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Articles 5521 through 5620 of 11444:
- Indian Intelligence Agencies Under Fire (Statesman, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 15, 2005)
Following the example of a section of the American intelligence operatives,
- Upper House Stands Lowered (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2005)
The first day’s proceedings of the Senate on Tuesday were marred by ugly scenes due to strong protest by the Opposition against delay in the election of the Deputy Chairman and chairing of the House by a member whom they described as ‘stranger’.
- Court Stays Levy Of Fbt On Chennai Firm (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
New provision did not even exempt charitable institutions'
- Iran Breaking Iaea Seals (Daily Excelsior, SREEDHAR, Sep 14, 2005)
On August 10, 2005 Iran has begun to remove the seals placed by United Nations at its nuclear conversion facility in Isfahan, enabling it to operate the plant more freely.
- A World Of Haves And Have-Nots (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Sep 14, 2005)
On the eve of the millennium summit in New York, the UNDP released its annual Human Development Report 2005 which should help governments determine their progress or lack of it towards the eight development goals they had committed themselves in 2000....
- Qualms After The Storm (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
In the immediate aftermath of the destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina, President George W. Bush seemed remarkably reluctant to visit Louisiana.
- Interview With Abc - Rois Verdict (Foreign Minister, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2005)
Journalist: Minister what is Australia's reaction to the announcement that the Indonesian Court has recommended a death sentence for Rois?
- Burning Of Police Post (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 13, 2005)
Angry protesters burned down a Police post in Sahiwal Tehsil on Sunday for alleged desecration of the Holy Qur’an by a Policeman. Police, however, arrested 300 protesters.
- Measurement Of Corruption (Daily Excelsior, H C Katoch, Sep 13, 2005)
The J&K State is ranked as No. 2 in corruption amongst all the states of the country by a NGO.
- Memories Of A Scientist (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2005)
His honesty and love for work is legendary and he lives on in the numerous engineering marvels he created. L Subramani pays tribute to M Visvesvaraya.
- Anthology Spanning Six Decades In Story Writing (Hindu, S. Viswanathan, Sep 13, 2005)
Collection of 70 short stories portraying human emotions, hopes and fears, convictions and compromises
- Koizumi To Focus On Economic Reforms (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Sep 13, 2005)
Premier reaffirms intention to quit in one year
- Challenge For The Muslim World (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 13, 2005)
It is a known fact of history that the Muslim Ummah has remained a champion of justice and fair play and a symbol of balance and tolerance and has never been an instrument of terrorism, extremism and anarchy.
- Un's Moment Of Truth (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Sep 13, 2005)
Bush’s decision to appoint Bolton to represent US at the UN amounted to declaring a war on the UN
- France Looks To Firm Up Ties With India (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Sep 12, 2005)
While there is elation at India's desire to re-invest in the bilateral relationship, Paris is worried that New Delhi's rapprochement with Washington could diminish its own importance.
- Democracy, A La Egypt (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 12, 2005)
Mubarak has retained power despite the show of a multi-party election
- Arms At The Cost Of Development (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Sep 12, 2005)
India went on an arms buying spree last year neglecting public health and other human development goals
- The Sebi Versus Sat Saga (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Sep 12, 2005)
For the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), it is one step forward and another back.
- Pm Tells Pak To End Infiltration (Deccan Herald, PTI, Sep 12, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Gen Musharraf will, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session in New York, review the Indo-Pak peace process.
- Trivialising The Aggressor (Hindu, MITA KAPUR, Sep 11, 2005)
It is a mystery, but society has to wake up to the gross inaccuracy of the term "eve teasing".
- Verdicts On Pakistan (Hindu, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Sep 11, 2005)
... offered 40 years apart, in the same American magazine
We have never defined ourselves in our own right — only in relation to India. That is our tragedy
- Verdicts On Pakistan (Hindu, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Sep 11, 2005)
We have never defined ourselves in our own right — only in relation to India. That is our tragedy.'
- Floating An Idea (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Sep 11, 2005)
During the arguments on the plea of the Shankacharya of Kanchi before the Supreme Court last week that the criminal cases against him should be transferred out of Tamil Nadu, his counsel Fali Nariman pointed out that there was a curious ambivalence in the
- Starvation Deaths And Sonia’S Antics (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 10, 2005)
A chief minister in whose state children die of hunger should not just be forced to resign but should be tried for criminal negligence
- American Bellyache (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Sep 10, 2005)
It’s been a spectacular and confusing September so far in America.
- Communists And Corruption (Business Standard, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 10, 2005)
Once or twice a year, I find it profitable to accept invitations to speak to college students. The boys are eager to impress the girls, and ask some very good questions.
- Heroes And Charlatans (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Sep 09, 2005)
Over the past few weeks, I have busied myself trying to understand the dynamics of an encounter that agitated corporate India of the Twenties and Thirties — the conflict between the fledgling Scindia Steam Navigation Company and the well-entrenched Britis
- Challenges And Change In Persian Gulf — Why India Needs A "Look West" Policy (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Sep 09, 2005)
MILITARY INTERVENTION in Iraq could well prove to be a historic blunder for the United States, resulting from setbacks like those it faced in Vietnam, Lebanon and Somalia
- Can We Improve Public Service Delivery? (The Financial Express, Jayaprakash Narayan, Sep 09, 2005)
India has a functioning democracy and several institutions and practices ensure checks and balances and a modicum of governance. Yet, every government feels handicapped in delivering on its promises.
- Confusion Of Summits:eu Must First Get Its Own House In Order (Statesman, Kirsty Hughes , Sep 09, 2005)
Tony Blair is in town — on a whirlwind of high-level globe-trotting across Asia.
- The Civil Service (Statesman, Ashok Kapur, Sep 08, 2005)
It has been argued that the Indian bureaucracy is drifting towards “negativism and mediocrity”.
- 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 . . . .
- Pakistan Polls Manipulated (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Sep 06, 2005)
It might be possible to predict the broad results of the 2007 general election in Pakistan: many friends of Gen Musharraf will win
- 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.
- India: A Super Power Or A Failing State? (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Sep 06, 2005)
The term “failed state” entered our lexicon, initially, in the context of Somalia, Afghanistan, and now, increasingly, for Iraq.
- Our Character Reflected In Our Pets (Hindu, Justine Hankins , Sep 06, 2005)
Our love of our furry companions is often cited as evidence of depth of character.
- Lessons In Chemistry (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Sep 06, 2005)
Talk of Europe and you get a big yawn in Delhi. India’s annual summitry with Europe is always a cold dish amidst the warmth of India’s exciting engagement with the United States and China. When British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrives here tonight on
- 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.
- Booster Shot For Corruption (Daily Excelsior, Joginder Singh, Sep 06, 2005)
When the trend all over the world is on weeding out the graft, Uttar Pradesh Government has set new standards in putting corruption under the carpet. It must be said to the credit of the State cadre of the IAS that it has been looking within its members..
- 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.
- A Move To Defeat Secret Agenda Of The Separatists, Says Jvp (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Sep 06, 2005)
Party spells out 12 conditions for support to Rajapakse
- Rank Anomalies (Telegraph, Bibek Debroy, Sep 05, 2005)
The author is director, Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, New Delhi
- 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
- 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,
- Reservation In Colleges (Tribune, K.N. Bhat, Sep 05, 2005)
The late Dr T.M.A. Pai would not have anticipated his name filling the pages of law reports for no fault of his. He was a visionary who freed technical education from the clutches of governments in the mid-1950s and turned Manipal, once a desolate village
- Badal Stresses For Early Solution To Dalits Issue (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2005)
Phagwara, Sept 4 (PTI) Former Punjab Chief Minister and Akali Dal chief Parkash Singh Badal today flayed the "inhuman act" of torching the dalits' houses in Gohana recently saying it had exposed the so-called secular face of the Congress government in ...
- Universities Under Siege (Tribune, Sucha Singh Gill, Sep 05, 2005)
Having reasonably played a good and successful role the Indian university system as a whole is under siege.
- 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
- Politicians And The Police (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Sep 04, 2005)
If any politicians were ever to ask me how he should practise his craft (which none has done to date), I would say: “be good, but if you cannot be good, be careful.”
- 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.
- Unwanted Sound (Greater Kashmir, SHAKEEL-UR-RAHMAN, Sep 04, 2005)
At long last there is some good news for all those who are concerned about the annoying levels of noise in the city.
- The Majesty Of Chinar (Greater Kashmir, BASHEER SHAH, Sep 04, 2005)
The other day, quite in contemplation and thinking of this column , a friend Who has more to do with agriculture and less with culture, suddenly dropped in.
- A Home In Sight (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2005)
For the caged animals at Kharial village in Dankuni, West Bengal, relief from pain has finally come, but not without a price. As Prasanta Paul explains, the death of one of the lions has brought freedom to its fellow circus animals
- Scientific Research: Making Universities Accountable (Tribune, Rupamanjari Ghosh, Sep 04, 2005)
Infrastructure plays a vital important role in raising the quality of teaching and research in the universities.
- Bihar Flood Scene Not Alarming: Buta (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2005)
The Bihar governor denied the BJP’s accusations against him and said his reports were based on facts.
- Breaking Barriers In Panchayats (Tribune, Dharam Pal More, Sep 04, 2005)
Ever since Parliament passed the Constitution 73rd (Amendment) Act and empowered over a million women,
- Judiciary Can Clip Wings: Cji (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2005)
The CJI said conducting court hearings through video conferencing would save time and money.
- 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.
- Nobody Can Question My Authority: Buta (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2005)
Terming as ``dishonest and rubbish'' the charge that he ``spied'' on the National Democratic Alliance, Governor Buta Singh on Saturday defended his recommendation for dissolution of the Bihar Assembly saying none could question his authority and reports.
- Elections In Bihar In Four Phases From October 18 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2005)
The Election Commission on Saturday announced four-phase elections for Bihar - on October 18, 26 and November 13 and 19.
- Savita's Choice (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Sep 04, 2005)
Hundreds of child marriages are held across Rajasthan with no one stopping them. The reality sinks in when the children attain puberty by which time they are told they have no choice. But they do.
- Approval For Broadband Wireless Research Centre In Chennai (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 03, 2005)
Alcatel, C-DoT to work together to develop technology suitable for rural areas.
- Farmers Protest Order To Reduce Water Level In Dam (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 03, 2005)
Members of farmers' associations in Bijapur district on Friday protested against the Centre's directive to the State Government to bring down the water level in the Alamatti Dam to 509.1 m as against the full reservoir level of 519.6 m.
- Farmers Against Order To Reduce Alamatti Water Level (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 03, 2005)
Members of farmers' associations in Bijapur district on Friday protested against the Centre's directive to the Karnataka Government to bring down the water level in the Alamatti Dam to 509.1 m as against the full reservoir level of 519.6 m.
- Publish And Perish (Statesman, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 03, 2005)
Revulsion is a randy noun, notorious for flitting from one subject to the other in these times when there’s so much to be disgusted about
- Performance The Key Word’ (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 03, 2005)
Eliminating corruption and providing citizen-centric administration by ensuring accountability at all levels right from political executive officials to officials at the local level are necessary in the country, says former Karnataka Chief Minister M Veer
- The Puzzle That Tops The Charts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 03, 2005)
Crossword for wordsmiths; sudoku for the rest
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- Trifling With Fpsc’S Tenure (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 03, 2005)
The government’s promulgation of an ordinance reducing the tenure of the members of the Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) from five to three years can only be seen as a step to arm-twist a body whose key function is to select officers for posts
- For A Coherent Regional Policy (Dawn, Javid Husain, Sep 03, 2005)
IN my last article on the state of Pakistan-US relations, I emphasized the need for Pakistan to adopt a coherent regional policy as the central element of our overall foreign policy. I would now venture to add that since the end of the Cold War, the absen
- Politicians’ Writ Or Police Raj (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Sep 03, 2005)
THAT police are meant to maintain law and order still holds good in the West, although the 9/11 attacks have drastically changed its meaning.
- Talks Offer Completes First Cycle: Mirwaiz (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 03, 2005)
Kotli—The budding Kashmiri leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, chairman All Parties Hurriyet Conference (APHC), has described the offer of talks to his collective political forum the APHC, as an opportunity of completing the first cycle of Kashmir talks he first
- 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.
- 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.
- Pak Devolution Of Power (Tribune, Ash Narain Roy, Sep 02, 2005)
Democracy has been anathema to Pakistani rulers during a large part of the country’s existence.
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