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Articles 8121 through 8220 of 23072:
- Us Body Seeks ‘Aggressive Action’ Against S. Arabia: Pakistan Cited Among ‘Religious Freedom Violators’ (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
A US Congress-mandated commission urged the government to take ‘aggressive action’ against Saudi Arabia for alleged religious freedom violations and warned that religious rights were under threat in Iraq and Afghanistan.
- New Frontline In The War On Terror (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
As hideouts go, the Shawal Valley in northern Pakistan is a militant's dream.
- Sabre-Rattling Against Iran Unlikely To Succeed (Hindu, Tariq Ali, May 04, 2006)
Ringed by nuclear states, Teheran's atomic programme is scarcely unreasonable. So why has Washington manufactured this crisis?
- Russia's Energy Diversification Moves (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , May 04, 2006)
Irked by attempts to block it out of Europe's energy retail market, Moscow has begun to seek other export routes.
- The Curse Of Dual-Income Workaholic Consumerism (Hindu, Oliver James , May 04, 2006)
Long working hours and status consumption have the U.S. and Britain in their grip.
- On The Fast Track (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 04, 2006)
The Union Government has given the green signal to the metro rail project in Bangalore.
- A Big Face-Lift Plan For Jama Masjid Area (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has informed the High Court that it has prepared a Rs. 94-crore project to re-develop the historic Jama Masjid and its surrounding areas as an international tourist site.
- One Dish Haunts Nation (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 04, 2006)
May 2 was yet another ‘memorable’ day in the parliamentary history of the country when lawmakers from both sides showed rare unanimity in allowing introduction of an amendment Bill envisaging grant of permission for one dish on the occasion of marriages.
- Ipo Demat Scam And Retail Reservation (The Financial Express, PRITHVI HALDEA, May 04, 2006)
The scam is not about malpractices by millions of investors but about the lack of due diligence
- Ttd-Run Birrd Hospital Achieves Rare Distinction (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
The TTD-run Balaji Institute of Research and Rehabilitation for Disabled (BIRRD) Hospital has achieved the rare distinction of successfully performing the most advanced `Fully Constrained Modular Rotating Total Knee Prosthesis' surgery for the . . .
- Changing Geo-Politics Of Central Asia & India (Daily Excelsior, Sudhanshu Tripathi, May 04, 2006)
The Central Asian region is one of the most prominent socio-political cultural units in the contemporary world. Its location in the middle of Islamic, Christian and Buddhist radicalized civilizations makes the region as the most convenient transit . . .
- Components Of A Miracle That Is Attainable (The Financial Express, JAYANTA ROY, May 04, 2006)
Why we need high and sustained growth and what we need to do to make this happen
- Pramod Was A Caring, Generous Friend (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, May 04, 2006)
When the mission in Cairo was informed that a parliamentary delegation would be visiting Egypt, a collective groan went up.
- Young Americans Geographically Challenged (Statesman, Andrew Buncombe, May 04, 2006)
The US may be the world’s only true superpower but global domination does not equal global knowledge.
- Run For Love (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 04, 2006)
Budhia Singh, the marathon-running four-year-old, is loved by all. But what is the nature of this love?
- L.K. Advani Discontinues Yatra Programme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Along with Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, flies to Mumbai
- Nepal Announces Indefinite Ceasefire (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Nepal’s new government announced today an indefinite truce to match a ceasefire declared by Maoist insurgents and said it would seek the withdrawal of Interpol arrest warrants against rebel leaders.
- Manmohan Urges Hurriyat To Propose Mechanism (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday night asked the Hurriyat Conference to suggest mechanism to address intractable issue of Kashmir.
- 'Gandhi Is More Relevant Than Marx Today' (Times of India, Avijit Ghosh, May 04, 2006)
Historian Bipan Chandra, 77, is well known for his writings on Indian national movement and communalism. He has recently co-edited, along with fellow historians Mridula Mukherjee and Aditya Mukherjee, a 10-volume series on Modern Indian History . . .
- Indo-Thai Economic Ties To Get A Boost (Tribune, Manoj Kumar, May 04, 2006)
The economic and political ties between India and Thailand is likely to gain strength as the political uncertainty in Thailand is receding after Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s resignation early last month.
- Of Ajit Garh And Tarn Taran (Tribune, Manohar Singh Gill, May 04, 2006)
When Punjab was again divided in 1966, I was DC, Ambala. I proposed the creation of Ropar district in new Punjab.
- Affirmative Action As Strategy (Business Standard, Kanika Datta, May 04, 2006)
Pardon me for covering old ground, but I can’t help thinking that if private corporations did not run quite so scared, there might actually find a durable, strategic solution to this affirmative action controversy.
- A Wish List For India`s Dream Team (Business Standard, Shyam Ponappa, May 04, 2006)
What do you wish the dream team would do now.
As the unshackling of the economy and external factors combine to generate economic momentum, India is set to grow strongly despite constraints, including outdated legislation and regulations.
- India, Pakistan To Launch Kashmir Transport Links (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, May 04, 2006)
Truck service on Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road in first half of July
* Bus service between Poonch, Rawalakot on June 19
- Quotas And Social Justice (Deccan Herald, Alok Ray, May 04, 2006)
The justification for quotas should be economic backwardness and not any subjective criterion
- Iran And The Us Share Goals In Afghanistan (Christian Science Monitor, David Montero, May 04, 2006)
The owner of this plumbing shop in Herat, Afghanistan, says his business would be crippled if Iran stopped exporting its products.
- Mahajan Loses Battle For Life (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
The 56-year-old BJP general secretary is survived by his wife Rekha, son Rahul and daughter Poonam who were at his bedside when he finally gave up the most difficult battle of his life at 4:10 pm.
- To Succeed One Must Be Authentic? (Deccan Herald, Sarfraz Manzoor, May 04, 2006)
This is the story of two books. Foxy-T was published three years ago. Set in the heart of east London, its characters’ dialogue was rendered in ‘Banglish’, a thick mix of English, Cockney and Bangladeshi spoken by the children of Bangladeshi immigrants.
- When Things Are Just Too Good To Last (Deccan Herald, Richard Adams, May 04, 2006)
The IMF says the world’s economy is fine and dandy – so something must be about to go wrong.
- Delivering On The Employment Guarantee (Hindu, Mihir Shah, May 04, 2006)
The black box of the Schedule of Rates should be opened and the rates revised upwards urgently in a transparent manner.
- As Light As It Gets! (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Packing right is an essential part of gearing up for a vacation
- Mummy, I'm Bored (Hindu, SHEFALI TRIPATHI MEHTA, May 04, 2006)
Want to beat boredom without feeling stressed out? Here are some tips to help kids have a blast this summer
- Karimov’S Productive Visit (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 04, 2006)
THE visit of Uzbek President Islam Karimov to Pakistan has led to greater understanding between the two countries. The leadership of Pakistan and Uzbekistan has vowed to expand bilateral commerce and economic relations
- Iran, Us Share Afghan Goals (Christian Science Monitor, David Montero, May 04, 2006)
The smooth blacktop roads and 24-hour electricity of Herat set this Afghan commercial capital apart as a model of stability in a country still struggling to get on its feet. Much of the wealth in this western city, with its tree-lined streets and . . .
- Plumbing The Depths Of Indian Widowhood (Washington Post, Nora Boustany, May 03, 2006)
It was 11 years ago, but the image of a widow's wretchedness etched itself into the soul of Deepa Mehta , the Indian-born filmmaker who has made a career of deconstructing India's darkest taboos in sparse cinematic works of art.
- Child Prodigy Budhia Keeps Date With Fame (Pioneer, Bhubaneswar, May 03, 2006)
It took four-year-old marathon wizard Budhia Singh seven hours and two minutes to complete the Puri-Bhubaneswar 65-kilometre marathon on Tuesday to enter the Limca Book of Records.
- Nepal Maoists (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, May 03, 2006)
The American Connection And More
- Iran Must Be Tamed, Now (Pioneer, Utpal Kumar, May 03, 2006)
In the Cold War era, when there were five relatively responsible nuclear powers, the prophets of doom were much in business with their apocalyptic predictions about mushroom clouds and a nuclear winter. Ironically, today, when Iran, which has . . .
- The Conspiracy Of Selective Silence (Pioneer, Seema Sarin, May 03, 2006)
When a mosque was demolished in India there was an international outcry, but nothing when a temple was destroyed in Malaysia, says Seema Sarin
- In Search Of A Solution (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, May 03, 2006)
Next to cricket legend Brian Lara, Norwegian peace negotiator in Sri Lanka Erik Solheim is the best known name there. He is in Kathmandu today instead of Kilinochchi where he might have been counselling LTTE to rejoin the on and off Geneva peace talks.
- Some Solace (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 03, 2006)
IT has been a double tragedy for the families of those who were killed in the Malta boat accident in 1996.
- Sonia Gandhi's Word Final, Says Ysr (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
Congress president yet to reveal her mind on the issue
- Nation-State Welcome, But There Are Perils, Too (The Financial Express, RALF DAHRENDORF, May 03, 2006)
An important element of a liberal world order is that it has to be open to cooperation with others
- Sacred Space, Uncommon Ground (Indian Express, AYESHA KHAN, May 03, 2006)
On Monday morning, the removal of an old dargah by municipal authorities in Vadodara was apparently a simple civic demolition exercise.
- Vadodara Violence (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 03, 2006)
Monday's violence in Vadodara over the demolition of a Sufi dargah deserves more than passing attention. The fact that it left four persons dead and 21 injured is certainly one reason for this. More important, however, is the question whether there . . .
- Stand Up (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 03, 2006)
It is time for all men of courage having faith in communal harmony to stand up and be counted.
- It Is Dehumanisation Of Travel (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 03, 2006)
There's no limit to profit-making. It can make companies come up with preposterous ideas. Aviation giant Airbus's plans to introduce standing-room in aircraft in the Asian sector is one such example of the imagination running wild with dollar dreams.
- Child Marathon Prodigy Buddhia Enters Limca Book Of Records .. (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
Child marathon prodigy Buddhia Singh today literally ran into Limca Book of Records by covering a distance of 65 km in a time of 7.02 hours even though he failed to complete the targetted 70 km distance.
- Fdi Can Step Up Growth (Tribune, C.L. Singla, May 03, 2006)
PRIME Minister Manmohan Singh, while inaugurating the Hannover Trade Fair in Germany on April 24 said that “India is in tune with new realities of the global economic order…and it is at the cusp of a historic transformation”. Having emphasised . . .
- Drinking Water Behind Panic (Deccan Herald, Olivia Thomas , May 03, 2006)
The excitement of getting a basic amenity that was long denied can cause panic
- A Case Of Sour Grapes (Times of India, K SUBRAHMANYAM, May 03, 2006)
Pakistan has lost little time in mounting a campaign against the Indo-US nuclear deal, arguing that any such arrangement should be a common package for both. The element of terror and blackmail in its campaign is hard to overlook.
- Will Bihar Politics Have Any Bearing On National Politics ? (Daily Excelsior, Ashok Thakur, May 03, 2006)
In politics there is no permanent friend or foe. The ouster of George Fernandes as the president of the Janata Dal (United) by Sharad Yadav in league with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is an example of the age-old adage. Mr. Nitish Kumar has not made . . .
- Makes A Lot Of Economic Sense (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 03, 2006)
All it requires is a change in mindset which, thanks to ad infinitum, equates air travel only with gee-whiz plushness and luxury. The fact that airlines primarily exist to get people from point A to point B is often quietly buried in the copy.
- Curb Terrorism, Pakistan Told (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, May 03, 2006)
"It is an enemy of civilised societies everywhere," says Shivshankar Menon
Training, communications for terrorism unabated, says Menon
Pakistan's insistence on primacy of Kashmir issue extreme
"Unfortunate acts of terrorism," says Pakistan
- Incredible Power Of Prayer In Healing And Redeeming (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 03, 2006)
Prayer is an earnest hope or a wish, a request for help or expression of thanks made to God. Petition is that kind of prayer which begs for determinate objects.
- As Jhelum Courses Down (Indian Express, WAJAHAT HABIBULLAH, May 03, 2006)
Four seats of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly were contested and won on April 24, 2006. Of these, all apart from the Bhaderwah seat, won handsomely by Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad of the Congress, fall in the Kashmir region. So what, the reader will ask
- The Return Of The Hong Tou A-San (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, May 03, 2006)
The Sikhs — known for their red turbans — are back in China.
- The Young & The Old Boys’ Network (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
The highly emotive debate on reservations raises an interesting question. Has there ever really been a level playing field for the youth of India? The obvious villain, the well entrenched caste system, is not the only impediment in ensuring . . .
- Ec Observers Pay Price For Holidaying (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
Three Election Commission (EC) observers who chose to holiday in the hill station of Kodaikanal instead of looking after the assembly constituencies allotted to them have been sacked by the EC for “dereliction of duty”.
- Of Hi-Tech, Low Efficiency, And Malls (Hindu, P. SAINATH, May 03, 2006)
India's development debate has actually regressed this past decade. A single, homogenised view of development is being shoved down from above.
- "White Supremacy" Or Racism? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, May 03, 2006)
Professor Cornel West says racism is what they have in America while in Britain the problem is essentially one of latent "white supremacy." This means that racial prejudices in Britain operate in more subtle forms than American-style in-your-face racism.
- A Belated But Welcome Move (Hindu, K. Veeramani, May 03, 2006)
Union human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh's circular to the Cabinet Secretariat regarding reservation in Central educational institutions has not brought anything new to the domain of public knowledge.
- Provocative Act (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 03, 2006)
Trouble in Vadodara was due to insensitivity
- Indian Art Auctions – Half Theatre, Half Casino (Deccan Herald, Uma Nair, May 03, 2006)
There is definitely more to art than meets the cursory eye. Art fraud’s new trick is to add fake artworks to the archives.
- Hitches In Implementing Job Scheme In Naxal-Hit Areas (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
Law and order is the responsibility of States: Raghuvansh Prasad Singh
- Give Us Weapons Or We Will Migrate, Say Doda Survivors (Hindu, Luv Puri , May 03, 2006)
"We do not want to live here with a permanent scare and a feeling of insecurity."
- Bmrda Proposal For Five Satellite Towns Approved (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
The towns are Sathanur, Nandagudi, Bidadi, Kasaba and Solur
They will be linked by a ring road and an intermediate ring road
Acquisition of land will start in two months
The project will be completed in about three years
- Three Years After Bush Declared ‘Mission Accomplished,’ Outlook Still . . . (Jordan Times, LEE KEATH, May 03, 2006)
At the edge of a southern Iraqi city, a refugee family huddles in a tin shack, its hope of jobs and security gone. A northern businessman dreams of opening a store in Baghdad, but the violence puts him off. In the south, a young woman glances . . .
- Murder In Kashmir: Don’T Get Derailed! (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, May 03, 2006)
Gunmen dressed in combat fatigues shot dead 23 Hindus in two remote villages of Doda district in Indian-held Jammu and Kashmir late Sunday night.
- Pakistan And India Close To Accord On Trade Across Loc (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, May 03, 2006)
India and Pakistan are close to an agreement on trans-Kashmir trade and a new bus service, possibly before Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh’s visit to Islamabad.
- Collection Of Interviews (Hindu, B. R. P. Bhaskar, May 02, 2006)
This book is a collection of interviews with the historian, K. N. Panikkar, reports of which appeared in different publications.
- Short Stories In Translation (Hindu, V. Gopalakrishna, May 02, 2006)
Ashok Kumar — Tr. in Kannada; Sahitya Akademi, 35, Rabindra Bhavan, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi-110001. Rs. 300.
- Rahul Gandhi In Maya Land? (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, May 02, 2006)
It is difficult being Rahul Gandhi in Amethi. It cannot be easy being Rahul Gandhi in all of U.P — a minefield of castes and religions and the land of the emerging empress, Mayawati.
It is difficult being Rahul Gandhi in Amethi.
- For Nepal & India, The Road Ahead Is Difficult (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, May 02, 2006)
Among the hurdles: the parties' lack of confidence, as well as New Delhi's anxiety over the U.N. involvement in the disarmament of the Maoists and elections to a constituent assembly.
- As Light As It Gets! (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 02, 2006)
Just how many times have you regretted not packing your toothbrush and toothpaste while on a vacation?
- Constitutional Jurisprudence (Hindu, N.R. MADHAVA MENON, May 02, 2006)
Omnibus bringing together highly acclaimed essays written by a leading constitutional expert
- Strengthening Ties (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 02, 2006)
Indo-Uzbek ties should help combat terrorism
- Adieu, Foxbats: Iaf Sheds Its Eyes In Stratosphere (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, May 02, 2006)
They flew amidst the stars, literally, for three decades and created aviation folklore by flying in a zone where no other aircraft ever thought of going.
- Commentaries On Desika's Hymn (Hindu, Prema Nandakumar , May 02, 2006)
Sanskrit commentaries by Sri Raghava Patrachariar and Anbil Gopalachariar;
- ‘Second Wife’ And Suicide Bid Follow Taliban Terror (Telegraph, G.S. RADHAKRISHNA, May 02, 2006)
The trauma of slain telecom engineer K. Suryanarayana’s family deepened today when his widow Manjula tried to commit suicide following the appearance of a “second wife” in the morning.
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