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Articles 5821 through 5920 of 9936:
- For A Coherent Regional Policy (Dawn, Javid Husain, Sep 03, 2005)
IN my last article on the state of Pakistan-US relations, I emphasized the need for Pakistan to adopt a coherent regional policy as the central element of our overall foreign policy. I would now venture to add that since the end of the Cold War, the absen
- Politicians’ Writ Or Police Raj (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Sep 03, 2005)
THAT police are meant to maintain law and order still holds good in the West, although the 9/11 attacks have drastically changed its meaning.
- Pm'suseful Kabul Visit (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Sep 03, 2005)
PM'suseful Kabul visit
Men, Matters, Memories
By M L Kotru
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Kabul visit has by all accounts been a useful one.
- India And China Meet On Issues Related To Human Rights (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Sep 02, 2005)
Human rights is a major issue in Asia. India and China met to exchange views on the matter.
- Real Mairaj (Greater Kashmir, ZAHIR-U-DIN, Sep 02, 2005)
Last night Shab-e-Mairaj was observed with religious fervour. Muslims stayed awake all night to send salutations on the most revered Prophet (SAAW).
- Woman Begins By Resisting A Man's Advances And Ends By Blocking His Retreat (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 02, 2005)
There was an old woman tossed in a basket. Seventeen times as high as the moon; but where she was going no mortal could tell, for under her arm she carried a broom.
- Judiciary And Legislature — Confrontation Or Co-Operation? (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Sep 02, 2005)
The framers of the Constitution considered it undesirable to give unfettered powers to the Legislature. Judicial review was set as a check. Yet, far from the Judiciary indulging in making or restating the law, it is the Legislature that has often been....
- Varsity To Set Up `Mini Tidel Park' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
Says Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Vice-Chancellor Cynthia Pandian
- Lic Mysore Division To Celebrate Golden Jubilee (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
LIC Mysore Division consisting of 22 branches in five districts - Mysore, Mandya, Chamarajnagar, Kodagu and Hassan - is celebrating the insurance week (from September 1 to 7) and also the golden jubilee year with various customer-centric activities ....
- A Natural Selection (Dawn, Edward J. Larson, Sep 02, 2005)
The modern neo-Darwinian theory of evolution has taken it on the chin recently.
- State Of Relations With The Us (Dawn, Tayyab Siddiqui, Sep 02, 2005)
Much has been written on the significance of Manmohan Singh’s July visit to the US and on the likely impact of the defence agreements signed in the context of Pakistan’s security environment.
- Two B’Lore Scientists Win Bhatnagar Award (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
Two Bangalore-based scientists are among the 11 selected for the Rs 2-lakh Bhatnagar Award 2005, one of the country’s most prestigious prizes given in science and technology research
- Communalism, Casteism Threat To Nation: Manmohan (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
Asserting that communalism, insurgency and violence would be dealt with firmly, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said there is no grievance that cannot be redressed through democratic means and dialogue.
- Mdmk Against Sub-Quota For Women (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
Those who demand reservation for backward classes are opposed to reservation for women and are using this as a ruse to block the bill, says Vaiko.
- Tampering With Texts (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Sep 01, 2005)
The strange ideas of the Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Mr Suraj Bhan, tend to confirm the view that Indians do not care much about history.
- Intellectual Capital (Telegraph, Andre Beteille , Sep 01, 2005)
The author is chancellor, North-eastern Hill University
- The Latest Shakespeare Conspiracy (Hindu, Polly Toynbee , Sep 01, 2005)
Conspiracies are profoundly satisfying. They solve every problem, explain everything difficult and give form and shape to things that are otherwise untidily complicated.
- Enough Space For Regional Identities: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
These are not inimical to our concept of nationhood, he tells NIC
Technology enables people to preserve and promote their unique cultures
We must lay emphasis on harmony rather than uniformity
- Nehru's Vision, Vajpayee's Presence (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
It was one of the rare occasions when the current Prime Minister referred to two former Prime Ministers belonging to two different parties in his speech at the National Integration Council.
- A Politics Of Transfusion In Maharashtra (Hindu, Ranjit Hoskote, Aug 31, 2005)
The Congress, the NCP, and the Shiv Sena all represent various facets of a public sphere that has become increasingly intolerant of dissent or difference.
- Grooming A Reluctant Heir Apparent (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 31, 2005)
Rahul Gandhi remains a reluctant politician and this has serious repercussions for the Congress as an organisation and for its much-delayed process of renewal.
- India's Extinct Green Prime Ministers (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 30, 2005)
To grow as a nation without depriving future generations of a rich natural heritage is a tough ask.
- Afghanistan — Then And Now (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 30, 2005)
That friendly relations between Pakistan and India help Afghanistan should be obvious to anyone familiar with history.
- Scheme To Benefit Rural Girl Students (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2005)
Several civil hospitals and community health centres to be upgraded as district hospitals
- Parliament Versus Judiciary (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 30, 2005)
If this is the attitude of the government, then wind up the courts and do whatever you want.” Strong words from Chief Justice of India R.C. Lahoti,
- The Fallen Angel-Ii (Statesman, SATRUGHNA KANTA ACHARYYA, Aug 30, 2005)
When elections were held under the Government of India Act of 1935, Jinnah was still thinking in terms of cooperation between the Congress and the Muslim League and with coalition governments in the provinces.
- Managing Cultural Differences (Hindu, M. S. S.Varadan, Aug 30, 2005)
Inter-cultural management, an important issue in global call centres, is the central theme of the book
- Finance Minister Had To Yield In Rajya Sabha (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2005)
Finance Minister pushed on the back foot on issues of propriety, conflict of interest It took considerable persuasion from the Congress managers before he agreed to make a statement
- Here, Darkness Was A Blessing! (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2005)
With grossly inadequate toilet facilities, Udipalya and Vadayarahalli villages used to greet visitors with an unbearable stench. Then, the Art of Living's volunteers stepped in with their 5H programme, ensuring toilets for every home and hygiene for . . .
- Rational Approach To Music (Hindu, Sulochana Pattabhi Raman, Aug 30, 2005)
PERFECTING CARNATIC MUSIC — Level 2 — Varnams and Krtis: Chitravina N. Ravikiran; The International Foundation for Carnatic Music India Publication, 105, 2nd Cross Street, VGP Layout Part1, Palavakkam, Chennai-600041. Rs. 99.
- Pc’S Plea: No Nalini Nepotism (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2005)
P. Chidambaram, one of the most high-profile ministers in the country, today found himself sucked into what the Opposition derisively described as “domestic violence”,
- Commentary On Yajnavalkya Smriti (Hindu, V. Gopalakrishna, Aug 30, 2005)
VIJNANESHWARA-MITAKSHARA: Srinivasa Siranoorkar; Pub. by Prasaranga, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga. Rs. 50.
- Remarkable Increase In Eye Donation (Hindu, S. Annamalai, Aug 30, 2005)
There has been a remarkable increase in eye donation in Madurai, thanks to a high level of awareness created by voluntary organisations. From depending on other eye banks, Madurai has emerged as a place from where donor eyes are being sent to many places.
- Communists Versus Leftists? (Deccan Herald, G S Bhargava, Aug 30, 2005)
The Communist Party of India (CPI) was established in 1925 — eighty years ago — as an offshoot of the British Communist Party, called the CPGB (Communist Party of Great Britain).
- Educating A Girl Educates A Family: Sarojini Varadappan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2005)
The project, which began in 1997 with 50 students in Lady Sivaswami Ayyar School, now has 234 students in four schools on its list
- Money In The Air (Business Line, N. Ramakrishnan , Aug 30, 2005)
What have Aishwarya Rai and Sachin Tendulkar in common? Apart for being the best-known Indians, they are among a growing tribe of high net worth individuals who have invested in wind power, purely as an investment.
- Manmohan, Karzai Pledge To Work Together (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today announced a 50-million dollars additional assistance to Afghanistan and pledged to work together with Afghan President Hamid Karzai to ensure that his country never again becomes a haven for terrorism and extremism
- Does Hasba Bill Conform To The Quran? (Dawn, Qazi Faez Isa, Aug 29, 2005)
The Supreme Court of Pakistan has virtually struck down the Hasba bill as many of its provisions were found to be contrary to the Constitution of Pakistan. The Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA)
- The Fallen Angel-I (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 29, 2005)
The virulent reaction in India to LK Advani’s comment on Jinnah in Pakistan arises out of a deep-rooted prejudice. Prejudice literally means pre-judgment
- Islamic Courts Not Running Parallel Judiciary: Aimplb (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2005)
Making it clear that it does not want any confrontation with the judiciary, the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board constituted a committee on Sunday to frame a reply to a Supreme Court notice on a petition challenging existence of Isslamic courts
- Pakistan President To Address American Jewish Congress (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 29, 2005)
Gen. Musharraf has tested the domestic Pakistani waters over the Israel issue
- India Rebuilds Afghan School (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2005)
Manmohan announces 1,000 annual scholarships for Afghan students
- The Alice I Knew — And Her Indian Commitment (Hindu, Barbara Harriss, Aug 28, 2005)
She was a living example of what we now call `development'
- Indian Pm To Renew Old Bonds On Rare Afghan Trip (Boston Globe, Y.P. Rajesh, Aug 28, 2005)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh begins a rare visit to Afghanistan on Sunday, the first by an Indian premier in nearly 30 years, as New Delhi steps up efforts to deepen historic links hit by years of conflict
- Indian Pm To Renew Old Bonds On Rare Afghan Trip (Boston Globe, Y.P. Rajesh, Aug 28, 2005)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh begins a rare visit to Afghanistan on Sunday, the first by an Indian premier in nearly 30 years, as New Delhi steps up efforts to deepen historic links hit by years of conflict
- The Emerging Asian Triangle (Dawn, Maqsudul Hasan Nuri, Aug 28, 2005)
That the Pakistan-China friendship is time-tested, enduring and of a strategic rather than tactical or transitory nature cannot be doubted.
- Pm Gives Credit Where It Is Due (Tribune, Kishore Gandhi, Aug 28, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s presentation at Oxford raised many a storm in the academic tea cup of India International Centre, New Delhi. Among others, the Cambridge celebrity, Khushwant Singh,
- Scrap Them! (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 28, 2005)
Awards of acrimony
- Meet The Contemporaries (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Aug 28, 2005)
To begin with, it shall be appropriate to talk of the literary get-together, arranged by J&K Academy of Art, Culture and Languages, on 23rd evening of August, 05 at Tagore Hall Srinagar. The ‘eminent contemporary’, that we were face to face with, was . .
- Learning To Relearn (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2005)
The politician shook his head and looked with pity at the young woman who had introduced herself as a student of political science (honours) in a prestigious institution. He said matter-of-factly: "I wish you all the best. I had also studied Aristotle, Pl
- 'I Am Not Trying To Make General Dyer A Hero' (Deccan Herald, Dipti Nair, Aug 28, 2005)
Nigel Collett, 52, is sort of an accidental tourist in India. Author of the much-talked about biography of General Dyer, The Butcher of Amritsar, Collett would have easily bypassed India had Dyer never committed the carnage at Jallianwala Bagh in 1919. .
- A Guarantee To Work? (Hindu, NITIN JUGRAN BAHUGUNA , Aug 28, 2005)
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Bill has been passed by Parliament.
- Manmohan Singh To Renew Old Bonds On Rare Afghan Trip (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Aug 28, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh begins a rare visit to Afghanistan on Sunday, the first by an Indian premier in nearly 30 years, as New Delhi steps up efforts to deepen historic links hit by years of conflict.
- Could Partition Have Been Made Less Bloody? (Hindu, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Aug 28, 2005)
It could be one of the most tantalising questions of modern Indian history.
- Fines Are Fine (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 28, 2005)
Kolkata’s record in traffic management has been so dismal that it is not surprising the latest figures reveal an increase in the monthly average of deaths on the road from 35 to 40.
- Inculcate Reading Habit In Kids: Kalam (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2005)
A self-confessed bibliophile and an author to boot, the President, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam wants parents to inculcate the reading habit in children. Lamenting that not one Indian book had made it to the level of noted writer Will Durant's 'The Greatest. . .
- More Superstitions (Statesman, p j o taylor, Aug 28, 2005)
How many people do you know who say “I’m not in the least superstitious!” ? Check them out: they may well have their fingers crossed behind their backs,
- India For A Stronger Afghanistan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
Manmohan Singh's visit to be the first by an Indian Prime Minister in 29 years
- Economic Development Challenging In Functioning Democracy: Pm (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
Noting that India had the potential to achieve eight per cent growth for sustained period, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the task of economic development was "challenging" when it is to be realised through a functioning democracy, as "politics
- Brand Iit: The People Behind The Image (Hindu, Dinesh Mohan, Aug 27, 2005)
IITs have justly been ranked as the top educational institutions in India and Asia. A little known fact is that more than 80 per cent of their products live and work in India. The next stage is to restructure and reinvent IITs so that they can become. . .
- Tony Blair’S New Game (Dawn, Sayeed Hasan Khan and Kurt Jacobsen, Aug 26, 2005)
After the bloody London bomb attacks British Prime Minister Tony Blair warned, with an underlying touch of authoritarian glee, that “the rules of the game are changing.”
- Governors As Tools (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 26, 2005)
There are very rightly many admirers of Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Union Minister Jagmohan in this State.
- Judicial Traditions (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 26, 2005)
Among the legacies of the British Rule, the hallowed judicial traditions governing the judges' behaviour on and off the Bench can be counted as the most salutary.
- Improving Ties With Afghanistan (Tribune, Maj-Gen Himmat Singh Gill (retd) , Aug 26, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Afghanistan can be a turning point for better Indo-Afghan relations. Afghanistan is not just another neighbour, but a buffer to an ever turbulent South Asia where terrorism, religious animosity and civilisational c
- What We Like To Believe (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Aug 26, 2005)
Let me make an honest but terrible confession. My deep and abiding interest in history began through reading Combat comics.
- To Accommodate The Curious Mind (Telegraph, NIVEDITA MENON, Aug 26, 2005)
To withdraw the national curriculum framework is to silence dissent against orthodoxies — both that of the left and the right, says Nivedita Menon The author is reader in political science, Delhi University
- Save The Tram : Kolkata Needs Rethinking On Modes Of Transport (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
A lot has been said and heard about the problems of congestion that trams of Kolkata have caused.
- Economics And Not Just Spending Is The Key To Development (Greater Kashmir, ER IMTIYAZ, Aug 26, 2005)
Running costs are negligible in hydro power projects and they are affordable for the State. Centre with its vast resources base can afford it, not our improvised State, comments
- Plans To Expand Security Council Make No Headway (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Aug 25, 2005)
Propasals to reform the United Nations Security Council are floundering in New York as contenders struggle to resolve their differences and at least two permanent members of the council threaten to block attempts at expansion.
- A Legendary Teacher (Tribune, Darshan Singh Maini, Aug 25, 2005)
A well-known Professor of history during my college days at Khalsa College, Amritsar, was, for over half a century ago, a sturdy, swarthy and Podgy Majha Jat who answered to the name of Prof. Waryam Singh.
- This Is How We Perceive The Problem Of Kashmir-Vi (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Aug 25, 2005)
We are concluding the full text of the discussion between Muhammad Yasin Malik, Chairman Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front and Omar Abdullah,
- Most Attention For The Eldest (Hindu, Joanna Moorhead, Aug 25, 2005)
I have four children, and on my bookshelves sit the 12 photograph albums that chronicle our family life. What that should mean is an average of three albums' worth of pictures per child, but the reality is rather different.
- Business Of Leadership (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 24, 2005)
Britain’s wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill may have proved to be Adolf Hitler’s nemesis.
- Registration Is A Must (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 24, 2005)
The madressah registration drive is not going to be as easy as previously thought, going by what happened in Islamabad on Monday.
- Rising India (Deccan Herald, Anand Giridharadas, Aug 24, 2005)
World War II thrust an acute test on India: Should Indians, then under British rule, join what Japan billed as a pan-Asian struggle to expel Western imperialism from Asia?
- India Must Play Mediator Between The Muslims And The West’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2005)
A member of the House of Lords, Bhikhu Parekh has been living in the UK for over four decades.
- Islamic Seminary Narrows Fatwa's Use (Los Angeles Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2005)
LUCKNOW, India — An influential Islamic seminary has said clerics should not issue religious edicts on political issues or matters that do not concern Islamic law.
- King Fahd’S Many Legacies (Dawn, SHAHID JAVED BURKI, Aug 23, 2005)
Following his assassination by a royal prince, King Faisal bin Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud was succeeded by Khaled, the deceased king’s half brother.
- The New Face Of Mccarthyism (Dawn, MADELEINE BUNTING, Aug 23, 2005)
A campaign is being orchestrated through the media to destroy the credibility of many of the most important Muslim institutions in Britain, including the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB).
- The Freedom-Development Interface (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Aug 23, 2005)
Just over a week ago, Independent India became 58 years old. The Mahatma is remembered fondly for all the sacrifices he personally made and inspired thousands to make,
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