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Articles 10021 through 10120 of 23072:
- Allbank To Open Offices In Hong Kong, China (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2006)
Allahabad Bank which hit the market on Monday with a tier II bond issue amounting to Rs 400 crore and bearing an interest of eight per cent, received RBI nod for opening a full-fledged branch in Hong Kong and a representative office at Shenzhen, China.
- Another Accident (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Mar 14, 2006)
Only last week-end we had dealt extensively in these columns with the menace of road accidents in the State.
- People Power In East Asia (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Mar 14, 2006)
Do the current attempts in the Philippines and Thailand to re-enact people power movements amount to bypassing the existing democratic systems?
- Online Encyclopedia (Hindu, Natalie Hanman, Mar 14, 2006)
At the start of this month, Wikipedia announced the creation of the millionth article in its English language edition (http://en. wikipedia.org). So far, so impressive.
- Congress Election Committee Reconstituted (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2006)
Ahead of the forthcoming Assembly elections in five States, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday reconstituted the party's Central Election Committee (CEC), bringing in four new faces while retaining seven existing members.
- A Condemnable Attack (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 14, 2006)
The cowardly attempt on the life of Afghan Senate Chairman Sibghatullah Mujaddedi by unidentified suicide bombers in Kabul on Sunday deserves severest condemnation.
- A Good Monsoon? (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Mar 14, 2006)
The projection of a normal monsoon this year is a reassuring augury for the country’s economy as it looks ahead to a new financial year and continuation of rapid growth.
- Death Of A Tyrant (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 14, 2006)
When the Bosnian journalist Mirna Jancic went to The Hague to report on the trial of Slobodan Milosevic, she was repelled by the way in which the defendant, not infrequently, managed to turn the proceedings into a soap opera with himself as leading man.
- Slow But Sure Steps Of Justice (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Mar 14, 2006)
IF there is justice there will be peace. Nine men from Baroda were sentenced to life imprisonment by a special court in Mumbai for a massacre of innocents (known as the Best Bakery case) during one of the most terrible communal riots in our . . .
- Citizen First — Sampark Centres In India — Ishtiaq Ahmed (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Mar 14, 2006)
Under the old bureaucratic system the individual was treated more as a subject on whom state functionaries exercised power to extract taxes, levies and other charges. In return some public services were provided, but since the state . . .
- Bush Administration Launches Campaign For Us-India N-Deal (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Mar 14, 2006)
The first high-profile administration attempt to ease the passage of the India-US nuclear agreement through Congress was in evidence on Monday, with the publication of a signed article by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in the . . .
- Bush In South Asia — Raising A Political Storm (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Mar 14, 2006)
As the US President moved from Afghanistan to India and then Pakistan, he raised political storm clouds. If India was obsessed with the nuclear deal, Pakistan wanted similar treatment and Afghanistan worried about the . . .
- Waiting For The Click (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Mar 14, 2006)
Doha round will be fruitful if the world perseveres
- History Moves Kalam No Less Than Science (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2006)
History moves President APJ Abdul Kalam no less than science.
- Just Get Me My Pan, By Hook Or By Crook (The Financial Express, Vivek Law, Mar 14, 2006)
PAN or permanent account number is today, in many ways, similar to what the passport was a few years before.
- Co-Ed Rules (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 14, 2006)
That girls and boys are attracted to very different aspects of science is almost as distressing a finding as the observation, common among progressive parents, that their boys play with cars, while their girls prefer to busy themselves with dolls.
- Imperialism Redux (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Mar 14, 2006)
Business, Energy, Weapons And Foreign Policy
- Kalam Ends 3-Day Mauritius Visit, Promises Help To Its Economy (Press Trust of India, Subhashis Mittra, Mar 14, 2006)
Injecting fresh impetus to the age-old ties between India and Mauritius, President A P J Abdul Kalam today wrapped up his three-day visit to the island nation assuring it of New Delhi's firm commitment to help tide over its new economic challenges.
- Our Opportunity With India (Washington Post, Condoleezza Rice, Mar 13, 2006)
The week before last President Bush concluded a historic agreement on civilian nuclear cooperation with India, a rising democratic power in a dynamic Asia.
- Mujaddedi Survives Suicide Attack (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
Former Afghan president Sibghatullah Mujaddedi was slightly wounded in a suicide car bomb attack on Sunday that officials said killed two bombers and two civilians.
- Job-Eating Potential (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Mar 13, 2006)
The Congress won the last election on the platform of the common man. Finance Minister P Chidambaram wants to deliver on the promise.
- Democratic Lawmaker Asks Senate To Censure Bush (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Mar 13, 2006)
In a development that turns the political spotlight on the White House, a leading Democratic lawmaker has asked the Senate to censure President George Bush for his role in the controversial domestic wiretap programme.
- Indian Hindus, Muslims Seek To Rise Above Conflict (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Mar 13, 2006)
Starting bloody riots between India's majority Hindus and minority, but large, Muslim population usually doesn't take much doing.
- U.S. Ties With India, Pakistan On Divergent Paths (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Mar 13, 2006)
President George W. Bush's visit to India and Pakistan this month underscored dramatically the increasingly divergent U.S. approaches to the South Asian nuclear rivals.
- India Slow To Wake Up To Growing Maoist Menace (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Mar 13, 2006)
Kanker, India (Reuters) - Shouting "commando", police in camouflage uniform and black bandanas pour down from the sky on ropes. Others clamber over rocks, shooting from the shoulder as targets pop up all around them.
- Varanasi Bomb Blasts Suspects Freed (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
The two persons, who were detained by Uttar Pradesh police in connection with the twin blasts in Varanasi, were freed on Sunday after eyewitnesses failed to identify them, official sources said.
- Finland Pm On Three-Day Visit To New Delhi (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen arrived in New Delhi on Sunday from Chennai.
- Saddam Feared Own Army As Us Invaded (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
Saddam Hussein's fear of internal rebellion led him to distrust his military commanders even after US forces began their invasion in 2003, crippling the country's defenses, the New York Times reported in today's editions.
- Ongc Set To Invest Rs 45,000 Cr: Cm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
Chief Minister H D Kumaaraswamy announced here on Sunday that ONGC was ready to invest in the State from Rs 40,000 crore to Rs 45,000 crore instead of the originally planned Rs 25,000 crore.
- Varanasi Blasts: 2 Detained Persons Released (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
The two persons, who were detained by Uttar Pradesh police in connection with the twin blasts here, were freed today after eye-witnesses failed to identify them, official sources here said.
- ‘Kashi, Vatican Must Join Hands To Fight Terrorism’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
“Kashi and Vatican should unite to fight Jehadis,” VHP International Secretary Praveen Togadia has said.
- Varanasi Displays Secular Fabric (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Mar 13, 2006)
Residents foil terrorist designs
- The Road Less Travelled (Tribune, B.G. Verghese, Mar 13, 2006)
The Indo-US agreement should see a turning point not only in India’s position in the world but also in its perception of itself.
- All Those Who Will Make The Difference (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 13, 2006)
Given the highly politicized election personnel in Bengal, fair play will depend on the neutral role of senior supervisors, writes A.K. Chatterjee
- Blast Suspects Test Negative (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
The special task force (STF) probe into the Varanasi blasts suffered a setback with witnesses saying that two suspects arrested from Hardoi were not the persons about whom they had told police.
- India Hopeful Of Resolving Border Row With China (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
Indian and Chinese officials report progress in talks
- Anil Ambani Recasts Telecom (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
ADAG stake to go up to 63 pc in RCoVL; merges Reliance Infocomm
The recast
Reorganisation to be achieved through a share swap, with no cash outgo and will come into effect from April 1.
Subject to shareholders' and regulatory . . .
- Burying Hatchets (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Mar 13, 2006)
Many were dumbfounded at the recent coming together of two of Tamil Nadu's bitter political enemies Marumalarchi Dravida Munntera Kazhagam (MDMK) and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagan (AIADMK) for the purpose of contesting the forthcoming . . .
- Once A Wetland, Now A Desert (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 13, 2006)
The delta of the great Colorado River — where once it swept into the Gulf of California — used to be the most wonder-filled wetland in the whole North American continent.
- Hamas Adjusts To New Life Above Ground (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
They are wearing suits and ties, carrying briefcases, scheduling news conferences and being chauffeured in luxury cars.
- Witnesses Fail To Identify Varanasi Blast Suspects (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
Lashkar-e-Taiba denies involvement in blasts
- Acquittal In Killing Unleashes Ire At India's Rich (New York Times, Somini Sengupta , Mar 13, 2006)
The crime itself was sensational. A fashion model was shot dead in an unlicensed bar stuffed full of fashionable people.
- Persuading Congress (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 13, 2006)
Bush makes a good start
AS promised under the Indo-US nuclear deal, the George W. Bush administration has initiated the process for its implementation.
- Uniformed Thieves (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 13, 2006)
Car owners, beware of policemen!
- Innovative Solutions To Keep Computers Affordable (Hindu, Anand Parthasarathy, Mar 13, 2006)
For potential buyers, the proposals of Finance Minister P. Chidambaram might seem like disincentives to acquire a computer
Despite hardware, software duty increase, major players hold prices for now
Hyderabad-based company unveils . . .
- Personal Computer Makers Find Ways To Overcome Post-Budget Blues (Hindu, Anand Parthasarathy, Mar 13, 2006)
Imaginative solutions on the price front to keep it affordable
Inspite of hardware, software duty hike, major players hold prices — for now
Booming demand inspires unusual form factors
- Nature Of Us Relations With India And Pakistan Different (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
President George W Bush’s visit to India and Pakistan this month underscored dramatically the increasingly divergent US approaches to the South Asian nuclear rivals.
- India, Mauritius To Ink Deal On Hydrocarbon Exploration (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Mar 13, 2006)
India will be a very reliable partner, says Kalam
Long-term strategy to cushion impact of shrinking textile, sugar sectors discussed
Kalam discusses possibility of health tourism in diversification process
India to assist in R&D in sugar sector
- Power-Ing Ahead? (Business Standard, Subir Gokarn, Mar 13, 2006)
Mumbai may well be the symbolic power equivalent of the country's gold reserves being shipped to London in 1991.
- Witnesses Fail To Identify Suspects (Tribune, Shahira Naim, Mar 13, 2006)
One of the art students recuperating in the ICU ward of Sir Sundarlal Hospital is confident that he would be able to draw the sketch of the culprit as soon as he is better.
- Pakistan Relents, Says Yes To Kashmir Leaders (Deccan Herald, Zahoor Malik , Mar 13, 2006)
In a major shift in policy, Pakistan has begun a process to communicate with the mainstream political parties of Jammu and Kashmir.
- Spillover Of Waziristan Unrest (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 13, 2006)
Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao has said that the unrest in North Waziristan Agency is spreading to surrounding districts including Tank and DIKhan. Speaking in the National Assembly on Saturday he, however, vowed to continue action . . .
- Corruption Can Survive E-Governance (Deccan Herald, Narayana A, Mar 13, 2006)
The Revenue department in Karnataka needs reforms. A minister receiving complaints on his mobile will not end corruption
- Scaling A New Peak (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 13, 2006)
Few cricketers have combated adversity, willed themselves to heights previously thought unscalable, and courted success with the single-point focus and understated ardour that Anil Kumble has showcased in his richly decorated 16-year career.
- Exalting The Myth Of Suffering (Deccan Herald, ROGER COHEN, Mar 13, 2006)
To the last, a solitary death on Saturday in a UN cell near an international court he derided, Slobodan Milosevic clung to the notion that all the Balkan destruction he ignited and presided over was no more than a response to aggression . . .
- Can Our Way Of Living Save The Planet? (Deccan Herald, Lucy Siegle, Mar 13, 2006)
People are happy to talk about ethical awareness but when it comes to consumer patterns the talk is not reflected.....
- Varanasi Blasts: Witnesses Fail To Identify Suspects (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
The eye-witnesses have failed to identify the two suspects, detained by Uttar Pradesh Police in connection with the twin blasts, official sources said on Sunday.
- In The Name Of The Lord (Deccan Herald, Aparna Achar, Mar 12, 2006)
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu left behind a nonsectarian spiritual movement based on the chanting of Lord Krishna’s name that is practical and relevant even today.
- Kashmiri Leaders Differ On Solution (Daily Times, Mohammad Imran, Mar 11, 2006)
Kashmiri leaders appeared to disagree on the solution to the Kashmir issue as the three-day Pugwash Conference began on Friday.
- 29 Die In Dera Bugti Landmine Blast (News International, Muhammad Ejaz Khan, Mar 11, 2006)
Twenty-nine people travelling to a wedding were killed on Friday, when their tractor-trolley hit an anti-tank landmine near Dera Bugti, officials said.
- Should State Directly Fund Varsities? (The Economic Times, Ravi Srivastava, Mar 11, 2006)
There’s no harm as long as the needs of the higher education in general and the universities in particular are properly assessed, and the decision is taken in consultation with the UGC.
- Churchill And Moscow (Statesman, Valentin Falin, Mar 11, 2006)
Myths are known to persist, as proved by Winston Churchill’s speech in Fulton in 1946. To this day it is regarded as the “anti-communist manifesto” that unleashed the Cold War and encouraged Stalin to erect the “iron curtain” which cut off a half . . .
- Prison Diary (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 11, 2006)
As George Bush vacationed in the subcontinent pontificating on how to contain terror and Iran, his self-appointed role as an international cop has been reaffirmed with Amnesty International’s latest report on Abu Gharib prison and the . . .
- Understanding The Harvest Of Hate (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Mar 11, 2006)
Varanasi was just an exclamation mark in Islamist terror groups' war against India. Learning from it needs an understanding not of each outrage, but the whole.
- ‘Long’ Risk Is Becoming A Riskier Business (The Financial Express, V ANANTHA NAGESWARAN, Mar 11, 2006)
The Federal Reserve Board of the US released the minutes of its Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting held on January 31.
- The Morning After (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Mar 11, 2006)
The benefits we know. Time, now, to consider the costs of India's new relationship with the US.
- Court Moved For Safety Of Temples In Varanasi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
A petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Friday seeking directions to the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh Government to take appropriate steps to ensure the safety of all religious places in Varanasi following the bomb blasts at the Sankat Motchan temple
- Less Than Fair Towards Stalin (Statesman, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 11, 2006)
Sir, — I can’t quite agree with the views expressed by Arvin Ghosh in his article “Speech that lifted the lid” (Perspective, 26 February). He has recalled Nikita Khrushchev’s speech to the 20th congress of the CPSU.
- Sprightly Leader (The Week, Kavitha Muralidharan, Mar 11, 2006)
Over 50 years in public life and yet another election would have left most leaders feeling tired. Not DMK chief M. Karunanidhi. Even at 80, he starts his day at 4 a.m. with yoga and a walk, and reads many newspapers.
- New Blood (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Mar 11, 2006)
I’m not surprised that India should be throwing up more candidates than before, for Forbes’ list of the world’s wealthiest. But more important than that factoid is the rise of new entrepreneurs in the Indian system.
- Floating Cultures (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Mar 11, 2006)
If one takes an overview one will come across a rare aspect of life in the State.
- Spirit Of Varanasi (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 11, 2006)
IT is commonplace for terrorists to bandy about the name of a new outfit after a bloody strike.
- Nepali Families Fight Poverty With Condoms, Pills (Reuters, Gopal Sharma, Mar 11, 2006)
One of the biggest-selling items in the tiny chemists in the rebel-held Nepali hill town of Tila are condoms -- several hundred a month for a total population of just 2,000.
- Kalam: India, Myanmar Should Standardise Traditional Medicines (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Mar 11, 2006)
"Most herbs used in Myanmar were common with those found in northeastern States"
First-ever visit by Indian head of state to Mandalay
"Harness biotechnology to improve efficacy of traditional medicines"
President pays homage at pagodas
- Police Detain Eight For Varanasi Blasts (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
Police detained eight people on Friday over bomb attacks that killed 15 people in one of Hinduism's holiest cities; blasts that were later claimed by a group which said it was fighting Indian rule in Kashmir.
- Musharraf For Roundtable Of Kashmir Representatives (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf today suggested a round table conference of representatives of both sides of Kashmir either in Srinagar or Muzzafarabad and said he was ready to attend it with Prime Minister Manmohan . . .
- Muslim Representation (Daily Excelsior, Maqbool Shah, Mar 11, 2006)
The alleged seeking of details by Sachar Committee from the Army Headquarters about the Muslim officers and personnel below officer rank serving in the Army and their pattern of posting has yet again focussed the attention of the nation . . .
- Unholy War On Holy City (Daily Excelsior, Fazal Mehmood, Mar 11, 2006)
In an outrageous serial terrorist strike on the holy city of Varanasi, the ancient Sankat Mochan temple packed with Tuesday worshippers of Lord Hanuman was rocked by a huge blast and two bombs exploded soon after at Cantonment railway . . .
- Devils On Road (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Mar 11, 2006)
The Government has clearly identified three devils causing road accidents in hilly areas notably in the twin districts of Rajouri and Poonch. These are: shortage of buses, their dilapidated condition and overcrowding.
- Damage Uncontrolled (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Mar 11, 2006)
Reports that the Kolkata police had tipped off their UP counterparts about the possibility of bomb blasts are neither here nor there.
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