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Articles 3321 through 3420 of 26855:
- Search For A Silver Lining (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
The art of weaving and warping silver by hand is slowly dying for want of support.
- 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...
- 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.
- 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.
- Indian Troops Patrol Muslim Town After Blasts (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
A Muslim-majority town in western India buried its dead as troops patrolled the streets on Saturday to prevent religious riots, a day after bomb blasts killed 32 people and wounded dozens.
- Long Night Of Funerals At Malegaon (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Shab-e-Baraat or the ‘night of forgiveness and atonement’ is an occasion when Muslims pray for their forefathers believing that prayers on this day absolve them of their own sins.
- Pakistan To Send Troops To Lebanon (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Aziz says troops will clear landmines, cluster bombs
Decision made at request of Lebanon govt
- A Sepia Portrait (Hindu, Sudha Mahalingam, Sep 10, 2006)
How does it feel to step into a sepia portrait? You will find out if you visit Toledo, Iberia's Rome, Damascus and Cairo, all rolled into one.
- For The Royal Patrons (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
The murals of an 18th century temple in Karnataka reveal an interesting stage in the development of the art.
- Why Did I Go To India? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 10, 2006)
Sept 3: I'm going for a simple reason: India matters so much in the modern world…and is an incredibly diverse society... People are free to be Indian and Muslim, or Indian and Sikh, or Indian and Hindu, without any contradiction.
- Uk Is Willing To Talk To Mullah Omar (Asian Age, Shafqat Ali, Sep 10, 2006)
Only days after Pakistan brokered a deal with the local Taliban in the tribal areas, the United Kingdom has shown interest to talk to former Afghanistan ruler Mullah Omar to achieve peace.
- Rain Emergency In Hyderabad (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
All kind of train service between Hyderabad and Karachi has been suspended due to damage to rail track at the site of washed away bridge at Ranpathani .
- Muslims Must Rebut Charges (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Sep 10, 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 . . .
- Curriculum With Emphasis On S&t (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 10, 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.
- Quota Will Not Help Obcs (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 10, 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.
- Onus On Teachers (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 10, 2006)
Government schools in Punjab are in bad shape.
- `Heritage Walk' To Take Tourists Through Mysore's Culture (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Buildings and structures in the heart of the city to be showcased
The concept of Heritage Walk was introduced in 2004
Participants will be given a detailed note on the array of structures to be showcased to them.
- Overriding Terror (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 10, 2006)
A dazed Malegaon, which just saw two blasts inside and outside a mosque kill 38 and injure hundreds, can read the signals just as well as the rest of the nation.
- Chikungunya: Mayor For Precautionary Steps (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
People will not be afflicted by chikungunya if they take precautionary measures, Kadapa Mayor P. Ravindranath Reddy said on Saturday.
- Reforming The Military Justice System (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 10, 2006)
The Supreme Court, in Union of India versus Charanjit Singh Gill and others, held that the Army Act (1950) is riddled with many drawbacks.
- 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?
- 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.
- Children Bear Blast Brunt (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Mohammed Arif had taken his eight-year-old son to Bada Kabrastan to pray for his forefathers. Hours later he returned to the mosque-cum-graveyard, this time to bury his son.
- Malegaon Calm, Curfew Lifted (Hindu, ARUNKUMAR BHATT, Sep 10, 2006)
Crack probe team formed; Rs. 5 lakh reward announced for clues to blasts
- A Q Khan Goes Under Scalpel (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
A Q Khan, the father of Pakistan's nuclear programme who confessed to having led a clandestine proliferation network, was on Saturday successfully operated on for prostate cancer at a hospital here.
- When The Terrorists' Plan Failed To Survive The Explosion (Hindu, ARUNKUMAR BHATT, Sep 10, 2006)
The town has proved not second to Mumbai in recovering from the shock and getting up to take care of the injured and to stand by the bereaved.
- Sbi Reduces Interest Rates On Housing Loans (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
It is for a limited period as part of festive season
- Development Projects In Bangalore To Get A Push (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Remodelling storm water drains, improving arterial roads and executing grade separators are part of the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike's immediate plans to spruce up the city.
- The Trail Of Justice (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 10, 2006)
The unrelenting public gaze unleashed by the Jessica Lal judgment in late February appeared to have had the salutary effect of stirring into action a criminal justice system renowned for its lethargy.
- Weapon Supply: Ltte Role Under Probe (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Nellore police team in Chennai for investigating possible connection
- Bombs And Rockets (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 09, 2006)
On the day of the multiple bomb blasts in the Maharashtrian town of Malegaon, the police recovered a stunning cache of arms in Mahbubnagar district of Andhra Pradesh. On the face of it, those were disconnected events.
- Indian Envoy Under Attack In Sri Lanka Earns Praise (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Sri Lankan leaders Friday rallied to the defence of Indian High Commissioner Nirupama Rao, denouncing a minister who had accused her of interfering in the island's internal affairs.
- Malegaon Blasts: Is It Bajrang Or Lashkar? Cops Can’T Tell (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
The police are probing whether the Bajrang Dal or a Lashkar group could have been involved in Friday’s Malegaon blasts. The Bajrang Dal is known to have followed a similar pattern in blasts at Parbhani’s Mohammadi Masjid and mosques at Pona and . .. .
- 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.
- ‘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
- 37 Killed In Blasts Near Malegaon Mosque (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
The fragile peace in Maharashtra post 7/11 serial blasts got breached on Friday afternoon when multiple bomb blasts took place in close sequence in the communally-sensitive textile town of Malegaon, 300 km from here.
- Kabul Blast Kills 16 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
A huge car bomb exploded near the US embassy in Kabul on Friday, killing at least 16 people, including two U.S. soldiers and about seven foreigners, police and witnesses 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.
- Torrential Rains Wreak Havoc On Sindh (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
At least ten people lost their lives as swirling floodwaters inundated several cities and towns in Sindh amid driving rain, causing the civil administration to swiftly deploy military helicopters and boats to help thousands of marooned people.
- 37 Die In Indian Mosque Blasts (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Some 37 people were killed and 50 injured on Friday when three bombs exploded as hundreds of Muslims poured out of a mosque in western India, officials said.
- 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.
- Another Case Registered Against Absconding ‘Baba’ (Tribune, Varinder Walia, Sep 09, 2006)
The absconding baba of Kar Seva Wale, Amrik Singh, got into more trouble today when the Patiala police found documents pertaining to the purchase of prime land in parts of Punjab and bank accounts in the name of the culprits.
- 3 Killed, 14 Hurt In Baluchistan Blast (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
The situation in Baluchistan continues to remain unstable and unpredictable, 13 days after the killing of senior Baluch leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti.
- The Path To Sanity (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Sep 09, 2006)
The fictional Hossain Miya’s promise of an island without either masjid or mandir in Manik Bandopadhyay’s Padma Nadir Majhi — which the theatre group, Pratikriti, staged with great verve last Sunday — should have a special resonance for his . . . .
- Fit For A Nobel Peace Prize (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Sep 09, 2006)
Pakistan, India and Bangladesh face similar problems: the upsurge of religious fanaticism (kattarpan) which often turns to violence against people of other faiths.
- Free From Illusions (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 09, 2006)
Who is the person who is truly awake? The one who has discovered inner freedom from psychological prison is truly awake.
- Terror Kills 38, Targets A Divided Town (Indian Express, Anuradha Nagaraj, Sep 09, 2006)
Barely two months after a highway chase led police to Malegaon’s communally divided by-lanes in search of explosives and ammunition, five blasts rocked this Maharashtra town just as Friday afternoon prayers were winding up, killing at least 38 . . .
- Seeking Saviours (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 09, 2006)
I wonder what Mr Chandrababu Naidu is doing these days. He looms in my thoughts every time I wade across slushy cratered roads on my long trudge to the Internet centre, if you could call it that.
- Warrants Out Against Bhutto, Asif (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
District and sessions judge Islamabad Rafi-uz-Zaman on Thursday issued non-bailable warrants of arrest for former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and her husband Asif Ali Zardari in the assets declaration case, an official of National Accountability . . .
- 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.
- Prayers For The Dead (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
The holy Shab-e-Barat is when Muslims seek divine blessings for the well-being of mankind. Muslim devotees spend the night at mosques and homes, offering special prayers and reciting from the holy Quran.
- Literary Anecdotes (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 09, 2006)
Above all else, writers are storytellers and they generate anecdotes about how they tend to behave and how they are generally perceived. Literary anecdotes, however, are different from glimpses of writers . . .
- 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.
- Patil: Situation Under Control (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
The government so far has no clue as to who is responsible for the twin bomb blasts in Malegaon in which 30 have died so far and over 190 injured.
- Terror Revisits Maharashtra; At Least 38 Killed In Twin Blasts (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Terrorists struck again in Maharashtra on Friday, killing at least 38 people, including children, and injuring over 100 in three blasts including one in a Mosque-cum-graveyard in the communally sensitive Muslim-dominated town of Malegaon.
- Saving Water (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 09, 2006)
Pakistan suffers severely from a number of chronic water problems.
- 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 . . .
- Battle Of The Budget (News International, Hafizur Rahman, Sep 09, 2006)
Once upon a time, the country's budget used to be presented once a year and you know where you stood in relation to prices controlled by its contents. Now we have a supplementary budget every now and then (it's called a mini budget, though . . .
- Meeting Of Minds In Kabul (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 09, 2006)
Commonality of interests and a shared threat perception are reason enough for Islamabad and Kabul to bury the hatchet and start afresh.
- 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.
- Rain Emergency In Hyderabad (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 09, 2006)
All kind of train service between Hyderabad and Karachi has been suspended due to damage to rail track at the site of washed away bridge at Ranpathani .
- 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.
- If Only Tax Disputes Had The Pace Of Turnkey Projects (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 09, 2006)
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, Godavari Fertilisers and Petrochemicals, Petronet LNG and Essar Oil.
- 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
- Peace Call On Pm Lips (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Amid fears that the Malegaon blasts might trigger sectarian clashes, the Centre today asked the states to tighten vigil and take religious leaders into confidence to maintain peace.
- Blasts Rock Malegaon; 31 Killed, Over 100 Injured (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
At least 31 people died and over 100 were injured in three explosions in Muslim-dominated Malegaon, 300 km from Mumbai, on Friday. It was the first instance of serial bombings specifically targeting Muslims in Maharashtra.
- Malegaon Blasts: Police On Toes Across Country (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Hours after the blasts in Malegaon on Friday, security was tightened across the country.
- 38 Killed, Over 150 Injured In 3 Malegaon Blasts (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Terrorists struck again in Maharashtra today, killing at least 38 people and injuring over 150 in three blasts including one in a mosque in this communally sensitive Muslim-dominated town.
- Address Issue Of Terrorism For Peace (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Ahead of the meeting of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with President Pervez Musharraf in Havana next week, India today made it clear that unless the issue of terrorism is addressed in a "substantive way" by Pakistan, it would be difficult to . . .
- 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.
- Night Of Funerals In Malegaon Hit By Bombs (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Sep 09, 2006)
A Muslim-majority town in Maharashtra buried its dead throughout the night and troops patrolled the streets on Saturday to prevent religious riots, a day after bomb blasts killed 32 people and wounded dozens.
- 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 .
- Deal With Terrorism Substantively: Saran (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Dialogue process difficult otherwise
Dates for talks to depend on meeting between Manmohan, Musharraf
Both leaders aware of "what needs to be done" .
- Manmohan Appeals For Calm (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Blasts are an attempt to disturb communal harmony: Shivraj Patil
A cowardly act, says Sonia Gandhi
Terrorists cannot succeed in weakening India: CPI
Janata Dal (Secular) seeks judicial inquiry.
- Bodies Of 46 Miners Recovered From Colliery (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Rescue teams have recovered the bodies of 46 miners from a mine at the Nagda colliery of Bharat Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL) at Bhatdih in Dhanbad district of Jharkhand. The bodies of four others have been traced.
- Comic Relief: Of Skimpy Clothes & All Things Indian (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Popular Pakistani comedian Umer Sharif has blamed “a few women from India” for the plunging necklines and skimpy outfits flaunted by models and actors in this country.
- Vande Mataram Anniversary Observed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Students and staff of the Centre for Pollution Control and Energy Technology at Pondicherry University sung the Vande Mataram on Thursday to mark the anniversary of the National Song.
- Malegaon Blasts Terrorist Act: Us (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Terming the blasts in Malegaon in Maharashtra as “terrorist bombings”, the USA today said it stood with India in its fight against terrorism.
- 37 Die In Malegaon Blasts (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Sep 09, 2006)
An indefinite curfew has been imposed in Malegaon town, 180 km from here, after riots broke out in the wake of bomb blasts this afternoon that claimed at least 37 lives. More than 200 persons were injured in the incident.
- Appreciate Yourself Before Others Can Do The Same (Times of India, Marguerite Theophil, Sep 09, 2006)
Mary and Martha lived with their brother Lazarus at Bethany, a village near Jerusalem.
Once, when Jesus and his disciples were their guests, Mary sat at Jesus's feet, listening to him talk while Martha, busy preparing food and waiting on the . . .
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