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Articles 11321 through 11420 of 20008:
- Opposition’S Continued Obduracy (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Opposition parties have refused to join the Parliamentary Committee on Earthquake designed to oversee the rehabilitation and reconstruction process in the quake-hit areas of Azad Kashmir and Hazara Division. The Combind Opposition has, however, ...
- Betab: A Restless Soul Goes Out To Have Rest For Ever (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 22, 2005)
Having portrayed life in all its beauty and colour, the man now shifts to the landscape of no return, Muhammad Shafi Khan (Shopian) remembers a celebrated Kashmiri poet Muhammad Ayub Betab who is no more
- Thus Spake Tagore (Greater Kashmir, PEERZADA SALMAN, Dec 22, 2005)
Does the fact that Rabindranath Tagore is the only South Asian belonging to the literary realm to have won a Nobel award matter?
- Right Notes (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
In the Early1990s India's development strategy shifted gear from self-reliance and import substitution to a more positive attitude towards foreign capital by way of foreign direct and portfolio investments. From 1992, after putting in place appropriate...
- No Water Or Polluted Water (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 22, 2005)
At a time when water reservoirs’ issue has engulfed the entire nation, yet another water related worrisome problem has come to the fore. According to a survey conducted by a consumer protection organization, 58.6% people are consuming polluted drinking...
- Towards A United Asia (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Dec 22, 2005)
A second focal point of global power is not in US interest. Europe is about as much as Bush can stomach.
- Gail, Bpcl To Sign Accord For City Gas Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
GAIL opens diagnostic centre for pollution-related diseases
- Consensus Eludes All-Party Meet To Resolve Srisailam Project Row (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
A.P. to go ahead with earlier plan to increase regulator capacity
- Pre-Project Work Started For Six Power Units: Npcil Official (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
"Koodankulam project designed to withstand shock waves" The first and second units of the Koodankulam project would start generating power by 2007 and 2008 respectively, says Mr. Agrawal
- Asi To Remove Encroachments Near 50 Heritage Sites (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Illegal structures around two Villupuram temples removed recently "Urban development pressures should be taken into account by agencies and officials"
- Chennai To Get Water From Srisailam Dam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
The Government's order conforms to the inter-state agreement signed by Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka
Hyderabad comes second in the list of six priorities
- Melting Permafrost Threatens Homes And Roads (Hindu, David Adam, Dec 22, 2005)
A major change in climate is expected by the end of the century.
- India Defends Nuclear Deal With U.S. (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Dec 22, 2005)
India on Wednesday defended a controversial new civilian nuclear cooperation deal with the United States and rejected demands by American critics that New Delhi accept curbs on its atomic weapons program.
- Sri Lanka Rebels Clash With Navy, Capture Three (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Tamil Tiger rebels attacked two Sri Lankan naval craft off the island's northwest coast on Thursday, the navy said, opening fire and capturing three sailors in the most violent incident at sea since a 2002 truce.
- Delhi Demolitions (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 22, 2005)
The wages of sin
It should make no sense. Huge amounts of money and effort expended to tear down what were raised by expending huge amounts of money and effort.
- Sir Creek Talks End In Stalemate (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 22, 2005)
India and Pakistan on Wednesday failed to decide the terms of reference for a joint survey of the disputed 96-kilometre-long Sir Creek along the Gujarat (India) and Sindh (Pakistan) borders.
- The Problem Of Child Labour (Daily Excelsior, A K Sharma, Dec 21, 2005)
How many of us ever care at the sight & on the plight of child labours. It is a heart rending scene to see tender aged young blossoming kids working in a scooter, car workshops, on roadsides.
- Cash For Questions (Daily Excelsior, Deepayan, Dec 21, 2005)
The cash-for-question members of parliament are out in the dock, thanks to a TV sting operation.
- Mid-Year Review — Setting The Economic Priorities (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Dec 21, 2005)
The economy appears well-set for a sustained high-growth path, judging by the average of 7 per cent recorded three years in a row (2003-06) and all indicators pointing to a continuing boom in investments and soaring business confidence derived from ...
- `Our Relationship With India Transcends Politics And Economics' — Mr Dominique Girard, Ambassador Of France In India (Business Line, Sankar Radhakrishnan , Dec 21, 2005)
"I think India is a country that is so complex, so diversified, so rich, so paradoxical that it is a treat. There is not one day when I did not discover something I was totally ignorant of. Here, in India, when you open your eyes, you really learn,"
- Hundred Years Of The Andamans Cellular Jail (Hindu, Ram Kapse, Dec 21, 2005)
It has been a long journey for the Cellular Jail — from a torture machine to a National Memorial, from a dreaded prison to a place of pilgrimage.
- Surgery Rekindles Hope For Indian Tsunami Mothers (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Dec 21, 2005)
It's the most unlikely setting for hope -- a dingy shack filled haphazardly with pots and pans, surrounded by puddles of filthy water, overflowing drains and rain-soaked furniture.
- The Death Of Science (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Dec 21, 2005)
It is a pity that science which is the antidote to irrational thinking and obscurantist behaviour is being slowly strangled to death in Pakistan, that is if we presume that it had a modestly glorious existence in the past in this country.
- Informal Talk On Jehadis Relief Work (News International, Mariana Baabar, Dec 21, 2005)
The United States remains perturbed about the presence of jehadi relief workers who are working around the clock in Azad Kashmir and in the NWFP.
- Canada Urges India To Open Up Nuclear Reactor (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Canada urged India on Monday to allow nuclear inspectors access to a Canadian-supplied reactor where experts say the country produces a significant amount of its weapons-grade plutonium.
- Relief Won't Be Distributed On Sundays: Government (Hindu, VANI DORAISAMY, Dec 21, 2005)
It will be given only for a maximum of 500 ration cards a day at a relief distribution centre
- Grooming Lawyers (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 21, 2005)
Needed a law varsity in the North
The Punjab Government’s proposal to set up a law university near Chandigarh is most welcome.
- Politicians, Maoists Unite Against Nepal King (Tribune, Naveen S. Grewal, Dec 21, 2005)
There is a clear division as to whose writ runs in Nepal. The state controls cities like Kathmandu, but the Maoists run their own government of sorts in the rural areas.
- Never Let The Outer Garb Fool You (The Economic Times, VITHAL C NADKARNI, Dec 21, 2005)
The Great Grey Heron stands stock still. In the pearly light of the morning, however, the mirror image of the bird in Bhutan’s Wangdi River shimmers like a twin jiving and shimmying.
- Motivated Ministerial (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 21, 2005)
The eighth Bimstec ministerial at Dhaka has not only admitted the imperatives for cooperation, it has also set a more ambitious agenda than the sluggish Saarc to suit. With real progress along the lines spelt, this grouping (Bay of Bengal Initiative) ...
- Nitish Govt Will Make Bihar Roads Better Than My Cheek: Hema (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Bollywood's ‘‘dream girl’’ Hema Malini today expressed the hope the new NDA dispensation in Bihar to make roads in the state smoother than her cheek.
- Canada Urges India To Open Up N-Reactor (Indian Express, Carol Giacomo, Dec 21, 2005)
Canada has urged India on Monday to allow nuclear inspectors access to a Canadian-supplied reactor, where experts say the country produces a significant amount of its weapons-grade plutonium.
- Fast Vanishing Wealth - Ii (Greater Kashmir, Prof. (Dr.) R. D. Gupta, Dec 21, 2005)
We have a capital in the form of animal and plant kingdom in our state. It needs to be guarded from extinction, cautions Prof. (Dr.) R. D. Gupta
- ‘Monsoon May Fuel Gdp To 8%’ (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Indian economy can attain 7.5-8 per cent growth in the second half of this fiscal, as a good monsoon raised hope of higher farm output and the boom in manufacturing and services sectors continue, business magazine Capital Market said in a report.
- J&k Sees Way To Fight Power Theft (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Encouraged by the ‘sting operations’ carried by some news channels to expose corrupt politicians, the Power Development Department (PDD) in Kashmir Valley has decided to carry out similar operations to stop the electricity theft.
- A Modi-Cum Of Strategy (Indian Express, VIRENDER KUMAR, Dec 21, 2005)
When Narendra Modi announced that he was going to campaign in the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation elections recently, Mukul Wasnik, AICC general secretary in charge of Gujarat, declared that they had won half the battle.
- About The Holy Capitalists (Deccan Herald, DAVID BROOKS, Dec 21, 2005)
The world’s greatest discoveries and innovations have had a strong relation to faith
- Life Moves On (Deccan Herald, Boby George, Dec 21, 2005)
For Bangalorians, this rainy season was nothing more than a few months of ‘handling emergencies’. In a city where rain never disturbs the routine, the downpour was indeed unexpected.
- Games Rich Nations Play (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Dec 21, 2005)
WTO’s Hong Kong compromise will not be able to stop suicides by farmers in India and other developing nations
- Small Investments, Big Difference (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 20, 2005)
Measles causes more than half a million deaths a year. Diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus claim another half a million lives.
- She Must Have A Mahram If She Goes For Hajj - I (Greater Kashmir, Dr Fiaz Maqbool Fazili, Dec 20, 2005)
Dr Fiaz Maqbool Fazili has some questions and answers about women going for Hajj and Umrah
Who is able enough to go for Hajj?
- India Cautious On Bhutan (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Dec 20, 2005)
India today came out with a cautious response on Bhutan King Jigme Singye Wangchuk’s December 17 announcement that his son Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuk will be enthroned as the next King before 2008 and wished the prospective King “all success” . . .
- Making An Ass Of The Law (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Dec 20, 2005)
Anarchy in India means a free for all — the ruled and those who administer the rule.
- Waltengu Calling (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 20, 2005)
At a time when everybody is talking about rehabilitation of quake survivors of Uri and Tangdar, hundreds of victims of Waltengu hamlet in Islamabad district, which was hit by snow-storm in February this year, have been forgotten by the government.
- Fast Vanishing Wealth - I (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 20, 2005)
We have a capital in the form of animal and plant kingdom in our state. It needs to be guarded from extinction, cautions Prof. (Dr.) R. D. Gupta
- Polling By And Large Peaceful In First Phase Of Zilla And Taluk Panchayat Elections (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Elections held in 14 districts; first reports put overall voting percentage at 65
- Heavy Rains Lash Southern India, Officials Sound Cyclone Alert (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Authorities in southern India sounded a cyclone alert Monday after yet another deep depression formed in the Bay of Bengal bringing heavy rains to the region ravaged by five cyclones in the last two months.
- From The Blurb (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Traditional Wisdom in Natural Resource Management - The Only Way to Conserve: Pub. by Rural Litigation & Entitlement Kendra; 68/1, Suryalok Colony, Rajpur Road, Dehra Dun, Uttaranchal. Rs. 395.
- Short Stories In Translation (Hindu, Sarojini Premchand, Dec 20, 2005)
TAMILA CHINNA KATHALU - Anthology of Tamil Short Stories, Vol. 2: Akhilan — Editor; Y.V.S.S.N.Murthy — Tr. in Telugu; Pub. by Sahitya Academy, Ravindra Bhavan, 35, Ferozeshah Road,
- Autobiography (Hindu, V. Gopalakrishna, Dec 20, 2005)
An Autobiography: Thumbadi Ramaiah: Pub. by Bodhishree Prakashana, Behind Water Tank, Vidyanagara, Tumkur-572103. Rs. 65.
- Heavy Deposit Of Platinum Found In Captive Chromite Mines In Orissa (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Having found traces of platinum at its captive chromite mines in Orissa, Ferro Alloys Corporation Ltd on Friday said it has entered into a joint venture agreement with UK-based Platinum Mining Corporation of India Ltd (PMCI) for exploration . . .
- Hydrogen Engergy (Daily Excelsior, Pallab Bhattacharya, Dec 20, 2005)
When industrialist Ratan Tata submited the National Hydrogen Energy Road Map document to Union Non-Conventional Energy Minister Vilas Muttemwar on November 21, it represented another major stride taken by India in its quest not only for energy . . .
- Cultivate Patient Friendly Culture (Daily Excelsior, Dr Arun Sharma, Dec 20, 2005)
Any hospital's performance is dependent on multiple factors like capital structure, available infrastructure, technological acquisition, spectrum of clinical services, specialists and culture of the hospital.
- Krishna Tribunal: Karnataka Moves Supreme Court (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Dec 20, 2005)
Directive to Centre sought for effective functioning of tribunal
- Makes Sense (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Dec 20, 2005)
It is understandable if government departments share services provided by each other.
- Rebuilding Azad Kashmir (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Dec 20, 2005)
Islamabas's current approach towards the devastation caused by the recent earthquake is to provide expeditiously and efficiently relief to the affected population.
- A Blow Against Torture (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 20, 2005)
Thanks to a belated White House retreat, Congress is on the verge of taking an important step toward curtailing the systematic human rights violations committed by the Bush administration in its handling of foreign prisoners.
- Open The Indian Legal Marketplace (The Financial Express, A FRANCIS JULIAN, Dec 20, 2005)
Globalisation has thrown open the legal marketplace for players from across the world. Along with that comes the question of whether globalisation is the best competitive model for such a demanding and specialised service as legal advice, . . .
- The Eye Of A Child (Indian Express, MOHAN K. TIKKU, Dec 20, 2005)
I ate my meal between two massacres...When Bertolt Brecht wrote those lines, he was referring to the two World Wars. But what does an artist say in a place where life plods on between many massacres?
- India, Asia Regions, Cpa Moot In Pakistan Next Year (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
The Joint India and Asia Regions Conference will be held in Pakistan next year, Mohammedmian Soomro, the chairman of Senate, said while speaking in the concluding session of the second India and Asia Regions Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA)...
- Rs 40 Billion Plan To Boost Agriculture In Punjab, Says Elahi (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
A five-year Irrigation Sector Reforms programme costing Rs 40 billion will soon be launched to boost agriculture production across the province, Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi said on Monday.
- Kbd: Smaller Provinces Are Being Pitted Against Punjab, Says Fazl (Pakistan Observer, Mahmood Hussain, Dec 20, 2005)
The Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) has criticized the Army action in Balochistan claiming that several lives had been lost during the action which began on Sunday in the Kohlu area.
- India Empowered To Me Is... (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 20, 2005)
They spoke with conviction and passion. They talked grand ideas. They talked about small people. You could agree with them or not. But you couldn’t be indifferent. For, the contributors strove to think big for India.
- India Explained (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 20, 2005)
With today’s edition we wish to set down for the record how deeply we value the conversation begun three months ago and anchored by some of the wisest, most experienced, accomplished and interesting people in the country.
- Afghan Parliament Sworn In (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Warlords, former communists, Taliban defectors and women activists were sworn in on Monday as members of the first Afghan parliament in more than 30 years amid hopes of national reconciliation after decades of bloodshed.
- Mauritanian Cheese, Monsieur? (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Dec 20, 2005)
Kamal Nath thinks WTO can cut farm subsidies. He should meet Prince Albert
- Eye On The Moon (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Dec 20, 2005)
Setting up a lunar observatory seems to be the next logical step in the journey of humankind’s explorations
- Protests Against Proposed Uranium Mine (Hindu, Siddharth Narrain , Dec 20, 2005)
It is up to the Government to ensure that well-recognised international norms are enforced.
- Next Tsunami Could See Waves 98 Feet High (Pioneer, Deebashree Mohanty, Dec 20, 2005)
At ground zero, scientists map scary revelations---- A group of 27 top scientists who dived 4,800 meters down to ground zero of last year's tsunami off the coast of Sumatra have come up with scary revelations about where the next tsunami may . . .
- A Sane Approach (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 20, 2005)
Since 9/11, the fading fear of a nuclear war with Russia or China has been supplanted in many American minds by a new nightmare:
- Mqm’S Two Steps Backward (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 20, 2005)
IN a policy statement released on Sunday, MQM has declared that it would not support the Kalabagh Dam whatever the cost. It maintained that its construction was against the interests of Sindh and therefore, unacceptable.
- Can You Guess Who’S The Real Fake Here? (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Dec 20, 2005)
Brock Gill is a professional stage and outdoor magician who leads a new generation of daring illusionists, amazing audiences with his unique stage show and mind-blowing escapes
- Metro Project Will Start In March (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Work on the NGEF-cricket stadium stretch to be launched first
- Green Activists Root For The Sun (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 20, 2005)
Montreal: Don't burn our future, pleaded student-Greenpeace volunteers from round the world as they screened hotspot videos on the effect of climate change on their respective communities on the sidelines of the recently held UN Framework Convention....
- Tsunami Widowers Struggle To Pick Up The Pieces (Reuters, Peter Apps, Dec 20, 2005)
When Ramakrishnan Shakthivel and his wife saw the tsunami bearing down on their house on Sri Lanka's east coast, they grabbed their three children and ran for their lives.
- Let's Look Beyond Tigers (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 20, 2005)
The ongoing diatribe against human occupation of areas designated as national parks and wildlife sanctuaries raises the question: Is harmonious coexistence a myth as some make it out to be?
- Indian Ocean Nations Prepare For Next Tsunami (Reuters, Bill Tarrant, Dec 20, 2005)
The next time a tsunami strikes the Indian Ocean rim -- and scientists say that could happen anytime -- an early warning system should detect it and trigger warnings in time to millions living in coastal communities.
- Managing Waste Eco-Friendly (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Garbage disposed of carefully and recycled as organic manure in Vizianagaram
- Eye Of The Storm: Not Just Israel's Problem (Jerusalem Post, AMIR TAHERI, Dec 20, 2005)
The way Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tells it, the Islamic Republic is well on the way to establishing itself as "the leader of the Muslim world" in what he describes as "the coming clash of civilizations."
- Use Telemedicine To Reach The Masses: Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
Satellite to promote interaction among youth by 2007; to be built jointly by India and Russia
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