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Articles 6821 through 6920 of 23072:
- Malaise Too Deep (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 08, 2006)
It is raining scandal in the Bharatiya Janata Party's backyard — sleaze, murder, and now a suspected case of liquor-and-drug overdose.
- India Offers Nepal Pm Aid To Rebuild Nation (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday offered Nepali counterpart Girija Prasad Koirala an aid package to help rebuild his strife-torn country, officials said.
- Dangers Of Globalisation (Daily Excelsior, Ram Rattan Sharma, Jun 08, 2006)
Just as post modernism was the concept of the 1980s, globalization may be the concept of the 1990s. We are now on the road to the formation of a global society, as the needs and interests of all human beings are universally similar.
- Bird Flu Exercise Tests (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
The 21 members of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group began a bird flu disaster exercise today to test how countries inform each other about the risks of a flu pandemic.
- Dhaka Hawks Want Ancient Dhakeswari Temple Shifted (Pioneer, Pramod K Singh, Jun 08, 2006)
In a bid to appease fundamentalist Muslims in the run-up to the 2007 general election in Bangladesh, certain sections of the Begum Khaleda Zia Government are mounting pressure to shift the historic Dhakeswari Kali temple located in the heart of . . .
- Playing Spoilsport (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 08, 2006)
Despite ending in a draw, the Antigua Test will be remembered for the remarkable resilience displayed by both teams:
- Basavakalyan Project To Be Launched On June 23 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy will launch the ambitious Basavakalyan Development Project by opening the Basavakalyan Development Board's office at Basavakalyan on June 23, Mallikarjun Khuba, MLA, said on Monday.
- On Committees And Convertibility (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Jun 08, 2006)
Fortunately for India, very rarely do experts' views go unnoticed. Yet, not all the apparently sound diverse viewpoints get reflected in the final decisions. This is ironical since most bodies in both the public and private sectors strongly vouch . . .
- Eu, Us Soften Iran Stand (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
World powers have compromised on a demand that Iran commit to a long-term moratorium on uranium enrichment and are asking only for suspension during talks on Tehran's nuclear programme, diplomats said on Wednesday.
- Shattered Hymns (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Indonesia's Hindu heritage suffers as a quake hits home
- Maoist Yoke Choking Nepal, Koirala Tells Pm (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Jun 08, 2006)
Nepalese Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala is in New Delhi with the express aim of seeking India's help to curb growing Maoist intransigence back home as the rebels are threatening to abort their current dialogue with Nepal's Seven Party Alliance.
- India Offers Nepal Pm Aid To Rebuild Nation (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Reaffirms commitment to rebuild Nepal’s infrastructure in accordance with Kathmandu’s prioritiesm
- Malaysia Entices Indians With Easy Visas (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Malaysia on Wednesday announced plans to expand its consular services in India in a bid to draw more holiday-makers from the crowded subcontinent.
- Sinha Discusses Indian Budget-Making Process (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Yashwant Sinha, the former Indian finance and external minister, on Wednesday addressed parliamentarians about the budget-making process in India at a parliamentary development course.
- The Jerusalem Trophy (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 08, 2006)
If recent incidents in West Asia are anything to go by, 'Islamic Zionism' is much stronger than the Jewish variety, writes Daniel Pipes.
- 'Maoists Must Abandon Violence' (OutLook, Navtej Sarna, Jun 08, 2006)
'We support the peace efforts of the Government of Nepal and the Maoists and we believe that Maoists must abandon violence and must accept the discipline of multiparty democracy to enter the mainstream of politics in Nepal'
- Warily, India And China To Reopen Silk Route Trade (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Jun 08, 2006)
As the rain sweeps across the high Himalayan pass, a Chinese soldier arrives at the three strands of barbed wire which separate his country's territory from that of long-time rival India.
- India's Nuclear Conundrum (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 07, 2006)
The actual long-term economic costs of civilian nuclear energy tend to be obscured in discussion of its supposed limitless possibilities
- Plan To Take Up Development Work In Sringeri (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Temple constructed by Shankaracharya to be renovated at Rs. 4 crore
Solar power unit is being set up to cook food for devotees
Number of dialysis units on the math premises in Bangalore to be increased from two to 18
- Lord Govindaraja Dons `Mohini Avataram' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Lord Govindaraja was taken round town in the guise of a woman seated on a palanquin on Tuesday as part of `Mohini Avataram' conducted during the ongoing annual Brahmotsavams at the temple.
- Pak Comes Closer To Asean (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Pakistan and Asean have agreed to begin talks for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), to boost Islamabad’s efforts towards achieving full dialogue partner status with the ten-member regional economic grouping.
- Jihad Of Several Kinds (Dawn, Hafizur Rahman, Jun 07, 2006)
IF I had the authority I would ban the use of the word “jihad” except for jihad proper.
- Nepal Pm Seeks Indian Aid For Ravaged Economy (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Nepali Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala arrived in India on Tuesday seeking aid to support his new government's efforts to rebuild the economy, devastated by political instability and a long-running Maoist insurgency.
- Affirmative Action And Caste Dilemmas (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Indian businesses are taking a skewed view of `affirmative action' in the U.S. to sell a strategy that is big on promises and low on accountability.
- Afghanistan: Cost Of Misrule (Dawn, Najmuddin A, Shaikh, Jun 07, 2006)
The runaway American army truck on a busy Kabul thoroughfare may have done little damage and caused few casualties but the riots it sparked have brought to the surface the feelings of the Afghan people and what they think has gone wrong inside their . . .
- A Way Back Home (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jun 07, 2006)
Families of Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists hope the round-table conference will help them return home.
- Dead Certainties In Wartime (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Jun 07, 2006)
ON July 25, 1950, American soldiers in No Gun Ri, about 100 miles south of Seoul, were driven from nearby villages and herded towards a railroad embankment in front of the US lines.
- It's A Wonderful Life Of Assurance And Insurance (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 07, 2006)
It's hope that eggs us on. How else could we face life's ups and downs? Daily, we come face-to-face with joy and sorrow, pleasure and pain, success and failure, acceptance and rejection, birth and death.
- A Legitimation Challenge (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 07, 2006)
China’s success is also the source of its dilemmas
- Bengal’S 34 Brave ‘Poisoned Paradise’ (Telegraph, MUKHTAR AHMAD, Jun 07, 2006)
Thirty-four Bengali tourists were on the Jammu-Srinagar highway when grenade blasts hit two buses full of visitors from the state last week, triggering frantic calls from home to drop their holiday and return.
- Sahil Supplied Drugs To Rahul On A Regular Basis (Times of India, Abhinav Garg, Jun 07, 2006)
The police have claimed that Rahul Mahajan procured drugs from Sahil on some previous occasions, too.
- `Margin-Trading Did Not Cause The Crisis' (Frontline, Editorial, Frontline, Jun 07, 2006)
SANE voices are hard to hear in the cacophony of the markets.
- Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank To Open 15 Branches (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
The bank has 22 branches in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts covering 110 villages
It also plans to open 20 ATMs this year
The bank's credit-deposit ratio stands at 91 per cent
Its jurisdiction covers 2,198 villages in nine districts
- In The Name Of Privileges (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 07, 2006)
It's strange that one of our finest constitutional experts has been charged with 'contempt' of the House, says Charti Lal Goel
- Family Matters (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 07, 2006)
Mukund B Kunte delves into his past association with the Gandhis and recalls some moments when they appeared as real as anybody
- Carrot & Stick Policy (Pioneer, Niall Ferguson, Jun 07, 2006)
The world has witnessed a welcome change in American diplomacy in the past two weeks, more so on the issue of Iran, says Niall Ferguson
- Iran’S China Syndrome (Tribune, Jackson Diehl, Jun 07, 2006)
IN the middle of a tirade about the pointlessness of talking with the United States’ Bush administration, a senior Iranian official I met in Tehran last month abruptly paused and asked if he could speak off the record.
- What Lies Hidden In The Footnotes Of The Past (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 07, 2006)
Tapan Raychaudhuri considers ways in which a legacy of mutual ill will can be transformed through honesty, memory and good sense The author is former professor of modern Indian history at the University of Oxford
- Yahoo! Unveils My Web (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Popular online search engine Yahoo!, on Tuesday, launched an improved search module that would allow users to save and organise pages looked for by them on the web and access it from any computer, instead of beginning a fresh process everytime.
- Memories That Rive Sikh Psyche (Deccan Herald, Satinder Bains, Jun 07, 2006)
Activists of the various Sikh organisations displayed naked swords and raised slogans in favour of a separate Sikh state of Khalistan.
- Ttd To Celebrate Brahmotsavam From June 7 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
The event will commence with Dhwajarohanam (hoisitng of the temple flag) and the deity will be taken out in a procession on Pedda Sesha Vahanam on the same day.
- Economics Of Mata Vaishno Devi Yatra (Daily Excelsior, Dr Rajendra Mishra, Jun 07, 2006)
Katra, the 1000 years old base camp of the holy cave of Mata Vaishno Devi, nestled in feet of the mighty Trikuta mountain, is all set to rise further in economic growth with the arrival of the train next year.
- Will Prodi Pull A Rabbit Out Of The Hat? (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jun 07, 2006)
Analysts are worried that there will be too many conflicting pulls, pushes and heaves within the Italian Prime Minister's fragile coalition for him to be able to act decisively.
- ‘Jungle Lodges Displacing Tribals’ (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Jun 07, 2006)
Leading NGOs working for tribals in Karnataka have accused the state government of actively promoting jungle lodges in Nagarhole National Park of Kodagu district at the cost of tribals’ interest.
- Niit Hungry For Foreign Buyouts (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 07, 2006)
NIIT Technologies is looking at acquisitions in the US and Europe, targeting insurance, banking and financial and retail software firms. However, the company will go shopping only after consolidating its recent acquisitions.
- 1974 Pokhran Blast, Kalam’S Best Moment (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
"The best moment in my life was when India became a nuclear power following the successful nuclear blast in Pokhran on May 18, 1974," President A P J Abdul Kalam said today.
- Quota Stirs Caste Cauldron (Telegraph, DHIRENDRA K. JHA, Jun 07, 2006)
The decision to introduce quotas for other backward classes in higher education has set the caste cauldron in Uttar Pradesh on the boil.
- Iran Softens N-Stand (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Proposals by six world powers today to end a dispute over Iran’s nuclear fuel enrichment had positive points but also some “ambiguities” that must be removed, Tehran’s chief negotiator said.
- Uk Lesbians Seek Hc Ruling On Canadian Marriage (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
lesbian couple married in Canada will seek to make British legal history today when they mount a High Court challenge to have their marriage legalised in Britain.
- Five Elements (Deccan Herald, PARAMAHAMSA NITHYANANDA, Jun 07, 2006)
Existence or Cosmos is made up of the five elements that are – Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Ether.
- Ebay Users Need To Be Streetwise (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 07, 2006)
The man in charge of fraud-busting at internet auction company eBay is under no illusion as to the scale of the challenge.
- A Relief-Oriented Budget (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 07, 2006)
The Rs 1.5 trillion budget for the year 2006-07 announced by Minister of State for Finance Omar Ayub Khan on Monday envisages relief and subsidies besides providing for socio-economic development.
- Omar Pleads For Continuity (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 07, 2006)
In a spirited and forthright manner, Omar Ayub Khan pleaded for continuity of policies and leadership for the nation’s sustained economic growth.
- George W. Bush Is Not Doing A Nixon (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 07, 2006)
In the middle of a tirade about the pointlessness of talking with the Bush administration, a senior Iranian official I met in Tehran last month abruptly paused and asked if he could speak off the record.
- Us Dismisses Iran Warning On Oil Disruption (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice dismissed Iran’s supreme religious leader’s threat on Sunday that oil shipments from the Persian Gulf would be disrupted if the United States made a ‘‘wrong move’’ toward his country over its nuclear programme.
- Japan Looks For Dragonheart (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
With PM Junichiro Koizumi set to retire in September, the battle in the Liberal Democratic Party over who will succeed him as party leader and prime minister is well under way. So far, the race is turning into a referendum on what to do about Japan's . .
- Fighting Human Trafficking (Times of India, David C Mulford, Jun 06, 2006)
I cannot imagine a more heinous crime than trafficking in human beings — the marketing, distribution, and in many cases, sale of women and children to be exploited and abused by others.
- Muzaffarpur Revisited (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 06, 2006)
JN Sinha's journey to a corner of Bihar, more famous for its leechis, brings him face-to-face with the spirit of Sarat Chandra and Khudiram Bose.
- French Translation Of The Two Great Epics (Hindu, AUROGEETA DAS, Jun 06, 2006)
Attentive readers of Serge Demetrian's Le Ramayana and Le Mahabharata will find clues that reveal their oral source. Demetrian has translated the two great epics into French from oral narratives, particularly those recounted in Kancheepuram.
- Human Rights Discourse (Hindu, SHALINI UMACHANDRAN, Jun 06, 2006)
There has always been a tendency to view human rights as rather western with Asian societies having little to contribute to dialogue on this topic that is continually the focus of the contemporary world.
- Social Dimensions Of Security (Hindu, R. K. Raghavan , Jun 06, 2006)
Pleads for a very comprehensive definition of `security' that moves away from a state-centric approach
- Time For A Global Conversation About Migrants (Hindu, Kofi A. Annan, Jun 06, 2006)
It is now a question of managing it better, with cooperation and understanding on all sides.
- Job Guarantee Report Card (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 06, 2006)
Indira Gandhi became Prime Minister in 1966 but it was in 1971 that she exploded on the national political scene — thanks to a single slogan that captured the mass aspiration of the time.
- Starry Holiday (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
Have a brush with Bollywood for a weekend
- Seeing India And China Through Fresh Eyes (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 06, 2006)
The quality of media coverage of each other by the two neighbours has improved.
- A Welfare System At Work (Hindu, Padmini Swaminathan, Jun 06, 2006)
Foregrounds the theme of care and analyses it from a gender perspective
- Handshake Over The Himalayas (Business Standard, Ajai Shukla, Jun 06, 2006)
The road starts winding upwards even before leaving Gangtok. We will climb more than 8,000 feet in the 55 kilometres that separate Sikkim’s capital from the towering 14,000 foot border post of Nathu La.
- Don’T Equate Booty With Brilliance (The Financial Express, Mahesh Bhatt, Jun 06, 2006)
Wealth is based on insights. A nation’s growth turns on one key factor, which is, its openness to new ideas and its ability to mobilise and harness the creative energies of its people. Regardless of industry or profession, our future value will . . .
- Hero Who Made History (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 06, 2006)
Golwalkar took the over reins of the RSS from Hedgewar and spearheaded its expansion into various new fields, says V Shanmuganathan.
- Lunch With Bs: Subash Menon (Business Standard, Subir Roy, Jun 06, 2006)
It’s just a $40 million company, but it has made the largest acquisition by any Indian software company.
- Hours That Could’Ve Masked Drugs (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
The treatment that Rahul Mahajan received between 2:55 am on Friday when he was wheeled into emergency and 6 am when his first urine sample was drawn for drug screening might have influenced test results, doctors have said.
- The Dry Facts (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 06, 2006)
The United Nations Environment Programme (Unep) could not have chosen a more fitting theme than desertification for this year’s World Environment Day.
- Nepal Maoists Urge Pm To Push India On Jailed Rebels (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
Nepal's Maoist rebels urged Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala to seek the release of about 150 comrades jailed in India during his visit to the giant neighbour beginning on Tuesday.
- More To Do (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 06, 2006)
"You have under-estimated our patience." A conscientious reader rang up to convey his reaction to Sunday's editorial "Award for patience!" in these columns.
- China Prepares To Sinocise South-East Asia (Daily Excelsior, Rajkumar Vijayveer Vikram Singh, Jun 06, 2006)
The defence minister Pranab Mukherjee's six day China visit and signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on a host of issues, including military to military cooperation has raised a number of issues.
- Rtia : The Journey Begins (Daily Excelsior, Aruna Roy & Nikhil Dey, Jun 06, 2006)
More than six months into the implementation of the National Right to Information Act, we have stories of successes and failures, debates and complaints coming in from all parts of the country.
- Direct Targeting Is The Way To Go (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 06, 2006)
It would be very unfortunate if the Government were to give up without a fair trial the idea of reaching fertiliser subsidy directly to farmers, instead of the current practice of routing it through manufacturers which sell the nutrients at a . . .
- Politics And The High Life (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jun 06, 2006)
The Rahul Mahajan ‘story’ is symptomatic of the all-consuming illness that has afflicted the political class.
- Cia Under Pentagon Shadow (Daily Excelsior, Tanveer Jafri, Jun 06, 2006)
After facing criticism from the world over regarding Iraq war, now American President George W Bush & his confiding associate British Prime Minister Tony Blair have started feeling that it was a mistake to thrust war on Iraq.
- Rahul Mahajan Arrested (Pioneer, Vijaita Singh, Jun 06, 2006)
Late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan's son Rahul was put under arrest at Apollo Hospital on Monday evening for alleged consumption of drugs and destruction of evidence, three days after he was admitted to the Apollo Hospital in a critical condition and . . .
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