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Articles 4121 through 4220 of 9735:
- The Treadmill Of Unnecessary Consumption (The Financial Express, Mahesh Bhatt, Apr 11, 2006)
The advertising explosion has democratised luxury with serious socio-political . . .
- 60 Perish In Meerut Fire (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
At least 60 people, mostly women and children, were charred to death and more than 100 injured, some of them seriously, in a devastating fire that ravaged a consumer goods fair here on Monday evening.
- A New Name Doing India Proud Abroad (Hindu, Mandira Nayar, Apr 11, 2006)
Her story seems possible only in the dream-factory that is Bollywood. But at the young age of 18, Kaavya Viswanathan has made it come true in the land of Hollywood.
- Iskcon Temple Anniversary Celebrations From Tomorrow (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
The 13-day festival will conclude with `Dhwaja Avarohana' on April 23
- Nepal Strike Now Indefinite (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
Killing of activists firms up political parties' resolve
- Nri Top Guns Look Beyond Ethnic Lines (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Apr 10, 2006)
The movers and shakers within the most influential NRI corporate community in the US say they are looking to expand their activities beyond ethnic lines....
- Five Constituencies In Tiruchi Will Witness Battle Between Aiadmk And Dmk (Hindu, Syed Muthahar Saqaf, Apr 10, 2006)
Nine constituencies in the district account for 17,55,023 voters
- Advani Hits Out At Centre's Path Of ``Appeasement'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
`Yatra' aimed at creating awareness about UPA's divisive policies
Yatra enters Maharashtra
Says Centre trying to create a rift between religious communities
POTA repeal against national interest
- Iraq, Iran, And A Strategy Of A Thousand Errors (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Apr 10, 2006)
America has brought anarchy and indescribable misery to Iraq. Now it is eyeing Iran. Would American and world public opinion be mute spectators to another exercise in monumental folly?
- Information Freeway... Addressee Not Found! (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 10, 2006)
Sir, ~ My experience in trying to get some data on a matter of public importance has been utterly frustrating.
- Upa Appeasing Minorities: Advani (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
BJP leader L.K. Advani today accused the Congress-led UPA government of “appeasing” minorities and said the policy was not for the welfare of the minorities but to get their votes.
- An Indian Role In Africa (Telegraph, S.L. Rao, Apr 10, 2006)
The author is former director-general, National Council for Applied Economic . . .
- Money Is Cheaper Than Blood (Tribune, James P. Pinkerton, Apr 10, 2006)
Caspar Weinberger was the best secretary of Defense that America ever had. Among the 20 men who have held that post since 1947, there have been some other greats, too. And there have been some big . . .
- Politics As Spectacle (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Apr 10, 2006)
What should one make out of these pictures: former Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani holding a bow and arrow in his hands and Bharatiya Janata Party president Rajnath Singh wielding . . .
- Tight Security For Final Ballot In Assam (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
Security personnel carrying automatic weapons guarded polling centres across Assam on Monday as voting began for the second and final phase of elections.
- Mahavir The Ascetic Was Not A Man In A Hurry (Times of India, MANISH MODI, Apr 10, 2006)
The nature of reality is dynamic. Reality is influenced by free will and determinism.
- The Prophet Who Initiated A Permanent Revolution (News International, Prof Khwaja Masud, Apr 10, 2006)
Goethe devotes a magnificent poem to the Holy Prophet (PBUH) in which as the very epitome of mankind, he is compared to a mighty river.
- India Inc Goes Shopping In Europe (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Apr 10, 2006)
The grim face of inhabitants of 2000-year-old German towns such as Augsburg, with fine broad streets, monumental fountains and distinctive public buildings, now wear a blissful smile. Why? Because, Indians are saving their jobs.
- Walled City, Not World City (Times of India, Gautam Bhatia, Apr 10, 2006)
At electricity and ticket counters, you encounter miserable faces. Traffic proceeds in disordered screeches, bumps and starts; horns blare for no reason at all. People shout when they can whisper.
- An Identity Crisis (Deccan Herald, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Apr 10, 2006)
I see a crisis facing the world today. It is fundamentally one of identification.
- Emptiness Of Ego (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
It is not easy to write off the sense of "I" and "mine" that adheres in the consciousness of the individual.
- Pakistan's Economic Miracle (Jordan Times, Fahed Fanek, Apr 10, 2006)
The prime minister of Pakistan, Shaukat Aziz, is well-known in Amman. Two decades ago, was manager of Citibank in Jordan for two years, during which he built many friendships in the Jordanian business and political communities.
- The Awesome Power Of Love (The Economic Times, K VIJAYARAGHAVAN, Apr 10, 2006)
A song in the Hindi film, Bobby runs, mein shayar to nahin; magar ey hasin, jab se dekha mein ne tujhko mujhko, shayari aa gayi (I am not a poet but O! damsel, the moment I saw you, poetry came unto me).
- Votes In The Time Of Tv (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 10, 2006)
The phenomenon of political life following art in Tamil Nadu is all set to enter a new phase. The original scriptwriter in Mr Karunanidhi has finally led him to break away from the formula of pitting one star against another.
- Gibran And The Idea Of Man (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, Apr 10, 2006)
75 years ago - poet, philosopher and painter Kahlil Gibran passed away at St Vincent Hospital in New York, after a long and painful illness, described in the autopsy as "cirrhosis of liver with incipient tuberculosis in one of the lungs".
- After Aligarh (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 10, 2006)
There was a time in the 1980s when "religious riot in Aligarh" was not so much a news occurrence as a cliché. Like Kanpur and Meerut, Gorakhpur and Varanasi, it was one of the many Uttar Pradesh towns seemingly cursed by persistent social violence.
- Call For World Peace Marks Buddha Jayanti Celebration (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 09, 2006)
Religious leaders from different faiths participate in the meet
- Canada Deports Three For Links To Pakistani Group (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
Canada deported three men late on Wednesday with links to a Pakistani group and considered "a security risk", who had earlier been convicted of trying to bomb a Hindu temple, officials told AFP on Thursday.
- Gaiety Marks Celestial Wedding In Bhadrachalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
Endowments Minister presents `Pattuvastrams'
- Nepal Imposes Curfew Ahead Of Anti-King Protests (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Apr 08, 2006)
Nepal's royalist government imposed a day curfew in Kathmandu and its neighbouring areas on Saturday and some mobile phone services were disrupted, hours before a rally against King Gyanendra's rule.
- Sonia's Gamble To Win Back Uttar Pradesh? (Daily Excelsior, Fazal Mehmood, Apr 08, 2006)
The battle for political space in Uttar Pradesh is getting tougher.
- Problems In Textbook Screening (Japan Times, Editorial, Japan Times, Apr 08, 2006)
The Education, Science and Technology Ministry has screened and approved 306 textbooks, most of them for first-year high-school students, for use from next spring.
- Right Royal Mess (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 08, 2006)
But Nepal’s top gun least perturbed
- Hundreds More Arrested In Nepal Protests (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
Hundreds more protesters were arrested in Nepal on the second day of a general strike amid violent demonstrations demanding King Gyanendra restore democracy.
- Mass Leadership And Backroom Politics (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Apr 08, 2006)
The Congress will do well to look at the BJP, which has begun to experience the consequences of ignoring its mass leaders.
- South Asia Should Unite Behind One Of Its Own (Hindu, Ramesh Thakur, Apr 08, 2006)
Why doesn't India support the candidature of Jayantha Dhanapala for the post of Secretary-General of the United Nations?
- Dramatic Re-Creations Of "The Gospel Of Judas" (Hindu, Bindu Shajan Perappadan, Apr 08, 2006)
What if an ancient gospel was rediscovered that offered a radically different perspective on a man that history has painted as the ultimate villain? What if these account turned Jesus' betrayal on its head, and in it the villain became a hero?
- Gorgeous View (Hindu, SUBHA J. RAO, Apr 08, 2006)
In the dark, even twigs look scary. A shrivelled creeper clinging to a lamppost appears like a snake ready to strike! Driving down from Masinagudi village towards Moyar, our guide tells us to keep our eyes open to track animal movement on the . . .
- For Vhp Sadhus, King Is ‘Vishwa Hindu Samrat’ (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Apr 08, 2006)
As international support continues to pour in favour of the movement, an increasingly cornered and isolated King Gyanendra flew in his Super Puma along with Queen Komal to inaugurate the World Hindu Federation silver jubilee celebration in Birgunj
- Long Live Our Dead Ghosts (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Apr 08, 2006)
Arjun Singh, we are told by his fans in the Congress, possesses one sharp political brain. L.K. Advani, his disciples in the BJP would tell you, is a genuinely creative political strategist.
- Dmk, Aiadmk Candidates Cross Swords In Five Salem Seats (Hindu, R. Ilangovan, Apr 08, 2006)
Salem district, since 1952, has been the epicentre of many political events that had a direct bearing on the State's socio-political climate.
- Cpi(m) Protests Against Caste Discrimination In Society (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
Dalits asked to stay united and resist attempts of social suppression
- Sitting On Judgement (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 08, 2006)
Judicial reforms hinge crucially on the availability of more empirical data to iron out systemic flaws, says Upamanyu Hazarika
- Dmk's Alliance Arithmetic Faulty, Says Thirumavalavan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
"AIADMK-led alliance will capture power"
- The Yatra Man (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 07, 2006)
Advani cannot give up old habits
- Planet Fetish (Telegraph, Pathik Guha, Apr 07, 2006)
Dava Sobel’s prize-winning bestseller, Longitude, was about the 18th-century clockmaker John Harrison’s bid to save lives at sea because of the inability to determine an East-West position.
- Protests, Carnage Rock Nepal (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Police fired tear gas to break up stone-throwing anti-monarchy protesters in Nepal today after a fierce overnight attack on a town by Maoist rebels left 22 people dead, including an Indian, witnesses and authorities said.
- ''Health For All'' Gets Momentum (Daily Excelsior, Rattan Saldi, Apr 07, 2006)
The theme of this year’s World Health Day on April 7, "Working Together for Health",
- Yatras Roll To Ram And Rajya Beat (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Apr 07, 2006)
On Thursday, Leader of Opposition LK Advani embarked on his sixth Rath Yatra invoking Lord Ram and appealing to Muslims to abandon their claim over the disputed site in Ayodhya so as to facilitate the construction of the temple on Ram's janambhoomi.
- Nepal Groups Plan Big Protests Despite Tight Vigil (Reuters, Gopal Sharma, Apr 07, 2006)
Opponents of Nepal King Gyanendra vowed to come out in vast numbers on Friday to pressure him to give up absolute power as riot police gathered to thwart them on the second day of a four-day nationwide general strike.
- Anti-King Strike Enters Second Day, Life Paralysed In Nepal (Press Trust of India, Shirish B Pradhan, Apr 07, 2006)
Nepal's seven party pro-democracy alliance today vowed to press ahead with its nationwide strike against King Gyanendra's direct rule that has paralysed life across the Himalayan Kingdom.
- Up: 4 Killed, 13 Injured In Clash In Aligarh (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Four persons were killed and 13 injured, six of them seriously, when members of two communities clashed over a place of worship, opening fire and pelting stones, after which indefinite curfew was imposed in three police station areas of this . . .
- The Politics Of Sacrifice (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Apr 07, 2006)
Why Sonia Gandhi can get away with her grand-standing
- Four Killed In Hindu-Muslim Clashes In India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Four people were killed and seven injured in clashes between Hindus and Muslims in the northern Indian town of Aligarh, said a senior official on Thursday.
- Sheila Dixit, Chief Minister (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Chief Minister Sheila Dixit left for Melbourne in the fourth week of March to receive the Commonwealth flame at the closing ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games in that city on March 26. Before her departure, she spoke of the steps being taken . . .
- The Lost Letters, From Langlands To Harish-Chandra (Indian Express, Reshma Patil, Apr 07, 2006)
For the last three months, Robert Langlands—the man behind the Langlands Programme, a pathbreaker in 20th Century mathematics—has wandered through the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai.
- The Sabotage Bank (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 07, 2006)
There is an arresting piquancy to the thought that the State Bank of India employees' strike has commenced in the same week in which the Government has formally signed contracts for private management of Delhi and Mumbai airports.
- Advani Rath Starts Rolling (Deccan Herald, Parag Rabade, Apr 07, 2006)
BJP leader L K Advani on Thursday commenced his Bharat Suraksha Yatra from this BJP fortress in Saurashtra, by appealing to the Muslims in the country to offer the disputed land in Ayodhya to Hindus for the construction of a Lord Rama temple.
- Courting Justice For 50 Years (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Apr 07, 2006)
The Karnataka High Court began in the second half of the 19th century with just three judges and 925 cases. One-and-a-half century since then, today it has 36 judges, including the Chief Justice and nearly one lakh cases in its files.
- Cause For Concern (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 07, 2006)
The arrest of seven persons with links to the Harkat-ul Jihad-i-Islami, Bangladesh (HUJI-B) in connection with the blasts at Varanasi’s Sankatmochan Temple and railway station in March underlines the growing threat posed by Bangladesh-based . . .
- Keep Away From Evil (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Association with the evil-minded is capable of changing the basic goodness of people and downgrading a person's integrity. Such a dangerous influence can even get one's priorities messed up as it happened in the Ramayana, when Kaikeyi met Manthara.
- Destruction Of Amazon Forest Linked To Fast Food (Hindu, John Vidal, Apr 07, 2006)
Export chain ends in big fast food outlets in Europe as farmers illegally seize virgin land in the Amazon forest for soya crops.
Scale of deforestation unprecedented, says Greenpeace
Much of the damage caused by soya farmers
Xingu basin in the heart
- Assam’S Widow From Gujarat Is Agp Candidate (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Apr 06, 2006)
When Alaka Desai first came to Assam 23 years ago, arriving in Guwahati from Gujarat to work on a doctoral thesis on the Northeast, little did she imagine that she would one day contest an election here as the candidate of a regional party.
- Varanasi Blasts: Probe Leads To Bangladesh (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
An Indian cleric on Wednesday publicly confessed his involvement and of a Bangladeshi Islamist group in last month's terrorist strikes in the Hindu holy city of Varanasi that killed at least 20 people.
- Exemplary Devotees (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
During the Lord's incarnation as Lord Rama, His infinite compassion and inherent Soulabhya (accessibility) became manifest during the many instances when he met His devotees face to face.
- All The Tea In China (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Apr 06, 2006)
Dressed in tight, faux leather pants, 50-year-old Sheng Xiu Qing oozes attitude.
- Support For Jaya Wells Up In Tn (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
There is a strong undercurrent of support for Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and ruling AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalitha among rural masses, a tour of Cuddallore, Chidambaram, Mayiladuthurai and Tiruvarur in northern . . .
- Law And Order Has Broken Down' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
We will highlight the failure of the UDF Government to help farmers. The debts incurred by them resulted in 1,500 suicides.
- We Are All Little Lamps’ (Deccan Herald, Ramesh Mysore, Apr 06, 2006)
Swami Sukhabodhananda, who has done workshops for many blue-chip companies in India and abroad, is holding a programme on the Bhagavad Gita in Bangalore.
- Varanasi Blasts Mastermind, 5 Accomplices Arrested (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
A mastermind of the recent Varanasi blasts and five of his accomplices were arrested on Wednesday by the Uttar Pradesh police and Central security agencies.
- The Architect's New Clothes (Pioneer, Chitvan Gill, Apr 06, 2006)
Buildings in the country betray our slavish mentality, thanks to our failure to connect with the past, says Chitvan Gill
- Delhi's Deepening Trauma (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 06, 2006)
The court order on sealing showrooms and shops in residential areas will deprive the dispossessed of legitimate livelihood, says Anuradha Dutt
- Accounting For Heritage Assets (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Apr 06, 2006)
Civilisation, according to Mark Twain, is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.
- Last Post (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 06, 2006)
The army of independent India is a colonial army, and it does not quite know what to do with this paradox.
- Legal Impasse On A Point Of Fact (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 06, 2006)
One mid-morning in March, two district judges of Ganjam, Orissa, were given the sack by the Orissa High Court, on grounds of inefficiency.
- Revive Kashmir’S Silk Industry (Tribune, Ehsan Fazili, Apr 06, 2006)
The silk industry in Kashmir has a glorious heritage, which has eroded due to unchecked felling of mulberry trees during the past 16 years of militancy. The annual cocoon production has fallen from about 8 lakh kgs to only 2.5 lakh kgs last year.
- Shutting Out The Past (Telegraph, Soumitra Das, Apr 06, 2006)
In whatever stage of dilapidation they may be, Calcutta’s heritage buildings are the only extant and visible indication of the city’s once truly cosmopolitan culture, says Soumitra Das
- Advani Makes Common Cause With Sonia (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Mr LK Advani today endorsed Mrs Sonia Gandhi’s veiled criticism of the Communist parties for “communalising the country’s foreign policy” and said both BJP and Congress could make common cause in politics and governance if the ruling party eschewed . . .
- 923 Pulse Polio Booths To Be Set Up In Dharmapuri District (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
A total of 923 pulse polio booths will be established in the district during the first phase of pulse polio immunisation to be taken up on April 9.
- Lust And The Lonely City (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 05, 2006)
While political authority demands more taxes, living itself has become burdensome in Delhi, says Gautam Sen
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