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Articles 13521 through 13620 of 23072:
- Leaves Of Memory (Indian Express, KATIE DUBEY, Dec 13, 2005)
Mulk Raj Anand, as I knew him, was an enigma. Extroverted, aggressive and vocal among friends, he was actually very shy. He never mingled and never carried a visiting card. Yet people flocked to him.
- 3rd Oic Summit Approved 10-Year Plan Of Action: Fo (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
The third extraordinary OIC summit held in Makkah remained successful as it adopted comprehensive document of 10-Year Programme of Action which deals with the political, development, socio-economic and scientific issues relating to Muslim Ummah.
- Mps In Cash For Questions Scam (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
We all know that a good number of our Members of Parliament (MPs) are in politics just to make money. Now it transpires, thanks to a sting operation by a news channel, that some of our MPs would go to any length to make some quick bucks
- Convert J&k Into A Federation (Daily Excelsior, M Y TARIGAMI, Dec 13, 2005)
Natural calamities do not recognize the artificial lines drawn upon the earth. Yet the human sufferings, wherever caused, are identical and the feelings of pain similar.
- Reliance Info, China Telecom Tie Up For Direct Service (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
Reliance Infocomm has entered into an agreement with China Telecommunications Corporation for direct service, including a global hubbing service, to subscribers in India and China.
- It’S A Shame (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 13, 2005)
11 MPs bring disgrace to Parliament
- Political Parties As Family Firms (Times of India, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Dec 13, 2005)
As speculation grows about a possible elevation for the MP from Amethi, in the form of a place in the Union cabinet, or a general secretaryship of the Congress, it seems appropriate to reflect upon what the history of the Nehru-Gandhi family has meant for
- Virtual Reality (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 13, 2005)
The history of the world is, arguably, mostly about places and people.
- India Plans To Upgrade Kolkata, Chennai Airports (The Financial Express, Reuters, 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.
- Karthigai Deepam Speaks The Language Of Love (Hindu, T.RANGA REDDY, Dec 13, 2005)
The focus of this day is to have a memorable spiritual experience in Tiruvannamalai by all pilgrims providing equal opportunity to all.
- Journalism Today (Hindu, SURESH NAMBATH, Dec 13, 2005)
Showcases a vast spectrum of practices and trends in present-day journalism
- Reminiscences (Hindu, C. G. Rishikesh, Dec 13, 2005)
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- Children Of A Lesser God (Telegraph, Jyoti Malhotra, Dec 13, 2005)
Soviet Union may have had a special relationship with India, but the feelings of new Russia are entirely different, writes Jyoti Malhotra
- Global Economic Development (Hindu, C. T. Kurien, Dec 13, 2005)
Survey of the global economic development with emphasis on savings, investment and growth
- Will Oic Summit Make A Difference? (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Dec 13, 2005)
The extraordinary summit of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) concluded its two-day deliberations in Makkah last week.
- "Development Agenda Will Impact Kerala Policies" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
The programme is in tune with revised party programme, says CPI(M)
- Pakistan’S ‘No-Borders-Plus’ Kashmir Solution (News International, Nasim Zehra, Dec 13, 2005)
It has been a gradual coming out of the closet. For Pakistan’s ‘no-borders-plus’ solution for Kashmir, it is exposÈ time.
- Land Of Missed Opportunities (Pioneer, Asheesh Shah, Dec 13, 2005)
We cannot progress unless the energies of the people are channelised towards nation building, says Asheesh Shah
- Taliban Exploit Drug Trade To Step Up Afghan Attacks (Dawn, Declan Walsh, Dec 13, 2005)
Resurgent Taliban forces have forged an alliance with drug smugglers in the lawless Afghan province of Helmand, underscoring a worrying slide in security just months before thousands of British troops are due to take control in the spring.
- At Odds With The Cross (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Dec 13, 2005)
Two indigenous groups with a lived history of centuries of civilisational amity are supposedly engaged in fratricidal conflict in Assam's Karbi Anglong district. To the bewilderment of the majority of Karbis and Dimasas, gangs of armed and hooded . . .
- Converts To Terrorism (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, Dec 13, 2005)
Converts to Islam are taking over the terrorist operations previously carried out mainly by Muslim-born immigrants and their children in the West.
- Exile As Therapy (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Dec 13, 2005)
Parliamentarians have put us all to shame. They continue to misuse this institution at the cost of the Indian people. They behave worse than street lumpens.
- Kalabagh Consensus (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 13, 2005)
There are two aspects of the Kalabagh dam issue — the technical and the political. The technical issues have been discussed, and continue to be discussed in the press and in other forums, by experts.
- A Bug Which Sickens Not Your Body But Soul (Greater Kashmir, Dr. R. L. Bhat, Dec 13, 2005)
Nothing but a strong moral foundation can save us from a disaster that has already engulfed the whole world. They stress on preventive measures, but the solution lies somewhere else. We need to revisit the forgotten world of morality and values if the ...
- Old And New Europe (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 12, 2005)
One can understand the reason why American Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is so fond of “new Europe”. As more details come to light about the CIA’s secret detention centres worldwide, East European countries seem only too willing to offer . . .
- Bus From Amritsar Reaches Lahore (Dawn, Amjad Mahmood, Dec 12, 2005)
A bus from the Indian city of Amritsar crossed Wagah on Sunday on a trial run between Amritsar and Lahore. It is the third such service launched between the two South Asian neighbours as part of their peace process. The earlier two are Lahore-Delhi and...
- Peace With Pakistan (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 12, 2005)
I am veering round to the viewpoint that Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee might have pushed the India-Pakistan dialogue faster and farther than Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has done.
- People Power In A Free Market Democracy (The Financial Express, Arun Maira, Dec 12, 2005)
India is a young country, with a huge pool of people of working age growing within it. The size of this pool, the largest in the world, is even larger than China’s and is a prime factor in economists’ estimates that India will be one of the three . . .
- Railway Journeys (Tribune, Harish Dhillon, Dec 12, 2005)
I used to love railway journeys. There was the exhilaration of sitting at an open window, the wind in my hair and on my face, watching the rich and variegating Indian landscape go past; of sharing a commodious compartment with just three individuals, ...
- Nurm Must Be A Pura Mission (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Dec 12, 2005)
The Government's ambitious National Urban Renewal Mission hopes to tackle all blight — sanitation, roads, transport, power, water, and governance. But NURM will succeed only when it stimulates out-migration of people from cities even as it makes living...
- Volcker: Vajpayee Kin Issues Legal Notice To Bhandari (Indian Express, CP Bhambhri, Dec 12, 2005)
The support extended by the 57-member Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) to the “inalienable right” of the people of Jammu and Kashmir for “self-determination” in accordance with the UN resolutions is nothing but a replay of the tape-recording . . .
- First Amritsar-Lahore Bus Rolls, Crosses Via Wagah Border (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
The first Amritsar-Lahore bus crossed over to Pakistan on a trial run through the land route at the Indo-Pak Wagah border here today.
- Tree Spotting In Lalbagh (Deccan Herald, Marianne de Nazareth, Dec 12, 2005)
Bangalore Walks has become a popular weekend jaunt for many new comers to the City to get to know our history in the most interesting way - on a walk.
- Bombay’S Biharis (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
What is Mahajan doing targeting them? What is BJP doing allowing him to do so?
- The Growing Lure Of Gold (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Dec 12, 2005)
Gold prices in India closed at an all-time high on Friday at Rs 7,900 per ten gram, in tune with a global Bull Run in the coveted yellow metal. Spiralling gold prices had given the jitters to lakhs of Indian households as wedding budgets went . . .
- New Indo-Pak Bus On Trial (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
A 45-seater luxury Volvo coach with four officials and five crew members Sunday commenced its 30-km trial run from Amritsar city to Lahore in Pakistan.
- Lahore-Amritsar Bus Trial Successful (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
An Indian bus from Amritsar arrived in Lahore on Sunday in a successful trial run of the second bus link between Pakistan and India.
- Saarc Moot To Revive Tourism In Quake-Hit Areas’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
The Tourism Ministry will hold a South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) tourism ministers’ conference to revive the tourism industry in earthquake-hit areas, said Dr Ghazi Ghulab Jamal, the tourism minister, on Sunday.
- N-Separation At Fairly Advanced Stage: Pm (Indian Express, SUNIT ARORA, Dec 12, 2005)
Dr Singh Dismisses demand for expanding scope of Justice Pathak probe, says no plan to tinker
- Possible Options On Kashmir: Pakistan More Flexible Than India (Daily Times, Ali Waqar, Dec 12, 2005)
Kuldeep Nayar; a leading journalist, peace activist and former member of the Rajya Sabha proposed maximum autonomy for the Indian and Pakistani sides of Kashmir except for foreign, defence and communication affairs.
- Reinventing The Oic (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Dec 12, 2005)
In the year-long run-up to its extraordinary summit in Makkah on December 7-8, the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), which had emerged in 1969 as a collective response to an arson attack on Masjid-i-Aqsa, has had a bad press.
- Amritsar-Lahore Trial Bus Arrives (News International, Ghulam Haider, Dec 12, 2005)
The Amritsar-Lahore trial bus carrying nine officials and technical experts of the relevant departments of India’s Punjab arrived here on Sunday.
- Human Factor In Branding Makes Products Successful' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
A brand needs to be remembered to sell, Kartikeya Kompella tells K. Satyamurty
- Now Bus To Lahore From Amritsar (Hindu, Sarabjit Pandher, Dec 12, 2005)
Trial run begins; the first bus from Lahore will arrive on December 23
- Nhs: Market Reforms (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 12, 2005)
In one of her first interviews as Britain’s health secretary Patricia Hewitt declared six months ago that it was “not only inevitable but essential” that the government’s market reforms would create instability.
- Some Glaring Contrasts (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 12, 2005)
The Pakistan High Commission is out to dampen the spirit of people-to-people ties by denying visas
- Uma Prescribes Dna Tests For Bjp Leaders (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Giving a new twist to her attack on senior BJP leaders, expelled party leader Uma Bharti on Sunday suggested that they undergo “DNA tests” to reveal the quantum of party ideology and principles present in them.
- Minorities As Aliens (Times of India, Amulya Ganguli, Dec 12, 2005)
It is possible that K S Sudarshan and Niall Ferguson have not heard of one another. But there is a remarkable unanimity of views between the RSS chief and the British historian.
- Vajpayee Kin Issues Legal Notice To Bhandari (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's foster son-in-law Ranjan Bhattacharya on Sunday issued a legal notice to former Governor Romesh Bhandari for accusing a "very close" associate of the senior BJP leader of involvement in Iraqi oil scam and . . .
- U.S. Policies In The Eurasian Region (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Dec 12, 2005)
American strategic thinkers seek the projection of U.S. power into Eurasia on a permanent footing. The central issue involved is Russia's unquestioned emergence as the 21st century's energy superpower.
- In-Your-Face Journalism (Tribune, Meghan Daum, Dec 12, 2005)
Recently doctors in France performed a history-making partial face transplant on a 38-year-old woman who’d lost her mouth, chin and nose after a dog attack.
- Kashmir: The Question Of Self-Governance (News International, Ershad Mahmud, Dec 12, 2005)
The idea of self-governance for all regions of the formerly united state of Jammu and Kashmir has stirred enthusiasm as well as heated debate. Interestingly, the entire Kashmiri discourse has focused on its dynamics, raising hopes that it may play . . .
- Amritsar-Lahore Bus Crosses Over To Pak (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
The first Amritsar-Lahore bus, on a trial run, crossed over to Pakistan through the land route at the Indo-Pak Wagah border here today.
- Three Afghans Hurt In Suicide Attack On Us-Led Troops (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
A suicide bomber blew himself up near a convoy of US-led troops near the Governor’s House in the centre of the city on Sunday.
- Shut Up, Please! (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 12, 2005)
Ever since assuming office after the election in June this year, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahamadinejad has shown a remarkable penchant for dropping bricks that set off massive ripples of anger worldwide. Clearly, he does not believe that the head . . .
- Bilateralism And Beyond (Pioneer, APS Chauhan, Dec 12, 2005)
A fair and logical inference from the July 18 Indo-US nuclear agreement would be that India, having preferred it over a multilaterally negotiated pact on civilian nuclear commerce, should also break rank with other members of G-4 - Germany, . . .
- Promoting The Religion Of Tourism (Pioneer, K Govindan Kutty , Dec 12, 2005)
Two persons as unlike as Ms Renuka Chowdhary and Mr Iqbal Singh Gulati can be like-minded. The vivacious Minister says she will make a great tourism event of the Kalachakra ceremony being observed next month at Amravati, Andhra Pradesh.
- Learning The Art Of Behaviour (Pioneer, Paramahansa Yogananda, Dec 12, 2005)
My master always used to remind me: "Learn to behave." He repeated this advice so often that I wondered if he were not overcautious about human behaviour. Since that time I have met numerous people of different walks of life and I realise how . . .
- Art Lovers Would Love To Be Here. Are You One? - Ii (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 12, 2005)
Javaid Iqbal Bhat sums up his experience at the Indian National Archives Complex, where are housed some rare pieces of art and literature
- End Of Regional Parties ? (Daily Excelsior, T. Sreedhar, Dec 12, 2005)
The verdict of recent Bihar elections and the infighting in Shiva Sena made many to sit up and note the steady diminishing trend by the regional parties. In 2004, when the regional parties like Telugu Desam in Andhra Pradesh and Akali Dal in Punjab . . .
- Time And The Instant (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 12, 2005)
On beings who read and remember rests the world
- Return Is Possible (Greater Kashmir, Aatif Ahmed Mehjoor, Dec 12, 2005)
Aatif Ahmed Mehjoor comments on Pandit migration and an unspoken possibility of their coming back
It is now more than fifteen years since the volatile months of early 1990 when Kashmir’s Pandit community fled en masse from the valley.
- India Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran On His Way To Nepal To Mend Relationship But India Firm On Demand For Democracy In Nepal (India Daily, Prithiv Chauhan, Dec 12, 2005)
A day ahead of his visit to Kathmandu, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran said Nepal could become the richest country of the region because of its immense hydropower and tourism potential, which remain unutilized.
- Proxy Rule Of Us-Pak In Afghanistan (Daily Excelsior, Brig. (Retd.) S.N. Sachadeva, Dec 12, 2005)
The US state department and some West European countries are unhappy with the outcome of September 18 parliamentary elections in Afghanistan as it have preponderance of MPs from the Northern Alliance.
- Relations With Uma Not To Be Affected: Sushma (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj said on Saturday her "cordial relations" with Uma Bharti would not be affected following the latter's expulsion from the party.
- Sufi Saints Of India (Daily Excelsior, K K Khullar, Dec 11, 2005)
Asked what was his view of the highest form of devotion of God, Shaikh Moinuddin Chisthti, popularly known as 'Garib Nawaz' replied: "Redressing the misery of the miserable, fulfilling the needs of the needy, feeding the hungry, . . .
- Chief Minister Rededicates Nagarjunasagar Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
'Left canal lift scheme serving Telangana to get equal treatment'
- Commemorating A Genius And 100 Years Of E=mc2 (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Dec 11, 2005)
With the sun soon to set on 2005, I cannot resist the temptation of devoting this week’s column to a man, one of my heroes, whose memory was honoured by the United Nations by observing this year as the International Year of Physics.
- Nuclear Weapons A Threat To Mankind's Survival: Elbaradei (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Nobel Committee wants peril eliminated through broad international cooperation
- Un Climate Talks Fail To Break Ice (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Russia blocked agreement at a UN climate meeting on Saturday by objecting details to a proposal to extend the Kyoto Protocol on global warming beyond 2012.
- When Our Tribals Can Take For Granted Schools And Roads, Power And Health (Indian Express, MAHASWETA DEVI, Dec 11, 2005)
Empowerment to me means the empowering of the people I have been fighting for the last so many years. Have they been empowered?
- Trade, Not Politics, To Drive Group Of 16 At First East Asian Summit (Indian Express, SUNIT ARORA, Dec 11, 2005)
India will let trade — and its huge market — do the talking at the first-ever East Asian Summit, seen as a “historic” opportunity to carve out a more cohesive Asian identity.
- How Time Changes (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 11, 2005)
There was a time when a Union Minister who had resigned his portfolio of Railways following an accident became the most powerful when he was appointed Minister without Portfolio.
- Farmers Deserve A Better Deal: Dr Swaminathan (Tribune, Prashant Sood, Dec 11, 2005)
Among the world’s leading agricultural scientists, Dr M.S. Swaminathan has played a catalytic role in India’s green revolution.
- Kremlin To The Rescue Of Iran (Daily Excelsior, V.N. Paranjape, Dec 11, 2005)
The Kremlin’s intervention in the Iranian nuclear stalemate, which took one difficult problem off Manmohan Singh’s table, must open the eyes of those Indians who have lately found it fashionable to run down Russian diplomacy and jumped onto . . .
- In Search Of A Book (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
It all began with an inborn curiosity of the eye
The author will be speaking at G.D. Birla Sabhagar on December 12 at 7 pm as a guest of The Telegraph
- B'desh- Beware Of 1971 Traitors (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Dec 11, 2005)
A few days after Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia appealed to Opposition Awami League’s (AL’s) leader Sheikh Hasina to join hands to fight the rising jehadi terror in the country,
- Indian Way? (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 11, 2005)
Throwing good money after bad
Image makeovers work best when they are accompanied by qualitative changes in the goods or services offered by the entity attempting the makeover.
- A Threat And A Promise... (Deccan Herald, Sheila Kumar, Dec 11, 2005)
John Irving spins a compelling if long-winded yarn in his latest book.
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- In Footsteps Of Enlightened One In Vizag (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
The existence of centuries-old Buddhist sites in Vizag is bound to interest both tourists and historians, writes V Guhan.
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