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Articles 321 through 420 of 500:
- ‘India, Israel Planned To Hit Kahuta In 1980s’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
India and Israel had secretly planned to hit Pakistan’s nuclear facility in Kahuta in 1983-84, but backed off when the CIA tipped off then president General Ziaul Haq.
- Of Magic And Mythology (Hindu, Meena Menon, Oct 29, 2007)
“When I came to India, I thought there would be magicians everywhere. But it was all so modern. I kept asking people about the mango tree magic; they thought I was crazy.”
- Villagers Lathicharged, 20 Hurt (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Twenty persons, including 12 women, were injured when the police lathicharged and used teargas to disperse villagers opposing the construction of tourist huts by the Bhaderwah Development Authority at Sungli village, 3 km from Bhaderwah town.
- For A Cool Splash (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
The forest guard at the Bhoothapandi checkpost told me that an uphill drive of less than five km would take me to the Vattaparai waterfalls.
- Holiday Offers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Ezeego1.com, an online travel bazaar in association with Air Deccan has come up with the “Ticket pe Ticket” offer. On booking an Air Deccan ticket with Ezeego1, you are entitled to get a “second Air Deccan air ticket free,” sa y the organisers.
- Mirroring A Democracy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Give me the liberty to know, to utter and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.”
- For That French Feel (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
The French Tourist Office in India is celebrating “French Connection 2007” in full swing these days. As part of the celebrations, it is working towards publicising Rhone Alps as an ideal vacation spot for the Indian globetrotters.
- Lalu Flexes His Muscles (Deccan Herald, Abhay Kumar, Oct 29, 2007)
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad on Sunday said that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi should be immediately booked under Section 302 of IPC (murder), as he had been unmasked through the Tehelka expose for his role in the Godhra riots.
- Print Pick (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
This collection brings together some of the finest stories of Manto, the most widely read and the most translated writer in Urdu.
- Lounge Here To Relish The Beauty Of Surroundings (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
A broken milestone, lying flat on the ground, announces that I have arrived in Chittar. But the intimidating iron gate with a huge lock instantly puts me off. RLTs are not meant to be disappointments, but pleasant surprises.
- Slice Of Paradise Getaway (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Signboards that promise paradise are a dime a dozen on the road to Kovalam.
- The Rizwanur Tragedy: Love And Utility (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
We are living at a time characterised by what Karl Marx once regarded as "commodity fetishism", writes Avijit Pathak.
- Around Midnight (OutLook, Mushirul Hasan, Oct 27, 2007)
Phillips Talbot, president emeritus of the Asia Society in the United States, is the latest author to add his voice to the complex debates on India’s Partition. He saw it all—the progress and impact of the Second World War on the subcontinent . . . .
- A Head For Numbers (OutLook, Shobhit Mahajan, Oct 27, 2007)
"I beg to introduce myself to you as a clerk in the Accounts Department of the Port Trust Office at Madras on a salary of only 20 pounds per annum," began Ramanujan’s famous first letter to G.H. Hardy, containing pages of mathematical results . . . .
- Earth Cannot Sustain Us Any Longer: Study (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
As humankind persists with thoughtless and extravagant consumption of natural resources, the earth is hurtling towards an unprecedented resource crunch. Put differently, we are living way beyond our means, consuming 40% more than what the earth can . . .
- Hu's China - Iii (OutLook, B. Raman , Oct 27, 2007)
In a despatch on October 21, 2007, the state-owned Hsinhua news agency of China reported as follows:
- A Unique Trail (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 27, 2007)
On my last trip to Calcutta, I had what can only be described as a uniquely bhadralok experience: I bought a book by a Dasgupta about another Dasgupta, which was sold to me by a third Dasgupta, after he had been guided by a fourth Dasgupta.
- Despair And Despondence (Pioneer, JS Rajput, Oct 27, 2007)
The Prime Minister is sad, and competitive politics and fractured mandate have been formally identified as the culprits.
- Planning Demise Of Civil Service (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 27, 2007)
NOT content with the self-created decay in bureaucracy, is the present government working for the demise of the civil service? If it is, it is doing so with the subtlety and craft that only a successful corporate leader can possess.
- ’lectronic Linkups (Indian Express, HARSH DESAI, Oct 27, 2007)
Frankly, in retrospect I am surprised that e-mail has become so big. When it started a few years ago it was such an unintrusive technology that one really wonders what it is doing being so popular in our brash in-your-face world.
- That Man From Louisiana (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 27, 2007)
Many, in the United States and abroad, have been dismayed by the intolerance and downright ugliness that has crept into American politics since the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Yet, for all the unseemliness in the American political firmament. . .
- Sonia Gandhi Meets Chinese Premier Wen (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
As both Sonia and Wen met here at the Zhongnanhai leadership compound, they went down the memory lane recalling late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's . . .
- Print Pick (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Agra has more than mere mention in the Hindu scriptures. And the city’s position of strategic importance astride important trade routes historically attracted empire-builders ranging from the Lodhis and the Mughals to the British.
- Royal Treatment (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Pamper yourself at The Ritz-Carlton Resort and Spa in Bali
- Scotland Of The East! (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 27, 2007)
Reminiscent of the Scottish highlands, it leaves you spellbound
- I Have The Blues (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
We first got peanuts. But we’re still making music. We’re not rich. But we’re rich musically.” Sitting in a dimly lit Blues club, appropriately called Haze, Rudy of Soulmate describes his musical passions.
- India Should Not Be Cynical (Pioneer, Radha Kumar, Oct 27, 2007)
There was solid basis for New Delhi's response to the blasts in Karachi. The two countries are in the process of evolving a mechanism for police cooperation against terrorism and it is in India's interest to make Benazir conform to the . . . .
- Lounge Here (Hindu, SOMA BASU, Oct 27, 2007)
A broken milestone, lying flat on the ground, announces that I have arrived in Chittar. But the intimidating iron gate with a huge lock instantly puts me off. RLTs are not meant to be disappointments, but pleasant surprises.
- Britain At Sixes And Sevens Over Eu Treaty (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 27, 2007)
The debate on the EU Reform Treaty in Parliament is expected to be very stormy. But the agonising debate on Europe will not end until Britain is able to shed the historical baggage that fuels so much of the Euro-scepticism in the country.
- Sharif Free To Go Home: Saudi Govt (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
The Saudi Arabian government has given its approval to former premier Nawaz Sharif to go back to Pakistan and modalities are being worked out for his return in November, a senior leader of his PML-N party said ...
- India, Netherlands Sign Agreements (Hindu, Sujay Mehdudia, Oct 27, 2007)
India and the Netherlands have signed two agreements in the fields of culture, trade and economy aimed at giving a boost to the bilateral relations between the nations.
- Indian Police Warn Suicide Bombers Planning Attacks In Mumbai (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Three suicide bombers are roaming Mumbai looking for new targets just over a year after a series of explosions tore through the city’s commuter rail network killing 188 people, police warned on Friday.
- Indian-Americans To Persuade Bjp, Left To Accept Deal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Concerned over the opposition of civilian nuclear deal in India, a group of Indian-American community leaders are planning to travel to New Delhi to convince the BJP and the Left parties to accept the deal as it was in the best interests of the . . . .
- Sonia’S Visit Will Boost Ties: Hu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
First foreign political leader to be received by new leadership
Visit a milestone in Sino-India relations, says Sonia
Progress made by China outstanding
- Raj Painting Sells For Over $1m (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
A historic painting of a meeting between British and Indian officials during the days of the Raj has sold for 12 times its estimated value.
- Transplanting Life (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 27, 2007)
THE newly promulgated Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Ordinance 2007 is being hailed by doctors and the civil society as a promising step to give hope of life to end-stage kidney-failure patients.
- Cda’S Failure To Manage Its Sewers (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 27, 2007)
NOT much functions in Pakistan’s capital, not even its sewers. Years of neglected maintenance and upgrading means that human excreta fails to reach the treatment plant.
- Bjp Dismisses Gujarat Riot Claims (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
India's main opposition party has dismissed claims that its government in the state of Gujarat supported violence against Muslims in 2002.
- Indian Army Detains 17 (Frontier Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
The Indian army detained 17 people for entering the Indian portion of Kashmir from the Pakistani side without valid travel documents, the army and police said Friday.
- Mumbai On High Alert (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
The Mumbai police on Friday put the city on high alert, and released the sketches of three persons suspected to be doing “reconnaissance” around religious places.
- Terrorists On The Prowl In Mumbai? (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Mumbai should rise in gratitude to a cabbie who alerted Mumbai police about four suspected terrorists ~ three men and a burqa-clad woman ~ who used his taxi to scan the city under suspicious circumstances on 22 and 23 October as part. . .
- Poll Lifeline For Modi In Riot Sting (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
In Gujarat’s poll arena, it’s the BJP and not the Congress that will be milking the Tehelka sting on Narendra Modi and his riot henchmen.
- Saudi Arabia Approves Sharif Return To Pakistan (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
The Saudi Arabian government has given its approval to former premier Nawaz Sharif to go back to Pakistan and modalities are being worked out for his return in November, a senior leader of his PML(N) party said on Friday.
- Taxi Driver Raises Mumbai Terror Alert (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Mumbai police today sounded a red alert and released sketches (in pictures) of three suspects, who could be suicide bombers or part of a larger terror cell planning a strike in the city, after a taxi driver raised the alarm.
- China Hails Sonia's 'Milestone' Visit (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
China on Friday hailed the visit of India's ruling coalition chief Sonia Gandhi as a "milestone" in the history of Sino-Indian relations, with President Hu Jintao saying his country attached great importance to developing friendly ties with New Delhi.
- Oh! Jerusalem (Hindustan Times, Samar Halarnkar, Oct 27, 2007)
First, let's get this out of the way. Israeli women are not just stunning and fit but very stylish. Come to think of it, they are a lot like Iranian women.
- Malaysia Airlines Jet Grounded In Pakistan By Security Threat (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
A Malaysian Airlines jet was grounded for five hours in Karachi after receiving a security threat that forced the plane to be evacuated and searched, the carrier said on Friday.
- Surround Festive Sound (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Oct 26, 2007)
You will get much further with the Lord if you learn not to offend His ears. I wish someone would convert Henry Higgins’s cryptic suggestion to Eliza Doolittle into the Eleventh Commandment.
- Leading From The Back (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Oct 26, 2007)
My concept of radical leadership is one that combines social concern with a strategic perspective on human and social affairs.
- Sudden Impact (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 26, 2007)
The day is still etched in memory. The year was 1998. As an enthusiastic fresher to college, I had stayed back to attend the last class in economics, curbing my hunger for another hour.
- A Rising Bachelor Nation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 26, 2007)
Once loath to reveal breakdowns in social stability, China's State Population and Family Commission admitted last winter that "the increasing difficulties men face finding wives may lead to social instability".
- Mystical Hymn (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
The works of mystics are not just great, inspired literature but expression of their coming face to face with God.
- When Blair Felt Like A “Bullied Wife” Out Of London (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 26, 2007)
A new book reveals that tensions between the Tony Blair and Gordon Brown camps were far more serious than Downing Street watchers suspected.
- Rajasthan Bjp Chief Rules Out Removal From Post (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Denies confrontation with State RSS leadership
- Sri Lankan Detained (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
A Sri Lankan national was detained on Wednesday by the Central Crime Branch police on charges of attempting to travel on a fake passport from Chennai to London.
- 30 Killed In Pak Blast (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
A blast tore through a security forces vehicle in restive northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing 30 people and wounding dozens more.
- Ulfa Shifting Cadres To Myanmar Base: Army (Tribune, Bijay Sankar Bora, Oct 26, 2007)
Finding itself in the line of fire of the Army that has mounted tremendous pressure, the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has shifted some camps deep inside Myanmar from thickly forested area of Arunachal Pradesh bordering. . .
- Cooperate To End Terrorism (Tribune, Gen V.P. Malik (retd), Oct 26, 2007)
After the Karachi bloodbath on October 19 the global condemnation of the terrorists’ act and commiseration for Pakistan and Ms Benazir Bhutto was on the expected lines.
- Markets Post Sub-Prime Crisis (The Economic Times, Saumitra Chaudhuri, Oct 26, 2007)
Last month one had suggested that despite the intervention by major central banks, there may be more distress in the US home business, which would continue to sour credit markets, though the worst is behind us.
- 'Nuke Deal Important Part Of Indo-Us Relationship' (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Expressing commitment to the Indo-US nuclear deal, the US has said the historic agreement is an important part of the bilateral relationship and is beneficial to both countries.
- Leave It To The People (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Oct 26, 2007)
The insults that are being heaped upon one of the most correct and dignified prime ministers of the country are completely unwarranted.
- Tinsel And The Tapori (Telegraph, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 26, 2007)
The 19th-century French poet, Charles Baudelaire, popularized the modernist trope of the city as a labyrinthine space of mystery, a cosmopolitan inferno, with the figure of the flâneur or dandy — at once an observer and an explorer — lost in. . .
- Children Of The Apocalypse (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 26, 2007)
In Paradise Lost, Book IV, when Satan views the created universe for the first time, he finds among the living creatures “Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall,/ God-like erect…”
- ‘There Is A Decline In Journalistic Values... However, Whenever There Is A Crisis, The Press Rises To The Occasion’ (Indian Express, ANUBHUTI VISHNOI, Oct 26, 2007)
Writing a Nation — an Anthology of Indian Journalism by Nirmala Lakshman was released on Wednesday by Vice-President Hamid Ansari. Lakshman, Joint Editor of The Hindu, traces the themes that defined national discourse from the days of . . . .
- A Feminist Mart- Women's Empowerment (Hindu, Devaki Jain , Oct 26, 2007)
The women's market in Manipur shows that the need and search for livelihood is not only for the income.
- Space Shuttle Discovery Docks With Iss (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Space shuttle Discovery docked with the International Space Station on Thursday, and its crew prepared to embark on the most challenging construction work ever attempted in a single mission.
- Deal Beneficial To Both Countries: Paulson (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
The historic civil nuclear deal with India is an important part of the relationship between New Delhi and Washington and it will be beneficial to both countries, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has said.
- Key Milestone (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 26, 2007)
The European Union’s tortuous effort towards agreement on rules to govern its functioning has gotten a bit smoother with its members agreeing on the text of a new treaty to replace its draft constitution.
- Q&a: 'N-Deal Will Widen The Base Of Indo-Us Relations' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Phillips Talbot worked as India correspondent for Chicago Daily News before partition and in the early years after freedom. His recent book, An American Witness to India's Partition, is primarily a collection of his reports.
- Diwali To Be A Festival Of Religious Significance In Us (Pioneer, S Rajagopalan, Oct 26, 2007)
The US House of Representatives will soon take up a legislation to formally recognise Diwali as a festival of "religious and historical significance".
- 3 Humility Was Never What It Used To Be (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 26, 2007)
A successful businessman friend has a point of view which can perhaps be contested. His premise is that when one’s success and fame spreads and as one wins regard, honour and respect from powerful persons, wealthy patrons and learned scholars . . . .
- A Distraught Group (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Oct 26, 2007)
Not only is history against any kind of Third Front, but its future also is bleak.
- Going 'Widget'-Happy (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 26, 2007)
If you're not plugged into the Internet, you still have to buy the whole newspaper even if you only want to do the crossword puzzle. But online, that and other stand-alone features are increasingly popping up all over the web.
- Power Play (Indian Express, VARGHESE K. GEORGE, Oct 25, 2007)
In an article, M.D. Nalapat explains how the Congress “bowed to the CPM bully,” and why “Prakash Karat knows Sonia Gandhi better than Manmohan Singh”.
- ‘Given The Nature Of Competitive Politics And Fractured Mandates... Difficult For Us To Do What Is Manifestly Obvious’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 25, 2007)
Never before has the Indian economy sustained close to 9 per cent growth year after year for so long. Most projections suggest that we should be able to sustain this rate into the medium term.
- No Country Is An Island (Indian Express, Shylashri Shankar, Oct 25, 2007)
This is the right time for India and the international community to think seriously about crafting a peace agreement in Sri Lanka.
- Chinese Soldiers Seal Off Tibet Monastery (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
A major Tibetan monastery has been sealed off by armed troops following an increase in security after celebrations last week over a US award for the region’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, an activist group said on Wednesday.
- Congress Defends Pm On Deal (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
The Congress on Wednesday came out in defence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh against the BJP’s campaign that he is a "weak Prime Minister". It attacked BJP stalwarts Atal Behari Vajpayee and L.K. Advani and described Dr Singh as . . . .
- Ongc To Start Peak Kg Gas Production From 2012-13 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), which is under attack from the petroleum ministry and the directorate of hydrocarbons (DGH) for production decline of onshore assets and slow pace monetising marginal fields, on Wednesday indicated that it would . . . .
- Everything Is Proceeding As Planned, Says China (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
China launched its first lunar probe on Wednesday, the first step in its ambitious three-stage moon mission, marking a new milestone in the country’s space exploration history.
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