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Articles 421 through 520 of 500:
- Family Tales (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
These stories reflect the lifestyle of a typical middle-class household in Kerala sixty years ago.
- No Moral Right (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 29, 2007)
The Janata Dal (S) leadership, by supporting the claim made by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday to form a government in the state, cannot claim credit for honouring the arrangement it had made with the BJP over 20 months ago.
- The Best And Worst Of Khushwant Singh (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
These books are handsomely hardbound and easy on the eye, but except 'Train to Pakistan', some of the matter has lost relevance today.
- Looking Back At Life (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Three names that have dominated the Indian screen over the last half century are Raj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar and Dev Anand. They went through the most fascinating formative years of Indian Films.
- Food Security Concerns (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 29, 2007)
“The power of population is so superior to the power of the earth to produce subsistence for man that premature death must in some shape or other visit the human race…levelling the population with the food of the world.”
- Carbon Blueprint (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 29, 2007)
Having given up on the nuclear deal and with elections in the not-to-distant future, the Congress (in particular the prime minister) has turned its attention to economic reform and governance, which should have been priorities at the beginning of . . . .
- Academia And The Energy Sector (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 29, 2007)
OVER the last couple of decades, the global energy scenario has been substantially transformed.
- 10 Rebels Slain In Sri Lanka (Deccan Herald, P KARUNAKHARAN , Oct 29, 2007)
The Sri Lankan Government on Sunday claimed that at least ten Tamil Tiger rebels were killed in two separate clashes with the troops manning the forward defences in Wanni and Jaffna.
- Of Magic And Mythology (Hindu, Meena Menon, Oct 29, 2007)
“When I came to India, I thought there would be magicians everywhere. But it was all so modern. I kept asking people about the mango tree magic; they thought I was crazy.”
- For A Cool Splash (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
The forest guard at the Bhoothapandi checkpost told me that an uphill drive of less than five km would take me to the Vattaparai waterfalls.
- Bjp, Dal To Parade Mlas (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
A day after the BJP and JD(S) revived their ties, the combine stepped up efforts to get a go ahead from Governor Rameshwar Thakur to form the next government.
- The Rizwanur Tragedy: Love And Utility (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
We are living at a time characterised by what Karl Marx once regarded as "commodity fetishism", writes Avijit Pathak.
- Slice Of Paradise Getaway (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Signboards that promise paradise are a dime a dozen on the road to Kovalam.
- Mirroring A Democracy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Give me the liberty to know, to utter and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.”
- Print Pick (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
This collection brings together some of the finest stories of Manto, the most widely read and the most translated writer in Urdu.
- And Now It's Maulana Fm Radio's Turn (OutLook, B. Raman , Oct 27, 2007)
The tribal anger against President General Pervez Musharraf, which was already running high after the Pakistan Army's commando raid into the Lal Masjid in Islamabad from July 10 to 13, 2007, has further escalated in the wake of the air strikes . . . .
- Around Midnight (OutLook, Mushirul Hasan, Oct 27, 2007)
Phillips Talbot, president emeritus of the Asia Society in the United States, is the latest author to add his voice to the complex debates on India’s Partition. He saw it all—the progress and impact of the Second World War on the subcontinent . . . .
- Before His Day (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 27, 2007)
Despite the advances of modern science, a large part of the lives of human beings is still determined by sunlight. Human beings tend to take sunlight for granted and therefore underestimate its importance.
- A Unique Trail (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 27, 2007)
On my last trip to Calcutta, I had what can only be described as a uniquely bhadralok experience: I bought a book by a Dasgupta about another Dasgupta, which was sold to me by a third Dasgupta, after he had been guided by a fourth Dasgupta.
- Supercritical Thermal Power Plant By 2011 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
A thermal power project with supercritical technology is to come up on a 900-acre ‘government poromboke’ site at Udangudi in Tuticorin district.
- Despair And Despondence (Pioneer, JS Rajput, Oct 27, 2007)
The Prime Minister is sad, and competitive politics and fractured mandate have been formally identified as the culprits.
- Planning Demise Of Civil Service (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 27, 2007)
NOT content with the self-created decay in bureaucracy, is the present government working for the demise of the civil service? If it is, it is doing so with the subtlety and craft that only a successful corporate leader can possess.
- Human Race Will Split Into Two By 3000 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
The report suggests that the future of man would be a story of the good, the bad and the ugly...
- Sonia Gandhi Meets Chinese Premier Wen (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
As both Sonia and Wen met here at the Zhongnanhai leadership compound, they went down the memory lane recalling late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's . . .
- Book Release (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
The release of the book ‘Augustine Joseph Bhagavathar: Sangeeta Natakathile Athulya Prathiba,’ written by Qutbuddin, will be held under the aegis of Centre For Heritage Environment And Development, at the EMS Memorial Town Hall, Kochi . . . . .
- Scotland Of The East! (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 27, 2007)
Reminiscent of the Scottish highlands, it leaves you spellbound
- I Have The Blues (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
We first got peanuts. But we’re still making music. We’re not rich. But we’re rich musically.” Sitting in a dimly lit Blues club, appropriately called Haze, Rudy of Soulmate describes his musical passions.
- The Malnad Experience (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 27, 2007)
Heritage Not just a house with a view, but also some great food
- India, Russia Still Brothers In Arms (Asia Times, Sudha Ramachandran, Oct 27, 2007)
Defense cooperation between India and Russia, which had run into trouble in recent months following differences over cost escalation of armament systems, is back on track.
- Extension Of Nabard Funds Sought (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
The State government has approached National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) to extend its funding programme for provision of additional infrastructure to schools.
- Dj Cult Alive — In China (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 27, 2007)
Whatever may be happening in Europe and the U.S. a new poll, released on Friday shows that the cult of the superstar disc jockey (DJ) is alive and well, it’s moved to China.
- The Focus On Agriculture (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 27, 2007)
In its latest World Development Report (WDR), the World Bank has made out a strong case for making agriculture the centrepiece of development strategies being pursued by developing countries.
- India, Netherlands Sign Agreements (Hindu, Sujay Mehdudia, Oct 27, 2007)
India and the Netherlands have signed two agreements in the fields of culture, trade and economy aimed at giving a boost to the bilateral relations between the nations.
- Washington’S Cuba Detour (Dawn, Tariq Ali, Oct 27, 2007)
BOGGED down in Iraq and Afghanistan, obsessed with Iran’s rise as a regional power (a direct result of the wars in the aforementioned countries) the US State Department has woken up to the fact that South America is in turmoil.
- Indian Police Warn Suicide Bombers Planning Attacks In Mumbai (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Three suicide bombers are roaming Mumbai looking for new targets just over a year after a series of explosions tore through the city’s commuter rail network killing 188 people, police warned on Friday.
- Raj Painting Sells For Over $1m (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
A historic painting of a meeting between British and Indian officials during the days of the Raj has sold for 12 times its estimated value.
- The Swat Carnage (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 27, 2007)
THE anachronistic idea which Fata represents — that the tribal area is beyond the jurisdiction of Pakistani laws — is expanding instead of shrinking.
- Set It Right Now (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Oct 27, 2007)
Why should the Indian Government and the national Opposition lose sleep if Pakistanis are getting killed in jihadi strikes? Well, isolationism is out of fashion now.
- Terrorists On The Prowl In Mumbai? (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Mumbai should rise in gratitude to a cabbie who alerted Mumbai police about four suspected terrorists ~ three men and a burqa-clad woman ~ who used his taxi to scan the city under suspicious circumstances on 22 and 23 October as part. . .
- Mumbai On High Alert (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
The Mumbai police on Friday put the city on high alert, and released the sketches of three persons suspected to be doing “reconnaissance” around religious places.
- Taxi Driver Raises Mumbai Terror Alert (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Mumbai police today sounded a red alert and released sketches (in pictures) of three suspects, who could be suicide bombers or part of a larger terror cell planning a strike in the city, after a taxi driver raised the alarm.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 27, 2007)
It often happens that the enormity of a tragedy shows up the national character, and the great divide in the US of A stands exposed again. Two years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the relatively poor and predominantly black . . . . .
- Al Qaeda Comes To Town (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 27, 2007)
THIRTEEN hours into the carnival-like atmosphere at the rally celebrating Benazir Bhutto’s homecoming, the enthusiastic teeming masses were enjoying themselves.
- Special (Statesman, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 27, 2007)
The season of film festivals is upon us once again.
- $9m Advance For Blair Book (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Tony Blair, the former UK Prime Minister, has agreed to sell his memoir for an advance of around $9 million, according to a person with knowledge of the negotiations.
- Malaysia Airlines Jet Grounded In Pakistan By Security Threat (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
A Malaysian Airlines jet was grounded for five hours in Karachi after receiving a security threat that forced the plane to be evacuated and searched, the carrier said on Friday.
- Bird Flu Hits Vietnam Village Near Chinese Border (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Bird flu has killed poultry in a Vietnamese village on the Chinese border, the third outbreak of the highly infectious virus in the country this month, Hanoi's Aninal Health Department said.
- Save The Nuclear Deal (Times of India, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 26, 2007)
It is obvious that the US-India civilian nuclear deal is now in the doldrums.
- Sudden Impact (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 26, 2007)
The day is still etched in memory. The year was 1998. As an enthusiastic fresher to college, I had stayed back to attend the last class in economics, curbing my hunger for another hour.
- Azad Promises Free Ration For Six Months (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today assured the reconstruction of the Margi village, where a massive fire broke out on Monday.
- Surround Festive Sound (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Oct 26, 2007)
You will get much further with the Lord if you learn not to offend His ears. I wish someone would convert Henry Higgins’s cryptic suggestion to Eliza Doolittle into the Eleventh Commandment.
- Rs. 5 Crore Allocated For Horticulture (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Financial assistance will be provided to 2,334 farmers
The Government has approved action plan to promote growing of fruit
Construction of community ponds to be encouraged
- Is Bjp Alienating Another Ally? (Hindu, Sarabjit Pandher, Oct 26, 2007)
If murmurs of protest from the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal leadership in Punjab are any indicator, the BJP appears to be following a plan through which it is all set to alienate yet another partner from its much depleted National Democratic . . . .
- Ltte Bases Destroyed (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 26, 2007)
The Air Force on Thursday claimed to have raided two bases of the LTTE including a centre in the north where the “Black Tigers,” the suicide squad of the Tigers, are trained.
- A Rising Bachelor Nation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 26, 2007)
Once loath to reveal breakdowns in social stability, China's State Population and Family Commission admitted last winter that "the increasing difficulties men face finding wives may lead to social instability".
- Weaponisation Phase: Tejas Fires Its First Missile (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
The indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas has fired its first missile marking the beginning of the weaponisation phase of the home grown fighter, which is slated to be inducted in the Indian Air force by 2010.
- “In The World Economy, There Must Be Freedom For People And Ideas To Move” (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Oct 26, 2007)
It was at the end of the IBSA (India-Brazil-South Africa) summit in Tshwane (Pretoria) that one met Roberto Mangabeira Unger, a don at Harvard University, author of numerous articles, and Brazil’s Minister for Long-Term Strategic . . . .
- Us Asks India To Open Markets For Progress (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
The US asked India to show flexibility and allow more access to its markets especially for non-agricultural products for reviving the stalled Doha Round of trade talks.
- Merkel To Give Away Deutsche Bank Award (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Deutsche Bank will present the first Deutsche Bank Urban Age Award, worth $ 1,00,000 (Rs. 40 lakh), to a project based in the Mumbai metropolitan area and it will be presented by the Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany. . .
- Rajasthan Bjp Chief Rules Out Removal From Post (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Denies confrontation with State RSS leadership
- Cooperate To End Terrorism (Tribune, Gen V.P. Malik (retd), Oct 26, 2007)
After the Karachi bloodbath on October 19 the global condemnation of the terrorists’ act and commiseration for Pakistan and Ms Benazir Bhutto was on the expected lines.
- Gelling With Pen (Tribune, Gitanjali Sharma , Oct 26, 2007)
He had long waited for the day. The day when he signed to the world that he was a grown-up too.
- N-Deal Cements New Third Front (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Oct 26, 2007)
The glimmerings of a new alternative could be seen on Wednesday when Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav met Left leaders Prakash Karat and A.B. Bardhan and agreed to cooperate in Parliament on the Indo-US nuclear deal issue.
- Palace Takes Wing, India Waits (Telegraph, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 26, 2007)
India will be ready to welcome the Airbus A380 from next year if any foreign airline is willing to fly the world’s biggest passenger plane to this country.
- Artists In Their Parlours (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 26, 2007)
Some of the greats of Indian contemporary art come alive in this gallery of portraits — FACES OF INDIAN ART: THROUGH THE LENSES OF NEMAI GHOSH (Art Alive Gallery, Rs 6,500).
- Get Tough With Myanmar, Hillary Tells Manmohan (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Oct 26, 2007)
The US Senate's 16 women members have sent a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urging him to press the Myanmar’s military junta to end its crackdown on Buddhist monks and pro-democracy activists in the country.
- Tinsel And The Tapori (Telegraph, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 26, 2007)
The 19th-century French poet, Charles Baudelaire, popularized the modernist trope of the city as a labyrinthine space of mystery, a cosmopolitan inferno, with the figure of the flâneur or dandy — at once an observer and an explorer — lost in. . .
- Pirates Without Profits (Telegraph, RAVI VYAS, Oct 26, 2007)
Is book piracy in India as rampant as in the high-tech world of software, CDs and DVDs? It isn’t simply because the demand for the products of writers and publishers has never been robust enough to generate a major piracy problem.
- Relive The Past (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 26, 2007)
Reliving the past would make one feel positive and understand the value of life.
- Solar Particle Detector Activated (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Chinese scientists have successfully activated the first probing equipment on the Chang’e-1 lunar orbiter on Thursday to start exploring the environment between the Earth and the Moon.
- Space Shuttle Discovery Docks With Iss (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Space shuttle Discovery docked with the International Space Station on Thursday, and its crew prepared to embark on the most challenging construction work ever attempted in a single mission.
- Still Reigns Despite The Fall (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 26, 2007)
The US dollar’s persistent weakness in relation to other major currencies has been in the spotlight recently.
- Pm To Discuss Upa's Flagship Schemes (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
With the political crisis paralysing the functioning of the Government, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will preside over a high level meeting of the officials to finalise a strategy for expediting implementation of the UPA's flagship schemes within. . .
- Power Capacity Addition A Herculean Task (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 26, 2007)
Experts are raising doubts about achieving even the lowered target of 60,000 MW.
- Q&a: 'N-Deal Will Widen The Base Of Indo-Us Relations' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Phillips Talbot worked as India correspondent for Chicago Daily News before partition and in the early years after freedom. His recent book, An American Witness to India's Partition, is primarily a collection of his reports.
- Indexing Inhumanity, Indian Style (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Oct 26, 2007)
It took minutes for the top guns to swing into action when the Sensex fell by several hundred points. But no Minister came forward to calm the nation when India hit the 94th rank in the Global Hunger Index.
- Talk On Terror (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 26, 2007)
The JATM mechanism hardly attracted any attention.
- Wanted: Kaliyug Ka Ravana (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 26, 2007)
Countless effigies of Ravana were burnt in different parts of India on Sunday night.
- Fresh Proposals Keep Doha Round Alive (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 26, 2007)
India's latest offer to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has the merit of keeping hopes alive but apart from that is unlikely to make much difference to the rather bleak prospects for a successful conclusion of the Doha Round of talks.
- Not Quite Global (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 26, 2007)
Former US president Jimmy Carter once said, "Globalisation, as defined by rich people like us, is a very nice thing.
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