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Articles 2921 through 3020 of 23072:
- A Non-Existent State (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
This is apropos of In a world of its own (August 19).
- Macaulay, Hitler And Us (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Aug 26, 2006)
Perhaps Macaulay would have understood. I didn’t.The Englishman who got Indians started on the English language is rather more famous in his native country for what was a 19th century bestseller.
- Who Are The Bohras? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
The 12 men arrested in Amsterdam on Flight NW-42, and since cleared of all charges, were Bohra Muslims from Mumbai. The point of interest is that the Bohra community has always been known for being strictly apolitical, and sharply focused on its primary t
- Katrina Still Haunts Bush (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
A year after Hurricane Katrina pounded the Gulf Coast and left New Orleans in ruins, President George W Bush is still grappling with the political fallout from a federal response widely viewed as inept.
- Indo-Pak Talks On Sir Creek Doubtful (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
The Indo-Pak technical-level talks to resolve the dispute over Sir Creek, scheduled to be held here for two days from August 23, may not take place.
- Pluto Ex-Communicated (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
And finally, for no fault of its own except that it was too small and had an eccentric orbit, and should never have been a planet in the first place, Pluto stands demoted. The decision of the International Astronomical Union was a while coming, but it was
- Poop Goes The President» (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
That George Bush should use cuss words when he thinks the microphones are off is not really very surprising
- Why The War On Terror Was Lost (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Aug 26, 2006)
When historians look back at the long hot months of July and August 2006, my guess is that they will remember them as the Summer of Terror.
- The Undiminished Popularity Of A.Q. Khan (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 25, 2006)
For the people of Pakistan, neither the charges against the scientist nor his own confession matter. The belief that he single-handedly made the bomb is widespread.
- Beijing, Caracas To Boost Energy Ties (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
China will get 50,000 barrels of oil per day, says Chavez
- Role Of Pakistani Being Probed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
In the Mumbai train blasts investigation, the Anti-Terrorist Squad on Thursdaysaid that they are investigating role of the Pakistani national who was killed on August 22.
- Thrifty China, Spendthrift America (The Financial Express, ROBERT J SHILLER, Aug 25, 2006)
The difference in the two countries’ savings rate must be a major reason why China’s annual economic growth rate is much higher. Differences in life experiences explain much of this.
- Turkish Desires (Telegraph, BHASWATI CHAKRAVORTY, Aug 25, 2006)
A dark, handsome and solitary man, physically fit but tragically deprived, a man of simple living and sophisticated pleasures, with an acute mind and a delicate touch in cooking, is an irresistible draw as a detective.
- Freedom For Dozen On Flight Of Fiasco (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
The F-16s were scrambled in vain. The 12 men offloaded from a Mumbai-bound US flight and detained in Amsterdam yesterday are of Indian descent but posed no terrorist threat, Dutch authorities said today.
- Future Of India-Us Nuclear Deal (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Aug 25, 2006)
Despite the Prime Minister's clear enunciation of what precisely India will and will not accept in any legislation passed by the US Congress, it is clear that it will be difficult to conclude a mutually acceptable agreement with . . .
- Degeneration Of Modern Nations Into Tribalism (Hindu, Hywel Williams, Aug 25, 2006)
Colonial interference and Europe's failure to absorb minorities has led to a global decay of the state.
- Arms And The Raj (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 25, 2006)
Britain emerged as the world’s sole superpower during the first half of the 19th century. Despite withdrawals from North America between 1837, the date of Victoria’s accession to the throne, and 1861, the . . .
- House Nod For Puducherry Bill (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
Unanimous support to the move in the Lok Sabha
- Are Asians Facing A Witch-Hunt In Mid-Air? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Aug 25, 2006)
In recent weeks, a number of people of Asian or Arab origin have been forced off flights in Europe and America. What these cases illustrate goes far beyond legitimate policing and security precautions.
- Indians Arrested In Netherlands Charged For Flight Disruption (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
The 12 Indians, travelling by a US airliner and arrested in The Netherlands, have been charged with disruption of flight, government said here tonight.
- The Telangana Turn (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Aug 25, 2006)
When Telangana Rashtra Samithi chief K. Chandrashekhara Rao walked out of the UPA and began his hunger strike at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on August 23, he was not the first Andhra leader to use this evocative tool to pursue an emotive cause.
- Victim Of Its Charisma (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 25, 2006)
Tigers are a step away from extinction and the need of the hour is to protect them, instead of farming them for use, says Nirmal Ghosh.
- No Progress In City Serial Blasts Probe (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Mumbai police said on Thursday that there was no headway in investigations into the July 11 serial blasts. The ATS released the sketch of an unclaimed body found in one of the blast sites to establish its identification.
- Adults Like It, You Know (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 25, 2006)
In the gigantic crèche that is India, adult content in television channels has always created a flutter among those wracked with Freudian neuroses.
- Price Of War Is Too High (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Aug 25, 2006)
Beirut-Larnaca: Siroco, a stately French warship dressed in grey, sails smoothly, silently into Beirut's nearly deserted harbour, flanked by her escort the anti-submarine frigate Montcalm.
- Jihad Against Darrell Hair (Pioneer, ASHOK MALIK, Aug 25, 2006)
In the bizarre aftermath of Test cricket's first forfeiture - wherein the Pakistanis walked off the pitch, almost literally, at the Oval this past week and surrendered the game to England - there is an unfortunate tendency to see the episode within . . .
- Borders Of Mirth (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 25, 2006)
India and Pakistan share a funny bone
- Police Crack Down On Prostitution In Agra (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
More and more girls, some still infants, are being groomed to become prostitutes in the Taj Mahal city of Agra. But the police are determined to end it all.
- The Born Again Terrorist (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 25, 2006)
Less than a fortnight after Heathrow, another scare aboard a Northwest Airline flight has the world’s headlines. Perhaps we’d be less scared if we learnt more. There is no convenient ‘us’ and ‘them’ when it comes to terrorism. ‘Converts’ who join . . .
- Barbs Against The Congress (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 25, 2006)
The Darul Uloom Deoband’s monthly journal, Mahnama Darul Uloom in an editorial in its latest issue has recognised the contribution of the Congress party in India’s independence, but has gone onto strongly criticise the economic policies of the regime.
- Beirut To Bali: The Echo The West Doesn’T Want To Hear (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 25, 2006)
The Israeli attack on Lebanon and the ceasefire creating the perception of a Hezbollah victory in the minds of Muslim radicals worldwide could rekindle the threat of terrorism in Southeast Asia, or even raise it to new levels.
- Chamatkar: India’S Miracle Worker (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Aug 25, 2006)
Mumbai’s Meethi is the most speciously named river in geological history.
- On Quotas, Hasten Slowly (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 25, 2006)
The cabinet’s nod to the bill on OBC reservations in institutions of higher education has revived the spectre of 1990. The high emotive potential of the issue should have induced caution.
- Anti-Americanism In Russia (Dawn, Rajan Menon, Aug 25, 2006)
The Bush administration’s imposition of sanctions on two Russian companies this month for selling military technology to Iran certainly sends the Kremlin a message — but it won’t be the one the White House has in mind.
- Challenges To Islam (Dawn, S.G. Jilanee, Aug 25, 2006)
An attempt is made here to touch upon some of the serious challenges exclusive to Islam. The first point that irks humans about religion, per se, is that religion tries to control and guide human conduct.
- Road To Telangana Hyderabad, Congress Politics Are In The Way (Tribune, Ramesh Kandula, Aug 25, 2006)
The indefinite fast undertaken by Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao is oddly reminiscent of the one in the early 1950s that led to the creation of Andhra state, though no two persons can be as dissimilar as Potti Sriramulu . . .
- Life Is For A Cause (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 25, 2006)
I DO not know why Pakistan has overreacted to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s reiteration that if cross-border terrorism remains unabated the supporters of peace process would be weakened. I got frantic calls from TV stations in Karachi to react.
- Afghans In Quetta For Treatment: Icrc (Dawn, Saleem Shahid, Aug 25, 2006)
People wounded in clashes in Afghanistan were seeking medical treatment in Pakistan through the International Committee for Red Cross (ICRC).
- Rise Of Women Ceos In Indian Industry (Business Standard, T Thomas, Aug 25, 2006)
Despite familial and societal restrictions, Indian women executives can perform better than their western counterparts.
- Largest Hindu Temple Opens In Britain (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
Europe's largest Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Venkateswara has been opened to the public with a week-long festival during which priests will perform rituals to sanctify the shrine.
- The Threat To Native Identity (Telegraph, ARNAB BHATTACHARYA , Aug 25, 2006)
A short poem in Ladera Este, Octavio Paz’s book of poems, speaks of a man who “invented a face for himself”.
- Difficult Words (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Aug 25, 2006)
The irony is inescapable. Last Tuesday, the country mourned the death of the nonagenarian shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan in Varanasi.
- Lessons From The School (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 25, 2006)
Since the formation of the Muslim Anglo-Oriental College by Syed Ahmad Khan, now known as the Aligarh Muslim University, this educational institution had always been the nerve centre of the Muslims, and of the whole country.
- Hitler Is Cool (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 25, 2006)
The sense of something being in bad taste is often difficult to explain.
- Odd Opposition To The Ode (Pioneer, S Gurumurthy , Aug 24, 2006)
How is it that Islamic leaders don't feel as threatened by terrorism as by the National Song?
- Tirumala Temple To Get A Sparkling Look (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Balalayam', performed every 12 years, to conclude on August 25 .
- Mumbai Blasts Suspects Travelled From Lucknow (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
The contents of an anonymous letter sent to the Station Superintendent of Lucknow railway station alleging that three persons involved in the Mumbai bomb blasts had travelled to Vadodara on August 20 by Sabarmati Express has sent the Government . . .
- Future Of The Nuclear Deal (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Aug 24, 2006)
After having wasted huge amounts of public money for two weeks on puerile controversies generated by the foibles two former Foreign Ministers, Jaswant Singh and Natwar Singh, the Members of the Rajya Sabha showed they are capable . . .
- Panel Submits Report On Chilkur Temple (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Chief Minister urged to make report public The Government constituted the committee after devotees resisted the move of the Endowments Department to take over the Chilkur Balaji temple.
- Alarm On Mumbai-Bound U.S. Plane (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Northwest Airlines flight returns to Amsterdam airport escorted by F-16s; 12 passengers arrested
- Kumaraswamy Dismisses `Evidence' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Says people of the State and the media have been taken for a ride
- Us Crackdown Setback For Ltte (Asia Times, M.R. Narayan Swamy, Aug 24, 2006)
The arrest of eight Tamil men in the US on charges of attempting to buy sophisticated weapons marks a new low for Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers, now battling the most serious military and diplomatic challenges in its three-decade history.
- Discordant Notes (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 24, 2006)
Song and dance over Vande Mataram
- Marlboro Lights To Go Up In Smoke? (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
They are the world’s best-selling cigarettes, a fashion prop for celebrities, an icon of marketing and the preferred smoke of millions.
- Bush To Raise Funds For Indian Baiter (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
President George W. Bush has no reservations about raising money for a Republican Senator under sharp criticism for calling a rival-campaign worker of Indian descent “macaca,” the White House said today.
- Curdling Social Justice (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 24, 2006)
So the Union Cabinet has cleared a draft Bill on reservations for OBCs in higher educational institutions that will include members from the ‘creamy layer’ of the category.
- Is Living Injurious To Health? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 24, 2006)
The renewed pesticides-in-cola controversy is an example of stoking emotions with inaccurate data and faulty analysis; it is a useful reminder of the need for accurate scientific reporting
- Shed Passive Approach To Security (Tribune, P.C. Dogra, Aug 24, 2006)
Another strike at Mumbai has benumbed our nerves and made us feel helpless in the face of the inevitable. India’s history right from 1947 onwards had been to yield, to buy peace.
- On The Wings Of “Bole So Nihal” (Tribune, Nirupama Dutt, Aug 24, 2006)
THE Malaysian Airlines late-night flight to Kuala Lumpur to Delhi is delayed by good 50 minutes because a number of passengers are still waiting in the long queues. Those on time start drowsing after the long rigmarole at the Indira Gandhi . . .
- Road Ahead For N-Deal (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Aug 24, 2006)
AFTER having wasted huge amounts of the tax payer’s money for two weeks on puerile controversies generated by the foibles, two former Foreign Ministers, Mr Jaswant Singh and Mr Natwar Singh, the members of the Rajya Sabha, showed they are capable . . .
- ‘Money Goes To Black Coat, White Coat And Thieves’ (Deccan Herald, CP Bhambhri, Aug 24, 2006)
Janardhan Reddy released 4 video CDs and 1 audio CD. While 3 video CDs showed the conversation (in Hindi & English) among the mine owners, exporters and a ‘sting’ operator, the audio CD . . .
- Victory Elusive In Modern War And Politics (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 24, 2006)
In the wake of the war in southern Lebanon, claims of victory are legion. Hardly had the shooting stopped than Sheik Hassan Nasrallah was asserting that Hezbollah had triumphed. Others see Syria or Iran or even Shiite Islam as the big winner.
- Mumbai Gets Ready To Celebrate Ganeshotsav (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
As the ten-day Ganesha festival draws near, the idol-makers in the metropolis are busy giving final touches to the deity with a passionate zeal.
- India Free To Conduct N-Tests: Pm (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Allaying fears about the Indo-US nuclear agreement being detrimental to India’s long term strategic interests, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, today said India would abide by the “unilateral moratorium” on nuclear tests but would be free to . . .
- Alarm Bells (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 24, 2006)
It is high time that alarm bells started ringing in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Archaeology And The Vedas (Daily Excelsior, Abhijit Pathak, Aug 24, 2006)
Harappan studies have reshaped our understanding of the urban efflorescence in South Asia.
- Exploring Tourism Potential Of Jammu And Kashmir (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 24, 2006)
If Kashmir is paradise on earth, Jammu is the gateway to reach this heaven. Similarly, Ladakh is the crown of India; all the three regions of the State of Jammu and Kashmir have been blessed by nature with much more to be offered to the tourists.
- British Media All Praise For Bismillah Khan (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
The British media showered encomiums on Indian shehnai maestro Bismillah Khan, seeing him as symbolising all that is best about Hindu-Muslim unity.
- Happy Birthday, Calcutta (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 24, 2006)
Very few cities in the world were founded on a particular date or by a particular individual. Cities do not generally have dates of birth and/or a founder.
- National Song That Unites (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 24, 2006)
The ongoing controversy over Vande Mataram is an insult to our freedom movement and the nation as a whole.
- How Lighthouse Keeper Saved Bismarck (Hindu, Luke Harding , Aug 24, 2006)
He was rescued while swimming in Biarritz.
- Bear The Cross (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 24, 2006)
Not very smart and quite insensitive, perhaps. But that’s not reason enough for officials to press for re-christening of Hitler’s Cross.
- Monsoon Offer (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
If you have a fancy for the land of the backwaters then this one's just for you.
- Looking For Items Instead Of The Person (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Aug 24, 2006)
Analysis- Farcical security measures in airlines have been enforced more on the British side of the Atlantic than American, to the discomfort and fury of both the crew and passengers.
- Mass Hysteria (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 24, 2006)
Miracles are born of blind faith and insecurity.
- Us Plane Bound For India Escorted Back To Holland (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Twelve passengers were arrested from a Mumbai-bound Northwest Airlines flight that returned to Amsterdam's Schiphol airport after the pilot raised an alert over worrying behaviour, the Dutch ANP news agency reported.
- Doha Talks Failure — Giving The India-Asean Fta A New Thrust (Business Line, S. Majumder , Aug 24, 2006)
The deadlock in the Doha Round talks paves the way for the India-Asean Free Trade Agreement that was hobbled by the squabbling over the negative list.
- Nation & States: Iii (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 24, 2006)
UP's economic resurgence cannot be brought about merely by bringing into the state a few industrialists or entrepreneurs.
- Ngos Should Practise What They Preach (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Aug 24, 2006)
NGO activity being largely voluntary, overheads in such organisations should be minimal.
- Five Lives Of Vande Mataram (Indian Express, Sabyasachi Bhattacharya, Aug 24, 2006)
The appropriation of cultural creations for political purposes may be inevitable, but it should not happen in a state of arrogant ignorance.
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