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Articles 221 through 320 of 500:
- Cheers To The High Life! (Deccan Herald, Namrata Iyengar, Oct 08, 2007)
This book is a foamy, frothy concoction of life in high places, the hype and hoopla surrounding it and the broken loves of the people leading such lives.
- Dredge Water Bodies, Says Soz (Tribune, Tejinder Singh Sodhi, Oct 08, 2007)
Union minister for water resources Saif ud Din Soz today said despite three wars with Pakistan, India never violated the Indus water treaty and will never violate it as it stood tested by time.
- East-Meets-West Ends On Suicide Track (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
A British Indian parks her car and enters a CD shop, which sells undercover pirated Bollywood DVD's, with her desi husband.
- Grease Palms And Govern (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Oct 08, 2007)
The Mayawati Government in Uttar Pradesh has sacked more than 10,000 policemen in September 2007 on the ground that their recruitment and selection process was not fair.
- In Craggy Country~i (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
Television tickers nearer the date of 9/11 indicated Osama bin Laden’s possible change of address, to Chitral, in the Malakand Agency of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan.
- Shocking! (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
The CBI’s application before a Delhi court to close the case against former union minister Jagdish Tytler in the 1984 riots case would have been baffling had it been the first instance where the investigating agency tried to come to the . . . .
- Al Qaeda’S Challenge And National Politics (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 06, 2007)
Baitullah Mehsud, who pretends to run a Taliban government in South Waziristan but is actually a warlord serving Al Qaeda, has executed three soldiers of the Pakistan army and has vowed to kill more of the 250 he took hostage in September in . . .
- Pak Presidential Election Today (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is seeking a new five-year term in uniform on Saturday in a key poll which the Opposition has threatened to boycott to rob the General's expected victory of any credibility.
- It’S Done! (Indian Express, Mini Kapoor, Oct 06, 2007)
It’s a done deal,” went Dawn’s main headline on Friday. Its report from London was structured around Benazir Bhutto’s press conference:
- British Poetry In Indian Accent (Telegraph, Amit Roy, Oct 06, 2007)
Daljit Nagra, born to the sound of Air India jets landing at Heathrow and of parents who toiled in factories when they first arrived in the UK from Punjab in the 1960s, was today enjoying his first day as a literary celebrity after winning a major . . . .
- Pakistan: Musharraf Seeks New Term Today (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf [Images] is seeking a new five-year term in uniform on Saturday in a key poll which the Opposition has threatened to boycott to rob the General's expected victory of any credibility.
- Musharraf, Bhutto Reach A Deal (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
With a day to go for Pakistan's presidential election, General Pervez Musharraf and former Prime Minister Ms Benazir Bhutto have reached an understanding on a deal that will facilitate the General's re-election in uniform and give the PPP chief . . . .
- Abused Women Suffer In Silence Till They Decide To End Their Lives (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
When she arrived in Southall after her arranged marriage to Manjit Sidhu, Navjeet found herself in an alien place but with the familiar cultural biases of Punjab. Soon, she began to slip into despair and depression, which got worse in the following years.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 06, 2007)
The virus is spreading and from Bankura to Birbhum, rural Bengal appears to be falling apart. Whether it is land acquisition or a decrepit rationing system, pulling the trigger to quell protests has of late become the standard response of a . . . .
- 2 Let Militants Killed (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
A day after killing nine militants of the Al-badr outfit, the security forces today killed two LeT militants, including a top commander, at a village in Bandipore. A soldier was also killed in the encounter.
- 5,782 Indians Who Died In World War Ii Honoured (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
For the first time since 1945, a ceremony was held at Cassino (Italy) to honour 5, 782 Indian soldiers who laid down their lives during the Second World War in Italy.
- The Poisoning Of Punjab (Tribune, Sarbjit Dhaliwal, Oct 05, 2007)
IT is now being realised the world over that there is a definite relationship between the economy, the environment and biodiversity.
- The Hill's Next Big Player Is Made In India (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 05, 2007)
The India lobby is also eager to use Indian Americans to put a human face - not to mention a voter's face and a campaign contributor's face - on its agenda.
- Monsoon Effect (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 05, 2007)
As farmers favour crops they are comfortable with in terms of cultivation and price, the announcement of MSP for rabi crops brooks no delay.
- Musharraf Shouldn’T Be Pmlq’S ‘Lone Gun’ (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 05, 2007)
On the basis of his marathon interview on a TV channel on Wednesday, one can say that President General Pervez Musharraf seems to have embarked upon an “isolationist-heroic” path to national discord.
- An Ad Hoc Approach (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 05, 2007)
THE millers’ complaint that they are not receiving enough wheat from the government’s stocks does not augur well for the price of flour in the coming weeks.
- Lobbying For India On Capitol Hill (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 04, 2007)
The fall’s most controversial book is almost certainly “The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy,” in which political scientists John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt warn that Jewish Americans have built a behemoth that has bullied policymakers . . . .
- Frenzy Of Partition (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 04, 2007)
The earthquake of Kangra in 1905 caused destruction and devastation, killing more than 15000 people and destroyed almost a lakh of houses, making many people homeless.
- Two Held For Selling Brown Sugar (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
The police here arrested two persons when they were trying to sell 1 kg brown sugar in the Thandi Kassi area near here, last night.
- For The Joy Of Doing Nothing! (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
It is around noon at Kalka railway station, not too far from Shimla. As I step towards the exit gate, a handful of taxi drivers offer their services. “Solan, Sir”, one of them enquires.
- Opposition Mps Quit In Protest (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
A total of 86 opposition members in National Assembly, lower House of Parliament, handed over their resignations to Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain.
- Dera Chief Appears Before Cbi Court (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
Dera Sacha Sauda chief Baba Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh on Friday appeared before a court here in connection with the three criminal cases filed against him by the CBI.
- Woman Offers Son To Pay Husband’S Doctors: Paper (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
An Indian woman who sold her jewellery to pay for her husband’s care after a collision left him unconscious more than a month ago is prepared to sell her son to pay for the medical bills, a report said.
- Indian Sc Seeks Explanation On Pakistani Prisoners (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday asked the Indian government to explain “under what statute certain Pakistanis, whose deportation has been recommended by the Jammu and Kashmir government, continue to languish in prisons”.
- Truck To Pakistan (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 03, 2007)
The Attari-Wagah border crossing was a place where India and Pakistan ritually enacted their hostility through a spectacle of goose-stepping soldiers on either side.
- After Mush, Gen Kiani (Tribune, Afzal Khan, Oct 03, 2007)
On a day of dramatic developments today opposition members resigned from the national and provincial assemblies, President Gen. Musharraf designated his successor and the Supreme Court admitted two petitions challenging Musharraf's candidature.
- Agriculture: Where India And China Stand (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Oct 03, 2007)
How did China manage to outstrip India in agriculture when the two countries ere more or less on a par on most parameters 25 years ago?
- To A Father Extraordinary (Hindu, Humra Quraishi, Oct 03, 2007)
Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa’s son has come up with an insightful biography of his father
- Blackmail At The Border (Tribune, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 03, 2007)
THE first day goods-laden trucks from India and Pakistan were to move across the Attari-Wagah border was supposed to be a celebratory occasion. However, it was marred by the violent protests by porters, who had been carrying the loads on their . . . . .
- 85 Pakistan Parliamentarians Quit In Protest (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 03, 2007)
Opposition members of Parliament and three Provincial Assemblies affiliated to the All-Parties Democracy Movement resigned en masse on Tuesday in protest against the October 6 Presidential election, in which President Pervez Musharraf will seek . . . .
- Musharraf Names Successor, Mps Quit (Telegraph, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 03, 2007)
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf named his successor as army chief today as 100 Opposition MPs resigned to protest against the President’s bid to seek re-election.
- Special Article (Statesman, YP GUPTA, Oct 03, 2007)
The import of 50 lakh tonnes of wheat for the second consecutive year (2007-08) and 55 lakh tonnes during 2006-07 imply that our food security is at risk.
- Congress Loses Nuclear Edge (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Oct 01, 2007)
Political 'accidents' cannot be predicted. When such accidents take place, these are difficult to control. I have been writing about this for the past four weeks.
- Sc Takes Suo Motu Notice Of Islamabad Violence (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
The Supreme Court (SC) on Sunday took suo motu notice of the use of force by police against lawyers, journalists and representatives of civil society during a protest on Constitution Avenue on Saturday and summoned officials of the city’s. . . . . .
- ‘If The Grandfather Had 10 Acres, The Grandson Gets Half An Acre.It’S Hard To Sustain A Family On That. The Alternative Is Industrialisation’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 01, 2007)
It’s back to my small-town college for me, and my guest is the most illustrious alumnus of the same college, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, the Chief Minister of Haryana. Welcome back to our old college, the Government College, Rohtak.
- Model Monsoon Tracker Goes Kaput (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Oct 01, 2007)
A new monsoon forecasting strategy adopted by scientists appears to have failed in its very first year with rainfall exceeding normal despite a 7 per cent below-normal prediction.
- In Pursuit Of Excellence (Tribune, Rajesh Kochhar, Oct 01, 2007)
Panjab University Chandigarh completes sixty years of its eventful existence on October 1, 2007. The occasion provides a convenient opportunity for taking stock of the past, understanding the present and planning for the future.
- To A Father Extraordinary (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa’s son has come up with an insightful biography of his father
- What Upa Won’T Tell You (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Oct 01, 2007)
Inequality is an important issue for the UPA government. The Approach Paper to the 11th Five Year Plan (2007-12) adopted in December 2006, mentions “inclusive growth” in the title itself.
- Revisiting Punjab’S Secret Search For Peace (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 01, 2007)
New facts emerge on the Chandra Shekhar government’s covert peace negotiations with Khalistan terror groups.
- Trapped By Birth, Liberated By Death (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
Poignant tales of young British Asian women committing suicide have cast a sad reflection on the state of the Asian, in particular, UK's Indian community.
- Reliance Power Plans Ipo To Fire Sasan (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
Reliance Power Ltd (RPL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Anil Ambani’s Reliance Energy (REL), is planning to raise Rs 8,000-10,000 crore through an initial public offer.
- Till October 6 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
General Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan People’s Party leader Makhdoom Amin Fahim and Justice Wajeehuddin Ahmad (nominee of the lawyers) finally filed their nomination papers on September 27 (Dawn, September 28).
- Pak Top Court Summons Aziz (Asian Age, Shafqat Ali, Sep 29, 2007)
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday summoned Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and other senior officials to explain why former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was deported when he returned home from exile despite the top court’s ruling that he could . . . .
- Indian Sc Orders Deportation Of Pakistani Prisoners (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Sep 29, 2007)
The Indian Supreme Court Friday quashed proceedings against four Pakistani nationals detained in India and asked the government to deport them by November 30.
- Meanwhile, Back In The Trenches (Dawn, Sherry Rehman, Sep 29, 2007)
BEHIND the headlines of a presidential election, which has thrust Pakistan into a constitutional and political crisis, the country continues to suffer a deadly challenge to its very survival as a functional state.
- Indian Lesbian Couple Has ‘Hubby-Wife Relation’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
Two Indian women Rajwindar Kaur, 20, and Baljeet Kaur, 21, have entered into wedlock and claimed to have a “natural husband-wife relation”, bbcurdu.com reported.
- Round Two To Musharraf! (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
The 9-member bench of the Supreme Court has announced, by a “six-three” majority, that the constitutional petitions by Qazi Hussain Ahmad, Imran Khan and others challenging President General Pervez Musharraf’s bid to be re-elected . . . . .
- Unhealthy State (Frontline, Jayati Ghosh, Sep 29, 2007)
India’s health system is iniquitous and inefficient. Only cooperative and communitarian solutions can lead to sustained growth and development.
- The Rebellion, Warts And All (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Sep 28, 2007)
WHEN my grandfather, a priest of the Mar Thoma Syrian Church, passed away while he was in his forties, the burden of supporting his mother, two brothers and an unmarried sister suddenly fell on my father’s slender shoulders.
- Evangelist Digby's Passage To India (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
"The good thing," says the ex-pat executive from the UK company sipping tea in the drawing room of the British High Commissioner in New Delhi, "is that this is a country where you don't have to pay.
- Cow Slaughter (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 28, 2007)
The refusal of the Supreme Court to ban cow slaughter on the ground that it is a policy matter and for the government to take the decision is in consonance with the fundamental principles of separation of powers, the basic structure of the Constitution.
- Pakistan On The Brink Again (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 28, 2007)
Two decisions to be made today may decide which way Pakistan is likely to go in the days to come.
- Importance Of Being Earnest (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 28, 2007)
THE Chief Justice has broken his silence at long last. This is how the opposition members would like to term his order passed yesterday, directing the authorities to immediately release all political leaders detained by the government over the last . . .
- The Road Home From Khalistan (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Sep 27, 2007)
Fifteen years after the end of the war for Khalistan, terror commanders are rebuilding their lives.
- To A Father Extraordinary (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
This is a son’s tribute to an extraordinary father. Titled “Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa”, it is a biography on this illustrious army chief written by his son Air Marshal K.C. Cariappa (Retd) and published by Niyogi Books.
- Musharraf To File Nomination Today (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
As the Supreme Court grappled with a slew of petitions challenging his dual office, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is all set to file nomination on Thursday to seek re-election in uniform amid the opposition’s failure to unite over their . . . .
- Punjab Moves Sc Against Capt Bail (Tribune, S. S. Negi, Sep 27, 2007)
The Punjab government today moved the Supreme Court to get the bail to former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh in the Ludhiana City Centre scam cancelled, claiming his custodial interrogation by the Vigilance Bureau (VB) was necessary . . . . ..
- Stinking Toilets, Leaking Drains Typify Jammu Bus Stand (Tribune, Tejinder Singh Sodhi, Sep 27, 2007)
Bumpy and waterlogged roads, dilapidated building, spiderwebs, leaking drains, stinking toilets, garbage dumps and encroachment by hawkers.
- Suicide In Southall (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Sep 27, 2007)
Immigrants from Punjab carry their gender biases with them, forcing women into misery - and often death
- Musharraf To File Nomination For Presidential Poll On Thursday (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
As the Supreme Court grappled with a slew of petitions challenging his dual office, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is all set to file nomination on Thursday to seek re-election in uniform amid the opposition's failure to unite over their plans . . .
- Stop Murdering The Girl Child (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
Punjab loses every fourth girl. By the 2011 census, we would be killing off 10 lakh girls a year.
- Special Article (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
After 60 years of independence Pakistan’s leaders apparently have yet to emerge from the dependent mentality they acquired during colonial rule and its wrenching aftermath.
- Sample Of Democracy (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
After 60 years of independence Pakistan’s leaders apparently have yet to emerge from the dependent mentality they acquired during colonial rule and its wrenching aftermath.
- Requiem For A Freedom Fighter (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Sep 26, 2007)
ON A midwinter afternoon in 1928, pistol shots rang out in the heart of Lahore. They were aimed at an assistant superintendent of police, J.P. Saunders.
- “Upa Regime Creating Row Over Ramar Sethu” (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
Several Opposition leaders, including former Chief Ministers, on Tuesday charged the United Progressive Alliance government with unnecessarily creating a controversy over Ramar Sethu.
- Rahul Begins Takeover (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
As Congress president Sonia Gandhi confidently walked across from her 10 Janpath residence to Congress headquarters with her 37-year-old son Rahul on Tuesday evening, the party seemed to have completely resolved the question of future . . . . .
- Pakistan's Future: Guesswork Is The Plan B (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
Americans, in all probability, may lean on Pakistan Army generals to support a caretaker government, writes M B Naqvi.
- Rahul Appointed Congress Gen Secy (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
The heir-apparent of Nehru-Gandhi dynasty finally made his formal entry into the Congress party.
- Law And Behold! (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 25, 2007)
'It cannot be stated sufficiently strongly that the public life of persons in authority must never admit of such charges being even framed against them.
- Asians Top Uk Rail Suicides (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
Rail suicides — or suicides committed by jumping in front of approaching trains — are rising in Britain, but only along one stretch of railway track, said a report of the First Great Western rail company released on Sunday.
- Polls In Mind, State Teams Rejigged (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
Along with revamping the AICC, Sonia Gandhi has started restructuring the organisation at the state level to meet challenges from regional forces and caste-based parties.
- Operation Zero Tolerance Will Favour Opposition (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
The government decided on Sunday to round up leaders of the All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) in an operation that has been unhappily dubbed Zero Tolerance.
- Moily, The Star On Congress Firmament (Deccan Herald, B S Arun, Sep 25, 2007)
As the party revamp has been made with an eye on the possible mid-term poll, Moily's task as chairman of the DEPCO becomes important from this point of view.
- World Punjabi Congress Delegation Leaves For India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
A 40-member delegation of the World Punjabi Congress (WPC) left for India on Monday to participate in two seminars.
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