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- Gender Bias In A Patriarchal Society (Dawn, Omar R. Quraishi, Oct 03, 2005)
Much has been written and said about President Musharraf’s reported remarks to the Washington Post during his recent visit to the US that there are some in Pakistan who think that women who get raped do so in order to get visas to western countries or ...
- India Capable Of Facing Globalisation Threat, Says Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2005)
With its abundant manpower, India can effectively counter the negative aspects of globalisation'
- Ideals, Sacrifices Of Mahatma Remembered (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2005)
The ideals and sacrifices of Mahatma Gandhi were remembered on his 136th birth anniversary on Sunday.
- Iaea’S Partisanship (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 03, 2005)
As every year, the International Atomic Energy Agency’s conference in Vienna has chosen not to censure Israel.
- The Crisis Of State Government Debt (Daily Excelsior, Sisir Basu, Oct 03, 2005)
The Central Government has taken it upon itself to extend the terms of reference of Twelfth Finance Commissions to cover issues of fiscal sustainability of State Governments.
- Battle For Mujahid Manzil (Tribune, Ehsan Fazili, Oct 03, 2005)
A fresh controversy between the ruling PDP and the opposition National Conference has erupted over the claim of Mujahid Manzil, the 75-year-old historic seat of the National Conference.
- Peace Process On Firm Footing (Tribune, Rajindar Sachar , Oct 03, 2005)
A recent day-long conference of representatives from different walks of life like lawyers, businessmen and social activists from both the Pakistan and Indian sides of Jammu and Kashmir brought a refreshing air to blow away the dark forebodings of the New
- Musharraf Must Apologise Pak Women (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Oct 03, 2005)
No head of a country, no matter how backward, has ever fouled the image of his own country's fair sex like General Musharraf has done in the eyes of the American public through Washington Post this month.
- India And Pakistan Looking For Major Breakthroughs In Natwar Singh’S Visit To Pakistan (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2005)
Natwar Singh was due in Pakistan on Sunday for talks on the tentative peace process with two agreements expected on security cooperation but no major breakthroughs seen as likely.
- 110 Nri Kin Under One Roof (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2005)
At a time when families living together are becoming a rare find, it’s hard to believe that four generations of an NRI family comprising 70 relatives and 40 servants live together under one roof in Hong Kong.
- Pakistan Aspiring For A West Asian Role - I (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2005)
The Islamic Republic has had no compulsions in establishing contacts with the Israelis who never respected international law, morality and opinion,
- Iran To Use Oil Card (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 03, 2005)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has warned that Tehran may hold back on oil sales if its nuclear programme is referred to the UN Security Council. In a Press interview in Tehran, he said that Iran will respond by many ways including holding . . .
- Rule Of Law In Anti-Terror War (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 03, 2005)
The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mr Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said that the rule of law cannot be ignored in war against global terrorism. Addressing a seminar on ‘war on terror and rule of law’ in Islamabad on Saturay, he said that war . . .
- Yes, Conflict Resolution Is Must (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 03, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has called for diversion of resources by the Muslim countries from defence to education for the resurrection of the Ummah. Speaking at a seminar in Kuala Lumpur, he stressed the need for resolution of conflicts involving the Mu
- Rahul Causes A Tehelka' (Daily Excelsior, Kshama Sunil, Oct 03, 2005)
It could not have come at a worse time. The Rahul Gandhi 'interview' has come at a time when the Congress was getting its act together in Bihar along with Lalu Prasad Yadav's RJD and other allies to put its best foot forward ahead of the Assembly polls.
- Kashmir In A Fix - I (Greater Kashmir, SHUJA MASOOD, Oct 03, 2005)
They keep talking to New Delhi and who knows about what? Back home people are lost as to what can be the solution that can really end this imbroglio, comments
SHUJA MASOOD
- An Asian Cold War? (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Oct 03, 2005)
Writing in this space nearly five years ago, one had wondered as to how far a more assertive Bush era would disturb the fragile balance between containment and a constructive engagement that remained the hallmark of Clinton’s China policy.
- Natwar In Pakistan To Give New Thrust To Peace Talks (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 03, 2005)
Many people want the peace process to be much faster, says Kasuri
Accord on pre-notification of flight-testing of ballistic missiles in the offing
Revival of India-Pakistan Joint Commission after 16 years
- Need For Creative Diplomacy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 03, 2005)
IT was comforting to hear from Jack Straw that military action against Iran is not “on the agenda” of Britain or the US, and that war is “inconceivable” — though this was still not as unequivocal as some would have wanted, and did not address the .....
- India Grows 8.1 Pct In Apr-June, Outlook Strong (Reuters, Surojit Gupta, Oct 02, 2005)
India's economy expanded an annual 8.1 percent in April-June, its fastest pace in more than a year, prompting some analysts to say they would raise full-year growth forecasts.
- Saarc Energy Centre To Be Set Up In Pakistan (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 02, 2005)
SAARC member countries, including India, today agreed to establish an Energy Centre in Pakistan and promote cooperation in the sector to tap the energy potential of the region.
- Bid To Bring India, Pakistan Closer (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 02, 2005)
Fourth Annual Conflict Transformation Workshop opens in Delhi
40 young participants from both the countries taking part in the programme
`The common man doesn't want to fight war'
- "India Faces A Turbulent Water Future" (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Oct 02, 2005)
World Bank critical of the governance
Will finance projects that couple high-return investment with reform processes
Makes a strong case for construction of mega-dams
Says storage capacity is very poor
- Indo-Iran Ties (Daily Excelsior, Pallab Bhattacharya, Oct 02, 2005)
The relations between India and Iran came into sharp focus when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held talks with US President George W Bush on the margin of UN General Assembly in New York on September 13.
- Last Resort? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 02, 2005)
Is politics really the last resort of scoundrels? The perception continues to grow that yes, indeed, it is a sphere of activity dominated by money and muscle power.
- O' Gandhi (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Oct 02, 2005)
''With every breath I pray to God to give me strength to quench the flames or remove me from this earth.'' This is how Mahatma Gandhi summed up his agony on his 78th birthday, October 2, 1947, when the entire subcontinent . . .
- South Asia: Greater Scope For Regional Cooperation (Tribune, Parmjit Kaur Gill, Oct 02, 2005)
THE emergence of regionalism and regionalisation in Europe paved the way for regional cooperation in other parts of the world.
- Why India Failed To Have African Support For Un Seat (Daily Excelsior, I. S. Chadha, Oct 02, 2005)
India does not have a coherent and focused Africa policy. On the other hand China has a well orchestrated African policy.
- Hasina Flays Bdr (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 02, 2005)
Bangladesh's top Opposition leader Sheikh Hasina strongly criticised the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) on Saturday for alleging the involvement of Indian groups in the August 17 bomb blasts. She said such blame could not be apportioned without investigation.
- Edusat Programme Launched In Orissa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 02, 2005)
Four schools at Koraput, a backward district, connected through the virtual classroom
- Tdp Bails Out Congress In Tenali (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 02, 2005)
Guntur Mayor election postponed again; Congress tally up to 82
- India Heading For A Major Energy Crisis: Pachauri (Tribune, Manoj Kumar, Oct 02, 2005)
With the international crude oil prices hovering around $ 65 per barrel and the oil import bill set for a jump of over Rs 55,000 crore, to reach over Rs 1,75,000 crore this year, India is heading for a major energy crisis.
- Parliament’S Role In Governance (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Oct 02, 2005)
Many questions hang over the future of democracy in Pakistan, but none more vexing than the role of parliament in governance and its place in public life. So far it has played little part in both.
- On Strangeness In Indian Writing (Hindu, AMIT CHAUDHURI, Oct 02, 2005)
For 20 long years, influenced by Said and post-colonial theory, the aesthetics of estrangement has been confused with the politics of representation. It is time to restore the stranger's innocence.
- The Other Great War (Hindu, KALA KRISHNAN RAMESH , Oct 02, 2005)
In After Kurukshetra, Mahasweta Devi speaks once again of women from a woman's point of view.
- Textbook Of Laughter And Forgetting (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 02, 2005)
Literature can define the way we perceive and express our worlds. Why then is there no wider debate on the kind of English textbooks that are prescribed, asks AMITAVA KUMAR.
Literature can define the way we perceive and express our worlds
- First Impressions (Hindu, Suchitra Behal, Oct 02, 2005)
Sadak Chhaap, Meher Pestonji, Penguin, Rs. 250.
- Home And The World (Hindu, Pradeep Sebastian, Oct 02, 2005)
On an impulse, I decided to read Amitava Kumar's Bombay, London, New York again. I read it in a hurry when it first came out in 2002, noting with pleasure that it was, among many other things, the first really good book on reading written by an Indian.
- Poems Of Remarkable Resonance (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 02, 2005)
Kolatkar was a genuine major talent, feels PRABHAKAR ACHARYA
- See The Difference (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 02, 2005)
In England we have a bed manager to see and manage a single bed.
- Sharon’S Terms For Peace (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Oct 02, 2005)
AS a result of its first war with the Arabs (1948-49), Israel came into possession of about 80 per cent of Palestine.
- Hinduism And Gandhi (Statesman, Jagmohan , Oct 02, 2005)
To follow a shallow and superficial secularism is one of the worst sins that the false prophets of contemporary India are committing
- Crushing Rise In Pol Prices (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 02, 2005)
Prices of motor gasoline, HOBC, light diesel and kerosene oil have been raised from 7 to 12 per cent. According to an announcement by the OIL Committee Advisory Committee’s subcommittee, prices of petrol have been increased by Rs 3.68 to Rs 56.29 per lit.
- Create Awareness About Dreadful Flu (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 02, 2005)
DR David Nabarro of the World Health Organisation has warned that a new influenza pandemic can come any time and claim millions of lives unless urgent steps are taken to address the threat. Nabarro told a Press conference in New York that the flu pandemic
- Why India Voted Against Iran (Dawn, Karamatullah K. Ghori, Oct 02, 2005)
India voting on the side of the Americans and the Europeans against Iran at the September 24 IAEA board meeting in Vienna was bound to enrage the Iranians.
- Between Cultures (Hindu, ANANDHI SUBRAMANIAN, Oct 02, 2005)
Aslam is courageous for recording his impressions of an insular world.
- Iran Threatens To Plug Oil Pipes If Referred To Un (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 02, 2005)
Iran may respond by holding back on oil sales if its nuclear programme is referred to the United Nations Security Council, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in an interview published on Saturday.
- Indonesia Seeks International Support After Bali Bomb Blasts (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Oct 02, 2005)
Aim is to avoid speculation "lest it cloud investigations"
- Curbing Drug Trade (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 02, 2005)
The news that the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) recovered 75 kilos of heroin from 20 foreign drug traffickers in just about two weeks in Peshawar underlines the seriousness of the problem.
- New Narratives (Hindu, PADMINI DEVARAJAN, Oct 02, 2005)
A compact collection, Curtains celebrates the Indian woman and `herstories'.
- Brutal Landscape (Hindu, Gowri Ramnarayan, Oct 02, 2005)
Jayanta Mahapatra on how he needs to find the little lights amidst desolation to keep going.
Physics taught me that time held you captive, but it also made you free.
- To Have And To Hold (Hindu, SELINE AUGUSTINE, Oct 02, 2005)
It is amazing that what Jayakanthan wrote 40 years ago holds good even in the new millennium.
- The Return Of Salman Rushdie (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 02, 2005)
After a lean phase which, incidentally, included The Satanic Verses, Rushdie has regained his touch, and with some style.
Shalimar is also one of his most accessible novels, though, in an age of instant gratification, it still seems unfashionably
- Insular Decision-Making (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 02, 2005)
A National consultative workshop on economic literacy and budget analysis has demanded that the government should involve the parliament, civil society representatives, technocrats, opposition leaders and other sections of society in the economic . . .
- India Grows 8.1 Pct In Apr-June, Outlook Strong (Reuters, Surojit Gupta, Oct 01, 2005)
India's economy expanded an annual 8.1 percent in April-June, its fastest pace in more than a year, prompting some analysts to say they would raise full-year growth forecasts.
- India, Iran And The Congressional Hearings On The Indo-U.S. Nuclear Deal (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 01, 2005)
In the wake of its vote against Iran in the International Atomic Energy Agency, the Indian Government said "nothing could be further from the truth" than the suggestion that there was any "linkage" between its decision and the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal.
- Striking Work (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2005)
Isn't it strange that while the Left-ruled Bengal has woken up to the deleterious effect of bringing the state to a standstill through strikes, the Left leaders continue to swear by the discredited weapon on a national level!
- Spying Days That Were (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Oct 01, 2005)
A Marxist mayor of Calcutta once suggested to the American consul-general that the city should be twinned with San Francisco. When the surprised American replied that Calcutta already had a twin in Odessa in what was still the Soviet Union, . . . .
- Lessons From Disasters (Deccan Herald, Alok Ray, Oct 01, 2005)
Decision making has to take into account even low probability events, which cause enormous human suffering.
- New Phase Of Me Conflict (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 01, 2005)
Three Palestinian fighters including the local leader of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades were shot dead by Israeli troops in the northern West Bank early Thursday.
- Chidambaram Optimistic About Achieving 7 To 8 Per Cent Growth (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2005)
Chidambaram enthused by 8.1 p.c. GDP growth
Industry grew by 9.7 per cent
Services sector logged 9.8 per cent
Farm sector registered two per cent growth
Goal is to maintain 7 p.c. and aim at 8 p.c.
- Chennai To Get Krishna Water In Fortnight (Hindu, T. Ramakrishnan, Oct 01, 2005)
Storage in Satyamurthi Sagar at Poondi and Red Hills will last only three weeks
Water released from Somasila dam
Kandaleru storage is 6,000 million cubic feet
- Yoga Keeps Me Going, Says Karunanidhi (Hindu, VANI DORAISAMY, Oct 01, 2005)
Praises from his yoga guru meant more to him than school certificates he never got
- Agricultural Income And Aggregation (Business Line, R. Anand, Oct 01, 2005)
If a minor has only agricultural income, there can be no clubbing, says R. Anand citing a recent Tribunal ruling
- Govt To Strive For 8 Pc Growth: Fm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2005)
The government will strive towards achieving eight per cent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate in the current fiscal and take necessary measures to further boost economic growth, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Friday.
- Call Karat’S Bluff (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 01, 2005)
Do Cong leaders have courage to tell the Left?
- By Law, Tobacco Be Gone! (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Oct 01, 2005)
Jawaharlal Nehru smoked a cigarette after every meal. Jinnah was a chain smoker. Winston Churchill had a cigar in his mouth most of the time.
- India Again Denies Us Link To Iran Vote (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2005)
India again denied on Friday that its vote against Iran on the nuclear issue at Vienna was linked to its July nuclear pact with the US.
- Increase Outsourcing In Defence Production: Pranab (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2005)
Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday said India should outsource more defence production, including support services to the private sector, to enable the forces to concentrate on their core activities.
- India To Liberalise Consular, Visa Services For Pakistanis (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2005)
Setting the stage for the four-day visit of External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh to Pakistan,
- Convergence And Divergence Of Growth (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 01, 2005)
ECONOMICS is hardly a thriller. But Elhanan Helpman's The Mystery of Economic Growth, from Academic Foundation
- Information Law: Dead On Arrival? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2005)
The fate of the new Right to Information Act, 2005, may turn out to be much like that of many a girl child in India — damned at birth. Hardly has the law been born than the government who parented it is working hard to strangle its unwanted child.
- Look Under The Persian Carpet (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 01, 2005)
Looking back on the week, you can’t help thinking the windmills are really in fashion this season.
- Elderly Woes-Iio Ld People’S Competence Can Be Effectively Utilised (Statesman, ANUPRIYO MALLICK, Oct 01, 2005)
The elderly can be categorised into two groups, namely pensioners and non-pensioners
- India, Pak To Sign Pact On Missile Test Pre-Notification (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2005)
Consolidating the peace process, India and Pakistan will sign agreements on pre-notification of missile tests and setting up of a communication link between maritime forces besides considering a slew of confidence building measures (CBMs) during the four-
- A Totalitarian Treat (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 01, 2005)
The 1951 biography of Stalin reads more like hagiography
- India, B'desh Agree On Cbms But Differ On Border Fencing (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2005)
Differences persisted between India and Bangladesh on the issues of border fencing and cross-border infiltration as the border guards of the two countries wrapped up their talks resolving to strengthen Confidence Building Measures through stepped up ....
- Russia's Gazprom Keen To Take Part In Iran-India Pipeline (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2005)
Russian gas giant Gazprom, world's largest gas firm, is keen to participate in the construction of the 7.4 billion dollar Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline that would bring gas from the gigantic South Pars fields in Iran to the two South Asian countries.
- Non-Alignment Today (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Oct 01, 2005)
In the changed world circumstances, is the concept of "non-alignment" still valid?
- Npcil Deposits Rs 8 Crore Cess With Mpcb (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2005)
After receiving show cause notice about non-payment of the water cess, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) has paid Rs 8 crore to the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) for its Tarapur Atomic Power Plant (TAPP).
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