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Articles 221 through 320 of 500:
- Print Pick (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
Dev Anand is something of a Bollywood institution. For generations of filmgoers he has remained Hindi cinema’s most charismatic personality. With rare pictures , this autobiography is quintessential Dev Anand.
- ‘We Should Neither Proceed With N-Deal Nor Dump It Altogether... To Avoid Immediate Elections’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 22, 2007)
My guest today is one of the greatest characters in our politics today, one of our greatest writers — M. Karunanidhi, chief minister of Tamil Nadu. Let me also introduce his daughter Kanimozhi, a Member of Parliament, who will be our interpreter . . . .
- 'Ganga Has More Life In It Than A Forest' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
Despite pollution from industrial effluents, garbage and sewage, the Ganga riverine system teems with life.
- Deal Will Send Signal To Outlaws: Burns (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
The nuclear deal with India will send a strong signal to “outlaws such as Iran” on how a country could be “rewarded” if it behaves, the U.S. has said as it questioned New Delhi’s assertion on “civilisational ties” with Tehran.
- Ethics For Life Religion (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
Great texts are valuable storehouses of infinite knowledge and mankind has been engaged in the process of unravelling the riches contained in them.
- Water Scarcity Is Man-Made (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
Ramaswamy Iyer is a well-known scholar with vast experience in the field of water science and river hydrology.
- Developing Cities (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 22, 2007)
THE Punjab Chief Minister on Friday promised Rs 250 crore for the development of Amritsar.
- From Raj To Swaraj (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
It would be unfair to compare Peter Clarke's book, The Last Thousand Days of the British Empire, with Stanley Wolpert's Shameful Flight: The Last Years of the British Empire in India and Alex Von Tunzelmann's Indian Summer:
- Us Acknowledges India’S Firm Stand On (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Oct 22, 2007)
Faced with the prospect of losing the support of its Communist Party allies over a civilian nuclear deal it struck with the United States, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s government has received a pat on the back from Washington for its “firm” stand.
- Refugees Trapped In Pok Banging At India's Door (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
Amid Pakistan's turmoil, Kashmiri refugees are approaching Indian authorities in Islamabad for passage into India and there are fears that thousands of others might try to cross over forcibly across the Line of Control (LoC), according to the . . . .
- False Eloquence Does Pm In (Pioneer, Swapan Dasgupta, Oct 22, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has offered himself for direct election only once: In 1999, when he was the Congress candidate for South Delhi.
- Pok Refugees Banging At India's Door (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
Amid Pakistan's turmoil, Kashmiri refugees are approaching Indian authorities in Islamabad for passage into India and there are fears that thousands of others might try to cross over forcibly across the Line of Control (LoC), according . . . . .
- Always The Bridesmaid (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 22, 2007)
Our political practices are proving what has been a weak witticism to be a hard truth: we specialise in snatching defeat from the grasp of victory.
- New Clarity (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Oct 19, 2007)
When the dust finally settles on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s decision to avoid a confrontation with the Left over the Indo-US nuclear deal, few will doubt the sensibility and political wisdom concealed within the decision.
- Captives Of Consumerism (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 19, 2007)
With the wave of affluence sweeping Indian cityscapes, consumer indulgence has been spiraling on an unbelievable scale.
- How India Escaped Being An Island (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Oct 18, 2007)
Seismologists have discovered that India lost a lower chunk of its tectonic plate 140 million years ago and resolved the enduring mystery behind the fastest continent after Gondwanaland’s break-up.
- One Killed As Train Catches Fire In Kanpur (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
One person was killed and parcels worth lakhs of rupees were destroyed when a fire broke out in a coach of the Shiv Ganga Express plying on the Delhi-Varanasi route near here on Thursday, a senior railway official said.
- Pm Gives Economics Lesson To Nigeria (Times of India, Diwakar, Oct 18, 2007)
On Monday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was back to doing what he is said to enjoy the most — teaching.
- Stop The Robbery (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Mahatma Gandhi's picture does not just hang on every wall of a government office, he is also remembered regularly for his principles, one of which is Antyodaya.
- India Whining (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Oct 18, 2007)
Terrorism of the kind witnessed in the Ajmer bombings, followed by a theatre of the absurd, is a familiar story in the country
- Municipal Financing: Where Are The Issuers? (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
We are living in euphoric times with booming stock markets, bulging FII investments, a rippling wealth effect and an urban infrastructure that, by and large is getting moribund by the day.
- Indian It Professionals Worst Paid (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
India ranks fourth amongst the ten worst IT paymasters in the world, a recent survey says.
- Muslim-Christian Dialogue (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 18, 2007)
IN a letter, leading Muslim scholars have appealed to the Christian world for a dialogue because the ‘survival of the world’ will be at stake if the followers of the two religions do not come to an understanding.
- Extempore Plea To Save N-Deal (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Oct 17, 2007)
It was like a political requiem for the Indo-US nuclear deal which has dominated the relationship between Washington and New Delhi for two years and three months.
- A Special Moment (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Oct 17, 2007)
Sonia Gandhi did not address the United Nations general assembly on October 2 as commonly believed in India.
- The Forum That Is Here To Stay (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 17, 2007)
India, Brazil, and South Africa are determined to see that IBSA continues to grow and mature.
- From Killing Fields To Smiling Fields (Hindu, M.S. Swaminathan, Oct 17, 2007)
The focus in dealing with the agrarian crisis should shift from suicide relief to suicide prevention.
- “Dmk Did Not Bring Up Rama’S Name First” (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
The name of Rama was brought into the Sethusamudram controversy by certain sections that felt insecure and feared further development of Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi said at the State Government’s Film Awards Ceremony here on Tuesday.
- Sleeping On The Job (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Oct 17, 2007)
India is the only country whose establishment officially defines 'national interest' as a 'vague' concept. As a result, the pursuit of a vague foreign policy leads to one fiasco after another. Burma is the latest example
- Beyond Abuja Pact (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
Despite trade ties between India and Nigeria having been on increase for the past 45 years, Manmohan Singh is the first premier to visit the country since 1962, when Jawaharlal Nehru visited Lagos.
- A Persuasive Account (Pioneer, Bidyut Chakrabarty, Oct 17, 2007)
In the context of globalisation, Indian economy is becoming more and more 'open' and subject to supra-national economic influences.
- Bleak, Schematic And Ideological (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
To be 'gifted' is to be foredoomed to frustration and ignominy, if one's parents choose to stake everything on this asset and are hell-bent on extracting the utmost out of it.
- Nuclear Power Will Hurt India’S Development (Asian Age, V.R. Krishna Iyer, Oct 17, 2007)
The independence that India gained sixty years ago had a mission beyond liberation from the British.
- Manmohan Toasts Nri Success Story In Nigeria (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
It was the night the nearly 30,000-strong Indian community in Nigeria had been waiting for since they saw Jawaharlal Nehru in their midst 45 years ago. And their wish was fulfilled when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh toasted these "ambassadors of goodwill"
- Fear Of Polls Made Congress Pause (Asian Age, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 17, 2007)
I wish the party were over. The participants would have at least gone home. But both the Congress and the Left have lingered to revive what may not be possible.
- Prayer For Congress (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 17, 2007)
In a cautionary tale, a Muslim, a Christian and a Hindu are crossing a river in a ferry.
- Fight For Equality (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 17, 2007)
A commemorative stamp released by the United States Postal Service highlights a quiet, defining moment when American public schools shifted toward racial equality.
- A Penological Barbarity (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 17, 2007)
Death sentence on death sentence is an inviolable command of a compassionate culture.
- New Arrivals (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
Effective Environmental Management — Principles and Case Studies: Rory Sullivan, Hugh Wyndham; Allen & Unwin, Australia. Rs. 395. All Men Are Brothers — Autobiographical Reflections – Mahatma Gandhi: Compiled and edited by Krishna Kripalani. . .
- Perspectives On Corporate Governance (Hindu, S. L. Rao, Oct 16, 2007)
Prescriptions for good quality governance of the corporate and financial sectors in a globalising economy
- Blueline Buses Go Off Roads (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
For Delhiites, the week began on a jarring note. On Monday, 3,000 Blueline buses, cocking a snook at the Government, went off the roads without any notice.
- “Nuclear Power Is Simply Not Necessary” (Hindu, Marcus Dam, Oct 16, 2007)
By awarding the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize jointly to Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the Norwegian Nobel Committee has more than simply underscored the need to reduce the threat of climate change to the security of mankind.
- Two Steps Back (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Oct 16, 2007)
The coalition government’s hesitation over India’s nuclear agreement with the United States of America has put off speculation about an imminent general election.
- India Nuclear Deal Near Collapse (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
A controversial nuclear deal between the United States and India appears close to collapse after the Indian prime minister told President Bush yesterday that "certain difficulties" will prevent India from moving forward on the pact for the . . . .
- India's Tigers Under Siege (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
With homemade muskets, Lakhan and his brothers tracked one of India's endangered Bengal tigers as it slunk along the forested trails and lakes of Ranthambhore National Park, not far from Lakhan's village.
- Nuclear Deal With India May Be Near Collapse (Washington Post, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 16, 2007)
A controversial nuclear deal between the United States and India appears close to collapse after the Indian prime minister told President Bush yesterday that "certain difficulties" will prevent India from moving forward on the pact for the. . .
- Now, A Dictionary Of Demons! (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
Interested in knowing about the grandfather of the demon King Ravana? Or may be his children? Ravana, the archetypal 'Rakshasa,' was a gentleman yet ogre and son of a Brahmin, a great scholar of Sanskrit and devout worshipper of Shiva and. . .
- Upa Shrewd On Suu Kyi (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Oct 16, 2007)
After hectic advocacy by Christian Solidarity Worldwide and Burma Campaign, UK, British MPs John Bercow and Baroness Caroline Cox met a Chin group on the India-Myanmar border last month, while Prime Minister Gordon Brown urged an emergenc. . .
- India To Ink New Biotechnology Policy (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
The Indian government is inking a new biotechnology policy to partner the government with pharmaceutical companies and pump large amounts of money into research for new drugs.
- Centre Firm On Implementing Sethu Project: Fm (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
The Centre was firm on implementation of the Sethusamudram Ship Channel project but wanted to avoid any controversy, Union Finance Minister P Chidambarm has said.
- Indian American In Scientist Challenge Finals (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
An Indian American student from Minnesota who got his project idea during a visit to India has reached the finals of Discovery Channel's science talent hunt show Young Scientist Challenge .
- Governance Reforms India's Top Priority For Next 20 Years: Kamal Nath (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
Exuding optimism on a day when the Sensex hit a record 19,000 points back home, Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath told a gathering of top British economists that the next two decades in India will be marked primarily by "reforms in governance."
- Centres Of Power: Updating A Quip! (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 16, 2007)
Shortly after the UPA coalition came to power with the support of the Left, L K Advani quipped in his capacity as Leader of the Opposition that India was ruled by a PM (Manmohan Singh), a Super PM (Sonia Gandhi) and the CPM.
- India To Continue Its High Growth, Says Pm (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has expressed confidence that India can continue to sustain a growth rate of between nine and ten per cent which offers limitless opportunities to overseas communities to contribute their mite towards it.
- Azad To Soon Review Rehabilitation Of Tangdhar Quake-Hit (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has said much of rehabilitation work and restoration of facilities had been completed in the quake-hit area of Karnah in north Kashmir in two years and it would be reviewed soon.
- Manmohan Singh First Indian Pm To Visit Nigeria After 45 Yrs (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in the Nigerian capital Abuja on Sunday in the first state visit by an Indian premier to the oil-rich west African state in 45 years.
- Blast Breaks Seven Years Lull In Punjab (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
There were scenes of chaos and confusion as the explosion rocked the Shringar cinema hall here on Sunday evening. People panicked and ran helter-skelter and one of the eyewitnesses, Ram Avatar, who had a providential escape as he had gone to the . . . .
- In Meditative Mode (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Temples today are surrounded by concrete structures. But there was a time when places of worship and Nature co-existed beautifully.
- Approach To Right Action And Speech (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 15, 2007)
Right, effective and appropriate action, of course, presupposes caution and prudence because haste and impulse often are fraught with danger. Nevertheless obsession with weighing all the pros and cons before acting could result in a delayed . . .
- India To Ink New Biotechnology Policy (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
The Indian government is inking a new biotechnology policy to partner the government with pharmaceutical companies and pump large amounts of money into research for new drugs.
- The Scotland Of The East! (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
It’s such an unassuming place that you will feel humbled being there. Meghalaya has innumerable ‘heavens on earth’ yet it doesn’t go bragging. You wonder why this State doesn’t get its deserved attention, while places no t half as stunning find admirers.
- Fifty And Counting! (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
It was his school teacher sleeping dead to the world that gave famous cartoonist Shankar his first idea to caricature life.
- Morality Should Trounce Economic Justification (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Oct 15, 2007)
Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, met with the Dalai Lama last week.
- Building The Climate Consensus (Tribune, Vibha Sharma, Oct 15, 2007)
UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) chairman Rajendra Kumar Pachauri is a firm believer in what Mahatma Gandhi had said: “Always be the change you want to be.”
- Fear Of Polls Made Congress Pause (Asian Age, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 15, 2007)
I wish the party were over. The participants would have at least gone home. But both the Congress and the Left have lingered to revive what may not be possible. The Indo-US nuclear deal is not available in parts.
- The People Win (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Oct 15, 2007)
The media and the politician. Or to fine-tune this, the media and the politician in power. There used to be a disconnect, but no longer.
- The Road Not Taken (Deccan Herald, Manohar Shetty, Oct 15, 2007)
An undercurrent of passion and honest emotion pulls the narrative through over some implausible moments in this book which deals with religious faith and worldly lures.
- Qaeda Is Working On Soft Targets, Says Israeli Scholar (Indian Express, ANUBHUTI VISHNOI, Oct 15, 2007)
leading researcher on radical Islamic movements and former adviser to Israeli Prime Ministers Shimon Peres and Ariel Sharon has said that given the current scenario, India is quite likely to become a target for al-Qaeda-type radical movements.
- In Myanmar, Missing The Big Picture (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 15, 2007)
For India, Myanmar represents an inconvenient truth. India is today grappling with the contradictions of an ‘internal matter’ having obvious ripple effects for the region.
- A Persuasive Account (Pioneer, Bidyut Chakrabarty, Oct 15, 2007)
In the context of globalisation, Indian economy is becoming more and more 'open' and subject to supra-national economic influences.
- Bleak, Schematic And Ideological (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
To be 'gifted' is to be foredoomed to frustration and ignominy, if one's parents choose to stake everything on this asset and are hell-bent on extracting the utmost out of it. Rumi, daughter of Mahesh -- mathematics lecturer at the University of . . . .
- N-Deal Will Give India Energy Independence: Elbaradei (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei on Friday batted vigorously for the India-US nuclear deal, saying it will give New Delhi "independence" to make full use of nuclear energy and stressed that although safeguards pact with the IAEA will . . . .
- India Has Compulsions Galore (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 13, 2007)
There is little doubt that Burma is a failed state with whom the Indian policy of engagement has reached a dead end. Yet, India has an underbelly too -- its troubled North-East and energy scarcity
- South Block's Lowest Hour (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Oct 13, 2007)
Some FAQs on Burma that the foreign policy establishment would duck in the 'national interest'
- Burma Quagmire (Pioneer, Bibhu Prasad Routray, Oct 13, 2007)
When starting a car, the driver never has a view of what lies just an inch ahead of the front wheel. India's 'Look East' policy is something like that -- we don't have a clear policy on Burma, but we have plans all the way up to glitzy Singapore.
- Lord Of The Drinks (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
The Lord Bilimoria, of Chelsea, CBE, DL. “The commas are very important,” says Karan Bilimoria, handing out his visiting card from the House of Lords.
- Pm To Visit Nigeria, South Africa (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh leaves here on Sunday on a two-nation five-day visit during which bilateral relations with Nigeria and trilateral ties between India, Brazil and South Africa are expected to get a boost.
- Britain Is Built On Sugar: Our National Sweet Tooth Defines (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
On Thursday night, an elderly American professor stood in front of a large audience at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London and told them about how the capsicum had reached China from its original habitat in South America.
- Way Out Of The Nuclear Deal (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 13, 2007)
I had ended my previous column pointing out that, judged purely on technical and financial terms, without the need of arguments concerning encroachment on India’s sovereignty or independent foreign policy, the nuclear deal will not make much. . .
- Ajmer Probe Throws Up Hyderabad Links (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 13, 2007)
Harkat-ul-Jihad-e-Islami cell may have executed bombing
Explosive devices used at Ajmer shrine closely resemble those placed in Mecca Masjid
In both places, bombs were designed to be triggered by mobile phone’s alarm clock
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