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Articles 4721 through 4820 of 9936:
- Uma Blasts ‘Cong’S Double’ (Statesman, PTI, Dec 14, 2005)
Stepping up her attack against the leadership, expelled BJP leader Uma Bharti has claimed that the BJP has now become a replica of the Congress by undermining principles and ideology.
- Archaic Prescriptions For Agriculture (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Dec 14, 2005)
The Maharashtra Chief Minister, Mr Vilasrao Deshmukh, must be congratulated on his candidness.
- On Money For Questions, There Are No Easy Answers (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Dec 14, 2005)
As a sting operation confirms an open secret, Neerja Chowdhury takes stock of the distortions in Question Hour
- Powerful Earthquake Rocks J&k, Woman Dies (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Dec 14, 2005)
A woman died of heart attack and another person was wounded following a massive earthquake of 6.8 magnitude that rattled Jammu and Kashmir early this morning, triggering panic among survivors of the October 8 killer temblor.
- Word And Existence (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Dec 14, 2005)
Roberto Calasso is one of our few remaining witnesses to that which cannot be appropriated,
- India’S Middle East Shuffle (Indian Express, P.R. KUMARASWAMY, Dec 14, 2005)
On September 12, the official spokesperson of the ministry of external affairs issued a statement which, inter alia, observed: “India welcomes the withdrawal of Israeli settlements from Gaza and northern West Bank, ....
- The Sickness Bequeathed By The West To The Muslim World (Guardian (UK), Jonathan Freedland, Dec 14, 2005)
There were few memorable moments in the election campaign of 2005, but there's one I won't forget.
- A New Deal For Old Cities (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Dec 13, 2005)
The example of Curitiba in Brazil, which has attracted global attention for innovative urban plans using low-cost technologies, shows that inclusive development models for urban renewal are workable.
- Leaves Of Memory (Indian Express, KATIE DUBEY, Dec 13, 2005)
Mulk Raj Anand, as I knew him, was an enigma. Extroverted, aggressive and vocal among friends, he was actually very shy. He never mingled and never carried a visiting card. Yet people flocked to him.
- India’S Asia Moment (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 13, 2005)
Nearly 60 years after it organised the Asian Relations Conference in New Delhi, India’s moment to shape the continent’s destiny is at hand. Months before India’s independence, in March-April 1947, an impatient Jawaharlal Nehru laid out the grand . . .
- Political Parties As Family Firms (Times of India, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Dec 13, 2005)
As speculation grows about a possible elevation for the MP from Amethi, in the form of a place in the Union cabinet, or a general secretaryship of the Congress, it seems appropriate to reflect upon what the history of the Nehru-Gandhi family has meant for
- Punjab Bus Service Sans Kashmir (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 13, 2005)
The Lahore-Amritsar trial bus carrying nine officials and technical experts of the relevant departments of Indian Punjab arrived in Lahore on Sunday.
- Flexibility Needed On Kashmir, Says Fo (Dawn, Qudssia Akhlaque, Dec 13, 2005)
Pakistan on Monday said the resolution of the Kashmir issue was being discussed and underlined that it required flexibility which it was willing to show.
- Implement It (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 13, 2005)
The United Progressive Alliance Government, according to a report, is thinking of reducing the number of public holidays Government employees enjoy in this country. This is gratifying. In no other country do Government employees enjoy as many . . .
- At Odds With The Cross (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Dec 13, 2005)
Two indigenous groups with a lived history of centuries of civilisational amity are supposedly engaged in fratricidal conflict in Assam's Karbi Anglong district. To the bewilderment of the majority of Karbis and Dimasas, gangs of armed and hooded . . .
- India Should Be Flexibile: Fo (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
* No proposal to open visa offices in Lahore and Amritsar
* India and Pakistan will open consulates from January
* Pakistan agrees to buy goods from India
- ‘Made In India’ Label On Relief Goods Irks Pakistan (News International, Mariana Baabar, Dec 13, 2005)
Pakistan has expressed "political sensitivity" towards certain relief items coming from India with the label of "Made in India" for use in the earthquake devastated areas.
- U.S. Policies In The Eurasian Region (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Dec 12, 2005)
American strategic thinkers seek the projection of U.S. power into Eurasia on a permanent footing. The central issue involved is Russia's unquestioned emergence as the 21st century's energy superpower.
- In-Your-Face Journalism (Tribune, Meghan Daum, Dec 12, 2005)
Recently doctors in France performed a history-making partial face transplant on a 38-year-old woman who’d lost her mouth, chin and nose after a dog attack.
- Fatwa Calls For Death To Karzai (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Taliban have issued a fatwa (religious decree) calling for President Hamid Karzai to be killed for serving American and British “infidels”.
- Promoting The Religion Of Tourism (Pioneer, K Govindan Kutty , Dec 12, 2005)
Two persons as unlike as Ms Renuka Chowdhary and Mr Iqbal Singh Gulati can be like-minded. The vivacious Minister says she will make a great tourism event of the Kalachakra ceremony being observed next month at Amravati, Andhra Pradesh.
- Art Lovers Would Love To Be Here. Are You One? - Ii (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 12, 2005)
Javaid Iqbal Bhat sums up his experience at the Indian National Archives Complex, where are housed some rare pieces of art and literature
- Return Is Possible (Greater Kashmir, Aatif Ahmed Mehjoor, Dec 12, 2005)
Aatif Ahmed Mehjoor comments on Pandit migration and an unspoken possibility of their coming back
It is now more than fifteen years since the volatile months of early 1990 when Kashmir’s Pandit community fled en masse from the valley.
- Makkahal-Mukarramah Declaration (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 11, 2005)
Yes, we reject terror in all forms and manifestations, but we are passionately concerned about the stigmatization which Muslims are being subjected to. Let’s pledge to protect our identity without compromising on the basic principles of Islam.
- Chief Minister Rededicates Nagarjunasagar Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
'Left canal lift scheme serving Telangana to get equal treatment'
- When Our Tribals Can Take For Granted Schools And Roads, Power And Health (Indian Express, MAHASWETA DEVI, Dec 11, 2005)
Empowerment to me means the empowering of the people I have been fighting for the last so many years. Have they been empowered?
- Water An Attempt To Highlight Problems Faced By Widows' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Deepa Mehta says the theme is relevant even today
- Farmers Deserve A Better Deal: Dr Swaminathan (Tribune, Prashant Sood, Dec 11, 2005)
Among the world’s leading agricultural scientists, Dr M.S. Swaminathan has played a catalytic role in India’s green revolution.
- Kalam For Speedy Justice (Tribune, Maneesh Chhibber, Dec 11, 2005)
The dream of the country’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru that common Indians must get “cheap and speedy justice” found an echo at the function organised today to celebrate the golden jubilee of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
- Karzai Appoints Mujaddedi, Fahim To Afghan Upper House (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday decreed the appointment of 34 people, already cleared by the Joint Electoral Management Body (JEMB), to the Meshrano Jirga (upper house of parliament).
- Forgetting Sheikh Abdullah At 100 ! (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Dec 10, 2005)
''It happens only in India'' That's the refrain of a song picturised some years ago on the late Amrish Puri.
- Good Bye Teacher (Greater Kashmir, Dr Bashir Ahmad Khan, Dec 10, 2005)
It’s good you bid them a farewell and remember the contributions of those who have taught you, Dr Bashir Ahmad Khan writes
- The Man In The Middle (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Dec 10, 2005)
Nehru was an intelligent man who led an interesting life in most interesting times. And he could write.
- Iraqi Sunnis Reverse Policy, To Join Poll (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Dec 10, 2005)
Leaders urge kidnappers to free foreign hostages; disavow Al-Zarqawi's actions
- Can We Stay The Course On Urban Reforms? (The Financial Express, NK SINGH, Dec 10, 2005)
Just before the Prime Minister left for Moscow, he launched the Jawahar Lal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission. The Prime Minister's speech outlined the challenges of urban planning and highlighted the unresolved issues, not all of which have been . . .
- Kodagu Bsnl To Set Up 20 More Towers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
Cellphone connections to go up by 12,000; improvement in efficiency promised
There 15 working mobile stations now
Cellphone connections number 14,600
CDMA-enabled WLL technology commissioned
Over 100 applications received for Broadband connections
- Art Lovers Would Love To Be Here. Are You One? - I (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 10, 2005)
Javaid Iqbal Bhat sums up his experience at the Indian National Achieves Complex, where are housed some rare pieces of art and literature
- Falling In Love With Bapu (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Dec 10, 2005)
The more I ponder over the lives of great men in world’s history, the more I feel compelled to conclude that Mohan Das Karam Chand Gandhi was perhaps the greatest of them all.
- Two Panchayats Register Excellent Performance, Achievements In Theni (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
Collector distributes cash award to the best civic bodies
- Controlling Population Growth (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 10, 2005)
One of the participants at a workshop in Peshawar held to increase awareness about family planning estimated that at its current growth rate the country’s population could touch 1.04 billion by 2060.
- A Forgotten Kashmiri Leader (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 10, 2005)
Sheikh Abdullah, whose birth centenary is being celebrated this month, has not been given his due in India, much less in Kashmir from where he hailed.
- Implications Of Indo-Us Alliance (Dawn, M. Tayyab Siddiqui, Dec 10, 2005)
The July visit of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the US was hailed by both sides as a “historical watershed”. The true import of this visit, however, has not been sufficiently grasped by Pakistan, in particular the long-term adverse impact . . .
- Makkah Declaration (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 10, 2005)
Unlike the declarations issued in the past by Islamic summit conferences, the joint communique released by the summit at Makkah on Thursday is focussed on a reform of the Muslim world.
- Congress Inc. (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Dec 10, 2005)
Its 45 days since the United Nations Independent Inquiry Committee headed by Paul Volcker submitted its final report. Yet, we are nowhere near the answer to the central question: Was the Congress party as a whole engaged in trading activity with . . .
- Inside Al-Qaeda (Mid East Web, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
Al-Qaeda (or Al Qaida) means "the base." It has been described as many different things, and it includes a "federation" of different Islamic groups, all dedicated to mayhem against the West, Christians, Jews and Muslim regimes that do not conform . . .
- Changing The Hudood Laws (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 09, 2005)
It should have come as no surprise, least of all to the MQM, that a bill one of its MNAs submitted to the National Assembly on Tuesday, seeking an amendment to the Hudood Ordinances, would be rejected. Any legislation aimed at ending gender biases. . . .
- Historic Treasure A Click Away (Hindu, Mandira Nayar, Dec 09, 2005)
The dark caves of Ajanta will now come to life at the click of a button. Experimenting with "reel" for the first time, the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) recently released a CD-ROM that gives people a virtual walk-through of the . . .
- Wahhabi Islam: A M I Snomer (Greater Kashmir, Dr. Sheikh Muhammad Iqbal, Dec 09, 2005)
A rebel with acause, amission and amessage - V
Dr. Sheikh Muhammad Iqbal writes about the contribution of Sheikh Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab who rose in revolt against the socio-religious corruption prevalent during his times everywhere in Ottoman provinc
- To Live In Other Spaces (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Dec 09, 2005)
It was good news when the government in Delhi announced that it would amend the masterplan and allow for working and living in the same areas. The sterile approach to the use of space as ‘commercial’ and ‘residential’ is alien to Indian civilization.
- Hubris Of The Humanities (Indian Express, Nicholas D. Kristof, Dec 09, 2005)
The best argument against “intelligent design” has always been humanity itself. At a time when only 40 per cent of Americans believe in evolution, and only 13 per cent know what a molecule is, we’re an argument at best for “mediocre design”.
- World Can't Watch Dhaka Fall (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Dec 09, 2005)
As the region's biggest power, "larger than all the rest combined" as Junius R Jayewardene reminded the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation's inaugural conference in Dhaka 20 years ago, India might expect to enjoy the same . . .
- Getting Out Of The Greenspan Groove — Winds Of Change At The Fed (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 09, 2005)
For a person who comes through, in his speeches and writings, as a person with a mind of his own, the new US Federal Reserve chief-designate, Dr Ben Bernanke, is unlikely to tamely toe the line of his illustrious predecessor, Mr Alan Greenspan.
- High Court: Looking Back (Tribune, Rajindar Sachar , Dec 09, 2005)
The observance of the 50th year of shifting of the High Court from Shimla to Chandigarh brings back many nostalgic memories. I was then the General Secretary of the Punjab High Court Bar Association.
- Management Lessons From Dunlop (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Dec 08, 2005)
An important object of this column is to draw, to the extent possible, generalisable managerial lessons from recent happenings in the business world.
- Red Ribbon Express For Aids Campaign (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
One of the five special trains set to journey to various destinations across the country in the name of Red Ribbon Express for AIDS campaign would be reaching East Godavari district during January, according to N.S. Manoranjan, Youth Coordinator Nehru Yuv
- Galvanizing The Muslim Countries (Dawn, Fateh M. Chaudhri, Dec 08, 2005)
An extraordinary summit of the 36-year-old Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) is being held in Makkah at the invitation of King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz to define the Ummah’s response to the multiple challenges it faces internally and externally.
- Why Support To R&d Is Crucial (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Dec 08, 2005)
If India is to compete in the international markets for goods and services, it must give top priority to high quality advanced education in science and technology with a sharp focus on research and development.
- Saran: No Promise To Burns On Iran Energy Deals (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Dec 08, 2005)
"I do not know who assured him because it certainly was not us"
LNG deal with Iran on the cards
"We have told the U.S. that Iran is our strategic partner"
Russia's interest in pipeline project allays fears of financial viability
- Improving Life In Urban India (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 08, 2005)
Cities are supposed to be a leading engine of India's economic growth. But their chronic problems, including their crumbling infrastructure, deficient governance, and, most importantly, the appalling health and social indicators of the poor, . . .
- Eton: School That Connects Rulers (Tribune, Terry Kirby, Dec 08, 2005)
The 19 former prime ministers produced by Eton include Robert Walpole, William Pitt the Elder, Gladstone, Sir Anthony Eden, Harold Macmillan and Sir Alex Douglas-Home, not to mention countless ministers, top civil servants and diplomats.
- Deplorable! (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 08, 2005)
Yet another blasphemous act and yet again the Muslims across the globe feel psychologically shattered. It seems the unscrupulous elements target the towering personality of the perfect and the best creation of all times with a purpose.
- Party Must End (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 08, 2005)
When will we learn something better?
- Nonalignment Today (Tribune, Anita Inder Singh, Dec 08, 2005)
One unintended outcome of the Volcker report is the debate it has sparked off on whether, in the 21st century, India should continue to define its foreign policy as a nonalignment country.
- Bill Gates Is Upbeat On India, Microsoft To Pump In $1.7bn (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Bill Gates, founder chairman of Microsoft Corporation had Kamal Mahal at the Maurya Sheraton in rapt attention as he laid out grand plans for India. With the tsars of corporate India turning in full strength, the world's richest man had CEOs . . .
- Justice Blinded (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 08, 2005)
An eye for an eye, Gandhiji famously pronounced, can turn the whole world blind. When the same principle is brought to bear on a judicial verdict, it is comment enough on the blindness of that criminal justice system.
- The Use Of Reuse (Deccan Herald, S KUPPUSWAMY, Dec 08, 2005)
Reusing something is not only economical, it also teaches us lessons about values
- A New Urban Lifestyle Lures India's Rural Poor (International Herald Tribune, AMY WALDMAN, Dec 08, 2005)
This western city has at least 300 slum pockets, with grimy industry, factory-fouled air and a spiraling crime rate. A 1994 epidemic - reported as pneumonic plague - that originated here caused national panic.
- Politics All Around (Telegraph, SURENDRA MUNSHI, Dec 08, 2005)
In an article that appeared in this paper recently, I argued that a crippling contradiction in Indian society is between visionaries in different spheres and routine politicians.
- Opening Up The Socialist Space In Indian Politics (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 07, 2005)
In the coming post-George Fernandes era, the socialists will have many opportunities in various parts of the country to tap the alienation of the poor from the mainstream economy.
- Indo-Russia Relationship Based On Political Consensus: Pm (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Observing that there was no significant sector in India where it has not been benefited from Russia, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tonight said the bilateral strategic relationship was based on political consensus in both the countries despite . . .
- Of Aesthetics And Truth (Greater Kashmir, Subramanyan Chandrasekhar, Dec 07, 2005)
The life of a person is shaped in his adulthood. The environment he grows in, the lineage that he has, the influences that orient him
- Status Of Biological Sciences In India (Daily Excelsior, Pragya Khanna, Dec 07, 2005)
Human knowledge of Biology began with prehistoric people and their experiences with edible vs. inedible, or even poisonous, plants and animals, their habits and habitats and how best to capture them, etc. This information was verbally passed on to . . .
- Flood Fury Abates In Chennai (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
With Chennai experiencing warm sunshine for the second day on Tuesday and the inflow into the Adyar and Cooum rivers from Chembarampakkam and Poondi reservoirs having come down drastically, water started receding in flooded areas, . . .
- Muslims Protestin London (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 07, 2005)
About 20,000 Muslims staged a protest rally in London on Monday to express their resentment against distortion of Islam’s image through its equation with terrorism by the West. The protesters carried placards demanding due respect for Islam as a revealed.
- Why Girls Outshine Boys (Tribune, Michael Gurian, Dec 07, 2005)
Colleges and universities across the US are grappling with the case of the mysteriously vanishing male.
- How Many More Uma Bharatis And Raj Thackerays? (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 07, 2005)
Uma Bharati, once of the Bharatiya Janata Party, and Raj Thackeray of the Shiv Sena may not be chips off the same block. But their resentment underlines the same point: personal ambitions dent the armour of parochialism as easily as that of pluralism.
- Pm Talks Nostalgia & Business With Russia (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, Dec 06, 2005)
Raj Kapoor, Awara Hoon and Mera Naam Joker were the staple of India’s relations with Russia in the days when a humungous USSR was a counterweight to the US.
- Follow The Leader (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Dec 06, 2005)
With the next act of the Natwar Singh drama having unfolded and with the prime minister having taken off for a session with Putin, this week in parliament is going to be sheer chaos.
- Sin Of Pride (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 06, 2005)
There is nothing in Mr K. Natwar Singh’s past career that quite explains his obstinate clinging on to office.
- Wahhabi Islam : A Misnomer (Greater Kashmir, Dr. Sheikh Muhammad Iqbal, Dec 06, 2005)
Dr. Sheikh Muhammad Iqbal writes about the contribution of Sheikh Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab who rose in revolt against the socio-religious corruption prevalent during his times everywhere in Ottoman provinces
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