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Articles 7921 through 8020 of 23072:
- Pml-N To List Govt Employees Aiding Poll Rigging (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has said it will prepare lists of all those government employees, including military personnel, who, they believed, will become tools for rigging in the next general elections while performing duties.
- An Enormous Wheel Of International Deceit (The Financial Express, Vikram S Mehta, May 11, 2006)
Globalisation and technology have also fuelled international criminal enterprise on a huge scale
- Caviar For The Masses (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 11, 2006)
Caviar is likely to be dearer this year, never mind reduced rates for hospitality and entertainment under the fringe benefits tax (FBT)! This is because only Iran has got the go-ahead to export its quota of the prized delicacy from the Caspian Sea.
- No Pullout, Please (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 11, 2006)
Terrorism must end before troops can be withdrawn
- Nepal Rising (Frontline, Siddharth Varadarajan, May 11, 2006)
A road map exists, and the people of Nepal are anxious to get moving. But there are also seven roadblocks to be overcome.
- Ghosts Of Kargil (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 11, 2006)
India's former Chief of the Army Staff provokes renewed debate on the intelligence warnings prior to the 1999 Kargil War.
- Slum Tours: An Idea Taken Too Far: Delhi’S Street Children (Daily Times, Amelia Gentleman, May 11, 2006)
Clearing his throat theatrically as he gets ready to reveal a highlight of the tour, group leader Javed stops halfway up the staircase to platform one and points through the railings to a dark alcove beneath the footbridge over the tracks.
- Indian Street Kids Offer Glimpse Into Their Lives (Daily Times, Parul Gupta, May 11, 2006)
In India most children, who run away from home to escape poverty or sexual abuse and sometimes to experience the dazzle of big city life, make the station their home.The busy station provides them ingenious ways to survive the mean streets
- Taliban At It Again (Tribune, G.S. Bhargava, May 11, 2006)
MORE outrageous than the killing in cold blood of an engineer by the Taliban in Afghanistan is the reaction of officials.
- India Elected To New Un Rights Body (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
India has been elected to the newly constituted UN Human Rights Council, securing the highest votes in the Asian category, in the largest ever election conducted in the UN history.
- Meeting The Spirit Of Enterprise (Pioneer, Vinayshil Gautam, May 11, 2006)
While visiting a town in western Rajasthan, Vinayshil Gautam discovers the way a private industry has shaped the destiny of its inhabitants
- A Weak Centre Cannot Hold (Pioneer, Gautam Sen, May 10, 2006)
The relationship of the Centre and its political masters with the territories beyond always constitutes a vital issue. Shorn of all that is derivative or politically transient, the strength of the Centre defines what endures beyond it.
- Varanasi Blasts' Accused Shot Dead In Kashmir (Pioneer, Khursheed Wani, May 10, 2006)
After receiving a tip-off from the Uttar Pradesh Police about his presence in the northern part of the Valley, the Jammu and Kashmir Police shot dead Muhammed Zubair, key accused in the March 7 Varanasi blasts case in an encounter in Kupwara district....
- Pm Takes To Bjp Road (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
Within days of the BJP winding up its Bharat Suraksha Yatra, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today asked young men and women to hold nationwide yatras to mark the 150th anniversary next year of the 1857 uprising, an event he cited as an example of . . .
- Agriculture In Strategic Policy Making (Business Line, Sumit K. Majumdar, May 10, 2006)
The productivity gains made in the last forty years can be the foundation for India's agriculture sector to be globally one of the best. If these gains are compounded, the country's exportable surplus in many commodities and . . .
- Engineering A Safer World (Deccan Herald, Cornelia Dean, May 10, 2006)
Petroski, 64, has preached his gospel of failure in books, lectures and articles for publications as diverse as Forbes and American Scientist, where he has a regular column.
- Techno Education: A Futuristic Model (Deccan Herald, Sameer Dua, May 10, 2006)
Lectures, labs and libraries are being revolutionised by technology. The writer is the Joint Managing Director,TASMAC.
- Nepal Scraps Some Royal Decrees, Eases Media Curbs (Reuters, Gopal Sharma, May 10, 2006)
Nepal's new multi-party cabinet scrapped several royal decrees on Tuesday, including easing media curbs that were imposed by King Gyanendra after he sacked the government and seized absolute power last year.
- Latin America’S Turn To The Left (Dawn, Mahir Ali, May 10, 2006)
Towards the end of last month, Fidel Castro played host to a pair of neighbours, Hugo Chavez and Evo Morales, with whom he signed a pact titled the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas.
- Isro, Nasa Ink Pact On India's Moon Mission (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
Indian Space Research Organisation and National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the US today signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the inclusion of two US scientific instruments on board India's mission to the Moon 'Chandrayaan-1'.
- Another War Will Be Mad (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, May 10, 2006)
The “generals' revolt” may have sent a warning to America's military establishment to beware of reckless political leadership.”
- Absent, Sir (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, May 10, 2006)
Normally during a roll call in a regular class in educational institutions the students get up to mark their attendance by saying:
- Why Rae Bareli Matters (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
There have been no exit polls for the Rae Bareli by-election since no one has any doubt about the outcome. Even if the Gandhis are largely absentee landlords, they continue to enjoy an almost god-like status in this territory.
- Another Look At Liver Transplants (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 10, 2006)
The tragedy involving Pramod Mahajan has led to numerous queries from friends and patients on the management of major abdominal injuries.
- The Other Side Of The Rising India (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 10, 2006)
More and more people nowadays have the means to buy the international goods now available in India's cities.
- Heat Wave (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 10, 2006)
Govt must take steps to protect the poor from the scorching summer
- Us Opens Military Barn Door For India (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI: In a military and arms sales career spanning three decades, Michael Devers seldom had India on his radar -- until 2005.
- How Will Mahajan’S Death Affect Bjp? (The Economic Times, Swapan Dasgupta, May 10, 2006)
Death, according to some of the great religious traditions, is the great leveller. In Indian public life, however, death becomes the spectacular elevator.
- Leader Article: Fresh Beginning (Times of India, Rajeev Dhavan , May 10, 2006)
In October 2005, I was privileged to interact with some of Nepal's formidable and courageous lawyers while delivering a speech before Nepal's Bar Council in Kathmandu.
- Chief Secretary, Dgp Clash Over ‘Car Seva’ (Deccan Herald, Abhay Kumar, May 10, 2006)
According to reports, when Shahabuddin was about to leave Bhagalpur on Sunday, one Ajay Yadav offered his car to be used as a mode of transportation.
- Intra-Kashmiri Dialogue To Resolve Kashmir Issue (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, May 10, 2006)
A two-day Intra-Jammu and Kashmir conference held in Jammu on April 12 and 13, whose proceedings have become available to Daily Times, has come up with a wide range of proposals aimed at resolving the dispute on terms that all three parties can live with.
- Key Suspect In Varanasi Blast Shot In Kashmir (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
A top militant of the Harkat-ul-Jehadi Islamia and one of the main brains behind the twin blasts that rocked Varanasi recently was shot dead in a gunbattle in the Handwara area today.
- India, Us Ink Pact On Moon Mission (Tribune, Jangveer Singh, May 10, 2006)
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) today signed a historic agreement to send two American scientific instruments, including one which will search for water, on board India’s first . .
- Arrested Let Ultras Were Planning To Attack Key Hubs (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
The two Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorists nabbed in Delhi on Monday have revealed a gory plot by the outfit to spill blood across the nation, including attacks on Kandla port and bomb explosions at glitzy Bollywood dos.
- Nasa Denies Talks With Japan On Supersonic Jet (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
Nasa and US aeronautics giant Boeing denied on Tuesday holding talks with Japan's space agency to develop a supersonic jet to succeed the defunct Anglo-French Concorde.
- Ahmadinejad Writes To Bush (News International, Editorial, The News International, May 10, 2006)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad knows why the world is how it is today. But in his historic letter to American President George W Bush he goes beyond that and suggests ways and means to turn international polity into what it should be.
- The Fires Within (News International, Editorial, The News International, May 10, 2006)
It is not difficult to find a common strain in the strangulation of an 11-year-old-boy in Karachi, the death of six men in crossfire in Raiwind, and the killing of seven members of a family, including four children, in Sheikhupura.
- Kargil And After (Tribune, Air Commodore Jasjit Singh (retd), May 10, 2006)
History of human conflict and wars has persistently included three elements. More often than not, fighting men, unless they are incapable or lack the grit, inevitably bear the cost of (military, political and bureaucratic) planning and intelligence . . .
- The Fast-Lane Present (Telegraph, Shahid Amin, May 10, 2006)
The 150th anniversary next year of the 1857 Uprising and the staging of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi have begun a rethink on what we — living in a fast-lane present — have done to our built heritage.
- Towards A Foreign Policy Of Realistic Idealism (Tribune, Madeleine K. Albright, May 10, 2006)
Recent events in Iraq and the Middle East have revived the hoariest of academic debates – between the so-called realists in foreign policy and the idealists.
- The Final Call (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 10, 2006)
RSEs have outlived their utility
- Don't Celebrate The Mutiny (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 10, 2006)
Hindus were better placed during the British regime, when they shared with Muslims a level playing field, says Prafull Goradia .
- Market Economies And The End Of History (The Financial Express, Alok Sheel, May 10, 2006)
Before we have such declarations, emerging market economies like India need a viable welfare model.
- Nepal's Trust For Democracy (Daily Excelsior, Arun Deep Singh, May 09, 2006)
After the Indian Prime Minister's special envoy, Dr Karan Singh went to Kathmandu on 20th April and met King Gyanendra, the later restore Nepal's Parliament. One can say now emphatically that in this round, it is a clear victory for pro-democracy . . .
- Nosedive In Blair’S Popularity (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 09, 2006)
The outcome of Local Bodies’ elections in the United Kingdom clearly shows that the incumbent Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair is facing the wrath of the public opinion.
- U.S. Makes A Return To Cold War Rhetoric (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , May 09, 2006)
Washington's change of heart has been largely provoked by Moscow's increasingly assertive foreign policy and determined upholding of national interests.
- Marketing Jammu Tourism (Daily Excelsior, Dr Rajendra Mishra, May 09, 2006)
Jammu the land of the Dogras, offers a wide variety of cultural mix which is unparalleled among all the three regions of J&K. The only missing link is the marketing! Over the successive tourism plans, the major focus has always remained - 'Kashmir'.
- Another Exhibition (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 09, 2006)
An encounter with truth" is the name of the photo exhibition currently in progress in the national capital. It has been organised by the Ajay Chrangoo faction of Panun Kashmir focussing on "expulsion of Hindus" from the Kashmir region.
- Secularism Of Convenience (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 09, 2006)
A 'dargah' where 'puja' is held can be termed Islamic only in Gujarat because it's convenient, says Tarun Vijay
- Who Is Stoking Communal Fire? (Pioneer, A Surya Prakash, May 09, 2006)
A week ago two Indian States - Muslim majority Jammu and Kashmir and Hindu majority Gujarat - were in the news for all the wrong reasons.
- Dominant Discourse In Politics (Hindu, K. N. Panikkar, May 09, 2006)
Paints a broad canvas of the several strands of contemporary politics impinging on secular nationalism
- Gladiators Out Of Athletes (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 09, 2006)
Sunil Gavaskar, who now heads the powerful cricket committee of the sport’s world governing body, has said that the burnout theory was nonsense and hard grind was part of the cricketer’s honour of representing one’s country.
- 54 Cross Loc In Chakan-Da-Bagh (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 09, 2006)
Fifty four persons today crossed Line of Control (LoC) from this point, which was opened at 2.30 pm for crossing by the civilians of the two sides after a fortnight.
- Sonia Scorched, By Turnout (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, May 09, 2006)
When Priyanka Gandhi stopped at the Shankar temple near the Congress headquarters in Tilak Bhavan at 6.30 am, she must have prayed for a high turnout in Rae Bareli.
- Many Voices (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 09, 2006)
Irrespective of the results, the vote in Bengal has been a major triumph of the Election Commission.
- The Plight Of Women In Iraq (Hindu, Natasha Walter, May 09, 2006)
Women in Iraq are living a nightmare that is hidden from the West. Now one of them has turned film-maker to give us a window on to what they endure. She reveals what she saw.
- Cooking In Hell? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 09, 2006)
Discovery Travel and Living will present Hell's Kitchen, said to be India's first reality series on cookery and a chef's life.
- Lashkar Militant Killed In Delhi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 09, 2006)
A Pakistani national allegedly belonging to the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) was gunned down in an encounter with the police outside Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Monday night. The encounter followed the arrest of two other LeT militants at Hazrat . . .
- Grain Bank Scheme Succour For 66 Villages (Hindu, K.N. Murali Sankar, May 09, 2006)
Beneficiaries can stock rice in houses, pay grain cost in instalments
Scheme in Kruttivennu, Koduru, Nagayalanka, Masula mandals
Provides safeguard against fall in nutritional standards of people
One bank each in villages covering a total of . . .
- From Shakti Maira's Book (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 09, 2006)
Hampi is spread across 10 square kilometres and is built on the banks of the Tungabhadra River... It was the capital of the Vijayanagar kingdom, the genesis of modern Karnataka.
- Garden Of Eden (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 09, 2006)
Now we know why there's so much more biodiversity in the tropics than anywhere else in the world. It's the tropical heat and warmth that help life thrive and branch out via mutations into different species at a rate faster than in other regions.
- Holiday Offer (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 09, 2006)
MakeMyTrip.com is now offering the money back guarantee on its holiday packages. Deep Kalra, Founder and CEO, MakeMyTrip.com, says: "With the holiday season starting we have marked out our strategy to solidify our tours business. After the phenomenal . .
- 'Energy Efficiency Is Good Investment' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 09, 2006)
Power rationing and breakdowns are regular features of summer. Also, global energy geopolitics continues to keep consumers on the edge, with countries driving bargains for access to oil. Mike Thompson, director, environmental affairs, TRANE, a US . . .
- Afraid To Ask (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 09, 2006)
Surveys reveal as much about the surveyed as about the surveyors. A survey of the sexual behaviour, attitudes, histories and awareness levels of boys and girls in almost 3,000 schools across 19 districts in Madhya Pradesh is no exception.
- Mane Mania (Times of India, Chandrashekar Nair, May 09, 2006)
Far-fetched and strange though it may seem, the recent admission by Kerala chief minister's wife Mariamma Chandy that her husband doesn't find time to get his hair trimmed from time to time made my wife jolt me from a soothing Sunday afternoon siesta.
- A Historic Opportunity For Separatists: Azad (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , May 09, 2006)
Round-table conference on Kashmir to be held on May 25
CBI to probe sex scandal, says CM
Protests continue in many areas
- Briefly (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 09, 2006)
The Karnataka Sahitya Academy has invited entries for its annual book awards in 18 categories from publishers and authors of books published in 2005. Each award comes with a purse of Rs. 5,000.
- Ensuring Justice In A Flat World (Hindu, T.K. Viswanathan, May 09, 2006)
The authority of law will shift from sovereignty of nation states to consensual submission to rules evolved contractually by the participants.
- New Labour's Time Of Troubles (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 08, 2006)
On Saturday, British Prime Minister Tony Blair turned 53 but the mood in his party was far from celebratory. Despite those mandatory smiles got up for television cameras, a sense of doom and gloom was all too apparent.
- Blind Eye To Terror (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 08, 2006)
World Council of Churches has castigated Israeli teenagers for throwing stones but not condemned a Palestinian suicide bomber, says Mark D Tooley
- Tribute To The 'Nihonjins' (Deccan Herald, L SUBRAMANI, May 08, 2006)
Their work ethic has made them the richest and most loved people in the world
- Breaking The Space Barrier (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, May 08, 2006)
Fed up with the secrecy of NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration) and the bloated government bureaucracy it represents, heads are being knocked together to see if alternative business models can make the cost of Space travel cheaper . .
- Novel Plan For Old City Development (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
Denizens come together and form committee to achieve their goal
- Little Master Bows To The Gods For A Slice Of Luck (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar, who is on a pilgrimage to Karnataka, visited the Kukke Subramanya Temple near Mangalore on Sunday and performed rituals presumably to shield him from injuries and also to help revive his batting fortune.
- Go Rural Is Tourism's New Mantra (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
With a view to exploiting to the hilt India's cultural richness and varied excellence in the field of health and spirituality, the Government is planning to diversify tourism.
- Music Legend (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 08, 2006)
Lessons Naushad has left behind
If the Indian film industry was overwhelmed by the passing away of Naushad, it was because the music director represented not just a generation but a class of music that has passed into history.
- Cultural Festival At Kapaleeswarar Temple (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
It was inaugurated by Adyar K. Lakshman
- On A Low Key ... And Some Gaps (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 08, 2006)
The reverberations of Election 2006 have reached the Readers' Editor's office too. Grievances and complaints came in a steady stream.
- The Glitter Of Gold (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 08, 2006)
Surely, this is not the promised ‘Golden Age’ where the price of the precious yellow metal has crossed Rs 10,000 per 10 gm. Instead of adding lustre to the lives of a billion people, bullion markets have soared to a historic peak.
- Hallmarks Of The New Age - Buoyant Taxes, Stable Revenues (Business Line, Devendra Mishra, May 08, 2006)
Buoyancy in tax collection, apart from the general performance of the economy, depends on the structure and stability of tax policies and improvement in tax administration.
Revenue is not to be measured against any one single factor. Apart from tax . .
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