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Articles 9921 through 10020 of 23072:
- Core Issues In Asian Cities (Dawn, Noman Ahmed, Mar 17, 2006)
One of the key subjects of discussion at the World Social Forum, to be held later in the month in Karachi, will be the contemporary situation of world cities that, owing to several factors, are undergoing tremendous changes at the turn of the millennium.
- Coordinated Rehabilitation (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 17, 2006)
As the main focus in the earthquake-affected areas shifts from immediate relief to reconstruction and rehabilitation, the government needs to display more preparedness than it has so far.
- No Breach Of Norms In Uranium Sale: Russia (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
Brushing aside US reservations, Russia on Thursday said its proposed supply of nuclear fuel to India for the Tarapur reactor was not in violation of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) . . .
- Why Dan Brown Must Win (Hindu, Nick Cohen, Mar 17, 2006)
You do not have to love the English language to disapprove of The Da Vinci Code. A passing respect for your mother tongue is enough to make you wince when Dan Brown takes a chainsaw to the old girl and slices her into clichés and easy-to-assemble . . .
- Has America Lost Its Way In Afghanistan? (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Mar 17, 2006)
The stark reality is that there isn't any political process anymore in Afghanistan. The American strategy of taming the Taliban or engineering defections from its ranks is a shambles.
- Ageing Queen Of The Adriatic (Frontline, Sudha Mahalingam, Mar 16, 2006)
WHEN was the last time you were in a city without road traffic? Not encountering a single car, bus or truck is perhaps the most appealing aspect of Venice for the jaded city-dweller hoping for a getaway from petrol fumes for a few days.
- Palestinian Ultras Release Post-Jail Raid Hostages (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
Palestinian militants today released the last four foreigners they were holding, a day after seizing the hostages to protest an Israeli military raid on a West Bank prison.
- A Good Mind (Deccan Herald, Terry Reis Kennedy, Mar 16, 2006)
Modern scientists can analyse and measure everything, except what is in the heart and mind of a person, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has said. “The real value of a human is what good intentions are in the heart.”
- Earthy Heaven (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
“We thought we were in heaven”. Millions across the globe would have echoed that exclamation of delight from a Norwegian housewife had they too opened their kitchen taps and found . . .
- The King’S Legacy All Shook Up (Deccan Herald, Julie Bosman, Mar 16, 2006)
Sillerman, a billionaire media entrepreneur, is cashing in on Elvis Presley’s staying power
- Cleaning Up Democracy (Telegraph, PARTHA CHATTERJEE , Mar 16, 2006)
The author is director and professor of political science, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, . . .
- Give Ambedkar His Due (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Mar 16, 2006)
Ambedkar is not accorded the importance he should be despite his efforts to liberate the oppressed
- The Wind Blows Another Way At The Durand Line (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Mar 16, 2006)
Pakistan’s relations with Afghanistan are in a downward spiral. First came the war of words between President Hamid Karzai and General Pervez Musharraf over who was to blame for the resurgence of the Taliban along the mountainous Afghan-Pakistan . . .
- Blast Shadow Lifts From Varanasi, People Play Holi (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
The shadow of fear following the twin blasts of March 7 lifted completely today from this pilgrimage city as people danced, sang and painted the town in festive colours on the occasion of Holi amidst tight security.
- Rebels Quit Hijacked Train, Cops Clap (Telegraph, SALMAN RAVI, Mar 16, 2006)
Engaging armed Maoists at night would have been foolhardy, Jharkhand police said today, seeking to justify their inaction on Monday night when a passenger train was held hostage for 10 long hours.
- Moral Force (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
The Opposition National Conference (NC) supported by BJP, National Panthers Party (NPP) and MLA Bishnah, Ashwani Sharma disrupted the proceedings of State Assembly for 10 minutes this morning to protest against the non-presence of Ministers in the House.
- The Importance Of Information Standards (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Mar 16, 2006)
A mass of statistical data does not mean information standards, which involve classifications and codes, statistical units, extent of coverage, methods of measurement of economic phenomena, and the logic of inclusion or omission of certain items.
- Crowding In Or Crowding Out? (The Economic Times, Alok Sheel, Mar 16, 2006)
At about 10% of the GDP, the combined fiscal deficit of the central and state governments taken together is over three times the prudential EU Maastricht Treaty norm of 3%.
- China's 'Schindler' (International Herald Tribune, Howard W. French, Mar 16, 2006)
Nanjing, China: From the outside it does not look like much: the shell of a two-story brick building with scaffolding running up its sides and, on this drizzly winter day, a pair of construction workers kicking around in a courtyard littered with building
- Ltte Raising Funds For "Final War" (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Mar 16, 2006)
The New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday said the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) had launched an "aggressive and systematic fundraising campaign" from expatriate Sri Lankan Tamils in the west to fund a "final war" with the . . .
- Extremism Of The Mosque (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Mar 16, 2006)
Speaking to a delegation of traders, politicians, exporters and lawyers in Faisalabad on Tuesday, President Pervez Musharraf said that “some khateebs were creating disharmony among the people for their vested interests”. Since government agencies . . .
- Himalaya Car Rally Sets Off (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
Federal Tourism Minister Ghazi Ghulab Jamal on Wednesday inaugurated the Himalaya car rally consisting of 18 vintage cars from 1936 to 1970.
- Welcome Change In Tone (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 16, 2006)
There is a distinct change in the tone in Kabul, and for the better. Even though they still want Pakistan “to do more”, the sentiments expressed by President Hamid Karzai and his Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah do not seem couched in hostility.
- The Storming Of Jericho (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
Israeli raid on Jericho’s prison will go down in the torturous history of the Middle East as another throbbing wound inflicted by Tel Aviv. It was an atrocious move in many ways and its repercussions will be felt far and wide, while it bodes ill . . .
- Israeli Assault (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 16, 2006)
Somehow, for all the powerful protagonists of human rights who roam the earth pretending to uphold the dignity of man, the beleaguered Palestinian people seem to have no respite from the cruelties of the rampaging Israeli forces, which ruin their . . .
- Foreign Policy Failure (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 16, 2006)
While the government is never tired of presenting Pakistan as a frontline state against the War on Terror and prides itself on having done more than any other country to curb Al-Qaeda, those it has helped mostly remain dissatisfied.
- Us Indicates Reservations On Russian Fuel For Tarapur (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
Indicating its reservations on Russia's move to supply fuel for Tarapur nuclear reactor, the US has said that any such step should be taken after India fulfils its obligations under the historic Indo-US nuclear deal.
- Advani Yatra Steers Clear Of Polls, Blasts (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Mar 16, 2006)
Rattled by the criticism from within and outside against the proposed ‘‘Rashtriya Ekta Yatras’’ announced by him last week, LK Advani is belatedly trying to delink the yatras from both the upcoming elections in five states as well as the Varanasi blasts.
- Illegal Constructions Choking Historic Mehrauli (Hindu, Mandira Nayar, Mar 16, 2006)
`Jahaz Mahal', a ASI protected monument, becomes yet another victim of crass commercialisation in the area
- Pak-Canada Economics (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 16, 2006)
Present-day realpolitik grants central priority to binding economic ties, which in turn promote mutual interests and nurture political relations.
- Negative Fallout Of Bush’S Visit (Dawn, Ghayoor Ahmed, Mar 16, 2006)
THE government and the people of India are jubilant over the visit of the US President George W. Bush to New Delhi to seal a “new relationship” between the United States and India. India has certainly secured a stunning diplomatic success by . . .
- Saddam Takes The Stand And Lauds The Resistance (International Herald Tribune, Edward W. Said, Mar 16, 2006)
Saddam Hussein took the witness stand Wednesday for his first formal testimony in his trial, and delivered an incendiary political diatribe that urged Iraqis to cease the sectarian bloodshed and carry on the . . .
- N-Deal: Battle Begins At Us Congress (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Mar 16, 2006)
One day before the legislation is introduced in the US Senate and the House of Representatives to implement the Indo-US civil nuclear agreement, two Congressmen have come out with diametrically opposed views on the merits of the deal.
- Avoidable Strain (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Mar 16, 2006)
Only the naïve would be surprised by Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s recent remark that he treated Jammu and Kashmir as a bilateral issue.
- Ahead Of Holi, Security Stepped Up In Varanasi (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
The district administration has beefed up security in the temple city and deployed additional forces around religious places and vital installations ahead of Holi celebrations on Wednesday, official sources said on Tuesday.
- Who Wants To Be A Superpower? (Hindu, DHIRAJ NAYYAR, Mar 16, 2006)
India needs to be a super-empowerer of the less powerful, both countries and peoples, and not a superpower in the shade of an even bigger one.
- New Phase In Indo-Us Ties (Daily Excelsior, Sarvadaman, Mar 16, 2006)
After many decades, Indian leaders have learnt to walk with the most powerful leader (Mr Bush) of the world. So far India's Pak-centric policy had not only made India waste her time but also look small.
- Kashmir Self-Rule Plan Making Headway (News International, Mariana Baabar, Mar 15, 2006)
Picking up on the prospects of self-governance for Kashmir, a proposal floated by Pakistan, is fast catching up with the leadership of Kashmir.
- Cbi Conducts Raids In Hotel Corporation Of India Case (Hindu, CR Jayachandran, Mar 15, 2006)
`Accused conspired, executed to award transport contract without proper procedure'
- Death Of A Mass Murderer (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Mar 15, 2006)
THE death of Slobodan Milosevic, in his cell at the Hague, where he was undergoing a trial at an International Criminal Court since 2001, for crimes against humanity, including genocide, has left incomplete a process that would have delivered the . . .
- Yatra To Change Course Of National Politics: Advani (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2006)
The BJP parliamentary party on Tuesday endorsed the controversial ‘national integration yatra’ of Leader of Opposition L K Advani, who declared that “it would change the course of national politics”.
- Competing Ideas Of The Sacred (Hindu, Karma Nabulsi, Mar 15, 2006)
The crisis occasioned by the Danish cartoons, which depicted the prophet Muhammad as a terrorist, has become a microcosm of the wider conflict between Islam and the Western world.
- Significant Steps (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 15, 2006)
Mr Kalam’s visit to Myanmar is historic...
- Cracking A New Code (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2006)
"Oh, India is such a paradox. I tell you, I long to go home all the time, but the moment I reach there, I want to come back," says Sue who runs a Trinidadian restaurant in Bangalore. Married to a Malayali, she has a brother with . . .
- Dry And Dreary (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2006)
Roderick Buchanan's History Painting churns out nothing but a monotonous parade of youthful faces
- Mystical Experience (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2006)
Spiritual experience is a one-to-one communion with God and hence even the great sages who were fortunate to have this experience did not generally speak about it.
- One Nuclear Deal, Two Narratives (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Mar 15, 2006)
That the Western media have savaged the Bush visit and the nuclear deal shows India acted in its national interest. Yet looked at another way, India is befriending a world leader seen to pursue an agenda against Muslim countries.
- Returning Officers For Pondy Appointed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2006)
Each officer will be in charge of three constituencies Election expenditure of political parties in each constituency has been fixed at Rs 5 lakh and squads have been formed to monitor the functioning of parties
21 constituencies under seven officers
- Advani "Thought Of" Rath Yatra Before Varanasi Blasts (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Mar 15, 2006)
Dasmunsi: It is meant for dividing the country
The `yatras' will have the same political effect as his Ayodhya rath yatra in 1989, says Advani
"Minorityism is contributi
- No Investment Without Security (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Mar 15, 2006)
Us Energy Secretary Samuel W Bodman, visiting Pakistan for consultation on non-nuclear energy resources, made a profound statement on Monday:
- Another Accident (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Mar 15, 2006)
Only last week-end we had dealt extensively in these columns with the menace of road accidents in the State. It was a matter of regret that two persons had lost their lives on an average every day in traffic mishaps in the previous year. The focus of our
- Diplomats Vs Scientists (Tribune, T.P. Sreenivasan, Mar 15, 2006)
AN unfortunate fallout of the negotiations on the implementation of the US-India nuclear deal was the impression created by certain analysts, including retired nuclear scientists, that the diplomats and scientists were at loggerheads over the . . .
- In Quest For Justice (Business Standard, Rashid Shaz, Mar 15, 2006)
That the Supreme Court had to intervene to ensure justice in the Best Bakery is indicative of a systemic failure that needs to be addressed without any further delay. Else, how will justice be delivered to victims of terror where the perpetrators . . .
- New Options For Investments (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Mar 15, 2006)
Talk of investments in India and even the sky can no longer be called the limit. New instruments, both debt and equity oriented, are coming into the market with fair regularity.
- An Agenda For The Consumer Movement (Deccan Herald, Bhamy V Shenoy, Mar 15, 2006)
The time has come for the Consumer movement to look inwards and mull over reform of the judicial system...
- Encouraging Signals (Business Standard, S. D. Naik, Mar 15, 2006)
Despite the welcome initiatives over the past two to three years, the backlog of modernisation in the Railways is huge. Considering the enormous investment required to bridge the technological gaps, there should be many more public-private partnerships.
- Man Rejected By India And Pakistan Stews In Prison (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Mar 15, 2006)
Khawaja Omar Alam alias Mohammad Owais Ali wants to live on the Zero Line given that both India and Pakistan do not accept him as a citizen.
- Belated Recognition For China's 'Schindler' (International Herald Tribune, Howard W. French, Mar 15, 2006)
From the outside it does not look like much: the shell of a two-story brick building with scaffolding running up its sides and, on this drizzly winter day, a pair of construction workers kicking around in a courtyard littered with building materials.
- Meeting Energy Needs (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 15, 2006)
US Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman had, we believe, been duly briefed while in Washington not to mince his words about restating its position on Pakistan's request for cooperation in civilian nuclear technology as well as the proposed Iranian gas . . .
- Were The First Skiers Actually From China? (Christian Science Monitor, Robert Marquand, Mar 15, 2006)
Move over Bode
- Once A Pest, India Vultures Now Face Extinction (International Herald Tribune, Amelia Gentleman, Mar 15, 2006)
Until recently, the vulture was an integral part of the Indian landscape. Vultures were so abundant that ornithologists never even thought to monitor their population.
- Staying Engaged (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2006)
Terrorist acts across India and continuing infiltration across the Line of Control would suggest that prospects for a solution to the Kashmir issue are bleak.
- The Culture Of Conspiracy (Tribune, William Weir, Mar 15, 2006)
Since the US vice president shot one of his hunting buddies, a number of alternate theories have been bubbling beneath the official version of events.
- Afghans Ordered To Leave N Waziristan (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2006)
Authorities claim families start returning to Miranshah; power, phone restored
- Call To Abandon Diamer-Bhasha Dam Project (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2006)
Speakers at a conference here on Monday asked the government to stop work on the “controversial project”, and sought UN intervention as according to them the dam site falls in the terrotory of the disputed Gilgit-Baltistan region.
- Rice Seeks Cong Support For N-Deal (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2006)
Seeking Congress support to amend laws for implementation of the historic Indo-US nuclear agreement, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice today said it was a strategic achievement which will strengthen international security.
- Advani At It Again (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Mar 14, 2006)
Yatras will harm party’s interests
- Hitting Boundaries, & Breaking Them (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Mar 14, 2006)
An Indian Test win against England and Anil Kumble joining the 500-plus wickets club would merit separate celebratory commentaries on their own.
- Post Haste To The Past (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Mar 14, 2006)
The latest farce being enacted by the government at the Centre is structured around ‘courier services’.
- Kalam Visits Apravasi Ghat (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Mar 14, 2006)
President A.P.J. Kalam on Monday re-visited the shared colonial past of India and Mauritius at the Apravasi ghat (immigrant depot) where over four lakh Indians had landed between the mid 18th and early 19th centuries to work as labourers on . . .
- Naxalites Capture Train In Jharkhand (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2006)
Naxalites tonight captured a train carrying more than 100 passengers, looted them and beat up the driver near Hedegada station in Jharkhand’s Latehar district, police intelligence sources said.
- Terrorist Held In Goa Linked To Let (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2006)
The Goa police said today that the terrorist arrested on Friday night at Margao railway station with RDX was linked to the Lashkar-e-Toiba.
- New Security Regimen In Varanasi (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2006)
Devotees will now have to pass beneath door-frame metal detectors and put up with frisking by policemen with a hand-held detector as a new security regimen comes into force at the Sankat Mochan temple in Varanasi, informed police sources.
- Height Of Controversy (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Mar 14, 2006)
In 1953, when Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa summited Mt Everest for the first time, the highest peak in the world was the symbol of adventure, courage and the quest to transcend human limitations......
- Afghan-Pak Rift Deepens (Tribune, Pamela Constable, Mar 14, 2006)
A rare suicide car bombing Sunday in Afghanistan’s capital, which killed four people and left former president Sibghatullah Mujaddedi with burn injuries, seemed likely to set back government reconciliation efforts with Taliban members . . .
- Advani’S Yatra Raises Hackles (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2006)
The Lok Sabha on Monday witnessed noisy scenes as the CPM, Congress and Samajwadi Party attacked the proposed yatra by BJP leader L K Advani through Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
- Men In Journeys (Deccan Herald, Sudha Narasimhachar, Mar 14, 2006)
The journeys we undertake in our lives are interesting like the life's journey itself
- The Road Less Travelled (Deccan Herald, B G Verghese, Mar 14, 2006)
India should not be tied to America’s apron strings, it should repair ties with its neighbours
- Democrat Asks Senate To Censure Prez Bush (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2006)
In a development that turns the heat of an intelligence scandal directly on George W Bush, who is already at an all-time low in public approval ratings, a leading Democratic lawmaker has asked the Senate to censure the US President for . . .
- The Fruits Of Diplomacy (Deccan Herald, Madhur Jaffrey, Mar 14, 2006)
India gets nuclear fuel and America gets the king of fruits, an Indian masterpiece
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