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Articles 16521 through 16620 of 23072:
- A Mare’S Tale (Tribune, Raj Chatterjee, Sep 07, 2005)
KASUALI is a small, pine-laden hill-station within six hours’ car journey from Delhi. The Louis Pasteur Institute, making life-saving drugs and antidotes for snakebites, which was established more than a hundred years ago, has made the place famous.
- Buddhist Monks' Party Supports Rajapakse (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Sep 07, 2005)
The Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) on Tuesday agreed to support Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse, after he accepted the parties conditions including finding a solution within a unitary state and exploring an alternative aid-sharing deal with the Liberation Ti
- Making History Is Hard Work (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 07, 2005)
`Historic' is a word that has been devalued not a little by its indiscriminate use in the course of the détente process in Jammu and Kashmir. Yet the fact is the wheels of history are turning, however slowly.
- And Still Bob Geldof Remains Silent (Hindu, George Monbiot, Sep 07, 2005)
By hailing the failure of the G8 summit as a success, he has betrayed the poor of Africa.
- How Extremism Came To Bangladesh (Christian Science Monitor, David Montero, Sep 07, 2005)
For years, they gathered in hidden training camps, mosques, and madrassahs, learning how to use weapons and build bombs. In their diaries they scrawled slogans of political alienation. On Aug. 17, their ideology culminated in a series of nearly 500 bomb
- Friends, Not Enemies: China (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Sep 07, 2005)
If you talk too much of the past, it is out of fashion: Ambassador Sun Yuxi
- Bajaj Auto Goes For Dealership Segmentation (The Financial Express, CORPORATE BUREAU, Sep 07, 2005)
India’s second largest bike manufacturer Bajaj Auto Ltd has carved out dealership network into four separate customer segments. It has redrawn the traditional all-in-one dealership model by separating the sales channel into distinct categories—the high e
- Sania ‘Arrives’ (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 07, 2005)
The scoreline emphasised the gap between the second and the forty-second in the rankings, yet the US Open articulated the distance Sania Mirza has travelled since she caused Serena Williams a couple of flutters at Melbourne Park in January.
- Go After Low-Hanging Fruit (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 07, 2005)
Will the sixth India-EU summit that begins in Delhi today live up to expectations? As our largest (25% of the total) trading partner and biggest source (13.5%) of foreign direct investment (FDI), the European Union (EU) occupies a place of special importa
- U.S. Admits Thousands Died In Storm (Hindu, Duncan Campbell, Sep 06, 2005)
Washington appeals for food and medical supplies from Europe, Canada
- The Modern Samurai (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Sep 06, 2005)
Next Sunday, Japan goes to the polls. Junichiro Koizumi, the prime minister, called an early election — an unusual move in a compromise-loving country where politicians paper over differences and keep governments going. But it is typical of this . . . .
- The Climate Change In Kolkata (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Sep 06, 2005)
"I am telling my workers — you have to change. If you fail to change, your company may fail." — West Bengal CM, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
- State Stands Second In Milk Production (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
Minister says Karnataka exporting milk powder to Singapore
Drinking water scheme, veterinary hospital and school building inaugurated
Services of 192 doctors appointed on contract confirmed
Animal diseases diagnostic labs to be set up in taluks
- Winds Of Change (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 06, 2005)
Winds of change are blowing for the better across the world. Only those who take notice of them will be able to keep pace with the times.
- North Indian Classical Music Today (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 06, 2005)
This is a big book of essays and miscellaneous musings on Hindustani classical music, which straddles two worlds, one of pedagogy and the other of criticism.
- Not On The Label— Harmful Links In The Food Chain (Business Line, S. Subramanyan , Sep 06, 2005)
Supermarkets have been a fertile source for eminently readable new books. Felicity Lawrence's Not on the Label: What really goes into the food on your plate (Penguin, 2004) is one such. She is the Consumer Affairs correspondent of The Guardian
- Indian Companies Were Investing In A Big Way Into Australia (India Daily, Harish Baliga, Sep 06, 2005)
The rules for foreign direct investment (FDI) into Australia will be made "clearer and easier to deal with" to assist...
- Air India's Bahrain-Delhi Budget Airline Service From April (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
Air-India's budget airline is set to begin direct service from Bahrain to Delhi from next April when the carrier ceases direct operations on this sector, an airline official said.
- His Lucky Coat, Attar And Five Hurriyat Doves (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
In this silent South Delhi flat, five top Kashmiri separatist leaders were tense, preparing for a meeting that would be part of history books.
- For A Child-Inspired Education System (Hindu, Yash Pal, Sep 06, 2005)
Children's questions do not respect the insularity of disciplines normally taught in our schools and colleges. Creativity often resides at the boundaries of disciplines.
- Case For Imperialism (Hindu, S. L. Rao, Sep 06, 2005)
This book by a distinguished scholar dares to question the accepted shibboleths of our times. It is highly provocative and will incense many. It is the first well-argued neo-conservative (Bush) case for empires and for the U.S. acting as a truly imperial
- The Ncf Can Open Classroom Windows (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 06, 2005)
It is a curious truth that the subject of school education in India has been both highly political and totally apolitical.
- Tip Of The Iceberg (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 06, 2005)
The violence perpetrated on Dalits in Gohana village in Haryana last week and now at Akola in Maharashtra is a shameful reminder that India’s Constitution and its law-enforcing bodies have failed to provide Dalits even a modicum of security.
- No Threat To Taj From Tilt In Minaret’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
There is no threat to the Taj Mahal, the 17th century monument of love from the tilt in its minaret, Uttar Pradesh Tourism Minister Kokab Hamid said quoting an expert committee report.
- Cabinet Meets Today For Hike In Petrol Prices (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
Reflecting his commitment to bringing peace in Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today held significant talks with Hurriyat leaders and promised that conditions will be created for reduction of armed forces in the State if there is a . . .
- Fringe Benefit Tax (Statesman, RK DUGGAR, Sep 06, 2005)
The Fringe Benefit Tax is the most draconian piece of legislation to have found place on our tax statute books in the recent past.
- Kargil: The Forgotten Land -I (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Sep 06, 2005)
Musavir Ahmed writes at length on history, culture and the lifestyle of Kargilites
- Pm For Troops Cut If Violence Ceases (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
Reflecting his commitment to bringing peace in Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today held significant talks with Hurriyat leaders and promised that conditions will be created for reduction of armed forces in the State if there is . . .
- Scientists To Use Deadly Bug Against Deadly Weed (Hindu, Bindu Shajan Perappadan, Sep 05, 2005)
They are deadly and come dressed in tight yellow-black jackets. No ordinary insect, this imported biological terminator -- Mexican Beetle -- packs in a lethal punch for the rouge weed parthenium.
- Strict Npa Norms Will Hit Small Units (Hindu, DE. RAMAKRISHNAN , Sep 05, 2005)
Basel guidelines are only meant as broad standards
The perceived notion of a drop in the NPA of public sector banks actually conceals more than it reveals
- Dialogue In Search Of Common Ground (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Sep 05, 2005)
Zero tolerance towards human rights violations and terrorist violence is the most important CBM that the Government and the Hurriyat must agree upon.
- National Curriculum Framework & The Social Sciences (Hindu, Romila Thapar, Sep 05, 2005)
Textbooks should certainly be child-friendly but it is equally necessary that the schoolteacher should be made child-friendly. Teachers need a more intensive exposure to social science concepts, changes in data and methods in history, and critical enquiry
- Chhattisgarh Situation To Be Reviewed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2005)
Landmine blast death toll 24; Chhattisgarh may ban outfits
- Naxal Mine Blast Kills 24 Cops In Chattisgarh (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2005)
The Chattisgarh government is considering imposing a ban on Naxlaites after the extremists triggered a landmine blast in Bijapur police district killing 24 securitymen,
- Dogged By Terror (Statesman, BULA BOSE, Sep 05, 2005)
Moving around in today’s world is no longer easy. Not at least if July 2005 was a representative sample.
- Story Of Blunders By Delhi And Islamabad In Kashmir (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Sep 05, 2005)
It’s been a real tragedy of errors which has made Kashmir suffer.
- Issues Unaddressed (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Sep 05, 2005)
The tourist season is about to come to an end and so is the first phase of the coalition rule.
- The Ceasefire Option (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 05, 2005)
That it is the Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf who is asking India to reduce the presence of its security forces in Kashmir’s urban centres should be the last reason for rejecting the proposal. Any Indian citizen who travels to Srinagar knows . . .
- Powerful Handshake Stirs Muslim World (Deccan Herald, Salman Masood, Sep 05, 2005)
The handshake between Pakistan and Israel is the beginning of a new era in Jewish-Muslim relations
- Peace Prospects After Gaza (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Sep 05, 2005)
The Israeli withdrawal of 8,000 Jewish settlers from the Gaza strip has been given high publicity in the western media,
- Rebels Mock At Delhi Mine-Buster (Telegraph, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 05, 2005)
Naxalites struck in spectacular fashion yesterday, killing 23 policemen and a civilian in an explosion that tossed their anti-landmine vehicle 20 feet in the air and split it into two.
- Snide And Biased Sideswipes (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 05, 2005)
This column conveys its deep sense of shock and sorrow at the unimaginable magnitude and scale of the horrendous devastation caused by hurricane Katrina in its destructive passage across the States of Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi.
- ‘India Emerging As Health Tourism Destination’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2005)
India is fast emerging as a preferred destination for health tourism and the number of people visiting the Country for treatment is increasing, said Dr Azad Moopen, Chairman, Malabar Institute of Medical Science.
- Iraq At Breaking Point? (Dawn, Karamatullah K. Ghori, Sep 05, 2005)
The inability of Iraq’s current parliament, under American military occupation, to hammer out a constitution that would satisfy the aspirations of all of its major ethnic and sectarian segments
- Germany’S Crucial Vote (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 05, 2005)
For the second time in four years, Germany’s August has been enlivened by a hotly contested election campaign, and once again Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has sought to help himself with anti-American demagoguery.
- Guidance Gone Askew (Deccan Herald, V C Bhaskaran , Sep 05, 2005)
Unlike at present, teaching was truly a noble profession in those days, as teachers led by example
- Second Step (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 05, 2005)
Expanding CBMs between the two nations will only lead towards lasting peace
- Agra To Be Made ‘City Of Gardens’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2005)
The Central and Uttar Pradesh governments would draw up joint plans to make Agra a ‘City of Gardens’, besides taking up infrastructural development in areas around the Taj Mahal.
- Troops Vow To Halt Crime In ‘Big Easy’ (Deccan Herald, Baton Rouge, Sep 05, 2005)
Two-thirds of the police in New Orleans are said to have abandoned the force amid horrific conditions in the aftermath of the storm.
- India’S Mini-Multinationals Make Waves In Western Markets (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2005)
Large Indian business houses which are small compared to their international peers, are buying up businesses in developed economies.
- Lessons For India From Eu (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Sep 05, 2005)
Tony Blair’s experience of the EU could throw light on how India could learn from the group’s achievements
- An Irreplaceable Exuberance (Deccan Herald, Henry Blodget, Sep 05, 2005)
Ten years ago this month, the initial public offering of the Internet pioneer Netscape set off a dotcom boom that today is usually viewed as a sort of financial kindergarten recess, a regrettable free-for-all of idiocy and greed
- We Don’T Have A Minority Status, Says Jamia Vc (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 04, 2005)
Leading historian, academician and educationist, Professor Mushirul Hassan, the Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Milli Islamia is committed to changing the face of the university.
- Understanding The Past (Daily Excelsior, Arun Nehru, Sep 04, 2005)
As a student of History and having studied at La Martiniere School in Lucknow and spending a great deal of time studying and being surrounded by the 'relics' of 1857
- Ode To Mercurial India (Deccan Herald, JAYALAKSHMI K, Sep 04, 2005)
The versatile nature of this vast country is revealed through the pen as well as through some spectacular images in this book.
- Air India Plans Direct West-Bound Flights From Chennai (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2005)
This will be subject to the induction of a fleet of wide-bodied jets The national carrier has planned a Chennai-Europe-U.S. link in this winter schedule
- Communists Will Change — If It Suits Them (Deccan Herald, SUNANDA SANYAL, Sep 04, 2005)
Who says Communists do not change? They do, over time. The costs the people pay as a result are enormous, though.
- Bouncing Off To Banavasi (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2005)
Chayapathi recreates the grandeur of the Kadambas with his religiously satisfying trip to Banavasi in Karnataka.
- Demon Behind The Closed Door (Deccan Herald, BALA CHAUHAN, Sep 04, 2005)
Behind Closed Doors: Domestic violence in India is ideal for voluntary organisations working in the women’s field and for students of women studies.
- After Gaza: Sharon, Abbas Plan To Meet (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2005)
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet this month, their first summit since Jewish settlers were evacuated from the Gaza Strip, an Israeli newspaper said on Saturday.
- Pm's Visit To Chennai: 'I Am Proud We Repealed Pota' (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said his government had fulfilled the promise to repeal the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA), which had "caused unnecessary harassment to many sections".
- Discovery Of Pakistan? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2005)
Given the historical baggage that weighs the two nations down, Aitzaz Ahsan's The Indus Saga: From Pataliputra to Partition may just reinforce established mindsets on both sides of the Indo-Pak border. After all,
- Naxal Attack Kills Crpf Jawan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2005)
A CRPF jawan was killed and three, including a Commandant, were injured when naxalites triggered a powerful landmine blast in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh on Saturday, police sources said.
- Time To Take Tamil Nadu Forward: Prime Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2005)
Manmohan releases Vaiko's book, praises his breadth of scholarship
"Prison a stepping stone, not a boulder"
Strong bonds with Vaiko: Karunanidhi
No trace of self-pity in book: Ram
- When Rules Break Down (Hindu, RAJI NARASIMHAN, Sep 04, 2005)
The questions that Disorderly Women asks are older than the story.
- To Jungles In Search Of Him (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2005)
A Sadananda Pai writes about Chitrakoot and Sabarimala, the reigning deities of which have similarities in their life stories.
- A Myth Demystified (Hindu, Meena Menon, Sep 04, 2005)
A four-year study of the Bhakra Nangal project dared to examine the most sacred `temple' of India's development.
- Demystifying General Dyer (Hindu, Aditi De, Sep 04, 2005)
He does not think he would have enjoyed Dyer's company if he had met him in the officer's mess. Nigel Collett talks about the controversial General and his recently-published book.
- How He Lost It (Hindu, BERNARD POTTER, Sep 04, 2005)
We have little personal evidence about Dyer... Collett compensates with well-researched reconstructions of the milieux.
- Magical Sutra - A Tribute To Odissi (Hindu, GEETA DOCTOR, Sep 04, 2005)
He does not ask much. It is only that we understand his yearning to create a small space for enchantment ... . Meet Malaysian dancer and choreographer, Ramli Ibrahim.
- Missions In The Jungle (Hindu, Sridevi Pillai, Sep 04, 2005)
Wayanad, a place that highlights the glory of the Western Ghats, is also home to two examples of good ecological practices.
- Turkey’S Eu Prospects (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 04, 2005)
OCTOBER 3 is a month away, but it is still doubtful whether the European Union will finally begin entry negotiations with Turkey.
- Retold, In A Hurry (Hindu, S. SIVADAS, Sep 04, 2005)
Dharker was given three months to write the book, the deadline for the re-enactment of the Dandi march. That shows...
- When Army Rules The Political Roost (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Sep 04, 2005)
The elections recently held may put the district governments on a footing more viable than in their first term but the polling, assuredly, marks the beginning of the end of the country’s precarious parliamentary system, even in its present hybrid form.
- Reforming Madressahs (Dawn, Mansoor Alam, Sep 04, 2005)
Why are the ulema opposed to the registration of madaris (seminaries) when they claim that these are not the breeding ground of extremism and hatred?
- A Third World Scene? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 04, 2005)
Hurricane Katrina has cruelly demonstrated the awesome power of nature and the havoc it can wreak on the proudest efforts of humankind.
- Whither Justice? (Hindu, Shelley Walia, Sep 04, 2005)
A silence at the savagery that was witnessed by many around the country in 1984 "needs to be reprimanded and disciplined right away".
- Should Congress And (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Sep 04, 2005)
Unconventional wisdom is rarely honoured. But what is happening in India in political permutation and combination is a rarity as yesterday’s friends and foes are friends today.
- Tourism Development (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 04, 2005)
Rajya Sabha has been informed that the Jammu & Kashmir Government has fixed a target of half a million domestic and 30,000 foreign tourists in the Valley during this year (Excelsior 17th July).
- Of Unique Traditions And Divine Rings (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2005)
Payyanur, home to the temple of Parasurama, has something for everyone, from pilgrims to wannabe astrologers, says U S Iyer.
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