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Articles 321 through 420 of 500:
- Molehill To Mount Everest (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Oct 13, 2007)
What we have to decide is whether or not the Ram Setu project is worth pursuing.
- Molehill To Mt Everest (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
We Indians have a genius formaking the most trivial of issues into matters of utmost national importance. The latest example of this mania for exaggeration is the hoo-ha created over the Ram Sethu project.
- Pm Manmohan Singh To Visit Nigeria, South Africa (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh leaves 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.
- Cut From The Same Cloth (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Oct 13, 2007)
In his new book, A Writer’s People, V.S. Naipaul reflects on the work of, among others, Nirad C. Chaudhuri. Naipaul praises (with some reservations) Chaudhuri’s two volumes of autobiography, but is dismissive of his other, more impersonal. . . .
- The Global Challenge Of Cyberwar (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 13, 2007)
Estonia claimed to be under attack last spring, but not by guns or bombs. This assault came in the form of data requests from more than a million computers.
- Sc Refuses To Advance Hearing Of Contempt Against Dmk (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to advance the hearing of the contempt petition filed by the AIADMK seeking adequate punishment against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Karunanidhi, Union Minister T R Baalu, State Minister K N Nehru and. . .
- India Needs Burma (Times of India, Swapan Dasgupta, Oct 13, 2007)
At the best of times, unless it emanates from the Anglosphere or Pakistan, foreign news interests only a minusculity; at the worst of times, it is ignored altogether. As such, it was hardly surprising that TV images of Buddhist monks marching . . .
- Displaced To Be Made Stakeholders (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
The Union Cabinet today gave its approval to the new rehabilitation policy that defines the role of states in the acquisition of plots for industrial activities and provides for land-for-land compensation and preference to displaced families for . . . .
- Bandhs Are Not Against Law (Tribune, Rajindar Sachar , Oct 12, 2007)
Ever since the Kerala High Court judgement (1997) forbidding the call to bandh and upholding it by a laconic order by the Supreme Court (1998) there has been among trade unionists and political activists a wave of disappointing indignation . . . .
- Bbc Job Cut In Britain, Party In India (Telegraph, Amit Roy, Oct 12, 2007)
The BBC management in London has shrugged off criticism that it has hosted a lavish reception in India for visiting director-general Mark Thompson while he is finalising plans to sack up to 2,800 staff back in Britain.
- Rising Violent Crime (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
The brutal policing of yesteryear can hardly produce results in these days of high ingenuity among criminals. The need of the hour is application of the mind.
- Reflections On Burma (Pioneer, Vinayshil Gautam, Oct 12, 2007)
There is something happening in our foreign policy which marks a departure from how it has been conventionally handled. This needs to be understood and assessed.
- In Praise Of The Other (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 12, 2007)
Critics might claim otherwise, but both the Left and Right surely seem to have fully mastered the praxis of democracy. It is doubtless due to its moral virtues that the Left is able to lecture its considerably larger allies on weighty issues like coalitio
- Avoid Being Swept Along By Market Manias (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 12, 2007)
“Most people put their faith in experts and their money in mutual funds, and they get their opinions from the headlines. But if he can tune out the noise of the public spectacle altogether, an investor has a chance of at least keeping his dignity… . . . .
- Backward Still (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
The 55th round survey (1999-2000) of the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) has been in the news since 2005 when a few scholars and columnists thought they had made a “discovery”.
- Protests And Politics (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Oct 12, 2007)
The protest action by the DPA for the implementation of the Sethusamudram project invites strong remarks from the Supreme Court.
- The Fate Of Special Component Plan (Frontline, S. Viswanathan, Oct 12, 2007)
The failure of governments at the Centre and in the States to genuinely implement the Special Component Plan has cost Dalits dear.
- A Scheme For Exploitation (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
“Earn Rs.40,000. Work as an apprentice for three years,” said the bold print in Tamil on the colour pamphlet.
- Denial By Design (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
THE abysmal failure of the governments at the Centre and in the States to fully implement the Scheduled Castes Sub Plan has cost Dalits in India a whopping Rs.3,75,000 crore over a quarter century, according to Dalit activists.
- Terror Strikes Ajmer Dargah (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
It appeared to be a pre-planned terror attack and the bomb was kept in a schoolbag near a tree at Aahetai-e-Noor (holy place), about 10-5 feet away from main tomb of the Sufi saint.
- Liberals At War In India (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 12, 2007)
THE political scene in India is hotting up. The general election is still one-and-a-half years away.
- Path To Partion: (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Oct 12, 2007)
IN the entire corpus of American writings on India, this book stands out in all its uniqueness.
- The Human Cost (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Oct 12, 2007)
A new book on Partition examines the human cost of the catastrophic event.
- Marxists’ Power Magnified In India’S Coalition Math (Daily Times, Somini Sengupta , Oct 12, 2007)
Though the Communists do not have the strength to rule India, they have the power to spoil the plans of those who do
- Muslims Call For Peace With Christians (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
More than 130 Muslim scholars from around the globe called on Thursday for peace and understanding between Islam and Christianity, saying “the very survival of the world itself is perhaps at stake”.
- Of Divine Forms (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
The Centre told the Supreme Court on Thursday that by providing 27 per cent quota for backward classes in premier educational institutions it sought to produce highly qualified persons among OBCs, who otherwise would remain educationally . . . .
- Failing The Foreign Policy Test (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Oct 12, 2007)
IF the real test of the short-term success of a nation’s foreign policy lies in its neighbourhood, rather than in distant lands or remote or rarefied international fora, then India’s policy has been something of a failure in recent years . . . .
- Uk Show Bares 2,500 Yrs Of Erotic Art (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
An oversize fig leaf made to spare Queen Victoria’s blushes from a glimpse of the male anatomy greets visitors at an exhibition exploring the line between art and obscenity.
- Science In Trouble (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 11, 2007)
Those with a stake in Indian science are a worried lot. From professors to technologists to many a project manager in ISRO and DRDO labs, they are all confronted with the reality that Indian science is languishing for want of quality inputs. . .
- 3 Militants Killed (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
Three militants were killed in encounters with the police and security forces in Pulwama district today.
- Plethora Of Evidence (Pioneer, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 11, 2007)
This is with reference to a sweeping statement by KL Jhingan, based solely upon Jawaharlal Nehru's Discovery of India and AL Basham's Wonder that was India, in the article, "Kerala school missing in annals" (October 8).
- Don't Sit And Watch (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 11, 2007)
The recent protests in Myanmar by monks against the excesses of the military junta have brought widespread international attention. India, a former champion of demo-cracy in Myanmar, has been conspicuously silent on the developments there.
- How Isi Agents Play Double Role In Pak (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
The stocky, bearded man they call the Subidar is an encyclopedia of the jagged mountains and insular tribes here along Pakistan’s northwestern border.
- Real Gandhi (Indian Express, VARGHESE K. GEORGE, Oct 11, 2007)
The Organiser is agitated over Sonia Gandhi representing India at the UN.
- Hounding Teheran (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Oct 11, 2007)
THE last week of September witnessed frenetic diplomatic activity involving Iran and its friends and enemies. Most of the action was centred in New York where Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was attending the annual summit at the United Nations.
- India’S Communists Renew Threats Over Nuclear Deal (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
In the new capitalist India, old-line communists are playing the spoiler, threatening to bring down the government over a nuclear energy deal with the US.
- The Nuclear Deal (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 11, 2007)
Jawaharlal Nehru had famously talked about Bhakra Nangal Dam as one of the temples of modern India.
- Words, Words And More Words (The Economic Times, Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda, Oct 11, 2007)
Imagine for a moment that the first half of this column is empty. Imagine that the tape you are listening to is silent and has no content for just two minutes.
- In India's Coalition Math, Marxists' Power Is Magnified (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
To a stranger, Prakash Karat and the organization he leads, the Communist Party of India (Marxist), would seem like anachronisms in the roaring capitalist economy that is India today.
- Experience Works, The Mba Way (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
For young and mid-career Indian professionals, taking a break to join an MBA course in the US seems to have become a very attractive option.
- The Same Old Spark (Hindu, ANUJ KUMAR, Oct 11, 2007)
In conversation Kuldip Nayar on the relevance of Bhagat Singh
- Tunnel To Future (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 11, 2007)
Though Congress president Sonia Gandhi has advised the Delhi Government to shelve the tunnel linking National Highway 24 to Lodhi Road, perhaps the project needs to be looked at afresh and in new ways.
- All Support For Aids-Hit, Says Nehru (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
Those afflicted by HIV/AIDS need society’s care and support. The State Government will extend all support to voluntary agencies and non-governmental organisations working for the cause of HIV/AIDS victims, according to Transport Minister K. N. Nehru.
- Reddy Challenge To Naidu On Asset Probe (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
Andhra Pradesh chief minister Dr YS Rajashekar Reddy today challenged the TDP president, Mr N Chandrababu Naidu, to agree to an inquiry into his assets. Dr Reddy said he is ready to order a probe into his assets and those of his family. . . . .
- Elbaradei In India, But Ready To Wait (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
On a day when the Left parties managed to extract an assurance from the UPA government that the Indo-US nuclear deal will not be discussed with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), its chief Mohamed ElBaradei said he is willing to wait.
- We’Ll Wait For India To Talk: Iaea Chief (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
Mohammad ElBaradei, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, today held a meeting with the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, Dr Anil Kakodkar.
- Prime Minister Asks States To Expedite Urban Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday urged all States to work closely with the Union government for effective implementation of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), which was aimed at improving the cities.
- India's Guarded Optimism (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Oct 10, 2007)
The Indian government initially made itself conspicuous in the international community by maintaining a discreet silence as monks took to the streets in Myanmar.
- Distant Neighbours (Frontline, P.S. Suryanarayana, Oct 10, 2007)
AUNG San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Laureate and a celebrated democracy campaigner, is by far the best known face of the spirit of Myanmar and its hapless people.
- Dateline Oudh (OutLook, Saeed Naqvi, Oct 10, 2007)
It would, at the outset, appear an audacious undertaking. How does one make a 19th century Urdu journal, Avadh Punch, accessible to the contemporary English-reading public? And why its resurrection now? Mushirul Hasan has embarked on a brave journey.
- India Valuable Partner: Iaea Chief (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
Even as the raging controversy over the Indo-US nuclear threatened to topple the Union government, International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei said in Mumbai on Thursday that India was a "valuable partner" and any dialogue with . . . .
- India Is A Valuable Partner: Iaea Chief (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
Amid the controversy over the Indo-US nuke deal, IAEA director general Mohammed ElBaradei on Tuesday said India was a valuable partner for the UN nuclear watchdog and that they will continue to promote the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
- Stars Are Witness To Lord Ram (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
By denying the authenticity of the Ramayan, the 'secularists' have not only hurt Hindu sentiments, but also rebuffed history.
- Community Service (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 10, 2007)
In the last 60 years of Independence, no madrasa, including the great Dar ul Uloom at Deoband, has produced a single scholar, SA Siddiqui, Chairman of the National Commission of Minority Educational Institutions and former Delhi High Court . . . .
- India Is Valuable Partner, Says Iaea (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
Amid the controversy over the India-US nuclear deal, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohammed ElBaradei on Tuesday said that India was a "valuable partner" for the . . . .
- Issue Nbws As Last Resort: Sc Tells Courts (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
Restraining trial courts from issuing NBWs at the first instance on complaints by the "moral police", SC on Tuesday said that when a mere summons is enough to secure the presence of the accused, there is no need for resorting to non-bailable . . . .
- Iraqis Divided By Constitution’S Treatment Of Women (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
It has been nearly 30 years since she got married, but Iraqi legislator Samira Musawi still bristles at what she considers the ultimate indignity: a law requiring witnesses to certify the rite.
- Indian Envoy Met Suu Kyi, Delhi Backs Talks With Junta (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
While underlining that it was against imposing sanctions on Myanmar even as efforts were underway in the United Nations, India is looking to step up engagement with Aung San Suu Kyi with the Indian Ambassador in Myanmar having met her a couple of . . . .
- History In The Making (Hindu, Jayati Ghosh, Oct 09, 2007)
Ashok Mitra is one of the more remarkable personalities of independent India, who has been involved and even deeply enmeshed in some of the most significant events and socio-economic processes of the sub-continent over the past six decades.
- God’S Compassion Religion (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
The Supreme Being is the abode of infinite auspicious qualities. Human beings cannot hope to experience them had it not been for His inimitable trait of compassion (Daya).
- Big, Bold, Brassy (Deccan Herald, Marianne de Nazareth, Oct 09, 2007)
New York is the city of streets filled with dreams, of unbridled ambition and bank balances worth millions and yet, it also has the salve that can help it bounce back, after a catastrophe like 9/11.
- Iaf Displays Prowess (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
The Indian Air Force will continue to enhance cooperation with other air forces to sharpen talons and assimilate ‘best practices’, the air chief, Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major, said today.
- Riyadh To Put Fatwas On Internet (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Oct 09, 2007)
Saudi Arabia has taken recourse to the Internet to disseminate fatwa rulings as part of an effort to institute judicial reforms.
- Vcs Against Fee Hike But Not Scared Of Foreign Universities (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
A fee hike in colleges and universities across the country might prove to be difficult.
- The Art Market In India Reframes Itself For The 21st Century (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
For an uninitiated Westerner, making your way to one of this city's new art galleries can be a disorienting study in contrasts.
- A Heritage In Transition (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
Marg Publications has a distinctive reputation in nurturing Indian art scholarship that is also accessible to the layperson, and the current volume follows this commendable furrow with elegant panache.
- Wizard Of Forbes (Indian Express, Manjeet Kripalani, Oct 09, 2007)
James Walker Michaels, the former editor of Forbes magazine, died. He was 86. With him, an era has come to a close.
- President's Rule Likely In Karnataka (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
After a week of political turmoil in Karnataka over the power transfer issue, which came close to horse trading on Monday, Governor Rameshwar Thakur late on Monday night is reported to have recommended President's rule in the state.
- Bjp Formally Parts Ways With Jd(s), Submits Letter To Governor (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
The 20-month coalition between the Janata Dal (Secular) and the Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka came to a formal end on Sunday with the BJP withdrawing support to the H.D. Kumaraswamy-led government.
- Blueline Bus Kills 7 In New Delhi (Hindu, Devesh K. Pandey , Oct 08, 2007)
A Blueline bus ploughed into a crowd at a temporary bus-stop at Badarpur on Sunday morning, killing seven people, including five women and a minor boy, and injuring nine.
- Climb Every Mountain (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
Mountaineers might have been spared by the Yeti, but there’s no way they can escape this clichéd query. Why do you climb mountains? Annoying.
- Print Pick (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
From Orhadn Pamuk, winner of the 2006 Noble Prize in Literature, comes a personal selection of the best from twenty-five years work.
- Hdk Is Lame-Duck Cm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
Karnataka now has a minority government headed by Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy.
- Magic, Miracles, Mysticism (Hindu, Gowri Ramnarayan, Oct 08, 2007)
She has a degree in music, veena training from Ranganayaki Rajagopalan, knowledge of Sanskrit and love of research.
- Bjp Leaders Go All Out Against Deve Gowda, Kumaraswamy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders on Sunday led thousands of workers who had come from all over the State in a rally to Raj Bhavan here.
- Incredible Lives (Pioneer, Utpal Kumar, Oct 08, 2007)
The two had as much similarity as they were different. Both came from that part of Punjab which later merged with Pakistan, and both bore the brunt of Partition.
- Look Immediate East (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
For the past weeks, many of us who have travelled to Burma and respect the history and culture of that country and its wonderfully sensitive people, have been deeply concerned by the rush of tragic news of shootings and indiscriminate . . . .
- Peace Angel Speaks Again (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
On October 2, we celebrated Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary. It would be appropriate to ponder over what remains of his legacy and who can justifiably claim to be its beneficiaries.
- Kerala School Absent In Annals (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
This has reference to the article, "From Kerala to infinity", the interview with George G Joseph "Knowledge Travels" (August 20) and the editorial, "This is to certify" (August 14).
- 'Unfortunately It Took The Columbia Disaster To Remind People Of The Thrill Of Space Flight. Otherwise, It Had Become A Bit Too Routine' (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 08, 2007)
I don't think there's anybody with access to television who doesn't know my guest this week -- astronaut Sunita Williams. Welcome to Walk the Talk, in Delhi, right next to the module in which our astronaut, Rakesh Sharma, returned.
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