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Articles 4221 through 4320 of 53943:
- Off To Australia (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
You want to make your honeymoon truly special. You are looking for an exclusive lodge in the countryside, or the stillness of the rainforest, or a beachfront bungalow within view of the ocean. Believe it or not, it is possible and Australia has to . . .
- Arms Consignment: Nepal Denies Reports (Hindu, Ameet Dhakal, Sep 05, 2006)
Nepal's Home Minister on Monday denied media reports in India and Nepal that a Nepal-bound Ukrainian plane with an arms consignment had landed in Ahmedabad.
- Ananthagiri Hills To Be Developed Into Resort (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
Development to be complementary to Anantha Padmanabha Swamy temple
Global tenders to be issued shortly to construct hotels, eateries and cottages
Buddha Vanam project at Nagarjunasagar completed 75%
Museum at venue to be mainstay of project.
- International Focus On The Disabled (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 05, 2006)
The United Nations General Assembly is scheduled to adopt the International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities — the first human rights treaty of this century — at its 61st annual . . .
- China Seeks To Roll Back The Sands (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Sep 05, 2006)
The livelihoods of 400 million people are threatened by the spread of the Gobi and Taklimakan deserts.
- Australia Looks To Raise Its Profile (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Sep 05, 2006)
Canberra's recent dealings with major powers show its preference for "reassurance rather than deterrence."
- Sri Lankan Army Captures Sampur (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 05, 2006)
LTTE says attack a violation of ceasefire
- Report On Fuller Capital Account Convertibility — Will The . . . (Business Line, Ashoak Upadhyay , Sep 05, 2006)
Though the latest CAC report reads like a travelogue of India's financial sector and government finances reforms to date, it is a valuable guide to the subject of convertibility.
- ‘Crocodile Hunter’ Felled By A Fish (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
Steve Irwin, a passionate conservationist who shot to international fame as the ‘Crocodile Hunter’, was killed in a freak accident while diving off the north Queensland coast.
- Bush Admn Keen On No N-Deal Changes (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
With the US Senate getting into a month-long session on Tuesday, the Bush administration is keen that the Indo-US civilian nuclear act is passed without any changes keeping in mind India’s apprehensions and objections to certain provisions...
- Musharraf May Compare Bugti Killing To Blue Star (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Sep 05, 2006)
As he prepares for a two week visit to the US, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is expected to defend the killing of Baluch leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti by invoking comparisons with India’s Operation Blue Star against Sikh extremists in 1984.
- Qatar Can Afford To Defy Israel (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Sep 05, 2006)
Qatar became the first Arab country on Monday to offer troops to the UN force in Lebanon by pledging 200-300 soldiers for the expanded operation.
- India, France "Not Very Far" From Nuclear Pact (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Sep 05, 2006)
Paris wants to "ease the energy needs" of New Delhi
"We are moving in the last phase of this process"
Scorpene submarine deal to be reviewed
France for promoting ceasefire in Lebanon.
- Get Out, Sudan Tells Peacekeepers (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
The removal of all troops is seen as a worrying development as it would leave no barrier between the region’s rebel groups and their government-backed opponents.
- Upa Does Left Twist (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 04, 2006)
On the face of it, the only objection that can be raised about the proposed inclusion of Left MPs in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's delegation to the 14th Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Cuba is that our comrades will be junketing in the garb of . . .
- Expand Dpco Coverage (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Sep 04, 2006)
Minister for Chemicals Ram Vilas Paswan has suggested that the number of drugs covered under the Drug Pricing and Control Order (DPCO) may be increased from present 74 to 354. This is opposite to the direction being followed in the recent years.
- Showcaused: Natwar & Son By Ed (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued showcause notices to former external affairs minister K Natwar Singh, his son Jagat, and others in the Iraqi oil for food kickbacks investigation.
- Pakistani, Indian Pilgrims Slain In Iraq (Reuters, Ross Colvin, Sep 04, 2006)
Fourteen Pakistani and Indian Shi'ite pilgrims were abducted and killed in Iraq's western desert, police said on Saturday, victims of sectarian strife between Sunnis and Shi'ites that threatens civil war.
- Elephants And Villagers Battle In Jungles Of Bangladesh (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Deep in the forests of southeastern Bangladesh, a battle rages between herds of endangered elephants and villagers whose livelihoods depend on felling trees that provide the elephants' habitat.
- Bangladesh Intransigence (Daily Excelsior, Sarvadaman, Sep 04, 2006)
India has been fighting Naga insurgency almost for five decades. It is the inborn patience of the Indians that have sometimes allowed the political cauldron to go on boiling for a longer periods. Infact, there has been addition to already existing . . .
- How We Deny Sectarianism And Then Pay For It (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 04, 2006)
Eleven Pakistani pilgrims to Karbala have been brutally murdered by sectarian thugs in Iraq.
- Spitting Not Fine But Fined (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 04, 2006)
Mumbai is trying to be the spitting image of Shanghai not in terms of improved infrastructure but clean civic habits. From October, says a PTI report, citizens will be fined Rs 500 if caught spitting or littering in a public place.
- Thoughts On The Convertibility Report (Business Standard, Abheek Barua, Sep 04, 2006)
Certain policy inconsistencies in the Tarapore panel report can play havoc with markets and investments.
- From Here To Eternity (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 04, 2006)
The second committee on “fuller” capital account convertibility (CAC-2) was hurriedly set up by the Reserve Bank when the Prime Minister surprised everyone by bringing convertibility back on the front burner in March.
- Wto Shackles On National Policy (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Sep 04, 2006)
Ever since the WTO came into being in 1994, it has been bandied around, making a lot of sense especially to those who feel that the organisation is just another instrument through which the developed world is controlling the economic resources . . .
- Nato Kills 200 Talibans (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Around 200 insurgents were killed in the first two days of a major anti-Taliban operation under way in southern Afghanistan, a NATO military source said today.
- Invent Another Crisis (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Sep 04, 2006)
The United Nations security council deadline for Iran to stop producing enriched uranium expired on August 31, and UN secretary Kofi Annan arrived in Tehran on September 2.
- Fight Hatred In Order To Fight Terror (Tribune, SUBHASH GATADE, Sep 04, 2006)
The latest US Congressional Report on terrorism has come out at a very inopportune time as far as US President Bush and his team of neo-con advisers is concerned.
- Fear Of Flying (Indian Express, NAMRATA SHARMA ZAKARIA, Sep 04, 2006)
Once upon a time, we really flew when we flew. Taking a plane to anywhere was quite the flight of fancy.
- Iran ‘Prepared To Negotiate’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad favours negotiations on his country’s nuclear programme but won’t halt uranium enrichment ahead of talks, UN chief Kofi Annan said on Sunday after meeting the leader.
- Re-Work Tax Treaty With Mauritius? (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
First the facts. The Indo-Mauritius tax treaty (DTAT) was first signed in 1982. The main provision was that no resident of Mauritius would be taxed in India on capital gains arising out of sale of securities in India.
- Infosys Mentor Murthy To Help Bangalore Retain Top It Slot (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Burying the hatchet with the Karnataka government over the development of Bangalore, Infosys Technologies chief mentor N R Narayana Murthy has agreed to head a vision group to help the city retain its pre-eminent IT slot.
- Punjab Polls: Manmohan To Be Congress Trump Card (Pioneer, Akhilesh Suman, Sep 04, 2006)
With Chief Minister Amrinder Singh battling against five years of anti-incumbency, the Congress plans to project Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as "pride of Punjab" to turn the electoral tide.
- Finally, The Link: Ed Says Jagat, Natwar Made Money In Iraq Deal (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Sep 04, 2006)
Jolted by moves to stay their action through pleas in the Supreme Court, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has finally hand-delivered show-cause notices to nine individuals and firms, including former External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh and his . . .
- Citizenship Isn’T A Split Decision (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 04, 2006)
Should cosmopolitan nations prohibit dual citizenship at a time when integration is very important?
- Promises Of Petrol Reforms Are Running On Empty (Indian Express, Vikram S Mehta, Sep 04, 2006)
The oil marketing companies are sliding towards financial ruin, the pathway to petroleum deregulation cluttered with broken assurances
- Public Health, Why Now? (Deccan Herald, Manu N Kulkarni, Sep 04, 2006)
The Govt’s public health initiatives seem to favour the MNCs more than the people.
- Free Float? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 04, 2006)
Take safeguards before making rupee fully convertible.
- Iran Wants Talks, But Won’T Halt Enrichment (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wants negotiations on Iran's nuclear program but won't halt uranium enrichment ahead of talks, U.N. chief Kofi Annan said Sunday after meeting the Iranian leader.
- North Korea May Hold Another Missile Test (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
North Korea may be preparing for another missile test, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday, but a government official in Seoul discounted the report.
- `Islam Does Not Preach Terrorism' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Education, hard work can end poverty of Muslims
- Focus On Medical, Heritage Tourism (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Private investment in tourism sector to be encouraged
- Pentagon Fears Another Vietnam In Iraq (Hindu, Paul Harris, Sep 04, 2006)
United States President George W. Bush on Saturday denied that Iraq was plunging into civil war, just a day after the Pentagon painted a bloody picture of a nation caught in a spiral of increasing violence.
- E-Tutoring A Boon For Travel-Weary Students (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
There is a high degree of personal interaction in this system
The programmes are tailored to suit each student's needs
- The Plan For The Worst Case Scenario? (Indian Express, Amitav Mallik, Sep 04, 2006)
Soon after the Mumbai terror attack in July this year, a warning was sounded by India’s national security adviser that nuclear power plants and facilities could be likely targets of terrorist attack. More recently, some villagers near the . . .
- Business School At Gju Planned (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
The state government has decided to set up a Haryana Business School on the premises of Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology here.
- Pak Increases Military Activities Along Loc (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Sep 04, 2006)
There is a certain degree of concern over Pakistan Army’s reported activities of construction of concrete bunkers and reinforcement of manpower along the Line of Control as Islamabad is upping its ante before the anticipated bilateral meeting between . .
- How Global Growth Surmounts New Challenges? (The Financial Express, Saumitra Chaudhuri, Sep 04, 2006)
Important factors include expansion in emerging economies like China and India and the enabling role of technology in global integration
- Murder Of Pakistani Pilgrims (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 04, 2006)
Eleven Pakistani pilgrims were shot dead by unidentified bandits in Anbar province of Iraq’s western desert on Friday, Iraqi Police said. Three Indian pilgrims were also killed in the episode.
- Ed Slaps Notices On Natwar, Son (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
The Enforcement Directorate has issued show-cause notices to former external affairs minister K Natwar Singh and his son Jagat Singh over alleged financial irregularities in the Iraqi oil-for-food scam.
- 3 Indian Pilgrims Buried In Karbala (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Sep 04, 2006)
The three Indians who were shot dead by gunmen at close range in Iraq were buried in Karbala on Saturday.
- Pollution, Aerosols, And The Climate (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Sep 04, 2006)
Aerosols in the atmosphere are not invariably a bad thing. But those released by pollution may alter the climate adversely.
- Us Military Confronts Shiite Militia In Iraq (News International, Peter Symonds, Sep 02, 2006)
Two days of fierce fighting in the Iraqi city of Diwaniyah is one more sign that the US military is preparing for a bloody showdown with the militia forces of Shiite cleric Moqtada . . .
- ‘Un Is Both Stage And Actor’ (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Sep 02, 2006)
Shashi Tharoor, India’s candidate in the race to replace Kofi Annan as the next Secretary-General, is busy knocking on the doors of key Security Council members for support.
- Tackling Terrorism (Tribune, Prakash Singh, Sep 02, 2006)
Let those who want to hurt us by inflicting a thousand cuts remember - no one can break our will or unity. No one can make India kneel.”
- Value Change Please, Not Regime Change (Indian Express, M Veerappa Moily, Sep 02, 2006)
With the Lebanon crisis resurfacing in West Asia and the Middle East, a strange phenomenon has emerged. Sunnis and Shias have converged in the cauldron called Lebanon.
- Military Option Against Iran Open, Says Usa (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Raising the pitch of its rhetoric against Iran, the Bush Administration has said while the military option against Tehran stayed open, the USA could also pursue economic sanctions beyond what the UN Security Council may determine.
- Us Defence Firms Grow Bullish On India (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 02, 2006)
After decades on the sidelines, U.S. defense contractors are eyeing India’s growing military budget and aging arsenal as a multibillion-dollar opportunity that could help offset a projected slowdown in Pentagon weapons spending and extend . . .
- Needed, A Policy For Human Capital (The Financial Express, YRK REDDY, Sep 02, 2006)
Prime Minster Manmohan Singh recently stressed the need to convert people into national assets while releasing a report on Person-to-Person Advocacy with parliamentarians on population issues.
- Conform Or Fly Jihad Air (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Sep 02, 2006)
By lodging a protest with the Dutch Government over what happened on flight NW 0042 on August 23, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has made Indians of all genres possible suspects and therefore unwanted in the future.
- Empty Swagat (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 02, 2006)
We invite the world to visit us — to explore and experience Incredible India — without first ensuring adequate hospitality for those who take our invitation seriously.
- Care Delayed Is Care Denied (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 02, 2006)
Nirmal Sandhu visits Patiala’s Rajindra Hospital, where animals stray into the emergency ward and a shortage of space, staff and equipment can result in fatal delays in treatment.
- Flights To Leh Being Increased To Promote Tourism: Azad (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Trying to put the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir on the international tourism map, the State Government is taking slew of measures to develop the connectivity and infrastructure to the untapped scenic region of mountain passes.
- Terror Concern To Dominate Manmohan-Musharraf Meet (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
India’s concerns on cross-border terrorism and all aspects of Indo-Pak ties may dominate talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on the sidelines of NAM summit to be held in the Cuban capital of Havana . . .
- Response To Terror (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 02, 2006)
It will be wrong to find fault with the judiciary in Pakistan for having set Jamaatud Dawa (Pakistan) chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed at liberty. Like elsewhere the judges in Pakistan also tend to go by the credibility of the material produced before . . .
- ‘‘Chalta Hai’’ Security (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Sep 02, 2006)
There are almost daily revelations that India's security apparatus has been penetrated at several different levels by US and Pakistani agents. Two ISI agents arrested in West Bengal in connection with the Mumbai blasts have disclosed that there are . . .
- Ustad Bismillah Khan (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Sep 02, 2006)
A little bit of each one of us died the day Ustad Bismillah Khan breathed his last in mid-August.
- Humane Frisking (Pioneer, Anjan Roy, Sep 02, 2006)
India has shown the way by not availing the easy option of profiling air travellers based on stereotypes. The Advance Passenger Information System, now installed in New Delhi, could, if implemented efficiently, offer passengers and security . . .
- Military Option Is Open, Us Warns Iran (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
The United States has warned Iran that military option "is not off the table" as it mulls a multi-pronged strategy to prevent Tehran from going nuclear.
- Ind's Concerns On Terror To Dominate Singh-Musharraf Talks (Press Trust of India, K J M Varma, Sep 02, 2006)
India's concerns on cross-border terrorism and all aspects of Indo-Pak ties may dominate talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on the sidelines of NAM summit to be held in the Cuban capital of Havana . . .
- Manmohan & Nam (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 02, 2006)
Will the PM be able to define an Indian position?
The last job Dr Manmohan Singh held in his career as an Indian bureaucrat was to head the Geneva-headquartered “South-South” Commission conceived by Julius Nyerere of Tanzania.
- Nam Action Plan To Change World Order (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 02, 2006)
The 14th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit of 116 nations to meet in Havana this month will defend an action plan to guide its determination to transform the present world order.
- Stocking The Arsenal (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 02, 2006)
More than ‘procedure’ needed
It is easy to understand Pranab Mukherjee’s sense of relief and satisfaction at finalising a revised Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP).
- Iran N-Plan: Eu Cautious, Russia 'No' To Sanctions, Us Seethes (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
The European Union said on Friday that it was too early to impose sanctions on Iran for its failure to halt uranium enrichment by a UN-imposed deadline even as Russia said such a move on Tehran for not ending sensitive atomic work was a dead end.
- Pranab Leaves For France, Germany Today (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Union Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee will pay a six-day official visit to France and Germany starting Saturday and hold talks with his counterparts on a whole range of bilateral defence issues and international security scenario.
- Forbes Lists Nooyi As More Powerful Than Sonia (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Chief executive-designate of Pepsico Indra Nooyi and ICICI bank's Lalita Gupte and Kalpana Morparia, are on Forbes magazine's list of 100 most powerful women in the world.
- Military Option Against Iran Open: U.S. (Asian Age, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Sep 02, 2006)
Raising the pitch of its rhetoric against Iran, the Bush administration has said while the military option against Tehran stayed open, the United States could also pursue economic sanctions beyond what the UN Security Council may determine.
- Un Abstains From Quick Action Over Defiant Iran (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
The Security Council held off on Thursday on taking punitive action against Iran over its failure to freeze uranium enrichment as diplomats awaited the outcome of nuclear talks between European and Iranian officials next week.
- Right Decision (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 02, 2006)
By deciding to bring in Mr Shiv Shankar Menon, at present India's High Commissioner to Pakistan, as the new Foreign Secretary, the Government has taken a right step.
- Wrong Choices (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 02, 2006)
Enabling environment versus paternalism
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