, is more like an hourglass.
- Critical Need For Consensus On Economic Issues (The Financial Express, SUMANT SINHA, Mar 10, 2006)
In my article at the same time last year, I called that year’s Budget a “deliberately non-dramatic” one. That same description could very well be applied to this year’s Budget. And in this lies a pattern.
- Down Under Beckons (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 10, 2006)
There is a clear change in perception, with Canberra pulling out all the stops to deepen bilateral engagement.
- Kalam Wears Teacher’S Hat (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam was asked questions ranging from whether the IQ of girls was different from that of boys to if he liked more being a scientist than the President.
- They Cannot Decide On History (Times of India, Romila Thapar, Mar 10, 2006)
The California State Board of Education (CSBE) is currently discussing a very controversial issue.
- State And The Nation (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Mar 10, 2006)
Don't read this if you are a spiritual tourist.
- Why Children Should Learn To Type (Tribune, Hilary Wilce, Mar 10, 2006)
Students need to improve their touch-typing skills Fad fall flag flash flask. Gad gag gall gas gash glad glass. Sad sag salad sash slash shall.
- Professional Edn Bill To Be Tabled In Budget Session (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
The Karnataka Professional Educational Institutions (Regulation of admission and determination of fee) Bill, 2006 that seeks to reintroduce quotas in private professional colleges, will be tabled in the State Legislature during the budget . . .
- Chariots Of Ire? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 10, 2006)
To the BJP, it must appear as if circumstances have fuelled its rath. While its leaders were concentrated on the shake-out in the party organisation, issues close to the party’s agitational heart were piling up.
- A Job Of One’S Own (Indian Express, PIYUSHA CHATTERJEE, Mar 10, 2006)
Don't stay glued to the television throughout the evening. You are watching that match as if your life was at stake. Come and help me make some chappatis.”
- India Offers Myanmar Help To Restore Democratic Govt (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
The MoU was signed by Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas Prabh Das and Director-General of Energy Planning Department of the Ministry of Energy of Myanmar, sources said.
- Should Tv Channels Play An Activist Role? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Mar 10, 2006)
Although President A. P.J. Abdul Kalam is said to have promised “necessary action” after accepting an SMS petition from a news channel’s viewers asking for justice in the Jessica Lal case, a point to ponder is: is it really the media’s . . .
- There’S A Better Way To Check Stray Animals (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
Why can’t the money be used to tackle the problem before precious lives are lost, I can’t understand. Only death and calamity stirs the authorities into action
- How Many Ways To Tie A Knot? (Indian Express, MARGARET WERTHEIM, Mar 10, 2006)
You have to hand it to mathematicians.
- Chandigarh: Tale Of Two Cities (Tribune, Ashok Kundra, Mar 10, 2006)
Chandigarh has undergone rapid transformation during the nineties.
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 10, 2006)
In "Call to register protest against cartoons in peaceful manner" (March 8, 2006, page 10, Chennai city), a resolution adopted at a Chennai rally condemned the caricaturing of the Prophet and demolition of the Samarra mosque, we reported.
- Innovative Steps In Budget To Boost Economy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
Gender auditing, outcome budgeting, protection of all stakeholders to boost economy
New policy to encourage private investments health sector soon
10 knowledge centres to be established
- Karnataka Government Staff Strike Near-Total In Many Districts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
The strike was withdrawn two hours after it began
- Empty Brains (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Mar 10, 2006)
Mr A.R. Rather, National Conference Leader of the Opposition in the State Assembly, has touched an important issue during his criticism of the State Government's budget for the next financial year.
- Varanasi: Show Of Solidarity (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Mar 10, 2006)
All sections, cutting across religious affiliations, take out peace marches
The U.P. Government was focusing more on Mathura, Ayodhya
High-profile visits being seen more as attempts to score brownie points
Many BHU students, RSS volunteers donate bl
- Delhi Budget Has Much To Cheer The Housewife, Girl Child And The Disabled (Hindu, Sujay Mehdudia, Mar 10, 2006)
Cooking gas, piped natural gas, coffee, ghee, power inverters, jewellery to cost less
Reduction in VAT on several items
5,000-rupee bank deposit for girls at birth
Unemployment allowance for the disabled
- No Philosopher’S Stone (Telegraph, Shree Ghatage, Mar 10, 2006)
Shree Ghatage’s first novel, Brahma’s Dream, is set in pre-independence India and ends sometime after Gandhi’s assassination. The painful progress of India into freedom is told through the life of central character, Mohini, who struggles with . . .
- If Committees Could Make Books (Telegraph, RAVI VYAS, Mar 10, 2006)
“A camel is a horse formed by a committee,” is an Arab proverb that best explains why Indian publishers take so long to make publishing decisions, and equally long to produce the book. Six months is the lead-time between submission . . .
- Varanasi Attacks: Police Release Sketches Of Suspects (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
Uttar Pradesh Police on Thursday released sketches of two men suspected to have triggered the twin blasts that killed 15 people, even as they said they had reason to believe Pakistan-based terrorist outfit . . .
- Fight It Out (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Mar 10, 2006)
It is just a coincidence that the reopening of educational institutions in the Valley has coincided with step-up in militant violence.
- Sabotaging The Soft Image (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 10, 2006)
IT was disturbing to see the police lathi-charge a woman's rally organized by an NGO in Lahore on Wednesday to observe the International Women's Day.
- Pak Economic Superiority To Beat India: Musharraf (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Thursday said Pakistan would get an edge over India by achieving economic superiority rather than indulging in an arms race.
- 100 Years Ago Today (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 10, 2006)
— A young Hindu woman named Sarojini, of No 21 Ananda Khan’s Lane, who, it is alleged, had latterly been very unhappy over some domestic matters, was found in her room suffering from opium poisoning, to which she succumbed on Thursday at the Mayo Hospital
- India, Myanmar Sign Three Accords (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
Taking bilateral cooperation to a higher plane, India and Myanmar today signed three agreements in petroleum, space and education sectors in the presence of President A P J Abdul Kalam and Chairman of the State Peace and Development . . .
- Pakistan To Enhance Deterrence Capability (Pakistan Observer, Aroosa Alam, Mar 10, 2006)
Indo-US nuclear deal and the subsequent alteration in strategic balance in South Asia has compelled Pakistan to expand its nuclear threshold and to enhance its detterence capability.
- Earthquake Relief: Second Phase (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 10, 2006)
The un humanitarian aid coordinating office and Erra, which have been working to provide relief to the October 8 earthquake victims, have announced that they will shortly be launching the next phase of their relief and rehabilitation programmes . . .
- India And Myanmar Sign Natural Gas Deal (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
India and Myanmar agreed Thursday to consider ways of transporting natural gas from fields off western Myanmar to the energy-hungry giant next door, officials said.
- Hospital Hoodlums (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 10, 2006)
The sight of political parties and social activists targeting the superintendent after an incident as ghastly as the one that took place at the Calcutta Medical College and Hospital last week is a familiar one.
- Kashmir Involves India & Pakistan: Cbms Progressing: Musharraf (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf said on Thursday that the issue of Kashmir was a bilateral matter involving Pakistan and India and neither party wanted it to become a trilateral or multilateral issue.
- Musharraf Says No Compromise On Deterrence (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf Thursday said that Pakistan is not into an arms race in the region but will never compromise on its strategy of defensive deterrence to safeguard its sovereignty
- Fast-Paced Development In Fata (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 10, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that additional funds will be made available for fast track development in the Tribal Areas. Talking to Tribal Maliks and elders, who called on him in Rawalpindi on Wednesday, he said that the Government . . .
- Easy Targets (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
The terrorist attack in Varanasi (including one on an important Hanuman temple on Tuesday, in which about 15 people died) does not leave much room for doubt that these attacks follow a pattern.
- A New South Asian Order In The Making (Dawn, Sherry Rehman, Mar 09, 2006)
Despite the concessions made by Pervez Musharraf for Washington, President Bush’s approach to South Asia indicates very clearly a major shift in US policy, refracted most sharply by his visit to the region.
- My Beloved Granny (Deccan Herald, Sharada Prahladrao , Mar 09, 2006)
From a sheltered life at a tender age, she came to a bustling metro and fought her own battles.
- 'We Want To Demystify Careers In Networking’ (Deccan Herald, Sangeetha Chengappa, Mar 09, 2006)
While the Internet has revolutionised the way we deliver and receive information and the way businesses are conducted, more than 80 per cent of the world has never heard a dial tone, or sent an e-mail or even surfed the Net.
- Killer Curves (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 09, 2006)
Curves captivate, as manifest by the likes of Marilyn Monroe. They also have a “killer” quality, and this has nothing to do with buxom beauties but pertains to the wonderful world of sport.
- Memories Of A Fairy Child (Statesman, Rekha Barua, Mar 09, 2006)
I met her on the flight of stairs inside SSKM Hospital. She had come to see someone in a ward and I had gone to meet a doctor there.
- Cm Lays Foundation For Bhaderwah University Campus (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
It looked as if entire Bhadarwah had come out on roads to receive their beloved leader, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, on his arrival in the town today to lay foundation of Bhadarwah Campus of Jammu University and address a public gathering . . .
- Varanasi Shuts Down In Protest Over Blasts (Reuters, Sharat Pradhan, Mar 09, 2006)
India's ancient holy city of Varanasi shut down on Wednesday in a protest against bomb blasts in a Hindu temple and a railway station which killed 15 people, but there were no reports of any sectarian backlash.
- Model Orphanages (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 09, 2006)
THE facilities provided for orphans of the Oct 8 earthquake victims at a number of orphanages run by the non-profit organization ‘Save Our Souls’ in Punjab present a model for other NGOs and philanthropic groups dealing with the aftermath of the . . .
- In Love With A Stranger (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Mar 09, 2006)
The sight of a foreigner is no longer surprising in urban China, though Indians are still stared at as some exotic species. A sight now getting common is that of a white man with a Chinese girl, arm-in-arm. The man is often much older.
- Family Matters (Telegraph, Malavika Karlekar, Mar 09, 2006)
The author’s recent book is Re-visioning the Past: Early Photography in Bengal 1875-1915
- New Uk Rules For Low-Skilled Workers (Tribune, David Barret, Mar 09, 2006)
Low-skilled workers from outside the EU will not normally be allowed into Britain under the Government’s new immigration system, it was announced on Tuesday.
- Un: Women Denied Representation (Tribune, Maxine Frith, Mar 09, 2006)
Millions of women around the world, are being denied effective representation because of the low numbers of female politicians, judges and employers, the United Nations has warned.
- Making Panchayati Raj Effective In Haryana (Tribune, Ranbir Singh, Mar 09, 2006)
THE enactment and implementation of the Haryana Panchayati Raj Act, 1994, for restructuring the system of decentralised rural governance in Haryana in accordance with the provisions of the 73rd Amendment Act (1993), the devolution of functions . . .
- Of Personal Letters (Tribune, Suchita Malik, Mar 09, 2006)
My “Indo-Amrikan” nephew and I are very good pen-pals.
- American Building Schools And Relations In Northern Areas (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
An American mountaineer who fell ill while attempting to climb K2 in 1993 and spent seven weeks recovering in the Northern Areas village of Korphe promised to return and build the area’s fist school when he left - and he did.
- Finding Zaheera Sheikh (Indian Express, AYESHA KHAN, Mar 09, 2006)
She represented the demand for justice in Gujarat. Till twists and turns in the Best Bakery case gathered her into the shadows, says AYESHA KHAN
- Ec’S Disqualification Move Opens A Pandora’S Box (Deccan Herald, B S Arun, Mar 09, 2006)
Rajya Sabha MP Jaya Bachchan is in the spotlight for holding an office of profit
- Prime Minister's Statement On Discussions On Civil Nuclear Energy Cooperation With The Us (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
In my Statement on February 27, 2006, I had provided an assurance that this august House will be informed of developments in our discussions with the United States on separation of our civilian and military nuclear facilities.
- India Says To Complete Nuclear Separation By 2014 (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Mar 08, 2006)
India will open 14 of its 22 nuclear plants for international inspections by 2014 as part of a landmark civilian nuclear cooperation deal with the United States, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday.
- Australia To Expand Business Operations In India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Santos strikes deal with Reliance Petroleum
- In Temple Town, Blasts Drown Pealing Of Bells (Indian Express, Tarannum Manjul, Mar 08, 2006)
When two-year-old Shivangi’s parents took her to the Sankatmochan temple in Varanasi for the Tuesday darshan, never in their worst imaginings could they have foreseen that their little girl would be one of the 12 people who died in the blasts that. . .
- Budget For Deceptions (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 08, 2006)
An analysis of this year’s budget by JNU professor Prabhat Patnaik, a key figure in the CPM’s group on economic affairs, pinpoints inadequacies in the document from the Left’s standpoint:
- Australia Opens Door For Uranium To India - Analyst (Reuters, James Grubel, Mar 08, 2006)
Australia has opened the door to future uranium sales to India but would not want to consider the issue for several years and not until Australia has locked in lucrative sales to China, a leading analyst said on Tuesday.
- India On Alert To Prevent Trouble After Bomb Blasts (Reuters, Sharat Pradhan, Mar 08, 2006)
Armed police mounted vigil at temples and public places across India on Wednesday and leaders appealed for calm as Hindu groups called for a strike in Uttar Pradesh to protest against bomb blasts that killed 15.
- In A State Of Ruin (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 08, 2006)
The author is a former foreign secretary.
- Discontented Docs And Sick Wards (Indian Express, SWATI ALI, Mar 08, 2006)
One slap by an irate relative on a resident doctor in Mumbai’s King Edward Memorial Hospital and, in a matter of hours, 2,000 resident doctors from 10 hospitals in the city were ready to go on strike.
- 'Intelligence Agencies Had Warned Of Blasts' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Intelligence inputs had been received that terror groups were likely to "create trouble" at either Varanasi's Sankat Mochan or Kashi Vishwanath temples, home ministry officials here said.
- Time For Activists To Look At Social Minefields (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Mar 08, 2006)
Even after a decade of the legally guaranteed representation for women in the Panchayat Raj system, there is no groundswell of opinion for legislative reservation for women
- Gender Parity: A Long Way To Go (Deccan Herald, Lola Nayar, Mar 08, 2006)
Sc pronouncement making the registration of marriages compulsory is a positive step
- Women’S Day (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 08, 2006)
Decision-making for women can come onlu with empowerment
- Reconnect With Yourself (Telegraph, SRIRUPA RAY, Mar 08, 2006)
Instead of being an excuse to seek special privileges, International Women’s Day should be an exercise in self-discovery
- Rbi Relaxes Forex Access (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed select Full Fledged Money Changers, Urban Cooperative Banks and Regional Rural Banks to undertake wider range of transactions relating to release/remittance of foreign exchange (FE) for various non-trade . . .
- Two New Medical Colleges This Year, Says Acharya (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Two of the six proposed government medical colleges are likely to function from the coming academic year, Medical Education Minister Dr V S Acharya said on Tuesday.
- Issues Remain Unaddressed In Budget (Hindu, Subramanian Swamy , Mar 08, 2006)
The 2006-07 budget has no solutions for the pressing problems of the economy. Instead, we find a tax on kitchen tiles, packaged software, and share transactions just to make budgetary ends meet and not for dynamic policy.
- Women’S Lib Crib (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Mar 08, 2006)
Careful about reading this one. After all, an editorial on Women’s Day quoting a study that suggests that feminist ideals have made women in general ‘unhappier’ is likely to get the rolling pins as well as the brief cases out.
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