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- From Our Files 50 Years Ago (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 15, 2005)
Premiers Survey Whole Range Of Indo-Pak Relations
NEW DELHI, May 14
Within two hours of his arrival here Mr Mohammed Ali, the Pakistan Prime Minister, and Pandit Nehru met at the latter’s residence in a conference for talks on Indo-Pakistan . . ,
- Actress With Poise And Dignity (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , May 15, 2005)
NANDITA Das is the second Indian actress, considered tall enough, to sit in judgement on the films in competition in the world’s premier film festival at Cannes.
- Baglihar: Pak Fears Unfounded (Tribune, R. N. Malik, May 15, 2005)
THE Baglihar dam has become a project of controversy. The story of this project will unfold follies on both sides with extra dose of obscurantism from Pakistan. India has rightly rejected Pakistan’s offer to start a dialogue on this issue, provided work
- Think Out Of The Box (Telegraph, Sanjib Baruah, May 14, 2005)
T. Muivah’s suggestion — a special federal relationship with India — may well be the solution to the Naga dispute, writes Sanjib Baruah
- Said And The Saidians (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, May 14, 2005)
The United States of America is not only the leading economic and military power in the world, but also the leading intellectual power.
- Abominable Acts (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 14, 2005)
TWO explosions in quick succession in downtown Srinagar show how nebulous peace is in the state. . .
- India’S Weakness Apparent (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, May 14, 2005)
Despite their insensitivity to its security interests, India is still unable to deal firmly with its troublesome neighbours
- A Policy In Search Of A Rationale (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, May 14, 2005)
With the Foreign and Defence Ministries at loggerheads, it isn't surprising that India took 17 days to confirm King Gyanendra's statement in Jakarta that military supplies to Nepal would continue.
- Violence Returns To The Valley (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , May 14, 2005)
After a brief lull, attacks by militants have resumed in the Valley.
- Targeting Kashmir’S Leaders (Tribune, Anil Nauriya , May 14, 2005)
There has been a spate of politically motivated assassinations in Kashmir. On May 1 the Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammed Sayeed’s nephew, Atiqullah was shot at in Anantnag and died later.
- Blast Outside School Leaves 2 Dead, 52 Hurt (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
Two women were killed and at least 52 others injured, most of them schoolchildren, in a grenade explosion outside a school near Lal Chowk here this afternoon.
- Three Lakh Rural Households Sans Power In Punjab (Tribune, Manoj Kumar, May 13, 2005)
Electricity supply has failed to reach over three lakh households in rural Punjab, the richest state in the country. The state claimed to achieved 100 per cent rural electrification in early seventies.
- Grenade Attack Near School (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
Two killed, 25 children injured as militants strike again in Srinagar
- Govt Rejects Phukan Report On Tehelka (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
The government on Friday rejected the report of the Phukan Commission, which probed the Tehelka expose into fictitious defence deals, on the ground that it was 'incomplete'.
- Pakistan's Afghan Problem (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, May 13, 2005)
The over three million Afghan refugees still in Pakistan pose a variety of challenges for the host nation.
- Blast At School Gates In Srinagar (Telegraph, MUKHTAR AHMAD, May 13, 2005)
Panic reigned the city’s busiest road as suspected militants set off a grenade blast outside two schools this afternoon.
- Weapons Bill (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
A German tourist was allegedly raped by an autorickshaw driver and his accomplice on the outskirts of Jodhpur city on Wednesday
- Militants Explode Grenade Near School Bus In J&k (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
Militants on Thursday carried out a major grenade explosion outside the main gate of Christian Missionary-run Tyndale Biscoe School at Ganta Ghar, Lal Chowk, injuring 28 persons including 11 school students.
- J&k Gets Adb Aid For Reconstruction (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
The state proposes to spend the money on reconstruction of roads, bridges and for improving the sanitation facilities.
- Pm Rings Alert On Pak Talks (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said he would not be able to take Indian public opinion with him in persisting with the peace talks if terrorist attacks continued from across the border.
- Hurry Up, Hurriyat (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 13, 2005)
THE offer of Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Omar Farooq to step down to facilitate the return of Syed Ali Shah Geelani to the parent body is aimed at creating a ground for unity in the highly divided organisation.
- A Failed State, A Talibanised Society (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, May 13, 2005)
Pak is unable to think of an identity except as ‘Not India’, except as the country whose mission is to dismember India
- Terror In India (Washington Times, Editorial, The Washington Times, May 11, 2005)
The recent terrorist attacks in India indicate that the October earthquake that devastated some jihadist-rich areas in India and Pakistan has not incapacitated the militant groups.
- The Answer, My Friends Lies In The Numbers! (Deccan Herald, JAYALAKSHMI K, May 09, 2005)
Aswathanarayan Muthkur, an avid mathematician and astrologer, has been able to write every prime exponent as a sum of even numbers of lower expon
- "India Poised To Be An Innovation Leader In Manufacturing Sector" (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, May 09, 2005)
Can join developed nations in next 25 years, say scientists
Can join developed nations in next 25 years, say scientists
Can join developed nations in next 25 years, say scientists
Can join develope
- Son-Shine (Tribune, Gitanjali Sharma , May 09, 2005)
There are times when I feel I am the most blessed and there are moments I couldn’t be more sorry for myself.
- Watchword For Judges, Lawyers (Tribune, Fali S. Nariman, May 09, 2005)
A few weeks ago Vice-President B.S. Shekhawat was to inaugurate a seminar on public governance but could not, as he had to go to Rome.
- Victory Day 40 Years Ago (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, May 09, 2005)
NEARLY eight months before the Soviet-sponsored India-Pakistan talks at Tashkent, where he had suddenly died, Lal Bahadur Shastri had paid an official visit to the Soviet Union in mid-May 1965.
- The Remains Of An Exodus Gone By (Deccan Herald, P G Suja, May 08, 2005)
P G Suja writes about the Kochi Jewish Synagogue, a place of worship of Kochi Jews, the oldest Jewish group in India
- The East As A Career (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 08, 2005)
If, as I claimed in my last column, the two questions tirelessly asked of Indian writers in English — “Which audience do you write for?”
- Time To Address Infrastructure Bottlenecks (Tribune, David Devadas, May 08, 2005)
IN the days when no road straddled the Great Himalyan Range between the Valley and Ladakh, relay runners used to carry mail across the 17,000-foot range and the icy ridges around Kargil.
- Fond Memories Of My Parents (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, May 07, 2005)
My mother died quite some time ago. None of her children can remember what year it was.
- On The Outer Fringes (Business Line, S. Srinath, May 07, 2005)
All items covered by FBT will be affected either by VAT or service tax, which cannot be treated as input tax. In such a case, if no benefit is given for deducting VAT or service tax on these items covered by FBT, it would be tantamount to double taxation.
- Out-Of-The-Box Diplomacy (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, May 07, 2005)
Today the term 'out-of-the-box diplomacy' is fashionable. China, the proponent of 'a peaceful rise' has masterfully demonstrated this new tactic.
- Mapping The Earth From A New High (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , May 07, 2005)
With Cartosat-1 in orbit and the launch of Cartosat-2 also planned, the sky is the limit for Indian remote sensing.
- Bodos Divided (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, May 07, 2005)
The Bodoland People's Progressive Front has already been divided into two camps, less than a month since its formation.
- New Planes, New Skies (Tribune, Sridhar K. Chari, May 06, 2005)
Runway 32L at Toulouse airport in France is well known to aviation enthusiasts.
- A Boycott Call Shakes Up British Academia (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, May 06, 2005)
The decision by Britain's premier Association of University Teachers to enforce an academic boycott of Israel has evoked mixed reactions.
- A Peep Into History (Hindu, Amit Baruah, May 06, 2005)
Nine years before Pokhran-I, the Americans believed that India would go nuclear
- An Almost Irreversible Process (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 06, 2005)
Najam Sethi, Editor-in-Chief ofThe Friday TimesandThe Daily Times, and his wife Jugnu Mohsin, Publisher and Managing Editor of the weekly newspaper, represent the independent and courageous face of Pakistani journalism
- The Dough Is In The Land, Not The Bread (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, May 05, 2005)
Five years after privatisation, Modern Food assets are being stripped.
- Three Words Still Mean Divorce (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 05, 2005)
There have been hundreds of unresolved murders of journalists in their line of duty around the world in the last decade. Here are details of a few of the instances, as compiled by the World Association of Newspapers to mark World Press Freedom Day, May 3:
- Self-Interest And After (Telegraph, Deb Mukharji, May 05, 2005)
For the past week there have been statements, comments and speculation on India’s policy towards Nepal
- Devoted To Disaster (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2005)
The Pakistan President denied that he was shy of speaking about Kargil and said a debate on the issue will not lead anywhere.
- Relations With Neighbours — Dialogue With Discretion (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, May 04, 2005)
India has realised it should develop a coherent policy of regional and global economic integration if its voice is to be heard in the councils of the world. But its flip-flops on Nepal and failure to join issue with Bangladesh on crucial matters have
- Goa Beyond Tourists And Those Clichés (Hindu, K. GopiNathan , May 03, 2005)
Maria Aurora Couto's book, Goa — A Daughter's Story, looks beyond the sunny beaches and wild parties
- Remembering Them On Press Freedom Day (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 03, 2005)
There have been hundreds of unresolved murders of journalists in their line of duty around the world in the last decade.
- Muhabbat-I-Musharraf (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, May 03, 2005)
Musharraf is the man who slipped a fast one in Kargil,
- India, China: Top Powers By 2020 (Deccan Herald, Raja Menon, May 03, 2005)
Whether the two countries’ present relationship continues to remain peaceful only time will tell
- Little Beyond Platitudes (Business Line, Editorial, The Hindu, May 02, 2005)
BY ALL ACCOUNTS, the Japanese Prime Minister, Mr Junichiro Koizumi's maiden visit to India has not broken any new ground in any direction.
- Building On Heritage (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , May 02, 2005)
As far as India is concerned, China has warmed up over the years, even modifying its stand on Kashmir
- Through The Viewfinder (Hindu, r kRITHIKA, May 01, 2005)
Wildlife, feature films, current affairs, Alphonse Roy's camera has panned them all. A freewheeling chat with the ace cinematographer
- Exploring Silence (Hindu, S. DIWAKAR , May 01, 2005)
Kannada has had a rich tradition of little magazines. The latest, Deshakaala, may just become the catalyst for new literary movements,
- Kingdom Of The Thunder Dragon (Deccan Herald, M BHAKTAVATSALA, May 01, 2005)
Beautiful, serene and untouched by time, Bhutan with its simple-minded and hard-working people has M Bhaktavatsala wishing that this Shangri-la can stay uncontaminated.
- The East As A Career (Telegraph, AMIT CHAUDHURI, May 01, 2005)
At readings by Indian writers in English, two related questions, or some version of them, will invariably be asked by a member of the audience,
- Boat-Ride On The Ganga (Hindu, TULSI BADRINATH , May 01, 2005)
`It is a sensitive situation,' said the guide, little aware of the irony wrought by his words. For next to him were scholars meeting in Varanasi t
- Sethusamudram Gets The Green Signal (Hindu, CORPORATE BUREAU, Apr 30, 2005)
The Centre has cleared the proposal to dredge a ship channel across the Palk Straits, an idea conceived 150 years ago
- Afghans On U.S. Project Shot Dead (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2005)
Man claiming to have abducted Italian aid worker in Afghanistan issues death threat
- U.S. Quota On More Chinese Apparel (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2005)
Beijing raises rates on dollar deposits
- Set Up Rights Panels Immediately, Nhrc Tells States (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2005)
"The commissions should be structurally and financially independent"
- Where Left Meets Right (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Apr 30, 2005)
Earlier this year, I was at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, where I had been asked to give an after-dinner talk to the students.
- Just Too Good To Be True (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Apr 30, 2005)
While I watched President Musharraf go on and on pumping Manmohan Singh’s hand, with both men putting on their best smiles for the cameramen, two sentences kept going round and round in my head:
- Confusion Now Hath Made His Masterpiece (Business Line, D. Murali , Apr 30, 2005)
SHAKESPEARE wrote in King John, "Vast confusion waits, as doth a raven on a sick-fall'n beast." So too, vast confusion lay waiting in a tax case that occupied the apex court recently — Vinay Solvent Extraction Industries P Ltd vs Commissioner of Central.,
- Now Germans Are The Gastarbeiters (Hindu, Luke Harding , Apr 30, 2005)
Rising unemployment has meant that many Germans are now "guest workers."
- Can Judicial Ascendancy Be Rolled Back? (Hindu, N. Ravi, Apr 29, 2005)
The Indian judiciary that has become self-appointing and all powerful needs to demonstrate statesmanship and restraint, and allow the executive and the legislatures the space assigned to them in the Constitution.
- How Far Can India Travel With The U.S.? (Deccan Herald, S. Nihal Singh, Apr 28, 2005)
Non-alignment gave India room for manoeuvre at a time when the country was weak militarily and economically. India would lose its soul were it now to become a vassal of America.
- Limited Access To Education (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2005)
ISLAMABAD: Higher Education Commission Chairman Dr Atta-ur-Rehman said on Tuesday the government was embarking upon the Medium-Term Development Framework (2005-10) to enhance the capacity of the existing higher education institutions.
- No Firm Policy (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 28, 2005)
The makers of India’s foreign policy are congenitally confused about what should be India’s role in the neighbourhood.
- Round Peg In A Round Hole (Telegraph, Gouri Chatterjee, Apr 28, 2005)
Newsrooms across the country are buzzing with the rumour. Jojo is changing his DNA. He has resigned.
- The Colour May Bleed At Times (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Apr 28, 2005)
For quite some time now, there has been talk about “hardliners” and “softliners” in the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
- Needed, A Fresh Initiative In Kashmir (Hindu, Firdous Syed, Apr 27, 2005)
The country has to demonstrate that it cares and can embrace those willing to mend their ways.
- Maharashtra's Coming Water Wars (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Apr 27, 2005)
A new law could put irrigation beyond the reach of most farmers in Vidharbha.
- A Date With The Shompens (Deccan Herald, B S N Rao, Apr 26, 2005)
Shompen tribals, who did not how to use salt or condiments, relished food offered by others
- Redefining Rss (Tribune, Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, Apr 26, 2005)
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and its affiliates remain completely oblivious of the fact that societies that refuse to accept the need to address the problem of generation gap are torn asunder.
- A Fight For Land (Hindu, Kristy Siegfried , Apr 26, 2005)
A community's seven-year legal fight for its ancestral territory is nearing its climax in a test of South Africa's land reform laws.
- Keeping The Peace Process On The Rails (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Apr 26, 2005)
India and Pakistan have to keep up the momentum created in New Delhi. Enlarging the constituency of peace means the two Governments must give up the temptation to score points and claim victories.
- Of Divided Families (Tribune, Balraj Puri, Apr 25, 2005)
Commenting on the peace process between India and Pakistan, which started a year ago, this writer had warned against euphoria lest it should turn into hysteria.
- 'Let Brokers Bid For Investors In Ipos' (The Economic Times, SUMIT GULATI, Apr 25, 2005)
The growing interest in primary and secondary capital markets is throwing up a huge number of issues before ...
- Whither India-Pakistan Relations? (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Apr 25, 2005)
While the Indo-Pak peace process is a cumulative result of the efforts by the present Congress-led Government, the BJP-led regime...
- Two Significant Developments (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Apr 25, 2005)
India-Pakistan bonhomie notwithstanding, the right-wing elements in both countries are girding up their loins
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