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Articles 5521 through 5620 of 23072:
- Laloo Plans Railway Tv To Woo Commuters (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 05, 2006)
After Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, it is the turn of the Railway Minister Laloo Prasad Yadav to plan for a TV channel. Aided by his officials, the Bihar strongman is understood to have been examining the proposal to launch the Railway . . .
- For An Alternative (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 05, 2006)
Budget making for a State in India in the neo-liberal era is indeed an unenviable task. On the one side, the terrible state of finances has seriously undermined the ability of States to meet rising obligations in social services.
- Spy Scandal Puts Question Mark On Future Of Indo-Us Cyber Forum (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Jul 05, 2006)
The Government is waiting for the results of police investigations in the National Security Council Secretariat spy case to decide the fate of the high-profile Indo-US Cyber Security Forum (IUSCSF), an initiative announced during the visit of former . . .
- Leadership Needs No Authority (Deccan Herald, Manu N Kulkarni, Jul 05, 2006)
The task of leadership consists of orchestrating, guiding, inspiring and directing the learning processes
- Kerala’S Buddha Talk: Need Capital From Anyone And From Anywhere (Indian Express, RAJEEV P I, Jul 05, 2006)
Industries Minister vows to dump red rag, cut red tape to woo investors; set up public-private infrastructure firm
- Heartless In Gaza (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Jul 05, 2006)
The proposed Israeli military re-invasion of Gaza will destabilise the region
- Iraqi Deputy Minister Abducted (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 05, 2006)
Gunmen abducted Iraq's Deputy Electricity Minister and 19 bodyguards after ambushing their convoy in eastern Baghdad on Tuesday morning, police and Interior Ministry sources said.
- Terror Strike Choreographed On Computer (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
The bombs should be small and placed in day packs, making them harder to detect. The bombers should dress like tourists.
- Wrong Prescription, Doctor (Indian Express, Kavery Nambisan, Jul 04, 2006)
The recent interview with Dr Devi Shetty by Shekhar Gupta has spurred me to write this.
- An Educational Fraud (Deccan Herald, Vatsala Vedantam, Jul 04, 2006)
The SSLC-PUC system must be abolished and a 12 year schooling must be introduced to make children realise their capabilities
- Asteroid, Earth In 'Near Miss' (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
Scientists tracking the path of asteroid 2004 XP14, which is travelling at 17km per second, said they were confident there was no danger of it hitting the planet in the foreseeable future
- Rajarajeswara Temple To Be Purified (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
The traditional supreme priests decided that all pujas Taliparamba in Kannur since actress Meera Jasmine offered prayers there, will be done again on Tuesday.
- Budget Allocation For Tourism In Ne Cab Increased: Soni (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
The budget allocation for tourism in the North East can be increased to Rs 100 crore from the existing Rs 83 crore if viable projects are submitted by the state Governments of the region, Union Minister of Tourism and Culture Ambika Soni said today.
- The Authorities And Our Airports (Business Standard, M GOVINDA RAO, Jul 04, 2006)
The ideal role the Airports Authority of India could play is assisting and advising the government to access private investments.
- Rice Pulls Up Pakistan (Daily Excelsior, Tushar Charan, Jul 04, 2006)
With a three-piece allweather suit his trade mark and an affected speech, foreign minister Khursheed Kasuri was at his theatrical best when he challenged Afghanistan to provide him the address of terrorist hideouts in Pakistan in support of their . . .
- Nepal As Route Of Terrorism (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jul 04, 2006)
Only the naïve will be surprised by the revelation that Pakistan-based militants use Nepal as circuitous route to reach the State.
- Remarkable Win (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 04, 2006)
Team effort helped India to win the series after long
- Catch Me If You Can (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 04, 2006)
There is a flurry of activity on the bureaucratic front, notices Third Eye while doing the rounds in the corridors of babudom. Many a secretary is air-dashing off to cooler climes, on official tour of course!
- The Mob Returns To Being A Crowd (The Economic Times, Ruchir Sharma, Jul 04, 2006)
Equity markets across the globe have been moving in tandem for years, but the relationship gets even more intense during riot points.
- Rains Force Mumbai To Pack Up Early (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation cautions heavy rains over the next 48 hours
The city's arterial railways, with some delays and stoppages, bore the burden of taking Mumbai's residents back to their homes.
- The Cult Of Nothing (Times of India, Harsh Kabra, Jul 04, 2006)
The latest in the growing plethora of services ridding themselves of human interface to optimise costs and boost efficiencies is airport check-in.
- The Quiet Ones (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 04, 2006)
Zidane and Dravid aren’t like Beckham and Ganguly. Thereby hangs a sporting lesson
- We Fat Men (Indian Express, HARSH DESAI, Jul 04, 2006)
We, fat men, are invariably underestimated and thought to be sluggish both in mind and body. We are regularly condemned for our eating habits and our lack of exercise. We are laughed at as we waddle from place to place.
- Army Jawan Thrown Off Train In Bihar (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
An Army jawan, Sunil Dutt, has been thrown off the running Mahananda Express by four drunken criminals near Bihia railway station between Danapur and Mughalsarai sections of the East Central Railway.
- Hindi Chini Bhai Bhai? (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
With the Indian and Chinese Governments opening the historic Nathula Pass on 6th of July, a part of the silk trade route will be revived. But this time the traders won't just trade silk, atleast 44 items will be exchanged between the two countries.
- Air Sahara Re-Launches `Sixer In Air' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
Air Sahara on Monday announced the re-launch of one of its competitive schemes, offering six economy flight coupons worth Rs. 26,000 for travel on any domestic sector up to September 30.
- A Hilarious Narrative (Hindu, C. G. Rishikesh, Jul 04, 2006)
`Crazy' Mohan; Kizhakku Pathippagam, 16, Karpagambal Nagar, Mylapore, Chennai-600004. Rs. 80.
- Measures To Check Antecedents Of Bpo Staff (Hindu, Sandhya Soman, Jul 04, 2006)
Arrest of HSBC employee for fraudulent transactions scares clients
Closed-circuit cameras used
Confidentiality ensured
Sensitive data encrypted
- Gandhi As Postmodern Thinker (Hindu, Jyotirmaya Sharma, Jul 04, 2006)
Writings on Gandhi... resemble a state that falls between two extremes: a passionate embrace and an autopsy
- Travel Pack For Students Launched (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
Parry Travels, part of the Murugappa Group, has launched a students' travel pack, which comprises all travel-related items like airfare, medical insurance and foreign exchange.
- Mahasamprokshanam Of Koodal Alagar Temple Performed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
Mahasamprokshanam of Koodal Alagar Temple was performed here on Monday, which was witnessed by thousands of devotees from Madurai and nearby districts.
- At Journey's End, In Tibet (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Jul 04, 2006)
Lhasa receives the very first passengers to have ever come from Beijing by train.
- Rains Lash Orissa, Chhattisgarh, U.P. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
One killed in Orissa; railway traffic disrupted; more rain likely
- Girija Lokesh Says She Too Visited Sabarimala Temple In 1987 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
The actor doubts Jayamala's claim of having touched the deity
Actor criticises tradition on women's entry into Sabarimala temple
Pejawar Math seer declines to comment on temple norms
- A Young Girl’S Struggle In Stalin’S Russia (Tribune, Andrew Osborn , Jul 04, 2006)
A 13-year-old schoolgirl who kept a poignant and ultimately tragic diary during Stalinist Russia is being hailed as the Russian Anne Frank.
- End Of An Innings (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jul 04, 2006)
The American political vocabulary as well as of daily discourse is loaded with superlatives.
- Refined And Clean (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jul 04, 2006)
The Punjabi suit has taken over the dress code in south India. Sad but true. Those wonderful woven saris that typify Tamil Nadu are now rarely seen on the streets of its cities and small towns except on special occasions like a wedding.
- Touch And Go (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 04, 2006)
Remembrance of things past is not always a pleasant occupation. The former actress, Ms Jayamala, who is waiting to be interrogated by the Sabarimala temple’s own vigilance wing for an indiscretion on her part close to two decades ago, knows that. In fact,
- Indian Markets Are Still Expensive: Mark Mobius (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
India is about 20 times versus 14 for emerging markets on P/E basis
- A Clash Of Civilizations (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Jul 04, 2006)
The Pew Research Center, a Washington think-tank, is about six years old.
- Vietnam Showcases Political Stability (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Jul 04, 2006)
The smooth change in leadership reflects the country's recent track record.
- `India Is Exciting, But Not Without Hassles' (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jul 04, 2006)
A growth rate of 7-8 per cent is sustainable for India and very good in Asian terms. But investing in India is also very challenging.
- Babloo And Nitin Get Life For Plotting Murder (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
Underworld don Babloo Srivastava and Mumbai-based trader Nitin Shah have been convicted by a city court and sentenced to life for planning and executing the murder of Lalit Suneja, a Delhi trader, 14 years back.
- Hindus Persecuted In India's Neighbourhood (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Jul 04, 2006)
Four Muslim men force their way into a Hindu house in Sindh, grab the young daughter of the family, carry her away, forcibly convert her to Islam and compel her to marry one of them.
- Jawan Is Thrown Off Train In Bihar (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
In yet another horrific incident on a train in Bihar, a group of drunken young men believed to be petty criminals threw an Indian Army jawan going home on leave out of a running train in Bhojpur district on Sunday night.
- Components Of A Strong Export Culture (The Financial Express, Rohit Pandit, Jul 04, 2006)
With merchandise trade around a third of India’s GDP, stakeholders need to work in tandem
- Expected Wto Failure (The Financial Express, Biswajit Dhar, Jul 04, 2006)
For most WTO watchers, the breakdown of the talks over the weekend was expected. Negotiating positions of most major countries have been so far apart in the key areas of agriculture and non-agricultural market access, that too much was left for the . . .
- Palestinian Crisis And Pakistan (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 04, 2006)
A duck once walked into a bar and asked: "Got any bread?" The barman said: "No." The duck asked: "Got any bread?" The barman said: "No." The duck again asked: "Got any bread?" The barman responded: "No, we have no bread." When the duck again asked . . .
- Unethical Demand Of Ard, Ji (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 04, 2006)
ARD’s constituent party leaders, meeting in London on Sunday, have demanded resignation of President Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz by July 31 next or face a no confidence vote.
- Assemblies’ Tenure Can Be Extended: Pervaiz (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Monday said parliament had every right to re-elect the president and no one could prevent it from exercising this prerogative.
- Pm For World Efforts To End Poverty (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
Underscoring the pivotal role of the United Nations in advancing global development agenda, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Monday said the world today has a rare “collective capacity” to end hunger and poverty and realize the promise of universal . . .
- A Level Playing Field (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 04, 2006)
Be it 2007 or 2012, there is no denying the fact that General Pervez Musharraf, like his predecessors, will have to leave and it is meaningless whether his exit is on Ayub's model or in Zia's style.
- India-Us Deal: On Track With Reservations (News International, Nasim Zehra, Jul 04, 2006)
The writer is an Islamabad-based security analyst and adjunct professor at SAIS Johns Hopkins University, Washington DC
- Bill Gates, Ngos And The Role Of The State (News International, Ethan Casey, Jul 04, 2006)
In mid-June, Bill Gates announced that over the next two years he will be handing over many of his duties at Microsoft Corporation to two other executives and moving into a part-time role with the company, in order to devote most of his attention . . .
- Indo-Pak Peace: New Process, Old Approach (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 04, 2006)
Colombo, the Sri Lankan capital city, is just the right place for Pakistanis, Indians and Kashmiris to meet and discuss Kashmir. It is neutral, friendly, exotic, and one also feels at home when it comes to violence and suicide bombings.
- Anything But Negotiation (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 04, 2006)
By using vastly disproportionate force against Gaza, Israel has once again demonstrated its contempt for international law and its indifference to human suffering.
- Smelling Gunpowder (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 04, 2006)
Steady violence unleashed by LTTE is fast shifting into a 'low-intensity' war in Sri Lanka, says Matthew Rosenberg in Batticaloa.
- Ban On The Book Is Deplorable (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 04, 2006)
The fear of the word has a hoary history. Plato, the father of philosophy, while discussing the perfect curriculum for the citizens of his republic, argued in favour of banning almost all Greek literature on the pretext that it would have a negative . . .
- New Russia’S New Rich Class (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Jul 04, 2006)
Moscow seems shamefaced about summer. Thirty degrees centigrade in the forenoon of last Wednesday is 40 degrees higher than during my last visit in December. Moscow then was a grey world flecked with snow white. The wind screamed at the fur hat and . . .
- Indo-Us Nuclear Deal & Its Dark Shadows (Pakistan Observer, Rizwan Ghani, Jul 03, 2006)
Within 24 hours of US Foreign Relations Committee’s backing for the deal which now awaits voting from full Senate and House of Representatives, reportedly Indian PM had to dash to Maharashtra to have firsthand view of debt crisis that has resulted . . .
- Nuclear Deal: Bill's Smooth Passage Virtually Assured (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
US authorities on Friday confirmed the authenticity of a latest audiotape released by Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
The Central Intelligence Agency said in a statement that technical analysis had determined that the speaker in the tape was bin . .
- Future Of Relations With Iran (Dawn, Javid Husain, Jul 03, 2006)
Pakistan’s relations with Iran enjoy a unique strategic significance which is too obvious to need elaboration.
- Transforming The Art Of Giving Productively (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jul 03, 2006)
The Gates-Buffet twin decisions to walk away from wealth have lessons beyond the money.
- Western Geopolitics: An Infantile Disorder (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 03, 2006)
The mindless enlargement of the NATO alliance threatens to create new arcs of instability.
- Stay Home (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 03, 2006)
The path-breaking nuclear deal between India and the United States of America seems to be on the verge of being translated into reality.
- Don’T Delay Quota Law, Govt Told (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Reviving the controversial quota debate, the pro-reservation political parties on Sunday asked the government to bring the legislation to implement 27 per cent OBC quota in the institutions of higher learning in the coming monsoon session of Parliament.
- Soul's Awakening (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
This earth is the best place to know and experience God, and the lives of the devotees such as the Nayanmars and Azhwars who have directly experienced God and His grace prove this.
- Tension In Golden Temple, Edict Against Akali Leader (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Head priests of the Akal Takht issued an edict on Sunday barring radical Akali leader Simranjit Singh Mann from religious functions after his supporters allegedly roughed up Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) chief Avtar Singh Makkar . . .
- Quotas In One Stroke And In This Session Itself, Parties Tell Govt (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Parties supporting reservation have adopted a resolution demanding that the first step of the UPA government during the monsoon session of Parliament should be the enactment of a law for 27 per cent OBC quota in institutes of higher education.
- Rights Of Passage (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 03, 2006)
At Kerala’s Sabarimala temple, priests and the management draw on ‘tradition’ to bar women between ages 10 and 50 from the temple.
- Slums Are Cities Of The Future (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Jul 03, 2006)
Even if income poverty is not so acute in urban slums as in some rural areas in India, everyone living in a slum suffers acute deprivation of water and sanitation. Then there is the fear of being forced to move at any time.
- A Journey To Remember Across China (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 03, 2006)
The feeling of being part of history in the making forms a common bond among the passengers of the Beijing-Lhasa train.
- Manali Magic (Times of India, SHARON SHEFALI GUPTA, Jul 03, 2006)
It's summer time and most of us will be heading for the hills in quest of fresh air and relaxation.
- Rlys Plans Another Palace On Wheels (Times of India, Shalini Singh, Jul 03, 2006)
The Indian railways is on the verge of announcing a tie-up with the Oberoi group, more famous for their luxury hotels. This arrangement is to launch a service like the Palace on Wheels train, which the Rajasthan Tourism Development and the railways . . .
- Call This Divinity? (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Jul 03, 2006)
To speak with even an iota of conviction that Lord Ayyappa’s temple, Sabarimala, has lost some of its divinity because a woman entered its premises and touched the feet of the idol is reflective either of the speaker’s religious arrogance or his . . .
- Tibet Rail: Dalai Lama’S Open Mind (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jul 03, 2006)
While supporters of the Tibetan cause protested against the inauguration of the spectacular rail line from Gormo to Lhasa on Saturday, the Dalai Lama has left himself some political room.
- Bush Administration Says More Work To Be Done On N-Bill (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
The Bush administration has said a bill to implement the historic Indo-US civilian nuclear deal that has been cleared by two key congressional panels has to go through "some more work" and pledged to work with Congress to . . .
- Cautious Approach To Medical Tourism Advocated (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Medical fraternity lays stress on monitoring quality of treatment
- Pro-Quota Parties For Bill In Monsoon Session (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Stepping up their campaign, pro-reservation political parties today asked the Government to bring the enabling legislation to implement 27 per cent OBC quota in elite educational institutions and private sector, including media and judiciary in the . . .
- Travel Pack For Students Launched (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Parry Travels, part of the Murugappa Group, has launched a students' travel pack, which comprises all travel-related items like airfare, medical insurance and foreign exchange.
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