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Articles 3321 through 3420 of 9735:
- India Fast Becoming Favoured Destination For Dental Surgery (Hindu, Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar, May 22, 2006)
Not only is treatment cheaper here, Indian doctors are also considered the best
- Positive Thinking (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 22, 2006)
Our thoughts guide our actions. Positive thoughts open up the world for us... of beauty and warmth.
- Discovering Dubrovnik (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 21, 2006)
Visiting a city with a live connection to a rich past is like a pilgrimage.
- Illegal Aliens Not To Get Automatic Us Citizenship: Bush (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, May 21, 2006)
US President George W Bush today warned that the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in the US would not be given an "automatic path to citizenship".
- Coup Against King (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 21, 2006)
It is absurd to hail Thursday's parliamentary coup in Nepal as a "modern Magna Carta," as is being done by those who are cheering the grossly ill-advised move to strip the King of all powers and privileges.
- Hindu Groups Criticise Declaration Of Nepal As Secular State (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 21, 2006)
Nepal parliament's proclamation declaring the world's only Hindu Kingdom as a secular state has evoked a mixed response with the majority Hindu groups saying the decision has hurt the community.
- The Road Ahead (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, May 21, 2006)
The first thing I do after getting up in the morning is to go for an hour of walk in one of the well-known gardens of my city. For my walk, I take along either my transistor to listen to the news or an audio CD or an audio tape to listen to a . . .
- History, Heresy, Conspiracy (Pioneer, Ashok Malik, May 21, 2006)
In 1804, two centuries before Dan Drown found his way to bestseller lists, the mystic and poet William Blake scripted his literary tour de force, Jerusalem.
- Politics Of Identity (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 21, 2006)
Amartya Sen argues against reducing individuals to simple, and single, categories.
- Tocqueville’S Lessons In Democracy (Dawn, Nicolas Tenzer, May 21, 2006)
It seems appropriate that, due to the Iraq war, the world has been debating the nature of democracy 200 years after Alexis de Tocqueville’s birth. Tocqueville is justly famous for rejecting reactionary nostalgia and regarding democracy’s triumph . . .
- Narrative Of Faith (Hindu, Uma Mahadevan-Dasgupta, May 21, 2006)
In Book of Rachel, Esther David continues the story of India's Bene Israel Jews — this time in a fictional setting about Rachel,
- Where Do Arjun, Sonia’S Grandkids Study? (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, May 21, 2006)
First, let us drop the pretense that Mr Arjun 27 per cent was acting on his own when he announced his new quotas.
- The Path Less Considerate (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, May 21, 2006)
The first thing I do after getting up in the morning is to go for an hour of walk in one of the well-known gardens of my city. For my walk, I take along either my transistor to listen to the news or an audio CD or an audio tape to listen to a . . .
- Golden `Kavacham' For Chidambaram Temple Deity (Hindu, Deepa H.Ramakrishnan, May 21, 2006)
A devotee of Lord Natajara of Chidambaram is soon offering a golden "Kavacham" weighing 188 grams to the deity.
- Declaration Of Nepal As Secular State Criticised (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 21, 2006)
Nepal parliament's proclamation declaring the world's only Hindu Kingdom as a secular state has evoked a mixed response with the majority Hindu groups saying the decision has hurt the community.
- Coup Against King (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 20, 2006)
It is absurd to hail Thursday's parliamentary coup in Nepal as a "modern Magna Carta," as is being done by those who are cheering the grossly ill-advised move to strip the King of all powers and privileges.
- History, Heresy, Conspiracy (Pioneer, Ashok Malik, May 20, 2006)
In 1804, two centuries before Dan Drown found his way to bestseller lists, the mystic and poet William Blake scripted his literary tour de force, Jerusalem.
- Had A Great Fall (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 20, 2006)
First to go were the king’s men; it was then the king’s turn. No two historic events being quite the same, there are differences between the English Revolution of 1640 and the birth of a Nepali Magna Carta.
- The Ideal Of Inaction (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 20, 2006)
In the Bhagavad Gita two different paths are revealed to the spiritual aspirant seeking enlightenment — the way of knowledge for the man of contemplation and the way of selfless work for the man of action.
- The Other Ooty (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 20, 2006)
Pagoda Point at Yercaud offers some picturesque orchards and a bit of history
- King Without Kingdom (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 20, 2006)
The winds of democratic change sweeping through Nepal in the aftermath of King Gyanendra being compelled, under the pressure of popular protest, to revive Parliament and restore civil government have begun to dismantle the structures of the . . .
- Getting The Name Right (Deccan Herald, KAUSALYA RAMASESHAN, May 20, 2006)
Changing a name is exciting for the person concerned and others around him
- Wings Clipped (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 20, 2006)
The King’s perks are now subject to Parliament’s nod
- Russian Scholar Gets Padma Bhushan (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , May 20, 2006)
Russia's eminent scholar of India was presented with the Padma Bhushan at a ceremony in the Indian Embassy in Moscow.
- Iran-U.S. Tussle Fuels Anxieties In Oil Heartland (Hindu, Atul Aneja , May 20, 2006)
While their dependence on the U.S. is extensive, the GCC countries are in no position to adopt a confrontational posturevis-à-visIran.
- Rise And Shine (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 20, 2006)
That it happened later and not sooner adds impetus to Nepal’s Seven Party Alliance government approving the decision to make the world’s only Hindu kingdom a secular state.
- Throne Out (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 20, 2006)
The Nepalese Parliament’s historic decision to strip the monarchy of its powers is likely to set the Himalayan nation into a new and uncertain phase.
- Give Reasons For Rejecting Mukherjee Report, Centre Told (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
Questioning the Government's reasons for rejecting the Mukherjee Commission report on the disappearance of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in 1945, the Opposition NDA and the Left forced the Government to agree to a structured debate in Parliament . . .
- Defacing Women (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 19, 2006)
King Abdullah gives in to clergy ---- Those who believed Saudi Arabia's octogenarian King Abdullah would gently guide his country towards social and political reforms and thus stem the tide of Islamism merely because he speaks in a softer tone than . . .
- Nepal's Parliament Asserts Its New Power (Christian Science Monitor, Bikash Sangraula, May 19, 2006)
Thursday may have marked the end for the world's only Hindu kingdom.
- Essence Of Worship (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
The Bhagavad Gita contains the fundamental and perennial truths of the universe expounded by the Supreme Being Himself. Lord Krishna explains the various routes available to reach Him, while revealing the true nature about Him, the universe and . . .
- Not A Closure (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 19, 2006)
At once enduring, engrossing and exasperating, the Netaji mystery is an Indian version of The Da Vinci Code. No one quite seems to know where fact ends, fiction begins, and conspiracy theories take over.
- A Winning Script (Tribune, Arup Chanda, May 19, 2006)
Muthuvel Karunanidhi has succeeded in ousting a chief Minister who distributed largesse like a princess and should have won this Assembly election like a queen.
- The Bose Who Walks (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 19, 2006)
The truth be told, unlike the government, we are convinced by the Mukherjee Commission findings that Subhas Chandra Bose did not die in a plane crash in 1945.
- Equality Of Priestly Opportunity (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 19, 2006)
The decision of the Tamil Nadu Government to allow all qualified persons irrespective of their caste to work as temple priests is an important victory in the continuing fight against the social curse that is India's caste system.
- Nepal Parliament Clips King’S Wings (Tribune, Shirish B Pradhan, May 19, 2006)
In a historic step, Nepal's Parliament today unanimously decided to drastically curtail the King's political and military powers by stripping him of the title of the Supreme-Commander-in-Chief of Army, asking him to pay taxes and barring . . .
- Arun Prakash (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
"We are watching the situation in Sri Lanka very carefully"
Indian Navy and its Sri Lankan counterpart are in regular touch with each other
There has been no incident of LTTE boats intruding into Indian territory
- Distribution Of Bsnl Telephone Directory (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. will distribute the telephone directories of 2005-06 through mobile vans at the following locations on Monday between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
- The Netaji Mystery (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 19, 2006)
The Mukherjee Commission’s findings on the disappearance of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose – which have been rejected by the Union Government – should give the quietus to the controversy, though the mystery of his end remains unresolved.
- India Rejects Kashmir Troops Pullout Full Story (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Indian Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday rejected calls for an early withdrawal of troops from Siachen glacier or from the rest of Occupied Kashmir.
- Pak, Saudi To Coordinate In Response To Challenges (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Chairman, Majlis Al-Shura of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Imam of Khana Ka’aba, Dr Sheikh Saleh Bin Abdullah Bin Humaid met Foreign Minister Khurshid M. Kasuri on Wednesday and discussed bilateral relations and matters of regional and international . . .
- India Govt Rejects Findings On Chandra Bose’ (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
India’s government rejected on Wednesday a panel’s findings that the country’s fiery freedom fighter Subhash Chandra Bose survived a 1945 plane crash in Taiwan.
- Govt Double Negatives Mukherjee Report (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, May 18, 2006)
The Congress-led UPA Government has decided to let the mystery surrounding Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose endure for another day.
- Equality And Truth (Deccan Herald, A K MERCHANT, May 18, 2006)
Cyclic motion is a law of the universe. Stars move in their orbits, planets turn on their axes, seasons wax and wane.
- Tokyo’S Net Addicts (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 18, 2006)
What Japanese young people want are ‘opportunities to be free of their social status’.
- Why Is The World Chasing Its Grail ? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 18, 2006)
All over New York, black placards recently unfurled on the sides of high-rise buildings, like funereal scrolls let down directly from the sky.
- Netaji Did Not Die In Plane Crash: Mukherjee Panel; Govt Disagrees (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
The Mukherjee Commission on alleged disappearance of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose has inferred that he did not die in a plane crash in 1945 but Government today said in the Lok Sabha that it did not agree with the findings.
- Doctors Block Roads In India Caste Quota Protests (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Doctors and medical students blocked roads and skipped work across large parts of India on Wednesday as protests spread against a controversial government move to reserve more college seats for lower castes.
- Nepal King’S Secret Call To Manmohan? (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Alarmed by the growing clamour at home to abolish the monarchy, Nepal’s King Gyanendra last week sent a secret SOS to New Delhi.
- Post-Poll Possibilities (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, May 18, 2006)
A Two-Party System Is Achievable
Elections to five states are over. What do they tell?
- Panel Says "Netaji" Dead, Mystery Alive (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
It is one of the enduring mysteries of India's freedom struggle, but a long awaited report on the fate of charismatic leader Subhas Chandra Bose has failed to solve the riddle of his disappearance more than 60 years ago.
- Blocked View (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 18, 2006)
Can fiction undermine the omnipotent? The Indian government and a number of religious organizations in the country seem to think that it does.
- New Prayer (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 18, 2006)
Praying could have been a simple matter, if organized religion would allow it. The decision of the new Tamil Nadu government, led by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief, Mr M. Karunanidhi, to allow people of all castes to become temple priests if . . .
- Office Of Profit: The Wages Of Neglect (Hindu, N. Ravi Kumar, May 17, 2006)
Ignorance of the law is no excuse, as countless petty litigants are reminded every day in courts across the country, and it is inexplicable that so many members of Parliament should have allowed themselves to be ambushed by a fundamental provision . . .
- The Role Of An Acharya (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Among the options for the individual soul in search of the ultimate goal, the way shown by ancestors and past generations is sure to be the most effective.
- A Dam In Dandeli (Frontline, Ravi Sharma , May 17, 2006)
A private company makes a third bid for a mini-hydel project in an ecologically sensitive area on the Kali river.
- “Love Of Country Begins With Love Of Family” (Tribune, Andrew Osborn , May 17, 2006)
President Vladimir Putin has promised cash bonuses to Russian women who give birth to two children or more in order to reverse what he says is the gravest problem facing contemporary Russia: a declining population.
- Court Summons D. P. Yadav In Katara Murder Case (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Bid to find out London whereabouts of his daughter Bharti Yadav, a key witness in the case
- Ttd Approves 50-Room Choultry For Sri Veeranjenaya Temple In Gandi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Promises to develop Annamacharya's hometown, Tallapaka
50-room choultry, kalyana mandapam sanctioned for Penchalakona
TTD has spent Rs. 40 lakhs on development of Tallapaka so far
Plans to take over temple at Vontimitta objected to by ASI
- Post-Poll Possibilities (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, May 17, 2006)
A Two-Party System Is Achievable
Elections to five states are over. What do they tell?
- Da Vinci Double Code (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 17, 2006)
The clergy may condemn the book and proscribe the film, but their churches are raking it in
- Aren’T Economists In A Rut? (The Financial Express, Arun Maira, May 17, 2006)
We need a more credible and human model than what economic theory has been able to provide
- Maha: 12 Killed In Naxal Blast (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Twelve persons of a marriage party, including four women, were killed when Naxalites triggered a landmine blast on Tuesday at Halewara near Kasansur forest in Gadchiroli district of south-eastern Maharashtra, police said.
- Take No Chances (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 17, 2006)
Given the sudden spurt in serious militant activity one feels constrained to make a suggestion.
- Caste Out Of Tn Temples (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Wanted, qualified temple priests — caste no bar.
- A Dam In Dandeli (Frontline, Ravi Sharma , May 16, 2006)
A private company makes a third bid for a mini-hydel project in an ecologically sensitive area on the Kali river.
- The Reticent Heliocentrist (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 16, 2006)
If we observe the sky without being seduced by what passes for modern knowledge, it should be clear to the meanest intelligence that all objects in the universe revolve around the earth.
- Blast Kills 6 At Arasikere (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2006)
Six people, including a mother and child, died in a cylinder explosion that brought down a house here on Monday morning....
- Lost In Dust (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 16, 2006)
Punjabi University, Patiala, has the rare distinction of having been named after a language.
- Tourism To Go Down Under (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2006)
Karnataka is developing mine tourism, a first of its kind in India, at the Kolar Gold Fields. KGF will be developed as a mine experiential tourism destination. The project will cover 1,000 acres of land and facilitate revival of the local economy.
- Names Of The Divine Mother (Hindu, V.N. GOPALA DESIKACHARIAR, May 16, 2006)
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- Unique Disciple (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2006)
The Mundaka Upanishad offers a simple suggestion for the spiritual aspirant in search of salvation — to seek the company of one who knows the self, and pay obeisance to him.
- Haryana Plans To Boost Tourism (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2006)
To develop lake complexes in the State as ideal destinations
- Mysore An Ideal Destination For Education (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2006)
Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Mahila Maha Vidyalaya
- Mysore Gets Rs. 312 Crore In Urban Renewal Mission (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2006)
A `new world of tourism' opening up, says Kumaraswamy
Funds to be utilised to preserve heritage structures
State working closely with Centre to develop infrastructure at tourist centres
- Chief Minister's Directive To District Collectors (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2006)
Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi on Monday issued instructions to the Virudhunagar, Salem, Dharmapuri, and Vellore District Collectors to undertake immediate relief measures for farmers whose banana and paddy crop in several hundred acres were badly . . .
- Kashmir's Pride (Hindu, ZERIN ANKLESARIA , May 16, 2006)
Story of this legendary craft tradition retold from a South Asian perspective
- Pak, Greece To Boost Trade, Defence Ties (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2006)
Pakistan and Greece Monday agreed on enhanced cooperation in combating terrorism and increasing trade and investment.
- Tikka Shatrujit Singh (Business Standard, Kishore Singh, May 16, 2006)
His grandfather was one of its biggest customers; his heir now plans Louis Vuitton’s market strategies.
- Fall Out Of Nepal's Developments (Daily Excelsior, MAHENDRA VED, May 15, 2006)
The fall of absolute monarchy in Nepal, despite its somewhat emotional context of being the world's only Hindu kingdom, could make India look up-north to redefine its geo-strategic goals.
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