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Articles 16621 through 16720 of 23072:
- What Future For New Orleans? (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 03, 2005)
More than 150 years ago, the Illustrated London News pronounced loftily on a young American city.
- Clear Signals Against Internet Extortion (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 03, 2005)
State Bank of India, which has wrested its internet domain name from an Australia-based cyber-squatter, joins the ranks of hundreds of commercial institutions and writer, film star, and sportsperson celebrities who have taken advantage of the domain name
- Japan For Investment In It (Hindu, Staff Reporter , Sep 03, 2005)
India is an emerging global power and investors from Japan are eager to invest in Information Technology and manufacturing sectors in the country," according to Consular General of Japan Yoshiaki Kodaki.
- Australian Companies Keen On Investing In India, Says High Commissioner (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 03, 2005)
Bilateral cooperation in tourism, education and services sector possible, he says
- A Doubter Who Likes Bhajans, Keertans (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Sep 03, 2005)
“He who doubts the existence of God perishes,” wrote Bapu Gandhi. I count myself among the doubters but I have not perished yet; as a matter of fact I’ve had a longer innings than Bapu’s and am still batting.
- Koirala Elected Ncp Chief For Third Term (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Sep 03, 2005)
Party statute allows a member to head the party only twice but Koirala loyalists amended the rule to let the patriarch lead once again.
- Why This Band Plays On (Deccan Herald, Mikal Gilmore, Sep 03, 2005)
Forty years ago, the Beatles began their second major tour of America with a performance at Shea Stadium in Queens.
- Oasis In A Tinderbox (Deccan Herald, U B GITHA, Sep 03, 2005)
A small stretch of road in 31st Cross, Tilaknagar is a perfect example of communal harmony in these times of strife.
- The Puzzle That Tops The Charts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 03, 2005)
Crossword for wordsmiths; sudoku for the rest
- Good Opportunity (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 03, 2005)
The Hurriyat must talk for the people of Kashmir
- How Bureaucrats Resist All Good Initiatives (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, Sep 03, 2005)
As someone who believes India’s biggest problem is not poverty but governance I seize any opportunity to discover why despite our technological and considerable other achievements our fair and wondrous land remains deprived of good governance. So, last we
- Shoot-And-Kill Order In New Orleans (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 03, 2005)
Former presidents Clinton and Bush Sr are going to lead a campaign to raise funds for relief and rehabilitation of hurricane victims.
- Madras University Aims For Brand Equity (Hindu, VANI DORAISAMY, Sep 03, 2005)
Moving ahead to meet the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT) regime, the University of Madras is in the brand-building mode. Coffee mugs, handbags and T-shirts bearing the 150-year-old university's new logo will soon flood the market, well ahead
- Ajk Psc Announces Results Of Mdg Exams (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 03, 2005)
Mirpur (AJK) —Azad Jammu Kashmir Public Service Commission (PSC) has announced the names of the successful candidates appeared in the written examination and interview test for seven posts of Assistant Commissioner (B-17) of management group, six posts...
- On The Frequently Asked Questions About Fbt (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Sep 03, 2005)
AS IS THEIR wont, the Government has come out with Circular No 8/2005 days before the last date for paying the much-discussed fringe benefit tax (FBT) without being visited by the ubiquitous penalty clauses.
- Entertainment Farms For Tourists (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 03, 2005)
AT the reins of a team of Clydesdales, Craig Underwood posed for photos with a posse of suburbanites and city slickers before taking them on a wagon ride around his farm in Ventura County, Calif.
- Jehadi Terror In Bangladesh (Tribune, Suhas Chakma, Sep 03, 2005)
A series of coordinated blasts of over 400 bombs in 63 out of 64 districts on August 17 firmly established Bangladesh as another hotbed of terrorism. While the police blamed the Jamaatul Mujahideen, Minister of Industries and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Maulan
- Nepal's Maoist Chief Announces 3-Month Truce (Boston Globe, Gopal Sharma, Sep 03, 2005)
Nepal's Maoist rebels announced a three-month ceasefire from Saturday, their chief said in a statement, in a move to win support of political parties opposed to King Gyanendra's seizure power in February.
- Metro: Cm-Gowda Talks Soon (Deccan Herald, DH news, Sep 03, 2005)
Chief Minister Dharam Singh will shortly hold discussions with Janata Dal (Secular) president H D Deve Gowda to clarify objections raised by the latter over Bangalore Metro, Deputy Chief Minister M P Prakash disclosed here on Thursday.
- Whose Integration? (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 03, 2005)
The unity of India has always been a question of its diversity. The great empires of Indian history — the Maurya Empire, the Gupta Empire and the Mughal Empire
- Improve Financial Status, Farmers Told (Deccan Herald, DH news, Sep 03, 2005)
Farmers in Arbhavi must grow fruit trees, this would help them improve their financial conditions, said Arbhavi MLA Balachandra Jarakiholi here recently.
- Police Fury Over Naxal Activities In Pavagada (Deccan Herald, DH news, Sep 03, 2005)
Base camps along the Pavagada-Andhra borders provide training and weapons to naxalites who carry out activities in malnad and coastal areas.
- Last Words On The Raj (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Sep 03, 2005)
“A historian must make do with such ideas as he has, but he might always try to send them out in better shape.”
- Turmoil In Israel (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 03, 2005)
The Middle East is passing through an extraordinary moment in history; a momentous development seems headed to be followed by a phase of political uncertainty.
- A Tale Of Two Wars (Dawn, Lewis M. Simons, Sep 03, 2005)
I went to Vietnam a hawk. It was July 1967; I was an ex-Marine and a reporter for the Associated Press.
- Bengladesh Crisis Pose Threat To India (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 03, 2005)
Events in Bangladesh are unfolding almost like a Greek tragedy. The nation born in 1971 with the blood and sweat of the Indian army and Mukti Bahani is facing a crisis of identity.
- Pm'suseful Kabul Visit (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Sep 03, 2005)
PM'suseful Kabul visit
Men, Matters, Memories
By M L Kotru
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Kabul visit has by all accounts been a useful one.
- Circular On Fbt Deeming Provision — Not Quite True To Legal Fiction Principle (Business Line, H. P. Ranina, Sep 03, 2005)
In the light of the principles of interpretation pertaining to a legal fiction, some of the clarifications on the fringe benefit tax provided in a recent Circular fly in the face of the statutory provision, and subvert the purpose and object of the levy.
- Wakf Board’S Order (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Sep 03, 2005)
The Wakf Board’s decision of banning political speeches at religious places has been taken with a pinch of salt in the Valley.
- Chief Minister Or Chief Master? (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Sep 03, 2005)
Nearly a decade of coalition rule now has produced many fundamental changes in our politics.
- Politics In Shangri-La (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 03, 2005)
n more ways than one Leh district across the mighty Himalayas is our Shangri-la, the expression chosen by English author James Hilton to describe the setting (a fictional land of peace and perpetual youth supposedly in the mountains of Tibet) of the Lost
- Beyond Belief (Tribune, Parbina Rashid, Sep 03, 2005)
IT has always been puzzling why people, in the name of renovation, change century-old architectural beauties into cold, impersonal marbled ones.
- Buddha And The Devas! (Daily Excelsior, Dr R L Bhat, Sep 03, 2005)
Buddha, now enlightened not only from across the Himalayas but over the eastern seas, is talking to near-immortal and all-powerful Devas living in the ethereal realms of dictatorial dialecticism
- India’S Past-Ii (Statesman, Jagmohan , Sep 02, 2005)
Bright And Dark Sides Of The British Coin While the impact of British rule was salutary, in some respects, its negative fallout was deep and widespread.
- Wake Up, Before It’S Too Late (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Sep 02, 2005)
Are we standing on the brink of a precipice where we need a nudge and we are gone.
- Retail Fdi: Just Do It (Indian Express, Nandan Nilekani, Sep 02, 2005)
In the early nineties an unusual window of opportunity opened up for India.
- Welcome Sign (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 02, 2005)
It is to be welcomed that the ice has been finally broken between the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government in New Delhi and the moderate faction of the Hurriyat Conference.
- Children: Victims Of Violence (Daily Excelsior, S. M. Khan, Sep 02, 2005)
Frustrated with the on-going peace process between India and Pakistan to normalize relations between the two countries, the terrorists have started targetting innocent children out of frustration.
- India Briefs (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 02, 2005)
Slums have fared better than non-slums in child sex ratio, according to the Census report 2001.
- Real Mairaj (Greater Kashmir, ZAHIR-U-DIN, Sep 02, 2005)
Last night Shab-e-Mairaj was observed with religious fervour. Muslims stayed awake all night to send salutations on the most revered Prophet (SAAW).
- Look Again At Iraq, Patiently (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 02, 2005)
What are the implications of what happened at Kademain, north of Baghdad? First, a few basic facts about Kademain. It is the resting place of Imam Musa Kazim,
- Loss Of Wetlands Spelling Disaster (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 02, 2005)
The worst has happened in New Orleans and not everyone is surprised.
- A Step Ahead (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 02, 2005)
Constitutional debates are important in so far as they improve on existing laws and become a guide to future action.
- Back To Work On The Airport (Deccan Herald, R Krishnakumar, Sep 02, 2005)
After a brief lull, Albert Brunner, CEO, Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), is back doing what he modestly calls his ‘work’. Last week, a parliamentary standing committee had flayed the manner in which the engineering procurement contracts...
- Elections: Don't Expect Too Much (Hindu, Simon Tisdall, Sep 02, 2005)
As the international political year begins anew, the democratic election season has arrived with a vengeance.
- The New Vietnam At Sixty (Hindu, Tran Trong Khanh, Sep 02, 2005)
A victim of war, Vietnam looks beyond the past and forward to the future. It has adapted strategically and sensibly to the changing environment. A constructive member of the comity of nations, it is integrating proactively with the world economy.
- Energy Security And The Search For New Options (Hindu, M.R. Srinivasan, Sep 02, 2005)
Efforts have to be stepped up to leverage emerging technologies to tap new and existing sources of energy better.
- Pakistan, Israel In Landmark Meet (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Sep 02, 2005)
Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri and his Israeli counterpart Silvan Shalom have met in Istanbul, capping a series of back channel contacts, which have been taking place for "several years."
- A Window To Malabar's Political Figures (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
Malabarile prathibhakal", a book that offers biographical sketches of some of the prominent public figures in North Kerala, was released on Thursday by M. P. Veerendra Kumar, MP.
- Looters Strike After Nature’S Havoc (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , Sep 02, 2005)
In the wake of a hurricane, the US is having to cope with one of the worst disasters in its recent history.
- Let Us Think Big, Says Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
Apprehensions over economic reforms overstated'
LIC surged ahead in a more competitive market after insurance sector was opened up to FDI
Country should develop efficient financial markets
Mounting losses in some SEBs could trigger an economic crisi
- Status Of Women In Islam (Dawn, Bilal Ahmed Malik, Sep 02, 2005)
The status of women in society is neither a new issue nor is it a fully settled one.
- 'Cruising' Along (Deccan Herald, Ashvani K Sachdev, Sep 02, 2005)
The test of a cruise missile by Pakistan shows that it will not respect the spirit of understanding with India
- Mother Nature Is Unhappy With Iraq (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 02, 2005)
Over one thousand Iraqis were crushed to death or drowned and another 500 were injured on Wednesday in a stampede on a Baghdad bridge as vast crowds of pilgrims were sent into panic by rumours of suicide bombers in their midst.
- Sonia’S Ordeal (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 02, 2005)
Over one thousand Iraqis were crushed to death or drowned and another 500 were injured on Wednesday in a stampede on a Baghdad bridge as vast crowds of pilgrims were sent into panic by rumours of suicide bombers in their midst. Another 25 persons died ...
- State Of Relations With The Us (Dawn, Tayyab Siddiqui, Sep 02, 2005)
Much has been written on the significance of Manmohan Singh’s July visit to the US and on the likely impact of the defence agreements signed in the context of Pakistan’s security environment.
- Humanity In Transition (Deccan Herald, A K MERCHANT, Sep 02, 2005)
“Religion is the greatest of all means for the establishment of order in the world and peaceful contentment of all that dwell therein,” Bahá’u’lláh proclaimed.
- Pok Nationalists Highlight Human Rights Violation (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Sep 01, 2005)
Kashmiri nationalist freedom fighters, who have been forced to flee Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) to sojourn in the West, get a chance every year to tell the world of oppressive,
- Ford Proposes Vedic Planetarium In Bengal (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
ABF International, one of the companies run by US billionaire conglomerate Ford, declared in Kolkata on Wednesday its desire to set up a Rs 176 crore Vedic planetarium besides a village industrial park and a tourism hospitality centre at Mayapur in Nadia
- In Our Backyard (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
There have been quite a few significant developments that highlight the proximity of our country as a whole and this State in particular with the erstwhile Soviet Union.
- Pm To Meet Hurriyatleaders On Sept 5 (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
Carrying forward his peace initiative in Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today invited the moderate Hurriyat Conference leaders for talks here on September 5, marking the separatist group’s first highest-level interaction with the Centre.
- Tampering With Texts (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Sep 01, 2005)
The strange ideas of the Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Mr Suraj Bhan, tend to confirm the view that Indians do not care much about history.
- Managing Wastelands (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 01, 2005)
Over the years, the forests have been over exploited in many a ways at all levels much for human greed than his needs result being rueful and dismal.
- In Shanghai Just Go With The Flow (Tribune, Denis Horgan, Sep 01, 2005)
For noise, for energy, for crowds, for bustle, for a 24-karat explosion of commerce and construction, Shanghai seems to be taking itself to a whole, unearthly new level of boomtown extravagance. The sense here — for native or visitor, packed together....
- Bihar Court Battle Gets Bigger (Telegraph, R. VENKATARAMAN, Sep 01, 2005)
A five-member Constitution bench will decide whether the upcoming Bihar elections should be stalled and the dissolved Assembly revived, making Indian history.
- Must States Rely On Sops? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 01, 2005)
It is hard to say if the 30 months of excise and income-tax concessions for new units located in certain industrially-backward States have led to flight of any significant amount of capital from the more advanced States,
- Business Solutions — Future Of It Outsourcing (Business Line, G. B. Prabhat, Sep 01, 2005)
Future competitive advantage in IT services will, in large measure, be defined by mastery over Business Solutions. For service providers, Indian or MNC, cost-competitive, within-budget deployment of technology will be passe.
- No Punishment Has Ever Had Enough Power To Deter A Repeat Of The Penalised Crime (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 01, 2005)
K FOR Klynveld, from the name of a firm founded in Amsterdam in 1917; P for Peat, from another firm dating back to 1870 in London; M for Marwick, from yet another accounting firm started in New York in 1897; and G is for Goerdeler.
- Intellectual Capital (Telegraph, Andre Beteille , Sep 01, 2005)
The author is chancellor, North-eastern Hill University
- Leagues Under The Sea (Telegraph, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , Sep 01, 2005)
Notwithstanding what the Americans may have once thought of Indians — treacherous witches and bastards — they are not in the habit of capturing power through coups or other illegal means.
- Biotech Symposium Harps On Basics (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
The main theme of the symposium seemed to be on native thinking and a return to basic sciences from which to build on later.
- Significant Progress (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
The release of prisoners must be a continuous process
- Restoring A Historical Bond (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 01, 2005)
It was unfortunate that no Indian Prime Minister could visit Afghanistan for the past 29 years although the two countries share a close relationship extending over centuries. From the early 1980s to the mid-1990s the situation in and around Kabul was too
- Isn’T Ruling Alliance In Disarray? (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 01, 2005)
Quorum syndrome continues to hit the National Assembly. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Sher Afgan could not wind up the debate on the allegations of rigging in the recent Local Bodies elections due to lack of quorum on Tuesday. And the House was . . .
- Soaring Oil Prices (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
It seems that there is no end to the volatility in the oil prices in the international market. The prices surged to fresh historic peaks on Tuesday on supply concerns, amid uncertainty over the extent of damage to US production facilities caused by ....
- Spirit Of Gdansk (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
The trademark walrus moustache is greyer and less bushy, and the figure more portly.
- How To Stop Civil War (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 01, 2005)
Between the idea and the reality falls the shadow of occupation. Whatever the parliamentarians in Iraq do to try to prevent total meltdown, their efforts are compromised by the fact that their power grows from the barrel of someone else’s gun.
- Esops Out Of Fbt Net (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
Spending on celebrity endorsement to attract levy
- The Questions Demand Answers-I (Greater Kashmir, ATHAR IDREES, Aug 31, 2005)
Who are we? Where are we heading towards and why? I hope some Frankenstein will answer my questions,
- Who Created Pakistan? (Indian Express, Balbir K Punj, Aug 31, 2005)
On August 11 last, Pakistan test fired its first crude missile named Babur (Haft 7). Though Pakistan has downplayed its Islamic connotations (as much as its Chinese connection) the choices of names for its ballistic missiles like Abdali (Haft 2),
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