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Articles 3021 through 3120 of 23072:
- Pm Fails To Impress (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s defence of the Indo-US nuclear deal in Rajya Sabha last week may have earned him a lot of admirers and silenced both BJP and the Left, but Organiser is clearly not impressed.
- Lok Sabha Clears Salary Hike For Mps (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Despite opposition from Left parties that MPs’ salaries were being raised at a time when farmers were committing suicide and there was large-scale unemployment, the Lok Sabha today pushed through the Bill with support from the . . .
- Organised Riots & Structured Violence In India (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 23, 2006)
What are called Hindu-Muslim riots in India are, in fact, more like pogroms, and have recently, in Gujarat and elsewhere, taken the form of genocidal massacres and local ethnic cleansing as well.
- Eight Held In U.S. For Supporting Ltte (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 23, 2006)
In two separate cases, eight persons have been arrested and charged by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) with conspiracy to provide "material support and resources" to the LTTE.
- Mysore City Development Plan To Be Submitted To Centre Soon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Revised plan will incorporate heritage component, says D.T. Jayakumar
CDP to be submitted within 60 days
This is necessary for JNNURM funds.
- Rail Concession Sought For Sabarimala Pilgrims (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Government urged to clear apprehensions of devotees .
- What Confucius Taught About Sitting Quietly (Hindu, Karen Armstrong, Aug 23, 2006)
Zhuangzi, the great Daoist sage who lived in the 4th century BCE, told an illuminating story about Confucius. One day his favourite disciple Yan Hui triumphantly announced that he could not remember anything Confucius had taught him.
- Pakistan: No Word From India On Sir Creek (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 23, 2006)
Says meeting was scheduled in August; statement denied by India
Defence Secretaries agreed on meeting on joint survey of creek in May
Consultations underway between two countries to "improve and update" travel restrictions on diplomats.
- Smoking Kills And Your Right To Know (Daily Excelsior, Narinder Sharma, Aug 23, 2006)
Four million unnecessary deaths per year, 11,000 every day. Its rare - if not impossible - to find examples in history that match tobacco's programmed trail of death and destruction.
- Selling For A Song (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 23, 2006)
Could HRD Minister Arjun Singh have been so swayed by his own project to articulate state-authorised history texts that he actually thought he could escape the experience of his Congress party on holding any . . .
- Looking For Items Instead Of The Person (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Aug 23, 2006)
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.
- Graft: There’S A Way Out (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 23, 2006)
A TV channel recently held a debate on ‘How to prevent or stop corruption?’ Many distinguished speakers participated, including a minister. Many of the points that were made were purely academic in nature and nothing concrete emerged.
- Now Is The Time To Think And Act (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 23, 2006)
The Tibetan Book of the Dead is called 'Bardo'. When a person is about to die the chief Lama holds his hand and chants the Bardo.
- Mumbai Muslims Targeted (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 23, 2006)
Is it a crime to be a Muslim in Mumbai?” That was CPM MP Brinda Karat’s question in the Rajya Sabha following reports that Muslims were being specifically picked up for interrogation by the police in the aftermath of the 7/11 blasts.
- Non-Resident Parliamentarians (Indian Express, Inder Malhotra, Aug 23, 2006)
On one point there is hardly any scope for doubt. Most people in this country — indeed an overwhelming majority of them — respect and rely on the higher judiciary far more than they trust any of the other institutions that comprise the republic’s . . .
- Subsidising Ills (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 23, 2006)
It is not a good idea for business to masquerade as philanthropy. Both the state and promoters of multi-speciality hospitals need to come to terms with this fact.
- Flag Flutters Uncertainly (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Aug 23, 2006)
Four months after Nepal's third revolution, nothing has changed. But nothing is the same, either.
- Lessons From The Lebanese War (News International, M B NAQVI, Aug 23, 2006)
While the ongoing Palestinians-versus-Israelis struggle cannot be ignored or downgraded, the Lebanese situation stands by itself. Hizbollah successfully challenged the much vaunted Israeli defence forces.
- Gender Bias In Schools (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 23, 2006)
In the research on gender bias in schools of Pakistan, I found limited, but relevant information about Pakistan. A point to note here is that I could not find as much literature on Pakistan, as I had envisioned.
- Nuclear-Armed Iran Would Be "Dangerous", Says Us (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
The White House warned Tuesday that a nuclear-armed Iran would be "dangerous" to the world but declined to assess Tehran's reply to a offer to end the standoff over its atomic programmes.
- Opposition Sadly Lowers Its Esteem (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 23, 2006)
MMA parliamentarians staged chaotic scenes in the National Assembly on Monday following introduction of a Bill to protect women from misuse of Hudood laws.
- When Shehnai Silenced The Sitar (Business Line, R.C. Rajamani, Aug 23, 2006)
It was a friendly battle between shehnai and sitar. And the pipe prevailed over the string.
- Wise Use Of Rti (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 23, 2006)
The Right to Information Act is certainly historic in that it places in people's hands for the first time a powerful instrument to extract information out of the governing class and expose to the glare of the public the hitherto hidden genesis and . . .
- Parliament Allows One-Dish Wedding Meals (News International, Asim Yasin, Aug 23, 2006)
In a rare show of unity in the parliamentary history of the country, the opposition and the government joined hands on Tuesday in both the Houses of parliament separately to give approval to a bill that allows one-dish wedding meal.
- Do Reality Tv Shows Dehumanise? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 23, 2006)
The past 30 of the hardly 60 years history of broadcast television has been distinguished by a more fundamental question: “Does TV itself dehumanise?”
- Public Service Law (Pioneer, Shailaja Chandra, Aug 23, 2006)
The much berated civil services could do with greater support from the legislature and judiciary in order to be more effective
- Distorting History (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 23, 2006)
Politicisation of education in the name of detoxification, will give birth to a generation of ignoramuses, says JS Rajput
- Milky Way (Tribune, Renu Bhardwaj, Aug 23, 2006)
Way back in 1995, when Ganesha obliged his devotees by drinking the milk offered to Him, I happened to be in Indonesia. “Didi, Lord Ganesha is drinking milk here in India. See if He favours you,” informed my younger sister Shobhna on phone from India.
- Musharraf Offers Cooperation Against ‘Freelance Terrorists’ (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 23, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has offered India exchange of information and cooperation amongst their intelligence agencies to ward off terrorist attacks, and to join hands in investigations and in moving against “freelance terrorists”.
- Putin Is Nobody’S Poodle (Tribune, Rajan Menon, Aug 23, 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.
- Keeping The Ustad’S Legacy Alive (Tribune, Shahira Naim, Aug 23, 2006)
Ustad Bismillah Khan’s immediate family, citizens of the city he loved, his admirers across the world as well as the state government of Uttar Pradesh are trying in their own ways to carry on his legacy. ‘Khan Sahib’ as he was fondly called passed away on
- Mumbai Police Kills One Pak ‘Terrorist’, Nabs Another (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
The Mumbai police today claimed to have killed one Pakistani terrorist and nabbed another in an early morning operation in the city’s Antop Hill area today. Mumbai’s Police Commissioner A.N Roy told reporters this afternoon that the Anti-Terror . . .
- A Burden Long Shed (Telegraph, Stephen Hugh-Jones, Aug 23, 2006)
What do the names Macaulay and Kipling mean to you? It’s an odd question to raise, you may think, as India enters its 60th year of independence. Yet it wasn’t I but an Indian who raised it.
- 'An Attempt By Centre To Gain Political Mileage' (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
An issue settled long back is unnecessarily being unsettled to score political gains. This is tragic.
- Bhadarwah, Wah, Wah! (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 23, 2006)
Nobody should grudge Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad the satisfaction of exploring tourism potential of Bhadarwah.
- A `Lip-Package' For Farmers? (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Aug 23, 2006)
Farmers all over the country, particularly those from Vidarbha and other regions with high incidence of suicides, were hoping that the Prime Minister, in his Independence Day speech, would try and explain what had gone wrong with his package and . . .
- Hitting Some Minor Chords (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 23, 2006)
There are two issues concerning the latest harrumphfest being conducted over India’s national song, Vande Mataram. One, is Vande Mataram a ‘religious’ song pertaining to Hindu nationalism?
- Optional Mataram (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 23, 2006)
In 1986, in a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court exempted two children of the Jehovah's Witness sect from singing the National Anthem at their school in Kerala.
- The Promise Of Genetic Engineering (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 23, 2006)
When humanity acquires new knowledge our likelihood of survival increases and our appreciation of the universe become enriched. Even if the new knowledge brings certain hazards, neither the fear of abuse nor the fear of divine retribution deters . . .
- Institutional Sub-Literacy (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 22, 2006)
Sarva Sikhsha Abhiyan a colossal failure
- ‘Nimage Ellarigu Aadarada Swagatha’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Kalam took the audience by surprise by starting his speech in Kannada. “Nimage Ellarigu Aadarada Swagatha,” he said to a rousing applause...
- July-August In Memory (Pioneer, K Govindan Kutty , Aug 22, 2006)
We forget some freedom fighters who never figured in any history book, but played an important role in our struggle for independence
- Do Not Bury Nehruvian Ideology (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Aug 22, 2006)
I write this piece in anguish as the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, during his long speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort, did not utter a single word about the contribution made by the first Prime Minister of India in building up a vibrant . . .
- No Golden Rules (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 22, 2006)
Rituals, as the manifest pillar of religion, must, and do, evolve with time. But not often does change mark a significant departure from the very philosophy of the religion.
- Pm Inter-Acts With J&k Youths (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Observing that even after 59 years of country’s independence several tasks still remained to be accomplished, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today asked the youth to work unitedly for the nation’s overall progress.
- Little Chance Of Nuclear Compromise (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Aug 22, 2006)
Tehran will respond to the pending European package but is unlikely to suspend enrichment under pressure. What the world must realise is sanctions will take us further from and not closer to a peaceful solution.
- Australia Warns Of Terror Attacks Against Pakistan Hotels (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Terrorists may be planning an attack on hotels in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, the Australian Foreign Affairs Department warned on Monday. But Pakistani officials and several hotels said they had no information on such a plot.
- The Best Always Retire (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Aug 22, 2006)
One of my long-time colleagues never watches business channels, is unconcerned about which companies create wealth, is least interested in business personalities — they’re so boring, he says.
- Why Delay The Tribal Rights Bill? (Hindu, Brinda Karat, Aug 22, 2006)
Each day that the Government delays the passage of the Bill is another day of uncertainty and insecurity for lakhs of tribls who face the terror of eviction.
- Arjun Tries To Wriggle Out Of Vande Mataram Row (Indian Express, Shubhajit Roy, Aug 22, 2006)
Under fire from the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on the Vande Mataram issue, a red-faced Arjun Singh is making a desperate bid to come clean.
- The Magic Shehnai (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 22, 2006)
Ustad Bismillah Khan (March 21, 1916-August 21, 2006) represented the bridge between classical music as nurtured in the royal courts and its popular version presented on proscenium stages of the world. His contributions were many.
- Dull Dogma Doesn’T A Syllabus Make (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Aug 22, 2006)
It would be a shame if the parliamentary furore over NCERT textbooks provides yet another occasion for a display of anti-intellectualism and partisan crossfire.
- 80 Die As Trains Collide In Egypt (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
A collision between two trains killed 80 people and injured 131 on Monday in a Nile Delta town north of Cairo, a security source said, in Egypt’s worst rail disaster since 2002.
- Mass Hysteria (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 22, 2006)
Miracles are born of blind faith and insecurity.
- 59 Years: A Sense Of Insecurity (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 22, 2006)
If you look at the list of people arrested after the train bombings in Mumbai you will see the names of doctors, teachers and software engineers. What further proof do we need of radicalisation of our own Muslims?
- A Peru Link To A Roman Numeral In India? (Deccan Herald, Harsh Kabra, Aug 22, 2006)
A feature on a hillock in Kutch district, Gujarat, has got archaeologists excited about a possible link to signs found in Peru.
- Memories Of A Professor (Telegraph, Tapas Majumdar, Aug 22, 2006)
Last month I had gone to Calcutta for the Panchanan Chakraborty centenary seminar. For me it was basically sentimental time-travel, back to the MA economics (group A) class of 1948-49.
- Egypt Train Crash Kills 51 (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Fiftyone persons were killed today when two trains travelling on the same track collided in northern Egypt in the country’s deadliest rail crash in four years.
- Ngos Seek Passage Of Tribal Rights Bill (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Say Centre's main goal is to protect rich
JPC recommendations favour transparency, accountability and justice
"Government has shown its anti-democratic, anti-poor agenda" .
- The Moralists Have Already Lost Their Case (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 22, 2006)
Gunter Grass' idea of honour is beyond them.
- 200 Ancient Coins Discovered (Tribune, Ruchika M. Khanna, Aug 22, 2006)
A chance discovery of over 200 ancient coins, weighing about 800gs, from Mahendragarh district is likely to throw fresh light on the history of some of the ruling Hindu dynasties in India, before the advent of the Muslim period.
- Prime Minister To Visit Gujarat (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today assured a delegation of Gujarat MPs that the Centre would extend all possible help to the people of the state badly affected by floods and heavy rains and indicated that he may soon visit the Western Indian state . . .
- Bismillah! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 22, 2006)
Very few people live up to be 90. Even fewer embellish the nine decades given to them with so much of talent and genius as Bismillah Khan, who died on Monday morning, did. No words can evaluate his contribution to music.
- ‘Terrorists May Attack Pakistan’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Terrorists may be plotting an attack on Western hotels in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, the Australian foreign affairs department warned today.
- Women Can Enter Sabarimala Shrine: Kerala Govt (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Reiterating his stand that the CPI (M)-led LDF government in Kerala was not opposed to allowing women entry into the Sabarimala shrine, state Devaswom Minister G Sudhakaran on Monday said he was not aware of Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan's remarks . ..
- Spain Train Derails (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
A train travelling between Spain and France with 426 passengers crashed in the northwest Spanish region of Palencia today, killing five people and injuring 64, officials said.
- Coleridge Presides In British Library (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
The British Library has bought a valuable archive from the family of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, one of England’s leading Romantic poets, that portrays the clan’s affectionate view of its “presiding genius”.
- Quota Issue: Divisive Responses In North & South India (Pioneer, K Venkataramanan, Aug 22, 2006)
Sometimes, divisive issues invite divided responses. At other times, responses like strikes and protests tend to make issues seem divisive, even when they are not.
- Snapshots (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
State Bank of India said on Monday it is not planning to hike home loan rates in the near future, but admitted that there is pressure on these interest rates.
- Sri Lanka Arrests 85 Tamils Fleeing To India (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Sri Lanka's Navy has seized an Indian trawler which was trying to take some 85 Tamils from the island's north-western Mannar region to South India, police said.
- Saving Tirumala (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 22, 2006)
The Andhra Pradesh Government's decision to bring in a law to prohibit the preaching of any religion other than Hinduism on the seven sacred hills of Tirumala, famous for the temple of Lord Venkateswara, is a welcome move to nip evangelical . . .
- Saddam Refuses To Enter Plea At Genocide Trial (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Charges relate to crackdown against Kurds that left 100,000 dead
- Bjp Raps Arjun Over Vande Mataram (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
BJP on Monday accused HRD minister Arjun Singh of surrendering to anti-national forces by declaring that there was no compulsion on schoolchildren to sing "Vande Mataram" on September 7 - the centenary of its adoption as the national song.
- Us Destroying Two Nations For Twin Towers (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 22, 2006)
About 90 people including 70 suspected rebels and four US soldiers were killed in clashes between coalition troops and Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan.
- Ustad Bismillah Khan Dies, Aged 90 (Hindu, Atiq Khan, Aug 22, 2006)
``He gave a new meaning to shehnai and did not go abroad in search of greener pastures'' .
- Politics Of A War Shrine (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 22, 2006)
When he was running for office in 2001, Junichiro Koizumi, Japan’s prime minister, promised to visit Tokyo’s Yasukuni shrine every year and to do so on August 15th, the anniversary of the emperor’s admission that Japan had lost the war.
- Engaging With Beteille (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
This selection of 50 short essays is a sequel to Beteille's Chronicles of Our Times, a similar collection of newspaper contributions published some years ago.
- Indians Rush To Temples To Feed ‘Thirsty’ Idols (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Thousands of people flocked to temples across India on Monday following reports that idols of Hindu gods were drinking milk given by devotees as sacred offerings, witnesses said. Teenagers, adults and the aged stood in long lines with garlands . . .
- The Long Silence Of Gunter Grass (Business Standard, Nilanjana S Roy, Aug 22, 2006)
“Why only now?” he says, this person not to be confused with me. Well, because Mother’s incessant nagging...Because I wanted to cry the way I did at the time, when the cry spread across the water, but couldn’t anymore...Because for the true . . .
- Rural Development And Planned Urbanisation Are Fully Compatible (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Aug 22, 2006)
At the present juncture in the development history of the country it is perhaps right to pause and seek agricultural development with well-planned urban growth.
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