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Articles 15821 through 15920 of 20587:
- A Tale Of Two Wars (Dawn, Lewis M. Simons, Sep 03, 2005)
I went to Vietnam a hawk. It was July 1967; I was an ex-Marine and a reporter for the Associated Press.
- Katrina’S Blow (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 03, 2005)
THE worst-case scenario, or something close to it, has befallen southern Louisiana and its Gulf Coast neighbours, Alabama and Mississippi. Hurricane Katrina’s howling, lethal force has dealt an immense blow to the region, exacting a shattering price in tr
- Bengladesh Crisis Pose Threat To India (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 03, 2005)
Events in Bangladesh are unfolding almost like a Greek tragedy. The nation born in 1971 with the blood and sweat of the Indian army and Mukti Bahani is facing a crisis of identity.
- Circular On Fbt Deeming Provision — Not Quite True To Legal Fiction Principle (Business Line, H. P. Ranina, Sep 03, 2005)
In the light of the principles of interpretation pertaining to a legal fiction, some of the clarifications on the fringe benefit tax provided in a recent Circular fly in the face of the statutory provision, and subvert the purpose and object of the levy.
- Beyond Belief (Tribune, Parbina Rashid, Sep 03, 2005)
IT has always been puzzling why people, in the name of renovation, change century-old architectural beauties into cold, impersonal marbled ones.
- Indian And Nepali Maoists Vow To Fight Together (Reuters, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 03, 2005)
Maoist rebels in Nepal and India have vowed to join together to promote communism, reinforcing fears that the bloody insurgency in the Himalayan kingdom could spill over into its huge southern neighbour
- Smoking Scenes To Be Stubbed Out From Oct 2 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 03, 2005)
The proposed ban on smoking scenes in films and TV serials will come into effect from October 2, Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said on Friday.
- Wake Up, Before It’S Too Late (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Sep 02, 2005)
Are we standing on the brink of a precipice where we need a nudge and we are gone.
- India Proposes New Bus Routes From Ludhiana, Kargil (Daily Excelsior, Sarwar Kashani, Sep 02, 2005)
In a 48 hour long gun battle on Line of Control in Nowgam Sector in Kupwara, nine militants, owing allegiance to Lashkar-e-Toiba militant outfit, were gunned down by the troopers of 15 JAT rifles at Kazinag Phad hills,
- Pm Worried Over Mounting Fiscal Deficit (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
Expressing serious concern about the country’s financial health, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warned today that economic progress could be hindered if the mounting fiscal deficit of 9 to 10 per cent of the national income was not contained.
- Hurriyat To Send 6 Member Delegation For Talks (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
In a 48 hour long gun battle on Line of Control in Nowgam Sector in Kupwara, nine militants, owing allegiance to Lashkar-e-Toiba militant outfit, were gunned down by the troopers of 15 JAT rifles at Kazinag Phad hills, some 32 kilometers from Handwara ...
- Anti-Rape Device Spurs Controversy (Tribune, Robyn Dixon, Sep 02, 2005)
A medieval device built on hatred of men? Or a cheap, easy-to-use invention that could free millions of South African women from fear of rape, in a country with the worst sexual assault record on earth?
- Inside Iraq (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 02, 2005)
Wednesday stampede in Iraq, leading to the death of nearly 1000 people, is the most telling proof that chaos continues to rule that country.
- Non-Executive Directors — Board Them From Needless Litigations (Business Line, Amitabhaghosh, Sep 02, 2005)
Both the Government and the regulatory authorities are agreed that the performance of company boards needs to improve to ensure better corporate management and prevent malpractices.
- A Step Ahead (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 02, 2005)
Constitutional debates are important in so far as they improve on existing laws and become a guide to future action.
- Climate Change Adds To Africa's Woes (Hindu, John Madeley, Sep 02, 2005)
Climate change has been identified as the latest addition to Africa's difficulties.
- Elections: Don't Expect Too Much (Hindu, Simon Tisdall, Sep 02, 2005)
As the international political year begins anew, the democratic election season has arrived with a vengeance.
- Lic Rajahmundry Division Aims At 20,000 New `Bima Gold' Policies Before March 31 Next (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
Customer contact programme, Bima rallies to be held in all branches from September 5
Policy for persons in age group of 14 to 63 years
It has auto cover, accident benefit of Rs.50 lakhs
The division sets a target of 3,33,333 policies
- Make `Namadhu Gramam' A Success, Panchayat Chiefs Told (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
Rs.3 lakhs to be given as award for villages achieving `A' grade
- Looters Strike After Nature’S Havoc (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , Sep 02, 2005)
In the wake of a hurricane, the US is having to cope with one of the worst disasters in its recent history.
- Cet Can Fill Up Medical Seats: Mci Counsel (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
The government counsel contended that the CET will not be able to fill the medical seats falling vacant before the admission deadline of September 30.
- Humanity In Transition (Deccan Herald, A K MERCHANT, Sep 02, 2005)
“Religion is the greatest of all means for the establishment of order in the world and peaceful contentment of all that dwell therein,” Bahá’u’lláh proclaimed.
- Unending Sugar Crisis (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 02, 2005)
In the wake of persistent rise in the prices of sugar in the open market,
- Cause And Effect Of Inequality Syndrome (Daily Excelsior, Sisir Basu, Sep 01, 2005)
India is on the path to sustained growth. But India’s poor are many and their incomes and consumption are not rising as fast as those of the rich. Our administrative apparatus and procedures have failed in delivering opportunities to them.
- A New Mother's Agony (Deccan Herald, Celia W Dugger, Sep 01, 2005)
Just as the painful ordeal of childbirth finally ended and Nesam Velankanni waited for a nurse to lay her squalling newborn on her chest, the maternity hospital’s ritual of extortion began.
- Pok Nationalists Highlight Human Rights Violation (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Sep 01, 2005)
Kashmiri nationalist freedom fighters, who have been forced to flee Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) to sojourn in the West, get a chance every year to tell the world of oppressive,
- Case After Case, Quota Tangle Gets Knottier (Deccan Herald, K N Bhat, Sep 01, 2005)
The Central Government should make laws in consultation with persons experienced in the field of education. A government with a will alone can solve the problems involved.
- Ford Proposes Vedic Planetarium In Bengal (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
ABF International, one of the companies run by US billionaire conglomerate Ford, declared in Kolkata on Wednesday its desire to set up a Rs 176 crore Vedic planetarium besides a village industrial park and a tourism hospitality centre at Mayapur in Nadia
- 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.
- A Landscape That Need Be Loved And Taken Care Of -Ii (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Sep 01, 2005)
We need to join hands and save our beautiful environs from getting spoiled, writes M G Hassan Mukhtar writes on the people, water and architecture of Kashmir
- Day Of The Disappeared (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Sep 01, 2005)
The day of the disappeared persons was observed August 30 across the globe.
- Children Dying Of Hunger Haunt Maharashtra (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Sep 01, 2005)
With the monsoon coming to a close, the Maharashtra government has begun its annual charade of downplaying the deaths of children from malnutrition in different parts of the state.
- Mines Of Misery (Tribune, CP Bhambri, Sep 01, 2005)
IT is a shame that as many as 114 persons, including women and children, were working as “bonded labourers” in Charkhi Dadri subdivision of Bhiwani district, Haryana.
- Army As Career (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 01, 2005)
Has the Army as a career lost its sheen? This is the question that has been bothering security experts for long. It is generally believed that with growing avenues of better monetary prospects young persons are turning away, to quote a senior official,
- 843 Die In Stampede (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
At least 843 persons were trampled to death or drowned in a stampede in the Iraqi capital today after a deadly mortar attack on a sacred shrine where more than one million Shiite Muslim pilgrims were massed.
- It's Risky Not To Measure Risk (Business Line, Kuntal Sur, Sep 01, 2005)
Kuntal Sur on risk-adjusted performance measurement in banks
- Educomp To Partner With Tn Education Department (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
Educomp Solutions Ltd (ESL) is looking forward to partner with Tamil Nadu education department to implement its digital education solutions in government run schools of the state.
- Heed The Signs Of The Changing Times (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 01, 2005)
Most of the arguments against the Salim group’s investment plans are banal, and prevent the real issues of agricultural and industrial stagnation from coming to the fore, writes Ashis Chakrabarti
- Attention Turns To Change Of Guard In J&k (Deccan Herald, Zahoor Malik, Sep 01, 2005)
The Abdullahs want their rival, Mufti out of office. Former Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah had threatened to throw the Muftis into the Liddar river in Pahalgam.
- Medical Bill Reimbursement Up To Rs 15,000 Attracts Fbt (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
Employers will now have to pay new Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) on reimbursement upto Rs 15,000 for medical expenses incurred by their employees in unapproved hospitals.
- Fighting Diseases Or Drug Makers? (Deccan Herald, Manu N Kulkarni, Sep 01, 2005)
American drug companies are promoting diseases to fit their drugs instead of promoting drugs to treat diseases
- Health And Herring (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 01, 2005)
The Dutch THE Dutch have a proverb along the lines that “if the herring is around, the doctor is far away”.
- Biotech Symposium Harps On Basics (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
The main theme of the symposium seemed to be on native thinking and a return to basic sciences from which to build on later.
- Restoring A Historical Bond (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 01, 2005)
It was unfortunate that no Indian Prime Minister could visit Afghanistan for the past 29 years although the two countries share a close relationship extending over centuries. From the early 1980s to the mid-1990s the situation in and around Kabul was too
- Decade Of Mobiles & No Cancer Risk (Deccan Herald, James Meikle, Sep 01, 2005)
Health authorities in the UK advised people under 16 to avoid frequent calls and as far as possible communicate through SMS.
- Mystery Of India's Nuclear Exports (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Sep 01, 2005)
In official figures put out by the U.S. Government, India has a high positive trade balance in the category of nuclear technology products. What could these exports be?
- Dharam Singh Urges Press Council To Regulate Private Broadcasters (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
Chief Minister N. Dharam Singh on Wednesday emphasised the role of the media in maintaining communal harmony and suggested that the Press Council of India take steps to ensure that there is no distortion of facts, use of inappropriate language . . .
- 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
- Rs. 11.31 Crores Allotted Under Sgry (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
SHG members to be trained in physiotherapy, homoeopathy
- Esops Out Of Fbt Net (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
Spending on celebrity endorsement to attract levy
- A Landscape That Need Be Loved And Taken Care Of -I (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Aug 31, 2005)
We need to join hands and save our beautiful environs from getting spoiled, writes M G Hassan Mukhtar writes on the people, water and architecture of Kashmir
- O Doctor! I Love You – I (Greater Kashmir, NASEER A GANAI, Aug 31, 2005)
Why blame doctors when they too belong to the same society which we are a part of, questions
- Dm Campaign (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Aug 31, 2005)
The Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DM) campaign against flesh trade has evoked widespread appreciation.
- No Plastic In My Backyard (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Aug 31, 2005)
The battle against plastic, at least the `carry-bag' variety, is well and truly joined in Mumbai.
- Tn Showcases Its New Tourist Spots (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
Efforts to showcase lesser-known destinations like Pulikat Lake as a land of lagoons, Yercaud for its cascading waterfalls along with Pichavaram as a botanist’s and ornithologist’s delight will be undertaken by the Tamil Nadu Tourism Board (TNTB) with...
- Gains Of Cooperation (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
The Chief Ministers of Punjab and Haryana shared a common platform after jointly inaugurating the new Bhakra-Beas Management Board building in Chandigarh on Monday and,
- Indian Diplomats Meet Sarabjit, Say He Is In Good Health (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
Sarabjit Singh, facing death in Pakistan, today gave his personal details, circumstances under which he was arrested, tried and convicted, to two Indian High Commission officials who met him at the high-security Kot Lakhpath jail near Lahore.
- Japan Awakening To New Realities (Business Line, Raghu Dayal , Aug 31, 2005)
Recongising the country's archetypal resoluteness, creativity and vitality, John Nathan's Japan Unbound makes a convincing case that Japan, now a showpiece of nationalist pride "has a long history of discovery in the darkest days... a source of renewal".
- The Oil Scenario — Need For A Comprehensive Response (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Aug 31, 2005)
From fully compensating the oil marketing companies by raising prices of petroleum products and reducing the subsidy element to exploring alternative renewable energy sources such as wind,
- Agenda For Hong Kong Wto Ministerial — Will Developing Nations Trip On Trips? (Business Line, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Aug 31, 2005)
The success of the Hong Kong Ministerial of the World Trade Organisation scheduled to be held in December 2005 . . .
- Disservice Delivery (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 31, 2005)
Reduced to its bare essentials, good governance, whether in the context of governments, or public and private sectors, is nothing but making services in an adequate measure,
- Premji’S Panchatantra (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
The Wipro chairman feared that water scarcity would hinder growth, be it in agriculture, industry or urban infrastructure.
- No Double Standards On Terrorism (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
Time and again, when governments promise "strong" action against terrorism, they come up with knee-jerk responses that inevitably undermine civil liberties.
- Indian Officials Meet Sarabjit (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 31, 2005)
Personal details collected
- Need For Aids Control Plan Stressed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
Necessary plans should be drawn to completely arrest the spread of AIDS in Guntur district in the next five years, said the Andhra Pradesh State AIDS Control Society Project Director, Damayanthi.
- Search For Peter Pan (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 31, 2005)
Scientists are researching possibilities of delaying ageing
- Is Science A Religion? (Deccan Herald, B M Hegde, Aug 31, 2005)
If man doesn’t develop a proper scientific temper, he will become a moral nihilist or a religious fanatic
- Dear Philsy (Deccan Herald, A S IYER, Aug 31, 2005)
A beautiful person’s memory creates another world that lives on even after life passes away
- Towards Evolving A Language Policy For Development (Deccan Herald, Vijay Padaki, Aug 31, 2005)
We need to constantly distinguish between the responsibility of identifying societal needs and that of serving them.
- Economic Inequality And Health (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Aug 31, 2005)
Here is some new and very interesting information on the health of people. Professor Richard Wilkinson,
- Callous & Indifferent (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 31, 2005)
If there was any doubt about society’s increasing dehumanization, Monday’s report of a physically and mentally handicapped boy’s death on the lawns of a public hospital in Jhang is proof that apathy has acquired new proportions.
- The Preacher And The President (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Aug 31, 2005)
American televangelist Pat Robertson came up with a priceless piece of advice last week.
- Centre To Release 2 Lakh Tonnes Of Rice To A.P. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
State had made this request for creating jobs in drought-hit districts
- Why Some Become Alcohol Addicts? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 30, 2005)
One question that interests psychologists is this: why is it that some people can take or leave alcohol or cigarettes, while others become addicted? If scientists can unravel this puzzle, it could provide new ways of weaning people off drink and tobacco.
- Uae Minister Praises State's Growth (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2005)
Minister for Education of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan has hailed Kerala's growth in various human development parameters such as education and healthcare.
- Commitment To Kabul (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 30, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s two-day visit to Afghanistan has inaugurated a new era of understanding and cooperation between New Delhi and Kabul.
- Balancing Act (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2005)
India’s Afghan policy cannot ignore its ties with Pakistan
- Indian Mission Officials To Meet Sarabjit Singh Today (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 30, 2005)
Sarabjit's photograph from prison will be sent to New Delhi for verification
Consular access is the first stage
Sarabjit's lawyer might file a review petition
Pakistan refuses to comment on Salahuddin's plea
- Of Mangal Pandey And The Madras Army (Hindu, V.R. RAGHAVAN, Aug 30, 2005)
The Madras Army did not join the upheaval of 1857, but it had lit a fuse in Vellore.
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