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Articles 5321 through 5420 of 23072:
- A Walk On The Wild Side (Hindu, CORPORATE BUREAU, Jul 10, 2006)
The pains of trekking in Sikkim are worth the effort to see the Kanchenjunga.
A few log huts separated by a narrow stream, that's all there is at Dzongri.
- Monsoon Magic (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 10, 2006)
George Oommen paints to reawaken the feeling the image brought when he first saw it. Once the feeling returns, the painting is over.
His works are impressionistic in their fidelity to colour and light.
- Welcome Change, But No Cause For Complacency (Hindu, Bill Kirkman, Jul 10, 2006)
The treatment of Seretse and Ruth by successive British governments in the 1940s and early 1950s is one of the most disgraceful episodes in British colonial history.
- Scriptures Lead Rituals (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 10, 2006)
‘The question of who should be allowed into the sanctum and who shouldn’t depends on the traditions of a shrine.’ — R Ganesh
- A Song For The Cup And Glory... (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 10, 2006)
So, what were the soccer fans singing about? Sure, most of what was sung at World Cup were patriotic chants along the lines of “Vamos, vamos . . .
- Swimming And Sinking With The News (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Jul 10, 2006)
Why do people watch news channels even when they suspect, no, truly believe, that they exaggerate everything to the power of a hundred? Ankle-deep water in Mumbai during the monsoon is, according to everyone who lives there, akin to wearing . . .
- Statehood The Only Way To Tide Over Vidarbha Crisis (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 10, 2006)
From being extraordinarily well-off to penury and suicide—the cotton farmers of Vidarbha have come a long way. But history can be reversed, if a state of Vidarbha is allowed to be formed
- Men Design The Rules (Deccan Herald, Sakuntala Narasimhan, Jul 10, 2006)
‘The Sabarimala temple entry controversy is yet another instance of men deciding things for women.’ — Sakuntala Narasimhan
- Find `Happiness' In Bangkok (Hindu, JANARDHAN ROYE, Jul 10, 2006)
Away from its crowds and chaotic traffic, Bangkok can be surprisingly charming.
- Hypertension And Ulcers (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 10, 2006)
I AM 34 and am suffering from hypertension for 10 years. My systole varies from 130 to 145 while diastole varies from 90 to 105. I am 162 cm tall and weigh 67 kg. Every day I jog briskly for 20 minutes till my heartbeat comes to 110 pm; then I walk . . .
- Lahore Has Had Enough Of This ‘Progress’ (News International, Khusro Mumtaz, Jul 10, 2006)
Due to travel and work exigencies this column will be, of necessity, shorter than usual and is being written in a frantic rush to meet its deadline.
- ‘Hizbul Behind Kulgam Blast’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 10, 2006)
The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday said rebel group Hizbul Mujaheedin carried out the powerful grenade explosion on Saturday that killed five people, including a former legislator, and injuring 50 others at Kulgam.
- Cloaks And Khukris (Deccan Herald, Vijay Nair, Jul 10, 2006)
Saradindu Bandyopadhyay was at his best writing for the mystery genre. This collection of four stories reveal why
- A History In Pictures (Deccan Herald, K Govindan Kutty , Jul 10, 2006)
This collection of Laxman’s work does not do him full justice
- Incredibly Tied Up In Our Own Knots (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Jul 09, 2006)
Incredible India. Wish you a happy journey. These two sentences appear on the Bureau of Immigration’s new departure card. Can you think of anything more meaningless? An endeavour more futile?
- United Regressive Alliance (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 08, 2006)
As the 1999 experience of the NDA and AIADMK leader, J Jayalalithaa, revealed there is need for a certain prudence in dealing with Dravidian parties.
- Ulfa Makes A Point (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Jul 08, 2006)
Amidst indications that the stage is getting ready for direct talks between the government and the United Liberation Front of Asom . . .
- Too Good (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jul 08, 2006)
Ever since the coalition Government came into power about four years ago it has been on the horns of a moral dilemma.
- Congress: Perform Or Perish (Business Standard, Surjit S Bhalla, Jul 08, 2006)
The only escape for the Congress, from the end of the long rope it finds itself in, is to allow its two leaders to function.
- Tribal Rights And Wrongs (Deccan Herald, B G Verghese, Jul 08, 2006)
Conservation must lead to integration not exclusion. There is no dichotomy between tribes and wildlife
- Democracy Should Be Exercised Regularly, On Foot (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 08, 2006)
Free association in public spaces not only promotes active bodies and public boldness, it is also vital to society and a force for change.
- Getting There (Business Standard, T N Ninan, Jul 08, 2006)
It may seem premature to make the claim, so one will have to hedge the assertion in many ways.
- Between Generosity And Toughness (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jul 08, 2006)
In France, opposition is growing to the police storming schools to pick up children of illegal immigrants.
- Did Mumbai Really Drown? (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Jul 08, 2006)
Will the misery of the monsoon turn out to be a blessing in disguise?
- Usual Stirrings Felt In Tamil Nadu (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 08, 2006)
Once again it's time for India to worry about Sri Lankan Tamil refugees. The national security ramifications of the civil war in the island nation cannot be wished . . .
- Bleak House~ii (Statesman, Jagmohan , Jul 08, 2006)
Cities Drifting Towards Physical And Moral Degradation
The sprawling and ever-increasing jhuggi-Jhompris of Delhi, the chawls and zodapattis of Mumbai, the bustees of Kolkata, the katchi-abadi of Karachi, the baladis of Cairo, the kampunga . . .
- Rough-Edged Genius (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Jul 08, 2006)
I have told my son, and will one day tell my grandson, that I saw Freddie Trueman bowl in the flesh.
- Poonch Bus Can Revive Shared Heritage (Tribune, Balraj Puri, Jul 08, 2006)
The unprecedented euphoria in Poonch on the inaugural bus service to Rawalakote on the other side of the LOC is a measure of the popular enthusiasm and expectations from opening up the first bus route in the Jammu region to the other side.
- New Technologies Making Gm Crops Obsolete (Tribune, Jeremy Rifkin, Jul 08, 2006)
FOR years the life science companies — Monsanto, Syngenta, Bayer, Pioneer Hi-Bred — have argued that genetically modified food is the next great scientific and technological revolution in agriculture and the only efficient and cheap way to feed . . .
- Bon Bibi In Sunderbans (Tribune, G.K. Gupta, Jul 08, 2006)
Septuagenarian Balai Das I met in the Sunderbans years ago had a sordid story to tell.
- Naga Union To Burn Manipur Textbooks (Telegraph, Nishit Dholabhai, Jul 08, 2006)
Naga students campaigning for affiliation of schools in the four hill districts of Manipur to the Nagaland Board of School Education are planning to set ablaze textbooks prescribed by the Manipur board on Monday in a show of defiance against the Okram Ibo
- Corruption In Govt, Party Not To Be (Tribune, Yoginder Gupta, Jul 08, 2006)
Congress men owing allegiance to Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, today managed impressive turnout at the first public rally organised by the party after the resignation of Mr Bhajan Lal from the post of HPCC president.
- Sgpc Secretary Joins Hands With Expelled Akalis (Tribune, Varinder Walia, Jul 08, 2006)
The SGPC today faced yet another unsavoury situation when its secretary, Mr Raghbir Singh, joined hands with expelled Akali leaders to stake claim for the party ticket from Rajasansi for the forthcoming Assembly elections.
- Evolution Is A Knowledge-Creation Machine, A Learning Algorithm (Business Line, D. Murali , Jul 08, 2006)
Humanity's most complex creation is the economy, according to Eric D. Beinhocker, author of The Origin of Wealth, who takes us along as he retraces the journey `from a state of nature to the stunning self-organised complexity of the modern global . . .
- The Koran And Muslims (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Jul 08, 2006)
Intellectual stagnation in the Muslim world long preceded revivalism and its hideous offshoot, fundamentalism.
- Varanasi To Offer ‘Moksh Tourism’ (Asian Age, Amita Verma, Jul 08, 2006)
Varanasi, the city of ghats, is gearing up to welcome a new brand of tourists — the moksh tourists.
- Ny Tunnel Attack Plan Foiled (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 08, 2006)
US authorities thwarted a plot to attack New York’s mass transit system later this year, leading to the arrest of a plotter who confessed in Lebanon, US and Lebanese officials said today.
- Token Gesture For Nanoscience (Frontline, R. Ramachandran, Jul 08, 2006)
The government and industry have not given enough attention to nanoscience, at the peril of losing out in the technological race.
- Jack In The Box (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 08, 2006)
When US assistant secretary of state Christopher Hill flew to Beijing to co-ordinate responses to the North Korean missile tests, and had to borrow a suit for the meeting, Chinese foreign minister Li Zhaoxing jokingly queried whether he had lost his . . .
- 'You Won't Beat Britain' (Times of India, RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL, Jul 08, 2006)
An entire nation, including the Wimbledon tennis courts, fell silent at mid-day as modern, multi-cultural Britain marked remembrance day . . .
- Lula Vs Chavez In Mexico City (Indian Express, Mini Kapoor, Jul 08, 2006)
On Sunday, 41 million voters cast their choice for the country’s next president.
- Handicap At 7, Race Course (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jul 08, 2006)
The central fact of our politics is that since 1971 no prime minister has got re-elected.
- A War With Three Fronts (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jul 08, 2006)
Violence continues to decline in Kashmir, but Islamists launch new military, ideological and political wars.
- Air Deccan Launches Flight To Tirupati (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 08, 2006)
It will be a boon for devotees, says company official
- Rs. 50 Lakh To Be Granted To Bhavani Temple (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 08, 2006)
A sum of Rs. 50 lakh will be granted to Bhavani Sangameswarar Temple for infrastructure development, said the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Minister, K.R. Periyakaruppan, here on Thursday evening.
- Rs.10-Crore Plan To Develop Meenakshi Temple (Hindu, S. Vijay Kumar, Jul 08, 2006)
District administration, Corporation and TNEB join hands for largest ever exercise to retain its architectural splendour
- Tuk Tuk, Look What Brighton’S Riding (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 07, 2006)
The tuk tuk, India’s motorised rickshaw, began service in Brighton today and was “hailed as the next new big thing”.
- Trade Gets Red Carpet Welcome At Nathu La (Pioneer, Syed Zarir Hussain, Jul 07, 2006)
History was made on Thursday when India and China opened the famed Silk Road for border trade after 44-years, leaving behind memories of a bloody war the two countries fought along this freezing Himalayan pass.
- 50 Yrs Ago, Govt Said: ‘Future Of Aiims In The Hands Of Director, Staff, Students’ (Indian Express, Seema Chisti, Jul 07, 2006)
February 18, 1956 was an ordinary day in the history of India’s Parliament but much more than that for medical sciences in the country. On that day as the Health Minister in Jawaharlal Nehru’s cabinet, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, rose to move . . .
- How To Help Neighbours (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 07, 2006)
The political turmoil in Timor Leste, which has led to the ouster of its Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri and plans for national elections for a new government, may not be exactly hot news to Indians, but it underlies a growing debate about intervention . . .
- La La Land (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 07, 2006)
Thinking small comes instinctively to the Indian establishment. Nothing else explains India’s timid approach to the renewal of trade between Tibet and Sikkim at Nathu La. For all the breathless TV reporting on rebuilding the ‘silk routes’ between . . .
- Nathu La Helps To Redefine Borders (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 07, 2006)
During a recent visit to Nathu La pass recently, my students and I learnt some important lessons in diplomacy and strategy.
- Benazir-Nawaz Alliance Keeps Up The Tempo (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jul 07, 2006)
Pakistan's opposition leaders-in-exile, Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, have managed to keep up the tempo that their initial pact in May injected into the country's political scene.
- Cm Invites Leela To Build Hotel In Hampi (Deccan Herald, B S Arun, Jul 07, 2006)
Mr Kumaraswamy held a discussion with the Leela Palace and Resorts Chairman C P Krishnan Nair in Mumbai on his way to Dubai for an investors’ meet recently.
- Running Amok (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 07, 2006)
Along with HRD minister Arjun Singh, health minister Anbumani Ramadoss appears to have donned the mantle of Don Quixote in the Union cabinet. Ramadoss led the double-barrelled charge against smoking in films.
- Pandering To Muslims (Pioneer, KR Phanda, Jul 07, 2006)
Mr KPS Gill in his article, "Misadventures will fire back" (June 24) blames the Congress for the rise of a communal organisation like the Assam United Democratic Front.
- Behind The Smile, Unknown Future (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Jul 07, 2006)
When the Himalayas were being blasted to lay the Darjeeling road, a percipient old Tibetan remarked to the British deputy commissioner, "Sahib, the sound of that powder is heard in Lhasa!" He might have said Peking, which then claimed only shadowy . . .
- As The Nation Goes, So Goes The Popular (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 07, 2006)
How does one go about making sense of 21st-century India?
- Home And Away (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 07, 2006)
“There was always India though,” thought the young Iris Macfarlane, worried that she would never get a proposal, “the provider of husbands for girls and jobs for boys, our inevitable and face-saving destination.
- Blood Protest (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 07, 2006)
In India, students of English Literature rather than history may better know the Easter Rebellion of 1916.
- China Recasts Its Image (Deccan Herald, MARK MAGNIER, Jul 07, 2006)
The curious incident of the pig’s-head meal vouchers and the anthem-singing sit-in offers a cautionary tale...
- Why Aids Outpaces Us (Deccan Herald, Rajashri Dasgupta, Jul 07, 2006)
PANDEMIC- India needs to examine honestly why it failed in meeting targets.
- Eyes And Ears Of The Queen (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 07, 2006)
Her majesty’s Spymaster: Elizabeth I, Sir Francis Walsingham, and the Birth of Modern British Espionage
- Eight More Districts Created In Valley (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 07, 2006)
The Jammu and Kashmir Cabinet today decided to create eight more districts raising the number from 14 to 22 with equal share to both regions of Kashmir and Jammu surpassing the three- decade-old Wazir Commission recommendations.
- Hobson’S Choice For Pak (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Jul 07, 2006)
Pakistan has performed yeoman’s service to America vis-a-vis al-Qaeda threat
- Games Nations Play (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Jul 07, 2006)
There is understandably a lot of consternation in the country on two espionage . . .
- Us-India Nuclear Deal: Nris Stand Proud (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Jul 07, 2006)
ANALYSIS- Hillary Clinton, while happy to raise money from Indian Americans, made no effort to support the US-India nuclear agreement, despite being the India Caucus co-chair.
- Exclusively Erroneous (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 07, 2006)
Oppose monopolies in gas distribution
- Out Of Iraq (Frontline, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Jul 07, 2006)
The Junichiro Koizumi government's decision to withdraw troops from Iraq is consistent with the mood of the Japanese people.
- But Tie Your Camel (OutLook, B. Raman , Jul 07, 2006)
The orchestrated campaign against those advising caution in the Indo-US nuke deal should be a matter of concern. The recent case of a possible CIA mole in the NSCS should temper our fascination for the US with a dose of healthy caution.
- Desperate In Guantanamo (Frontline, Vijay Prashad, Jul 07, 2006)
Law and justice, besides the many innocent prisoners at Guantanamo, are the casualties of the U.S. `war on terror'.
- Breach Of Spiritual Privilege (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Jul 07, 2006)
Recent controversies surrounding Hindu rituals underscore priestly monopoly, which had once done the religion in, says Anuradha Dutt
- Temple Tantrums (Times of India, Rajeev Dhavan , Jul 07, 2006)
The Sabarimala controversy tests India's dual secular guarantee of religious freedom and social justice for all. Every citizen has the right to profess, practice, propagate and manage one's own affairs in matters of religion including the myriad of . . .
- People First (Tribune, B.G. Verghese for and Sanjay Sangvai , Jul 07, 2006)
India’s 80 million tribal population, the largest in the world, is also India’s most exploited and disadvantaged community.
- Karnataka Orders Judicial Probe Into Bmic Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 07, 2006)
Its is the biggest land scam in the history of State: Chief Minister
- When The Border Simply Melted Away (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jul 07, 2006)
Officials say the border trade is just the beginning; West Bengal, other States will benefit
- China Says It Is A Good Development (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jul 07, 2006)
Now, we are going to open the market for people of both sides
Reopening of Nathu La will also help to resolve border issue: Beijing
It is a good confidence-building measure: Saran
- Keep It Up (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jul 07, 2006)
Any event that helps reunite the people must be welcomed. It is all the more heartening if a step is taken to repair the ruptured communal bonds in the Valley.
- Higher Education In India (Daily Excelsior, Ram Rattan Sharma, Jul 07, 2006)
The system of higher education in India is the third largest in the world after China and USA.
- Ltte's Manoeuvres India's Options (Daily Excelsior, M Rama Rao, Jul 07, 2006)
By now it is clear that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has grudgingly admitted responsibility for the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi only as a tactical manoeuvre and in search of a trade off. Whether it will succeed in its gambit is a . . .
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