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Articles 8421 through 8520 of 23072:
- Timing Was Perfect For Ultras (Deccan Herald, Brian Whitaker, Apr 27, 2006)
Just one day after Osama bin Laden issued another chilling message, last night's bombings in Egypt will inevitably revive the suspicions voiced by Washington that al-Qaeda tapes sometimes contain coded instructions for terrorists.
- No Ball, No Black Debutantes (Deccan Herald, Susan Saulny, Apr 27, 2006)
Unlike white clubs, black clubs focus on accomplishment, and putting emphasis on a young woman's education, and the workforce.
- Lic Profit At Rs. 5,800 Cr. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 27, 2006)
Working on micro insurance product
To launch Unit Linked and pension products
Collects Rs. 18,085 cr. as first year premium
- Lessons Of Bird Watching (Deccan Herald, Rajalakshmi T, Apr 27, 2006)
Bird watching can't just be a futile obsession. It can teach valuable lessons
- Us To Check Labour Abuse In Iran (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Apr 27, 2006)
The US military said on Tuesday that it had issued new orders to private contractors operating in Iraq to end widespread abuse of foreign labourers working at US bases and other sites.
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 27, 2006)
A reader says the sentence "Eighty years later, on Friday, that `princess' had been on the throne longer than any monarch in modern European history" is incorrect.
- Cleaning Up After Chernobyl (Hindu, John Vidal, Apr 27, 2006)
ON APRIL 26, 1986, Konstantin Tatuyan, a Ukrainian radio engineer, was horrified when Reactor No 4 in the Chernobyl nuclear power complex exploded, caught fire, and for the next 10 days spewed the equivalent of 400 Hiroshima bombs' worth of radioactivity
- All About The Pill (Hindu, GITA ARJUN, Apr 27, 2006)
What are oral contraceptives? Do they have side effects? Here are the answers
- Indus Water Woes (Tribune, B.G. Verghese, Apr 27, 2006)
Pakistan’s water worries should concern India. Both sides share the Indus and it is only if they join hands that its potential can be optimised with sustainability to combat the common peril of climate change.
- Hc Orders Release Of 46 Pak Prisoners (Tribune, Maneesh Chhibber, Apr 27, 2006)
In a major decision, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today ordered the immediate release of 46 prisoners hailing from Pakistan, including three minor children. Out of 46 prisoners , 42 are those who are languishing in various jails of Punjab despite . .
- Medha’S Mistake (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Apr 26, 2006)
“DR Manmohan Singh is a clean, decent, competent leader! For God’s sake give him a chance!” How often have we heard this? But his government does not deliver.
- 12 School Going Children Among 32 Injured In Grenade Attacks (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
A day ahead of peaceful polls, at least 32 persons, including twelve school going children, were injured in separate grenade incidents in Tral and Kupwara today, while as a trooper injured in Batmaloo blast on Monday night succumbed today in a hospital.
- On Nepal, Natwar Is Wrong (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 26, 2006)
Natwar Singh’s statement on India’s Nepal policy is reflective of a simplistic and naive view of politics in that country.
- Bengal Bjp's Best Bet Is Young Gun (Pioneer, Ashok Malik, Apr 26, 2006)
The unlikeliest would-be heroine of the West Bengal election is a BJP candidate living in a small middle class house in this little town in South Dinajpur district, at the north-eastern edge of the State.
- Extinction In Pipeline For Whales (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 26, 2006)
The arrival of spring is being keenly awaited on Sakhalin in Russia’s Far East after another long winter.
- Capitalism Lumpenised (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 26, 2006)
Mr Bhattacharjee’s headache on home turf
It is difficult to imagine that Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who plays footsie with tycoons and speaks the language of what he in his younger days would have called a capitalist roader, should so consciously suffe
- Killer's Humour Led To Capture (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
Sher Singh Rana, the prime accused in the murder of bandit-turned-politician MP Phoolan Devi, was arrested by the Special Cell on Monday evening from Kolkata. Delhi Police had been on his trail for more than two years.
- An Experiment In Social Engineering (Deccan Herald, S Murari, Apr 26, 2006)
By fielding a woman from the scavenger community in the Sankarankoil reserved constituency in southern Tirunelveli district, film star and new president of the Tamil Nadu unit of the All India Forward Bloc Karthick has sought to expand his party’s . . .
- Thank You, Jessica (Times of India, ANAND SOONDAS, Apr 26, 2006)
All she wanted to do was hold on to club house rules. And she died for that. But whether she can see it from above or not, in death Jessica Lal has changed the way India and its people perceive justice and rule of law.
- The House Of Sannu (Deccan Herald, B M Aiyanna, Apr 26, 2006)
An ancestral house tells the history of generations that passed by
- Terror Targets (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 26, 2006)
Attacks on tourist spots have hit Egypt hard
- Tv Turn-Off Has No Flip Side (Deccan Herald, L SUBRAMANI, Apr 26, 2006)
Excessive viewing of the idiot box can seriously harm the fabric of family life.
- Helping Hand (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 26, 2006)
The prime minister's call for affirmative action in the private sector is a vote-catching ploy. But it has had the beneficial effect of sparking a debate on how to best ensure diversity and equity in jobs without resorting to a quota.
- Bollywood Goes Public With Ipos (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 26, 2006)
With India’s stock markets booming, tinsel town denizens are joining the party in a bid to break from traditional sources of funding.
- Don't Be Blind To Eyecare (Hindu, Mala Kumar, Apr 26, 2006)
Long hours in front of the computer? Do you feel your eyesight is getting poor? Try yoga for the eyes
- Activists Battle To Save 600-Yr-Old Goa Temple (Deccan Herald, DEVIKA SEQUEIRA , Apr 26, 2006)
The Goa Heritage Action Group (GHAG) has moved the Panjim Bench of the Bombay High Court to stop the ongoing demolition of the pre-Portuguese Mallikarjuna temple in Sristhal, Canacona, South Goa.
- Words And Deeds (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Apr 26, 2006)
It is just a coincidence that Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and National Conference patron Farooq Abdullah have spoken more or less on similar lines at two different functions on the same day.
- Not The Road To Shangri-La (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Apr 26, 2006)
CAPITAL ACCOUNT CONVERTIBILITY
In recent years there has been no instance of a country opting for capital account convertibility on its own or at the instance of the IMF. There is the larger perception that not every country lifting controls . . .
- Manmohan Singh Arrives In Uzbekistan (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday arrived here from Berlin and was received at the airport by his Uzbek counterpart Mr Mir Ziyoev Shavkat and Foreign Minister Elyor Ganiev.
- Minority Complex Amu Case Merits A Defining Verdict (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 26, 2006)
In temporarily restoring the Aligarh Muslim University's "minority" status and yet asking the institution not to implement its 50 per cent quota for Muslim students in post-graduate courses, the Supreme Court has been both fair and legally correct .
- India's Folly Lets Maobadis Win (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Apr 26, 2006)
Switching on the television set in my hotel room in Kasaragod early Tuesday morning to catch up with the news, I was greeted by a newsreader on a 24x7 channel informing the world how "people's power" had won in Nepal.
- Hot Favourite (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 26, 2006)
Sampath Kumar tours Tamil Nadu where the success and grandeur of a ceremony depends on the distribution of shawls
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 26, 2006)
A few readers have pointed out factual errors in the report "No new surgery on Pramod Mahajan for now" (April 25, 2006). The caption of the accompanying PTI picture read:
- Reshuffle In Pakistan (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Apr 26, 2006)
Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, high profile Information Minister of Pakistan who raised hackles in India following charges that he sheltered Kashmiri militants in the early 90's, has been divested of his portfolio in a minor re-shuffle of the Cabinet . . .
- A People's Victory (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 26, 2006)
The announcement by King Gyanendra restoring Nepal's Parliament that was dissolved in 2002 is a historic victory for the country's pro-democracy movement.
- Service Tax On 15 New Services From May 1 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
Service tax will be levied on 15 new services, including ATM operations, internet telephony and credit/debit card related services from May 1, with the Finance Act receiving the President's assent.
- Now For A Constituent Assembly (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Apr 26, 2006)
Empowered through battle, a victorious people savour their moment.
- Justice Kohli Transferred To Jharkhand (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
A day ahead of peaceful polls, at least 32 persons, including twelve school going children, were injured in separate grenade incidents in Tral and Kupwara today, while as a trooper injured in Batmaloo blast on Monday night succumbed today in a hospital.
- X-En, Supplier Held By Svo (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
day ahead of peaceful polls, at least 32 persons, including twelve school going children, were injured in separate grenade incidents in Tral and Kupwara today, while as a trooper injured in Batmaloo blast on Monday night succumbed today in a hospital.
- The Stock-Up Syndrome (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
The house is overflowing with junk accumulated over all those years. Geeta Padmanabhan on how hoarding can take up physical and emotional space
- The Dark Holds No Terrors (Hindu, Alladi Jayasri , Apr 26, 2006)
A mechanical engineer turned wildlife photographer, D.K. Bhaskar is the only Indian who's camera trapped the dark forests of the Amazon
- Factored Economics In Our Nepal Strategy? (The Financial Express, S NARAYAN, Apr 26, 2006)
As Indo-Nepal trade is growing fastest within Saarc, the crisis there has special . . .
- An Anticlimax In The Offing? (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
The cine glitz of the south may not be the tradition in Bengal polls, but the state is now poised to watch for the first time a real star war between a hero and a bad boy of Bengali film industry from the city’s Alipore constituency.
- People Power (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 26, 2006)
Historically, the English Revolution of 1640 decided the outcomes of all future conflicts between kings and their people.
- Why Globalisation Has Stalled (Tribune, Sebastian Mallaby, Apr 26, 2006)
A few years ago, anti-globalisation rioters were clogging the streets, disrupting the meetings of the world’s multilateral organizations. Today, something more serious is afoot.
- Delay And Denial (Tribune, Raj Chatterjee, Apr 26, 2006)
All law-abiding citizens in the country were shocked at the acquittal, recently, of persons accused in the one case of the murder of a young woman and, in the other, of the rape and murder of another.
- Why ‘Fade Away’? (Tribune, Lieut-Gen Vijay Oberoi (retd), Apr 26, 2006)
Gen Douglas Macarthur, a very famous General of the twentieth century, who served his country, the United States of America, with dedication and elan for over half a century, both in peace and war, had made a famous speech on April 19, 1951,
- Onus Of Tradition (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 26, 2006)
The Aligarh Muslim University has a rich legacy which it is unable to reconcile with modern reality. It began life as an institution dedicated to educating Muslims in English and in the Western sciences.
- Keeping The Beaches Clean (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 26, 2006)
IT IS rather tragic that about 300 school children who were due to participate in a beach-cleaning operation in Karachi on Saturday to commemorate Earth Day, were unable to do so because a city government squad demolished a camp set up by the . . .
- The Last Gasp Of A Monarch? (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Apr 26, 2006)
IT has been at least 20 days since the people of Kathmandu took to the streets and — surprise, surprise — their revolt against a degenerate, autocratic and anachronistic monarchy remains unlabelled.
- Dispensation Of Timely Justice (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 26, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that speedy justice is the major demand of the common man and urged the legal fraternity to ensure dispensation of timely justice at grass-roots level.
- What Bb, Mns Should Pledge? (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 26, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that speedy justice is the major demand of the common man and urged the legal fraternity to ensure dispensation of timely justice at grass-roots level. Addressing a gathering of lawyers at the ground-breaking . . .
- Sri Lankan Army Chief Injured In Attack (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Apr 26, 2006)
Ten killed as woman suicide bomber blows herself up; Air Force launches deterrent sorties in the East
- Cabinet Reshuffle (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 26, 2006)
THE long-awaited federal cabinet reshuffle took place yesterday as the President took oath of office from Senators Muhammad Ali Durrani, Saleem Saifullah Khan and Nilofar Bakhtiar, and Engineer Amir Muqam, Ms Sumaira Malik and Mr Zahid Hamid as . . .
- Courtly Intrigues (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Apr 26, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi’s leadership style is proving costly for the Congress
- Singapore Tourism Board Targets Coimbatore (Hindu, K. JESHI , Apr 26, 2006)
Coimbatore: Strengthening destination visibility, expanding focus beyond leisure and improving trade engagement will be the highlights of Singapore Tourism Board (STB) in 2006 to ensure sustained growth of Indians visiting Singapore.
- Aiadmk, Congress Lock Horns In Srivaikuntam (Hindu, R. Vimal Kumar, Apr 26, 2006)
The constituency has always witnessed a straight contest between Congress and DMK or AIADMK since its formation in 1957
- In Search Of A Sustainable Lifestyle (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Prasanna’s Desi Jeevana Paddati is both a critique of modern lifestyle and an attempt to evolve an alternative, sustainable lifestyle, writes Ramesh Mysore.
- Where Gommatas Rule (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Gommatas, of all shapes and sizes, across Karnataka fascinate B M Chandrasekharaiah.
- Aiadmk Won't Find It Easy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
The ruling party's traditional edge in the south is likely to be offset by the strength of the DMK's allies
- ``I Saved Pakistan From Sinking '' (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Apr 25, 2006)
Steps taken to project a soft image
- Endgame In Nepal (Telegraph, Deb Mukharji, Apr 25, 2006)
The author is former ambassador to Nepal
Power to the people
The seven-party alliance in Nepal has done well so far to hold fast to its demands with continued rejection of the ‘offer’ from King Gyanendra to transfer executive power to a prime m
- Nothing Special (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 25, 2006)
A state with a past history of socialist planning invariably finds innumerable ways to circumvent the market and to extend the monopoly of state-run institutions.
- Lifting The Film (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 25, 2006)
Symbolic connections are always thrilling, and they become more so when layers of symbolism are uncovered. Perhaps that is part of the satisfaction generated by the screening of Mughal-e-Azam in Pakistan, where Indian films have been banned for years.
- American Empire-Ii (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 25, 2006)
Anatol Lieven in an article titled “The Empire Strikes Back” in The Nation offers a clue to the difference between the American imperialism of Clinton and that of Bush, a difference that is real but — like the relationships between nationalism . . .
- Pakistan Damaged Kashmir Or Vice Versa? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Apr 25, 2006)
Syed Salahuddin, the Islamabad-based leader of Hizbul Mujahideen, the Indian-held Kashmir-based freedom-fighting militia, has said that Pakistan has caused “irreparable damage” to the cause of Kashmiri fighters by pursuing peace with India without . . .
- Bush’S Thousand Days (Indian Express, Arthur Schlesinger Jr, Apr 25, 2006)
The Hundred Days is indelibly associated with Franklin D Roosevelt and the Thousand Days with John F Kennedy.
- Why Museum Pieces Should Not Be Repatriated (Hindu, Philip Hensher , Apr 25, 2006)
Some may be stolen, but as long as they are cared for, why give them back?
- Pakistan Cool To Reel Diplomacy (Statesman, SANJAY SINGH, Apr 25, 2006)
As India takes the cinematic route to give a push to Indo-Pak ties, the Pakistan government appears cool to the peace effort.
- One Killed, 32 Injured In Election Violence In Jammu And Kashmir (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Apr 25, 2006)
59 per cent polling recorded in the four segments for byelections
Boycott call by separatists largely ignored
Bhaderwah witnesses the highest turnout of 72 per cent
High turnout in Palhalan, which has not voted since 1996
- 22 Killed In Egypt Bomb Explosions (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Three terrorist bombs hit the Egyptian resort of Dahab at the height of the tourist season Monday, killing at least 22 people and wounding more than 150 in the third terror strike on a Sinai resort in less than two years.
- Gyanendra Yields, Restores Parliament (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Nepal's embattled King Gyanendra on Monday reinstated the lower house of Parliament and offered solace for those killed in weeks of pro-democracy protests, hoping to avoid a bloody showdown between his security forces and demonstrators.
- Origin And Traditions Of Classical Music (Hindu, JAYA RAMANATHAN, Apr 25, 2006)
The 14 edifying essays that comprise this book written by stalwarts of music were first commissioned by the then chairman of the Sangeet Natak Akademi, Narayana Menon, in the mid-1980s when India was in the throes of international festivals.
- Attara Kacheri (Hindu, D.N. Raghavendra Rao, Apr 25, 2006)
The story of the Karnataka High Court building (The Battle for Attara Kacheri, MetroPlus, April 18, 2006) was very interesting. One ought to be indebted to M. Bhaktavatsala and his concerned friends for their campaign to save the . . .
- Can You Go Wild With The Lens? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Are you such an avid lover of nature that you would just take off on an expedition into the wilderness with a camera and shoot pictures of wild animals and natural scenery? If yes, then this one's just for you. The channel is looking out for . . .
- Shift Gears (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Apr 25, 2006)
Recent exchanges between New Delhi and Islamabad about the Kishanganga hydro power project in Baramulla district are for the first time laced with optimism.
- Rss Slipping Through Trinamool Backdoor’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharya on Sunday hit out at the Opposition Trinamool Congress for providing a “backdoor entry” to the RSS by aligning with the BJP to oust the CPM-led Front.
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 25, 2006)
"Above all, a new and genuinely democratic and inconclusive Constitution will allow Nepal to transcend the violence and bloodshed that has marred the better part of the past decade," does not make sense, says a reader (Op-Ed, "In Nepal, the beginning . .
- Politicisation Of Violence (Hindu, C. T. Kurien, Apr 25, 2006)
Story of the Godhra carnage which etched deep faults in Gujarat's social landscape
- Pakistan Woos Indian Bpo Staff (Times of India, Hemali Chhapia, Apr 25, 2006)
In a sign of how ties between two hostile neighbours have eased, Indian BPO workers are being wooed by Pakistani firms who want to set up call centres in their country but do not have adequate managerial staff to train young employees.
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