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Articles 13921 through 14020 of 23072:
- Blighted Affections (Deccan Herald, Rosalind Ezhil K , Dec 04, 2005)
Although written naturally, some of the more original sentence constructions might come in for criticism from sticklers of the language.
- Gentleman Soldier (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Dec 04, 2005)
‘To the Dogra, soldiering is a family tradition that brings him joy and contentment’.
- Iraqi Ex-Envoy Adds Grist To Opp Drive (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Dec 04, 2005)
'Natwar requested me to get visa for his son as head of youth delegation of Cong'--- The Opposition on Saturday received fresh ammunition in its offensive against the UPA Government on Volcker issue from former Iraqi ambassador to India Salah al Mukhtar.
- A Magic Betrayed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
Despite all the despairing comments, the book ends on a positive note. Tigers in Red Weather, Ruth Padel, LittleBrown, Rs. 833.15.
- Recovery And Recognition Of A Literary Past (Hindu, RENUKA RAJARATNAM, Dec 04, 2005)
Eunice de Souza's anthology gives a present-day perspective of the past and includes an eclectic range of contributors.
- Need For Reinterpreting Islam (Dawn, Altaf Hussain, Dec 04, 2005)
The international geopolitical scene has changed radically since the cataclysm of 9/11. In the heyday of the Cold War, when the Soviet Union was the adversary for the West, the Islamic concept of Ijtihad had an entirely different connotation and . . .
- Varied Fare (Hindu, K. Kunhikrishnan, Dec 04, 2005)
True to reputation, the stories reflect the vibrancy of modern American short fiction.
- Play Of Shadows (Hindu, SUBASH JEYAN , Dec 04, 2005)
Poems and a Novella is a quest for a sense of the self, to nail it down and define it, to oneself.
- Poetics Of Protest (Hindu, C.VIJAYASREE, Dec 04, 2005)
Remembering Mulk Raj Anand on his birth centenary, which falls on December 12.
- "Jagat Did Not Attend Any Meeting In Iraq'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
Was part of a delegation
- Performance Appraisal (Tribune, Girish Bhandari, Dec 03, 2005)
PAR for the course. Yet another periodic exercise in cosmetics, though anticipated. The aim, ostensibly, to bring transparency and purpose to that holy grail of babudom — the annual confidential report, in short, the ACR.
- How Europe Is Choking Itself (Tribune, Stephen Castle , Dec 03, 2005)
Europe’s claim to the moral high ground over the environment has been comprehensively challenged in a devastating report on its failings in the battle against global warming and pollution. It says Europe is devouring the world’s natural resources at twice
- Has India Crossed The Inflection Point? (The Financial Express, V ANANTHA NAGESWARAN, Dec 03, 2005)
The Indian economy registered an impressive 8% growth rate in the second quarter of the current fiscal year, 2005-06.
- Air Deccan Plans Flying Schools (Business Standard, P R Sanjai, Dec 03, 2005)
Low-cost carrier Air Deccan is planning to set up a residential flying school in Bangalore for training pilots, engineers and airhostesses
- Disabling Tutelage (The Financial Express, JAVED ABIDI, Dec 03, 2005)
It was on a cold December day, some 10 years ago, when our parliamentarians passed The Dis-ability Act, 1995.
- Curate’S Egg (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has a history of making proposals under the name of electoral reform that collectively resemble the proverbial curate’s egg: good in parts.
- President Has A Date With His Body Guards (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
Bringing alive the ceremonial grandeur of the colonial era with horses, buggies and the grand old tradition of the cavalry carrying the trumpet banner, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on Friday handed over the 10th Silver Trumpet and Trumpet Banner . . .
- Enlighten Me (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Dec 03, 2005)
Whenever I am confused about some Hindu religious text, I write to Swami Ram Swarup Yogacharya of Ved Mandir in Kangra.
- Bomb Kills Afghan District Chief, 2 Others 11 (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
A remote-controlled bomb ripped through a vehicle in volatile southern Afghanistan, killing a district government chief and two police officers, and wounding three others, authorities said Saturday.
- On Dec. 3... (New York Times, Sanjoy Hazarika, Dec 03, 2005)
Toxic gas leaking from an American-owned insecticide plant in central India killed at least 410 people overnight, many as they slept, officials said today.
- Land Of The Fusion God (Hindu, H.S. MANJUNATHA, Dec 03, 2005)
Harihara may not pull many tourists but pilgrims consider it the Kashi of the South
- Tourism Zone At Kundli-Palwal Expressway Soon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
A new tourism policy for promotion of religious, cultural and archaeological tourism to be unveiled
More tourist circuits to be established
ISCON temple to be built in Kurukshetra
- Poland's Small Farmers Fear For The Future (Hindu, Nicholas Watt , Dec 03, 2005)
Expansion is the key to survival in the EU as subsidies rise but prices and profits fall.
- Putting In Place A Tsunami Warning System (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Dec 03, 2005)
For the Indian Ocean tsunami warning system to work, there must be no gaps in the network of sensors being established by different nations. And, the various national systems have to be able to readily exchange data and information.
- World Youth Satellite Will Be In Orbit By 2007, Says Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
He lists areas for entrepreneurship and jobs they can create
- Imperatives Of Reconstruction (Dawn, Dr Kamal Munir, Dec 03, 2005)
Nearly eight weeks after the most devastating earthquake in the history of the subcontinent, Islamabad is rife with talk of reconstruction.
- Controversy In India Over Medical Tourism (International Herald Tribune, Amelia Gentleman, Dec 03, 2005)
As foreigners flock to India to find lower health-care costs and avoid long waiting times, the rapid growth of this medical tourism has begun to create significant opposition among doctors here.
- Of Laughter And Forgetting (Times of India, Pothik Ghosh, Dec 03, 2005)
1/1, Bishop Lefroy Road is a fizzy orange-flavoured thirst-quencher served at a Calcutta fine-dining restaurant. Try telling that to a thoroughbred Bengali, and chances are he will look at you with disdain.
- Concession Is Not Surrender (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 03, 2005)
I am veering round to the viewpoint that Atal Behari Vajpayee might have pushed the India-Pakistan dialogue faster and farther than Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has done.
- Annan Cancels Asia Trip Over Un Budget Impasse (Indian Express, Evelyn Leopold , Dec 03, 2005)
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has canceled an upcoming trip to China, South Korea, Japan and Vietnam because of an impasse on the UN budget and other issues, his office announced.
- Land Of Buddha (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 03, 2005)
Bengal’s CM can make history, by helping EC to help his state
- Mumbai Doctor Sacked For Fainting On Kalam Duty (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
J J Hospital, Mumbai, has terminated the services of its most qualified anaesthetist, Dr Sameer Kalaniya. The doctor, according to the termination letter, was punished for collapsing while accompanying President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam on his Mumbai . . .
- Olive Green, Black Hole (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 03, 2005)
NATO’s earthquake relief effort in Pakistan did not even involve a thousand personnel. It is now winding up, completing its tight lease of 90 days in what is a most politically sensitive region.
- Pre-Marital Hiv Test To Be Mandatory In Goa (Deccan Herald, DEVIKA SEQUEIRA , Dec 03, 2005)
No longer will it just be sunlit beaches and surf for those wishing to tie the nuptial knot in Goa. More is in store for the young hearts.
- Treating Scientists Like Animals, And Animals Like Fodder (Indian Express, BAHAR DUTT, Dec 03, 2005)
Now that the Tribal Bill has been cleared, the animal versus people debate will start all over again. Most of the discussion will miss the central point: Our failure to protect fast diminishing wildlife is embedded in our failure to work with two . . .
- A Bank Robber’S Arrest Cracks J&k Terror Net (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
The arrest of a bank robber on Wednesday has led the J&K Police to the network behind eight major militant strikes.
- Chaman Border Crossing Shut After Spat (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
Pakistan closed its main border crossing with Afghanistan after a confrontation between the two countries’ frontier guards, a military official said on Friday.
- Hoary Past (Pioneer, Tavishi Srivastava, Dec 03, 2005)
Bureaucracy is on the wheels. Perhaps this is the most apt description of UP's babudom. It is quite another matter that it is borrowed from the title of a book authored by a researcher called Vaishali Saxena, who has discussed the plight of the . . .
- Footsie With Terror (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Dec 03, 2005)
After 15 years of Lalu-Rabri caste-based misrule and non-governance, Bihar is once again at a crossroads. Will Mr Nitish Kumar's JD(U)-BJP combine be able to give Bihar a new direction and usher in an era of clean governance and faster development, . . .
- Traps Of The Past (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Dec 03, 2005)
Arguably, Bangladesh might never have exploded in violence if geography had not tucked the world’s third most populous Muslim nation into the folds of Bharat Mata’s sari.
- Politicians Behind Woes Of Up's Babus (Pioneer, MANOHAR SUBRAHMANYAM, Dec 03, 2005)
While politicisation of the bureaucracy is a national problem, Uttar Pradesh's woes have been exacerbated by short-sighted regionalism practiced by its politicians since the 1970s. MANOHAR SUBRAHMANYAM traces the steady road downhill for a once-proud.....
- Custodians Of The Trust You Repose, They Uphold - I (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 03, 2005)
Without robbing Peter, paying Paul, here they mean justice at any cost, progress on all counts, accountability on every front.
- Passing Clouds Over Ftaa? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 02, 2005)
The Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), promoted by the U.S. and Canada and intended to cover as many as 34 democracies in Latin America and the Caribbean, has been pronounced "dead" by its opponent, President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, but this could
- Britons Should Avoid "Free" And "Democratic" Iraq (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Dec 02, 2005)
The Tony Blair Government has made plain that it does not want Britons to go to Iraq. This even as Mr. Blair insists that post-invasion Iraq is a better place.
- Physicist Sudarshan's Omission Questioned (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Dec 02, 2005)
"Miscarriage of justice," say 10 scientists in appeal to Nobel Committee.
- Confessions Of An Ageing Guerrilla (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Dec 02, 2005)
Velupillai Prabakaran has foreclosed the possibility of reviving Sri Lanka's peace process
- Kyoto Rules Go Through At Un Talks (Indian Express, Reuters, Dec 02, 2005)
Countries meeting at the UN environmental conference adopted on Wednesday the rules for limiting the emissions of greenhouse gases under the UN’s Kyoto Protocol, but Saudi Arabia held up a key section on policing the accord.
- `India Needs To Take Gcfi As Seriously As Gdp' — Mr Vinayak Chatterjee, Chairman, Feedback Ventures Pvt Ltd. (Business Line, N. Ramakrishnan , Dec 02, 2005)
The country needs to invest at least 7 per cent of its GDP in infrastructure, which at current levels works out to Rs 200,000 crore a year. It is clearly not investing enough in infrastructure but, sadder still, says Mr Vinayak Chatterjee, Chairman, . . .
- Wahhabi Islam: A Misnomer (Greater Kashmir, Dr. Sheikh Muhammad Iqbal, Dec 02, 2005)
Dr. Sheikh Muhammad Iqbal writes about the contribution of Sheikh Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab who rose in revolt against the socio-religious corruption prevalent during his times everywhere in Ottoman provinces
Thereafter,
- Saarc After Dhaka Summit (Daily Excelsior, Ajay Kaul, Dec 02, 2005)
Twenty years on, SAARC finally appears poised for a take-off. The members of the seven-nation group seem to have shed the mindset that has been mired in political disputes for years and almost brought the regional grouping to the verge of collapse.
- India To Fight Us For 2nd Spot? (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
At a time when auto industry honchos in India refuse to predict even the next quarter's growth, US-based consultancy Keystone-a subsidiary of LaSalle Consulting Associates-has forecast that India will become the world's third largest automobile . . .
- Why Is Bihar A Failed State? (Business Line, Devendra Mishra, Dec 02, 2005)
A FEW years ago a senior advocate during a Supreme Court hearing, casually remarked that a particular government should not suffer from the `Bihar Syndrome'. It created a furore with several parties, organisations and people, . . .
- Refusal To Withdraw (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 02, 2005)
Once again President George Bush has ruled out giving a time-table for the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq,
- India Refuses To Accept List: 25 Cross Loc At Kaman Post (Dawn, TARIQ NAQASH, Dec 02, 2005)
Indian authorities declined to accept the lists of intending travellers from Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday as 25 Kashmiris from both sides crossed the Line of Control (LoC) on foot from the Chakothi-Uri crossing point.
- Kashmir Issue Must Be Resolved Bilaterally, Say Retired Soldiers (Daily Times, Ali Waqar, Dec 02, 2005)
Says SAARC should be preferred to NATO
* People be allowed to move freely across border
* NATO has no role to play in subcontinent
- Nothing Is More Obstinate Than A Fashionable Consensus (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 02, 2005)
Recently,the Central Board of Trustees (CBT) of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) spent five hours debating the rate of interest payable to more than three crore subscribers. But the board could not reach a consensus on the issue.
- Post-Quake, First Loc Bus Rolls (Indian Express, BASHAARAT MASOOD, Dec 02, 2005)
Karvan-e-aman, the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad peace bus that began service on April 7 this year, has resumed operations following the October 8 earthquake that devastated Uri and Muzaffarabad.
- India And Spain Have Reaffirmed Their Commitment To Address Issues Of Interest To Developing Countries At The World Trade Organisation (Wto) (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
India and Spain have reaffirmed their commitment to address issues of interest to developing countries at the World Trade Organisation (WTO)
- Rallies Mark World Aids Day (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
NGOs asked to take effective steps to check spread of disease
- His Way Of Spreading Aids Awareness (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Thirty-two-year old Harikrishnan observed the World AIDS Day here on Thursday in a unique way.
- Big Pharma’S Bitter Pills (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Dec 02, 2005)
When my two-year old daughter started bumping into furniture and tripping over her toes, I was puzzled; she had been walking for a year with reasonable co-ordination.
- The Iraq Policy Runs Through Iran (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Dec 02, 2005)
An earthquake in islands off Bandar Abbas in Iran sent tremors here in Dubai and other parts of the Emirates. The shockwaves felt here are a metaphor of sorts for all the GCC countries: they look with anxiety at the entire troubled arc from Iran to Iraq.
- Now Petrol Smells Of Death (Indian Express, SANJAY JHA, Dec 02, 2005)
I suffered from an acute childhood obsession, almost a fetish — love for the smell of petrol. It made be delirious, it had a macho aroma and I invariably sniffed out the closest fuel dispensing outlet.
- More Than A Pinch (Indian Express, T V R Shenoy, Dec 02, 2005)
My doctors tell me I should cut down on the salt. I respond that this is not possible for an Indian journalist today, we must take every political statement with whole tablespoons of the briny stuff. Does anyone believe the high-sounding sentiments . . .
- Nagaland: Hornbill Fest Kicks Off, Cm Assures Security To Tourists (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
The annual Hornbill festival today got off to a colourful start in the backdrop of Kigwema mountain range, about 12 km south of the capital town with Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio allaying fears that the state was unsafe for tourists.
- Intensive Aids Awareness Campaign Gets Under Way (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
265 voluntary counselling and testing centres in the Nilgiris
- An All-Star Line-Up For An "Aids-Free India" (Hindu, Bindu Shajan Perappadan, Dec 02, 2005)
Bollywood stars Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor, Shilpa Shetty and Sharmila Tagore and cricket star Kapil Dev took time off their busy schedules to share the stage with political leaders and policymakers here in the Capital on Thursday to stand up . . .
- Storm Weakens (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
The cyclonic storm in the Bay weakened into a deep depression late on Thursday and remained stationary at 350 kilometres east southeast of Chennai. It is expected to cross the coast on Friday night between extreme north Tamil Nadu and south . . .
- Stars Join Leaders In Aids Campaign (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Education, awareness only vaccination against the disease: Sonia
Change in outlook towards the disease stressed
People who despise HIV-positive persons need not view my films, says Salman
We only need to be careful: Kapil Dev
- Performing Hajj (Greater Kashmir, ZAHIR-U-DIN, Dec 02, 2005)
In the forenoon of the eighth day of Dhul-Hijja, a pilgrim must purify himself by taking a bath. Then he must put on Ahram and recite Talbiya “Here I am for Hajj. Here I am, Oh Allah, here I am.
- Bihar Redeems Its Pledge (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Dec 02, 2005)
The recent Assembly elections in Bihar will be treated as a milestone in the history of Indian democracy. Though all elections are important in one way or the other, Bihar elections were a cut above the rest. First, they ended the 15-year . . .
- Those Aren't Netaji's Ashes In Renkoji (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Dec 02, 2005)
The Justice MK Mukherjee Commission of Inquiry (JMCI), which presented its final report to the UPA Government in early-November, has conclusively established that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose did not die in an air crash at Taiwan's Taihoku airport . . .
- Hindsight As Foresight (Pioneer, Mumtaz Khan, Dec 02, 2005)
Just when it was time for Musharraf to make a grand gesture towards the unity of Kashmir, he fell victim to his old habits, says Mumtaz Khan
- Festival Memories (Pioneer, JN Sinha, Dec 02, 2005)
JN Sinha reflects on the simple pleasures of childhood, when attending melas were a beautiful reminder of spring
- Those Aren't Netaji's Ashes In Renkoji (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Dec 02, 2005)
The Justice MK Mukherjee Commission of Inquiry (JMCI), which presented its final report to the UPA Government in early-November, has conclusively established that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose did not die in an air crash at Taiwan's Taihoku . . .
- Kashmir Issue Must Be Resolved Bilaterally, Say Retired Soldiers (Daily Times, Ali Waqar, Dec 02, 2005)
Lt Gen (r) Nasir Akhtar, president of India-Pakistan Soldiers Initiative for Peace (IPSI), Pakistan chapter - a group of retired Pakistani and Indian army officials - has ruled out third party involvement to resolve the Kashmir issue and . . .
- Germany: Angela Merkel Faces Tough Challenges (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 02, 2005)
After cumbersome negotiations over several weeks, Angela Merkel got elected on the November 22, 2005, as the first woman Chancellor in Germany’s history with the votes of the Christian Democratic and Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) as well as . . .
- Under The Thumb (Economist, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
In dampening resentment, nothing succeeds like success
- Freedom Unlimitted, Disaster Indescribable (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 01, 2005)
We can call it a sexual Glasnost. A world where buggery, bestiality, adultery, incest and all such diabolic deeds of a human being have made even devil blush with himself.
- Solving Kashmir-I (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 01, 2005)
India, being a liberal democracy in its constitutional law, cannot do in Jammu & Kashmir what Czechoslovakia did to the “Sudeten Germans” after World War II. On June 18 1945 the new Czechoslovakia announced those Germans and Magyars within their borders..
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