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Articles 1421 through 1520 of 9735:
- Essence Of Mahabharatam To Be Spread All Over The State (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Seminars to be held at Rajahmundry, Warangal and Nellore
- Panel Submits Report On Chilkur Temple (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Chief Minister urged to make report public The Government constituted the committee after devotees resisted the move of the Endowments Department to take over the Chilkur Balaji temple.
- Pakistan Still Backs Terrorism: Patil (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Government has shared some information on terrorism with Pakistan
ISI providing logistical support to terror outfits such as Lashkar, Jaish.
- Be Humane To Refugees From Sri Lanka: Pucl (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Ongoing war a human rights violation: K.G. Kannabiran
- On The Wings Of “Bole So Nihal” (Tribune, Nirupama Dutt, Aug 24, 2006)
THE Malaysian Airlines late-night flight to Kuala Lumpur to Delhi is delayed by good 50 minutes because a number of passengers are still waiting in the long queues. Those on time start drowsing after the long rigmarole at the Indira Gandhi . . .
- God's Accessibility (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Every manifestation of the Almighty in this world is unique as the purpose for His descent varies.
- Pm Fails To Impress (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s defence of the Indo-US nuclear deal in Rajya Sabha last week may have earned him a lot of admirers and silenced both BJP and the Left, but Organiser is clearly not impressed.
- ‘Money Goes To Black Coat, White Coat And Thieves’ (Deccan Herald, CP Bhambhri, Aug 24, 2006)
Janardhan Reddy released 4 video CDs and 1 audio CD. While 3 video CDs showed the conversation (in Hindi & English) among the mine owners, exporters and a ‘sting’ operator, the audio CD . . .
- Ngos Should Practise What They Preach (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Aug 24, 2006)
NGO activity being largely voluntary, overheads in such organisations should be minimal.
- Nation & States: Iii (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 24, 2006)
UP's economic resurgence cannot be brought about merely by bringing into the state a few industrialists or entrepreneurs.
- Pecking Order (Indian Express, JAYA RAMANATHAN, Aug 24, 2006)
It started as a lark (pun intended!). We were at a friend’s house in Mumbai when a relative, a hep astrologer, came a-visiting. Like everybody in the room I gave him details of my birth and he pulled out a full-fledged horoscope from the computer.
- Wrong Signals (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 24, 2006)
His visit to the war shrine has again provoked neighbours.
- Mass Hysteria (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 24, 2006)
Miracles are born of blind faith and insecurity.
- Biblical Water System Found (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 24, 2006)
Archaeologists in Israel have unearthed an ancient water system which was modified by the conquering Persians to turn the desert into a paradise.
- Thailand Nets 175 North Koreans (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Thai police have arrested 175 North Koreans who illegally entered the country and were found hiding in an abandoned home in Bangkok, police said today. They are the largest group of North Koreans rounded up in Thailand.
- Archaeology And The Vedas (Daily Excelsior, Abhijit Pathak, Aug 24, 2006)
Harappan studies have reshaped our understanding of the urban efflorescence in South Asia.
- Alarm Bells (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 24, 2006)
It is high time that alarm bells started ringing in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Mumbai Gets Ready To Celebrate Ganeshotsav (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
As the ten-day Ganesha festival draws near, the idol-makers in the metropolis are busy giving final touches to the deity with a passionate zeal.
- Japan’S Ito Gets 1st Gauss Prize (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Japanese mathematician Mr Kiyoshi Ito has won the first Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize for Applications of Mathematics, the International Mathematical Union said.
- Organised Riots & Structured Violence In India (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 23, 2006)
What are called Hindu-Muslim riots in India are, in fact, more like pogroms, and have recently, in Gujarat and elsewhere, taken the form of genocidal massacres and local ethnic cleansing as well.
- Divine Will Inscrutable (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
A paradox that often confounds the common man is why even those who are righteous often face sorrows and moral dilemmas testing their fidelity to Dharma.
- Mysore City Development Plan To Be Submitted To Centre Soon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Revised plan will incorporate heritage component, says D.T. Jayakumar
CDP to be submitted within 60 days
This is necessary for JNNURM funds.
- Rail Concession Sought For Sabarimala Pilgrims (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Government urged to clear apprehensions of devotees .
- Democracy Wrestles With Clerical Authority (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Aug 23, 2006)
With a vibrant and often polarised political culture, Iran is arguably more tolerant of debate than many countries in the region. But there are also limits.
- Selling For A Song (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 23, 2006)
Could HRD Minister Arjun Singh have been so swayed by his own project to articulate state-authorised history texts that he actually thought he could escape the experience of his Congress party on holding any . . .
- Plutonic Debate (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 23, 2006)
What defines a planet is open to debate now.
- Graft: There’S A Way Out (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 23, 2006)
A TV channel recently held a debate on ‘How to prevent or stop corruption?’ Many distinguished speakers participated, including a minister. Many of the points that were made were purely academic in nature and nothing concrete emerged.
- Sticking To Sari (Deccan Herald, Sharada Prahladrao , Aug 23, 2006)
Blending traditional attires with modern requirements is a difficult task.
- Job Plan For 5,000 Youth In Naxal-Affected Villages (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Second batch of 20 youth sent for training .
- What’S Love Got To Do With Marriage? (Indian Express, BHAWANA SOMAAYA, Aug 23, 2006)
Death and love come unannounced...” says the patriarch in Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. After centuries of poetry and innumerable songs and films serenading romance, love remains life’s biggest mystery.
- Conventional And Nuclear Submartines (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 23, 2006)
The Indian Ocean has become a centre of big power naval rivalry. At any given time, anywhere "between" 20 to 30 nuclear submarines are on the prowl, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
- Iimc Says Pepsico Ceo Indra Nooyi Was An Average Student (Times of India, MUKUL SHARMA, Aug 23, 2006)
It's become fashionable to downplay the role of academic achievement while considering a person's success in later life.
- Flag Flutters Uncertainly (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Aug 23, 2006)
Four months after Nepal's third revolution, nothing has changed. But nothing is the same, either.
- When Shehnai Silenced The Sitar (Business Line, R.C. Rajamani, Aug 23, 2006)
It was a friendly battle between shehnai and sitar. And the pipe prevailed over the string.
- India Oks 18 Fdi Proposals Of $126 Mn (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
India on Tuesday approved 18 foreign investment proposals totalling Rs 5.86 billion including that of tea grower Assam Company Ltd and French fashion house Louis Vuitton Malletier.
- Al Qaeda May Have Been A Resort! (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economist, Aug 23, 2006)
In her sensational autobiography Diary of a Lost Girl, Sudanese poet-cum-novelist Kola Boof claims to have been Osama bin Laden’s sex slave and privy to his fantasies of wanting singer-actress Whitney Houston, to the extent of taking out her hubby . . .
- Milky Way (Tribune, Renu Bhardwaj, Aug 23, 2006)
Way back in 1995, when Ganesha obliged his devotees by drinking the milk offered to Him, I happened to be in Indonesia. “Didi, Lord Ganesha is drinking milk here in India. See if He favours you,” informed my younger sister Shobhna on phone from India.
- Britain Absorbs 4,27,000 Migrants (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Britain has received an estimated 4,27,000 migrants from the eight former communist states that joined the European Union in 2004, the British government announced today.
- Bhadarwah, Wah, Wah! (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 23, 2006)
Nobody should grudge Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad the satisfaction of exploring tourism potential of Bhadarwah.
- A `Lip-Package' For Farmers? (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Aug 23, 2006)
Farmers all over the country, particularly those from Vidarbha and other regions with high incidence of suicides, were hoping that the Prime Minister, in his Independence Day speech, would try and explain what had gone wrong with his package and . . .
- Institutional Sub-Literacy (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 22, 2006)
Sarva Sikhsha Abhiyan a colossal failure
- ‘Nimage Ellarigu Aadarada Swagatha’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Kalam took the audience by surprise by starting his speech in Kannada. “Nimage Ellarigu Aadarada Swagatha,” he said to a rousing applause...
- July-August In Memory (Pioneer, K Govindan Kutty , Aug 22, 2006)
We forget some freedom fighters who never figured in any history book, but played an important role in our struggle for independence
- No Golden Rules (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 22, 2006)
Rituals, as the manifest pillar of religion, must, and do, evolve with time. But not often does change mark a significant departure from the very philosophy of the religion.
- Abridged Magnum Opus Of Desika (Hindu, M. Narasimhachary , Aug 22, 2006)
Srimad Rahasyathraya Sara is the magnum opus of the post-Ramanuja polymath, Vedanta Desika. This work in Manipravala style, comprises 32 chapters called Adhikaras.
- Man Of Wisdom (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
A spiritual seeker can progress on the spiritual path only with the guidance of a preceptor.
- The Magic Shehnai (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 22, 2006)
Ustad Bismillah Khan (March 21, 1916-August 21, 2006) represented the bridge between classical music as nurtured in the royal courts and its popular version presented on proscenium stages of the world. His contributions were many.
- A Gold Mine Waiting To Be Tapped (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Aug 22, 2006)
There is a large market for Hindi films in China that can be exploited.
- 11 Charged For `Plot' Under Britain's Terror Laws (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Aug 22, 2006)
Scale of investigations `immense' and it will take months to sift through material, says Metropolitan Police official
- Mass Hysteria (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 22, 2006)
Miracles are born of blind faith and insecurity.
- Wrong Signals (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 22, 2006)
His visit to the war shrine has again provoked neighbours.
- A Peru Link To A Roman Numeral In India? (Deccan Herald, Harsh Kabra, Aug 22, 2006)
A feature on a hillock in Kutch district, Gujarat, has got archaeologists excited about a possible link to signs found in Peru.
- 200 Ancient Coins Discovered (Tribune, Ruchika M. Khanna, Aug 22, 2006)
A chance discovery of over 200 ancient coins, weighing about 800gs, from Mahendragarh district is likely to throw fresh light on the history of some of the ruling Hindu dynasties in India, before the advent of the Muslim period.
- Bismillah! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 22, 2006)
Very few people live up to be 90. Even fewer embellish the nine decades given to them with so much of talent and genius as Bismillah Khan, who died on Monday morning, did. No words can evaluate his contribution to music.
- Women Can Enter Sabarimala Shrine: Kerala Govt (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Reiterating his stand that the CPI (M)-led LDF government in Kerala was not opposed to allowing women entry into the Sabarimala shrine, state Devaswom Minister G Sudhakaran on Monday said he was not aware of Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan's remarks . ..
- Coleridge Presides In British Library (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
The British Library has bought a valuable archive from the family of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, one of England’s leading Romantic poets, that portrays the clan’s affectionate view of its “presiding genius”.
- Quota Issue: Divisive Responses In North & South India (Pioneer, K Venkataramanan, Aug 22, 2006)
Sometimes, divisive issues invite divided responses. At other times, responses like strikes and protests tend to make issues seem divisive, even when they are not.
- Saving Tirumala (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 22, 2006)
The Andhra Pradesh Government's decision to bring in a law to prohibit the preaching of any religion other than Hinduism on the seven sacred hills of Tirumala, famous for the temple of Lord Venkateswara, is a welcome move to nip evangelical . . .
- Religion As Currency (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Aug 22, 2006)
Archbishop Mar Varkey Vithayathil recently startled India's intellectual elite with his call for more babies to arrest the decline of Kerala's Catholic community.
- Memoirs Of A Diplomat (Hindu, R. K. Raghavan , Aug 22, 2006)
A British ambassador's candid and controversial account laying bare the underside of the `war on terror'
- Ustad Bismillah Khan Dies, Aged 90 (Hindu, Atiq Khan, Aug 22, 2006)
``He gave a new meaning to shehnai and did not go abroad in search of greener pastures'' .
- Indians Rush To Temples To Feed ‘Thirsty’ Idols (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Thousands of people flocked to temples across India on Monday following reports that idols of Hindu gods were drinking milk given by devotees as sacred offerings, witnesses said. Teenagers, adults and the aged stood in long lines with garlands . . .
- Sabarimala Row Hots Up (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
The CPM and the LDF Government seem to be bracing for a showdown on the issue of changing the custom barring women between 10 and 50 years of age from the Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa temple.
- Who Has The Right To Question Your Choices? (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Aug 22, 2006)
Some of the most baffling questions in history have been asked by so-called religious liberals. I was at a private gathering recently where a person was talking about Islam when, for some reason or connection which I must have missed, a member of . . .
- End Of An Era: Ustad Bismillah Khan Passes Away (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
Shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan died of cardiac arrest in the wee hours on Monday.
- India Must Show The Way (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Aug 21, 2006)
The war against terror continues and we are seeing 'new' innovative methods being deployed by terrorist groups.
- Rajasthan Govt Begins Documenting Sites To Protect Heritage Wealth (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
Eager to protect its historic wealth from smugglers and looters, the Rajasthan government has launched a huge survey to document all heritage sites spread across the state.
- Fasting Or Feasting, The Choice Is Yours (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 21, 2006)
Fasting has long been considered an integral part of Jainism. It plays an important role in a monk's code of conduct. Many Jains fast on a regular basis, especially during Paryushan. Fasting destroys negative karma, helps us to come to terms with . . .
- Ganesha Drinking Milk Again (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
In a re-run of the September 1995 frenzy when Ganesha idols were said to be drinking milk offered to them, devotees reportedly thronged temples on Sunday night, making similar claims. This time, however, all idols were reported to be drinking milk.
- Paryushan Parva (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 21, 2006)
The real purpose of the Paryushan is to purify our soul by staying
closer to our own soul,
to look at our faults, to ask for forgiveness for the mistakes we have committed, and take vows to minimise our faults.
- A Conventional Approach Still (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Aug 21, 2006)
The Eleventh Plan Approach Paper has been accused of departing from conventional wisdom. But it has not departed enough. The critical issues it lists are all chronic sores that innovation, not conventional wisdom, can solve. But the Approach has no . . .
- A Peru Link To A Roman Numeral In India? (Deccan Herald, Harsh Kabra, Aug 21, 2006)
A feature on a hillock in Kutch district, Gujarat, has got archaeologists excited about a possible link to signs found in Peru.
- Sai Baba Temple In Thackeray Line Of Fire (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
Shiv Sena chief Mr Bal Thackeray today flayed the management of the famous Sai Baba Temple at Shirdi for their plan to order a new golden throne for the much-revered saint at a cost of Rs 22 crore.
- Feeble Voice To Fight (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 21, 2006)
Residents of Premdasa Nagar, in absence of state support, have rented their premises and taken to drinking in distress, says Rahul Ramagundam.
- After Mahim Miracle, Idols 'Drink' Milk (Pioneer, PTI, Aug 21, 2006)
After the record crowd turnout at Mumbai's Mahim locality to taste "sweet" water of the Arabian Sea, thousands of people on Sunday night thronged temples across Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Bihar and Punjab to watch deities of Goddess Durga and . . .
- Mp Pay Packets (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 21, 2006)
It was possibly inevitable that the salaries and allowances of members of parliament were upwardly revised, that exercise takes place every five years.
- Bal Thackeray Against Golden Throne For Sai Baba At Shirdi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
The Shirdi Sai Baba Temple Trust's plan to install a Rs. 22-crore golden throne for the saint has evoked sharp criticism from Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray, who said the money should be used for welfare purposes.
- Maintain Status Quo At Sabarimala: Anita Nair (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
`Why put women through unnecessary hustle and bustle?'
- Parivartan Gurukul Wins Iskcon Trophy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
Parivartan Gurukul of Hubli won the rolling trophy for the overall best performance during the weeklong "ISKCON Heritage Fest" conducted by the Hubli-Dharwad branch of ISKCON.
- Emissaries Of God (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
Time and again great preceptors are born to bring about a spiritual awakening in people and to facilitate the transfer of knowledge in undiluted form through generations.
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