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Articles 121 through 220 of 500:
- Man Of Substance (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 11, 2007)
Mohammad Shamim was perhaps the only journalist whom Rajiv and Sanjay Gandhi addressed as ‘Sir’. He was Indira Gandhi’s close confidant, but never used this proximity to promote himself.
- The Implicit Debate (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Sep 11, 2007)
In the debate on the 123 agreement, commentators have overwhelmingly supported the prime minister and lambasted the communists.
- India Building Nuclear Sub, Says Top Scientist (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2007)
India has kept its efforts to build a nuclear submarine under wraps for more than 30 years, but a top Indian scientist has confirmed that the ongoing project at the Kalpakkam nuclear facility near Chennai to develop a nuclear reactor fuelled by . . .
- I Had To Marry The Man I Wanted To Marry... (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2007)
The book vividly talks about Vyjayantimala's journey from films to politics, besides throwing light on some illustrious personalities she came across in her life
- The Importance Of Being Pranab Mukherjee Today (New Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Sep 10, 2007)
Last week he was being referred to as 'the other PM' - an acknowledged No. 2 in the Manmohan Ministry, the Prime Minister's ace trouble-shooter, indispensable to the UPA.
- Managing Expectations (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2007)
The author notes a time in Indias business history when management training was an altogether unknown concept.
- Funds Of Knowledge (Telegraph, S.L. Rao, Sep 10, 2007)
Economic growth, the rise of large Indian corporations and globalization have not significantly increased the low expenditures on either natural or social sciences research in India. Patent filings and publications in reputed journals have . . .
- 'Sachar Panel Revives Two-Nation Theory' (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2007)
The BJP on Friday said that the UPA's "Sachar ammunition" brazenly revives the two-nation theory dividing people along the communal lines.
- Abide By Majority Opinion On Nuke Deal: Cpm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2007)
"The Indo-US nuclear deal along with the Defence Framework Agreement would make India a subordinate military ally of the United States," CPI-M General Secretary Prakash Karat said.
- Exorcise Ghosts In Mind: Pm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2007)
Amidst the raging controversy over the Indo-US nuke deal, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said the country should not dither because of...
- This Is Our Moment, Let Us Not Dither And Shy Away: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2007)
Amid the raging controversy over the India-U.S. nuclear deal, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said the country should not dither because of “fear of some ghosts in our mind.”
- Dam With A View (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2007)
On our way to numerous treks in the Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park, we have travelled extensively on Meenkarai Road, and never wondered where it got its name from or where it leads to.
- Congress Mp Defends Indo-U.S. Pact (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2007)
B.K. Hariprasad, MP and general secretary, All India Congress Committee, on Thursday defended the Indo-U.S. 123 agreement and said that the Congress wanted to generate nuclear power for the development of industries providing employment to the youth.
- Past The Tokyo Trials (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Sep 07, 2007)
The prime minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, is looked upon with utmost suspicion by China and both Koreas for his attempts to put an end to the one-sided “Tokyo Trials” view of history.
- Us To Convince Nsg On N-Trade: Kakodkar (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2007)
India today said it was the "duty" of the US to convince the Nuclear Suppliers Group under the civil nuclear deal to provide it with nuclear fuel and light water reactors and ensure "clean, unconditional exemptions" for trade in the atomic field . . . .
- India’S N-Spot In Tn Is Now A No-Fly Zone (New Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Sep 03, 2007)
Concerned over growing threats from LTTE’s air wing, the Government has decided to declare the airspace above Tamil Nadu’s Kalpakkam, which houses one of its most sensitive nuclear installations, as a "no-fly zone".
- Democracy At Discount (Deccan Herald, G S Bhargava, Sep 03, 2007)
It had been India’s pride – rightly – to be the world’s most populous democracy. We would claim parity with the USA – acclaimed as the world’s “greatest” democracy – to be the largest in the category.
- Destination Whistler (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2007)
The people of Vancouver have every reason to be proud, I thought, during our recent visit to this city which has a reputation as a world-class destination that is consistently named the number one resort in North America.
- Upa-Left Panel: Bjp Gives Privilege Notice (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2007)
Both Houses of Parliament adjourned on Friday, as a determined Opposition NDA and the newly-formed UNPA protested against the formation of the UPA-Left committee to examine the Indo-US nuclear deal.
- Crucial Power-Sharing Formula Taking Shape In J&k (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2007)
After a gap of several months, the Prime Minister-appointed working group on the contentious issue of power-sharing between the Centre and the state of Jammu and Kashmir is set to meet here on Sunday.
- Left With No Purpose (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Aug 31, 2007)
The nation has recently crossed two significant milestones: 60 years of independence, and half of that span since Indira Gandhi’s infamous Emergency. Celebration of the ‘golden jubilee’ of national freedom has been marked by standard rituals . . . .
- Indira, Illiteracy And It, That’S ‘I’Ndia (Dawn, SHASHI THAROOR, Aug 30, 2007)
It’s glossary time again! ‘I’ is for ‘India’, and for.... ILLITERACY: Remains rife, with just under half our population unable to read or write in any of our several dozens of scripts.
- Democratic Pressure & International Diplomacy Statecraft (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 29, 2007)
The current controversy over the 123 agreement goes beyond the nature of our relationship with the United States. It has to do with how democracy’s contentious noise and disagreements can be used positively in pursuit of national diplomatic goals.
- Shinzo Abe’S Passage To India (Asia Times, K. Natwar Singh, Aug 29, 2007)
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan addressed a joint session of Parliament in the Central Hall of Sansad Bhavan.
- ‘Energy Security From Own Fuel’ (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2007)
"Energy security does not come from imported fuel and imported reactors. It has to come from our own fuel and indigenous reactors or indigenous technology," said Dr Placid Rodriguez, president of the India Nuclear Society and former director of . . . . .
- Ringside View Of History (Hindu, Partho Datta, Aug 28, 2007)
A book of varied speeches, released strategically around Independence Day is bound to invoke the nation, as this volume does unequivocally. From the founding moment of the Indian National Congress, the editor brings us step by step to the present day.
- Strategic Partners (Pioneer, A Surya Prakash, Aug 28, 2007)
Leader of Opposition LK Advani's statement on Sunday that the BJP was in favour of a strategic partnership between India and the US and that it would have no objection to the India-US nuclear deal if the Government was willing to ensure the . . . .
- Our Collision Dharma (Indian Express, Inder Malhotra, Aug 27, 2007)
Despite Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s upbeat imagery of spring inevitably following winter and CPM General Secretary Prakash Karat’s reassuring words that his party’s central committee does not want the ongoing ‘crisis’ over the Indo-US nuclear . . . .
- Indira, Illiteracy & It, That's 'I'ndia (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 27, 2007)
In a land of a million Indiras, there was still only one 'Indira'. Indira Gandhi's domination, not just of India but of India's consciousness of itself and of the perception of India abroad, has finally begun to fade from the public memory . . . . . .
- They Have Failed India (Pioneer, Jaya Jaitly, Aug 25, 2007)
The rot began with Indira Gandhi and is irreversible. Now, in the same month that we celebrate the 60th anniversary of Independence, the Left-Congress combine is reviving that infamy.
- Centres Of Excellence To Treat Children With Aids: Anbumani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2007)
The government has approved seven centres of excellence across the country for treating children affected with HIV/AIDS.
- Sharing The Coupe With Feroze (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 23, 2007)
In the late fifties, my husband, a railway officer, was posted at Lucknow in a senior position. Since I worked in Delhi, it meant my having to commute between Delhi and Lucknow frequently.
- Special Article (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Aug 22, 2007)
A general election could occur any time. Seldom has a government appeared more fragile.
- Left Smarting (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Aug 22, 2007)
I ran into a high-profile member of Ambassador David Mulford’s team at the American embassy in New Delhi a few months ago on a street close to my home just outside Washington.
- A Beautiful Politician (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Aug 22, 2007)
TARKESHWARI SINHA stepped out of college to step into the portals of Parliament House where for 19 years she spread radiance of a kind the august institution had seldom been accustomed to.
- Distance Education In Aeronautics (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2007)
For the first time, the State will get an under-graduate programme in aeronautics and avionics through distance education programme.
- What Bjp Rule Meant (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2007)
For the first time in post-independence India, Hindu nationalists were in a position to rule the country between 1998 and 2004.
- India's Silent Warriors (Asia Times, B Raman, Aug 20, 2007)
Secrecy and intelligence agencies are synonymous. Very rarely does the general public get a peek into the shadowy world of spooks and their death-defying deeds shrouded behind the iron curtain of state secrets.
- Mixed Signals In Governor Shuffle (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2007)
The Centre today appointed two new governors and moved or gave additional responsibilities to five others in a reshuffle that sends out mixed signals about the UPA government’s belief in its own tenure.
- All Spirit And Grace (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Aug 20, 2007)
In snooty circles, Bihar continues to be at the receiving end of derisive comments.
- A Visionary Extraordinaire (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 20, 2007)
As we celebrate Rajiv Gandhi’s 63rd birth anniversary today, thoughts go back in time to recollect the contributions of India’s youngest Prime Minister who laid the foundation of the country’s march into the 21st century.
- Frivolity Of The Left (Pioneer, SHIKHA MUKERJEE, Aug 20, 2007)
The theme which connects the love lyrics that spread the message of bhakti to the ballooning output of Bangla bands reflecting the sensibilities of the 21st century youth is the quintessentially Indian preoccupation with romance and regret.
- Unravelling The Raw Truth Of It All (Deccan Herald, Prem Mahadevan, Aug 20, 2007)
The book conveys a sense of the Intelligence world as it really is mostly shades of gray, instead of black and white.
- A R&aw Perspective (New Indian Express, Claude Arpi, Aug 20, 2007)
It is not easy to be a spy on a foreign posting. One day at a party, the drunken wife of an IFS officer loudly announced: “Ladies and Gentlemen, meet the most charming officer from India’s external intelligence”.
- Pm’S Panel Favours Long-Term Loans For Farmers (Indian Express, VIKAS DHOOT, Aug 18, 2007)
Even as the head-count of persons who are poor is coming down, there has been a spurt in the number of undernourished persons across all farming classes.”
- Target Upa (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2007)
This week’s Organiser has a special theme — ‘UPA undermining India’.
- Washerman-Scribe (Tribune, I.M. Soni, Aug 17, 2007)
WE credit an Englishman, James Angustus Hicky, for bringing out the first newspaper in our country.
- The Cia Papers - I (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Aug 17, 2007)
A CIA Staff Study published in May on the Sino-Indian border dispute (1959-62) throws neglected light on relations between the two countries.
- The Luck Of The Draw (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Aug 16, 2007)
People, including prime ministers, rise to the level of their responsibilities.
- Uninspiring Speech (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2007)
There was a time when people would look forward to the Prime Minister's address to the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on Independence Day.
- Real Heroes Are Unsung (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 16, 2007)
On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Independence, it's time to remember the forgotten heroes who sacrificed their lives for the country at the borders, in Jammu & Kashmir and in the North-East.
- India Marks 60th Anniversary: (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2007)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh marked the 60th anniversary of independence from British rule by urging the country to work harder to free itself from the shackles of poverty, ignorance and disease.
- At 60, The Political Culture Needs Renewal Statecraft (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 16, 2007)
Notwithstanding the current fashionable anti-political class biases, the political parties and leaders have, for most part, succeeded in deepening the constitutional system’s legitimacy. But now they have to attend to restoring the political . . . .
- Manmohan Presents Report Card, Silent On Indo-Us Nuclear Deal (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday virtually presented the report card to the nation on his three-years in office, highlighting his achievements and outlining his key initiatives in agriculture, education and social sectors . . . . .
- India Celebrates Turning 60 (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2007)
Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh has urged for a war on poverty at a ceremony to mark 60 years of independence from British rule.
- ‘No Possibility Of Any Interruption.’ (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Aug 16, 2007)
“THIS Agreement is a practical solution, which meets all our requirements. It is a practical way forward. So it is satisfactory,” said Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission, about the 123 Agreement between India and the United . . . .
- Euphoria And Fear (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Aug 16, 2007)
OPINION is divided sharply among informed nuclear scientists and engineers on whether the 123 Agreement will benefit India in the long run. While officials of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), a public sector unit that . . . .
- Nuclear Noises Hit High Decibel (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, Aug 14, 2007)
The government today said it was against any Parliament vote on the nuclear deal, circling its wagon on a day an unusual round of posturing saw the Right courting the Left.
- The Making Of A Miracle (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
One early morning in Bangalore - at about six, before the traffic thickened and made the timing of any cross-town journey the subject of doubting speculation - an enterprising young man called Arun Pai took me in his car to the edge of the Karnataka Golf
- Politics Is Heating Up (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Aug 14, 2007)
IT is said of the American presidential election that campaigning for his successor or his re-election begins almost the day he is sworn in.
- Al-Qaeda Threats Not Being Taken Lightly: Police (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
Stating that the reports of threats issued by the Al-Qaeda recently were not being taken lightly, Special Commissioner (Security) S.B. Deol said on Monday that arrangements had been made to ensure a peaceful Independence Day celebration in the Capital.
- The Best And Worst Of Times (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
The journey to Mangu Singh's family home from India's capital takes only two hours, but it's a trip to a different planet.
- How Bangladeshis See India (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
In December 1971, Indira Gandhi sent Indian troops to fight the Pakistan army in support of the Bangladesh war of independence. The intervention brought a conclusion to the war in nine short days, ending a nine-month campaign of genocide and ethnic . . .
- Make R&aw Accountable (Pioneer, A Surya Prakash, Aug 14, 2007)
Call it telepathy or the innate urge of good citizens to speak their minds in national interest, but by sheer coincidence two persons who have held senior positions in the Research & Analysis Wing (R&AW) have almost simultaneously published . . . .
- Oratory Club Of India (OutLook, Jamal Ahmed Khan, Aug 14, 2007)
Both text and context mark out great speeches.
- Mixed Bag Of Tricks (Deccan Herald, Rajashri Dasgupta, Aug 13, 2007)
Let me confess right away, that to support each and every woman is not my kind of feminism.
- Will The Bully Now Do What Bullies Usually Do When Their Bluff Is Called? (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 13, 2007)
So, what do the buccaneers of the Left do now? Just when they were savouring the completion of their conquest of both Houses of Parliament, the Prime Minister has spoilt their party by defying them to do what they want because he won’t concede . . . . .
- Left Hardliners For Issue-Based Support (Asian Age, Harish Gupta, Aug 13, 2007)
After the Prime Minister called the Left’s bluff on the nuclear deal, the Congress started a midnight operation to douse the fire.
- Us De-Hyphenates India, Pak, Finally (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
Sixty years after Partition, the US has finally separated India and Pakistan in its world view, with one seen as an emerging strategic partner and other as an indispensable ally in the war on terror.
- Resigned Pm: How Much Smoke, How Much Fire? (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Aug 11, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had threatened to resign if the Left parties did not accept the 123 agreement.
- A Vital Interest (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Aug 11, 2007)
India’s tortuous relations with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which is celebrating its 40th birthday this week, illustrate that legend and history do not always synchronize.
- Born To Be Free (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2007)
Salma Ahmed’s reputation precedes her. The first woman entrepreneur of Pakistan, the founder and CEO of that country’s Women’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
- India At 60: Special Report (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2007)
Ten miles south of Delhi, where the dusty scrub has been cleared and replaced by an ocean of quick-setting concrete, India is road-testing a new vision of its future.
- Pm’S Panel Finds Fault With His Package On Farm Suicides (Indian Express, VIKAS DHOOT, Aug 10, 2007)
Over a year after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced a Rs 17,000-crore package for alleviating the agrarian crisis in 31 districts hit by farmer suicides — in Vidarbha, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala — the expert group he set up on . . . ..
- Rbi Panel On Interest Rate Futures Set Up (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
The panel would analyse the experience with interest rate futures so far and focus on product design issues.
- Follow The Evolving Leader (Telegraph, Mushirul Hasan, Aug 10, 2007)
The dates of this volume are significant and perhaps the principal reason for treating it a little separately from many of the previous 38 volumes.
- India, Born In Violence, Celebrates Miraculous Survival (Daily Times, Simon Denyer, Aug 10, 2007)
Ranbir Rai Handa was just 14 years old when he was pitched into the madness of partition, forced to flee his hometown of Lahore on a train bound from newly independent Pakistan to India.
- Adrian Hamilton: The Sordid Truth: We Cut And Ran In India (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
It may be because of the obvious parallels with Iraq today, or the fact that there is now a whole new generation of young Britons of Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi descent who are interested in their parents' past, but the 60th anniversary . . . . .
- Born In Violence, India Celebrates (Tribune, Simon Denyer, Aug 10, 2007)
Ranbir Rai Handa was just 14 years old when he was pitched into the madness of partition, forced to flee his hometown of Lahore on a train bound from newly independent Pakistan to India.
- Women In Public Life: No Ideal Role Model (Deccan Herald, Amulya Ganguli, Aug 08, 2007)
Today's women leaders are regional politicians with a restricted vision who cannot be regarded as role models.
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