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Articles 5021 through 5120 of 43820:
- Freedom Song (New Indian Express, Swapan Dasgupta, Sep 10, 2006)
The irony is inescapable. Last month, the country mourned the death of the nonagenarian shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan in Varanasi. The obituaries gushed over his enlightenment and his ability to combine his devotion to Goddess Saraswati with . . .
- Wrong Focus (Business Standard, T N Ninan, Sep 10, 2006)
Someone said the other day that India is becoming pro-business, instead of pro-markets.
- Crime & The Chattering Classes (Business Standard, Sunil Sethi, Sep 10, 2006)
Chattering classes anywhere relish nothing more than a courtroom drama and in recent days the capital is again having its fill: the arrest of fashion designer Bina Ramani, her dramatic collapse in the magistrate’s court and remand to police custody . . .
- The Rules Of Reconstruction (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 10, 2006)
Lebanon’s reconstruction, so painstakingly carried out in the 1990s, is now at risk of being undone.
- Carnage At Indian Mosque (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 10, 2006)
What some observers of the Indian scene had dreaded for long finally came to pass on Friday: terrorists struck at a mosque, killing at least 37 people and injuring over 100.
- Fate Of The Women’S Bill (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 10, 2006)
The parliamentary wrangle over the protection of women bill has cast the government in a very poor light. It also reflects the misogynist mindset of our politicians which determines their national priorities.
- Nawab Akbar Bugti As I Knew Him (Dawn, M.P. Bhandara, Sep 10, 2006)
“At once insanely proud and filled with hatred, omniscient and doubting everything, cold and violently passionate, contemptuous and self abasing, tormented and detached, surrounded by devoted followers...
- Tony Blair's Dilemma (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 10, 2006)
British Prime Minister Tony Blair's reluctantly extracted commitment to finally quit his job next year is unlikely to herald an outbreak of peace within his increasingly rebellious Labour Party.
- Losing Lives To Find Coal (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 10, 2006)
How disaster-prone are Indian coalmines?
India has about 550 coalmines, including 485 mines of public sector monolith Coal India and its subsidiaries and captive mines of steel and power companies.
- ``Sri Lanka Issue Should Be Resolved Soon'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
The north-east issue in Sri Lanka should be resolved as soon as possible by the Government keeping in mind the grievances and aspirations of the Tamil people, said Sri Lankan Minister of Youth Empowerment and Socio-Economic Development Arumugan Thondaman.
- Popular Films And Culture (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
The six essays in the book, including the introductory chapter, are an effort to look at primarily mainstream Hindi cinema and some regional cinema of the same mode from the viewpoint of their being social reflectors.
- India An Opportunity, Not A Threat, To Neighbours: Saran (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Describing the country's borders as "arteries of commerce, exchange and movement of people," Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran on Saturday said the message India wanted to send to its neighbours was that it represented an economic opportunity for them . . .
- R.M. Veerappan Always Yearned For Dravidian Unity: Karunanidhi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Veteran leader felicitated on the occasion of his 81st birthday
- Bjp Blames It On Upa Politics (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Sep 10, 2006)
Describing the Malegaon killings as an illustration of terrorist activism coupled with the Centre’s “apathy and incompetence,” the BJP on Saturday charged the government with viewing internal security “only through the prism of vote bank politics.”
- When Art Comes To A Village (Hindu, K. Kunhikrishnan, Sep 10, 2006)
Little is known about the art gallery in Kathirur village in Kerala
- Doubts Surface Amongst Beleaguered Israelis (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 10, 2006)
Deep frustration in Palestine and humiliating failure in Lebanon. So is Israel doing a rethink? It takes time for the official leadership to change gear but it is a fair guess that some second thoughts are beginning to make their way among the less . . .
- Good Governance Is About Results Too (Deccan Herald, SANDEEP SHASTRI, Sep 10, 2006)
Grudgingly or enthusiastically, the point definitely has to be conceded – the “village outreach” programme of the Chief Minister is innovative in its design and appropriate in its timing.
- Rwas To Petition Kalam, Manmohan For Cbi Probe (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Aggrieved Delhi residents file complaints with "Bijli Adalat''
- Just Nam-Sake Relevance (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Sep 10, 2006)
It's time India realised that non-alignment is dead and gone
- Liberal View Needs To Be Less Fanatic (Pioneer, Swapan Dasgupta, Sep 10, 2006)
An unintended consequence of last week's Al Jazeera telecast of archival footage of a beatific Osama bin Laden blessing some of the 9/11 hijackers is the abrupt death of the strange theory that the attack on Manhattan's twin towers five years ago . . .
- Only Through Dialogue (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Sep 10, 2006)
I HAD the privilege of meeting Akbar Khan Bugti, the slain Baloch leader, after the birth of Bangladesh and before the Shimla conference. My main purpose of visit to Pakistan was to interview Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, then
- Viewer-Friendly: Too Much Isn’T Too Good (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Sep 10, 2006)
NDTV was showing “exclusive” visuals of a stampede from a Malegaon mosque early Friday evening.
- An Indiaphile’S Files On India (Indian Express, Jayaditya Gupta, Sep 10, 2006)
His second stint in Washington has allowed Ed Luce the proximity and objectivity to observe the changes in American society, and the world at large, post-9/11.
- Light And Shade (Deccan Herald, Christine Krishnasami, Sep 10, 2006)
If it took considerable energy to compile this volume, it also requires stamina to read it through.
- Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy Adopted By U.N. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
The U.N. General Assembly adopted on Friday a global strategy designed as a unique instrument to enhance national, regional and international efforts to combat terrorism.
- The New Age Of Anxiety (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Sep 10, 2006)
The meaning of the destructive atrocity known as 9/11 is now being defined, not by the event itself, but by the chain of consequences it has unleashed.
- Sonia’S Lakh Invites 10-Lakh Bombshell (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi has Rs 1 lakh for him. But Shafiq Ahmad wants to give her Rs 10 lakh instead.
- No Links Between Saddam And Al-Qaida: Us Report (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Sep 10, 2006)
A report released by the Senate intelligence committee on Friday says there was no evidence of links between Saddam Hussein and Al-Qaida, a key premise of the Bush administration’s case to invade Iraq in 2003.
- Pachauri’S Word Of Caution On Environment (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Sep 10, 2006)
What with non-issues being made to issues by political parties, where is the inclination or the political will to think of pending problems?
- Teaching Youth The Basics Of Life (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Sep 10, 2006)
I loved English honours as a subject in college because of my teacher Dr Urmila Nagar, a petite woman who taught so well.
- Strengthen The Alternative World Order (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 09, 2006)
NAM needs to be revitalised as a dynamic and effective mechanism to coordinate, aid, represent and defend the interests and priorities of its member-states that are mostly Third World countries
- Why Globalisation Is In Trouble - Ii (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 09, 2006)
Globalisation has spurred inequality — both among citizens in the wealthiest countries as well as among developing nations. BRANCO MILANOVIC explores the growing resentment, as only a few poor countries adjust to globalisation.
- Quota Will Not Help Obcs (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 09, 2006)
The UPA Government's move to impose caste-based reservation in higher education is not the right approach to solve the problem of socio-economic inequality in our society.
- Kicking Up A Rao (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 09, 2006)
Apart from committing a gross breach of diplomatic propriety, Sri Lanka's Tourism Minister Anura Bandaranaike is guilty of tasteless sexist prejudice for attacking India's High Commissioner Nirupama Rao. By dismissing one of India's senior . . .
- Muslims Must Rebut Charges (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Sep 09, 2006)
Hossain Miya, a prosperous Muslim villager in Manik Bandopadhyay's novel, Padma Nadir Majhi, which the Kolkata theatre group, Pratikriti, staged last week, promises beleaguered Hindu fishermen refuge on his island where there is neither masjid nor mandir.
- For Whose Peace? (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Sep 09, 2006)
At Havana, the media attention will be riveted on the Manmohan Singh-Pervez Musharraf sideline talks. In the media circus that will ensue, few will recall the original slogans behind non-alignment and, like on previous occasions, the event will . . .
- Refix The Centre-State Federal Model (The Financial Express, N K Singh, Sep 09, 2006)
The state of the economy receives continuous review. As also the working of central ministries.
- Malegaon: The Road To Perdition (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Sep 09, 2006)
Islamist violence has scarred much of India, but the Malegaon bombings were preceded by a series of Hindutva terrorist attacks on mosques.
- Meghalaya Political Games (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 09, 2006)
By ruling out another change of guard in Meghalaya, the central leadership of the Congress has sent a message of stability to the State and also a firm signal to potential dissidents elsewhere.
- Labour In Deep Crisis (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 09, 2006)
Judging from the events of the past two days, the Blair era in British politics is effectively all over bar the shouting. Tony Blair, of course, will linger on as Prime Minister for some more months to allow him to surpass former Conservative leader . .
- Sri Lanka Distances Itself From Minister's Charge (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 09, 2006)
His views on Nirupama Rao's conduct do not reflect Government's views"
- Nato Seeks More Troops For Afghan Operations (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Sep 09, 2006)
The car bomb in Kabul that killed 15 persons including two U.S. soldiers and injured several others lent greater urgency to a two-day meeting of NATO defence chiefs that began in Warsaw on Friday.
- Seeking Joint Responses To Global Challenges (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 09, 2006)
Asia and Europe look to the future on ASEM's tenth anniversary.
- 35 Killed, 150 Injured In Indian Mosque Blasts (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
At least 35 people were killed and 150 injured after at least two blasts near a mosque in the west Indian town of Malegaon, officials said.
- Tagore's Iranian Journey (Times of India, MALASHRI LAL, Sep 09, 2006)
When Iraq and Iran are in the news for war and fundamentalism, Tagore's jottings give us a perspective we may have forgotten. In 1932, Rabindranath Tagore received an invitation he could not refuse.
- Heartfelt Song (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 09, 2006)
The finest of all places is our Hindustan
We are nightingales in this, our garden abode
We may reside abroad, yet our hearts remain in our motherland Our spirit remains with thee forever more...
Faith does not teach us to harbour grudges . . .
- Urbane Police (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 09, 2006)
There is merit indeed in the proposal of the expert group preparing a new Police Act to develop a special cadre of City Police Officers, and possibly re-designate the constable as such.
- Farmer Politics On Centrestage (Daily Excelsior, Sunil Gatade, Sep 09, 2006)
Farmers suicides in Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and even in Punjab have brought into sharp focus the plight of farmers in various states at a time when the country has been boasting of a record growth rate and India is being . . .
- Nuke Deal: No Speed Dating For Us Senators (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Sep 09, 2006)
The Indo-US nuclear deal will have to wait a little longer. US senators considering the India-US nuclear agreement have been unable to agree on a date to bring the enabling legislation to the floor of the House for a debate and a vote.
- India And The Quest For World Order (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Sep 09, 2006)
The Manmohan Singh Government's foreign policy may or may not be independent. What is certain is that it is not effective or imaginative.
- Travails Of Tribalism (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 09, 2006)
Nagaland’s woes floweth over
The NSCN (Khaplang) faction’s recent quit notice to Tangkhuls in Nagaland is intended to assert its supremacy and send home the message to rival NSCN leaders Isak Swu and Th Muivah that they alone cannnot shape . . .
- Rural Finance (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 09, 2006)
There are two rural financial sectors in India, one is the rural cooperative credit institution and the other is the regional rural bank. Professor A Vaidyanathan, chairman of the task force on the revival of rural credit institutions submitted . . .
- 31 Killed, 100 Injured In Malegaon Blasts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
People gathered for Friday prayers targeted; situation in city tense; red alert in Maharashtra .
- October 10 Deadline To End Child Labour (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Focus on domestic and restaurant workers
Karnataka was the first State to launch `action plan' to end child labour
Financial constraints coming in the way of `plan' implementation.
- Dvac Raid On Houses Of Former Ministers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
In the first major operation by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) against AIADMK functionaries after the Dravida Munnetra Kazghagam came to power, searches were conducted in 23 places in the State on Friday in connection with . . .
- Patriot Act (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 09, 2006)
The BJP is trying its best to gain political mileage from Sonia Gandhi's absence at a Congress function celebrating the centenary — for which there is no firm historical evidence — of Vande Mataram .
- History Of Decolonization (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Sep 09, 2006)
History has an uncanny knack of repeating itself. For the sake of the Pakistani people I hope, though, that this will not be so this time over. Given the high-handedness of Gen.
- Us Politicking Places Nuclear Deal Hurdle (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Sep 09, 2006)
The Indo-US nuclear deal, in which New Delhi and Washington have invested thousands of working hours and a fund of political capital since July 18, 2005, is threatening to unravel days before a final vote in the US Senate.
- The Ujjain Shocker (Indian Express, G.P. Joshi, Sep 09, 2006)
Few incidents have exposed the partisan role of the police more eloquently than the attack on college teachers in Ujjain, which resulted in the death of Professor H.S. Sabharwal.
- Ban Fiis, Not P-Notes (Business Standard, Surjit S Bhalla, Sep 09, 2006)
You want to get rid of P-Notes-get rid of FIIs. Na rahae ga bans, na baje gi bansuri.
The recent controversy around the banning of P-Notes is best understood by looking at the origins. It all began in the early nineties, when the . . .
- Waziristan Remains A Simmering Embarrassment (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 09, 2006)
While the government has international support for its military operations in Waziristan, opinion abroad differs over whether these forays against Al Qaeda have been terribly effective.
- India-Pakistan Peace Process On ‘Life Support’, Needs Revival (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Sep 09, 2006)
The India-Pakistan peace process, which has been on “life support” for some time, needs to be revived, three leading South Asia experts suggested here on Friday.
- Wrong Focus (Business Standard, T N Ninan, Sep 09, 2006)
Someone said the other day that India is becoming pro-business, instead of pro-markets.
- Rbi Says No To White-Label Atms (Business Standard, Anindita Dey, Sep 09, 2006)
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) seems reluctant to give its go-ahead for setting up white-label (or no name) ATMs by corporates, banking sources said.
- 'Secular' Parties Make Job Of Security Tougher (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
The "secular" parties may have made things more difficult for the law-enforcing agencies in Malegaon.
- Us For Quick Sanctions On Iran (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
The United States wants the UN Security Council to begin talks next week on a draft resolution that sets out sanctions against Iran for its nuclear activities, US Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns said on Friday.
- The New Age Of Anxiety (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Sep 09, 2006)
The meaning of the destructive atrocity known as 9/11 is now being defined, not by the event itself, but by the chain of consequences it has unleashed.
- ‘Not Osama Or Us But Kursi’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 09, 2006)
Malegaon last hit the national headlines in 2001, when 13 people were killed in communal riots in the tense weeks after 9/11. RAKSHIT SONAWANE covered it for the Express. This one sums it up: politics and state apathy the root cause
- Viewer-Friendly: Too Much Isn’T Too Good (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Sep 09, 2006)
NDTV was showing “exclusive” visuals of a stampede from a Malegaon mosque early Friday evening.
- Resignation Threats (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 09, 2006)
The Mutahidda Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), the right-wing alliance of religious political parties, has been threatening to resign from the assemblies on one pretext or the other.
- Women's Bill Farce (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 09, 2006)
The government's attempt to get the Women's Protection Bill passed in parliament, in an effort to undo some of the terribly damaging effects of the infamous Hudood ordinances, seems to have descended into a farce.
- Balochistan After Bugti (Dawn, Sherry Rehman, Sep 09, 2006)
History and nature have one thing in common. They rarely teach lessons without bloodshed and trauma. Although we have never officially embraced it as a potentially preventable wound, one of the lessons etched like a deep scar on our body politic . . .
- Curriculum With Emphasis On S&t (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 09, 2006)
Federal Minister for Education Javed Ashraf Qazi has said that the revised educational curriculum with emphasis on science and technology related contents would be notified within weeks.
- When Government Falls Prey To Businessmen (The Financial Express, Malvika Singh, Sep 09, 2006)
For instance, the Haryana government is willing to hand over vast tracts of land to an Indian MNC
- Demand By Bugti’S Sons (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 09, 2006)
The crisis in Balochistan is nowhere near being resolved. The mystery surrounding the death and burial of Nawab Akbar Bugti has heightened people’s anger and resentment.
- Saving Water (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 09, 2006)
Pakistan suffers severely from a number of chronic water problems.
- Some Indian Views On Balochistan (News International, Praful Bidwai, Sep 09, 2006)
The writer, a former newspaper editor, is a researcher and peace and human-rights activist based in Delhi
- Crime & The Chattering Classes (Business Standard, Sunil Sethi, Sep 09, 2006)
Chattering classes anywhere relish nothing more than a courtroom drama and in recent days the capital is again having its fill: the arrest of fashion designer Bina Ramani, her dramatic collapse in the magistrate’s court and remand to police custody . . .
- Advani Raps Cong Chief, Pm (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Sep 09, 2006)
In a scathing attack on Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for skipping the Congress function for singing of Vande Matram, Opposition leader in the Lok Sabha LK on Friday said that "Those who cannot with conviction . . .
- From `Absolute Advantage' To `Yunus, Muhammad' (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 09, 2006)
The pillars of globalisation include `the free cross-border movements of goods and services, foreign direct investment, financial capital, labour and technology.' At a broader level, globalisation `also embraces international flows of ideas, . . .
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