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Articles 10821 through 10920 of 23072:
- The Many Myths Of Jhandewalan (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Feb 21, 2006)
In the space of three weeks, the RSS has journeyed from decrying shortsighted alliances through proposing precisely such an alliance between the BJP and the Congress to advocating a broad alliance of disparate elements, Mulayam Singh's party included.
- Power, Profit And The Politics Of Hate (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Feb 21, 2006)
Power struggles, religious clash escalated the bitter winter violence in Ladakh
- Budget Is No Worry To Common Man This Election Year (Hindu, Ashok Dasgupta , Feb 21, 2006)
The run-up to the annual arithmetical exercise is low-key
No vociferous lobbying for incentive or exemption
No sharp increase in price of commodities or other household goods
- Hampi Is A Very Special Heritage Site, Says Visiting Unesco Representative (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
It has potential to attract more international tourists: Minja Yang
- Iran, Upa ‘Minorityism’ Targeted In Ls (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Feb 21, 2006)
The BJP signalled a return to full-fledged Hindutva while the Samajwadi Party and the CPI(M) sharply criticised the UPA government’s economic and foreign policies in course of the debate on the motion of thanks on the President’s address that began . . .
- Chinese In Vijayawada (Indian Express, Anita Anand, Feb 21, 2006)
In the south-central region of the Indian Railways, with headquarters in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, an innovative experiment is capturing the imagination of the Chinese.
- Don’T Chicken Out (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 21, 2006)
There’s a difference between prevention and panic. Bird flu response must remember that
- Why The World Is Afraid Of Iran Nukes (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Iran’s nuclear research programme began in 1967 with the establishment of the Tehran Nuclear Research Center, equipped with a US-supplied nuclear research reactor.
- India Throws Open Rebuilt Kashmir "Peace Bridge" (Reuters, Sheikh Mushtaq, Feb 21, 2006)
A reconstructed bridge which links the Indian and Pakistani parts of Kashmir across a Himalayan stream was thrown open on Monday.
- Arcelor Row Clouds Chirac India Visit To Boost Trade (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Feb 21, 2006)
India and France signed pacts on Monday to boost trade and push nuclear energy cooperation but a row over a takeover bid for European steel firm Arcelor haunted French President Jacques Chirac's visit to New Delhi.
- India, France Sign Document On Civilian (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
India and France today signed a landmark document on civilian nuclear cooperation and a defence pact with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declaring that New Delhi would place its nuclear facilities acquired in "future" through international . . .
- Bird Flu Mutating, Risk To Humans No Bigger - Who (Reuters, Richard Waddington, Feb 21, 2006)
Mutations in the H5N1 bird flu virus are seemingly making it more deadly in chickens and more resistant in the environment but without yet increasing the threat to humans, the World Health Organisation said on Monday.
- Virus Shuts Out Indian Poultry (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bahrain and UAE today banned poultry imports from India after reports of the first confirmed outbreak of bird flu in Maharashtra.
- Iran Leader Urges Muslims To Fund Palestinians (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on Monday on Muslims worldwide to provide money to the Palestinians during his talks with the Islamic radical Hamas movement, state television reported.
- Teachers As Vultures (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 21, 2006)
Rape is the most abominable crime because it leaves a scar on the victim, which can never be healed. And if the rapist happens to be a teacher and the victim a student, it becomes even worse. Even before the shock of the multiple rape at Durjanpur . . .
- France To Help In N-Energy (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Feb 21, 2006)
India today sent an unambiguous message to the international community when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh proclaimed that all facilities procured by New Delhi in future through international cooperation on civilian nuclear energy will be subjected to IAEA
- Not The President, But Close (Dawn, Niall Ferguson, Feb 21, 2006)
Every comedian in America has been having a gag-fest at the expense of Vice-President Dick Cheney, who accidentally shot his 78-year-old “acquaintance,” Harry Whittington, while hunting quail in Texas, in the face.
- India, France Sign Nuclear Energy, Trade Deals (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
India and France signed an agreement on Monday on future civilian nuclear cooperation, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said.
- The Round Table (Tribune, B.G. Verghese, Feb 21, 2006)
The Government should not permit any person or group to exercise a veto on Jammu and Kashmir.
- India, France Ink 9 Agreements (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
India and France today signed nine bilateral documents in the presence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and visiting French President Jacques Chirac.
- Hurriyat Rejects Pm’S Offer For Talks (Tribune, S.P.Sharma, Feb 21, 2006)
The bold initiative of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to invite the mainstream parties and separatists for a round table conference at Delhi on February 25 to hammer out a solution to the Kashmir imbroglio has suffered a setback with the Hurriyat . . .
- Street Violence Is Not The Answer (Dawn, Zia-ul-Islam, Feb 21, 2006)
It is ironic that in the middle of the cartoon crisis, Abu Hamza al Masri, a London-based Muslim leader, should be convicted by a British judge for delivering sermons that “created a real danger to the lives of innocent people in different . . .
- Bitter Harvests Of Zionism (Dawn, Paul Oestreicher, Feb 21, 2006)
The chief rabbi, Sir Jonathan Sacks, is right. His reaction to the Anglican synod’s call for sanctions against Israel is understandable. Hatred of Judaism — now commonly called anti-Semitism — is a virus that has infected Christendom for two millennia.
- Peace Can Gain (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Feb 20, 2006)
Has anything concrete emerged from Jammu-Kashmir Liberation Front chief Yasin Malik's meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi?
- Azad To Inaugurate Peace Bridge Today (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad will tomorrow inaugurate the re-erected Kaman Aman Setu (Peace Bridge), which connects Uri with Muzaffarabad, along the Line of Control (LoC).
- Chirac Arrives In India (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
French President Jacques Chirac arrived here today on a two-day official visit for discussions with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on giving a fresh impetus to the Indo-French Strategic Relationship and to political and economic diplomacy.
- Empowerment Of Women (Daily Excelsior, Angela Gadroo, Feb 20, 2006)
Ancient Vedas, Sastras, Aranyakas, Upanishads etc vehemently opposed any type of gender discrimination or differences due to caste, colour and nationality and highlighted the cardinal principle that all human beings are equal.
- City Suffers Closures And Indian Border Re-Opens (News International, Tahir Hasan Khan, Feb 20, 2006)
Protest demonstrations by the religious parties and groups against the publication of sacrilegious caricatures in various European newspapers gained further momentum last week, paralysing the life in Karachi, Sindhís capital, and other major cities . . .
- Islam From German Perspective (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Feb 20, 2006)
Sometimes one feels a little sorry for those European diplomats serving in Islamic countries when they suddenly discover that their country has been placed on the black list of Muslim countries because some sensation-seeking newspaper . . .
- A Touch Of Anarchy (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Feb 20, 2006)
A Week ago, I expressed in this space the apprehension that injection of violence in the protests against the blasphemous cartoons that raised their ugly head in Denmark and spread rapidly like a contagion to several other European countries . . .
- Reinforcing Ties With China (Dawn, Ghayoor Ahmed, Feb 20, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf’s current state visit to China at the invitation of the President Hu Jinato, will herald the events organized in connection with the 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Pakistan and ....
- Stop Communalising (Daily Excelsior, Brig. (Retd.) S.N. Sachadeva, Feb 20, 2006)
As Julius Caesar was walking towards the Capitol in Rome on the fateful day of his assassination, one of the well-wishers is said to have insistently pressed him to read a petition which, he said, touched the Emperor the most. Caesar scornfully . . .
- King Offers Talks, Parties Unmoved (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Nepal’s King Gyanendra made his first formal approach to the country’s estranged political parties today, urging them to join talks and try to put democracy back on track.
- Indo-French Trade To Touch 10 Billion Euros (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
The official visit of French President to India will give a big boost in acceleration of two-way trade between India and France which is expected to exceed 10 billion euros by 2010 from its current level of 3.6 billion euros, reveals a study.
- Govt Says No Case Of Human Bird Flu (Reuters, Surojit Gupta, Feb 20, 2006)
The government said on Sunday it had found no case of human avian influenza after preliminary tests on a dead farmer earlier suspected to have been the country's first human victim of the disease.
- Reveries Of Equilibrium (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Feb 20, 2006)
Walras showed through his mathematical exercise that if all these conditions, which define a perfect market, were satisfied, the market would reach a state of equilibrium at the end of the day, yielding maximum possible satisfaction to all buyers and ....
- The Future Shocks (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Feb 20, 2006)
It’s exactly the sort of document that an American think-tank would have produced in the year 1900, if they had think-tanks in 1900. This time it’s the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the document is called China Modernization Report 2006.
- How The Stalemate Machine Works (Telegraph, Sanjib Baruah, Feb 20, 2006)
The obvious lesson of Kakopathar is that counter-insurgency operations and negotiations towards peace do not go together, writes Sanjib Baruah The author is at the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, and Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
- A Heritage Symbol Of The Indian Railways (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Mobile Fire Fighting Vehicle dates back to 1931
Designed as an open type to enable fire fighters jump out easily
It has in built lockers
- Changing The Face Of Global Security (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Feb 20, 2006)
The underlying theme, promoted by the U.S. and Germany, of the 42nd Munich Conference of Security Policy was that NATO must have the pivotal role in the 21st century's world order.
- Muslims And The Indian Army (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Feb 20, 2006)
After 60 years of Independence, we should be sufficiently confident of our collective secular beliefs and practices to examine facts.
- Bird Flu: Lethal And Spreading Fast (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Feb 20, 2006)
The Government's efforts to check the spread of the H5N1 virus, first noticed at Nandurbar, Maharashtra, may not suffice.
- Arcelor Chief Backtracks On Remarks Against Mittal (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Feb 20, 2006)
Guy Dollet says he over-reacted but insists he was attacked too. Lakshmi Mittal's takeover bid for Arcelor, the world's second largest steelmaker, has triggered widespread opposition among the French elite.
- Gods’ Politician (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 20, 2006)
Invoke the rule of law, instead
A CONCLAVE of “gods” at Naggar in Manali has said “no” to the Alfred Ford-sponsored $150-million Himalayan Ski Village project.
- Full Alert In District Against Avian Flu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Migratory water fowls are carriers of all influenza
The district Health authorities and the Animal Husbandry Department have gone on full alert following reports confirming the detection of avian influenza in poultry farms in Maharashtra.
- In The Aftermath Of Riots (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 20, 2006)
The Punjab government’s decision to compensate motorcycle owners whose vehicles were burnt by rioters last Tuesday and Wednesday in Lahore is welcome.
- Modernising The Village Economy (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Feb 20, 2006)
The fruits of economic development fall where educated people live, not where they work. Hence, if we want to enrich villages, we should induce the educated to live there. But for this to happen we need to install reliable means of social services and ...
- Flu Soldiers Cull & Scan (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Feb 20, 2006)
At ground zero of India’s first outbreak of avian flu, rapid response teams today began a farm-to-farm mass slaughter of chickens and a house-to-house surveillance of people.
- Private Sector Performance (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Feb 20, 2006)
IT IS high time the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) undertook a comprehensive study of the performance of the private sector in the 15 years after liberalisation.
- Bird Flu Spreads, India Tests Dozens Of People (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
India said it was testing dozens of people for bird flu on Sunday.
- Help, Before Fear Takes Wing (Indian Express, Mini Kapoor, Feb 20, 2006)
Loss to life from a disease is typically computed on the basis of mortality rates. By that reckoning avian influenza, with rates up to 90-100 per cent, would be as deadly as it gets, right?
- Nepal Bans Indian Poultry Products On Bird Flu Fears (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Nepal's royalist government banned imports of poultry from India after its neighbour reported its first confirmed outbreak of bird flu, an official said on Monday.
- Olive Green Carries The United Colours Of India (Indian Express, N.N. Vohra, Feb 20, 2006)
Let the destinies of the men and women of the armed forces, of whatever creed, remain the responsibility of the chiefs of staff, says N.N. VOHRA
- Sixty Dollars A Barrel? Great (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Feb 20, 2006)
It is the fate of over-burdened TV-watchers of the 21st century that we are deluged with low grade analysis by ill-informed experts on the small screen.
- Danish Envoy Leaves Pak (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Police fired teargas and rubber bullets to break up a banned protest against cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in Islamabad today and Denmark said its ambassador to Pakistan had returned home for security reasons.
- In The Middle East, The Third Way Is Still A Myth: Look At Hamas (Indian Express, SHIBLEY TELHANI, Feb 20, 2006)
The reality shown by Hamas’ victory in the Palestinian elections is this: if fully free elections were held today in the rest of the Arab world, Islamist parties would win in most states.
- Thar Express Brings India, Pakistan Closer (Hindu, Mohammed Iqbal , Feb 19, 2006)
Forty-one years after the disruption of the rail link between India and Pakistan on the western border, the much-awaited Thar Express from Pakistan steamed across the desert sands to arrive here on Saturday to a tumultuous welcome by people of India.
- Monsieur President, Vous Etes Bienvenue (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Feb 19, 2006)
The President of the French Republic touches base in Delhi today. I thought a welcome letter was therefore in order...
- Thar Express Back On Track After 41 Years (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
In a major boost to people-to-people contact between India and Pakistan, the second rail link between the two countries was established today with the trans-border Thar Express resuming operations after a gap of 41 years.
- Telling Right From Left (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Feb 19, 2006)
As someone who believes that Indian communists always act against the interests of India I pay close attention to what they say.
- Mr Cm, End Graft, Strengthen Panchayats (Deccan Herald, Benjamin Fernandez, Feb 19, 2006)
What should be the new Chief Minister priorities? This was our question to readers last week and we were flooded with responses. We published a few letters last week. This week we publish those, mostly from outside Bangalore, on the government’s . . .
- Manuscript Survey Unearths Rare Works (Hindu, S. Harpal Singh, Feb 19, 2006)
Surveyors collect material from houses, old mosques and other areas in the district
- The Prayag Of Chattisgarh (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Tanushree Podder visits Rajim, in Chattisgarh, also called ‘Panchkashi’ as there are five shivalingams in different temples there.
- Vhp Not To Support Any Single Party (Hindu, PRAFULLA DAS, Feb 19, 2006)
No plans to launch a party, says Singhal
- Whither Postal Services In India? (Hindu, S. RAMESH, Feb 19, 2006)
The vast reach of the postal service is unmatched. It will be unwise to allow such a service to die a slow death
- Shravanabelagola's Moment Of Glory (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Town wears a colourful look as flow of pilgrims continues
- Udf Has Set Development Agenda, Says Oommen Chandy (Hindu, Roy Mathew, Feb 19, 2006)
Says he has got maximum support for this from Malayalis abroad
- The Newer Left (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 19, 2006)
More reformist signals for the election
Prior to the assembly election in 2001, the CPI-M had signalled a change by getting Jyoti Basu to step down in favour of Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee.
- Thar Express Completes Journey Four Decades In The Making (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
The Thar Express returned with Indian passengers after a historic journey to India on Saturday, marking the reopening of a rail link between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan that was closed for four decades.
- Thar Express Completes First Run (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
A military band played traditional tunes and hundreds of people cheered as a train linking India and Pakistan rolled into a small desert town in western India on Sunday, marking the restoration of a rail link cut off four decades ago.
- Priority For Farm, Irrigation Sectors, Says Ysr (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Replies to the debate on motion of thanks to Governor
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy said that the guiding principle of his Government would be giving priority to agriculture and irrigation without neglecting other . . .
- Hamas Dominated Parliament Sworn In (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Feb 19, 2006)
Islamic group rejects Abbas' call, reiterates commitment to resistance
- Bush Visit Will Give A Boost To Indo-Us Ties: Inderfurth (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Feb 19, 2006)
The Indo-US relations have been marked by reciprocal visits to New Delhi and Washington by the leaders of both nations. President George W. Bush will visit India in March.
- Bird Flu Ruled Out In Death Of Indian Man (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Indian health officials said Sunday laboratory tests had shown that a man earlier suspected to have died of bird flu was in fact killed by bacterial infection.
- Bihar Won't Change... (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Feb 19, 2006)
Nitish Kumar at best might be a good joke between bad serials
A Lot of people feel that now that we have got rid of Lalu, suddenly everything is going to be all right with Bihar. I say no Nitish or any other Kumar can change Bihar.
- A Page Out Of A History Textbook (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
A single rock has been carved into a three-storeyed structure —a main mandap, two pillars and four sub-shrines. Rashmi Vasudeva writes of the Kailasa temple in Ellora, after her memorable trip to Ajanta, Ellora and Aurangabad.
- Goan Story Retold (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
The book takes one back to when the Portuguese ruled Goa and reveals among other things the customs of yore, some of which continue till today.
- Bursting With Life! (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
I feel that the only way to review this remarkable book is to describe it carefully at the macro and micro levels and let the reader judge for himself. It has the shape, size, looks and feel of the particularly splendid coffee table book . . .
- A Walk In The Snowy Mountains... (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
SGL Tours & Travels, recognised by Department of Tourism, Government of India, is introducing a Holy Kailash Manasarovar yatra for the coming summer.
- Bird Flu Has Landed (Indian Express, Reshma Patil, Feb 19, 2006)
8 samples from maharashtra farm test positive • 8 lakh birds to be culled today • no human cases, samples of 3 kids, one woman being tested • no national alert yet
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