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Articles 1321 through 1420 of 22138:
- The Arts Of Humankind (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 30, 2006)
“For a sixteen-year-old youth who had yet to begin to shave,” writes Kumar Mukherji in his memoir of life as a music lover, “the winter of 1942 would best be remembered as the year when he heard Kesarbai [Kerkar], Roshanara Begum and Ustad Bade . . .
- J&k Cm Seeks Pardon For Afzal (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2006)
Various political, religious and social organisations have expressed concern over the Delhi court order to hang Mohammad Afzal Gooru and have sought a reconsideration of the order.
- Afzal Verdict: Protesters Clash With Police (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2006)
A general strike called against a Delhi court order to hang Mohammad Afzal Gooru on October 20 paralysed life in Kashmir even as violent protests continued to rock the valley for the third day today.
- India Should Not Join Race For Biological Weapons (Hindu, Sujatha Byravan, Sep 30, 2006)
New Delhi has the opportunity to step up as the global leader it aspires to be by taking a practical approach and the moral high road on the subject.
- ‘Doubt Is The Way In Which You Change Things’ (Indian Express, Mini Kapoor, Sep 30, 2006)
John Ralston Saul’s immensely popular books are in persistent battle against today’s slide towards technocracy.
- Cong Mum, Bjp Slams As Azad Pleads Pm To Pardon Afzal (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2006)
Rattled by the outrage and protests in Srinagar and other places in Kashmir over the scheduled hanging of Parliament attack mastermind Mohammad Afzal Guru on October 20, J&K CM Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday called up PM Manmohan Singh and pleaded for . . .
- Passport Pluralism (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 30, 2006)
The number of countries offering dual citizenship is on the rise. In South Asia itself Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh allow dual citizenship. India, somewhat late off the blocks, has two schemes now for people of Indian origin living abroad: the . . .
- India-Eu Pact Likely In Helsinki (Hindu, N. Ravi Kumar, Sep 30, 2006)
Free trade would be an important element
- Strike Hits Normal Life In Kashmir (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Sep 30, 2006)
Protest against court order to execute Afzal in Parliament attack case; 60 injured in clashes.
- Blast Ghost Haunts Delhi Shopkeepers (Tribune, CHARU SUDAN KASTURI, Sep 30, 2006)
Lurking in Vineet Rajkumar Tuli’s mind is a fear that his Diwali may be over before it has really begun.
- Leaving Their Marx (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 30, 2006)
There are three good reasons to welcome the CPM speaking up for good relations with Beijing and ending security-related restrictions against Chinese companies.
- Cold Comfort Up North (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 30, 2006)
States are where the India story is playing out. But it is not playing out uniformly.
- Congress Accused Of "Wrong And Unclear" Policies (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2006)
`No clarity on the validity of notifications issued by the Centre'
- Ban Scandal Keeps Tharoor's Bid Alive (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Sep 30, 2006)
India's and Shashi Tharoor's bid for the UN Secretary-General post, which was flickering to an end, might come alive following an unexpected report that the South Korean front-runner has used monetary clout to pull in support.
- Mumbai-Malegaon Blasts (Deccan Herald, P.C. Dogra, Sep 30, 2006)
O July 11, seven blasts in seven suburban trains of Western Railway, Mumbai, killed over 229 persons and wounded over 700. Then came Malegaon blasts in a mosque, killing 37 Muslims and injuring many more, who were in the congregation of the devouts . . .
- Sezs: Pil Filed In Supreme Court (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2006)
They will create shortages: petitioner
Land is being acquired with the help of police
Quash all acquisitions and return land to farmers, court urged.
- Feeling Grounded? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2006)
What would you do when your kid chooses to be anything but cooing and cute on board an aircraft?
- Plea To Stop Acquisition Of Farm Land For Sezs (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2006)
The Supreme Court was moved on Friday to stop the acquisition of agricultural and cultivable land from farmers in various states for setting up special economic zones (SEZs).
- A Stretch Teeming With Life (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
There are two ways of looking at K Kamaraj Road or Cavalry Road as it was known earlier. Depending upon one perspective, it could be a road full of intense traffic and choc-a-block shops or you can treat this as a stretch full of life.
- My Friend Dilip, The Cable Operator (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 29, 2006)
One day, back in the Bad Old 1980s, Dilip, a young man from our neighbourhood in Bombay, knocked on the door of my apartment with an intriguing proposition: did I want to watch movies round the clock for less than fifty rupees a month?
- In The Land Of Rising Nationalism (Business Line, J. Srinivasan, Sep 29, 2006)
Japan's Prime Minister-elect, Mr Shinzo Abe, thinks the country cannot continue the way it has, and wants to revise the pacifist constitution and education to emphasise moral values, patriotism, and tradition.
- Indophile Pm (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 29, 2006)
With Mr Shinzo Abe of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) taking over as the new prime minister of Japan, it is time to watchTokyo’s moves on the world chessboard.
- Questionable Leaders (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 29, 2006)
Somewhere in the distant past, when Muslims were blissfully unaware of progress, the Imam of Jama Masjid with his old pal, Mr Balasaheb Thackeray, was a media darling.
- Pakistan's Gambit (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 29, 2006)
On the face of it, there can be nothing objectionable about Pakistan relaxing its visa regime for tourists from India and 23 other countries.
- No Deal Campaigners Set To Lose Battle (Pioneer, ASHOK MALIK, Sep 29, 2006)
Despite the perverse pessimism in some quarters in New Delhi, the overriding consensus in the State Department, on Capitol Hill and in the strategic affairs community here is that the India-United States civil nuclear deal is on course.
- Bharti Yadav Given 8 Days To Appear Before Court (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
A Delhi court today gave eight days to elusive Bharti Yadav, the key witness in the Nitish Katara murder case, to inform when she would appear before it for recording her statement.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 29, 2006)
The continuing war of words between New Delhi and Islamabad ~ even if diplomats prefer to describe the sniping as “clarifications” ~ over the scope and role of the proposed joint mechanism on terrorism has rendered it a virtual non-starter.
- Pm For Improved Governance In States (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
Asking states to lay special focus on improving the quality of governance, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today advised them to promote e-governance.
- Ulfa Envoys Pull Out Of Peace Process (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
Representatives acting as go-betweens for a powerful guerrilla group in northeast India said on Thursday they had pulled out of a year-old peace process with the government, accusing New Delhi of being insincere.
- Indian Developers Queue For Ipos, Foreign Funds (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
Tens, and even hundreds, of Indian developers are lining up to raise funds through initial public offerings in an attempt to ramp up construction to fill an estimated shortfall of 20 million homes.
- Will There Be Convergence In The Chaos? (The Financial Express, S NARAYAN, Sep 29, 2006)
Economic progress today is driven by private enterprise, while government institutions are faltering
- No Control On Durand Line (New Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Sep 29, 2006)
Nearly 113 years after it was drawn between British India and Afghanistan, the Durand Line remains volatile.
- Pm Opposes Tax Sops, Incentives To Industry (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today cautioned States against offering unsustainable tax sops and incentives for industrial projects, saying that "jury is still out on whether these policies really promote industrial growth".
- By The Book (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 29, 2006)
The Pakistan president, Mr Pervez Musharraf, has consistently invited scepticism in India. Predictably, the publication of his memoir, In the Line of Fire, has intensified public disquiet in India about him.
- Afzal's Death Warrant Protests Continue In J&k (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
Protests continued for the second day on Thursday in Srinagar against the death sentence given to Mohammed Afzal for his role in the terror attack on Parliament in 2001.
- Towards Police Reforms (Tribune, B.G. Verghese for and Sanjay Sangvai , Sep 29, 2006)
The Supreme Court has struck a major blow for democracy and freedom by decreeing that long pending and widely endorsed police reforms shall be implemented forthwith and that the directions given in this regard to the Union Government shall be . . .
- U.S. Homework Outsourced As "E-Tutoring" Grows (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
Private tutors are a luxury many American families cannot afford, costing anywhere between $25 to $100 an hour. But California mother Denise Robison found one online for $2.50 an hour -- in India.
- Decline And Fall (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Sep 29, 2006)
There are more cars than surfaces for vehicles to travel with ease and without endless stress-laden snarls.
- Ma Save The Babu (Times of India, SHUBHRANGSHU ROY, Sep 29, 2006)
You have heard this before: One Bengali makes a bhadralok, two make an adda, and three make a Durga Pujo committee. What do four Bengalis make? Well, four Bengalis make two Durga Pujo committees.
- Pm Cautions Cms On Populism (Tribune, Prabhjot Singh, Sep 29, 2006)
Cautioning against the “race to the bottom” through competitive populism, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, asked the states to avoid excitement to have “headline-grabbing MoUs by offering fiscal and financial incentives which their finances . . .
- Language: For Torture Or Communication? (Hindu, KESAVA MENON, Sep 29, 2006)
Given India's demographic mix, the link language should primarily be a tool for communication.
- Damage And Claims (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 29, 2006)
A very important order was given this month by the State Commission for Consumer Complaints Redressal in Delhi.
- Outrageous Strategems (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Sep 29, 2006)
Celebration time for at least some members of parliament. No, they do not belong to the group of celebrities who were involved in the imbroglio over office of profit.
- Supreme Court Verdict On Sealings Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
The Supreme Court will pronounce its verdict on Friday on a batch of petitions seeking a direction to stay the Centre's notification issued on September 7 and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi's notification issued on September 15 to stop the . . .
- Political Parties Join Protests Over Death For Mohammad Afzal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
Separatists give call for general strike, demonstrations on Friday
- Civil Society Can Bring Ulfa To Talks: Gogoi (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Thursday exhorted civil society groups in the state to act as intermediaries and bring the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) for peace talks.
- Amend Act To Debar Buying Of Farmland For Sezs: V.P. Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
These should be developed only on wasteland, says former Prime Minister.
- Qutub Festival Beckons Tourists To The Capital (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
Dedicated to the youth and seeking to attract people from all walks of life through its offer of free entry, the annual two-day Qutub Festival begins at the Qutub Minar complex in Delhi on Saturday. Welcoming tourists arriving in the Capital during . . .
- Protests Against Afzal Death Warrant Continue In Kashmir (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
Protests continued for the second day on Thursday in this summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir against the death sentence given to Mohammed Afzal for his role in the terror attack on India's Parliament in 2001.
- Pm Signals Sez Burial (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Sep 29, 2006)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi's directive against large-scale acquisition of prime farmland for non-agricultural purposes and full rehabilitation of affected farmers seems to have put a spanner in the rat race to create Special Economic Zones.
- Facing The Truth (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
Pakistan has solved its border problem with China, but India is caught in a prolonged dispute.
- Passing The Buck (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Sep 28, 2006)
The Centre has gone back on its commitment to legislate a Bill guaranteeing the fundamental right to education.
- Parenting Travails (Frontline, Bhaskar Ghose, Sep 28, 2006)
Parenting today faces numerous challenges. Failure to meet these could prove disastrous for society.
- Let Involved In Iisc Attack, Says Karnataka (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
`Prima faciecase to show that accused were Lashkar members'
- Autonomy Row (Frontline, S. Viswanathan, Sep 28, 2006)
The move to grant autonomy to JIPMER raises fears that the poor will no longer benefit from the Institute's services.
- Interpreting Interpretations (Deccan Herald, Pran Chopra , Sep 28, 2006)
Politicians are shrewd enough to interpret court interpretations to meet their selfish motives.
- Flawed Recall (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 28, 2006)
The General wallows in his labyrinth of lies.
- Us Thinks Afghanistan More Do-Able Than Iraq (Pioneer, ASHOK MALIK, Sep 28, 2006)
Among the reams of statistics available in the world's most powerful capital city, two stand out as representative of the United States' existential dilemma. Of every dollar of American tax-payer money disbursement for development work - . . .
- Protest Against Death Sentence To Afzal (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
The Police fired tear gas shells and used canes to disperse demonstrators here today protesting against the Delhi Court order on hanging Mohammad Afzal Guru on October 20, convicted in the Parliament attack case.
- Violence In Singur (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 28, 2006)
The violence witnessed at Singur in West Bengal on Tuesday, when policemen not only beat up farmers demanding the right to keep their land but also manhandled Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee and two party MLAs, is neither unprecedented nor . . .
- Pretexts, Provocations And Consequences (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Sep 28, 2006)
When a series of bomb blasts ripped through seven commuter trains, causing mayhem in Mumbai nine days ago, it was hardly surprising that suspicion immediately fell on Islamist militants, with Lashkar-i-Taiba becoming the main focus of attention on . . .
- Ulfa Talks Blow (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
The Ulfa-constituted People’s Consultative Group today pulled out of negotiations with Delhi in protest against its “double standards”, hammering the last nail into the peace coffin after a series of adverse developments since last weekend, reports . . .
- Beyond Politics (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 28, 2006)
In New Delhi, the special investigation team (SIT) is about to wrap up its report on the omissions and commissions of the police team that investigated the Jessica Lal murder case.
- Cities Of Joy (Times of India, Dinesh Mohan, Sep 28, 2006)
At about the same time professionals in Delhi were finalising the First Master Plan for the city in the early 1960s, Jane Jacobs published her book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities.
- Kargil Army Chief Malik To Govt: Debunk Musharraf Claims (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
Describing Pakistan President Musharraf’s new book In the Line of Fire as an exercise in “megalomanical self-promotion” that has partly “turned the Kargil war on its head”, former Army chief General V P Malik, Musharraf’s Indian counterpart . . . .
- Pakistan Offers Visa On Arrival (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
Pakistan pulled a rabbit out of its diplomatic hat today by announcing visas on arrival for Indians.
- Laptop For Every Child (Pioneer, JS Rajput, Sep 28, 2006)
Instead of making tall claims and announcing new schemes Government should focus on compulsory primary education, says JS Rajput
- Put Some Steel Into The Relationship (Pioneer, Asheesh Shah, Sep 28, 2006)
Delhi must do much more to translate French goodwill for India into tangible gains for its economy, says Asheesh Shah.
- Blackboard Bungle (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 28, 2006)
It's a paradox, but the most regressive policies are pushed through in precisely those places that are supposed to be the hot spots of India's emergent economy.
- Executing Justice (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 28, 2006)
The formal issuance of a black warrant by a Delhi court and the announcement that Mohammad Afzal, the Kashmiri terrorist who masterminded the attack on Parliament on December 13, 2001, will be hanged on October 20 is most welcome.
- Cbi Wanted Four Cops Probed (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
The CBI informed the Delhi High Court on Wednesday that it had recommended disciplinary inquiry against four Delhi police officers who had failed to conduct proper investigation into the rape and murder of Priyadarshini Mattoo when the case was under them
- Indian Tourists To Get Visa On Arrival (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
Pakistan will issue ‘visa on arrival’ (VOA) to tourists from 24 countries including India, federal Minister for Tourism, Nilofar Bakhtiar told the reporters at Wagah Border here on Wednesday.
- Defending The Right To Know (Frontline, Sowmya Kerbart Sivakumar, Sep 28, 2006)
Public pressure has prevented the government from implementing retrogressive amendments to the Right to Information Act.
- Damage Control After Sting (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
The Congress on Wednesday refused to be drawn into the controversy triggered by the latest expose on the Jessica Lall murder case. Congress minister in the Haryana government Venod Sharma has been accused of bribing key witnesses to turn hostile . . .
- Indian Too Responsible For Terrorism In Pakistan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 28, 2006)
Indian Defence Minister Mukherjee has accused Pakistan of being ‘nursery of global terrorism’ and lamented that it has done very little to dismantle, what he called, terrorists’ infrastructure on its eastern border – a reference to Kashmir where . . .
- Ex-Mp’S Ordeal (Tribune, S. Raghunath, Sep 28, 2006)
Mr Era Anbarasu, a former Member of Parliament from Tamil Nadu, has been put through the wringer by monkeys.
- Punjab Reeks Of Corruption (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Sep 28, 2006)
The latest World Bank Report places India almost at the bottom of corruption-free countries. It has the distinction of being 124th. If a similar study were to be undertaken in India, Punjab, I am sure, will rank at the end of the list.
- Bomb Hunter (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Sep 27, 2006)
One of India's top crime scientists speaks out on the need for new investments in counter-terrorism technologies.
- Terror Gets Its First Death Punishment: Oct 20 For Afzal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
A sessions court today ordered that Mohammad Afzal, convicted in the December 13, 2001 Parliament attack case, be executed on October 20.
- Need Not Be Obeyed (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Sep 27, 2006)
Governments make law, allow violation and amend it to protect the violators. The sufferers are the law-abiders.
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