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Articles 35021 through 35120 of 53943:
- Dharma As Well As Education Is Essential: Seer (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2005)
Sri Veerasomeshwara Rajadeshikendra Shivacharya Swamiji of Sri Rambhapuri Peetha, Balehonnur in Chikmagalur district said that dharma and education were the two faces of the same coin.
- Some Food For Thought (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Oct 09, 2005)
If I told you that all it will take to empower all of India’s destitute, dispossessed children is Rs 6,000 crores (0.2% of GDP) a year would you believe me? No, you would not.
- Quake Devastates Pak, J&k (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2005)
Many people were buried alive in an upmarket apartment block in Islamabad.
- Pak Will Go Ahead Without India: Aziz (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2005)
Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has asserted that Islamabad would go ahead with the gas pipeline with Iran even if New Delhi drops out of the project and that the Kashmir issue is central to bilateral ties with India.
- Experimenting With Love, Across Borders (Deccan Herald, Marianne de Nazareth, Oct 09, 2005)
Beyond the Call of Voice, another offering in the NRI genre, is surprisingly not run-of-the mill, although it reflects a stereotypical view of India.
- Mmtc Plans Warehousing Zones (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2005)
Eyeing acquisition of coal mines, blocks in Australia, Indonesia
- Enter The Dragon (Deccan Herald, Cheryl D Couto, Oct 09, 2005)
The Inheritance series, of which the Eldest is the second part, is full of fantastic cliche but makes a good read nevertheless.
Eldest; Christopher Paolini, Knopf, 2005, pp 704, Rs 695.
- Indo-Pak Border Rattled (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2005)
Several aftershocks rattled the Indo-Pakistan border today, within hours of a 7.4 magnitude earthquake that wreaked havoc in the two countries.
- Shaken And Shocked By The Mighty Earthquake (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2005)
The Capital along with many other cities and towns emerged shaken from the shock of the earthquake that hit North India on Saturday morning. A total of seven aftershocks were recorded during the day, all measuring above 5 on the Richter scale.
- Uk Experts Go On Overdrive To Check Nuclear Proliferation (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Oct 09, 2005)
The timing of leaked document naming 360 bodies involved in making WMD is seen as a form of arm-twisting to push for disarming of Iran.
- Political Biography This Is Not! (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 09, 2005)
It appears as if the author is being deliberately bland while narrating Indira Gandhi’s life, which makes the book different from other biographies on her.
- More Than 2,000 Feared Killed As Quake Rocks Pakistan (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 09, 2005)
40 aftershocks cause panic; 400 children, 200 soldiers killed
- Education A Distant Dream For These Child Workers (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2005)
Salma (7) of Bathalapalli village in Krishnagiri District wants to become a doctor. But she needs to get education to fulfil that dream. Right now she is rolling incense sticks to contribute money to the family.
- Stage Set For India-U.S. Defence Cooperation (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 08, 2005)
Defence Systems executive coming next week
- Contempt Proceedings Against Govt. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2005)
High Court takes cognisance of reports on "violation" of its order on use of Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Notices sent to Editor and photographer of Dinamalar
Advocate-General to file report on measures taken by Government to comply with the order
- Pak Seeks Proposals On New Indo-Pak Trade Routes (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2005)
In an effort to boost economic relations between the two countries, Islamabad has invited traders from India and Pakistan to give proposals on opening of new trade routes other than the Wagah border.
- Eurozone Caught In A Statistical Tizzy (Business Line, BATUK GATHANI, Oct 08, 2005)
The major European Union economies are passing through a phase of "statistical uncertainty" but the poor record of the main economies is a "side issue" for investors.
- State Bank Of India Wins License To Open Branch In Saudi Arabia (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2005)
The Saudi Arabian government has granted licence to the State Bank of India (BSE:500112) to open a branch in Jeddah,
- Engagement, Dialogue, Key To Improving Indo-Iran Ties: Natwar Singh (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2005)
External Affairs Minister K.Natwar Singh on Friday said that constant and consistent engagement and dialogue were the key instruments for taking relations between India and Iran forward.
- Time’S Up, Governor (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 08, 2005)
Administrative over-reach and constitutional impropriety can prove very expensive.
- The Complex Battlefields Of Iraq (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Oct 08, 2005)
Deadly games are in progress in Iraq. The glue that held the state and its civil society together has been washed away by the Occupation and post-Occupation policies.
- Gassed Out (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 08, 2005)
Yet another crisis in the petroleum sector and yet again a short-term solution and the bottomline — no lessons learnt from the entire episode.
- India Denies Any Part To Pakistani Propaganda On Kasmir - India Rules Out Any Change In Status Of Kashmir (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Oct 08, 2005)
Pakistan did it again. They have started spreading false propaganda about India Pakistan talk on kashmir.
- India China Trade Exploding To The Upside (India Daily, Kiran Chjaube, Oct 08, 2005)
India and China is seeing booming bilateral trade between the two Asian giants.
- India Shakes To Quake Fury! (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2005)
The Indian, Pakistani and Afghan capitals were rocked by big tremors on Saturday. Sporadic incidents of damage in J&K as well as a lone death and injuries to some 50 people have started filtering in, authorities and witnesses said.
- Nobel Peace For El Baradei (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2005)
Though some say Mr ElBaradei had little success in Iran and North Korea, the Nobel Committee believes this award would spur work to outlaw atomic weapons.
- A Hand As Fruitful As The Land That Feeds Us (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 08, 2005)
In king Henry VIII, you can hear Lovell extol, "That churchman bears a bounteous mind indeed, a hand as fruitful as the land that feeds us." Which is what, I guess, the poor and the needy would have said when Sacred Heart Church gave them housing loans.
- Price Control (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 08, 2005)
President Pervez Musharraf has urged the Federal and Provincial Governments to take necessary measures to arrest the price-hike. Taking notice of the complaints received by him in this regard, the President asked them to ensure availability of goods durin
- India’S ‘Apartheid’ Under Us Gaze (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , Oct 08, 2005)
An unprecedented Congressional hearing on the caste system in India gets wide publicity on the Christian news networks.
- Sc Raps Bihar Dissolution (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2005)
The process of the four-phase elections from October 18 will go on as the apex court refused to revive the assembly.
- Truth Is Just Another Story (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Oct 08, 2005)
It’s a good thing the moral police, in Chennai, Benaras or wherever, do not seem too hot on chat shows.
- Madressahs: Need For A Broader Curriculum (Dawn, Mansoor Alam, Oct 08, 2005)
The opposition of Islamic orthodoxy to the teaching of sciences, mathematics, economics, history, philosophy, other secular subjects and foreign languages, especially English, is inexplicable, for Islam places great emphasis on knowledge and learning.
- Poor Outcome Of Un Summit (Dawn, Sartaj Aziz, Oct 08, 2005)
The year 2005 was expected to be a landmark year for shaping the global economic and security system.
- Foreign Funding For Political Parties (Dawn, Sartaj Aziz, Oct 08, 2005)
The year 2005 was expected to be a landmark year for shaping the global economic and security system.
- Thiruvattaar: Treasure House Of Art And Architecture (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2005)
There are three famous Vaishnavite shrines in Kanyakumari district: while at Parakkai Lord Vishnu is in the standing pose, he is in the sitting pose at Thiruppathisaram.
- Elections & Task Ahead (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 08, 2005)
The third and final phase of the Local Government elections is now over and after formal notification by the Election Commission, respective Governments would be in place in almost every district of the country minus Federal Capital. Like the earlier ....
- Emerging Political Map (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 08, 2005)
The local polls have been completed, with only the naib nazims left to be elected.
- Arms Of Entanglement (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Oct 08, 2005)
Mohan R. Lavi discusses the amended transfer pricing rules in the UK
- Peace Prize, In Hope (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 08, 2005)
The goal for which ElBaradei has been honoured is still some way from being achieved
- How Far Does The New `For' Go (Business Line, Joseph Prabakar, Oct 08, 2005)
Joseph Prabakar analyses the change in service tax definition impacting certain activities carried out as job work
- God Told Me To End The Tyranny In Iraq: Bush (Hindu, Ewen MacAskill, Oct 08, 2005)
U.S. President told Palestinians that God also talked to him about West Asia peace
- Get Rid Of Connectivity Problem (Greater Kashmir, SHABIR AHMAD MIR, Oct 08, 2005)
WAP enabled services can minimize the load on the JK Bank’s network. The inconsistency is being noticed still and should be addressed first, suggests
- Is Law Tunnel-Visioned (Business Line, R. Anand, Oct 08, 2005)
R. Anand on a case that threw light on the definition of blindness
- Calculus Of Happiness (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Oct 08, 2005)
When is one `absurdly happy'? Maybe, when one is having the ice-cream of one's choice in the pleasantest of surroundings and company, with not a care to disturb the state of one's mental solace and feeling of contentment.
- A Happy Lot (Tribune, Amar Chandel, Oct 08, 2005)
We have reasons to rejoice. An international survey has found that Indians are the fourth happiest population in the world. Our happiness quotient is far higher than that of First World countries like England and Canada. Only Australia, the US and Egypt a
- Breaking The Logjam In Nepal (Tribune, Suhas Chakma, Oct 08, 2005)
Although King Gyanendra’s cancellation of the visit to the UN General Assembly came as a morale booster to the democratic forces and the human rights defenders, the political stalemate is far from resolved.
- Scorpenes For India (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2005)
The signing of the Scorpene deal not only means that the Indian Navy can finally look forward to bridging the submarine gap in its inventory, but that the idle facilities at the Mazagaon Docks can again buzz with activity.
- India, Portugal To Sign Extradition Treaty (Deccan Herald, DEVIKA SEQUEIRA , Oct 08, 2005)
The Abu Salem case and the widespread misuse of its visas have forced Portugal to crack down on the growing illegal passports racket.
- Running A Business Is Tougher Than Chess (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 08, 2005)
"Failure is all around us. Failure is pervasive... Failure is the most fundamental feature of all systems," writes Paul Ormerod in Why Most Things Fail: Evolution, Extinction and Economics.
- Indian, Pak Women Deserve Equality (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 08, 2005)
In recent days at least two cases of rape of Muslim women — one in Pakistan and the other in India — rocked the subcontinent.
- From Myths To History (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Oct 08, 2005)
Terrorism is a universal threat, demanding a universal response
- The Ideology Of Success (Deccan Herald, Avijit Pathak, Oct 08, 2005)
Life consists of everyday resistance against the societal ideologies of success, towards making Utopia a reality
- Sebi Flags Down Indiabulls' Run (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2005)
For a company that has become quite the metaphor for a booming stock markets, broking-to-realty firm Indiabulls now finds itself facing the glare of a harsher spotlight.
- Foot Loose (Deccan Herald, Venkatesh R Rao, Oct 08, 2005)
Forgetfulness will take on a new meaning, especially when it comes to matters of the sole
- The True Role Of Religion (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Oct 08, 2005)
Founders of every major religion of the world addressed themselves to the problems facing human societies of their time. They were clear in their priorities. Hebraic religions like Judaism, Christianity and Islam made one God the centre-piece of their....
- Buta Singh Must Go (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 08, 2005)
The Supreme Court verdict on the dissolution of the Bihar Assembly is the worst setback the UPA government has suffered so far. The court has declared the President’s action based on Governor Buta Singh’s recommendation “unconstitutional”.
- Coping With Variations In The Monsoon (Hindu, Sulochana Gadgil, Oct 08, 2005)
Simulation and prediction of the Indian monsoon remains a tough challenge. Yet, we possess a wealth of data that can be used to derive farming strategies tailored to local rainfall variability.
- Clone-Generated Milk, Meat May Be Cleared (Tribune, Justin Gillis, Oct 08, 2005)
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to rule soon that milk from cloned animals and meat from their offspring are safe to eat, raising the question of whether Americans are ready to welcome one of modern biology’s most controversial . . .
- Piquant Situation (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 08, 2005)
The Supreme Court has taken the middle ground in the Bihar election muddle
- What Does The Amu Verdict Imply? (Hindu, Valson Thampu , Oct 08, 2005)
If the minorities have the right only to establish institutions, but not the right to administer them, then these institutions will cease to be institutions of their choice.
- Panel To Frame Farm Policy Reforms Soon (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2005)
Besides the Agriculture Minister the panel will comprise of Finance Minister, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman and State CMs.
- Kassia Plans Industrial Estate For Small Units In Bangalore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2005)
Problems of small units ignored, says association president Hareesh Prasad Hegde
Industrial clusters of small units lack facilities
The last meeting between the Government and small units was held in 1990
- Young Blog Their Way To A Publishing Revolution (Hindu, Owen Gibson, Oct 08, 2005)
The changing world of the Internet poses a challenge to old media: a U.K. poll shows a third of 14- to 21-year-olds now have their own online content
- Party And After (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 08, 2005)
Politics of the day often obscures more fundamental issues. Politicians in India may not look beyond the next election, but the Supreme Court’s judgment on the dissolution of the Bihar assembly has a much wider context than the coming polls in the state.
- 'Practical' Theory Of Revolving Doors (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 08, 2005)
In diplomacy doors are never closed." So said External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh in Islamabad recently.
- Indonesia's Terror Dilemma (Asia Times, Bill Guerin, Oct 07, 2005)
The al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) organization once again has its footprints all over a series of suicide bomb blasts on the Indonesian resort island of Bali.
- Stage Set For Upgrading Of Mysore Airport (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2005)
Centre promises aid to develop Mangalore airport
Joint venture airport projects in Hassan, Gulbarga likely
State urged to help make new airports economically viable
- India To Build Six French Submarines Under Pact (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2005)
The first French Scorpene submarine will be ready for service within seven years
The contract will just about fill the breach in submarine force levels that are poised to decline
French Scorpene is `best suited' to the Navy's requirements
- Kashmir, Taiwan And North Korea Are Potential Hotbeds: John Reid (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2005)
British Defence Secretary condemns terrorism; favours Kashmir dialogue
No attempt to "contain" China
Islamic terrorism on the rise across Asia
- Fact Of Life (Business Line, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 07, 2005)
Facts of their lives, rather than ideologies, decide how people vote. Its resounding victory in the by-election to the Lok Sabha constituency has actually little to do with the ideology of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
- Fasting To Ward Off Evil (Dawn, Sirajuddin Aziz, Oct 07, 2005)
The literal meaning of Saum (fasting) is to be at rest and it implies abstinence. The word Ramazan is derived from the word “Ramz” which means “to burn” and here it applies to the burning of selfish desires.
- Britain Accuses Iran Of Supplying Weapons To Militants In Iraq (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 07, 2005)
Teheran calls the charge a lie; holds U.K. responsible for causing instability
- Israeli Supreme Court Bans Human Shields (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2005)
Israel's Supreme Court on Thursday banned the military's practice of using Palestinian civilians as ``human shields'' in arrest raids, saying it violates international law.
- The Monsoon — Still Unpredictable (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Oct 07, 2005)
"In China, a communist country, the labour commissioner is not a problem in regard to the flow of FDI""In India, which is not a communist country, when will we be able to hire and fire workers?"
- Lee For Better Investment Climate In India (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Oct 07, 2005)
"In China, a communist country, the labour commissioner is not a problem in regard to the flow of FDI""In India, which is not a communist country, when will we be able to hire and fire workers?"
- Russia-Eu Ties — A Time Of Change (Hindu, Nikolai Kaveshnikov, Oct 07, 2005)
The Europeans have accepted in principle the Russians' initiative to replace the 1994 Partnership and Cooperation Agreement.
- Why We Should Universalise Iodised Salt, And How (Deccan Herald, Manu N Kulkarni, Oct 07, 2005)
Iodisation of salt at the salt heads is cost-effective and will reduce public health problems due to iodine deficiency.
- Impact On India (Deccan Herald, Bhamy V Shenoy And A Madhavan, Oct 07, 2005)
Unless India corrects its oil pricing anomalies, it cannot really hope for a sustained rate of economic growth
- Breaking America's Grip On The Net (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2005)
You would expect an announcement that would forever change the face of the Internet to be a grand affair — a big stage, spotlights, media scrums, and a charismatic frontman working the crowd.
- Troubling Issues For The Nwfp (Dawn, Khalid Mahmud Arif, Oct 07, 2005)
Three separate issues of national importance — all concerning the NWFP — have engaged public attention, two in the recent past and the third on occasions but for a long while. Brief comments on each based on historic realities are in order.
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