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Articles 14721 through 14820 of 21784:
- The Great Indian Laughter Challenge (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Oct 14, 2005)
If you decide that 75 per cent of the country does not make news, you're shrinking your potential zone of coverage. And if you decree that only a small section of the other 25 per cent does, you've painted yourself into a corner.
- Doing Business The Boeing Way (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Oct 14, 2005)
The company offers product-related facilities and joint ventures to offset part of the cost of a purchase.
- More Supplies Sent To Pak (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2005)
The second batch of relief supplies include 82 tonnes (5,000 blankets, 370 tents, plastic sheets and medicines).
- Nda Meets Kalam To Oust Governor (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2005)
BJP president L K Advani and his party’s allies met President A P J Abdul Kalam on Thursday to demand that Governor Buta Singh of Bihar be removed..
- G-20 Nations Pick Holes In Us Farm Sops Gesture (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Oct 14, 2005)
Mr Kamal Nath said G-20 has taken abudant measures to safeguard the interests of the farmers in developing countries against imports and trade distortions.
- Quake Deepens Fissures In Kashmir Despite Army Help (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Oct 14, 2005)
After pulling his three daughters out of the rubble of his house and burying them, Mohammad Sadiq sat down in his village in Indian Kashmir and waited for help to come.
- Indians Help Pak Rebuild Bunker (Deccan Herald, Zahoor Malik, Oct 14, 2005)
India soldiers scripted a unique tale of camaraderie when they helped their Pakistani counterparts rebuild a quake-hit bunker.
- The Debris Of Lost Chances (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2005)
Frankly speaking, I am disappointed with India’s response to the earthquake victims in Pakistan.
- Women To Gain Most (Deccan Herald, Devaki Jain , Oct 14, 2005)
Studies show that guaranteed wage work is more crucial for women labourers than men
- Right To Information (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 14, 2005)
THE Right to Information Act, which has come into force from October 12, is a significant development since Independence because the people can now exercise their right to know from the government.
- A Burgeoning Health Problem (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 14, 2005)
At a time when the World Health Organisation has predicted that the diabetes burden in India is set to double and reach 70 million by 2025, it is a matter of additional concern that the number of overweight and obese children is increasing.
- Who’S Afraid Of Kgb Wolves? (Indian Express, Balbir K Punj, Oct 14, 2005)
The front-page article ‘‘When KGB got cosy with BJP’’ by Bhibhuti Bhusan Nandy, a retired RAW official (The Statesman October 3, 2005) has kicked off dust.
- China And Pakistan Quietly And Jointly Stealing Military Strategic Information From India – Laptop Stealing With Military Data (India Daily, Preetam Sohani, Oct 14, 2005)
India wants to keep it quiet for the time being as internal investigations unfolds world’s one of the most sophisticated ring of espionage operations initiated by Chinese and Pakistani secret agent’s in stealing India’s strategic military data.
- Elusive Administrative Reforms (Business Line, Sumit K. Majumdar, Oct 14, 2005)
An inability to re-design organisation and administration has been the bane of the nation, and the second Administrative Reforms Commission may be as gargantuan an exercise in futility as the first was, over 35 years ago.
- Bio-Diesel Policy Announced (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2005)
Oil companies to buy at Rs. 25 a litre
Scheme to come into force from January 1, 2006 Product must meet BIS standard Purchase centre in States identified
- India Obsessed With Permanent Seat In U.N. Security Council: N. Ram (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 13, 2005)
Support to the U.S.-led "provocative" resolution on Iran one of the biggest "blunders"
Sustained efforts needed to push the peace process with Pakistan
Manmohan Government too has demonstrated extreme vulnerability to U.S. pressures
- Volunteers Coordinate (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2005)
As they say every cloud has a silver lining the massive earthquake that struck Kashmir last week has bound the people in strong bonds of love and fellow feeling.
- Coping With Earthquakes (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Oct 13, 2005)
Of all natural disasters, earthquakes are the most difficult to manage because they can be neither predicted nor prevented. As such, they do not give any opportunity for shifting people to safer areas.
- Seize The Moment In Jammu And Kashmir (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 13, 2005)
The Congress will soon have to decide whether it wants to claim the chief ministership. Its thinking should be based on a calculus of national interest in the present geo-strategic context.
- Who’S Afraid Of Kgb Wolves? (Indian Express, Balbir K Punj, Oct 13, 2005)
The front-page article ‘‘When KGB got cosy with BJP’’ by Bhibhuti Bhusan Nandy, a retired RAW official (The Statesman October 3, 2005) has kicked off dust.
- A Deadly Combination (Hindu, Ramya Kannan , Oct 13, 2005)
Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS are twin dangers. The focus of public health policies is on combined programmes to tackle them.
- Pak Nod To Iaf Relief Plane, Kasuri Thanks Natwar (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 12, 2005)
Pakistan today gave clearance for landing of an Indian Air Force plane which is to carry 25 tonnes of earthquake relief material like tents, plastic sheets, blankets, mattresses, food items and medicines.
- Red-Faced Leaders In New Delhi (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Oct 12, 2005)
The Congress high command has to decide how much longer it can tolerate Laloo who treats Bihar as his fiefdom
- Coping With Earthquakes (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Oct 12, 2005)
Of all natural disasters, earthquakes are the most difficult to manage because they can be neither predicted nor prevented.
- Bjp Into The Political Twilight? (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Oct 12, 2005)
IF proof were at all needed that the Bharatiya Janata Party can no longer summon up a half-way cogent response to major events of the day, then recent developments provide it in ample measure.
- Restore Tele Links (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 12, 2005)
The governments of India and Pakistan won widespread acclaim by announcing several confidence building measures (CBMs) during the past two years
- Bihar On The Edge (Frontline, Purnima S. Tripathi, Oct 12, 2005)
BIHAR has been a byword for political uncertainty. Even as the State began preparations for its four-phase Assembly elections
- Anti-Majoritarian, Pro-Globalisation (Frontline, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 12, 2005)
IN 2001, Madhu Purnima Kishwar, an activist and academic, published in Manushi, a periodical from New Delhi, two articles, one dealing with the working conditions of rickshaw-pullers in the capital and the other about street vendors whom she had made a fi
- The Naxalite Challenge (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Oct 12, 2005)
Left extremists have regrouped under the one-year-old Communist Party of India (Maoist) and expanded their area of operation. The state is planning a crackdown, but success may not come easily.
- New Horizons (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 12, 2005)
The relaxation of tension along the Line of Control (LoC) has given time to the leadership of "Azad" Kashmir, as the Pakistan-occupied territory is locally known, to think of developing tourism in a big way.
- Pakistan Accepts Indian Aid Offer (Press Trust of India, K J M Varma, Oct 11, 2005)
Islamabad, Oct 10 (PTI) Accepting the Indian offer of emergency relief supplies for quake victims, Pakistan today said that the planes carrying the goods will begin arriving from tomorrow.
- Of Turncoats And Caste Breakdowns (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Oct 11, 2005)
Defectors with a record of winning are seen as a prize catch by political parties in Bihar because of the votes they bring with them
- Cars: Small Can Be Big, If Given Impetus (The Financial Express, Senthil Chengalvarayan, Oct 11, 2005)
Bureaucrats in the finance ministry think it will lose them revenue, but the finance minister seems to have made up his mind to cut duties on small cars
- Spirit Of Camaraderie On Loc (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Financial Express, Oct 11, 2005)
Engaged in massive rescue efforts in quake-hit Jammu and Kashmir, the Army offered helicopters to Pakistan for relief operations in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.The offer was made during the several contacts between senior commanders on both sides.
- A Tragedy And An Opportunity (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 11, 2005)
Natural disasters recognise no boundaries, present nobody to blame, and can affect people across the socio-economic divide.
- Govt Gives Rs 93 Crore To 15 Psus To Clear Dues Of Employees (Press Trust of India, PTI, Oct 11, 2005)
The government today said it would provide budgetary support of Rs 93.41 crore for payment of salary and wages of employees of 15 PSUs, including four units of HMT.
- Understanding The Emerging Media Ecology (Hindu, Sashi Kumar, Oct 11, 2005)
With both technology and the advertiser sorting the vast amorphous viewership into tiered and profiled purchasing power segments, a fragmentation takes place that may actually work against dumbing down.
- A New World For The Mother Of An Asian Boy (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 11, 2005)
Five days after her boy was born the London bombs went off. Being the mother of an Asian boy had suddenly become a much more complex matter.
- Opening Of Nathula Pass (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 11, 2005)
Much anticipated deadline for the Himalayan bar-rier between India and China was to melt
- Bangladesh's Proxy (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 11, 2005)
With just a few weeks left for the SAARC summit in Dhaka, Indo-Bangladesh ties touched a new low on September 29 when Director General of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), Major General Jahangir Alam Choudhury, alleged that the August 17 multiple explosions in his
- An Address Undelivered (Greater Kashmir, DR. SHEIKH MOHAMMAD IQBAL, Oct 11, 2005)
On the 3rd of October, 2005, S P College held a ‘gala event’ to which I was also invited. For reasons inexplicable I could not continue in the colourful Majlis, and left the place when Pran Kishore was relating the drama experience of his student days.
- No Breakthrough In Sight (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Oct 11, 2005)
In the context of nuclear weapons, CBMs are inadequate and there can be no meaningful co-operation
- World Investment Report 2005 (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 11, 2005)
China has once again emerged as the darling of investors among developing economies worldwide. For analysts drawing comparisons with China's stupendous FDI performance, India's might seem a poor record.
- West Bengal Must Work To Catch Up (Business Line, S. Majumder , Oct 11, 2005)
TRADE union, though the voice of workers, is also an institution that nurtures understanding between the labour and the management for a smooth functioning of the organisation.
- India's Water Economy — World Bank Prescription Does Not Hold Water (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Oct 11, 2005)
Even while conceding that the World Bank's report is correct in stating that investments in large water infrastructure in India reflect a Build-Neglect-Rebuild philosophy, it may be prudent to bear in mind that the document has been prepared by an entity
- Indian Marxists Toss Off Chains With Hotel Sale: Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, editorial Bloomberg.com, Oct 11, 2005)
The last guests have checked out of the Great Eastern hotel in Kolkata.
- Natural Absent-Mindedness By Vandana Kumari Jena (Statesman, Vandana Kumari Jena, Oct 10, 2005)
The loss of immediate memory, scream newspapers, is a sign of early Alzheimer’s.
- A Tool In Support Of Democracy (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 10, 2005)
Today’s democracies of the world have tremendously been influenced by the phenomenon - "Information Explosion".
- Khaleda’S Doublespeak (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 10, 2005)
It can safely be said that Khaleda Zia government’s too-clever-by-half approach towards India in recent months has brought about a new low in Indo-Bangladesh ties
- War Of The Surveys (Business Standard, Sunil Jain, Oct 10, 2005)
It’s not easy being a policy maker these days. In the earlier days of reforms, you were told the fiscal deficit was the main thing to watch for; fix this and everything else would fall into place
- No ‘Moral Policing’; ‘Amoral Policing’ Instead? (Indian Express, S Gurumurthy , Oct 10, 2005)
A cine actress publicly justified pre-marital sex. No educated man would expect to marry a virgin, she asserted. Many, mainly women, protested, spontaneously.
- Change In Attitude (Greater Kashmir, Samuel Baid, Oct 10, 2005)
Last week Delhi had visitors from the part of Kashmir which is under Pakistan’s control.
- Karishma, Tamanna, Madhu... (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Oct 09, 2005)
For a stretch of nearly four consecutive days last week, if an overseas traveller happened to be on a brief visit to India and switched on the television to update himself about what was going on in this country,
- Congress Governing The Country Under Extreme Pressure From The Communists - Prime Minsiter Manmohan Singh Confesses (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Oct 09, 2005)
Why rule then? Why not resign and call for a fresh mandate. Why compromise with the communists?
- Sino-Indian Relations And Asia (Daily Excelsior, V. N. Paranjape, Oct 09, 2005)
As India and China try to bypass the 37-years-old distrust between the two countries following the 1962 war, there appears to be a new dawn of understanding that in all likelihood 21st century will be an Asian century.
- Creating Political History Through Computer Graphics (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 09, 2005)
What a ‘feat’ it is - getting Hari Singh’s signatures through computer, quips Abdul Majid Mattu
- Making The Rti Act Effective (Tribune, Mandakini Devasher, Oct 09, 2005)
October 12 will be celebrated as Dusshera, the festival symbolising the triumph of good over evil.
- Doomed Democracy (Statesman, Sam Rajappa, Oct 09, 2005)
The real purpose of Laisenia Qarase’s visit is to soothe India’s ruffled feelings about the patently anti-Indian administration he has been running for the last five years
- Manmohan Offers Help To Pakistan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2005)
"We have been distressed to learn of the extensive loss of life and property"
- Baghlihar Dam’S Inspection (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 09, 2005)
APP has reported that India and Pakistan have agreed that the design of the Baghlihar Dam must comply with the provisions of the Indus Waters Treaty.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Stage Set For India-U.S. Defence Cooperation (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 08, 2005)
Defence Systems executive coming next week
- 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.
- Our Poor Little Rich (Indian Express, Shekar Gupta, Oct 08, 2005)
If you were one among a quarter of a billion Indians living below the poverty line,
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Dekha Is Bemari-E-Dil Nay Aakhir Kam Tamam Kiya-I (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 08, 2005)
This tireless muscular pump which we call heart is an enigma of nature, Dr. Sajjad Reshi comments on heart and heart related diseases
- Dowry Harassment Of A Different Kind (Daily Excelsior, Jagjit Singh and Tameem Hashmi, Oct 08, 2005)
The recent study by USAID and Centre for Social Research (CSR) on the misuse of anti-dowry laws by estranged wives has come as a breather for many harassed husbands.
- '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.
- Irda To Ask Lic To Put In Place ‘Safeguards’ To Prevent Frauds (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2005)
Following a CBI probe into alleged "irregularities" in premium adjustment by LIC officials in a branch, the regulator IRDA said it would ask the country's largest insurer to put in place "sufficient safeguards" to prevent recurrence of such frauds.
- 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
- Ulfa-Nominated Group To Meet Manmohan (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Oct 07, 2005)
People's Consultative Group meets today
PCG aims at ensuring formal ceasefire between the Centre and ULFA
Litterateur Indira Goswami is chief facilitator between the Centre and the group
- No Compromise With Terror, Says Manmohan Singh (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Oct 07, 2005)
Emphasis on a humane police force
Police mission to give a sense of purpose to be set up "Police should enjoy the respect and the trust of the common citizens" "No group or organisation can be allowed to take the law of the land in their own hands . . .
- Return To Coordination Meetings: Sonia (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2005)
UPA chairperson tells Left: decision to offload equity in BHEL put on hold
Left parties saw BHEL disinvestment as the first serious violation of CMP
Left will meet soon to formulate response, says Debabrata Biswas
- Delimitation Fiasco-Ii (Statesman, Manash Ghosh, Oct 07, 2005)
The presence of two Congress representatives in the Delimitation Commission — Union water resources minister Priyaranjan Das Munshi and Champdani legislator Abdul Mannan — has done little to balance its composition.
- Keep Smiling (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 07, 2005)
On the face of it this may appear to be an innocuous sidelight but it says a lot. At the end of his joint press conference with External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh in Islamabad recently Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri was asked whether....
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