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Articles 5621 through 5720 of 9735:
- Warning Wasted In Bangalore (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jan 08, 2006)
Poor communication, bureaucratic delays
ID card of suspect referred to J & K police more than three months after it was found
Common-sense procedure not followed
Weapons transported from J & K
- Passing Of Roshan Khan (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 08, 2006)
When on March 12, 1951, little known Hashim Khan won the British professional squash title, nobody thought that the modest Pathan was laying the foundations of a dynasty which would rule the sport for two generations and more.
- This Rumpus Over The Dam (Dawn, M.P. Bhandara, Jan 08, 2006)
I happen to be in the ranks of the ordinary citizenry that is baffled by the passionate rhetoric on the passions aroused by the current debate on new large water reservoirs. Needless to say, when tongues lash one another, the flickering candle of . . .
- Conserving A Priceless Heritage (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
People should be aware of the value of the Ambarnath Shivalaya in Maharashtra and help beautify it, Dr Kumud Kanitkar, winner of the Justice K T Telang Fellowship in Indology, tells Vimla Patil.
- Old Order Gives Way (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Jan 08, 2006)
The year just begun is likely to see a radical change in the political equations between the country’s principal parties broadly divided into two: the Hindu Right-wing and others.
- And For Amar Singh, A Tip: Next Time Use Carrier Pigeons (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Jan 08, 2006)
You had to live in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard...—‘1984’ by George Orwell
- Land Of The Flaming Tongue (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Manmohan Melville writes of Jwalamukhi in Himachal Pradesh, which has many interesting legends revolving around it.
- Ancient City Modern Hues (Deccan Herald, Soumya Sitaraman, Jan 08, 2006)
What’s in a name? Plenty, it seems, if the impassioned debate surrounding the renaming of Bangalore as Bengaluru is anything to go by. Soumya Sitaraman looks back on a time when the city was, indeed, called Bengaluru.
- Spaced Out In India... (Deccan Herald, Colin Todhunter, Jan 08, 2006)
Like many other foreign travellers in India, I have been to numerous holy places steeped in mysticism where yoga and meditation courses abound. Unlike other travellers, however, I had never felt any compulsion to indulge in a spiritual quest for inner....
- Women In Novels (Deccan Herald, Sakuntala Narasimhan, Jan 08, 2006)
Although the subject matter merits study, poor language and errors mar the book.
- The Drama Goes On (Deccan Herald, JAYALAKSHMI K, Jan 08, 2006)
The issues that make up the Mahabharatha are still relevant today, even though the characters in its pages belong to antiquity.
- And Quiet Flows The Narmada (Hindu, Meena Menon, Jan 08, 2006)
What does the future hold for the Narmada Bachao Andolan?
- Bjp: Present Tense, Future Uncertain (Tribune, Satish Misra, Jan 07, 2006)
Last month’s silver jubilee celebration of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Mumbai will go down in the party’s history as a landmark which focused on the past, but refused to take up the present and shied away from the future.
- `Karaikal Carnival 2006' From Jan. 14 To Attract More Tourists (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
Will have ethnic food festival, light music, catamaran race
A four-day `Karaikal Carnival 2006', festival of music, dance and culture, would begin here from January 14 coinciding with the Pongal.
- Highs And Lows (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 07, 2006)
Wonders will never cease. Seeing as how of the original Seven Wonders of the World (selected by Philon in 200 BC) only the Pyramids at Giza survive, a Switzerland-based organisation launched a global poll to elect the new Seven Wonders.
- Bjp After Advani’S Exit (Dawn, Afzaal Mahmood, Jan 07, 2006)
Under fire from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and party hawks after he praised Quaid-i-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah during his Pakistan trip, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president L.K. Advani has been forced to quit the top party post.
- Cit To Host Seminar On Environmental Protection (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
Conference papers to be available on icstep2006.com
Over 250 delegates from India and abroad will to attend a three-day conference on environmental protection to be organised at Coimbatore Institute of Technology (CIT), from January 7 to 9.
- Celebrating Triplicane's Historical Significance (Hindu, R. Sujatha, Jan 07, 2006)
"Tiruvallikeni Tiruvizha" is to be inaugurated at 4 p.m. on Saturday
A fair to celebrate one of Chennai's oldest settlements, also known for its massive temple,is beginning on Saturday.
- Bjp Deserts Nepal King? (Statesman, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Jan 07, 2006)
Is one reading too much into it or is the BJP finally throwing its weight behind Nepal’s Opposition?
- Follow Which Leader? (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Jan 07, 2006)
The Ramlila in the BJP seems to be over and hopefully, its new president, Rajnath Singh — who is not Ram, Lakshman, Hanuman or the infamous dhobi — will get down to the serious task of putting the party back on track.
- Old Order Gives Way (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
The year just begun is likely to see a radical change in the political equations between the country’s principal parties broadly divided into two: the Hindu Right-wing and others.
- Act Without Desire (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
The path of action (Karma yoga) is the preparatory discipline for pursuing the path of knowledge (Jnana yoga).
- Those Blessed With Gene-Sharkmen, Matters, Memories (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Jan 07, 2006)
A news item I read in one of the Delhi papers the other day describes how a little striped fish had helped scientists to solve one of the biggest mysteries in biology- which genes were responsible for differences in human skin, eye and hair colour.
- The Net And Nostalgia (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Jan 07, 2006)
My conscious memories of Bangalore/Bengaluru go back to the year 1962. For the next thirty years I visited the place once a year, sometimes twice, staying for a few weeks or a few months each time.
- Remembering Shah-I-Hamadan (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 07, 2006)
The great saint is not only remembered for his saintliness but there is much more than is being read and heard about him.The great saint is not only remembered for his saintliness but there is much more than is being read and heard about him.
- As The Others See Us (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Jan 07, 2006)
After the Mitrokhin and Volcker disclosures and seeing clips of Members of Parliament accepting bribes to put questions in Parliament, the question uppermost in our minds is how do these blighters face members of their own family and friends?
- Keeping Pace (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 06, 2006)
Not very long ago Katra at the foothills of Vaishno Devi was virtually a sleepy town.
- Return Of The Natives (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 06, 2006)
The question of Pandit return looms large over the larger Kashmir dispute.
- Pak- Nepal Nexus (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Jan 06, 2006)
It should have been expected that sooner or later both China and Pakistan would want to fish in the troubled waters in Nepal and, sure enough, Beijing has already delivered truckloads of weapons for the Royal Nepal Army and Pakistan is preparing . . .
- Over To The Masses (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 06, 2006)
The phoney peace of a one-sided four-month ceasefire in Nepal has expectedly come to an end. The ceasefire was first declared in September for three months.
- Why Home Prices Are High (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Jan 06, 2006)
By inferring that the overall value of housing has lost touch with economic reality, Prof Paul Krugman sees homes as separate from the overall savings and investment market. But G. Ramachandran and V. Sankar think that the market for h omes . . .
- Clarion Call (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jan 06, 2006)
The latest Heritage Foundation annual Index of Economic Freedom is an unhappy reminder of just how much we have slipped. Ironically, during the same period that we slid 36 notches to 121 out of 160-odd countries in the league tables of economic freedom,..
- Five-Star Treatment For Dogs (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 06, 2006)
The expression dog-house need no longer refer to a place of disgrace.
- Musharraf For Positive Response (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jan 06, 2006)
Reaffirms Pakistan's "moral support" to Kashmiris
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday said he hoped India would respond positively to Pakistan's proposals of demilitarisation and self-governance in Kashmir to facilitate a "lasting solution...
- Festive Spillover (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 06, 2006)
Almost all of Delhi’s newspapers on Thursday carried reports of a problem common in almost all major urban centres of the country
- Special Measures Helped Ttdc Earn Rs. 8.6 Crore Profit (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
32nd edition of the Tourism and Industrial Exhibition opens
- E-Mail To Pm, President Warns Of Terror Strikes (Hindustan Times, JT Vishnu, Jan 06, 2006)
Pakistan-based terrorist outfits Lashkar-e-Tayyeba and Jaish-e-Mohammad are planning fidayeen attacks on IIT-Kanpur, Varanasi's Kashi Vishwanath Temple and vital installations in the Capital. The attacks have been planned on or before Republic Day, . . .
- Serving Womankind Through Yoga (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
Bharathi Prabhu attends the anniversary of the ladies batch at Jayarama Seva Mandali, where 40 women learn yoga everyday under Mala G Rao to improve the quality of their lives.
- Tourism Looking Up In Alappuzha This Season (Hindu, A. Harikumar, Jan 06, 2006)
`Visitors number more than that during the entire previous season'
Tourism in the district, blessed with backwaters, seems to be prospering this season, which began in November.
- True Renunciation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
A dilemma that every spiritual aspirant faces when he becomes serious about undertaking scriptural study is losing interest in doing the prescribed duties (Karma).
- Like A Starburst (Indian Express, Shriya Anand, Jan 06, 2006)
Imagine you are twenty and have been challenged to a duel. You’ve never been in a fight before, leave alone firing a pistol. You have one night to live, and an entire world inside your head that you need . . .
- Barnala Launches Raj Bhavan Website (Hindu, T. Ramakrishnan, Jan 05, 2006)
Guess how much the British paid for the Raj Bhavan? The answer: 10,000 pagodas (Rs. 35,000) - and that was in 1821.
- Where It Hurts The Most (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 05, 2006)
Extracts from the World Drug Report 2005, published by the United Nations Office of Drug and Crime.
- A Monumental Mockery Of Heritage And History (Hindu, Mandira Nayar, Jan 05, 2006)
The High Court may have issued orders for demolishing illegal structures across the Capital, but the newly expanded Village Bistro at Hauz Khas Village,
- Uphold Righteousness (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
The entire creation is sustained by Dharma and human beings have a moral responsibility to uphold righteousness for the sake of the welfare of the entire world.
- Riverside Drama -Sudip Returns To The Stage (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 05, 2006)
It is encouraging that a former member of Parliament has revived a concern for the banks of the Hooghly in Kolkata, which are in distressing shape even when there is evidence of beautification in some pockets.
- ‘Scientists’ Attitude To World Must Change’ (Deccan Herald, K Jayalakshmi, Jan 05, 2006)
As a society we are now focused only on making money with the result that our children have nothing to imbibe except the same pursuit of money.
- Moving Forward In Space (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 05, 2006)
In all probability, this will be the year the Indian Space Research Organisation completes ground testing of the indigenous cryogenic stage. ISRO will then be in a position to fly the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) . . .
- Recipe For Disaster (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 05, 2006)
The decision of the Nepalese Maoists to call off the four-month-long ceasefire is unfortunate.
- Koreans Lost A National Hero In The Stem-Cell Scandal. But Their Scientists Still Lead The Way In Biotech Research (Indian Express, B.J. LEE, Jan 05, 2006)
The world’s stem-cell hub at Seoul National University Hospital seemed like the epicentre of global biotechnology when it was dedicated last October. The new lab was built chiefly to house Hwang Woo Suk, South Korea’s stem-cell-research pioneer, . . .
- Art Of Investing By Inertia (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Jan 05, 2006)
Self-Control, inertia, procrastination. Human, touchable, endearing terms.
- No More An Elite (Deccan Herald, T R SHASTRI, Jan 05, 2006)
From a bookkeeper to a discontented salesman, the profile of a manager has changed
- Alang Awaits Its Hazardous Diet (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Jan 05, 2006)
India must take a lead in cleaning up its ship-breaking industry, says Sonu Jain
- India Arrests Two For Planning Attacks On Software Firms (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Indian police arrested two men suspected of planning attacks on software and technology companies in Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh state, and seized a large quantity of explosives, Joint Police Commissioner Rajiv Trivedi said on Tuesday.
- Pm Unveils 7-Point Package For Second Green Revolution (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today unveiled a seven-point package to bring about second green revolution and promote integrated rural development to enhance productivity and bridge the rural-urban divide.
- Three Blasts Rock Western Nepal (Press Trust of India, Shirish B Pradhan, Jan 04, 2006)
Three western Nepalese cities were rocked by near simultaneous blasts, hours after Maoists called off their four-month unilateral ceasefire blaming continued Army operations against the rebels.
- No Force Can Weaken People's Resolve: Pm (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Condemning the recent terrorist attack on Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today sought to send out a strong message to the pertpetrators of violence saying "no force on earth can weaken the resolve of Indian people"
- Sc Dismisses Petition On Taj Mahal (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition by a society claiming to be formed by descendents of Mughal dynasty seeking quashing of the order of Uttar Pradesh Central Sunni Wakf Board declaring Taj Mahal as Wakf property.
- Medical Truth Is Stranger Than Tv Fiction (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 04, 2006)
Tamil serials being what they are, not too many eyebrows were raised when the female villain Pooja in a Jaya TV prime-time presentation titled Kalki queued up for free food at a temple. And Pooja was a villainess-turned-CEO-turned mendicant!
- Secret Of Action (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
It is not possible for the majority of people except men of wisdom (Jnani) to refrain from action.
- Iit Soldier & Terror On Centre Stage (Telegraph, G.S. RADHAKRISHNA, Jan 04, 2006)
They came to find scientific solutions to poverty, but all the voices rose in anger against a common threat — terrorism.
- Blasts Rock Nepal (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Three western Nepalese cities were rocked by near simultaneous blasts, hours after Maoists called off their four-month unilateral ceasefire blaming continued Army operations against the rebels.
- Supreme Court Dismisses Petition On Taj Mahal (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition by a society claiming to be formed by descendents of Mughal dynasty seeking quashing of the order of Uttar Pradesh Central Sunni Wakf Board declaring Taj Mahal as Wakf property.
- Call To Promote Tourism In Kanyakumari District (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
"North Indian tourists confine themselves to temple circuit"
Kanyakumari district has been bestowed with whatever a tourist looks for and has a good scope to pull in more domestic and foreign tourists, said Kanyakumari Collector Sunil Paliwal.
- Next Time In Tehran, Catch A Game Of Women’S Polo (Indian Express, NAHID SIAMDOUST, Jan 04, 2006)
It has been called the king of sports and the sport of kings, but there was nothing regal about the rundown stadium outside Tehran where one of the first women’s polo matches in many generations was held.
- Terror Strike Proof Of India's Emergence: Pm (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
"Prof. Puri lived a life of peace dedicated to science and education"
- Security In It Destinations — No Cause For Panic (Business Line, K.G. Kumar, Jan 04, 2006)
Soon after the Bangalore attack, the Tamil Nadu Police beefed up security in various parts of the State, including armed police pickets at TIDEL Park, Indian Institute of Technology, Anna University, and the Central Leather Research Institute, among . . .
- ``No Force On Earth Can Weaken India's Resolve'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said terrorists were targeting research and scientific institutions because of the emergence of India as a knowledge power, and asserted that no force on earth could weaken the resolve of Indians to . . .
- Classroom Of The Future (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 04, 2006)
Sebastian Mallaby went to Vellore and found evidence of India’s ‘educational take-off’
- `Iisc Incident Shows Indian Science's Success' (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
The Prime Minister recalled the incident where Prof M.C. Puri was shot dead by a terrorist at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and described him "as a soldier of knowledge who lived a life of peace, dedicated to science and education."
- A Glimmer Of Hope In The Distance (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 04, 2006)
Every hour of the day, the sun sets in some part of the world. But at the very same time, it rises somewhere else.
- Rs. 5 Crores Central Assistance To Promote Tourism In Kodagu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
State Government urged to improve the condition of roads in the district
- Un ‘Deeply Concerned’ At End Of Ceasefire In Nepal (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Series of explosions rock country hours after ceasefire ended
- Nothing Can Stop Our March, Says Pm (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Joining ranks with India's scientific community, shocked by the Bangalore attack that left a top scientist dead, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday warned that terrorists would target R&D institutions in a bid to stymie the country’s emergence . . .
- Environment Ministry To Soon Declare Agastyamalai A Biosphere Reserve (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Spread over 1,300 sqkm on the Western Ghats, it is a classified biodiversity hotspot
- Out Of Saudi Comfort (Dawn, F.S. Aijazuddin, Jan 03, 2006)
The story was apocryphal once but has acquired the patina of fact. It pertained to a remark by the American millionaire Mr J. J. Astor, who on seeing the shards of the fatal iceberg strewn on the decks of the Titanic, muttered: ‘I had ordered ice, . . .
- No Compromise On Corruption: Rajnath Singh (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jan 03, 2006)
Takes over reins of party; MPs indicted in cash-for-questions scam may be expelled from BJP also ]
Key responsibility for Bal Apte MPs may be expelled from party also Focus on cultural nationalism
- Nepalese Maoists Call Off Unilateral Truce (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Nepal’s Maoist rebels said on Monday they would not extend a four-month truce which ends at midnight, and that they were abandoning the ceasefire in self defence
- Dharam Singh Promises Help For Research On Ancient Karnataka (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Address on the rich past of the State impresses Chief Minister
- Modern Notions Of Culture And Self (Hindu, Partho Datta, Jan 03, 2006)
A peep into what is happening in India today in culture and what concerns move its most articulate citizens
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