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Articles 4221 through 4320 of 9735:
- End Minorityism, Join Hands, Advani Tells Congress (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Leader of Opposition and senior BJP leader LK Advani said on Tuesday that if the Congress shuns minorityism in politics and governance, it would set a firm foundation of cooperation with the BJP making common cause with the Congress.
- No Sure Way Of Defining (Telegraph, Stephen Hugh-Jones, Apr 05, 2006)
Is Indian “street” English (Englishes, rather) as valid as any other? The question isn’t, of course, one for India or English alone.
- Popularizing Science Among Children (Daily Excelsior, Arvind Gupta, Apr 05, 2006)
Before children can understand a thing, they need experience: seeing, touching, hearing, tasting, smelling; choosing ar ranging, putting things together, taking things apart experimenting with real things.
- Railways To Set Up 100 Budget Hotels (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
After a marked improvement in its financial health, the Indian Railways plans to build over 100 budget hotels on its vacant land near railway stations across the country.
- Female Foeticide (Daily Excelsior, Arunesh Mahajan, Apr 05, 2006)
Man is said to be the crown of creation. He has been blessed with the highest blessings of God like the power of reasoning, imagination, attention, will-power. No doubt man has made full utilization of these blessings of God. He has discovered ways and me
- Will India Emerge As Global Power ? (Daily Excelsior, Abhijit Patwardhan, Apr 05, 2006)
For sceptics, the suggestion of an area of peace in Asia remains wishful thinking.
- Twenty Years Later (Tribune, Sanjeev Bariana, Apr 05, 2006)
Folks, remember Rakesh Chaba? One night he woke me up at 3 a.m. on a chilly winter night and asked me to follow him outside the hostel in Dalhousie. He raised his finger and said ‘that is Mars’. He did things like astronomy and love signs. Ghosts . . .
- A Hapless Predicament (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
The greatest challenge for the truly virtuous is to cope with the tight spot when their very integrity becomes suspect.
- Another Musharraf Regime? (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Apr 05, 2006)
Pakistan is an illiberal democracy since political engineering would ensure Musharraf’s next electoral victory
- The Flawed Trial Of Saddam Hussein (Hindu, Sadakat Kadri, Apr 05, 2006)
The trial of the Iraqi dictator, promising justice while presuming guilt, is a parody of Nuremberg and legally irredeemable.
- Service Sector To The Rescue (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Apr 04, 2006)
India was once an agricultural country.
- Thousands Of Devotees Witness Kumbabhishekam At Palani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
Tight security at winch station and rope car station
- Meenakshi Temple To Develop `Secular Garden' Near City (Hindu, CP Bhambri, Apr 04, 2006)
Plan to raise 690 trees on an expanse of five acres
- Will 'Martyrdom' Work For Party? (Pioneer, CP Bhambhri, Apr 04, 2006)
Emotional chorus alone cannot bring victory to the Congress in the coming Assembly elections, says CP Bhambhri
- Advaniji’S Neither A Hardliner Nor A Softliner. He Has No Line. And It’S A Shock I’M Still To Recover From’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 04, 2006)
From ideologue to maverick, Uma Bharati has been described differently.
- France In Ferment, Anger On The Streets (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Apr 04, 2006)
Although protests have polarised around changes to labour laws, the real discontent runs far deeper. The direct street action is born of despair, of the conviction that nothing concrete can or will ever be delivered by the political or business . . .
- Pinnacle Of Devotion (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
The unique two-way flow that characterises the quality of Bhakti has been the strong support and foundation for spiritual development. Divine grace readily manifests itself in the truly devout in whom service to the Lord is uppermost.
- Well Done (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Apr 03, 2006)
The overall reception that surgeon Lt Cdr Wahida
Prizm has got in her home State during her
vacations is well deserved. It has climaxed into a meeting with Governor Lt Gen S.K. Sinha (retd) in this city last weekend.
- Kalam In The Land Of Pagodas (Daily Excelsior, Subhashis Mittra, Apr 03, 2006)
The recent visit of Presi-
dent Dr APJ Abdul Kalam
to Myanmar is a record of sorts in more ways than one. Itwas not only his first visit to the neighbouring country, but the first ever by an Indian Head of State to Myanmar. The visit was all the . . .
- Do Not Be Afraid India File (News International, Jyoti Malhotra, Apr 03, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi should have known that Shamsur Rahman was going to be in town around the time she declared war on the Opposition and launched a new political struggle in the battle-fields of Uttar Pradesh .
- Sabarimala Temple Festival Begins; Launch Of Master Plan On April 7 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
The 10-day annual festival at Lord Ayyappa Temple in Sabarimala began with the auspicious flag hoisting ceremony on Sunday morning.
- Sri Lanka And Pakistan Agree To Combat Terrorism (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Apr 03, 2006)
Mahinda Rajapakse in Islamabad Pakistan reaffirmed its support for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Sri Lanka
- A Shot In The Arm For Food Irradiation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
Though India is the largest producer of mangoes in the world, export to the United States has not been possible for many years because of stringent import regulations designed to prevent the entry of products carrying potential pests and diseases.
- Kunti’S Tale Of Solitude (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
Dancer, choreographer and actor Anitha Santhanam on stage begins her monologue in Tamil prose for Vaanaprastham, a reminiscence narrative based on Mahabharata. This was at Christ College mini auditorium on Saturday.
- Sanctions Are A Bad Idea (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Apr 03, 2006)
India should not be influenced in its decision on Iran by the United States
- World Scrambles To Feed China’S Appetite For Metal (Deccan Herald, Don Lee , Apr 03, 2006)
China's imports of scrap metal surged nearly 30 percent last year, and the trend is not likely to abate
- Tribals Caught In Govt-Naxal Crossfire (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Apr 03, 2006)
The Salwa Judum, anti-Naxalite campaign in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh has put the tribals in a spot
- When Words Spoke Louder Than Action On Tv (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Apr 03, 2006)
I chanced across a lot of quirky things on TV news last week.
- Policy To Fight Naxalism (Tribune, Gen V.P. Malik (retd), Apr 03, 2006)
On March 13, 2006, the Union Home Minister announced a 14-point policy on Naxalism in the Lok Sabha as outlined in a booklet, “Status Paper on the Naxal Problem”.
- Pride Of Families To Shame Of Doctors (Telegraph, M.R. Venkatesh, Apr 03, 2006)
The confused expression and the stiff body language underlined an obvious fact: these were no hardened criminals.
- Affection Clouds Mind (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
The two human manifestations of God as Rama and Krishna offer interesting comparisons and contrasts, which commentators and scholars utilise to highlight the distinguishing features of their descents in the world.
- 173-Yr-Old Case Up For Hearing (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
A local court is poised to reopen one of India’s oldest pending cases in living memory, 173 years after it was first lodged here, when the city was the administrative and commercial capital of the British colonial regime.
- More Jodhpurs With Smart Policies (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, Apr 01, 2006)
It was an enchanted night and brought alive memories of that older, forgotten India that we must rediscover and reinvent if we want tourism to help us preserve what is left of our wonderful monuments and palaces...
- Stages Of Human Life (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 01, 2006)
Irrespective of the circumstances in which an individual is placed in life, the Vedic tradition envisages that he should gradually progress towards the goal of liberation from rebirths in four stages (Ashrama).
- Wanted: More Girls In Maths And Science (Tribune, MARGARET WERTHEIM, Apr 01, 2006)
On Saturday, hundreds of girls will flock to the California Institute of Technology to celebrate the joys of science.
- Brahmaputra Threatens To Sink Island Way Of Life (Reuters, Alpana Sarma, Apr 01, 2006)
It is 14 times the size of Manhattan, but South Asia's largest river island could disappear beneath the Brahmaputra river within 25 years unless efforts to save it are dramatically stepped up, officials say.
- World Of Values (Statesman, MOHIT CHAKRABARTI, Apr 01, 2006)
Education today is going through stresses and strains. This is all the more alarming with the decline in values.
- Pink City Wows Prince (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 01, 2006)
Admires the renovation of 250-year-old temples Prince Charles is an "international patron'' of the Jaipur Virasat Foundation, which has launched heritage conservation work in the entire city with the support of UNESCO
- Fossil Light (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 01, 2006)
Are we a step closer to reading the mind of God now?
- Tax The Big Fish (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Apr 01, 2006)
During the recent debate on the Budget in Rajya Sabha, I pointed out a major lacuna in the provisions of service tax. Unfortunately, the Finance Minister took refuge behind a peculiar excuse to skittle the issue.
- Asi Renovates St. Mary's Church (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 01, 2006)
The oldest Anglican church outside England sports a new look
ASI formally hands over premises to Church Committee
"Exercise threw up lot of lessons in conservation of monuments"
- Varsity Seeks Alternative Dates For Tnpcee (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 01, 2006)
Conduct examination either on May 18, 19 or on May 20, 21
25 exam venues also counting centres for Assembly poll on May 8
No time to prepare centres for exam after counting votes
All-India Pre-Medical and Pre-Dental Entrance Examination . . .
- Varanasi: Plea Dismissed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 01, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition seeking directions to the Centre and Uttar Pradesh to ensure the safety of all religious places at and around Varanasi following the March 7 bomb blast in the Sankat Mochan temple there.
- Borders As Frontiers Of Contact, Not Separation (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Apr 01, 2006)
Last week, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spoke eloquently on the prospects for cooperation between the two Punjabs divided between India and Pakistan and the hopes for Amritsar and Lahore re-emerging as major trans-regional trading centres.
- Thaksin And Thailand's Snap Polls (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Apr 01, 2006)
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, with his pro-poor image, is pitted against an Opposition that has accused him of manipulating the political system for his benefit.
- Sabarimala Temple To Open Today For Annual Festival (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 01, 2006)
Rituals to begin with `Ganapathihomam' followed by `Abhishekom'
- Vemulawada Temple Earns Record Revenue (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 01, 2006)
Hair offered by pilgrims earns Rs. 1.02 crores
Open auction held to prevent contractors from forming a syndicate
Bidders invited from Chennai, Vijaywada, Tirupati and other places
An estimated 3,500 kg hair is generated every year at the `Kalyanakat
- Palani Hill Temple Given A Facelift (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 01, 2006)
Facilities for devotees improved
- Insurance Coverage For Students (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 01, 2006)
Group policy for 12 at Rs. 50,000
Effort to lend a helping hand for financially weak students
Special policy for girl students
Policy may be extended to short-term courses too
- India Can’T Be A Us Partner And Target At The Same Time: Saran (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Mar 31, 2006)
Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran said on Thursday that India “cannot be a partner and a target” of the US at the same time.
- After 173 Years Indian Court Considers Raja’S Will (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 31, 2006)
An Indian court is set to reopen the country’s oldest pending case 173 years after it was first lodged in the eastern city of Calcutta, then the administrative and commercial capital of British colonial rule.
- Rajasthan Showcased For Royal Couple (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 31, 2006)
Amid showering of flower petals from the Indian Air Force helicopters and flying of Jaguar planes emitting colours in their honour, the royal couple, Prince Charles and Camilla witnessed the Rajasthan Day celebrations here on Thursday.
- Cabinet Doubles Defence Minister's Financial Powers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 31, 2006)
Enhanced powers limited to items emergent in nature
Finance Minister's powers also doubled
Rs. 48.33 crore for Khalsa Heritage Project
- 2,000-Cr. More For Welfare Sector (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 31, 2006)
YSR announces the additional allocation; irrigation too to get more
- The Lord's Advent (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 31, 2006)
The Earth is stated to be the land of Karma because it is here that bonded souls can be born as human beings to strive for release by working out their Karma.
- ‘N-Deal Must Be Within Parameters Decided’ (Indian Express, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Mar 31, 2006)
Against the backdrop of some US lawmakers suggesting that conditions be attached to the Indo-US nuclear deal, . . . .
- Saran, Rice Discuss Nuclear Deal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 31, 2006)
Any change to be ``within the parameters'' of understanding reached: India
- Rs. 2,000 Crore More For Welfare Sector, Says Ysr (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 31, 2006)
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy has announced an additional allocation of Rs. 2,000 crore each for irrigation and welfare sectors for the 2006-07 fiscal.
- Two Universities To Launch Project On Tamil Software (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 31, 2006)
Agreement in this regard to be signed soon
Anna University and Tamil University will join together and launch a project for preparing software in Tamil, said D.Viswanathan, Vice-Chancellor, Anna University, here on Wednesday.
- Hamas Assumes Office Amid Threats Of Isolation (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Mar 31, 2006)
Abbas swears in 24-member Cabinet, including one woman
The new Palestinian Government led by Hamas has assumed office amid growing threats of a financial boycott and political isolation by the United States, Europe and Israel.
- Rice Meets Chirac For Talks On Iran Nuclear Crisis (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 31, 2006)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met French President Jacques Chirac in Paris as part of a lightning tour of Europe for consultations on Iran.
- Strong Earthquake Hits Iran, Two People Dead (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 31, 2006)
At least 21 people died and 313 were injured when an earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale hit the province of Lorestan in western Iran on early Friday, official television quoted a local official as saying.
- Saran: Any Change In Nuke Deal Should Be "Within The Parameters" (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Mar 31, 2006)
Against the backdrop of some US lawmakers suggesting that conditions be attached to Indo-US nuclear deal, India today made it clear that any change contemplated by the Congress will have to be "within the parameters" of understanding reached . . .
- Business Of Politics Of Profit (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Mar 31, 2006)
Arun Jaitley must be thanked for Sonia Gandhi looking all set to dominate the news from now to election day.
- India Says Nuclear Deal Will Not Spark Arms Race (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Mar 31, 2006)
India, pressing for U.S. congressional approval of a landmark nuclear energy agreement, on Thursday rejected suggestions the deal might provoke a South Asia arms race and reaffirmed its commitment to a voluntary moratorium on atomic weapons testing.
- The Legacy Of Historic Mewar (Pioneer, Vinayshil Gautam, Mar 31, 2006)
Some princely states of India, especially the Rajputanas, were far more dynamic and benevolent than what is commonly believed, says Vinayshil Gautam
- Hawking India's Soul? (Business Line, Sridhar Jagannathan, Mar 31, 2006)
The recent deal to allow India to have its nuclear cake in public and eat it in private too will adversely impact the global goal of reducing the spectre of a nuclear war.
- Mohanlal Munshi Of Kasauli (Tribune, Baljit Malik, Mar 30, 2006)
The man is no more. Or so they say. Mohanlal Munshi... businessman, poet of fine timbre, collector-seller of abandoned antique furniture has travelled on for a rendezvous — body, soul, spirit — with his Maker of mixed gender.
- Solar Eclipse Observed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 30, 2006)
Fourth such spectacle in the 21st century
- Yoga Has It All: Unity In Vision (Deccan Herald, RAMNATH NARAYANSWAMY, Mar 30, 2006)
There is perhaps no better introduction to the concept of yoga than the celebrated booklet by Belagere Krishna Shastri, entitled Yega has it All, (Yegdaagella Aithe in Kannada). It is an astonishing, beautiful and extraordinary text.
- Pathetic Condition Of Urdu Schools (Deccan Herald, Firoz Bakht Ahmed, Mar 30, 2006)
Enlightened education should be ensured for the Muslim community
- China Premier Backs India Boosting Nuclear Energy (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 30, 2006)
China backs India's peaceful nuclear energy plans but wants nuclear weapon states to honour their obligations under the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, Premier Wen Jiabao was quoted as saying on Thursday
- Stresses On Complimentation And Not Competition (Daily Excelsior, Lt Col (Rtd) R K Langar, Mar 30, 2006)
Complimentation and not competition is te main thrust of Indian thought. Complimentation spreads cooperation, harmony and togetherness which enables man to perceive unity in diversity.
- Indian Team Studies Eclipse (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 30, 2006)
An 80-member team from India comprising of students and astronomers conducted a series experiments during the total solar eclipse here. Excitement was writ large on the faces of the young students, who won a competitive online test that earned . . .
- Partial Manifestation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 30, 2006)
Among the major incarnations of the Almighty, His descents in human form as Rama and Krishna are hailed in the scriptural texts as full manifestations.
- Stray Dogs And The Right To Life (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 30, 2006)
Recently, I heard since the Right to Life guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution should prevail over the protection against blanket mass slaughter guaranteed to stray dogs under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, municipalities . . .
- India — Monuments And Museums (Daily Times, Razi Azmi, Mar 30, 2006)
Rajasthan gained infamy in 1987 when, in the village of Deorala, the widowed Roop Kanwar performed sati under controversial circumstances burning herself to death at her husband’s funeral pyre, watched by over 100 people.
- Life's Not Suffering, It Is Bliss (The Economic Times, Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda, Mar 30, 2006)
A housewife has sent all her children to school and is cleaning her house. She hears the door bell and opens the door. Two preachers are at the door and ask her whether they can have a few minutes with her to teach her how to live her life eternally.
- Musharraf Pledges To Develop Balochistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 30, 2006)
Says he will chair all investment conferences
* Inaugurates Islamic bank in Karachi, gas supply project at Gwadar
- Students Find `Heritage Walk' From Mud Fort To Temple Useful (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 30, 2006)
Students of History Department at K.G.S Arts College, Srivaikundam, carried out a `heritage walk' from the mud fort at Srivaikundam to the nearby Sri Kailasnathar Temple, recently.
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