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Articles 6621 through 6720 of 23072:
- Truth Hurts & Therein Lies The Problem (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Jun 13, 2006)
Recently a newspaper supplement asked a series of stock questions to a Page Three persona. Among these was one which wanted him to reveal his worst trait.
- Rediscovering India (Business Line, Sudhansu R. Das, Jun 13, 2006)
If Amitabh Bachchan drinks a tender coconut in a TV commercial, millions take to the nature's best cool drink. So also if Mahendra Singh Dhoni relishes a glass of buttermilk.
- What Ails The Tiger? (Tribune, Brig Ranjit Talwar (retd), Jun 13, 2006)
Nobel laureate Milton Friedman had once remarked, “If a government were put in charge of managing the Sahara Desert, within five years, they’d have a shortage of sand!” Well, that pretty well sums up the Government of India’s most inept handling of . . .
- Islamabad Rejects Sinha’S Remarks On Kashmir (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
Pakistan on Monday snubbed the former Indian External Affairs Minister for his naive remarks made regarding the status of Kashmir dispute saying that anyone who knows even little about Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan would . . .
- Saddam’S Trial Resumes (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
Saddam Hussein's former intelligence chief was manhandled by guards as they dragged him out of court Monday for arguing with the judge, fuelling defence protests that it is being treated unfairly in the trial of the ouster Iraqi leader and members . . .
- Sense And Sensuality: New Food Writing (Business Standard, Nilanjana S Roy, Jun 13, 2006)
Just a decade ago, food memoirs and histories were as exotic as the cheeses and chocolates kind friends would bring back from “phoren”. Now that even Manchegos, Reblochons and a growing selection of gourmet chocolates are available if you know . . .
- Banks' Profits Set To Take A Knock In First Quarter (Business Line, C. Shivkumar, Jun 13, 2006)
Higher loan provisioning, depreciation losses main reasons
- It Can Make Filing I-T Returns Easy (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Jun 13, 2006)
India, home to the globally respected IT professionals and software companies, should not make it difficult to file income-tax returns, as will happen with the new Form 2F. With some thought, filing returns and paying the tax can be made totally . . .
- India-Japan Ties: More Hay To Make From The Rising Sun (Business Line, AJAY KHANNA, Jun 13, 2006)
Given India Inc's newfound confidence in its ability to compete globally, it can look at Japan as much as a market as a source of knowhow and finance. "Incredible India" is finding increasing resonance in Japan, too.
- Stone-Age Tools Dug Out Of ‘Tiger Hole’ (Tribune, G.S. Mudur, Jun 13, 2006)
An assortment of stone-age tools buried in a cave in the western coastal district of Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri has provided the first evidence of a cave shelter of human ancestors on India’s coastline.
- International Call (Telegraph, Jyoti Malhotra, Jun 13, 2006)
While most ministers try to escape the Indian summer, a few have more important things on their plate, writes Jyoti Malhotra.
- A Hand In The Games (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jun 13, 2006)
As the months roll on, one is rather alarmed by the lack of any fresh, real and appealing initiatives, at the ground level, which could have been actioned virtually immediately, to show some tangible results before the term of this government comes . . .
- Print Pick (Hindu, KALA KRISHNAN RAMESH , Jun 13, 2006)
Books at Fabmall.com, new and old
- Intimations Of Greatness (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 13, 2006)
Sometimes in sport the cinders of an incandescent future are evident in the grey ashes of defeat. And so they are in the failure of Michelle Wie to become the first woman to play in the U.S. Open — one of golf's most prestigious tournaments.
- Long On Promises, Short On Delivery: The Budget For 2006-07 (Dawn, Shahid Kardar, Jun 13, 2006)
The manner in which the budget speech in the National Assembly was delivered the other day, one was left wondering if it was connected with the budget for the year 2006-07 or an act of mocking at the performance of previous civilian governments with . . .
- Rs 1000 Crore Private Investments For Kerala Tourism (Indian Express, RAJEEV P I, Jun 13, 2006)
The Left government in Kerala has announced it is all set to draw private investment worth Rs 1,000 crore into its tourism sector within this year itself.
- Left, Right Vs Centre (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 13, 2006)
Politics of hypocrisy over oil price hike. And only the RSS making some sense!
- North-East: Troubling Portends (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Jun 13, 2006)
Insurgency and instability in the north-eastern segment of India appears set to exacerbate and there could be no worse omen of unpleasant things to come than the flowering of the bamboo, a phenomenon that repeats itself every half century and brings . . .
- How Ronaldinho Became Ronaldo (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 13, 2006)
Why do so many Brazilian soccer players go by one name? That’s the Brazilian convention. Nicknames and first names are used in all settings, no matter the gravity.
- Biography Of A Kathak Exponent (Hindu, JAYA RAMANATHAN, Jun 13, 2006)
A rare biography today that does not have the almost mandatory kicker "authorised biography". To narrate the story of a living persona cannot be easy; with the protagonist breathing down the writer's neck, the tome could well morph into a hagiography.
- One World Order~ii (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 13, 2006)
India’s Commitment To Disarmament Should Be Exploited
Klaus Schlichtmann
If foreign policy makers in Europe and elsewhere would concentrate on the “One world” idea as the basis for disarmament, and some European nations . . .
- Kashmir’S Sikhs On Shaky Ground (Statesman, Kavita Suri, Jun 13, 2006)
Every time there is an increased movement of troops in and around the twin villages of Triboni and Sumbalpora, situated on the line of control across the famous Shamshabari ridge, the great mountain range in North Kashmir which separates Tangdhar . . .
- The Perils Of Dissent In U.S. Universities (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Jun 13, 2006)
The quest for sanity should begin by undoing thought-control devices such as the Campus Watch in American universities.
- Re-Energising The Gulf Bilaterals (Indian Express, P.R. KUMARASWAMY, Jun 13, 2006)
When Shaikh Sabha al-Ahamd al-Jaber al-Sabah arrives in India on Wednesday for a six-day state visit, he would be marking a new phase in Indo-Kuwaiti relationship.
- Marx On India Under The British (Hindu, VENKATESH ATHREYA, Jun 13, 2006)
His essays in The New York Daily Tribune thoroughly expose the hypocrisy of "Free Traders"
- Bjp Wants Vhp Representation In Temple Trust Decision (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
Saints in the temple city of Ayodhya have threatened to launch an agitation
Allahabad High Court had recently ordered the Centre and State Government to set up trusts
A similar law was withdrawn by the previous BJP Government led by Kalyan Singh . . .
- From Cold Calls To Hot Leads (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 13, 2006)
'Permission marketing' seems like the best alternative for the rude and helpless 'Interruption Marketing'.
- It's More About Equity Than Equality (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 13, 2006)
More than reservation, creating the right learning atmosphere for the OBC's and tribals is the best long term solution.
- Stars Rally To Save Farm (Hindu, Paul Harris, Jun 12, 2006)
The stereotype of the ecological protester, sitting up a tree and refusing to budge, has stringy hair, poor personal hygiene and colourful, ancient clothing. But in Los Angeles they might just be a glamorous movie star.
- Musharraf To Press China For 2 Reactors (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jun 12, 2006)
As the implementation of the historic Indo-US nuclear deal gathers momentum this week, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is stepping up the pressure on China to announce the sale of two civilian nuclear power reactors.
- Films And The Politics Of Convenience (Hindu, A. Srivathsan, Jun 12, 2006)
Suspending screening of The Da Vinci Code carries the seeds of worrying overreach.
- Indian-American Wins Long Beach Council Seat (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
Indian-American Suja Lowenthal has won the city council election for Long Beach in Los Angeles.
- Much Ado About Reservation (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 12, 2006)
Social justice can be ensured by rearranging the starting blocks rather than interfering with the race. This is the method adopted by JNU, where the underprivileged are allowed some grace marks while competing with others.
- Only Killings Is No Answer (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 12, 2006)
Eighteen militants, including 10 foreigners, were killed after Army helicopters bombed a compound in the Madakhel area in the North Waziristan Agency on Saturday.
- Are The Tigers Invincible? (Pioneer, Sudhir Hindwan, Jun 12, 2006)
The recent suicide bombings at the Army headquarters in Sri Lanka, killing more than 10 soldiers and civilians, needs to be condemned. Despite the Sri Lankan Government's repeated efforts to find a solution of the vexed problem, the LTTE has given . . .
- `Bureaucrats, Political Leaders Squandering Public Money' (Hindu, Sujay Mehdudia, Jun 12, 2006)
Such instances make light of Congress president's directive on austerity
A case in point: Recent instance of a "junket" in Jaipur
Latest instance: 50 per cent waiver on power, water bills of IAS, DANICS officers
- Pakistan Wants Strong, Stable Afghanistan, Says Mushahid (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
Chairman Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Secretary General Pakistan Muslim League, Mushahid Hussain Sayed has said that Pakistan having shared history, culture, common faith and economic interdependence with Afghanistan wants to further . . .
- Vat Breather For Fertilisers (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 12, 2006)
The Cabinet secretariat has proposed to categorise naphtha, fuel oil and LNG — key inputs for the fertiliser industry — as declared goods, and levy a flat 4% VAT on them.
- Tribals An Unwilling Wall (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Jun 12, 2006)
The Independent Initiative’s visit to Dantewada in Chhattisgarh has thrown up more questions than answers.
- Brutal Bears Crush Wedding Plans (Deccan Herald, Gopal Sutar, Jun 12, 2006)
Those who have been dabbling in Indian shares might have been jolted out of their ‘get it rich dreams’ when the shares tumbled to an unprecedented level recently...
- Ahmadinejad Turns The Tables (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Jun 12, 2006)
About wiping Israel off the map, what the Western media attributed to Ahmadinejad was a mistranslation from Farsi
- Malaysia Focused On 2020 Vision (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 12, 2006)
Just as importantly, it ensures that executives from the growing number of multinationals lured to Cyberjaya – Malaysia’s new hi-tech city on the outskirts of KL – do not miss any important deadlines.
- Hindus Say Temples In Malaysia Under Threat, Appeal To Un (Pioneer, Arun Anand, Jun 12, 2006)
Hindu groups in Malaysia allege that the Government is demolishing temples and have appealed to Indian rights groups and the UN to help protect their heritage.
- Iran Says Atomic Offers Contain Problems (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
Iran on Sunday gave its most negative assessment of proposals offered by six world powers aimed at persuading Tehran to give up sensitive nuclear work that the West fears is being used to make bombs.
- Cast It Aside (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 12, 2006)
Middle class tells government: equity isn’t the enemy of merit, Mandal is
- Chinese Lessons (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 12, 2006)
Pratap Bhanu Mehta This is the final part of a two-part article
The author is president, Centre for Policy Research
Those, like Qin Hui, calling for political reforms sooner rather than later make one additional argument. In China, much . . .
- Iran Route To Pakistan Terror Camps Worries Police (Times of India, Sourav Mukherjee, Jun 12, 2006)
The ‘Persian route’ is giving Gujarat police the jitters.
- Play Way To Secession (Indian Express, Kartyk Venkatraman, Jun 12, 2006)
In a state where the opinion on secession is divided and much-debated and three persons have been arrested last month for organising some of the numerous plebiscite meetings taking place across the Imphal valley, the issue has now found an oblique . . .
- Rebuild Nepal (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 12, 2006)
It is no surprise that G P Koirala's first official trip after taking over as Nepal's prime minister was to India. Koirala's four-day trip to New Delhi was primarily intended to get India's support to rebuild Nepal's shattered economy.
- 4 Afghans Working On Indian Project Shot Dead (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
Gunmen robbed and shot dead four Afghan men working for an Indian road construction company in southern Afghanistan, a provincial government spokesman said.
- One World Order~i (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 12, 2006)
When in 1946 the United States put forward its proposal for the international control of atomic energy, the so-called Baruch Plan, this was conceived by many as a plan for world government.
- Freebie At The Cost Of Exchequer (Daily Excelsior, Sisir Basu, Jun 12, 2006)
The Railways Minister, Lalu Prasad Yadav, has announced introduction of high speed passenger trains on the lines of bullet trains in Japan.
- Terrorists' New-Found Soft Target (Daily Excelsior, Joginder Singh, Jun 12, 2006)
Terrorists in Kashmir have put the softest of soft target in their cross-hairs- tourists who have traveled thousands of miles to soak in the beauty of Chinar-lined lakes and snow-capped Pir Panjal- frustrated by the waning local support and huge . . .
- Jammu Lakes (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 12, 2006)
An article in this newspaper recently makes a thought-provoking reading. It refers to the fact that little has actually been achieved to suitably preserve a few lakes of the Jammu region.
- In Limbo? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 12, 2006)
Very recently a few visitors from the national capital were surprised to see the condition of the Mubarak Mandi complex of old palaces in this city.
- Sikkim's Buddhists Meditate On Waning Influence (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Jun 12, 2006)
A group of shaven-headed boys dressed in maroon robes stand nervously under a tree clutching Buddhist texts, waiting their turn to show their mastery of the Tibetan scriptures to a stern-looking monk.
- Palestinian Referendum Meaningless: Olmert (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert dismissed a referendum on a Palestinian statehood proposal as "meaningless" in an interview with British newspapers published on Saturday.
- Tiger Land (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Situated in the lap of Agastiyarmalai, which is known as the super hotspot of biodiversity in Tamil Nadu, Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR) is also a tourist hotspot.
- What About Infiltration From Afghanistan? (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 11, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that Pakistan is taking a number of steps to stop illegal infiltration on the Pak-Afghan border.
- Fusion In The Jungle (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Yesterday I saw a monkey and a Malabar giant squirrel fighting for a jackfruit on top of a tree,” says Rupa Jhaveri, a middle-aged woman from Ahmedabad, sitting in front of her cottage in the Vythiri Resort.
- Meaning Of A Yatra (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 11, 2006)
The pilgrimage to Amarnath satisfies the urge to experience spiritual passions of the highest order but extends to the larger issue of cultural unity and vision of India
- Container Insecurity (Frontline, R.K. Raghavan, Jun 11, 2006)
The U.S. leads nations that are paranoid about the possibility of terrorists using containers to smuggle explosives and equipment.
- The Future: Productivity And Sustainability (The Financial Express, NK SINGH, Jun 11, 2006)
There is a need to focus on improving factor productivity, R&D and environmental concerns
- Nation That Kills Talent (Pioneer, KPS Gill, Jun 11, 2006)
Education, Bertrand Russell remarked, is the key to the new world.
- Indonesia: Quake And Politics (Frontline, P.S. Suryanarayana, Jun 11, 2006)
Indonesia has hardly gone off the international community's natural disaster monitors since the horrific Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004.
- Us Embassy In China Issues Terror Warning (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
The US embassy in China today issued a warning advising American citizens in the country to be on alert against a possible terror attack on US interests here.
- The Lady With A Candid Camera (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
A scholarly coffee-tabler, meticulously tracing the intrepid odyssey of India's first lady photojournalist
- Pro-Quota Activists Heckle Bajaj (Pioneer, TN Raghunatha, Jun 11, 2006)
Ahead of the June 15 Rajya Sabha polls in which he is contesting, NCP-Shiv Sena-BJP sponsored Independent candidate, noted industrialist Rahul Bajaj faced protests from a group of pro-reservation activists at a function convened here on Saturday . . .
- Netaji Controversy Revived (Daily Excelsior, Tukoji R Pandit, Jun 11, 2006)
Once again the controversy surrounding the last days of Subhash Chandra Bose has been revived, thanks to the Mukherjee Commission declaring that there is no evidence that he had died in a plane crash in Taipei on August 18, 1945.
- Rising Tide Of Terror (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 11, 2006)
For long India has been under the self-delusion that Pakistan would stop cross-border terrorism and that we should continue to negotiate and treat our neighbour with kid gloves.
- Abbas Sets Date For Referendum Opposed By Hamas (Reuters, WAFA AMR, Jun 11, 2006)
President Mahmoud Abbas, stepping up his power struggle with the Hamas-led Palestinian government, on Saturday set a July 26 referendum on a statehood proposal that implicitly recognises Israel.
- The Upsc Challenge (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Coaching centres in Delhi, which have a creditable record, attract civil services aspirants from across the country.
- Sikkim's Buddhists Meditate On Waning Influence (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Jun 11, 2006)
A group of shaven-headed boys dressed in maroon robes stand nervously under a tree clutching Buddhist texts, waiting their turn to show their mastery of the Tibetan scriptures to a stern-looking monk.
- The Quota Divide (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 11, 2006)
The reservation of seats in higher educational institutions has again opened up the quota divide.
- Indo-Pak Artistes To Perform In Valley (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
For the first time in the cultural history of India and Pakistan, artistes from both countries are coming together on a common platform in a series of events in the strife-torn Kashmir valley.
- Truce Torn After Blood On Beach (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Hamas today fired rockets at Israel, formally ending a 16-month-old truce, after seven Palestinians on a Gaza beach were killed by Israeli shelling.
- Double Delight In Winning Start (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Party time twice over in the so-called English Garden in Munich. This is like Kew Gardens transplanted from south-west London but without the horticultural science.
- Irreplaceable Pioneer (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 11, 2006)
Outside the arcane area of legal philosophy, the name of the Oxford scholar, H.L.A. Hart (1907-92), does not ring much of a bell now. Straying from philosophy into law, he happened to write the foundational text of his discipline, The Concept of . . .
- Africa, Latin America Have Remained On Indian Radar (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 11, 2006)
“We are engaging major powers in all the regions of the world to build strategic partnerships with them” Anand Sharma
- My Kingdom For Some Powder (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 11, 2006)
Euripides may well have lived at 7 Safdarjung Road. Because nothing short of a Greek tragedy unfolded there with amazing alacrity.
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