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Articles 4921 through 5020 of 9936:
- In The Mahatma's Footsteps (Hindu, M. Dinesh Varma, Nov 30, 2005)
Successful men have always inspired him. But, in the pantheon of his heroes, Mahatma Gandhi occupies pride of place.
- Why India Is Eyeing Thorium As Nuclear Fuel (Deccan Herald, Rezaul H. Laksar, Nov 30, 2005)
India is an emerging leader in developing reactors and associated fuel cycle technologies.
- Globalising The Indian Village (Business Line, Sudhansu R. Das, Nov 30, 2005)
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was a lawyer by profession. But the economic model that he offered still has the potential to address rural woes. Gandhiji wanted people to lead a healthy, simple and contented life close to nature and preserve their . . .
- Heritage Protection (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 30, 2005)
The Chennai offices of the British Council and the Association of British Scholars recently organised a cute little function to launch an impressive photomontage titled "Madras that is Chennai: Gateway to the South" . . .
- Tender Souls Tortured (Greater Kashmir, PROF. AB RASHID DAR, Nov 29, 2005)
By burdening them too much, we are only crushing their innocence. Parents must act and save their children from the disaster they are being pushed towards, suggests
PROF. AB RASHID DAR
- Taste Of Dhaka (Telegraph, Jyoti Malhotra, Nov 29, 2005)
By all indications, Saarc countries do not seem to have taken Manmohan Singh’s railing against ‘failed states’ seriously, writes Jyoti Malhotra
- I Witness (The Week, Antara Dev Sen, Nov 29, 2005)
Is it necessary to be dogmatic in some of our views in order to be liberal in others? Is this a more realistic but invisible version of the baffling wisdom of ‘being cruel to be kind’? It didn’t seem too bizarre, . . .
- 5 Pok Residents Cross Loc, 5 Others Couldn't (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
Five persons from Kotli in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) crossed LoC in the area of Balnoi in Mendhar sector of Poonch district this afternoon while five others had to return as they didn’t possess permits for their two children.
- A Conflict Between Science And God (Hindu, Martin Kettle, Nov 29, 2005)
A new exhibition in New York on Charles Darwin's life and work is a defiant gesture against U.S. biblical literalism.
- 'Tsunami Relief Or Nation-Building, Ncc Is Upfront’ (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Nov 29, 2005)
The National Cadet Corps was formed on July 15, 1948. However, NCC Day is observed throughout the country on the last Sunday of November because it was on that day in 1949 that the units formed in Delhi held a formal function presided over . . .
- ‘Patent, Publish And Prosper’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 29, 2005)
This man rose from humble origins to be one of India’s leading scientists and science administrators. Dr. R.A.Mashelkar, Director-General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, speaks to The Indian Express Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta ....
- Short Story Anthology (Hindu, P. Sundaresan, Nov 29, 2005)
ULLAM THELINTHATHU:
S. Rajasekar (Sura); Vanathi Pathippagam, 23, Deenadayalu Street, T. Nagar, Chennai-600017. Rs. 50.
- Fundamentalism In America (Dawn, Naeem ul Haque, Nov 29, 2005)
Although Islamic fundamentalism is blamed by many in the West for being responsible for all the chaos prevailing in the world today, a close look at Christian fundamentalism in America leads one to conclude that this powerful movement has become . . .
- Delhi Shows The Way In Battle Against Aids (Hindu, Bindu Shajan Perappadan, Nov 29, 2005)
Students of Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Jamia Millia Islamia in the Capital now have the option of finding out their HIV/AIDS status within the confines of the university clinic where all the data would be kept confidential.
- Temple Of Modern India (The Week, Ajay Uprety, Nov 29, 2005)
The Ganga is many things to many people. It is, in Jawaharlal Nehru’s words, the "symbol of India’s age-old civilisation". In the Hindu ethos, it is more than a river—a goddess. The river, brought down from heaven by King Bhagiratha, fell into Shiva’s ...
- The Indian Feckless Service (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Nov 29, 2005)
Ramakutty Maniyappan, a driver of the Border Roads Organisation who was killed by his abductors in Afghanistan, got all the state honours when his body arrived in the capital last week.
- Earthquake Melts Boundaries In Kashmir (Tribune, Mannika Chopra, Nov 28, 2005)
Two adjacent villages separated by history, and a river, are now sadly united by a sense of grief and loss.
- Relief Takes Priority, Says Patil (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 28, 2005)
Villages, paddy fields and roads, all submerged. These were the predominant scenes that a team of Union Ministers saw when it undertook an aerial survey of the flood-affected districts in Tamil Nadu on Sunday.
- Democratic Snub (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Nov 28, 2005)
If there were any doubts in people’s minds that democracy in India was still in its early stages, they must have vanished after the verdict of the Bihar assembly polls.
- Govt Lets Oil Firms Sell Stakes Worth $5.5 Bn (Hindustan Times, Reuters, Nov 28, 2005)
The cabinet has allowed state oil firms to sell stakes in other energy companies valued at about Rs 250 billion ($5.5 billion).
- Left? Congress Couldn't Care Less (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 28, 2005)
Manmohan Singh has marched on with his pro-US tilt as if the comrades don't matter or exist, says Kalyani Shankar
- Cong Rejuvenates In Chandigarh (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 28, 2005)
Manmohan Singh has marched on with his pro-US tilt as if the comrades don't matter or exist, says Kalyani Shankar
- Indian Consulate In Karachi To Start Working In Jan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2005)
The political counsellor of the Indian high commission in Islamabad, Gitesh Sharma, on Saturday said the office of Indian Consulate in Karachi would start functioning from January.
- Lee And Leadership (Hindustan Times, Karan Thapar, Nov 27, 2005)
I hadn't expected him to be so tall. Or to stand so erect.
- Taste Your Medicine (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Nov 27, 2005)
The taste of one's medicine is always bitter. This is a time-tested adage. It means suffering the same unpleasant treatment that one gives to others. Normally those who seek to harm others by their ideas or actions should not grumble if there is a rebound
- Da‘lie’ Behind Diplomacy (Deccan Herald, S A Karthik , Nov 27, 2005)
This endeavour to say the right things without antagonising anybody runs through most of the selected pieces in this volume’
- India Should Let Nuclear Agreement Lapse: Analyst (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2005)
U.S. trying to impose `onerous new conditions' on agreement
- Peace Process Losing Steam (Dawn, Afzaal Mahmood, Nov 26, 2005)
The last two months have witnessed some damaging developments in the Pakistan-India peace process.
- It’S Action Replay In Bihar (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Nov 26, 2005)
As in the old movies, pirates rummage through everything until they find a crumpled map to the treasure. They put their heads back and guffaw.
- Waiting For A Brain Wave (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2005)
The government’s desire to ‘raise an army of scientists’ to match China and South Korea in developing cutting-edge technologies is obviously welcome.
- Assessee In Arrears — No Attachment Without Possession (Business Line, H. P. Ranina, Nov 26, 2005)
The tax authorities have been vested with powers to attach property when tax is in arrears. However, what can be attached is only property that belongs to an assessee in default. An interesting question arises where property is transferred for full . . .
- Igp Radha (Indian Express, Rakesh Shukla, Nov 26, 2005)
Mira had to drink the chalice of poison because of her love for Krishna. As the popular bhajan records, ‘Log kahen Mira bawri’ (people say Mira has gone mad). Gone are the feudal Ranas of Mewar, the country has gained independence —we have democracy. . .
- Bihar’S Very Big Picture (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 26, 2005)
Politics in India is in grave danger of being trivialised by yet another factor—psephology.
- Can Journalism's Core Values Survive The Onslaught Of Digital, Interactive Media? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2005)
``The great hope" is that conventional journalism would win out, says N. Ram The possibility of the new media "outflanking" conventional media exists
- Rain Wreaks Havoc In State (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Nov 26, 2005)
Infrastructure takes a beating in the third spell; officials dub it unprecedented
A fresh threat exists in the form of a system further east
Centre has to assess the damage afresh, offer more relief
- A Word For Volunteers- Ii (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2005)
Dr. Nazir Ahmad Gilkar sums up the orientation-cum refresher course for NSS programme officers held in the University of Kashmir
- Varieties Of Extremism (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Nov 26, 2005)
“Age of extremes” is how Eric Hobsbawm described the 20th century. His own book of that title was less than even-handed in its analysis of the extremist ideologies of the age.
- 145 Feared Dead As Floods Wash Away 2 Buses (Hindu, G. Srinivasan , Nov 26, 2005)
No let-up in rain in Tamil Nadu
At Perumalkoil, two km from Pattukottai in Thanjavur district, 80 persons in a private bus were swept away
More than 65 persons in a State Corporation bus were killed at Sanaveli near Thiruvadanai in Ramanathapuram distr
- No Plan Given To India: U.S. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2005)
The United States on Friday said it had not given India any plan on how to go about separating its civilian and military nuclear facilities to help implement the landmark bilateral nuclear deal.
- When Armchair Elite Step Out Of Their Ivory Tower, Listen To Real India (Indian Express, MULAYAM SINGH YADAV, Nov 26, 2005)
It has been around six decades since India emerged as a sovereign nation and a beacon of hope for the cause of the marginalized nations and communities around the globe.
- Precept Of Protest (Pioneer, K Govindan Kutty , Nov 26, 2005)
Everybody must have heard of Kushboo's shrine in Chennai. It was a tribute to her histrionic talent, which has not been rated very high by conventional critics.
- Us Denies Giving Plan To Separate Nuclear Facilities (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2005)
The US on Friday said it has not given India any plan on how to go about separating its civilian and military nuclear facilities to help implement the landmark bilateral nuclear . . .
- Straight Out Of Bihar (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Nov 25, 2005)
Finally, Lalu Prasad is no longer the supremo of Bihar. The former chief minister is a great communicator, has a certain kind of charisma and a turn of phrase that goes across the footlights with ease, but has, over the years, . . .
- Making Hillout Of Mole (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 25, 2005)
The Sangla Hill blasphemous incident and its ramifications is regrettably being blown out of proportion afresh by the BBC in the context of Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams’ visit to Islamabad in order to tarnish Pakistan’s image.
- Government To Consider Ragging Victim's Plea (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
The Government will soon take a decision on whether the nursing student who was allegedly sexually assaulted by her seniors at the School of Medical Education in Kottayam be granted admission in Thiruvananthapuram Medical College.
- Iran Gets More Time, But On Notice (Pioneer, Michael Adler, Nov 25, 2005)
The European Union has agreed to give Iran more time to negotiate on its nuclear programme in a move that postpones taking Tehran to the UN Security Council for violating non-proliferation safeguards, a British envoy said on Thursday.
- U.S. Gave `Blueprint' On Nuclear Facilities (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Shyam Saran denies receiving any such document; allegations of DAE being sidelined in the discussions
- Three Gazetteers To Be Brought Out To Mark `Suvarna Karnataka' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Volumes to mark the 50th anniversary of the reorganisation of the State
- 184 Tanks Breach In Sivaganga (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Devakottai, Tiruppattur, Kalayarkovil, Sarugani and Karaikudi worst-affected
- Nitish Sworn-In, Buta Sworn At (Pioneer, Amarnath Tewary, Nov 25, 2005)
Mubarak ho satta ki khushali, 15 saal se ruki hai bahali - cries greeted Nitish Kumar as he was sworn-in as Bihar's new Chief Minister on Thursday afternoon. Sporting his trademark beige kurta-pyjama and Nehru jacket, Mr Kumar appeared as the . . .
- Mission 2007: Every Village A Knowledge Centre (Hindu, M.S. Swaminathan, Nov 25, 2005)
Convergence and synergy among the numerous on-going as well as emerging programmes is needed to provide knowledge connectivity to every village of India by August 15, 2007. While the green revolution helped improve the productivity and production of rice,
- A Russian Focus On India (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Nov 25, 2005)
An impressive encyclopaedia of India is published in Russia
Covers a range of subjects: history to foreign policy
Indices of persons, geographic names, terms
Analysis by and viewpoints of 30 Russian scholars
- Iranian Students Seek Nuclear Turnaround By India (Reuters, Swapnil Rai, Nov 25, 2005)
His love of Indian freedom movement leader Mahatma Gandhi and India's cultural affinity with his homeland, Iran, brought S. Mohammad Mohammadi to New Delhi to study politics.
- Minority Rights Are Indivisible (Tribune, Syed Shahabuddin, Nov 25, 2005)
The August 8, 2005, judgement of a three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court in the Bal Patil case (CA 4730 of 1999), written by Mr Justice D. M. Dharmadhikari, has not received the critical attention it deserved.
- Worker's Killing Exposes India's Vulnerability (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Nov 24, 2005)
India has plenty of hands wielding shovels in Afghanistan but no boots on the ground there.
- Why Reservations (Tribune, G.S.Bhargava, Nov 24, 2005)
Dr Ambedkar did not want the constitutional safeguards, as “reservations” were known, to last more than a decade of operation of the Constitution, as it was originally provided.
- A Mission To Know India's Rich Past (Hindu, Alladi Jayasri , Nov 24, 2005)
30,000 people have fanned out in nine States for the first ever survey of manuscripts
- A Faustian Bargain? (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2005)
The Indo-US nuclear agreement on July 28, followed by India's vote in Vienna against Iran on September 20,
- The Last Vc (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 24, 2005)
The name of Subedar Major Umrao Singh, like those of most of our war heroes, would be little known beyond the military community. Yet the death of the last Indian soldier to wear the Victoria Cross is indeed a milestone in history.
- Restless Soul - Ii (Greater Kashmir, Safir Rammah, Nov 24, 2005)
A prolific writer all through her life, Amrita Pritam published eight books of Punjabi poetry before partition, gradually moving away from her early love poems and folk songs to more progressive themes.
- Bihar Puts Parliament In A Different Mood (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2005)
The impact of the Bihar election verdict was quite palpable even as both Houses of Parliament were adjourned till tomorrow after paying homage to former President KR Narayanan,
- Howard Holds Talks With Musharraf, Shaukat; (Pakistan Observer, Sharafat Kazmi, Nov 23, 2005)
Australia has called for a peaceful settlement of Kashmir issue acceptable to both Pakistan and India and the Kashmiri people. This was stated by the Australian Prime Minister John Howard while addressing a joint news conference with Prime Minister Shauka
- Delhi High Court Orders Winding Up Of Data Access (Business Line, J. Venkatesan, Nov 23, 2005)
THE Delhi High Court has ordered the winding up of Data Access (India) Ltd stating that it has huge liability of over Rs 530 crore to various parties and the company is not in a position to undertake its operations and carry on the business.
- The Evil That Is ‘Vani’ (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 23, 2005)
THE news that desperate parents of five daughters from Mianwali appealed to the president and the Supreme Court
- Admires Pak Role In War Against Terror (Pakistan Observer, Sharafat Kazmi, Nov 23, 2005)
Australia has called for a peaceful settlement of Kashmir issue acceptable to both Pakistan and India and the Kashmiri people.
- Unexpected Visitors (Tribune, Harish Dhillon, Nov 23, 2005)
THEY came late in the evening, three of them. I saw them through my glass door, looking at the noticeboard.
- When Us Bars Its Door To Foreign Scholars (Christian Science Monitor, Alexandra Marks, Nov 23, 2005)
Concern is mounting that the US government is using antiterror laws - namely, the Patriot Act - to revive a now-discredited practice common during the cold war:
- Indian Envoy Warns On Changes To Us Nuke Deal (Hindustan Times, Ronen Sen, Nov 23, 2005)
Any moves by the US Congress to alter a landmark US-India nuclear agreement could undermine the "finely balanced" deal, according to Indian ambassador to Washington Ronen Sen
- Vsnl To Invest $230 Mn Over 3 Years In S Africa (Business Standard, Rajesh S Kurup, Nov 23, 2005)
To operate national long distance and fixed wireless networks.
- India Envoy Warns On Changes To U.S. Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Nov 23, 2005)
Any moves by the U.S. Congress to alter a landmark U.S.-India nuclear agreement could undermine the "finely balanced" deal, according to Indian ambassador to Washington Ronen Sen.
- Indian Shares Rise After Two-Day Fall (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 23, 2005)
Indian shares climbed on Wednesday after a two-day fall, but the upside was seen capped with only a day to go for the monthly expiry of derivative contracts.
- India Continues Its Expanding Industrial Large Turnkey Exports - Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited Commissioned A 150 Mw Gas Turbine Generator In Libya (India Daily, Media Release, Nov 23, 2005)
Continuing its success in the overseas markets, state run Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited has commissioned a 150 MW Gas Turbine Generator in Libya
- Bihar Pins Hope On Nitish Kumar (Pioneer, Navin Upadhyay, Nov 23, 2005)
It is the dawn of a new era in Bihar. An era of hope and resurgence, an era whose foundation will be laid on the ruins of caste and communal politics, an era ushered in by a verdict whose impact will send tremors in the corridors of power in New Delhi
- People's Caravan Campaign Against Wto Agreements (Hindu, Staff Reporter , Nov 23, 2005)
The People's Caravan, or the Citizens for Justice, Dignity and Food Sovereignty, is busy consolidating popular opinion against attempts to make developing countries sign agreements on agriculture, services and intellectual property rights by the World Tra
- Pakistan Regrets `Evasive Response' Of India (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Nov 23, 2005)
"Repetition of reference to Gilgit and Baltistan is uncalled for"
- Danger Signals From Us (Tribune, T.P. Sreenivasan, Nov 23, 2005)
FOR those of us who walked the corridors of the Capitol in May 1998 in a bid to “sell” Pokhran II to the US Congress, the danger signals from there on the nuclear deal come as no surprise.
- Things To Learn From India (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Nov 22, 2005)
While I was in India last month I came across an American friend who had also travelled to Delhi to pursue some interest in development economics.
- Beyond The Boundaries (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 22, 2005)
I did not find any one from the media. But I watched the editor of an Urdu daily, Aziz Burney, offering Eid namaz at Rajghat, Mahatma Gandhi’s samadhi, to atone for the bomb blasts in Delhi.
- Nine More Kashmiris Cross Loc (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
Nine more people on Monday walked across the heavily militarized border in disputed Kashmir in a further sign of easing tensions.
- Kishanganga May Be Taken To Icj Or Neutral Expert (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
Pakistan’s Commission of Indus Water (PCIW) has recommended to the federal government to move the International Court of Justice (ICJ) or Neutral Expert (NE) for the resolution of the Kishanganga hydropower project.
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