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Articles 13021 through 13120 of 22438:
- Compare And Contrast (News International, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jan 09, 2006)
The Jamea mosque is just around the corner from my house in UK. Five times a day people come to worship there, many of whom I know by sight or name.
- The Status Quo Returns (News International, Jyoti Malhotra, Jan 09, 2006)
The dewy optimism of that January two years ago when India and Pakistan seemed poised for a breakthrough in mutual prejudice has given way to a steady hum in which both establishments seem to have abandoned the vision thing in favour of controlled movemen
- Redeeming Lost Glory (News International, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jan 09, 2006)
Ideology is born, develops and has its being in dialectic — that is, dynamism fuelled by the struggle to overcome contradictions which come to the fore in its onward march.
- The New Face Of Kashmiri Militancy (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jan 09, 2006)
After the October 29 blasts in Delhi it has now become clear that an increasing number of Indian nationals, especially from Kashmir, are participating in most of the terrorist attacks and terrorists' suicide missions in the country.
- Generating Rural Wealth By Marrying Commerce, Tech (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jan 09, 2006)
Last week I wrote about how major retailers and consumer product companies were opening up employment opportunities across a large swathe of urban and semi-urban India without emphasis on education and technical skills.
- Last Of Gang Of Four, Yao Wenyuan, Dies In Obscurity. It Remains An Uncomfortable Subject For China (Indian Express, Ching-Ching Ni, Jan 09, 2006)
Yao Wenyuan, the last living member of the Gang of Four blamed for the chaos and political extremism of China’s decade-long Cultural Revolution, has died, state media reported on Friday.
- Welcome Nris, You May Soon Get To Vote In India (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said that the demand for voting rights by NRIs in the Gulf has a convincing basis and that the proposal for granting voting rights to Indians living abroad is at an advanced stage of consideration.
- Manmohan Hands Over Oci Cards (Hindu, Y. Mallikarjun, Jan 08, 2006)
It is a big honour to be given the Overseas Citizen of India card: Nivruti Rai
- Lives Of The Powerful (Greater Kashmir, Dr Syed Amir, Jan 08, 2006)
They record their events for us to read them, writes Dr Syed Amir
More than 150 years ago, the Scottish historian and essayist, Thomas Carlyle, in his book On Heroes and Hero Worship noted that “the history of the world is but the biography . . .
- Water Wars Everywhere - I (Greater Kashmir, Zahid Samoon, Jan 08, 2006)
Land disputes have ended paving way for battles over water resources, Zahid Samoon (Abraham) responds to Saadut Hussain’s article Water Wars
- Project To Conserve Water Wins Them A National Berth (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Rural students' project selected for National Science Congress
Getting entry into National Science Congress and winning the appreciation of the evaluators for the project done by students from a rural area is no mean achievement.
- Telangana: Manmohan For New Investment? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Is a solution political or administrative, asks Prime Minister
- Higher Education In J&k (Daily Excelsior, Parkash Parihar, Jan 08, 2006)
The history of higher education in Jammu and Kashmir can be traced back to 1904 when two colleges were established- Prince of Wales College in Jammu now GGM Science College and SP College in Srinagar.
- Pm Promises Voting Rights To Nris (Tribune, Ramesh Kandula, Jan 08, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today announced a number of sops and initiatives for the benefit of overseas Indians.
- Rai, Shareef First Overseas Citizens Of India (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Ms Nivruti Rai and Mr Iftekhar Shareef from the US have become the first recipients of the much awaited Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cards today at the inaugural day of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD).
- Taking Too Many Medicines Is Risky (Tribune, Dr N.N. Wig, Jan 08, 2006)
Paradoxically, people’s health has never been so good as it is today. The scourge of small pox has been eradicated. Polio is on its way out. Most common communicable diseases are far better controlled than before. People are living much longer.
- A Challenging Role For Rajnath (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jan 08, 2006)
The new BJP President, Rajnath Singh has gained wide experience at his age. He is just 54. Known as a soft spoken and low profile gentleman-politician, he lacks the stature to lead the second biggest political party after the Congress.
- Warning Wasted In Bangalore (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jan 08, 2006)
Poor communication, bureaucratic delays
ID card of suspect referred to J & K police more than three months after it was found
Common-sense procedure not followed
Weapons transported from J & K
- Grab The Judge (The Week, Tapash Ganguly, Jan 08, 2006)
Fundamentalists in Bangladesh are trying to take over the judicial system
- Tslushnami Of Human Rights (The Week, Kavitha Muralidharan, Jan 08, 2006)
What a year has wrought in Tamil Nadu and Kerala—the good, the bad and the ugly...
- Judicial Activism In America (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Jan 08, 2006)
It is a well-established function of judges to say what the law is, or what it means. Many of them will follow precedents and give due attention to the original lawmaker’s intent in performing this function.
- Conserving A Priceless Heritage (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
People should be aware of the value of the Ambarnath Shivalaya in Maharashtra and help beautify it, Dr Kumud Kanitkar, winner of the Justice K T Telang Fellowship in Indology, tells Vimla Patil.
- A Little Admission (Hindustan Times, Karan Thapar, Jan 08, 2006)
In the last few weeks, I’ve had occasion to recall a conversation with my old friend Praveen Anand. “Medicine,” he’d declare, “is the most honourable profession in the world”. As an aspiring journalist I’d disagree. He would smile indulgently.
- Madras Varsity To Publish Teachers' Works (Hindu, K. Ramachandran, Jan 08, 2006)
Universities of Madras, Mumbai and Calcutta celebrating 150th anniversary
- Fdi And The Future Of Farmers (Hindu, N. Bala Ganesan, Jan 08, 2006)
The farm sector, taken as a whole, has no sustainable, long-term prospect of increasing its revenue
- India Shoots Down Pak’S Peace Floater (Hindustan Times, Nilova Roy Chaudhury, Jan 08, 2006)
The government reacted frostily on Saturday to suggestions by Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf that India demilitarize several cities in J&K, saying any such decision “cannot be dictated by any foreign government”.
- Upa’S Plan For Minorities: We Will Fix Govt Spending As Per Their Population Share (Indian Express, Amitav Ranjan, Jan 08, 2006)
In what could open the floodgates to political and legal controversy, the UPA Government is ready to announce a “15-point programme” for what it calls the “welfare” of minorities despite a categorical opinion from the Union Law Ministry that the . . .
- Rashid Tells India Not To Meddle In Pak (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Federal Information and Broadcasting Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has warned that if India continues to poke its nose in the internal affairs of Pakistan, the whole peace process will be an exercise in futility.
- Manmohan Announces A Slew Of Concessions To Overseas Indians (Hindu, S. Nagesh Kumar, Jan 08, 2006)
Decision on voting rights to non-resident Indians in Gulf soon
Overseas Citizen of India card presented
Easy-to-use remittance facility; liberalised insurance scheme
- Proposal To Monitor Ias Officers (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Jan 08, 2006)
It is interesting. The suggestion has come from no less a person than the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who is himself a former bureaucrat. Mr Singh is strongly in favour of introducing a monitoring system to assess the performance . . .
- Overseas Indians Get Multiple Entry Visas (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh launched the Overseas Citizen of India scheme that confers a hassle-free, life-long multiple entry visa for overseas Indians here on Saturday at the fourth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, an annual three-day get-together . . .
- ‘Education Cannot Be Based On Money’ (Deccan Herald, K Jayalakshmi, Jan 08, 2006)
To achieve the task of making India a knowledge-based society, we simply have to decommercialise education” - Dr P M Bhargava
- Ancient City Modern Hues (Deccan Herald, Soumya Sitaraman, Jan 08, 2006)
What’s in a name? Plenty, it seems, if the impassioned debate surrounding the renaming of Bangalore as Bengaluru is anything to go by. Soumya Sitaraman looks back on a time when the city was, indeed, called Bengaluru.
- Women In Novels (Deccan Herald, Sakuntala Narasimhan, Jan 08, 2006)
Although the subject matter merits study, poor language and errors mar the book.
- Students' Start-Up Bags $ 100,000 Venture Capital (Hindu, K. Ramachandran, Jan 07, 2006)
Aims to offer technology and Internet-based solutions
A start-up by a group of engineering students from Chennai promising to offer technology and Internet-based solutions to students and corporates has found a venture capital of $ 100,000.
- Women Lead Fight Against ‘Honour Killings’ (Tribune, Paul Valley, Jan 07, 2006)
These are some of the things that can get a woman killed: wearing make-up; going to the cinema; chewing gum; drinking water in the street; chatting to a male neighbour; talking on the phone;
- Mumbai Police Nail Terror Plot, But Threat Growing (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
Mumbai police on Friday claimed to have busted a terrorist plot with the arrest of three suspects and seizing an arsenal powerful enough to cause five explosions.
- Holding The Banner Of Harmony Aloft (Hindu, S. Dorairaj , Jan 07, 2006)
It all occurred over 18 years ago. A gang of terrorists stormed Sohal, a tiny village in Amritsar district of Punjab, around midnight on July 21, 1987. The gun-toting Khalistanis opened fire using automatic weapons.
- A Strategy For Up Assembly Polls (The Economic Times, V KRISHNA ANANTH, Jan 07, 2006)
While the change of guard was expected at the BJP’s silver jubilee meet at Mumbai, Rajnath Singh was indeed a surprise choice. Mr Singh, no doubt, was not a dark horse in any sense; he is certainly not another Bangaru Laxman or Jana Krishnamurthy.
- Incursions Of Hindutva (Times of India, HARSH MANDER, Jan 07, 2006)
Tribals in the forested interiors of India today face a grave, new threat. Already dispossessed of land and forest, grappling with debt, hunger, exploitation and bondage, the tribals now face incursions of radical Hindutva, . . .
- Afghan Talent Show A Hit Four Years After The Taliban (Daily Times, Emmanuel Duparcq, Jan 07, 2006)
The scene, unthinkable only four years ago under the ousted Taliban regime who banned music and television, plays out in Kabul’s Ariana cinema
- Elitist Orientation Of The Economy (Dawn, Ishrat Husain, Jan 07, 2006)
Several observers have asked me to update the latest assessment of my thesis propounded in the book Pakistan: the economy of an elitist state. They are interested in exploring the question whether or not the policies and programmes pursued during . . .
- Do Genes Score Over Merit In Economic Future? (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 07, 2006)
The belief that education, and not environment, is key to moulding a person may be have to be revised, says D. Murali, quoting from Unequal Chances. In another revelation, Rajesh Jain writes in Chains that Liberate, that there seems to be . . .
- Cit To Host Seminar On Environmental Protection (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
Conference papers to be available on icstep2006.com
Over 250 delegates from India and abroad will to attend a three-day conference on environmental protection to be organised at Coimbatore Institute of Technology (CIT), from January 7 to 9.
- `Harness Forensic Science To Thwart Terror Plans' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
Scientist advocates `preventive forensics' as traditional methods failed to handle terrorists
Crime base shifting from urban areas to rural areas
Forensic planning has to be formulated for rural and tribal population
- Tax On Parallel Education That Failed The Test Of Article 14 (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 07, 2006)
The decision of the Kerala High Court in the Malappuram District Parallel College Association case may not have many parallels. Because the verdict, delivered on August 31, 2005, by Justice C. N. Ramachandran Nair, quashed service tax levy . . .
- A New Ruler For Dubai (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 07, 2006)
Dubai and the United Arab Emirates have lost a far-sighted leader with the death of Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid al-Maktoum.
- Africa's Only Woman Head Of State (Hindu, Cameron Duodu, Jan 07, 2006)
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf will have an impact well beyond her own country.
- Bush Defends Iraq Policy (Hindu, DAVID E. SANGER, Jan 07, 2006)
Colin L. Powell said nothing — a silence that spoke volumes to many in the White House on Thursday morning. His predecessor, Madeleine K. Albright,
- Let’S Pretend (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 07, 2006)
Let's say you’re rich. Not just rich, but filthy rich. Then let’s pretend what will it cost you.
- Third Decree Treatment (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 07, 2006)
As in real estate, so in minority politics. When in trouble, ordinance
- Reserved For Merit (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jan 07, 2006)
It is exactly a year since the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) council has been caught up in the wrangle over its status — minority or not. In striking down the AMU Amendment Act of 1981, that granted the university minority status, . . .
- Why Are They Running Scared Of Ideology? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jan 07, 2006)
Increasingly, ideology is portrayed as something to be despaired of — a hang-up, and a hindrance to progress in a world in search of quick fixes. But pragmatism without a political vision seldom works in the long run.
- Changing Profile Of Al Qaeda (Daily Excelsior, P Bhattacharya, Jan 07, 2006)
On 5 February, 2003, the then US Secretary of State, Gen Colin Powel had said at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) that, ''Iraq today harbors a deadly terrorist network, headed by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, an associate and collaborator . . .
- Iisc: Madrasa Chief Arrested (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
The Bangalore police team have detained a madrasa incharge from a village in Bijapur district in connection with the December 28 IISc attack...
- Kashmir Twist In Iisc Probe: Valley Teacher Picked Up After His Ec Identity Card Surfaces In Bangalore (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Jan 07, 2006)
A school teacher in Anantnag district has been picked up by the state police who are investigating whether he holds the key to what could be the first indication of a Jammu and Kashmir link to the Bangalore terror attack at the Indian Institute of Science
- Those Blessed With Gene-Sharkmen, Matters, Memories (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Jan 07, 2006)
A news item I read in one of the Delhi papers the other day describes how a little striped fish had helped scientists to solve one of the biggest mysteries in biology- which genes were responsible for differences in human skin, eye and hair colour.
- Desperate Steps Push Edge Of Medical Knowledge (Indian Express, LAWRENCE K ALTMAN, Jan 07, 2006)
In an attempt to save the life of PM Ariel Sharon of Israel, doctors in Jerusalem operated twice on his brain for a total of nine hours on Thursday, then put him into an anesthesia-induced coma and connected him to a mechanical respirator.
- The Net And Nostalgia (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Jan 07, 2006)
My conscious memories of Bangalore/Bengaluru go back to the year 1962. For the next thirty years I visited the place once a year, sometimes twice, staying for a few weeks or a few months each time.
- Remembering Shah-I-Hamadan (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 07, 2006)
The great saint is not only remembered for his saintliness but there is much more than is being read and heard about him.The great saint is not only remembered for his saintliness but there is much more than is being read and heard about him.
- The Dream Team: A Critique-Ii (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 07, 2006)
What would convertibility entail? For a decade now, India has had limited ease of availability of foreign exchange for importers, businessmen, students and tourists.
- As The Others See Us (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Jan 07, 2006)
After the Mitrokhin and Volcker disclosures and seeing clips of Members of Parliament accepting bribes to put questions in Parliament, the question uppermost in our minds is how do these blighters face members of their own family and friends?
- No Quota For Amu (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 07, 2006)
Thursday’s Allahabad High Court ruling upholding the judgement of its earlier single-Judge order which had termed the minority status of Aligarh Muslim University and 50 per cent reservation to Muslims in the institution as “unconstitutional” is a setback
- Jobs And Sops (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 07, 2006)
Basu becomes source of embarrassment
How Jyoti Basu could use a rally organised by the coordination committee of state government employees to announce a “cabinet decision’’ to recruit 40,000 people in various departments of the government and . . .
- The Dream Team: A Critique-I (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 06, 2006)
Dr Manmohan Singh has spoken of how pleasantly surprised he was to be made Finance Minister in July 1991 by P V Narasimha Rao.
- Return Of The Natives (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 06, 2006)
The question of Pandit return looms large over the larger Kashmir dispute.
- Rights Of Women In Islam (Dawn, Syed Imad-ud-Din Asad, Jan 06, 2006)
IT is a general concept in the West that in the eyes of Islam woman is inferior to man. They staunchly believe that there is no such thing as “rights of woman” in Islam. This misconception is partly due to their lack of access to the Quran and the . . .
- Kalabagh: The Question Of Alternatives (Dawn, S.M. Naseem, Jan 06, 2006)
The rush to build the Kalabagh dam is taking General Musharraf and many of his supporters, including some born-again superpatriots, to heights of irrationality.
- The Task Before The Ncsw (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 06, 2006)
Although it took 10n months to fill the post of chairperson of the National Commission on the Status of Women, the educationist Dr Arfa Syeda Zehra, who was recently appointed, has a huge challenge ahead of her if she is to fill the void left by her . . .
- Key To Lasting Joy Is Hard Work (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 06, 2006)
Academics at Gothenburg University in Sweden have come up with an interesting proposition: hard work is the only path to happiness.
- Amu Not A Minority Institution: Hc (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
Upholds striking down of 50 pc quota
The Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court today upheld with some modifications its last year’s single-judge Bench judgment terming as ‘unconstitutional the granting of minority status to the . . .
- Scientific Research (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 06, 2006)
It is commonly said that common sense is something that is not very common. Now if scientific rationalism was required to prove this, it has been done. Never mind that it is so much more good money gone down the drain, and only to establish what one . . .
- Healthy Concession (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 06, 2006)
State accepts reality on teacher-doctors
It was a matter of time before the West Bengal government accepted the reality on private practice by doctors teaching in medical colleges.
- Us Lawyers Seek Faster Green Card Processing (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 06, 2006)
American lawyers are seeking faster processing of Green Cards by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for thousands of immigrants, including several Indian Americans who have been approved as legal permanent residents.
- No. 1 Resolution For 2006: Keep Learning (Tribune, Amy Joyce , Jan 06, 2006)
Here are the resolutions I wish we would all make for 2006:
Learn something new. Are you bored at work? Does your job feel like a grind? If it does, then you’re bringing everyone down. Including yourself. And it doesn’t have to be that way.
- President Kalam's Stress On Conserving Water Bodies (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
First Citizen holds interaction with farmers and children
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has stressed on the need for conserving water bodies as part of drought mitigation measures, and asked farmers in dry land areas to cultivate jatropha.
- City Flights (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 06, 2006)
Mumbai figured fifth and Delhi ninth in the top 10 most populated cities of the world list in a 2001 UN study.
- 12 Child Labourers Rescued (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
Officials of the Labour Department raid garages and shops
- Prakash Karat Rejects Ramdev's Charges (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
"CPI(M) in the forefront of opposing multi-national corporations" "The economic growth was good but it had benefited only a few making them wealthier"
- Trade And Social Concerns (Dawn, Najma Sadeque, Jan 06, 2006)
There were 6,000 negotiators, 3,000 registered business and NGO lobbyists, and some 5,000 stakeholder-protesters from 149 countries at the WTO’s recent Hong Kong ministerial.
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