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Articles 13421 through 13520 of 23072:
- Man Who Isn’T Here (Indian Express, SANDIPAN DEB, Dec 16, 2005)
Yesterday upon the stair/ I met a man who wasn’t there./ He wasn’t there again today/ I wish that man would go away.
— Hugh Means (1875-1965)
- Is He Reading This? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 16, 2005)
Besides ourselves with excitement, we ask for at least two more Netaji inquiry commissions.
- ‘We Are Witnessing The Destruction Of The Soul And The Spirit’ (Indian Express, David Ignatious, Dec 16, 2005)
David Ignatious explains why Lebanon’s assassins have moved Adonis, the most celebrated poet in the Arab world, to speak of ‘a temple of fear’
- Forest Rights (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 16, 2005)
The Bill may have unpredictable consequences
- Thrill Of No-Frill (Indian Express, ANKUR PATODIA, Dec 16, 2005)
Feel the difference. The cerulean blue antimacassar on the seat in front of me had the words ‘EconomyAir: feel the difference’ printed in white. I was feeling it all right.
- Advani Should Resign, Says Uma Bharti (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Accuses him of pursuing "politics devoid of ideology or principles"
Describes Advani's 1989 Rath Yatra as "a yatra for votes"
Demands apology from Advani over remarks on Jinnah
Says party is not treating her like a former Chief Minister
- Democracy No Monopoly Of West, Says Amartya Sen (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
"Public discussion and public interaction have a role in democracy... ."
- Domestic Elephant Register Taking Shape (Hindu, D. Radhakrishnan, Dec 16, 2005)
With the annual rejuvenation camp for captive elephants at the Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park providing a wealth of information, the wildlife wing of the Forest department is preparing a domestic elephant register and data log.
- Leftist Set To Be Bolivia's First Indian President (Christian Science Monitor, Danna Harman, Dec 16, 2005)
Evo Morales is an unorthodox candidate. He's a former IIama herder and coca farmer, and an indigenous Indian with an eighth-grade education. His platform rests on ending Bolivia's 20 years of free-market economic policies, and . . .
- Advani Will Not Quit Till December 30, Says Mahajan (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Dec 16, 2005)
Official announcement may come soon after Mumbai conclave is over
Selection process will begin after Parliament session Conclave a purely party affair
- Pm Refuses To Comment On Volcker Issue (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Thursday refused to get drawn into a debate with the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Jaswant Singh, on the Volcker controversy, and said he would not comment on it since the issue was under probe.
- Do Writers Really Represent Us? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Dec 16, 2005)
Although Chief Minister Dharam Singh has delivered a fait accompli on the issue of the change of Bangalore’s name, the point to ponder is whether the writers, intellectuals and opinion makers who pushed the State Government to such a sudden, . . .
- India, Pakistan Resume Kashmir Bus Service (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
The Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service between India and Pakistan, suspended following the 8 October devastating earthquake, was resumed on Thursday [15 December] with seven passengers on board.
- India, China Agree To Speed Up Border Dispute Talks (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
India and China have agreed to speed up the process of resolving their long-standing border dispute.
- Rally Taken Out To Create Awareness On Aids (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
As a part of the 15-day intensive AIDS awareness campaign launched by the district administration on the World AIDS Day, non-Government organisations, Government departments and educational institutions conducted a number of HIV/AIDS awareness programmes
- Bank On The King (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 15, 2005)
Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran's three-day visit to Nepal merits a welcome, particularly since it included a nearly two-hour meeting with King Gyanendra in Kathmandu.
- The Rise Of Rural Cities (Pioneer, Chitvan Gill, Dec 15, 2005)
Recently 12 men died in a fire in a building in Vishwas Nagar. The building in which they had been locked by their employer for the night was an 'illegal' garments factory.
- Sacrificing Ideology (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Dec 15, 2005)
It was bewildering to see socialist leaders, who have only contempt for Hindu ceremonies, attend blood-letting rituals at Kamakhya temple, writes Anuradha Dutt
- Us Can't Hide Behind Immigration Issue: India (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
The United States will have to open its market to more foreign temporary workers as part of any new world trade deal, despite strong opposition in the US Congress, India's Commerce Minister Kamal Nath said on Wednesday.
- Uniting For Progress (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Dec 15, 2005)
THE idea of a real Islamic Commonwealth or common Market has always appealed to Muslims all over the world. Although religion is a common bond among the 57 member states of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), there are several roadblocks or miss
- Where Is Osama? (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Dec 15, 2005)
IT doesn’t surprise me that George Bush had a plan to bomb the Doha headquarters of the pesky Arabic news channel Al Jazeera back into the desert age. What shocks me is that he hasn’t sent Al Jazeera a thank you note after his re-election last year in Nov
- Wto: Corporations Vs Common Man (Dawn, Najma Sadeque, Dec 15, 2005)
MOST people struggling with their daily lives are not even aware of the sixth WTO ministerial in Hong Kong. But their fate hinges on it.
- A New Regional Architecture (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 15, 2005)
It has been a series of purposeful meetings in Kuala Lumpur this week for most of Asia. India's presence and participation, first, in a summit with the Association of South East Asian Nations and, then, in the first East Asia Summit...
- The Makkah Declaration: Rhetoric And Reality (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Dec 15, 2005)
The Makkah conclave produced a declaration that is strong on sentiment and exhortation, and less so on specifics.
- Towards An Upheaval In Jammu & Kashmir? (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 15, 2005)
Unnoticed, the pressures on the troubled State's political system are building. A seismic reordering of its structures seems inevitable in the not-too-distant future.
- India’S Foreign Trade: Back To The Future? (The Financial Express, Alok Sheel, Dec 15, 2005)
India’s foreign trade has seen three remarkable developments over the past decade. First, the current account shows a rapidly growing surplus if POL imports are excluded. Second, there is a sharp rise in merchandise trade with Asia, from around 10% . . .
- Troops Open Fire In Nepal, Casualties Feared (Hindustan Times, PTI, Dec 15, 2005)
A dozen people were killed and an equal number injured when Nepal's security personnel indiscriminately opened fire at a group of villagers returning from a Hindu festival held near the capital, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) officials said.
- Hurriyat Flays Govt For Delay On Pok Visit (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
The moderate Hurriyat Conference today criticised the Government for its "delaying tactics" in clearing the amalgam delegation’s visit to quake-ravaged Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) with relief material.
- Nepal Army Fires On Villagers, 11 Dead - Witnesses (Reuters, Reuters, Dec 15, 2005)
Nepali soldiers opened fire on a group of people near a temple just outside Kathmandu, killing at least 11 people overnight, officials and witnesses said on Thursday.
- Intellectual Property In A Whirl Of A Swimming Pool! (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 15, 2005)
The latest press release from the Geneva-based World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) informs that the second audit has found `no fraud or dishonest acts' in the organisation.
- Vat Exempted For Industrial Units In Mizoram (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Dec 15, 2005)
In a bid to encourage the entrepreneurship in the region, the Mizoram Government has decided to exempt Value Added Tax (VAT) for the local industrial units.
- Multiple Assaults (Hindustan Times, Poornima Advani , Dec 15, 2005)
On December 10, the nation observed the International Human Rights Day.
- All Aboard (Hindustan Times, Sitaram Yechury, Dec 15, 2005)
The results of the recently concluded assembly elections in Bihar, apart from everything else, is unfortunately helping to sustain an erroneous understanding as a part of the current national discourse.
- Sound And Fury (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
Even the most rosy-eyed see the Hong Kong ministerial of the World Trade Organisation as a stepping stone towards a final conclusion of the Doha round of trade talks. It is not only the deep divisions that exist between the various WTO members . . .
- Asean In Control, East Asia Takes Off (Indian Express, SUNIT ARORA, Dec 15, 2005)
With ASEAN firmly in the driver’s seat, the first-ever ‘historic’ East Asia Summit formally kicked off today as a ‘‘forum for dialogue on broad strategic, political and economic issues of common interest and concern’’.
- Modes Of Protest (Deccan Herald, Avijit Pathak, Dec 15, 2005)
Violence can be of various dimensions and non-violence demands us to strive higher
- India, Israel To Boost Trade Ties (Deccan Herald, Janaki Murali, Dec 15, 2005)
The bilateral trade between India and Israel stood at $2135.4 million for the period of January to October 2005 as against $1806.4 million in the corresponding period last year.
- ‘No Way I Am Going Out Until December 26’ (Indian Express, Subrata Nag Choudhury, Dec 15, 2005)
TSUNAMI That’s the refrain in 15 Car Nicobar villages as residents face a cyclone with fear and foreboding
- Vijay Diwas To Be Celebrated Tomorrow (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
The nation will celebrate Vijay Diwas — the victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war — on a grand scale on Friday. According to an official release the initiative was taken by Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee to commemorate the event on December 16 and 17.
- Bengal Ready For Fdi In Power, Consultants: Cm (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today gave the Planning Commission outline of the state government’s reform measures in sectors ranging from education, power to development of Sunderbans by the state government.
- Cabinet Nod For Feasibility Report On Budget Airline (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
The Cabinet on Wednesday approved the proposal for starting a budget airline in the joint sector.
- Aai For Aai (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 15, 2005)
Air travellers can be forgiven for not wondering about arcane policy issues when confronted with the various degrees of decay that Indian airports showcase.
- Is He Reading This? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
Besides ourselves with excitement, we ask for at least two more Netaji inquiry commissions.
- Operation Duryodhan Was Well-Named (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Dec 15, 2005)
Why did Kamlesh Kumari, Jagdish Prasad Yadav, Matbar Singh Negi, Nanak Chand, Rampal, Om Prakash, Ghanshyam, Bijender Singh, and Deshraj lose their lives? What was it that they rushed to protect four years ago?
- Nato Not Chasing Al Qaeda In Pakistan: Official (Dawn, Iftikhar A. Khan, Dec 14, 2005)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces are not in Pakistan to chase Al Qaeda, a Nato commander said on Tuesday. “Chasing Al Qaeda is neither our agenda nor our mandate,” Commander of the Nato Forces in Pakistan Air Commodore Andrew George Walton ...
- Welcome To The Real World (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 14, 2005)
Comrade Prakash Karat has advised his Kerala comrades that foreign direct investment is good for generating more jobs.
- In The Absence Of Right To Information (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 14, 2005)
Our members of Parliament actually touch money with their hands!
- Cash For Question (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 14, 2005)
The urgency which presiding officers of the two Houses of Parliament and every concerned political party have shown in dealing with the cash-for-question scandal is the only silver lining in an utterly shameful affair.
- Ray Of Hope In Afghanistan? (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Dec 14, 2005)
EARLY on Tuesday morning an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale hit north-eastern Afghanistan.
- Losing The War Against Errors (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Dec 14, 2005)
This is how “extraordinary rendition” appears to operate. A suspect is pounced upon by US agents or local proxies, and interrogated.
- Manmohan Discusses Nuclear Cooperation With Koizumi, Roh (Hindu, Amit Aishwarya Jogi, Dec 14, 2005)
India, Japan to "remain engaged" in G-4 on Security Council expansion
- Balance Shifts Between Secular And Islamist Iraq (Hindu, Jonathan Steele, Dec 14, 2005)
Ayad Jaml Eldin receives his visitors in an extraordinary pavilion made of reeds, bent into huge arches to form a barrel vault above a carpeted floor.
- The Cash For Questions Scandal (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 14, 2005)
That some Members of Parliament routinely accept bribes to ask parliamentary questions is one of the worst kept secrets in New Delhi's corridors of power.
- Pak Bus Completes Dry Run (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
A Pakistani bus, which arrived here Tuesday, completed the second and final phase of the trial run of the Amritsar-Lahore bus service which is expected to be operational by the end of this month.
- Does It Pay More To Fly Empty Than Full? (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 14, 2005)
If, On reading about Kingfisher's plans to buy Air Deccan's ASKMs or available seat kilometres, you're asking for a quick grounding in airline jargon, rest assured that you aren't alone.
- On Questionable Questions (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 14, 2005)
In a sensational sting operation, MPs of various political parties were caught on camera taking money for carrying out the most basic task for which they were elected to office — raising the peoples' concerns and problems in Parliament.
- Volcker Disclosures (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Dec 14, 2005)
Decades ago, much before he became Prime Minister, some news reporters interacted with Mr Chandrashekhar.
- One Wonders Can This Be A Family Entertainment? (Greater Kashmir, Sheikh Asif, Dec 14, 2005)
If yes, then we don’t consider ourselves as a member of what they call Star Parivar, comments Sheikh Asif
- Exile And The Kingdom (Greater Kashmir, RAVI VYAS, Dec 14, 2005)
What makes this book a memorable read is not just language, not just philosophy, not just idea but everything, comments Ravi Vyas
- Us Arms Deals (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 14, 2005)
What the American arms industry now offers India — latest radars for F-16s, P3-Orions with a hint of the next generation of maritime reconnaissance/strike aircraft, to name just some — would invite comparison with Santa’s sack full of goodies.
- Regaining Lost Glory Of Karachi (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 14, 2005)
PRESIDENT Pervez Musharraf has called for hard work and dedication to implement major projects of Karachi for providing a strong infrastructure to resolve the problems faced by the people. Inaugurating the Beach Park, he said extra resilience is required
- Dancers, Flowers Greet Pakistani Bus In India (Daily Times, Ali Waqar, Dec 14, 2005)
PTDC MD suggests daily service, easier visas
- Is India Willing To Be A Partner In New Power Game? (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Dec 14, 2005)
ASEAN: India’s evolution * 1992 Sectoral Dialogue Partner * 1996 Full Dialogue Partner * 1996 Member, ASEAN Regional Forum * 2002 Summit-level dialogue partner n 2005 East Asia Summit partner.
- On A Wing And Prayer (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 14, 2005)
Not left fighting a lonely battle, Delhi serial bomb blasts hero Kuldeep Singh now has the international community pledging support to him.
Describing him as "the Indian face of courage", Yamanashi University in Japan and Nichi-in Centre . . .
- Talking Shop (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 14, 2005)
Yes, FDI in retail will displace some jobs. No, that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t have it
- United By Ramayana (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Dec 14, 2005)
I AM not sure whether I purchased my first television set before the advent of Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayana in 1987 or after but I soon became an avid viewer of the first mega serial at a time when Doordarshan was synonymous with television.
- There Will Be No Indigenous Population Except Seagulls’ (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 14, 2005)
Former truck driver Norbert L’Emclume, 65, sits in a shabby courtyard in Cassis, a shanty town in Port Louis, the capital of Mauritius.
- Word And Existence (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Dec 14, 2005)
Roberto Calasso is one of our few remaining witnesses to that which cannot be appropriated,
- Third Round Of Indo-Pak Dialogue Likely Next Month (News International, Mariana Baabar, Dec 14, 2005)
Pakistan and India hope to start third round of the composite dialogue at the foreign secretary level in the third week of next month in New Delhi.
- Tourism Dips As Tiger Count Falls (Indian Express, Vrinda Gopinath, Dec 14, 2005)
It’s official. The shocking drop in the tfiger population in the Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, due to poaching, first highlighted by The Indian Express, has hit tourism in the park. Ranthambore has seen as much as a 30 per cent fall in tourist vis
- Pak Bus Conducts Dry Run (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
The dry run from Lahore to Amritsar was conducted by Pakistan today with a bus carrying eight officials crossing into India through the Atari-Wagah Joint Check Post.
- Celebrating Christmas By Other Names (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Dec 14, 2005)
In Britain, there is an increasing and misplaced emphasis on multiculturalism in a way that does it more harm than good.
- Dancers, Flowers Greet Pakistani Bus In India (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
Drummers and dancers greeted a Pakistani bus as it crossed into India on Tuesday in the latest step in a slow-moving peace process to establish stronger transport links between the nuclear rivals.
- Pakistan Conducts Dry Run Of Bus Service (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
An eight-member Pakistani delegation crosses over into India
- India Plans To Upgrade Kolkata, Chennai Airports (Reuters, Clarence Fernandez, Dec 13, 2005)
India will invite private investors to help modernise two major airports in March, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Monday, stepping up efforts to modernise the country's creaking infrastructure.
- A Myth Exposed (Hindu, Larry Elliott, Dec 13, 2005)
Expect much gnashing of teeth in Hong Kong this week. The chances of securing a comprehensive trade deal are non-existent, with the talks now really about damage limitation and the apportionment of blame.
- Taliban Exploits Drug Trade To Step Up Afghan Attacks (Hindu, Declan Walsh, Dec 13, 2005)
It appears that the Taliban, which had condemned opium as "un-Islamic," has turned to the billion-dollar drugs trade to earn money and undermine the authority of the Hamid Karzai Government.
- Point, Counterpoint (Hindu, Sampurna Chattarji, Dec 13, 2005)
This reader is shaped around the theme of the letter of the law stripped of annotative, interpretative gloss
- Summit Will Reinforce Asean Vision: Malaysia (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Dec 13, 2005)
Processes should move on parallel tracks without overlapping
- Out Of Fission (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 13, 2005)
With the Bush visit four months away, India’s timetable for nuclear separation is getting short
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