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Articles 22921 through 23020 of 53943:
- Dalai To Open Heritage Meet (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will on Sunday inaugurate a three-day international conference “The Heritage of India” at the historic city of Nalanda in Bihar as part of the year-long celebrations of the 2550th anniversary of the Mahaparinirvana
- A.P. Unfazed By Karnataka's Efforts To Bag Fab Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Project will create thousands of jobs: Rajasekhara Reddy
Unperturbed by Karnataka's attempts to woo Fab City project from Andhra Pradesh to the neighbouring State, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy on Saturday said . . .
- "Key Role For Teachers In Student Empowerment" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Ability to speak language depends on multitude of factors: expert
- Cpi (M) Steps Up Campaign On Iran (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Complete understanding with SP, says Karat
Meeting in furtherance of Polit Bureau decision
Chandrababu Naidu supports SP's no-trust plan
Congress policies hurting interests of people: SP chief
- Pakistani Islamists Call For Strike Over Cartoons (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Pakistan's opposition Islamist parties called on Saturday for a nationwide strike on March 3 to protest the publication by European newspapers of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad which have enraged the Muslim world.
- Sbi In A Fix Over Fake Rs. 500 Notes In Atm (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Forty-seven fake notes found
Police detect fake notes following complaints from customers
Retired RTC employee, temple priest and TDP leader get fake notes
One Town police register a case against the bank personnel
- Iran Vote: Tdp, Sp Plan No-Trust Motion (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Giving indication of the formation of a secular, non-Congress alliance, Telegu Desam chief Chandra Babu Naidu and Samajwadi Party’s Mulayam Singh Yadav today declared to bring in a no-confidence motion against the UPA government on the issue of vote again
- The Business Of Expelling Excellencies (Tribune, T.P. Sreenivasan, Feb 12, 2006)
We are not unfamiliar with stories of punishment being meted out to the messenger for the message that he has brought.
- Vip Violators Of Traffic Rules (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 12, 2006)
On the first day of traffic rules’ enforcement, the Islamabad Traffic Police issued over 2,500 tickets to violators of rules. The long list contains names of several Federal Ministers (including a lady advisor), Ministers of State, bureaucrats, . . .
- India Must Allow Int’L Scrutiny Of N-Facilities: France (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
* French envoy to Delhi says India will have to make compromises acceptable to the Nuclear Suppliers Group
- Firing Cloud On Peace Talks (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
The team of negotiators chosen by the banned Ulfa today threatened to pull out of the peace process with Delhi in the aftermath of yesterday’s police firing on civilians at Kakopathar in Assam’s Tinsukia district, where the toll rose to 10 today.
- Iran ‘Could Quit’ Nuclear Treaty (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned today the Islamic republic could quit the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) if forced by the West to limit its disputed nuclear programme.
- Scrap Mplads And Strengthen Decentralisation (Tribune, Mahi Pal, Feb 12, 2006)
The MPs’ Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) needs to be examined from the perspective of decentralisation efforts in the country.
- The Little Guy From The Corner (Hindu, Sevanti Ninan, Feb 12, 2006)
In a national singing contest, ethnicity is big. So is aspiration.
- Iran: Tdp, Sp Forge Front Against Upa (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Telugu Desam Party leader Chandrababu Naidu has declared his party’s intent of standing by the Samajwadi Party on the Iran issue.....
- Should Iims Go Global? (Hindu, P. K. Doraiswamy, Feb 12, 2006)
Nationalised banks globalise when large sections of the Indian population are unserved by credit. Why not IIMs?
- Baneful Effects Of Fdi In Insurance, Banking (Hindu, N.M. SUNDARAM, Feb 12, 2006)
Foreign investors are interested only in gaining control over India's domestic savings
- Poor Connectivity Deprives Mysore Of Fab City Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Project would have created 15,000 jobs
Mysore was one of the cities identified for locating the project
Alternative site was identified between Mysore and Bangalore
Availability of land and continuous supply of water were Mysore's advantages
- A New Survey Of Child Labourers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
The Rajasthan Government will complete a survey of child labourers under the National Child Labour Project by February 28 to facilitate timely implementation of various schemes for their rescue and rehabilitation.
- Congress To Help Government On Fab City (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Assembly N. Dharam Singh on Saturday assured the Government that the Congress will extend cooperation to its efforts to persuade SemIndia to implement its Fab City project in Bangalore and prevail upon Siemens Ltd.
- Punish Those Behind Custodial Death, Sonia Tells Pranab (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Feb 12, 2006)
Death toll in Kakopathar police firing goes up to eight
Farmer's widow to get job; Army to take care of children
Security situation in Assam has improved much: Sonia
Party workers urged to ensure the poor are registered under the employment scheme
- Left Demands Increased Budget Outlay Of Rs. 52,800 Crore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Say agriculture, revival of sick public enterprises need additional allocation
- Fab City Will Be In Ap, Asserts Ysr (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
AP Chief Minister YSR Reddy asserted on Saturday that SemIndia’s Fab City project would stay in the state,dismissing suggestions that it was not an ideal location due to the Maoist menace....
- To Sting Or Not To Sting (Hindu, POOJA GAUTAM, Feb 12, 2006)
A Journalist once said: "News is something someone somewhere does not want to be published — all the rest is advertisement." That may be considered a far-fetched definition in today's media world, which considers advertisements the lifeblood . . .
- Parleys On To Sort Out Nuclear Issue (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Feb 12, 2006)
Top officials from the Prime Minister’s Office, External Affairs Ministry and Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) have stepped up consultations in an eleventh hour bid to make a breakthrough in the civil/military nuclear separation impasse ahead of US . . .
- A Gift From The Fundoos (Telegraph, GITHA HARIHARAN, Feb 12, 2006)
It’s not as if we have forgotten what the Hindu fundoos are capable of. But since the electoral defeat of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government at the Centre, many of us have been tempted to take a break from foregrounding resistance . . .
- Denmark Seeks Malaysian Help On Cartoon Fury - Media (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Denmark has sought Malaysia's help to calm Muslim outrage over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad that were printed in a Danish newspaper, a Malaysian newspaper said on Sunday.
- Marred By Flawed Expression (Deccan Herald, Christine Krishnasami, Feb 12, 2006)
This book of poems is riddled with errors in punctuation and grammar, however, the poet does show some promise.
- Zawahri’S Relative Died In Bajaur... (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday condemned the US air strike in Bajaur and termed it interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign country. At the same time he said those illegally staying in the country by exploiting religion were also wrong.
- Iran May Boycott Npt, Says Ahmadinejad (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday rejected Western pressure to freeze the country's nuclear programme and issued a veiled threat to walk away from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
- Maoists Set Terms To Free Itc Men (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
A week after they abducted three senior officials of ITC’s subsidiary in Nepal in an audacious broad daylight kidnap, the Maoist guerrillas have set terms for freeing the men....
- Danish Envoys To Indonesia, Iran Quit (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
The Danish ambassadors to Indonesia and Iran have left those countries due to threats against them over the publication of cartoons of the Prophet, the Danish foreign ministry said on Saturday.....
- Life After Death In Mammalapuram (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
The tsunami, last year, left Mahabalipuram in Tamil Nadu with infinite death and destruction. The town has fast recovered, writes Rachna Bisht Rawat.
- Anyone For ‘Scorpioned’ Sambar? (Deccan Herald, Radha Prathi, Feb 12, 2006)
Seethalakshmi belonged to the genre of rural Indian women in the sixties who rarely made an appearance in front of men even in the premises of their own homes.
- Muslim Bodies Hold Protest Against Cartoons (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
A massive protest was mounted by various Muslim organisations before the Vidhan Sabha in Lucknow on Saturday to demonstrate against the publication of cartoons of Prophet Mohammed by a Danish newspaper.
- The Secret Route (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Feb 12, 2006)
The growing involvement of U.S.-based emissaries with no real base in the Kashmir Valley in closed-door meetings with the Indian establishment raises concern.
- Nepal Hits Back At Global Criticism Of Polls (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Nepal's royalist government hit back on Saturday at global condemnation of local elections it held this week, saying the polls were a victory against a Maoist revolt that has disrupted democracy in the country.
- Cloud Over Indo-Us Nuke Deal (Hindustan Times, Nilova Roy Chaudhury, Feb 12, 2006)
With US President George Bush’s visit just round the corner, the Indo-US nuclear agreement seems to be a non-starter. Talks are deadlocked on the critical issue of separating India’s civilian and military nuclear facilities.
- The Silence Of Liberal Muslims (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Feb 12, 2006)
I am sorry if you feel you have had enough of the latest religion vs freedom of expression controversy: the fuss over the Danish cartoons that featured the Prophet Mohammed.
- This Ain’T No Rocket Science! (Hindustan Times, V.S. Arunachalam, Feb 12, 2006)
The nuclear debate has really heated up. Look at the number of articles, speeches and interviews.
- France Adds To Pressure On India's Atomic Ambitions (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
France has lined up behind U.S. pressure on New Delhi to put more of its nuclear facilities under international scrutiny, making it clear that French help for India's atomic energy programme hangs in the balance.
- Pro-King Parties Dominate Polls (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Al-Qaeda has been seeking for several months to ‘‘establish itself’’ in Lebanon, the country’s new interior minister said in an interview with a French newspaper published today.
- Sri Lanka Navy Says Rebels Blew Themselves Up On Boat (Reuters, Peter Apps, Feb 12, 2006)
The Sri Lankan military said Tamil Tiger rebels blew themselves up on a trawler smuggling weapons on Saturday to avoid a search ahead of peace talks in Switzerland later this month, but the rebels denied involvement.
- ‘Al-Qaeda Seeking Base In Lebanon’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Al-Qaeda has been seeking for several months to ‘‘establish itself’’ in Lebanon, the country’s new interior minister said in an interview with a French newspaper published today.
- Iran Threatens Revision Of N-Policy (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
The Iranian President on Saturday rejected Western pressure to freeze the country's nuclear programme and issued a veiled threat to walk away from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
- Eu's Solana In Mideast To Limit Fallout Of Cartoon Row (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana embarks on a Mideast charm offensive Monday to calm protests over blasphemous cartoons, and to limit the diplomatic fallout from the row.
- No Let-Up In Worldwide Protests Against Cartoons (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Demonstrations were staged in London, Paris and the west German city of Duesseldorf and in Asia on Saturday as Muslims were set to rally across Europe to vent their anger over the blasphemous sketches.
- Making A Mess Of It (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 12, 2006)
The government has made a right royal mess of its handling of the sugar muddle.
- Putin’S Initiative With Hamas And Middle East Peace Is Welcome (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Feb 12, 2006)
Putin’s initiative with Hamas and Middle East peace is welcome
- A Crucial Round (Frontline, V.S. Sambandan, Feb 12, 2006)
The outcome of the February talks in Geneva between the LTTE and the Sri Lankan government will have a major impact on the chances of long-term peace in the island.
- Stranded For Long And Still Waiting (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Feb 12, 2006)
Earleir this week, newspapers here and abroad published a photograph showing the police beating a protesting “Pakistani refugee” in Dhaka. The person getting the beating is a refugee not because he left his country but, as someone poignantly put it, . . .
- Dimensions Of Child Abuse (Frontline, R.K. Raghavan, Feb 12, 2006)
Nothing can be more dishonest or harmful to our future generations than underplaying an issue such as the abuse of children.
- John Cherian (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Feb 12, 2006)
The Hamas victory in the Palestine elections, facilitated by the corruption in the Palestinian Authority run by the Fatah, promises a dramatic change in West Asian politics characterised by an Islamist upsurge.
- A General On The Edge (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Feb 12, 2006)
The multiple crises facing Pakistan have a disturbing precedent: the last time around, they ended with the execution of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and the rise of the Islamist military dictatorship of Zia-ul-Haq.
- Free Speech Not Absolute (Dawn, Agha Shahi, Feb 12, 2006)
The European newspapers which have printed the outrageous cartoons demonizing the Holy Prophet (PBUH) of Islam have given the deepest possible offence to more than a billion of his followers across the world.
- Iaea Removes Seals, Cameras From Iran N-Sites (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Inspectors from the UN nuclear watchdog agency have stripped most surveillance cameras and agency seals from Iranian nuclear sites and equipment as demanded by Tehran in response to its referral to the UN Security Council, diplomats said.
- What If Sonia Had To Face Her Father-In-Law (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Feb 12, 2006)
All IFS of history are flights of imagination. Yet, despite their implausibility, their use is permissible when a reasonable argument is sought to be made.
- Iaea Removes Cameras From Iranian Sites (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Inspectors of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency have stripped most surveillance cameras and agency seals from Iranian nuclear sites and equipment as demanded by Tehran in response to referral to the U.N. Security Council, diplomats said.
- 2006: A Year Of Consolidation (Indian Express, N K Singh, Feb 12, 2006)
Jaipur, one of India’s prime tourist destinations, recently played host to a high-profile investors’ conference. The 10th India Investors’ Conference, organised by Merrill Lynch, witnessed high-quality presence of global institutional investors . . .
- India Everywhere, Govt Nowhere (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Feb 12, 2006)
It has been more than 10 years now that I have attended the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos and never have I seen India better represented or look as good as it did this time.
- Hamas Delegates May Visit Moscow By Feb-End (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Planned talks in Russia with a delegation from Palestinian group Hamas may take place before the end of this month, a Russian official was quoted as saying on Saturday by Interfax news agency.
- Sc: One Step Forward, Two Steps Backward (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 12, 2006)
A full bench of the Supreme Court (SC), headed by the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mr Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary, has allowed kite manufacturing and kite flying from February 25 to March 10 and directed the District Nazims to fix one-day . . .
- French Envoy Issues Veiled Warning To India (News International, Mariana Baabar, Feb 12, 2006)
Is the civil society which has done a magnificent job by uniting for a common stand against the sacrilegious cartoons published in Europe equally alive to the potential dangers this time coming from the French government?
- ‘Deve Gowda Told Son After Dec Local Polls That Continuing In Coalition Is Not Possible’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Clad in a dhoti and a shirt—‘‘We are like this only’’—Dharam Singh looks a more relaxed man now. With H D Kumarawswamy winning the confidence vote in the Assembly comfortably, any last hopes of JD(S) MLAs developing cold feet over allying . . .
- Coveted Telecom Award (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 12, 2006)
World GSM Association has selected Pakistan for the prestigious ‘Leadership Award 2006’ in telecom sector after evaluating the country’s performance and steady growth in that direction.
- Bomb That Ticks On N-Deal (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Feb 12, 2006)
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and the country’s nuclear establishment are shadow-boxing over the separation of civilian and military nuclear facilities as part of the deal with the US.
- Mending Our India Policy (Dawn, Javid Husain, Feb 12, 2006)
IT is not an exaggeration to say that Pakistan’s relations with India since its inception have been the central or rather the determining factor of its foreign policy.
- Car Bomb In Baghdad Kills Eleven (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
A car bomb exploded in Baghdad on Friday, killing at least 11 people and wounding 38, doctors at al-Yarmuk hospital said.
- Dal (U) Backs Up Mulayam (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav’s recent announcement to bring a no-confidence motion on the Iran issue has spurred the Janata Dal (United) into action.
- Cpm Plans Stir During Budget Session (Tribune, Subhrangshu Gupta, Feb 11, 2006)
CPM general secretary Prakash Karat today reiterated that they (Left parties) would launch agitations from February 16, the day of the opening of the Budget session of the Lok Sabha, both inside and outside Parliament against the UPA’s . . .
- Now, India To Have More Us Diplomats (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Feb 11, 2006)
In keeping with the expectation and belief that an Asian Century is now underway, the United States has deployed more diplomats to China and India in the first round of a broad restructuring of American diplomatic posts . . .
- Annan Asks Iran To Continue To Freeze Its Nuke Activities (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
Stressing that diplomatic channels could still be explored to resolve Iran's nulcear issue, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has asked Tehran to continue to freeze its nuclear activities and pursue talks to move its uranium enrichment programme to Russia.
- Zones Of Influence (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Feb 11, 2006)
India does not need special economic zones (SEZs) for the simple reason that the whole country should be an SEZ. The government has finalised rules for SEZs after enacting a law to set them up in 2005.
- King’S Elections (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 11, 2006)
Municipal polls cannot tackle the crisis
King Gyanendra of Nepal seems to be a firm believer in the left-handed adage that “the king can do no wrong”.
- Salute To Navneet (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
Gritty girl of Asandh shows the way
IN a tradition-bound society like ours, it calls for extraordinary courage for a bride to call off the marriage in the nick of time.
- Fat Is Not Too Much Of An Evil (Tribune, Rob Stein, Feb 11, 2006)
Low-fat diets do not protect women against heart attacks, strokes, breast cancer or colon cancer, a major study has found, contradicting what had once been promoted as one of the cornerstones of a healthy lifestyle.
- Containing Iran’S Nuclear Ambitions (Tribune, V. KRISHNA ANANTH , Feb 11, 2006)
After pretending to be in a mood to assert itself, the Manmohan Singh government voted with the US and others in the IAEA against Iran.
- Myths About Iran Conflict (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 11, 2006)
Is there anything the West can do, short of a highly dangerous military option, to prevent Iran from going forward with its nuclear program? The answer is clearly yes.
- Karat Will Push, Not Shove, On Iran (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
CPM threatens to put govt in dock if it votes with US, demands House debate
- Map Products To Benefit Tourism, Business Sectors (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
Kapil Sibal releases new Road Atlas developed by Survey of India
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