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Articles 6021 through 6120 of 23072:
- Bonalu Bonanza (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
The century-old tradition of Bonalu is celebrated with colour, gaiety and devotional fervour in Telengana, claims S K Prasad Puttur
- A Secret Rebel Base Where Tigers Dare (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
Past the minefield-line paved road, down a sandy track hemmed in by coconut palms and thatch huts, the gate appears, a metal boom bookended by log-and-sandbag bunkers.
- Praful Bidwai: Bull-Headed About India (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Jun 25, 2006)
Current Western euphoria over India's growth betrays total ignorance of realities like the 100,000 farmers' suicides.
- Will Location Have Impact On Development? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 25, 2006)
'It is not the place or the emotions that solve problems, it is the administrative skills and the government’s priorities"
- Lack Of Anti-Piracy Effort Hurting Crackdown (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 25, 2006)
“Even Ribeiro, who heads the anti-piracy operation, openly says that when he was Bombay police chief he had not heard of movie piracy, imagine what the level of awareness is - Chander Lall
- Rare Bird Sighted After 75 Years In Asssam (Deccan Herald, Anirban Bhaumik , Jun 25, 2006)
In the late 1870s, Allan Octavian Hume – an officer of the Imperial Civil Service (ICS) – sighted a dark greyish bird, somewhere in the foothills of eastern Manipur.
- Art Of The Royals (Hindu, KAUSALYA SANTHANAM, Jun 25, 2006)
The palace of the former rulers of Ramanathapuram still displays vestiges of regal splendour.
- Challenges Before A Public Broadcaster (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
Interview with K.S. Sarma, Chief Executive Officer of Prasar Bharati.
- Myth Of Empire (Telegraph, RUDRANGSHU MUKHERJEE, Jun 25, 2006)
In India, anniversaries, even of non-events, do not often go unnoticed.
- Where Was The Digest During Last Year’S Floods? (Indian Express, KUMAR KETKAR , Jun 25, 2006)
For those like me who have spent more than 50 years in Mumbai, it was a rude shock to learn that we are the “rudest” people in the world.
- Rude? So? It’S The Warmth That Counts (Indian Express, Rahul Bose, Jun 25, 2006)
Two days ago, the Indian editor of Reader’s Digest, Mohan Sivanand, refuted allegations that his magazine had labeled Bombay as the world’s rudest city. “We’ve never said Mumbai is the rudest city. It’s just that it ranks the lowest in matters of . . .
- Devotion And Harmony By The Ganga (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
In Haridwar, every shrine and temple is woven into a time-honoured mesh of legends and beliefs.
- The Heart Of Stillness (Hindu, S. RANGARAJAN, Jun 25, 2006)
The 16th and 17th centuries, dominated by Rubens, Rembrandt and Vermeer, saw the emergence of a very different art form, the still life. How did this come about?
- Pm Lays Stone For 10-Lane Expressway (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
The public-private partnership (PPP) is to be the new mantra for development with the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, saying that the country’s experience with this model has been very successful and that more funds will be tapped from the . . .
- Discovering Polonnaruwa (Hindu, Shonar Joshi, Jun 25, 2006)
Though most of it is ruins, Polonnaruwa is very much alive with an all-pervasive sense of devotion.
- Beauty In Stone (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
A visit to the French cathedrals leaves one wondering at the artistry and engineering skills that were pooled to create these spiritual abodes.
- Rajapakse Opts For War (Statesman, Sam Rajappa, Jun 25, 2006)
In the prevailing circumstances, India has a special responsibility in preventing this mindless blood-letting in Sri Lanka
- Darkness Recalled (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 25, 2006)
Three decades ago to the day an anniversary was being observed, not celebrated, by the nation at large.
- ‘Darwin’S Tortoise’ Dies (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 25, 2006)
A 176-year-old tortoise, believed by some to have been owned by Charles Darwin, has died in an Australian zoo.
- Reversing Reforms: Price Control Returns (The Financial Express, BARUN MITRA, Jun 25, 2006)
The constant political pressure to control prices by state fiat will undo the 15 years of reform
- Transparency And Accountability In Public Life (Daily Excelsior, M V Meenakshisundaram, Jun 25, 2006)
The report of the Second Administrative Reforms Commission, coming close on the heels of the historic Right to Information Law, is likely to go a long way in promoting transparency and accountability in public life.
- Misadventures Will Backfire (Pioneer, KPS Gill, Jun 24, 2006)
In the aftermath of the Assam Assembly elections where the Assam United Democratic Front (AUDF), a coalition of Muslim parties in the . . .
- Save The Vulture (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 24, 2006)
The ancient Egyptians - with ubiquitous hieroglyphs of vultures on their architectural masterpieces - displayed a fine sense and understanding of the bird; they considered the alert raptor, for its wide wingspan, as an all encompassing provider . . .
- Oldest Indian Scales Mt Everest (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
He has climbed many a peak, but scaling Mount Everest has been special for BSF officer S.C. Negi as the feat made him the highest-ranking paramilitary official and the oldest Indian to reach the roof of the world.
- Some Fun On The Rocks (Hindu, ROCHI JAMES, Jun 24, 2006)
Turahalli is a rock climber's delight, though it's only a shadow of the tough terrain it once was
- Ah, Mussoorie! (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Travel Mussoorie may have lost much of its pristine beauty. But the air here is as crisp as ever and draws tourists
- Centre-Right? That’S All Right (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jun 24, 2006)
Two events on the same day this week, in the two most distant metros in the country, each involving an adversarial brother and a fraternal adversary, raised the same, intriguing, vital and delicious question. Was it pro-rich, or pro-aam admi?
- Us Senate Passes Bill To Block Aid To Palestinian Government (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
The United States Senate passed a bill that blocks United States aid from going to the Palestinian government, headed by Hamas movement, but gives humanitarian relief to the Palestinian people and supports Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas . .
- Guruvayur-Tanur Rail Line Project In Limbo (Hindu, S. Anil Radhakrishnan, Jun 24, 2006)
Stiff resistance from local people, delay in land acquisition hamper work
- Suspension Of Sindh Legislators (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 24, 2006)
Speaker of the Sindh Assembly has suspended membership of the PML lawmaker Eshwar Lal, who was at the centre of the controversy and trouble that the House has been witnessing during the last two days, for the whole session while membership of four . . .
- First Vote In Decades Tests Congo’S Truce (Tribune, Kevin Sullivan, Jun 24, 2006)
Kinshasa, Congo — In a hot haze of exhaust and smoke from burning garbage, a one-legged man hopped along a street clogged with overloaded minibuses while a woman sold tiny monkeys tied to a tree.
- Indian Lyricist Javed Akhtar Denied Visa (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
A top Bollywood lyricist said on Friday Pakistan had refused him a visa to attend a special screening of a 1960 classic Indian film.
- 'Pakistan Still Exporting Terror To J&k' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Accusing Pakistan of backing militancy in Jammu and Kashmir, India on Friday said the export of terrorism from that country was continuing and terror infrastructure there had not been dismantled despite assurances by President Pervez Musharraf.
- Pak Exporting Terror: Duggal (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jun 24, 2006)
India today decried the continuing export of terrorism by Pakistan and the presence of terrorist training camps on its territory while reaffirming New Delhi’s resolve to continue dialogue with Islamabad within the composite dialogue framework ...
- Peace Process At Critical Stage (Tribune, Sushant Sareen, Jun 24, 2006)
JUST when India and Pakistan are most in need of a leadership that can find a way out of the cul-de-sac in which the peace process appears to have entered, the heads of government in both countries seem to have been greatly weakened . . .
- Mary Had A Little Lamb (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 24, 2006)
History tells us that there once was an English queen who could never reconcile herself to the loss of the French port of Calais in the good old days when the Brits and their neighbours across the English Channel took turns to invade each . . .
- Signs Of The Times (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 24, 2006)
Short and not always sweet — that is a fair enough description of many words derived from Old English and ‘time’ is no exception.
- Indo-Nepal Relations On New High (Daily Excelsior, Ajay Kaul, Jun 24, 2006)
India's gesture of announcing a Rs 1000 crore package for reconstruction and development of cash-strapped Nepal during the recent visit of Prime Minister G P Koirala amply proves that a friend in need is a friend in deed.
- Asian Labourers Toil To Build Uae For Meagre Returns (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Construction worker B. Lal arrived in the affluent Gulf Arab city of Dubai more than a year ago, hoping to end the grinding poverty of his family in India.
- Rude? So? It’S The Warmth That Counts (Indian Express, Rahul Bose, Jun 24, 2006)
From incredulity to disapproval to introspection to laughter, the recent Readers’ Digest survey — that proclaimed Mumbai the rudest city in the world — has evoked every reaction in the city. Three prominent Mumbaikars give their take
- Creation Of More States (Daily Excelsior, Sondip Bhattacharya, Jun 24, 2006)
There is a dormant demand for creation of a separate state of Vidarbha by bifurcating Maharashtra.
- Why Is It So? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 24, 2006)
Why have the establishments in "Azad" Kashmir and Pakistan reacted in low key to the reopening of the Poonch-Rawalakot road?
- We Are A Rude People (Times of India, ANAND SOONDAS, Jun 24, 2006)
So Reader's Digest thinks Mumbai is the rudest city in the world. The magazine need not have gone through such a tiresome process of surveys and interviews to reach that conclusion. Indians are rude, uncivil and thoughtless.
- Rto Jurisdiction Of Some Areas Changed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Following alteration in the jurisdiction of newly created regional transport offices (RTOs) in the city, some areas coming under these RTOs have been added to the old RTOs for public convenience.
- Goa Tourism To Have Artificial Showers On Vessel (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
The annual rural feast of Sao Joao is celebrated today
Several packages unveiled to attract tourists during off-season
GTDC earned a net profit of Rs. 1.7 crore last year
- Tourism Sector Set To Get A Boost In Guntur District (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Based on demand, the Corporation is ready to run additional buses
A daily hi-tech tourist coach to ply from today
The service will start from Punnami Berm Park at 7 a.m
The bus has a seating capacity for 32 people
- Asia Toils To Build Uae For A Pittance (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Construction worker B. Lal arrived in the affluent Gulf Arab city of Dubai more than a year ago, hoping to end the grinding poverty of his family in India.
- Bill To Protect Children (Frontline, Purnima S. Tripathi, Jun 24, 2006)
The proposed Offences Against Children Bill, 2005, attempts to address the legal loopholes through which child traffickers slip.
- Rajiv Gandhi — An Appreciation (Hindu, V.R. Krishna Iyer, Jun 24, 2006)
His political tenure was tragically brief. He had promises to keep and miles to go.
- Where Was The Digest During Last Year’S Floods? (Indian Express, KUMAR KETKAR , Jun 24, 2006)
For those like me who have spent more than 50 years in Mumbai, it was a rude shock to learn that we are the “rudest” people in the world.
- Reversing Reforms: Price Control Returns (The Financial Express, BARUN MITRA, Jun 24, 2006)
There is a dark cloud gathering over the economic horizon of India. And it has little to do with the recent turmoil at the stock exchange. While most people believe the Indian economy’s fundamentals are quite sound, ...
- How Grandmonther Found Her Voice (Frontline, Gowri Ramnarayan, Jun 24, 2006)
Resurrecting a sepia-tinted era that evokes the eternal, primal human need for self-respect and freedom.
- Jinnah And Haroon (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Jun 24, 2006)
Mohammad Ali Jinnah's papers confirm his reputation as an incorruptible politican.
- Protest Against A Reliance Project (Frontline, DIONNE BUNSHA, Jun 24, 2006)
The Maha Mumbai Special Economic Zone project of Reliance faces resistance from residents of villages which may be acquired for it.
- Scrap The Two-Child Norm (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 24, 2006)
Panchayati raj minister Mani Shankar Aiyar’s position that the two-child norm for candidates seeking election to panchayat bodies is discriminatory is beyond dispute. His perseverance, considering that he reiterated his stand in Orissa recently . . .
- Oppressed Under Islam (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, Jun 23, 2006)
It is not without an ulterior motive that N Jamal Ansari takes up the cause of the OBC in his article, "Upper caste regression" (June 21).
- When Boundaries Disappear Between Countries (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Chambilyal mela symbolises common cultural heritage of India and Pakistan
Pakistan rangers reach Indian territory with civilians to collect soil as per tradition
Huge rush at fair a direct consequence of ongoing peace process: Pakistani commandant
- Sensex Up As Bulls Enter Market Amid High Volatility (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Bulls were seen further strengthening their grip over market sentiments as robust buying support from institutional as well as retail investors today propped up the benchmark Sensex by a whopping 236 points on Thursday.
- For That British Touch To Heritage Conservation (Deccan Herald, Shankar Bennur, Jun 23, 2006)
Even as the process of documenting heritage buildings in the Royal City is nearing completion, the Department of Heritage is planning to seek professional expertise from English Heritage, a registered body in Great Britian that is into heritage . . .
- Bangaladesh In Crisis (Frontline, HAROON HABIB, Jun 23, 2006)
General elections in Bangladesh are just round the corner, but how fair and free they will be remains to be seen.
- Iran: U.S. Steps Back (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Jun 23, 2006)
A negotiated solution to the impasse over Iran's nuclear programme seems likely with the United States sounding less belligerent.
- Palestine: Threat Of Civil War (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Jun 23, 2006)
The referendum called by President Mahmoud Abbas is a recipe for civil war given that Hamas and the Fatah are on either side of the debate.
- Sri Lanka: Truce In Danger (Frontline, V.S. Sambandan, Jun 23, 2006)
With a communiqué on June 9, the LTTE puts an end to the latest phase of negotiations with the Sri Lankan government.
- Life On The Border (Frontline, ROMESH BHATTACHARJI, Jun 23, 2006)
Punjab's border villages abound in historical monuments which cry out forconservation. -
- Poonch Peace Bus (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 23, 2006)
Emotion is so characteristic of Kashmir that it is not surprising that hyperbole and superlative ran strong at the launch of the Poonch-Rawalkot bus service, the second across the LoC.
- Extinct’ Quail Sighted After A Century (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 23, 2006)
Listed as a globally threatened bird, the “Manipur Bush-quail” has been sighted after 100 years in Assam at the Manas National Park.
- Councillor Shot Dead On Puri Beach (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Tapas Mitra, a Congress councillor of Bongaon in North 24-Parganas was shot dead by unidentified assailants on the beach here at 9.15 p.m. today.
- N-Deal Bill Writer Asks India To Keep Iran Views To Itself (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Democrat lawmaker Mr Tom Lantos, co-author of a Bill aimed at implementing Indo-US civilian nuclear deal, has cautioned India against associating itself with statements against US policies on Iran in fora like Nam if it wanted Congress to approve . . .
- A Tale Of Two Democracies (The Economic Times, Alok Sheel, Jun 23, 2006)
If the American concept of liberty bears the indelible imprint of the Wild West, the Indian variant has been shaped by its colonial past.
- Grounded By Market (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 23, 2006)
That the Jet Airways-Air Sahara deal appears to have fallen through because of the negative vote from the markets is a welcome sign of a maturing mergers and acquisitions (M&A) regime in India.
- 'Even Astrology Seems Respectable Now' (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 23, 2006)
As the pioneer of the low-cost carrier (LCC) model, Captain GR Gopinath is used to be in the limelight. But last week, his maiden public issue just about scraped through and his share fell nearly 80 per cent after listing.
- The Other Gods Of The South (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 23, 2006)
Power has alternated in Tamil Nadu for almost forty years between the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, two parties that share the same ideological roots.
- Taj Mahal: Jawans To Learn French, German, Spanish (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Central Reserve Police (CRP) jawans deployed at Taj Mahal will be taught foreign languages including German, Spanish, French, Korean, Chinese and Russian to deal effectively with foreign tourists.
- Nri Wed(lock) (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 23, 2006)
An NRI match is considered a prized catch, particularly in North Indian families. Such potential bridegrooms rush to the country of their birth in the climatically suitable winter months and grateful parents of girls of marriageable age fix up the . . .
- My True Name Is A Growl (Telegraph, MADHUMITA BHATTACHARYYA , Jun 23, 2006)
Horatio finally gets a chance to tell his side of the story in “Horatio’s Version”. Chicken Little becomes a tale of global warming in “Chicken Little Goes Too Far”.
- Catch The Real Thieves (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jun 23, 2006)
While this government, despite having the great reformer of the Indian economy at its helm, continues to make life more difficult by making saral income tax forms kathin, and discouraging people from using their . . .
- New Route (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 23, 2006)
Each time the barrier lifts, next door seems to move even closer. This sense of nearness surged up afresh when the Poonch-Rawalkot bus rolled across the line of control to carry people over the border, bringing Kashmiris in Pakistan and India one . . .
- Pm, Sonia Making Effort To Refurbish Image (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Jun 23, 2006)
Under attack for having betrayed the “aam aadmi”, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi are now making a conscious effort to refurbish their “pro-poor” image.
- Into The Heart Of Terror (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 23, 2006)
In this book, Edna Fernandes argues that development is impossible without education and opportunities for employment in a pluralistic state like India.
- The Indian Decade (Tribune, Yoginder K. Alagh, Jun 23, 2006)
Last year had been one of ferment on the understanding of Indian growth. That India has been growing from the eighties is now accepted.
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