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Articles 1121 through 1220 of 9735:
- For The Royal Patrons (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
The murals of an 18th century temple in Karnataka reveal an interesting stage in the development of the art.
- Off The Beaten Track (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Companies like the Mumbai-based Soulitudes are trying to redefine the notion of `holidays' and `responsible' tourism.
- Men Smarter Than Women: Study (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Women all over may not like it, but it has been proved that men are smarter than women.
- Doubts Surface Amongst Beleaguered Israelis (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 10, 2006)
Deep frustration in Palestine and humiliating failure in Lebanon. So is Israel doing a rethink? It takes time for the official leadership to change gear but it is a fair guess that some second thoughts are beginning to make their way among the less . . .
- Overriding Terror (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 10, 2006)
A dazed Malegaon, which just saw two blasts inside and outside a mosque kill 38 and injure hundreds, can read the signals just as well as the rest of the nation.
- Hc Strikes Down Act On Temples (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 09, 2006)
A division bench comprising Justice R Gururajan and Justice C R Kumaraswamy struck down the Act stating that the legislation violated Articles 14, 25 and 26 of the Constitution which provided for right to equality, freedom of conscience and freedom . . .
- Peace Call On Pm Lips (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Amid fears that the Malegaon blasts might trigger sectarian clashes, the Centre today asked the states to tighten vigil and take religious leaders into confidence to maintain peace.
- India-Pakistan Peace Process On ‘Life Support’, Needs Revival (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Sep 09, 2006)
The India-Pakistan peace process, which has been on “life support” for some time, needs to be revived, three leading South Asia experts suggested here on Friday.
- Another Case Registered Against Absconding ‘Baba’ (Tribune, Varinder Walia, Sep 09, 2006)
The absconding baba of Kar Seva Wale, Amrik Singh, got into more trouble today when the Patiala police found documents pertaining to the purchase of prime land in parts of Punjab and bank accounts in the name of the culprits.
- Flowers And Guns (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 09, 2006)
Guns and roses or, for that matter, flowers and insurgency, are an incongruous combination. But in Mizoram, the two are intertwined, as if destined to be made for each other.
- Iraqi Govt Closes Al-Arabiya Office As 10 Killed In Violence (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
The Iraqi government has ordered Arabic satellite network Al-Arabiya to shut down its Baghdad operations for one month, state television reported.
- Tirumala Temple Closed For Lunar Eclipse (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
Shrine to be thrown open to public for darshan of the Lord at 9.30 a.m. today
- Plan To Develop Ananthagiri Hills Into Tourist Resort (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
Development to be complementary to Anantha Padmanabha Swamy temple; TB sanatorium not to be disturbed
- `Expedite Works In Theerthamalai Temple Before September 30' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
Collector M. Chandrasekaran instructed PWD officials to expedite the development works in Theerthamalai temple in Harur taluk before September 30.
- Hyderabad Boy Makes It To Guinness (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
The wonder kid has finally done it. Eleven-year-old Nishchal Narayanam has got an entry into the Guinness Book of World Records in the `Most Random Objects Memorised' category.
- Breaking Korea’S Glass Ceiling (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
Being a “first” in anything is not easy, let alone being a woman breaking the glass ceiling in any area. Ms Kim Hong-nam, the first woman and non-archeologist appointed director of the National Museum of Korea, has been one of the . . .
- Racism New And Old (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 08, 2006)
When Iraqi Sunni terrorists killed 11 Pakistani and three Indian Shia pilgrims on the same bus to Karbala the other day, they did not check passports or wait to hear discourses from their victims about the validity of Jinnah's Two-Nations . . .
- 'The Anti-Quota Attitude Is Over' (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 08, 2006)
Veerappa Moily, a veteran Congress leader from Karnataka, became chief minister of the state briefly during 1992-94 and was credited with cleaning up the administration.
- Nepal Commission To Question King Gyanendra (Press Trust of India, Shirish B Pradhan, Sep 08, 2006)
An inquiry commission will question Nepal King Gyanendra for his role in supressing the pro-democracy protests in April, the first time that a monarch will be probed in the history of Nepal.
- Advani Releases Booklet Flaying Muslims Over Tricolour (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
A booklet released by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L K Advani here on Thursday has targeted Indian Muslims over the national flag.
- Sins Of The Father (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 08, 2006)
t is impossible not to sympathise with Mr Veerappa Moily, the chairman of the Oversight Committee on Reservations and former Chief Minister of Karnataka, as he battles the street-level threats and plain bullying of . . .
- Unsung Hero In A Time Warp (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 08, 2006)
At a time when the nation is going to celebrate the 150th anniversary of First War of Independence of 1857 next year, it is propitious to remember the sacrifices of martyrs of the freedom struggle. Jatindranath Mukherjee, popularly known as Bagha . . .
- Progress At What Cost? (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Sep 08, 2006)
The government is concerned about statistics and graphs on GDP but not greenery and the welfare of people.
- God With Thee, Within Thee (Deccan Herald, K Hussain , Sep 08, 2006)
In a beautiful devotional song sung by Saint Kabir, God tells a devotee an eternal truth about the futility of trying to seek Him in the out-side world:
- Manic Development (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Sep 08, 2006)
Money, more aptly, the mafia, with the help of corrupt public servants, is destroying our national heritage in the shape of forests and fields. This is supposed to be modernisation.
- Empower People For Education And Enterprise, Says Chidambaram (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
There is still discrimination, denial of opportunity on the basis of caste'
- Not Out Of Joint (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 08, 2006)
It says much for the sense of propriety that inspires The Times that in 1990 it deleted from the obituary of a gardening journalist called Peter Coats the suggestion that as ADC in Delhi to Lord Wavell he had been the viceroy’s gay lover.
- A Few More Myths Cracked (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
To the post 9/11 Western world, Islam has almost become synonymous with terrorism.
- A Killing Death Rite (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Sep 08, 2006)
And what about us?” she asked suddenly. “What do we do?”
- Paris In Drink Trouble (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
Celebrity Paris Hilton was arrested in Hollywood early today for suspected drunk driving, but she said the incident had been blown out of proportion and that she may have been speeding to get a late-night burger.
- Another Relic Goes (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 08, 2006)
The only surprise about the collapse of outer wall of the Maharani Charak wing of the Mubarak Mandi complex of palaces is that it has happened too late.
- Made Over By Succession (Indian Express, KUMAR KETKAR , Sep 08, 2006)
There is incidental symmetry in Supriya Sule’s decision to file her nomination papers for Rajya Sabha.
- National Legacy: Arjun Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
Whether one wants to sing it or not is one's prerogative: Aiyar
- Vande Mataram & Muslim Voice (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 07, 2006)
The Organiser has resurrected former Union Minister Arif Mohammed Khan in its latest issue.
- Pride & Power (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 07, 2006)
Where egoism exists, Thou are not experienced, Where Thou art, is not egoism. You who are learned, expound in your mind. This inexpressible proposition.
Adi Granth, Maru-ki-Var
- Superstitious Seconds (Indian Express, SAPNA SHARMA, Sep 07, 2006)
There is nothing miraculous about Ganesha statues sipping milk, or sea water turning sweet at beaches during the rainy season. But most of us have our little superstitions.
- Japanese Princess Gives Birth To Long-Awaited Boy (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
Japan’s Princess Kiko today gave birth to the royal family’s first boy in more than 40 years, easing a succession crisis and silencing calls to let a woman lead the world’s oldest monarchy.
- Cycle Of Desires And Aspirations (The Economic Times, PARAMAHAMSA NITHYANANDA, Sep 07, 2006)
A miracle happened in the life of a stone cutter. A fairy appeared before him and told him, “From today, you will become whoever and whatever you would like to be.” The stone cutter had always wanted to be rich, very rich and he wished he could . . .
- Pakistan Vows To Help Kabul Crush Taliban (Reuters, SAYED SALAHUDDIN, Sep 07, 2006)
Pakistan, criticised by some Afghan leaders over cross-border infiltration by the Taliban, vowed on Wednesday to help its neighbour fight terrorism as Afghanistan battles its worst violence in five years.
- India's Downtrodden Disabled Find Power In The Law (Reuters, Daniel Sorid , Sep 07, 2006)
When disabled Hindu worshippers in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu were blocked from entering temples with their wheelchairs and crutches, Meenakshi Balasubramanian knew she had the law on her side.
- Man Who Taught Us To Love Crocodiles (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Sep 07, 2006)
Conservationists and wild life enthusiasts like Steve Irwin set a fine example of courage and concern for all to see, says Anuradha Dutt .
- Importance Of Being Irwin (Times of India, ANAND SOONDAS, Sep 07, 2006)
Chief Seattle's 1854 letter to 'The Great White Chief in Washington' said: 'How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land?
- Musharraf Vows To Help Kabul Crush Taliban (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
Says Pakistan and Afghanistan must work together to fight common enemy
Discusses drug trade, economic ties with Karzai.
- Coalition Woes In Jammu And Kashmir (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Sep 07, 2006)
The Congress and the PDP are trapped in a miserable but mutually profitable marriage.
- Bush Irrelevant, Says Iran President (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday responded to a harsh verbal attack from US President George W. Bush by saying he was "nothing" compared to God’s will.
- Song & The Singer (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 07, 2006)
After the ministry formation in 1937, the tension between Hindus and Muslims peaked in united Bengal. Fazlul Haq was the chief minister of Bengal and the Congress did not join his coalition government in spite of Haq’s keen desire.
- Temple Razed, Complaints Filed Against Mining Firms (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
The blasting of the Sugulammadevi Temple on top of a hill with rich deposits of iron ore near Honnali tanda in Bellary taluk on Karnataka-Andhra Pradesh border has given rise to a new controversy.
- Nation's Pride Or National Disgrace? (Pioneer, Saugar Sengupta, Sep 07, 2006)
Outrageous though it may sound the paternal house of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee at Kathalpara in North 24 Parganas where the writer created Vande Mataram was in a state of neglect till 1999.
- Host Of Programmes On Guru Jayanthi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
Sree Narayana Gurudeva Jayanthi will be celebrated with different programmes in the city, on Thursday. Various organisations and associations are conducting the celebrations collectively.
- Afghanistan: No Ray Of Hope (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Sep 06, 2006)
The main groups of ... conspiratorial paramilitary organisations are fighting against the Afghan people from bases and strongholds in Pakistan and Iran...”
- Grecian Impressions (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
Wander through enchanted, poppy-animated landscapes of Greece, steeped in myth, culture and history.
- Bhutan Rehearses For Election 2008 (Pioneer, Syed Zarir Hussain, Sep 06, 2006)
Bhutan is holding a three-day mock election on Thursday to prepare its officials and citizens ahead of the first general elections in 2008 when the Himalayan kingdom shifts from monarchy to parliamentary democracy.
- Row Over New Nepal Army Chief (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
A controversial general, who has received both bouquets and brick bats, was named the new chief of Nepal’s army today even as human rights activists sent an SOS to UN secretary-general Mr Kofi Annan, asking him to call for the officer’s ouster.
- India's Downtrodden Disabled Find Power In The Law (Reuters, Daniel Sorid , Sep 06, 2006)
When disabled Hindu worshippers in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu were blocked from entering temples with their wheelchairs and crutches, Meenakshi Balasubramanian knew she had the law on her side.
- Abode Of Compassion (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
The Supreme Being is the abode of infinite auspicious qualities.
- Teachers Are Builders Of Society, Says Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
Over 300 teachers receive awards; President goes down memory lane
Important to instil values in children at the primary, secondary level
Administers oath to award-winning teachers
Sarva Shikshya Abhiyan has reduced the problem of drop-outs: . . .
- Mrts Tarnaka-Hi-Tec City Route Realigned (Hindu, V. Geetanath, Sep 06, 2006)
Greenlands-Punjagutta-Banjara Hills-Jubilee Hills route to be avoided
Line 3 of about 21 kilometres realigned
Line 1 is Miyapur-Chaitanyapuri and Line 2 is Secunderabad-Falaknuma.
- Saradgi To Head Office Of Profit Jpc (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
Karnataka's Iqbal Ahmed Saradgi has been appointed the chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee to suggest a comprehensive definition of `office of profit.'
- Magnificence Restored (Hindu, S. MUTHIAH , Sep 06, 2006)
How Chennai's Senate House, a beautiful landmark building in the Indo-Saracenic style, was restored to its original glory.
- Do Not Ignore The God Within (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 06, 2006)
Most of us feel bored at some point of time everyday and we feel that we have to entertain ourselves to remove this boredom either through phone calls, meeting friends, watching movies or just hanging around in crowded places.
- Basadis Beckoning (Deccan Herald, Shashidhar, Sep 06, 2006)
A naive passerby with a little sense of beauty will never go without marvelling at this architectural grandeur situated on the main street of Moodabidri. And if you have a little penchant for aesthetics, then this Tribhuvana Tilaka Chudamani . . .
- When Napoleon Won At Waterloo (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 05, 2006)
Napoleon won the battle of Waterloo. The German Wehrmacht won World War II. The United States won in Vietnam, and the Soviets in Afghanistan. The Zealots won against the Romans, and Ehud Olmert won the Second Lebanon War.
- Principles Of True Teaching (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 05, 2006)
The first principle of true teaching is that nothing can be taught.
- Science Festival (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 05, 2006)
Charles dickens pilloried it as the Mudfog Association for the Advancement of Everything. Samuel Taylor Coleridge attended the 1833 meeting and challenged the use of the term “philosopher”.
- Draft National Policy For Farmers: Seeking An Ever-Green Revolution (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Sep 05, 2006)
The 48-page draft National Policy for Farmers is comprehensive, with its suggestions, recommendations and guidelines covering all aspects of, and activities related to, agriculture.
- States To Get Lesson On Terror (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
With jehadi outfits seeking to move beyond J&K to include states like Maharashtra, Karnataka and eastern UP in their terror network, PM Manmohan Singh will sensitise chief ministers on the growing need for states to crack down on local conduits and . . .
- Delight Or Despair? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 05, 2006)
Four flood-related photographs in this newspaper on Monday tell the same tale but in its varied dimensions. One is of "Har ki Pauri" --- a replica of much-revered ancient place of worship of the same name in Haridwar --- at the foothills of . . .
- Illusion As Reality (Pioneer, K Govindan Kutty , Sep 05, 2006)
In Kinfra, a new kind of research is underway to rediscover India's magical past and dazzle people with illusion and meta-reality
- Tourism Office's Awareness Walk (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
The Tourism Office organised an awareness walk to foster national unity and social harmony to mark the National Integration and Communal Harmony Week in the city on Saturday and Monday.
- Pm Expresses Pain Over Ujjain Professor’S Death (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
Addressing award-winning teachers here today, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, said he was pained to hear the death of a professor in Ujjain last week at the hands of “unruly students”.
- Pilgrim Centres (Hindu, C. L. Ramakrishnan , Sep 05, 2006)
Part I: Mahadevan Sankaranarayanan; Copies can be had from the author, Plot No. 460, 24th Street, Ashtalakshmi Nagar, Alapakkam, Chennai-600016. Rs. 450.
- Do Not Forget `Teacher Is God' Concept, Says Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
Upset by incidents of disrespectful behaviour towards teachers, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday urged every citizen of the country to chant "the ancient words of wisdom" — `Acharya Devo Bhava' (teacher is god) — on Teachers Day this year.
- Thiruvonathoni Sets Off For Aranmula Temple (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
With vegetables and provisions for Onam feast
- Arms Consignment: Nepal Denies Reports (Hindu, Ameet Dhakal, Sep 05, 2006)
Nepal's Home Minister on Monday denied media reports in India and Nepal that a Nepal-bound Ukrainian plane with an arms consignment had landed in Ahmedabad.
- Ananthagiri Hills To Be Developed Into Resort (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
Development to be complementary to Anantha Padmanabha Swamy temple
Global tenders to be issued shortly to construct hotels, eateries and cottages
Buddha Vanam project at Nagarjunasagar completed 75%
Museum at venue to be mainstay of project.
- International Focus On The Disabled (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 05, 2006)
The United Nations General Assembly is scheduled to adopt the International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities — the first human rights treaty of this century — at its 61st annual . . .
- Conquer Anger (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
Desire and anger are said to be twin deterrents to spiritual progress and hence the importance given in spiritual tradition to overcoming them. But, it is easier said than done as can be seen even in the case of sages of great penance falling . . .
- Hundreds Attend Uthrada Sadya At Sabarimala (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
The Uthrada-sadya, hosted by meslanthi M.Sukumaran Namboodiri, was held at Sabarimala with religious fervour on Monday.
- Blessed Are The Pure In Heart (The Economic Times, K VIJAYARAGHAVAN, Sep 04, 2006)
The great Tamil saint, Valluvar, wrote many years back: “Purity of mind is the greatest religion and virtue; all others are vain show” (Kural: 34). Innumerable are the exhortations in both ancient wisdom and modern management concepts on the need . . .
- Keep It Up (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 04, 2006)
It is to be welcomed that Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, his predecessor Farooq Abdullah, moderate Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Moulvi Umar Farooq and Jammu-Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Yasin Malik have been seen together at . . .
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