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Articles 821 through 920 of 26855:
- Divisive Decision (Frontline, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 25, 2006)
The Supreme Court order dividing the North-East into two provinces has serious implications for the peace process.
- Choosing War (Frontline, Jayadeva Uyangoda, Oct 25, 2006)
Negotiations between the government and the LTTE falter as each attempts to gain the upper hand through military victories.
- Sensex Continues To Sulk, Down 113 Pts (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
The markets approached October expiry in the Futures and Option segment, which triggered heavy selling by major players on the bourses on Monday.
- France's Shifting Political Landscape (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 24, 2006)
The French Socialist Party's resort to American-style primaries for the April 2007 presidential election, complete with televised debates among the three leading contenders for the party nomination, raises the question whether the French political . . .
- Why Eu Matters (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Oct 24, 2006)
India can benefit in trade and investment by strengthening relations with the 25-nation European Union, says Claude Arpi
- Islamic Veil And Democracy (Pioneer, A Surya Prakash, Oct 24, 2006)
Two recent events in Britain pertaining to head scarves has once again revived the debate, not so much on how women ought to clothe themselves, but on the reluctance of sections of Islamic society to weave themselves into the fabric of modern, secular . .
- When Domestic Interests Conflict With Multilateral Compulsions (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 24, 2006)
India's Negotiating Strategy at WTO
- Isi Worming Into Armed Forces (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
“The ISI network exists in several organisations. ISI appears to be working through Delhi and Kathmandu gateways. There is a need to improve the army intelligence network.”
- Clinching Evidence? (OutLook, B. Raman , Oct 24, 2006)
The NSA apparently meant that the evidence collected so far is direct, indirect and circumstantial, but they are yet to collect material and documentary evidence. Collection of material and documentary evidence takes time. It took five months in 1993.
- Options Before Us (OutLook, B. Raman , Oct 24, 2006)
Leave Iraq in time-bound phases, letting the Iraqi government and the various contending parties sort it out or fight it out among themselves without waiting till there is at least a semblance of normalcy or stay on till normalcy is restored?
- Karzai Urges Ummah To Hear Afghanistan’S Cry (Frontier Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
President Hamid Karzai Monday has called on the Muslim Ummah to help his country to get emancipation of the Taliban insurgency.
- Temple Vandals Get Diwali ‘Mercy’ Gift (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Oct 24, 2006)
Two American vandals who desecrated the largest Hindu temple in the US State of Minnesota have received what amounts to a Diwali gift from compassionate elders in charge of the building.
- Ode To The Sun In Stone (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
NANDINI NAIR takes a look at a fine architectural example on the outskirts of Ahmedabad
- A New Message (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Oct 24, 2006)
A spiritual Ambedkar may pose more danger to Hinduism than a political Ambedkar.
- A Charter For Christian, Muslim Harmony (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 24, 2006)
In a recent lecture in Germany, Pope Benedict angered the already seething Muslim population of the world by his remarks when he quoted a Byzantine emperor in a 1391 dialogue who said that “show me just what Mohammad brought that was new, and there . . .
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 24, 2006)
Now that the rapist father-in-law has been convicted, the enormity of Imrana Bibi’s trauma and tragedy must not be compounded by a renewed bout of fundamentalist shadow-boxing over her future.
- Not Quite The Clincher (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 24, 2006)
National Security Advisor MK Narayanan’s explication on how India expects the new Indo-Pakistan joint mechanism on fighting terrorism to work is timely.
- The Reservation Debate (Hindu, Suresh Nambath and K. Ramachandran, Oct 24, 2006)
Analysis of facts, figures, statements and judgments on reservation
- Development Discourse (Hindu, V. K. Natraj , Oct 24, 2006)
Essays critically looking at the different dimensions of recent developments in India
- Naxals Oppose Death To Afzal (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
The CPI (Maoist), a Naxalite outfit, has demanded the revocation of the death sentence awarded to Mohammed Afzal Guru in the case of attack on Parliament in December, 2001. The CPI (Maoist) claimed that the death sentence against Afzal Guru was . . .
- The Same Sides Of A Single Coin (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Oct 24, 2006)
To most of us, butterflies and daisies are acceptable; oil and grease isn’t. There’s something exotic and enchanting — almost mythical — about the former which we can romance about and even create art with.
- Special Article (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 24, 2006)
It would be pertinent perhaps to examine the true concept of jihad, the meaning and occasion when holy war (al-jihad al-Asghar, the lesser jihad) is permitted, who exactly has authority to call upon the Ummah (the Muslim community) to be engaged in . . .
- In Pakistan, Entrepreneurs With A Mission (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
When he started his software company, Omar Malik wasn't thinking about social responsibility - let alone changing society.
- British Official: Veil Row May Spur Violence (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
The head of Britain's race relations watchdog committee warned over the weekend that the "row" over some British women wearing the veil could spill into violence.
- Israelis, Lebanese Reach Across War's Divide (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Aghast at the destruction that ensued as Israel's army and Hizbollah fighters waged war in Lebanon this year, Israeli David Sasson felt compelled to try to make contact with the Lebanese side.
- Israel Kills 7 In Gaza Raid (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Seven Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire in a raid on the Gaza Strip Monday during festivities marking the end of Ramadan, in an operation President Mahmoud Abbas slammed as a "massacre".
- Time For A Dialogue (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Oct 24, 2006)
Culture, as commonly understood, is the sum total of a country’s, or region’s, traditions, historical memory, language and evolution. Religion is part of these attributes although it has taken a larger-than-life role in today’s discourse.
- A Nuanced `Country Manager' (Business Line, C. P. Ravindranathan, Oct 24, 2006)
That Dr Manmohan Singh has provided compelling leadership and helped put the economy on a path of high growth owes not merely to his calibre as an economic thinker and policymaker, but to another skill for which he has been given less credit than due . .
- India Must Accept Pakistan As Equal: Musharraf (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
President says Pakistan will not accept interference in internal affairs
Says nuclear weapon not Islamic bomb but Pakistani bomb
Mulla Omar and Osama in Afghanistan
- Fear Of A Dengue Epidemic (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 24, 2006)
With Islamabad/ Rawalpindi confirming eight cases of dengue fever on Sunday, there is now a widespread fear of a national epidemic.
- The Hes And The Qius (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Oct 24, 2006)
Heiliangjiang is a little hamlet of eight families high up in the mountains of Shaanxi province in China. Five bear the family name He.
- Tigers On Prowl Bring Political Foes Together (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Sri Lanka's main opposing political parties on Monday pledged to cooperate to settle renewed conflict with the Tamil Tiger rebels, as two people, including a Hindu priest, were reported killed in the country's volatile north.
- Nscn (I-M) Harps On `Federation' (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Oct 24, 2006)
"It should be incorporated in Constitutions of India and Nagalim"
India should be forthcoming on "substantive issues"
Submits 30-point issues to Government.
- Where Animals Make A Splash! (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Nature's orchestra at work, writes Subha J Rao
- Tata Indicom Announces Winner Of Onam Contest (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Tata Teleservices Limited, Kerala, has handed over a Tata Indica car to Dhil Ravindran, winner of the Onam mega contest.
- The Message Behind The Burqa Row (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 24, 2006)
For British Muslims, clearly, an ill wind is heading their way.
- Pakistan: It Is A Lesson Against Finger-Pointing (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 24, 2006)
Pakistan has said National Security Advisor M. K. Narayanan's statement that New Delhi does not have clinching evidence to pin the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) for involvement in the July Mumbai train blasts is a "lesson" against finger-pointing.
- Significance Of Fasting (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Ramadhan, the ninth lunar month in Islamic calendar, heralds the season of fasting, made obligatory by Almighty Allah.
- Commerce Ministry Says Will Fix Pricing Issue Soon (Indian Express, SUMANT BANERJI, Oct 24, 2006)
Tyre manufacturers and dealers are again at loggerheads on the issue of pricing.
- Imrana's Dilemma (Times of India, Imtiaz Ahmad, Oct 24, 2006)
The pronouncements of Muslim clerics following the conviction of Imrana's father-in-law for rape are revealing in many respects. After Imrana's alleged rape, Muslim clerics held that there had been no rape and she continued to be her husband's wife.
- Nsa Has Weakened India's Case Against Isi: Bjp (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
BJP seized up national security advisor M K Narayanan's statement that India had "pretty good" but not clinching evidence on the Pakistani hand in the Mumbai train blasts case to attack Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's formulation on a joint . . .
- 2 Bali Bombers To Be Freed On Eid (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Two militants jailed for the Bali bombings that killed 202 persons will be freed tomorrow and 10 others will have their sentences reduced to mark the end of the Islamic fasting month, officials said.
- Buddha, The Bard (Indian Express, SUBRATA NAGCHOUDHURY, Oct 24, 2006)
Keats, Browning, Shakespeare, the Bible and more recently Tagore. The quintessential “poet” in West Bengal’s chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee keeps popping up every now and then and more frequently so in recent times.
- Trapped In A Blind Alley (Indian Express, Syeda Hameed, Oct 24, 2006)
I stood facing a crowd, mostly young boys. A pair of bright eyes caught mine. “Your name?” I asked, choking on the stench from the open drains around the slum. “Saddam,” the voice was confident.
- Kashmir Protest Over Youth Death (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Several thousand people have protested in Indian-administered Kashmir against the death of a young man in custody.
- Nuclear Program Oversight Increased (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Pakistan has adopted a vast system of checks and balances in its military nuclear program to prevent nonproliferation abuses such as the nuclear black market run by top scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, a senior Pakistani military official said yesterday.
- Print Pick (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
On and off the campus of Chennai University, you will encounter onion-and-garlic-free TamBrahms who rewrite Shakespeare to uphold the Hindu order, smug NRIs who call the shots in matrimonials, visiting Canadians who are aghast at the plight of . . .
- Islamists Recapture Somali Town (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
The town of Bur Hakaba in central Somalia is again under Islamist control after pro-government forces withdrew.
- The Game Of Death (Deccan Herald, Rachna Bisht Rawat, Oct 24, 2006)
In kashmir- In Kashmir valley people live in harmony if not in peace and religion has no role to play when people are barely surviving.
- Odense The Fairy Tale Town (Deccan Herald, Marianne de Nazareth, Oct 24, 2006)
A bright and colourful stream of visitors made their way out of the Odense railway station coming in from Aarhus in Denmark.
- Leap Out Of Darkness (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 24, 2006)
If you say “I have 99 per cent faith that God will answer my prayers”. Then you actually do not have Faith. Faith has to be 100 per cent if it has to be called Faith. In faith there is no room for doubting the power of God.
- Meenakshi Temple To Get Facelift (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
The Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple here is all set to receive a major facelift as a sum of Rs. 2.20 crore has been sanctioned by the Tourism Department for renovation works.
- Annual Temple Festival Held (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Hundreds of devotees witnessed the procession of Aayiram Pon Sapparam of Sri Muthalamman Temple at Agaram, 13 km from here, on Monday.
- Bommai, H.S. Doreswamy Among 36 Chosen For Ekikarana Award (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Four renowned institutions recognised for the honour
Award to be presented during Rajyotsava celebrations on November 1
Government has decided not to give posthumous award.
- Iraq, A Nation In Flight (Tribune, Patrick Cockburn, Oct 24, 2006)
It is one of the largest long term population movements in the Middle East since Israel expelled Palestinians in the late 1940s.
- To The Mountain Of The Gods (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Adi Kailash is practically a replica of the Manasarovar
- In El Salvador, The Fear Of God (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 24, 2006)
The novel and film, Da Vinci Code, have brought to international attention the Catholic organisation, Opus Dei.
- Mayor Makes Surprise Visits To Offices (Hindu, Marcus Dam, Oct 24, 2006)
The Mayor of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, is keen on finding out for himself how "citizen-friendly" its employees are.
- Foreign Hand In Peshawar Blast: Investigators (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 23, 2006)
Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province Akram Khan Durrani and police investigators are pointing to a "foreign hand" in last week's bomb blast in Peshawar that killed nine people and injured over 30.
- The Achievement Trap (Indian Express, Gopal Guru , Oct 23, 2006)
As parties slowly slide into poll mode in Uttar Pradesh, the state’s performance in crucial areas at a glance. As BSP gets its act together, an analysis of its success in UP and what it means for the career of Dalit politics in the country
- Domains, Policies And Uniformity (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 23, 2006)
October 10 was World Mental Health Day.
- The Search For The Puppet-Masters (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 23, 2006)
Indian investigators know the marionettes who enact the Lashkar-e-Taiba's jihad — but the men who hold the strings are out of reach.
- Sc Scraps Gwadar Land Quotas (Frontier Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
The Supreme Court Saturday scrapped land quotas - both industrial and residential - allotted allocated to parliamentarians, MPAs and other dignitaries in Gwadar.
- India To Host Int'l Meet On Science (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
India will host an international conference in New Delhi in January to identify future areas of research in basic sciences.
- Kerala Farmers Turn To Tourism For Livelihood (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
In an effort to beat the odds following crop failure and rising debts, farmers in Kerala's spicy Waynad and rubber-rich Kottayam districts are taking the tourism route for prospects.
- Outing Of Islamism (Pioneer, Denis Macshane, Oct 23, 2006)
Realisation is gradually dawning on the British Government that the fate of democracy in the West depends on the way Islamist politics is dealt with
- Corporate Dream Turns Farmers’ Nightmare (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Oct 23, 2006)
Special Economic Zones are clearly demarcated industrial zone which constitutes a free trade enclave outside a country's normal customs and trading system where foreign enterprises produce principally for export and benefit from certain tax . . .
- Salad Bowl, Not Melting Pot (Deccan Herald, Amulya Ganguli, Oct 23, 2006)
The point of multiculturalism is that whether one approves of it or not, there is no alternative.
- Civic Poll Pointers (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 23, 2006)
The DMK has taken to violence for political goals.
- Default Dialogue (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 23, 2006)
India should pressurise Pakistan on terrorism.
- From Light To Wealth (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Oct 23, 2006)
Diwali has just gone by. I really don’t know when a festival that celebrates good over evil — symbolised by the return of Rama and Sita after their 14-year-long vanvaas or the killing of Narakasura by Satyabhama (Krishan’s wife) — turned into a . . .
- Bse Begins Samvat 2063 On High Note (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
Keeping the trend for the ninth consecutive year, Indian bourses, ushered in Hindu Calendar Samvat 2063 new year with strong rally as investors made token purchases on the auspicious day of Muhurat trading on Saturday.
- Not By Fatwas (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 23, 2006)
As our report today based on the findings of the Sachar committee shows, as our columnist on this page argues, Indian Muslims are falling so fast behind in key modernisation processes that even those addicted to politically correct platitudes and . . .
- Minority Report, In Numbers (Indian Express, Seema Chisti, Oct 23, 2006)
The tragedy of the family of Mr Nur Ilahi, Mrs Imrana Nur and their five children is so well documented on live TV that it needs no details filled in.
- Arbitration On Baglihar Project In Final Stages (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
Pointing out that India has “pretty good evidence” of ISI’s involvement in the Mumbai blasts, National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan has said New Delhi will share intelligence with Pakistan under the joint anti-terror mechanism if it sees . . .
- U.P. Cancels Transfer Of Ips Officers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
Decision follows strong objection by Election Commissioner
- Singur Plant: Tata Justifies Decision (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
"Reflects company's faith in State"
- The Hated Act Must Go (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 23, 2006)
The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 "should be repealed," as the Justice B.P. Jeevan Reddy Committee set up to review its provisions has recommended unambiguously.
- Self-Realisation Is The Way To Emancipation (Pioneer, Paramahansa Yogananda, Oct 23, 2006)
People's highest spiritual duty is to remember and practice all they have learnt in life and help others liberate themselves
- Terrorists Diverting Charity Funds (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
Humanitarian and religious charity for the needy is being channelled for terrorist activists by groups such as Tamil Tigers and Al Qaeda, according to a former US official and expert on terrorism funding.
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