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Articles 1821 through 1920 of 20587:
- Five Killed In An Explosion In Central Vietnam (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
Five labourers were killed in central Vietnam when explosives used to mine limestone accidentally went off, an official said on Tuesday.
- Psychology Of Coup Rumours (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 26, 2006)
The country remained in the grip of rumours throughout the day on Sunday, the nature of some of them was hilarious as well as agonizing.
- One That Flew Over The Coup’S Nest (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 26, 2006)
As far as sales pitches go, Sunday’s rumours that a coup was in progress in Pakistan came at a perfect time — a day before the launch of Pervez Musharraf’s autobiography, In The Line of Fire. A power failure, of the electrical kind, throughout the . . .
- It's Not A Plan To Hand Over Wanted People: Pakistan (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 26, 2006)
"Mechanism is only to help prevent terrorism"
- Un Official Gives Aids Wake-Up Call (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
The United Nations considers the stigma attached to HIV positive persons in India as the toughest hurdle faced in the country to fight the problem of AIDS.
- Special Article (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 26, 2006)
The Union Cabinet has given the go-ahead on the reservation issue with a staggered introduction of the 27 per cent reservation for the Other Backward Castes (OBC) in higher educational institutes over a three-year period.
- So Far, So Good (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 26, 2006)
Though the Congress party’s Nainital conclave was billed as a meeting of Chief Ministers belonging to the party, it turned out to be a good occasion to display the sound political health of the UPA coalition that governs the country.
- Be Ready For Fight, Chautala Tells Partymen (Tribune, Raman Mohan, Sep 26, 2006)
Former Chief Minister Om Parkash Chautala staged a dramatic return to state’s politics at a massive rally organised by the Indian National Lok Dal here today.
- Anti-Terror Mechanism Test For Both Countries: Musharraf (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said that the Indo-Pak anti-terror mechanism was a test for both countries, responding to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement that it was a test for Islamabad.
- Black Gold Valuable For Economy (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 26, 2006)
India is gripped in a debate between coal generated energy and nuclear energy as the country faces the shortage of 50,000 mw, likely to go up to 100,000 mw by 2020.
- After The Lebanese War (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Sep 26, 2006)
There are two ways of looking at Lebanon after the 34-day savage Israeli conflict with Hezbollah.
- On The Right Track (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Sep 26, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi has yet again shown that she is in control of her party and of the direction that the UPA must take in policy matters.
- The Future Of The City (Business Standard, Sunita Narain, Sep 26, 2006)
Urban India is beginning to explode. The question is if our cities will be able to manage this growth or will they just burst at the seams? The reason I ask this is because we still don’t have a clue about what urban growth will mean for us.
- More Stress On Positives (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Sep 26, 2006)
I have written this article and the few that will follow in response to a request from a senior official of a development agency based in Washington.
- General Admits: Pak Army Fought Kargil, Aq Khan Helped Iran (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Sep 26, 2006)
There may still be differences over the extent to which Pakistani regulars were involved in the Kargil conflict but for the first time in seven years Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has admitted — in an effusive tone — that the Pakistan Army . . .
- Victims At A Loss Over Pakistan’S Rape Law Reform (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
The 24-year-old Pakistani woman has medical reports saying she's been raped. What she hasn't got is four male witnesses that the country's Islamic law says she needs to prove it.
- Why The Farmer Reaps Despair (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 26, 2006)
Farmer's suicides were discussed most recently at the Congress chief ministers’ conclave in Nainital but the grim reality remains unchanged, with reports of such tragedies constantly trickling in.
- Call Them By Any Name, They Are Bonded Labourers (Tribune, Ruchika M. Khanna, Sep 25, 2006)
For the past 22 years, Amarjit Singh, who is the manager of a 55-acre farm in Mansa Khurd village here, has been working from dawn to dusk for a measly daily wage of Rs 52.05.
- It's A Very Warped View (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 25, 2006)
Arnold Parzer, a very senior diplomat at the Royal Netherlands embassy in Delhi, recently told a Dutch newspaper that New Delhi is the most miserable place he had ever lived in.
- India Is Online But Most Indians Are Not (Hindu, C.P. CHANDRASEKHAR, Sep 25, 2006)
The diffusion of Internet technology in India can take one of two routes, one elite-oriented, the other democratic. The Government seems to want to promote the second but the minimum requirement for this is credible information.
- Dispossessing Farmers (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 25, 2006)
In the absence of a fair and transparent policy on land acquisition and payment of just compensation to the farmers, state governments’ plans to forcibly take over land for special economic zones (SEZs) have met with stiff opposition.
- An Unsung Death (Tribune, Baljit Malik, Sep 25, 2006)
Independence morning came with death for this labouring adivasi (Jharkhandee) family.
- Thrown Into The Wilderness Of Politics (Dawn, Sherry Rehman, Sep 25, 2006)
When the military regime introduced its draft of the women’s bill in parliament, many progressive forces that had been pushing for the repeal of the infamous Hudood Ordinances imposed by Ziaul Haq saw an opportunity to effect change for women in Pakistan.
- "If We Compromise On Competitiveness, We Can't Be A . . . (Hindu, S. Vijay Kumar, Sep 25, 2006)
PresidentA.P.J. Abdul Kalamremains conscious that he is also a teacher and a scientist. Above all, he is a person who loves to make others happy. Excerpts from an interview he gave toThe Hindu:
- West, Saudi Arabia Can’T Confirm Osama Death (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
Saudi Arabia said on Sunday it had no evidence that Osama bin Laden had died, shedding further doubt on a secret document leaked in France that said Saudi secret services believed he had died last month.
- Crippling Setback (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 25, 2006)
The alarming increase in polio cases this year in the country is cause for serious concern. Around 297 cases of polio have been reported so far this year compared with only 66 cases in 2005.
- ‘For A Safer City’ (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 25, 2006)
'Bangalore can be vibrant even without late nights. If you extend the deadline then the consumption of liquor also goes up. But may be on one day, it could be extended...’
- It’S A Dog Life, But Some People Have Had Enough (Deccan Herald, MARK MAGNIER, Sep 25, 2006)
After suffering humiliation and being a butt of jokes for a millenium, the chinese jing clan is happy after the authorities decided to restore its former name.
- A Midsummer Day’S Nightmare (Deccan Herald, Clare Allan , Sep 25, 2006)
It wasn't the future I'd envisaged for myself when, in 1990, I'd first come to London straight from university.
- Don't Worry (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 25, 2006)
He by whom the world is not agitated and who cannot be agitated by the world, and who is free from joy, anger, fear and worry he is dear to Me.
Bhagavad Gita
- In Russia, Cautious Generosity (Tribune, Peter Finn, Sep 25, 2006)
Russia’s tycoons, whose flamboyant spending has rung cash registers from the Mediterranean isles to London’s Mayfair district, have found a new use for their supersize wallets: philanthropic foundations.
- The Rating Season (Telegraph, S.L. Rao, Sep 25, 2006)
The ratings season is again upon us. The three business magazines, a management journal and the two major news magazines are publishing their ratings of business schools.
- A Zero For All The Effort (Telegraph, Shuma Raha, Sep 25, 2006)
“A woman can never be too rich or too thin,” the Duchess of Windsor had once remarked.
- Hide The Gap (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 25, 2006)
Corruption and inefficiency in India are crippling hundreds of children in the country and in the rest of the world. So far, the shameful rebuke, from the United Nations and the World Health Organization to India’s health bureaucrats, for . . .
- Security Forces Kill Four Ultras In J&k (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
Security forces foiled an infiltration bid in Uri sector in Kashmir and killed four Pakistani militants.
- From One Long March To Another (News International, Prof Khwaja Masud, Sep 25, 2006)
The Chinese people stood up under the leadership of the Communist Party, founded by a dozen progressive intellectuals in 1921.
- Happy Not To Be At Iim (A) (Business Standard, Sunil Jain, Sep 25, 2006)
Whether the country’s populace was aware of the turnaround in the Indian Railways’ fortunes under Lalu Prasad is an open question, but now thanks to the efforts of Prof. G Raghuram at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, this is no . . .
- Kasargod On Belgaum Session Agenda (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
The historic session of the State legislature which opens here on Monday, is expected to adopt a resolution demanding that the Centre “implement in toto”' the Mahajan Commission report, as a ...
- Entries Invited For Padmashri, Padma Bhushan Awards (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
The district administration has invited entries to be passed on to the Union Government for the nomination of Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padmashri awards for the year 2007.
- State Goes All Out To Woo Tourists To Mysore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
The multimedia campaign will be on throughout the year across the country
Campaign has been intensive in Bangalore
- Letter Bombs: Probe Yields Vital Clues (Hindu, G. Anand , Sep 25, 2006)
Rivalry between private clinics being looked into
Shop owners selling electronic equipment questioned
Personal computer of a person examined
- Scientists Turn Dead Embryo Cells Into Living Tissue (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
Scientists working at a British laboratory have achieved one of the most controversial breakthroughs ever made in the field of stem cell science by taking cells from dead embryos and turning them into living tissue.
- Quota Category Aiims Students To Hold Rally (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
Government too silent on the issue of caste discrimination
- Learn How To Wow The Tourists (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 25, 2006)
I have made all efforts to get information on the courses offered at CFTRI, Mysore.
- Musharraf Backs Women’S Bill (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
Facing heat from moderates and rights activists over controversial Islamic laws, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said the laws were “extremely discriminatory” against women and he would ensure the passage of the Bill seeking their . . .
- Rape Law Reform Lays Bare Pakistan's Political Morass (Reuters, SIMON CAMERON-MOORE, Sep 25, 2006)
The 24-year-old Pakistani woman has medical reports saying she's been raped. What she hasn't got is four male witnesses that the country's Islamic law says she needs to prove it.
- Kerala Hc Ruling Good For India's Image (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 25, 2006)
The Kerala High Court judgement quashing the bans on Coke and Pepsi is a blow for due process and the rule of law.
- Belgian Embassy Official Murdered In Delhi; Driver Arrested (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
A 40-year-old official of the Belgian embassy was stabbed to death allegedly by her driver at her residence in a posh South-West Delhi locality.
- Farmer Suicides, Terror Stalk Cong As Party Gets Ready For Election-07 (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Sep 25, 2006)
The Congress overdrive to woo farmers and Muslims during the two-day conclave of the Chief Ministers of 14 Congress-ruled states that concluded here on Sunday let the cat out of the bag.
- The Expanding Turf Of Scams (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Sep 25, 2006)
Recently, a duo posed as a Minister of State for Home and his private secretary and allegedly spoke to a gangster in a jail in Uttar Pradesh.
- Belgian Embassy Woman Murdered (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
In a gruesome murder at south Delhi's plush Vasant Vihar, a 47-year-old Belgian woman was stabbed 22 times with a kitchen knife allegedly by her driver after she had fired him for his reckless driving.
- 'No Evidence That Osama Bin Laden Is Dead' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
Saudi Arabia said on Sunday it had no evidence that Osama bin Laden had died, shedding further doubt on a secret document leaked in France that said Saudi secret services believed he had . . .
- A Hasty Ban (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 25, 2006)
Assuming Executive powers beyond what the Legislature intended may not be the best way to remedy a situation.
- Fresh Setback To Doha Round (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Sep 25, 2006)
It is disappointing to note that the trend of progress in the Doha Round negotiations has been reversed once again, in the process strengthening the hands of those who have always held that the Doha Round (and perhaps also the WTO) is terminally ill.
- Agra: Thousands Of Dead Fish, Reptiles Discovered (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
After thousands of dead sea horses, snakes, turtles, scorpions and alligator babies spilled out of formaline-filled containers at a godown in Agra, authorities have offered a Rs.10,000 reward for information on a man believed to be running . . .
- Belgian Mission Woman Killed By Driver In Delhi (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
An official of the Belgian embassy, Ms Isabelle Dessoir, was stabbed to death allegedly by her driver at her residence in the posh Vasant Vihar area of southwest Delhi on Saturday night.
- Glass Houses Are Fragile (Pioneer, Shailaja Chandra, Sep 25, 2006)
RTI has emerged as an effective tool to make governance transparent but it is misused by contractors and bidders. There should be a limit to complaints or else it will affect bureaucratic decision-making
- Nepalese Legislator Killed By Unknown Gunmen (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a member of Nepal's parliament on Saturday, police and officials said.
- Pm Calls For More Muslims In Security Forces (Reuters, Surojit Gupta, Sep 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged regional leaders on Saturday to recruit more Muslims into the police and intelligence agencies to help counter a growing sense of insecurity in the minority community.
- Meet My Sister The Monster! (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Kasia Boddy enjoys Margaret Atwood’s darkly witty collection of interwoven tales, ‘Moral Disorder’.
- Osama Death Buzz Again, Few Takers (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
A leaked foreign intelligence document published in a French newspaper today set off a loud buzz that Osama bin Laden may have died of typhoid in Pakistan last month, but no country would confirm anything.
- Polio Botch-Up Blame At Delhi Door (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Sep 24, 2006)
India’s health bureaucracy ignored scientific advice about flaws in the polio immunisation programme for nearly 20 years and suppressed research that might have led to faster eradication, doctors have said.
- Violence Level Down In J&k, Infiltration Diminishes: Pm (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said infiltration across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir had diminished and his Government was sincerely pursuing dialogue with Pakistan and the people of the State in its endeavour to give them a . . .
- Now That’S Cricket, Coach (New Indian Express, R K PACHAURI, Sep 24, 2006)
This is a refreshingly honest and absorbing account of a remarkable period in Indian cricket presented by perhaps India’s most successful coach.
- Waiting To Grow Old (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 24, 2006)
Age is an advantage in India.
- 15,300 Polio Booths Planned For November In Haryana (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Sep 24, 2006)
The Haryana Government plans to set up 15,300 pulse polio booths in 20 districts during the National Pulse Polio Immunisation Round scheduled in November.
- Disability Within (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 24, 2006)
It is not without reason that the global polio Technical Consultative Group has singled out India as one of the few countries that continue to carry the risk of transmission of the dreaded illness.
- Kalam Lays Stress On Women's Role In Nation Building (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
"You should dream and work with devotion"
- India’S Perception Of Security & Trade (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 24, 2006)
India has said that enhancing cooperation with ASEAN countries in
- How Tv Missed The Bush For The Trees (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Sep 24, 2006)
The “liberal” media, not for the first time either, demonstrated its prejudice against George W Bush. While covering the UN General Assembly session, news television was enchanted by Hugo Chavez, who doubled up as . . .
- Nabard To Fund Innovative Projects (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
In farming, non-farming and micro finance sectors
- The Next Palestinian Struggle (News International, RAMZY BAROUD, Sep 24, 2006)
An expert in international law and an old friend of the Palestinian people wrote me with utter distress a few days after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismael Haniyeh were reported to have reached an agreement on . . .
- ‘Only 20% Of The Total Insurable Population Of India Is Covered’ (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
The insurance industry is in the limelight on account of innovative products being offered to people who want risk coverage as well as savings.
- Funding E-Access (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 24, 2006)
Get on with it. And never forget this is only a tool for the real thing. The reference is to the Union Cabinet’s formal approval to the earlier-announced plan for one lakh ‘common service centres’ in rural areas as part of the new National . . .
- Barbs Of Truth (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 24, 2006)
Kurt Vonnegut is like Mark Twain or Chekhov, extremely funny when depressed.
- Can't Compel Corporate Compassion (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 24, 2006)
Theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die, said Lord Tennyson in another age and context. Perhaps it’s time to modify that and add a word: “Theirs not to reason why not” to level the battlefield. Every profession or calling has its own . . .
- Manmohan Chastises Police For Alienating Muslims (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged regional leaders on Saturday to recruit more Muslims into the police and intelligence agencies to help counter a growing sense of insecurity in the minority community.
- Cooking Up An Identity Crisis (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 24, 2006)
Give them a loophole and they will, to mix metaphors, take a mile. The passing of the Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill, 2006, earlier this week, is a consequence of loophole- hunters within the state’s ruling party deciding to play . . .
- Nothing To Support The Claim: Us (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
The US government is unable to confirm a French newspaper report that Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is believed to have died last month in Pakistan, the US State Department said on Saturday.
- Angry (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 24, 2006)
Muslims are angry with the Jews. We are angry with the Christians. Pakistani Muslims are angry with Jews, Christians and Hindus. People of the Book -- Jews, Christians and Muslims -- are all at war while China and India stride ahead.
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