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Articles 2221 through 2320 of 9735:
- Three Badges Of Honour (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 17, 2006)
Zidane deserves to be judged by human laws which go far beyond the Fifa guidelines, writes Jay Bhattacharjee in an open letter to . . .
- Bank Wins Award (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
The Union Bank of India has been awarded the Reserve Bank Rajbhasa Shield for 2004-05 in all the relevant linguistic regions.
- No Troop Cut In J&k As Long As Pak Helps Terrorists' (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
India today ruled out reduction in troops in Jammu and Kashmir until Pakistan keeps its promise of not allowing its territory to be used by terrorists against it.
- A Faultline In Pashupati-To-Tirupati Red Zone (Pioneer, ASHOK MALIK, Jul 17, 2006)
salwa judum: ---- Far from the terror-struck trains of Mumbai, deep in the jungles of the age-old Dandkaranya region, the doughty tribals of middle India are already showing the way: Waging their own war against terror.
- Mumbai Sleuths See Varanasi Connection, Seek Up Cops Aid (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
Striking similarities between the recent Varanasi and Mumbai blasts have come to the fore following forensic reports on last Tuesday's serial blasts in Mumbai.
- Tourists Threaten Potala Palace (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
Forty-years ago during the Cultural Revolution, it took an edict from China’s then Premier Zhou Enlai to protect the Potala Palace from the destruction of the infamous Red Guards.
- Indian Soldier’S Family Among 31 Feared Dead In Mudslide (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
Five members of an Indian Army soldier, Hom Bahadur Pun, were among the 31 people who were feared killed in western Nepal after a mudslide triggered by incessant rain since last week buried their tiny village on Friday
- Pranab Rules Out Troops Withdrawal (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
India has ruled out troops withdrawal from Line of Control until Pakistan stops sponsoring cross-border terrorism in the Valley.
- Have Faith (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 17, 2006)
Faith is composed of the heart's intention. Light comes through faith. Through faith men come to prayer, Faith in the morning, faith at noon and at the setting of the sun. O Faith, give us faith!
Rig Veda
- Advani Wants Pota Revived (Hindu, Lalit Shastri, Jul 17, 2006)
"Blasts are unprecedented and executed with military precision"
- Infiltration Continues Unabated (Daily Excelsior, J N Raina, Jul 17, 2006)
Islamic terrorism is ever on the rise. Willy-nilly, India has now become the entrepot of terrorism, which is well entrenched and 'flourishing' fast in the Muslim-dominated regions, where Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency has spread its tentacles.
- Pm Seeks Firm Commitment From Pak On Terrorism (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
Sending a tough message, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today demanded a "firm commitment" from Pakistan backed by "action on the ground" that its territory will not be used to support terror acts directed against India.
- Systems Overload (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 17, 2006)
The Mumbai blasts have exposed the weakness of the communications network in the country. If you had any friends or family in Mumbai on 7/11, you will know how the telephone network all but collapsed that day.
- Pak Terror Tap On, No Troop Cut In J-K (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee today ruled out any withdrawal of troops from the Jammu and Kashmir border until Pakistan keeps its committment of not allowing terrorists to operate from its soil.
- Pedalling To Konark (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
These days I find I have contracted that tried and tested disease that infects most travellers at one time or another, that of temple fatigue.
- Getting Help To Remember Passwords (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 17, 2006)
What happens once you've selected a master password depends on the software.
- Trouble In Londonistan (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, Jul 16, 2006)
The London Transport bombings of July 2005 prompted no less than eight surveys of Muslim opinion in the United Kingdom within the year.
- Vadodara To Bhiwandi (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Jul 16, 2006)
If anyone throws stones at policemen, we will answer them with bullets." That was no Narendra 'Milosevic' Modi defending Gujarat Police for firing that resulted in the death of two Muslims in Vadodara.
- Raja Rao: The Man (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2006)
C N Srinath reminisces about Raja Rao, a dear family friend and a warm-hearted, serious man.
- Blasts Trigger Taj Mahal Security (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2006)
High threat perception to sensitive places in the wake of the serial blasts in Mumbai could well leave a scar on the Taj Mahal. The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) wants to place porta cabins at all the three visitor entry gates at the . . .
- Tourism Has A Monumental Plan (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2006)
The Government plans to prepare an inventory of monuments across the country and prepare a task force for their protection, renovation and maintenance.
- Terror In Times Of Political Correctness (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Jul 16, 2006)
It has long been my view that political correctness is dangerous and usually harms those people and ideas it seeks in a muddled liberal fashion to protect.
- Beauty At The Back Of Beyond (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2006)
Kakadu combines fecund beauty, mercurial temperament and loads of adventure.
- In The Bradman Class (Hindu, GIRIDHAR KHASNIS, Jul 16, 2006)
The mathematical genius who discovered Ramanujan retained an undying interest in the game of cricket.
"Poetry is more valuable than cricket, but Bradman would be a fool if he sacrificed his cricket in order to write second-rate minor poetry (and I . . .
- Hampi Endangered No More (Hindu, Mandira Nayar, Jul 16, 2006)
The threat to Hampi in Karnataka seems to have passed with UNESCO's World Heritage Committee now taking it off the list of endangered sites.
- Heritage And Cosmos (Hindu, Meena Menon, Jul 16, 2006)
Bern hosts a brilliant special exhibition on a man who changed the world in a way few have.
- `Odhuvar' Held For Attempting To Recite Tamil Hymns Inside Temple (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2006)
Court order prohibits him from entering the temple
Tamil activists and political parties supported the odhuvar
Police rounded them up citing the Munsif Court order and invoking Section 151 of Indian Penal Code
- Motormen Recall The Day Terror Struck Their Trains (Hindu, Meena Menon, Jul 16, 2006)
They never knew blasts were synchronised
Co-passengers, train drivers swung into action instantaneously
Reeling under the blast effect, motorman visits religious shrines
- Tamil-Brahmi Inscription On Pottery Found In Thailand (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2006)
The presence of the characteristic letterRaconfirms that the language is Tamil
- Back To 1996 And Beyond (OutLook, B. Raman , Jul 16, 2006)
Last July, Pakistan reversed its strategy of not targeting Indian territory outside J&K with terror attacks in Ayodhya, Delhi, Bangalore, Varanasi and now Mumbai. Time to go back to the pre-Gujral policy of letting the intelligence agencies do the needful
- Ancient Buddhist Temple Razed In Himachal Blaze (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2006)
A fire in a 1,000-year-old Buddhist temple in a remote valley of Himachal Pradesh has reduced the pinewood-structure to ashes and also destroyed a number of scriptures, artefacts and murals, officials said.
- Blast Victim Reunited With His Parents (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
This is all part of life, but we have to face them and move on, survivor tells Manmohan Singh
- Hoax Calls Keep Cops On Their Toes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Security at important buildings, institutions and installations across Capital stepped up
Akshardham temple, Red Fort, Anand Vihar ISBT target of calls
RAF deployed; cyber cell of Delhi police alerted
- Mandalabishekam At Shirdi Sai Baba Temple (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Aarti performed at noon followed by annadhanam to devotees
- Hoax Terror Calls Send Cops In A Tizzy (Tribune, Ravi Bhatia, Jul 15, 2006)
Several hoax calls late last night and in the small hours of the morning claiming that powerful explosives had been planted in several public places in the Capital sent the Delhi Police as well as other security agencies into tizzy adding to the . . .
- Attaching To Detachment (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Though it is imperative that an individual has to gain insight into one's essential nature, it is a difficult and demanding process.
- Primary Education For The Poor (Hindu, V.R. Krishna Iyer, Jul 15, 2006)
Primary education should be a right of the have-nots, not a purchase of the rich.
- Bomb Hoaxes Keep Delhi Police On Toes (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Bomb calls, all confirmed hoax later, at three places, including the famous Akshardham Temple in the Capital, kept the police and security agencies on their toes.
- Trouble In Londonistan (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, Jul 15, 2006)
The London Transport bombings of July 2005 prompted no less than eight surveys of Muslim opinion in the United Kingdom within the year.
- Oil-Rich Brunei Must Diversify, Sultan Says In Birthday Speech (Khaleej Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah used his birthday speech on Saturday to call for economic diversification to ensure continued prosperity in the tiny oil-rich . . .
- G8 Summit Costs Russia Nearly 400 Million Dollars (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Preparations for a summit of the Group of Eight leading industrialised nations in St Petersburg this weekend have cost Russia 10.7 billion roubles (398 million dollars), a senior summit official has told a Russian newspaper.
- Iraq's Helpless Government (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Once again, Iraqis fear their country may be slipping toward civil war as a particularly gruesome and deadly series of sectarian massacres and countermassacres spins out of control with the country's new national unity government looking on almost . . .
- Vadodara To Bhiwandi (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Jul 15, 2006)
If anyone throws stones at policemen, we will answer them with bullets." That was no Narendra 'Milosevic' Modi defending Gujarat Police for firing that resulted in the death of two Muslims in Vadodara.
- Further Fatuity (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 15, 2006)
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee must be regretting the retention of Subhas Chakraborty in the seventh Left Front ministry primarily on the intervention of Jyoti Basu.
- Of Undying Friendship (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jul 15, 2006)
Roads and railways are the sinews of empire.
- Some Clues On Calls, But Rdx A Riddle (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Security agencies investigating the Mumbai train blasts suggested today that they were close to a breakthrough, and the home ministry is expected to make an announcement soon.
- Temple In Ayodhya Searched For Explosives (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
All major temples in Ayodhya are being searched for possible hidden explosives in the wake of Tuesday's massive train blasts in Mumbai.
- Hoax Bomb Threats Keep Delhi Police Busy (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
A couple of hoax bomb threats, including one at the Akshardham Temple complex, on Friday kept the Delhi Police on their toes as they conducted futile searches in several places of the capital.
- The Peace Process Has Ended (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Not only 190 innocent people have been killed in Tuesday’s tragedy in Mumbai, under the debris of the serial blasts lies buried the peace process that had been going on for some time to usher in a new era on the sub-continent. It will be difficult . . .
- Indo-Pak Peace: New Process, Old Approach (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 14, 2006)
Colombo, the Sri Lankan capital city, is just the right place for Pakistanis, Indians and Kashmiris to meet and discuss Kashmir. It is neutral, friendly, exotic, and one also feels at home when it comes to violence and suicide bombings.
- Friday Feature: Nature And Knowledge (Dawn, Prof Mohammed Rafi, Jul 14, 2006)
The Holy Quran stresses that only those activities have intrinsic worth which are beneficial to mankind (13:17).
- Nature Of The Self (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
The truth of existence lies beyond the knowledge gained from books or learnt from scholars and is only realised in the consciousness. This realisation leads to bliss. The liberated soul who is aware of the Truth has the mind and desires under control.
- Keeping Peace: Will The Spirit Of Bombay Rise To The Challenge? (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Jul 14, 2006)
Bombay entered July with a lot of premonition. Vivid still were the memories of 26/7, when the metropolis nearly drowned in a demonic downpour and over 400 people died then and the days that followed.
- Electric Buses To Hit Mysore Roads (Deccan Herald, Kavitha Kushalappa, Jul 14, 2006)
Mysore will not have to wait for Bangalore-like traffic chaos to happen. Advanced public transport options are already under consideration and in the running is electric trolleys.
- Will We Ever Win The War On Terror? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Jul 14, 2006)
To understand the hollowness of the political outrage at what happened at rush hour in Mumbai on 7/11, all we need to do is look at one damning statistic.
- E-Governance For Convenience (Deccan Herald, S Raghunath, Jul 14, 2006)
Computers can make office work simpler, but can't change attitudes
- For This Officer, Espionage & Indian History Go Together (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
What is the significance of the picture of Alexander the Great or that of the Great Bath of Mohenjaro lying cheek by jowl in a power-point presentation on Pakistan . . .
- In Up, Simi Not Terrorist Organisation: Mulayam (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Virtually giving a clean chit to the banned extremist organisation, Students Islamic Movement of . . .
- Bjp, Rewind (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 14, 2006)
The BJP now plans to do what all smart opposition parties must: make the ruling UPA alliance squirm over its abject failure to prevent the serial horror of Mumbai 7/11.
- It's War By Any Other Name (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert described what is happening in Lebanon as saying. "This is an act of war."
- Agenda At St Petersburg (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 14, 2006)
G7 countries must watch out for Moscow's charm offensive and ask Russian leaders to further democratise, writes Alec van Gelder
- Cause Of Central Asia Conflict (Daily Excelsior, Tanveer Jafri, Jul 14, 2006)
The centuries old Arab-Palestine conflict in Central Asia has taken a dangerous turn.
- City Of Dreams (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 14, 2006)
My grandparents felt very humiliated that their son was a part of Ramleela. But my father had made up his mind and one fine day, he gave up his studies, left home and came to Bombay with my mother and me.
- World Sits Up, Shares Anguish (Times of India, RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL, Jul 14, 2006)
European leaders and expatriate Indians expressed solidarity with India even as Tuesday's Mumbai massacre triggered memories in London and Madrid of the multiple bomb blasts that so recently made the war on terror a stark reality for the continent.
- Israeli Crisis Is A Smoke Screen For Iran's Nuclear Ambitions (Telegraph (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Hizbollah commits an act of war against Israel by launching a raid across its northern border and kidnapping two of its soldiers.
- G8: It’S Really About Russia (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 13, 2006)
G8 Summit will be closely watched for its new equations
- Pushed To Insanity (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Jul 13, 2006)
Psychology of nation states should be understood to make sense of their actions
- Huge Cut In Nepal Palace Expenditure (Hindu, Ameet Dhakal, Jul 13, 2006)
Finance Minister Ram Sharan Mahat on Wednesday proposed $1.9 billion budget for 2006-2007 fiscal year, a major feature of which is a massive cut in the royal palace expenditure.
- The Kavadias Begin Their Mega Trek (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
Enhanced vigil along the way in the wake of the serial blasts in Mumbai and Srinagar
- Tirupati Shrine ‘Defiled’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 13, 2006)
The big story—splashed on the front page and occupying three inside pages—in the latest issue of the Organiser is about the “startling revelation” of a “fact-finding committee” on the alleged attempt by “evangelists” to “defile the great holy . . .
- Boys Gone Astray, Minister? (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Jul 13, 2006)
You don’t have to wait for intelligence agencies to release their trademark identikit pictures to know the faces behind Mumbai’s serial blast.
- Aping The Communists (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Jul 13, 2006)
Anguish at the desecration of Meenatai's statue notwithstanding, the violence and burning of buses by Sena activists was regrettable, says Prafull Goradia
- Jihadis On Rampage (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 13, 2006)
Does the UPA regime have the courage to confront them?
- Ambitious Rs.1000 Crore Township Plan In Perambur (Hindu, Sandhya Soman, Jul 13, 2006)
Proposed project on Binny Mills property `will change face of North Chennai,' say promoters
- 'We Should Not Be A Haughty Big Brother To Nepal' (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
Devi Prasad Tripathi, general secretary, Nationalist Congress Party, has been associated with Nepal since his days as a student leader at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University
- Amarinder Rules Out Revival Of Terrorism (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today ruled out any possibility of revival of terrorism in the state.
- Maximum Power (Times of India, ARCHANA JAHAGIRDAR, Jul 13, 2006)
It took just 11 minutes to wreck Mumbai. In those 11 minutes some lives were snuffed out, other lives changed for the worse with horrific injuries. Even as phone lines in and to Mumbai were jammed, anxious relatives waited to hear about the safety . . .
- Former Aide Suspects Role Of Dawood In Serial Blasts (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
The Mumbai bomb blasts was probably the handiwork of Dawood Ibrahim.
- Bangla Immigrants: The Threat Within (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
While investigators probing leads into the Mumbai train blasts are scouring for evidence linking the terror strike to groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba, there is rising concern over a large of pool of illegals from Bangladesh in the city providing . . .
- Nepal Cuts King's Funds By 70 Percent (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
Nepal's interim, multi-party government cut King Gyanendra's allowance by 70 percent on Wednesday in the first budget presented to parliament in four years.
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