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Articles 8721 through 8820 of 23072:
- On Slippery Rock (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, Apr 20, 2006)
Despite their near-takeover by the illiberal Left, American universities are more robust than those in other Western countries, says Daniel Pipes
- Are We Killing The Self-Employed? (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Apr 20, 2006)
The explosive growth of outsourcing and the so-called unorganised sector has seen a phenomenal expansion of the self-employed group. But faulty policies may end up leaving a huge mass of this section unemployable.
- Snapshots (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (ONGC) has approved parallel banking arrangement with ICICI Bank Ltd. Till now State Bank of India (SBI) has been the sole banker of ONGC.
- Narmada: Listen To The Real Stakeholders’ Voices (The Financial Express, CM VASUDEV, Apr 19, 2006)
We have a long way to go to utilise our water resources better; let’s not waste time in futile . . .
- Saffron Poison Or Panacea? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 19, 2006)
While Hinduism is increasingly seen as the spiritual elixir in the West, our self-claimed secularists deride it, says S Gurumurthy
- Reconciliation, The Only Way (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Apr 19, 2006)
Nepal's Lali Guras (rhododendron) Revolution has entered its 14th day, well beyond the original four days.
- Everything Can Be Simulated (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
It’s now possible to ski in Dubai, moonwalk on Planet Earth, climb a mountain on the plains, be a beachcomber in a concrete jungle, surf in the heart of a city and miles away from the sea, enjoy a tropical forest ambience at the height of a German winter
- Is Mixed Land Use A Disaster? (The Economic Times, A G K Menon, Apr 19, 2006)
The debate on mixed land use, although long overdue and very welcome, is still being conducted on grounds of legal authority and political expedience, rather than on its merits as a planning strategy. As a planning strategy, its ubiquity speaks . . .
- Tdp Leader Hacked To Death (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
Former MLA Suryapratap Reddy attacked at Tadipatri rly station
- Maldivians Want Genuine Democracy: Ibrahim Hussain Zaki (Hindu, R.K. Radhakrishnan, Apr 19, 2006)
India should play a more active role in ensuring that true democracy is ushered in Maldives, said Ibrahim Hussain Zaki, vice president, Maldivian Democratic Party. Rather than strengthening the hands of a `dictator', India had a duty to promote democracy,
- Education Dragged Backwards (Deccan Herald, Vatsala Vedantam, Apr 19, 2006)
Seat reservation could reverse brain gain into the country and resume brain drain
- Cpm Infighting May Cost Isaac Dear (Times of India, Amrith Lal, Apr 19, 2006)
Thomas Isaac is not your regular politician. In spite of working his way up in the party by heading SFI in Kerala in the 1970s, he is more known as an academic from the Centre for Development Studies in Thiruvananthapuram.
- Power Corrupts (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Apr 19, 2006)
It is strange that certain things don't seem to change.
- India Favours Diplomatic Solution To Iran N-Issue (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
India has favoured a diplomatic solution to the Iran nuclear imbroglio and wants confrontation to be avoided at all costs.
- Pak Army Over-Stretched, Says Expert (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
Observing that Pakistan was witnessing "vicious" insurgencies which had the potential to lead to its breakup, a strategic expert has said army has got over-stretched due to its internal security duties and the "anti-India catalyst" that . . .
- Hasten Slowly (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Apr 19, 2006)
State Director-General of Tourism Salim Baig has been quoted in a Delhi newspaper as having said that Gulmarg ski resort will be handed over to a private operator for 99 years against a payment of "over Rs 20000 crores."
- Pm Should Categorically Come Out On N-Agreement: Naidu (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should make a categorical statement on the nuclear agreement with the US as various reports emnating on the issue were "creating doubts in peoples' minds", former BJP president M Venkaiah Naidu today said.
- A Law For The Office (Tribune, Jagdeep S. Chhokar, Apr 19, 2006)
The question of “Office of profit” has been finding very prominent mention in the national discourse ever since Mrs Jaya Bachchan was unseated from the Rajya Sabha and even more since Mrs Sonia Gandhi resigned from the Lok Sabha and the National . . .
- Promote Tourism, Create Jobs (Tribune, Aditi Tandon, Apr 19, 2006)
In a scenario of rising unemployment, the Government of India is focusing on tourism as the biggest potential job market.
- Israel, Hamas Stop Short Of Open Confrontation (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Apr 19, 2006)
Israel and the newly elected Palestinian Government led by Hamas have stopped short of open confrontation after Tel Aviv decided not to take military action in response to Monday's suicide bombing. The Israeli Government held the . . .
- Pm Favours Release Of 50-Year-Old Official Papers (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
The countrymen could soon have access to declassified official documents more than 50 years old, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday and assured that "early and informed decision" would be taken in this regard.
- Passport Issuance To Be Simplified (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
The Centre is working on a policy to simplify the procedure of issuing passports and visas that would bring about "revolutionary changes" by cutting red-tape.
- European Parliamentary Team Visits State (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
Discussion with Governor on subjects of mutual interest
Gen. Rodrigues emphasized the need for further economic and trade ties
The visiting delegation appreciated the initiatives taken by the Punjab Government and the Chandigarh Administration
- Please, Sir, Can We Bully You? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Apr 19, 2006)
Every morning when David Griffin (not his real name) sets out for his school, he is filled with dread as to what might lie in store for him. But then, you might ask, what is new about it? "Children always hate to go to school. Don't they?"
- Stolen Vishnu Idol Sent Back To India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
A stolen 9th century stone idol with carvings of all the ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu began its journey back home to be reinstalled in the Varaha temple in Mandsour, Madhya Pradesh, from where it was stolen six years ago.
- Naxals Besiege Usur Village (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
K.P.S. Gill takes over as Security Adviser
Over 2500 armed rebels surround the village
The Maoists also beat up `Salwa Judum' supporters
Jharkhand brings 25,000 police personnel operating in naxal areas under insurance cover
- Master Plan To Be Prepared For Beautification Of Mysore City (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
It will also aim at projecting the city as a tourist destination
Architects and urban planners to be roped in for the plan
City to receive funds under urban renewal programme
Sound and light show to be beamed at Mysore Palace
- Cbi Probe Into Rape Of Woman Activist (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Crime graph on the rise in Uttaranchal, alleges BJP
- A People-Oriented Transport Policy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 18, 2006)
There is global agreement today that cities can be made liveable only by reclaiming them from the grip of an automobile-based culture.
- Serial Terror (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 18, 2006)
For once the Kashmiris have come out against ultras
- Nepal On Knife's Edge (Deccan Herald, Ashok Kumar Mehta, Apr 18, 2006)
It seems certain that the King will be unable to implement his plan for the restoration of absolute monarchy. True, Kathmandu may not have collected 500,000 pro-democracy activists as predicted by UML leader Madhav Nepal.
- Thank God (Deccan Herald, Usha Muliyil, Apr 18, 2006)
Noela Evans writes, “Gratitude is the language of the angels.” In Samuel Johnson’s words, gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation, and is not to be found in gross minds.
- Serious Threat To Pakistan's Civil Society (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Apr 18, 2006)
Last week's terror bombing in Karachi points to one of the least-examined faultlines in Pakistan: the war for power between Barelvi and Deobandi clerics.
- Coming Of Age (Times of India, BORIA MAJUMDAR, Apr 18, 2006)
By now the almost scripted Bangladeshi fairy tale is a much-discussed subject in the cricket world. Even the local Bangladeshi Fish Corner, where I shop for my fish in Chicago, was all cricket this morning.
- Watch, The Endgame Is Nigh (Indian Express, Mahendra P. Lama, Apr 18, 2006)
When King Mahendra dissolved the 19-month-old first democratically elected government (of B.P. Koirala) in December 1960, no one could have thought the monarchy would survive for the next 30 years.
- Sanity Prevailed (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 18, 2006)
Delhi sets a rare example
- Us A-Bomb Museum To Display Images Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Horrific images of the world's only atomic bombings will go on display at a US museum on nuclear testing as part of a Japanese campaign against nuclear weapons, organisers said today.
- India, Us To Hold Talks On Terrorism On Wednesday (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
India and the US will hold talks in Washington from Wednesday on stepping up cooperation to combat global terrorism.
- Life Of Service (Hindu, C. S. Ramakrishnan, Apr 18, 2006)
"Live a hero" was the stirring motto constantly on the lips of Swami Ranganathananda, the 13th international president of the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission, who entered Mahasamadhi recently. He himself lived heroically in . . .
- Museum On Caste (Times of India, RAMA LAKSHMI, Apr 18, 2006)
After 16 years of debate and delay in the US Congress and Senate, the Smithsonian Institution finally announced this January the plan to open a National Museum of African American History and Culture.
- Heritage Conservation (Daily Excelsior, Dr Pragya Khanna, Apr 18, 2006)
It was on 18 April 1982 that the celebration of World Heritage Day was suggested on the occasion of a symposium organized by ICOMOS, International council for monuments and sites.
- Swinging It (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Apr 18, 2006)
It’s been a great weekend for Indian sports. Even as Team India wrapped up the one-day series against England in style, golfer Jeev Milkha Singh was swinging his way to glory in Beijing, winning his maiden title in seven years.
- A Tale Of Two Roads (The Economic Times, Prabhu Ghate, Apr 18, 2006)
While the East West Economic Corridor has facilitated regional cooperation between the once belligerent nations of East Asia, regional non-cooperation is holding up progress on the Asian Highway.
- Work Your Way To The Top (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 18, 2006)
By providing 27 per cent reservation to the OBCs in premier educational institutes like the IIMs and the IITs, the Congress has once again tried to rejuvenate caste and class politics.
- History's Haunted Heretic (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Apr 18, 2006)
Imagine a scenario in which Ravana was no villain, but a beloved brother of Rama. Such a fundamental transformation in the portrayal of a key character in an epic could hardly occur without an equally elemental alteration in the status of other . . .
- With An Eye On Personal Glory (Pioneer, Ajoy Bose, Apr 18, 2006)
Arjun Singh wants to introduce reservation for OBCs for reclaiming his lost aura in the Congress and Government, says Ajoy Bose
- World Of Changing Ammas (Pioneer, K Govindan Kutty , Apr 18, 2006)
One thing in circulation most widely in Chennai is a word: Amma. Not merely Chennai.
- On The Move: Yes, But On A Slippery Track (Dawn, Murtaza Razvi, Apr 18, 2006)
There are a few lessons to be learnt by the rulers of Punjab as well as their counterparts in other provinces from the way Punjab has been emerging as a hub of industry and commerce in recent years.
- The Currency For Carbon Trading (Business Line, Almitra Patel, Apr 18, 2006)
Developed countries have agreed that if their industries cannot reduce carbon emissions themselves in their own countries, they will pay others like India (a signatory to the Kyoto Protocol) to do it for them.
- Narmada’S Dilemma (Indian Express, SAPNA SHARMA, Apr 18, 2006)
On most public issues, I can take a position without much difficulty. But there is one issue — Narmada — on which I am torn.
- An Attempt To Make Things Easy For Tourists Planning To Go To Kodagu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
`Discover Coorg' tries to popularise the region as a tourist destination
- Horsley Hills, Talakona Mooted For Eco-Tourism (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
The House Committee on Public Undertakings had said that adventure and eco-tourism could be developed at Horsley Hills near Madanapalle and at Talakona forests, both in Chittoor district taking advantage of their proximity to metros like Chennai . . .
- Priority For Amenities In Tourist Centres: Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Estuary View Resort near Sadashivgad inaugurated
Two houseboats of Jungle Lodges inaugurated
Houseboats available for holding seminars, symposiums
- Devotees Throng Iskcon Temple (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Devotees are thronging the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) Temple here to participate in the 13-day Brahmotsavam festival. On Tuesday, a devotional event in the glory of Lord Vishnu is the highlight.
- The Struggle For Survival (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 18, 2006)
The rural poor are often at the end of irrigation systems, and at the whim of richer upstream users for water, or pushed out onto land dependent totally on ...increasingly erratic rainfall.
- Political Snapshot (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 18, 2006)
All parties & institutions in a mess!
- The Friendly Neighbourhood Cm (Indian Express, JAYA MENON, Apr 17, 2006)
He doesn’t have a penchant for white Ambassadors or Black Cat security.
- Spiritual Experience (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
The bliss of spiritual experience is difficult to express and mystics who have revelled in union with God speak about it only metaphorically.
- A New Kind Of History Textbook (Hindu, Sumit Sarkar, Apr 17, 2006)
Books just brought out by the NCERT teach history in creative ways. All themes are sought to be looked at from the angle of everyday life and its changing patterns, bringing history down from the distant skies, as it were.
- `Press Demand For According Classical Status To Kannada' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
The language is over 2,000 years old: scholar
- Poll Manifestos Tread Similar Grounds On Education . . . (Hindu, VANI DORAISAMY, Apr 17, 2006)
All parties offer free compulsory education for children under 18
25 per cent reservation for rural students in professional courses also promised
Free computer education, increasing budgetary allocation offered
BJP promises privileges to . . .
- Role Of Lashkar Militants In Delhi Blasts Not Ruled Out (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
No breakthrough yet; local elements' hand also being probed by the Special Cell of the Delhi police
In many such cases, the motive is to create communal disturbance: police
15 persons interrogated on Saturday
In many such cases, the motive is to cre
- Ltte Suspends Participation In Geneva Talks (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Apr 17, 2006)
Wants Lanka Govt. to remove "hurdles"
- Peaceful Solution To Iran’S N-Crisis (Dawn, Anwar Kemal, Apr 17, 2006)
The UN Security Council’s presidential statement of March 29, 2006, is the latest and most serious in the series of steps being taken at the behest of the United States and the EU countries to circumscribe Iran’s nuclear programme within parameters . . .
- Women Take Up Guns In India’S Violent Maoist Areas (Daily Times, BAPPA MAJUMDAR, Apr 17, 2006)
Police say the rebels, who have loose links with guerrillas fighting to replace the monarchy in neighbouring Nepal with a communist republic, have slowly been building up an elite women’s . . .
- Gom's Confidential Report (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 17, 2006)
This is the text, obtained exclusively by The Hindu, of "A Brief Note on the Assessment of Resettlement and Rehabilitation (R & R) Sites and Submergence of Villages of the Sardar Sarovar Project." The note marked confidential and dated April 9, 2006,
- World Of Changing Ammas (Pioneer, K Govindan Kutty , Apr 17, 2006)
One thing in circulation most widely in Chennai is a word: Amma. Not merely Chennai.
- Infy Results Bode Well For The Economy (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 17, 2006)
The keenly watched Infosys results have, for once, not met the street’s expectations.
- Pak Army Commissions First Sikh Officer (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
After a Hindu created history by briefly becoming the Chief Justice of Pakistan Supreme Court last year, a youth hailing from the birth place of Guru Nanak near Lahore has earned the distinction of being commissioned into the Army as the first . . .
- Poor Nations Need A Change In Strategies To Guard Trade Interests (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
Third World disunity allows developed countries to maintain their trade barriers
The huge economies of India, China and Brazil play along with the Third World coalition so long as it suits their interests.
- With An Eye On Personal Glory (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 17, 2006)
Arjun Singh wants to introduce reservation for OBCs for reclaiming his lost aura in the Congress and Government, says . . .
- A Part Of Us (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Times, Apr 17, 2006)
All of a sudden Chitral, which was a centre of Buddhist learning and part of the undivided Jammu and Kashmir as it had existed in 1947, has attracted the attention of concerned citizens in Pakistan At an altitude of about 8000 feet from sea level . . .
- Ltte Suspend Participation In Swiss Talks (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
Tamil Tiger rebels today announced they were suspending participation in Swiss talks with Sri Lankan government on saving their faltering ceasefire.
- What Next, If Indo-Us Nuclear Deal Fails? (Daily Excelsior, T.P. Raghavan, Apr 17, 2006)
If we scrutinise the ongoing debate in the US Congress, the Indo-US civil nuclear deal is in danger of falling apart.
- Pm To Embark On Foreign Tour From Apr 22 (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
Having successfully clinched the nuclear deal with US President George W Bush in March, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh leaves here for Germany and Uzbekistan on Saturday to garner support for the historic accord in the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG).
- Pilgrimage Turns Sore For B’Lore Pilgrims (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
Rural CPI T Kumar and PSI B S Raju visited the accident spot and shifted the injured to hospital, eyewitnesses said. Police have registered a case.
- The Temple Bull (Deccan Herald, T C NARAYAN, Apr 17, 2006)
The male calf presented to a Shiva temple was revered and feared by local devotees
- Social Networking Through The Web (Deccan Herald, James Harkin, Apr 17, 2006)
Social networks are the perfect accompaniment to globalisation
- Beyond The Blasts (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 17, 2006)
Ultras’ aim to break the secular fabric must be thwarted
- Art (Deccan Herald, Marta Jakimowicz, Apr 17, 2006)
Ditmar Bollaert is a Belgian photographer who has travelled extensively in India, especially the South. His Indian images, which are currently on view at Time & Space (April 7 to 19), probe the manifestations of the spiritual in the raw matter . . .
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