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Articles 3421 through 3520 of 9735:
- Fighting To Stay In Tune With The Times (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, May 15, 2006)
Shaolin today is a hotchpotch of the religious and commercial. But then paradox is the essence of Zen Buddhism.
- What’S Ethanol-Blended Petrol & More... (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 15, 2006)
Almost a century ago, the founder of Ford Motors, Henry Ford, had hoped to run the Ford Model T on ethanol. Indeed, he is even reported to have said that ethanol would be the “fuel of the future”.
- Nepal’S New Govt Set To Take Control Of Army (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 15, 2006)
Nepal’s new government is set to wrest control of the 100,000-strong army away from the king, analysts say, in a move which would dramatically alter the balance of power in the Himalayan kingdom.
- Keeping The Pledge (Telegraph, BRIJESH D. JAYAL, May 15, 2006)
The author is a retired air marshal of the Indian Air Force
- Main Witness Of Jessica Murder Held For Perjury (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2006)
Shayan Munshi, principal witness in the Jessica Lal murder case, was held today at the Calcutta airport while boarding a plane for Bangkok.
- A Time For Growing Up (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, May 14, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi’s campaign for re-election from Rae Bareilli brought back for me memories of why, ever since I became a political journalist, I have opposed dynastic democracy.
- Nepal To Clip King's Wings (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2006)
Nepal's new government is planning to issue a proclamation that will curtail the king's powers and privileges, the finance minister said on Saturday, but he declined to confirm reports that the monarch might have to pay taxes for the first time.
- An Aesthete’S Call To Art (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2006)
Beneath the medical details, this is an uplifting tale of a young doctor’s dream of returning to her village to care for patients there.
- Nepal Ultras Unveil Road Map For Peace (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, May 14, 2006)
The first three steps of the strategy have already been implemented, declaring of a ceasefire, drawing up a code of conduct and forming a team for holding negotiations with the government.
- Nepal Govt May Curtail King’S Powers (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2006)
Nepal's new government is planning to issue a proclamation that will curtail the king's powers and privileges, the finance minister said today, but he declined to confirm reports that the monarch might have to pay taxes for the first time.
- Two Al-Qaeda Men Killed In Iraq: Reports (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2006)
Two members of the Saudi branch of Al-Qaeda have been killed in fighting in Iraq, militants linked to the extremist network claimed on an Internet website.
- Mughal-E-Azam Flops In Lahore (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, May 14, 2006)
Dilip Kumar's feather strokes across the cu pid bow mouth and lightly shut eyes of Madhubala create an erotic fission that no amount of uninhibited leg-shaking, grion-jerking or coitus-simulation of today's remixed ‘‘Kanta Laga.....’’ can match.
- Jessica Case Grounds ‘Honeymoon’ Flight (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2006)
Minutes before taking a flight to Bangkok, Shayan Munshi, the prime witness in the Jessica Lal murder case, was arrested from Calcutta airport this morning.
- People Triumph In Nepal (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, May 13, 2006)
The democracy movement's glorious victory holds lessons for all of South Asia about integrating social justice issues with mainstream politics.
- Concern Over Protection Of Temple Lands Outside A.P. (Hindu, M. Malleswara Rao, May 13, 2006)
Endowments Department wants to auction lands
- Politics Of Reservation (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, May 13, 2006)
The genie that V P Singh un leashed on the nation to save his tottering political future,
- Mind's Tendencies (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
The tradition of Sanatana Dharma lays emphasis on cultivating virtues because this human life is not considered in isolation.
- Vishnu's Haunt (Hindu, KISHORE PATWARDHAN, May 13, 2006)
Mahimapura offers cultural heritage and natural beauty
- Nepal Detains Five Former Ministers (Reuters, Gopal Sharma, May 13, 2006)
Nepal detained five ministers in the former royalist government on Friday, bowing to demands of pro-democracy activists to act against those responsible for a crackdown on popular anti-monarchy protests.
- Mla Comes Under Scanner For Child Marriages (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
The state Commission for Women has set the ball rolling for establishing the alleged role of an independent MLA in helping the conduct of marriages of 38 minor couples in Dehri-on-Sone in Rohtas district last month.
- A Time For Growing Up (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, May 13, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi’s campaign for re-election from Rae Bareilli brought back for me memories of why, ever since I became a political journalist, I have opposed dynastic democracy.
- If The Twain Had Met (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 12, 2006)
Empire of Dragons has all the trappings of a semi-historical travelogue.
- India Has Become A Nation Of Clerks To The World, Says Joshi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
The former Union Minister laments country's loss of civilisational glory
- Caroe's Lessons (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, May 12, 2006)
The book dips into archival material to trace the strategic thinking of Sir Olaf Caroe, a distinguished Foreign Secretary of the Raj.
- Minister Appeals For Sentence Suspension (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
Maharashtra Transport Minister Swarup Singh Naik, who was convicted and sentenced to one-month imprisonment along with Additional Secretary Ashok Khot, on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to suspend the sentence.
- Resource Rich Bolivia Turns Clock Back (Hindu, William Keegan , May 12, 2006)
Bolivia has nationalised its domestic energy resources in the face of current trends in favour of private enterprise. A shrewd move, perhaps, at a time when owners of natural resources hold many of the best cards.
- Banks Ready To Finance Entrepreneurs: Sbi Official (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
Special package announced for them
Prospective entrepreneurs did not come to the dais to explain their problems
`District Projects Guidance Committee set up to help prospective entrepreneurs'
Banks not following RBI guidelines, alleges FAPI presiden
- Devotional Hymn (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
The Krishna incarnation of the Supreme Being is unique as He donned the role of the preceptor by teaching the ultimate truth in the Bhagavad Gita, which is in the Mahabharata. This epic also enshrines other texts, which have attained independent . . .
- The Dead Sea Is Shrinking (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, May 12, 2006)
'Can the Dead Sea be allowed to die?' is a question that concerns environmentalists of West Asia, who are also alarmed by the prospect of River Jordan going dry
- Rewind To Assembly Elections, 2001 (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 12, 2006)
This was our editorial comment on the assembly elections of five years ago
- `India A Nation Of Clerks To The World' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
Murli Manohar Joshi mourns country's loss of civilisational glory
Seminar on `Bharatiya Heritage in Engineering and Technology' held
`Ancient India had every kind of technology and science'
- ‘People Around The World Are Flocking To God. Don’T You Want To . . . (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 12, 2006)
Last week, Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad sent a letter to US President George W Bush. It was the first personal communication from an Iranian president to his US counterpart since the 1979 Islamic revolution. We reproduce extracts from the letter:
- Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi Wins Poll In Style (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
India's Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi won a by-election by a landslide on Thursday, with voters in a family bastion sending her back to parliament after she quit in a row over holding a paid job while a lawmaker.
- Whose Freedom? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 12, 2006)
Normally it would have been taken as a positive signal from Muzaffarabad, the Capital of "Azad" Kashmir as the occupied territory across the Line of Control is locally known.
- War On Iran (Daily Excelsior, Tanveer Jafri, May 12, 2006)
American President George Bush may have made up his mind, personally, to thrust war upon Iran, but it doesn't seem easy to attack.
- Looking For The Ocean In A Small Cup Of Water (Times of India, SWAMI MUKTANANDA, May 12, 2006)
Krishna says in the Bhagavad Gita: "O Arjuna, this body is akin to a field". In Sanskrit, field is kshetra farmland innocent and pure, for it takes on whatever character the farmer chooses to give it.
- Lessons In Democracy (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 12, 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.
- Benefits Of Large Dams: The Bhakra Example (Tribune, Narinder Sharma, May 12, 2006)
Large dams are being targeted every now and then by self styled environmentalists and NGOs.
- Remembering Mahajan (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, May 11, 2006)
When he was alive, the RSS always had an ambivalent attitude towards Pramod Mahajan, and though his tragic death has invoked fulsome tributes in the Organiser, some of that ambivalence creeps through. In a front-page . . .
- Secret Of Action (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
Human beings have an innate tendency to put themselves first in all that they do in their lives.
- Results Likely By 1 P.M. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
Both the DMK and the AIADMK say they are confident of victory
- Seat Of The Muses (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 11, 2006)
The CAG has deviated from fiscal foozles to focus ~ and trash ~ what has been Kolkata’s proud boast, its cultural heritage.
- Freeing The Airports (Telegraph, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , May 11, 2006)
Customs officers “set up illegal drugs operation”, screamed the headline. They, reportedly, misled their bosses, secretly worked with a fugitive drug smuggler wanted in this country and traded in a £3.5 million bulk shipment from Pakistan.
- New Mexico Renames State Highway On Indian-American Sikh (Indian Express, KALYANI VASAN, May 11, 2006)
In a rare gesture, the New Mexico State Transportation Commission has renamed a state highway — Highway 106 — as ‘Yogi Bhajan Memorial Highway’ in memory of the late Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogiji. An Indian-American, he was known to his followers as . . .
- A New Equation (Frontline, Deb Mukharji, May 11, 2006)
Indo-Nepal relations must evolve from one of largely personal linkages to one truly between two sovereign states.
- For Lasting Peace (Frontline, Kanak Mani Dixit, May 11, 2006)
The people and the political players pull Nepal back from the brink, with some help from India; now it is time to let the U.N. to play its part.
- Indian Flip-Flop (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, May 11, 2006)
The Indian government managed to retain some credibility by going with popular sentiments despite its slipshod initial reaction.
- Caviar For The Masses (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 11, 2006)
Caviar is likely to be dearer this year, never mind reduced rates for hospitality and entertainment under the fringe benefits tax (FBT)! This is because only Iran has got the go-ahead to export its quota of the prized delicacy from the Caspian Sea.
- No Pullout, Please (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 11, 2006)
Terrorism must end before troops can be withdrawn
- Chronicle Of A Prophecy Untold (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, May 11, 2006)
How is it that most astrologers are wiser only after a tragic event has taken place, asks Anuradha Dutt
- Nepal Rising (Frontline, Siddharth Varadarajan, May 11, 2006)
A road map exists, and the people of Nepal are anxious to get moving. But there are also seven roadblocks to be overcome.
- Indian Street Kids Offer Glimpse Into Their Lives (Daily Times, Parul Gupta, May 11, 2006)
In India most children, who run away from home to escape poverty or sexual abuse and sometimes to experience the dazzle of big city life, make the station their home.The busy station provides them ingenious ways to survive the mean streets
- Meeting The Spirit Of Enterprise (Pioneer, Vinayshil Gautam, May 11, 2006)
While visiting a town in western Rajasthan, Vinayshil Gautam discovers the way a private industry has shaped the destiny of its inhabitants
- Varanasi Blasts' Accused Shot Dead In Kashmir (Pioneer, Khursheed Wani, May 10, 2006)
After receiving a tip-off from the Uttar Pradesh Police about his presence in the northern part of the Valley, the Jammu and Kashmir Police shot dead Muhammed Zubair, key accused in the March 7 Varanasi blasts case in an encounter in Kupwara district....
- Pm Takes To Bjp Road (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
Within days of the BJP winding up its Bharat Suraksha Yatra, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today asked young men and women to hold nationwide yatras to mark the 150th anniversary next year of the 1857 uprising, an event he cited as an example of . . .
- Nepal Scraps Some Royal Decrees, Eases Media Curbs (Reuters, Gopal Sharma, May 10, 2006)
Nepal's new multi-party cabinet scrapped several royal decrees on Tuesday, including easing media curbs that were imposed by King Gyanendra after he sacked the government and seized absolute power last year.
- Latin America’S Turn To The Left (Dawn, Mahir Ali, May 10, 2006)
Towards the end of last month, Fidel Castro played host to a pair of neighbours, Hugo Chavez and Evo Morales, with whom he signed a pact titled the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas.
- Why Rae Bareli Matters (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
There have been no exit polls for the Rae Bareli by-election since no one has any doubt about the outcome. Even if the Gandhis are largely absentee landlords, they continue to enjoy an almost god-like status in this territory.
- Groundrules On Gujarat (Indian Express, ANANDA MAJUMDAR, May 10, 2006)
Against the backdrop of the demolition of the Sufi shrine in Vadodara and the terrorist strike in Doda, the CPM’s message to the UPA is clear: firstly, the government cannot be a bystander and secondly, the Left’s support to the UPA was clearly to . . .
- Admk Worker Hacked To Death, Anbumani, Father Named In Fir (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss and his father Dr. S. Ramadoss, the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder, have been named in an FIR relating to the murder of an AIADMK functionary, Muruganandam, in Tamil Nadu on Monday night, hours after . . .
- Nepal Cabinet Removes Curbs On Media Freedom (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
Nepal's new multi-party cabinet scrapped several royal decrees on Tuesday, including easing media curbs that were imposed by King Gyanendra after he sacked the government and seized absolute power last year.
- Key Suspect In Varanasi Blast Shot In Kashmir (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
A top militant of the Harkat-ul-Jehadi Islamia and one of the main brains behind the twin blasts that rocked Varanasi recently was shot dead in a gunbattle in the Handwara area today.
- Arrested Let Ultras Were Planning To Attack Key Hubs (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
The two Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorists nabbed in Delhi on Monday have revealed a gory plot by the outfit to spill blood across the nation, including attacks on Kandla port and bomb explosions at glitzy Bollywood dos.
- Eng Coach Gambles On Rooney For Wc (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
It seems somehow fitting that England's FIFA World Cup base should be Baden-Baden, home to one Germany's most famous casinos, after manager Sven-Goran Eriksson gambled on both the injured Wayne Rooney and the untested Theo Walcott when naming his . . .
- The Fast-Lane Present (Telegraph, Shahid Amin, May 10, 2006)
The 150th anniversary next year of the 1857 Uprising and the staging of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi have begun a rethink on what we — living in a fast-lane present — have done to our built heritage.
- Towards A Foreign Policy Of Realistic Idealism (Tribune, Madeleine K. Albright, May 10, 2006)
Recent events in Iraq and the Middle East have revived the hoariest of academic debates – between the so-called realists in foreign policy and the idealists.
- Net Presence (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 10, 2006)
India being the 10th largest user of the Internet in the world is hardly a cause for celebration.
- Don't Celebrate The Mutiny (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 10, 2006)
Hindus were better placed during the British regime, when they shared with Muslims a level playing field, says Prafull Goradia .
- Showing Who's The Boss (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 09, 2006)
It has been barely a week since Prime Minister Koirala took over the reins in Nepal but the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) government he heads has quickly understood a key principle of political survival: the amount of power it wields is a function of . . .
- Devotional Classic (Hindu, C. L. Ramakrishnan , May 09, 2006)
Message to Mankind (in four volumes): Swami Ramakrishna Brahmananda; pub. by Vanaprastha, Senior Citizen's Complex, Kasthuri Naicken Palayam, Vadavalli, Coimbatore. Rs. 1250.
- Bulgaria’S Entry Raises Concerns (Dawn, Shadaba Islam, May 09, 2006)
The Banya Bashi mosque stands in downtown Sofia, a vivid reminder of Bulgaria’s often-forgotten Muslim heritage.
- Goodbye Gospel (Deccan Herald, Archbishop Bernard Moras, May 09, 2006)
There are words, which by frequent usage have lost their meaning or they are so distorted that today we understand it differently than when they were used in the past. As an example, look at the expression 'goodbye'. What was its original shape?
- Nosedive In Blair’S Popularity (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 09, 2006)
The outcome of Local Bodies’ elections in the United Kingdom clearly shows that the incumbent Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair is facing the wrath of the public opinion.
- Influence Of Qualities (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 09, 2006)
An individual comes under the sway of the thoughts that arise in his mind right from the moment he gets up in the morning till he goes to sleep, and also in his dream.
- Marketing Jammu Tourism (Daily Excelsior, Dr Rajendra Mishra, May 09, 2006)
Jammu the land of the Dogras, offers a wide variety of cultural mix which is unparalleled among all the three regions of J&K. The only missing link is the marketing! Over the successive tourism plans, the major focus has always remained - 'Kashmir'.
- Another Exhibition (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 09, 2006)
An encounter with truth" is the name of the photo exhibition currently in progress in the national capital. It has been organised by the Ajay Chrangoo faction of Panun Kashmir focussing on "expulsion of Hindus" from the Kashmir region.
- Secularism Of Convenience (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 09, 2006)
A 'dargah' where 'puja' is held can be termed Islamic only in Gujarat because it's convenient, says Tarun Vijay
- Who Is Stoking Communal Fire? (Pioneer, A Surya Prakash, May 09, 2006)
A week ago two Indian States - Muslim majority Jammu and Kashmir and Hindu majority Gujarat - were in the news for all the wrong reasons.
- Olympic Dig Unearths Tombs (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 09, 2006)
Work on a shooting range for the 2008 Beijing Olympics has been suspended after the discovery of imperial-era tombs on the site, newspapers and an antiquities official said today.
- Dominant Discourse In Politics (Hindu, K. N. Panikkar, May 09, 2006)
Paints a broad canvas of the several strands of contemporary politics impinging on secular nationalism
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