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Articles 7321 through 7420 of 26855:
- Hampi Monuments Off Endangered List (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2006)
Unesco's World Heritage Committee on Monday decided to remove a group of monuments in Hampi and Cologne’s famed cathedral from a list of endangered sites after conditions there had improved.
- Israel Anxious To Avoid Sinking Into ‘Gaza Swamp’ (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2006)
By wasting little time withdrawing troops from northern Gaza over the weekend after a two-day operation, Israel made clear it did not want to get bogged down in territory it quit less than a year ago.
- Pak Spending $30m On Restoring Temple (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2006)
This is perhaps for the first time in the history of Pakistan that the government is spending close to $30 million for the restoration of a Hindu temple. India is believed to have chipped in $3 million for the project.
- ‘Vajpayee Offered J&k Military Bases To Us To Fight Taliban’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2006)
A former Indian navy chief has revealed that the former government of Atal Behari Vajpayee had offered the United States the use of military bases in Jammu and Kashmir and other areas to carry out strikes against Afghanistan in 2001.
- California Dropout Masterminded The Tapes For Al-Qaeda (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2006)
The accomplished hand of al-Qaeda’s own in-house production team appears to be behind the videos made by two of the July 7 bombers.
- Experiments With Terror (OutLook, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jul 10, 2006)
The peace process resembles nothing so much as an arch without its keystone – in this case, an end to killing. Now as before, though, the keystone is stored in Islamabad, not New Delhi or Srinagar.
- From The Blurb (Hindu, HARSHA DEHEJIA, Jul 10, 2006)
The sacred in the Indian tradition is more an experience than a concept and goes much beyond the narrow confines of an organised temple or even a shrine...
- Pokhran-Ii Led To ‘Surrenders’: Bhagwat (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 10, 2006)
Terming the 1998 Pokhran nuclear blasts as a “push-button” affair for the previous NDA government, the then Navy Chief, Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat, has said the atomic tests led to a “series of surrenders in every sector of the national polity, economy . . .
- Uddhav, Bjp Give 24-Hr Notice (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 10, 2006)
While Shiv Sainiks continued to run riot across the city on Sunday, executive president of the Shiv Sena Uddhav Thackeray said that the agitation was a spontaneous reaction to the desecration of the statue of Meenatai, his late mother, at Shivaji Park.
- Controlling Creativity Through Statute (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jul 10, 2006)
But instead of regulating advertisements through laws, it is best done through self-regulation.
- The Reoccupation Of Gaza (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 10, 2006)
There is arguably no modern state that more shamelessly employs the propaganda technique of the Big Lie than Israel. Since July 6, Israel has been deploying its military forces in an operation to reoccupy Northern Gaza, killing dozens of . . .
- Poverty In Pakistan (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 10, 2006)
Poverty is an ethical concept, not a statistical one. Inherent in the term “poverty”, when applied to human beings, is the notion of a life situation that should not exist. It is not only lack of roti, kapra aur makan—food, cloth and shelter.
- Sino-Indian Ties Warming Up India File (News International, Jyoti Malhotra, Jul 10, 2006)
Asia’s largest powers, India and China, smoothened another wrinkle in their burgeoning relationship last week when they threw open the snowy wastes of Nathu La, a pass that had remained frozen in time and attitude since their war in 1962.
- Loving Fellowmen Is Verily Love Of God (The Economic Times, K VIJAYARAGHAVAN, Jul 10, 2006)
The great Biblical injunction (Mathew 22, 39), “Love thy neighbour”, is illustrated through a moving poem, Abou Ben Adhem, written by the 19th century poet, Leigh Hunt. The narration in the poem is summed up below.
- Handicap At 7, Race Course (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jul 10, 2006)
The central fact of our politics is that since 1971 no prime minister has got re-elected. Atal Bihari Vajpayee, in 1999, was the only exception, but his first term had lasted less than a year and he rode to an even greater majority on a wave of . . .
- Allegations Yet Again (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 10, 2006)
It seems that no amount of assurance or effort on the part of Islamabad can convince Kabul that Pakistan is doing its best to curb cross-border terrorism.
- Lessons From A Tragedy (Pioneer, Pyotr Romanov, Jul 10, 2006)
Who is to blame for the death of Russian diplomats in Iraq? Mere deliberations about the ruthlessness of Islamist terrorists are not enough. We must analyse the tragedy and draw lessons from it.
- Kashmiri Ultra Gets A Doctorate From Prison (Statesman, Kavita Suri, Jul 10, 2006)
A top Kashmiri militant serving a life sentence in the Srinagar Central Jail has been awarded a doctorate in Islamic Studies by the Kashmir University.
- Sainiks Shut Down Maharashtra (Pioneer, TN Raghunatha, Jul 10, 2006)
Widespread protests after Meenatai statue desecrated ---- Angry Shiv Sainiks went on a rampage after unidentified miscreants desecrated the statue of Sena chief Bal Thackeray's late wife Meenatai at Shivaji Park in north-central Mumbai early on . . .
- Pyongyang's Warped Geo-Politics (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 10, 2006)
If US is serious about non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, it must deal firmly with AQ Khan's illicit network and his Pakistani masters, says Cecil Victor.
- Capital Gains Bonds For Tax Relief On Sale Of Assets Notified With . . . (Hindu, S. Rajaratnam, Jul 10, 2006)
Time limit for investments extended; Board's gesture
There is a risk of the bonds not being available for investment after some time as the two agencies have limited the size of their issues.
- 41 Killed In Iraq Violence (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 10, 2006)
Sunni leaders express outrage over the Sunday attacks
- Musharraf’S Kashmir Vision Evokes Popular Support: Attique (Pakistan Observer, Hameed Shaheen, Jul 10, 2006)
Sardar Attique Ahmad Khan, president ruling All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference, (AJKMC) has said that President General Pervez Musharraf’s Kashmir Vision has evoked popular support in Kashmir.
- Jaded India Takes Deep Breath, Tunes In For Salvation (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Jul 10, 2006)
Early one summer morning in the holy town of Haridwar, on the banks of the sacred Ganges, about 500 people sit on mats facing their saffron-clad Hindu guru, following his every word.
- Getting Ready For Poll Battle (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Jul 10, 2006)
With the UP assembly elections due anytime next year, political parties are getting ready to win the prized ‘trophy’ in that politically vital state.
- New Initiatives For J&k Farm Sector (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jul 10, 2006)
Jammu and Kashmir has a vast potential for development of its horticulture sector particularly in respect of fruits like apple, pear, apricot, mango, citrus and walnut.
- Faith Is Divine, Has No Rider (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jul 10, 2006)
Faith can move mountains. It is only too well known. For the majority around the globe it is the greatest curative.
- U.S. Congress To Question Pakistan Jet Deal (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 10, 2006)
The Bush administration has pushed to conclude a landmark $5 billion sale of F-16 jets to Pakistan before completing traditional consultations with the U.S. Congress and fully answering security concerns, a congressman and other congressional sources say.
- A Travel To The People's Republic Of China Through A Book (Hindu, G. Srinivasan , Jul 10, 2006)
Kamal Batcha has come out with another Tamil book "Islamiya Ilakkiyamum and Panpadum"
- Kandadevi Car Festival Stage-Managed: Dalits (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 10, 2006)
"Only 25 Dalits were allowed to pull the car"
"Besides detaining 13 leading activists, police laid siege to several Dalit villages"
"Those who wanted to participate in the festival could not break the police cordon"
- Kandadevi Festival Peaceful (Hindu, S. Vijay Kumar, Jul 10, 2006)
Good representation from all communities; Dalits allowed to pull the car
- Sri Lanka Notice To Ioc Subsidiary (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jul 10, 2006)
"Resume retail operations in 30 days"
LIOC runs 162 petrol pumps in the country
It has a 32 per cent marked share in retail fuel
Government's subsidy arrears mount to $76 million
- Monsoon Hits North India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 10, 2006)
26 people killed in house collapse incidents in Uttar Pradesh
- Don't Politicise Issue: Deshmukh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 10, 2006)
Legislature will not be allowed to function if the culprits are not arrested: BJP
- Distant Goal (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 10, 2006)
Pak’s notice will push the two nations from free trade
- Tatas To Roll-Out Ace In Passenger Version (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 10, 2006)
Buoyed by the success of its mini truck ‘Ace’, auto major Tata Motors plans to launch a passenger carrier variant of the vehicle next fiscal, a senior company official has said.
- Aiims: All India Institute Of Medical Strikes (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 10, 2006)
Well, it isn’t that I don’t know what AIIMS stands for however the title of this article has been taken from a cartoon of “The Hindu”! And to quite an extent it reflects what the doctors have been doing for past two months.
- Maharashtra Faces The Wrath Of Shiv Sena (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 10, 2006)
Shiv Sainiks went on a rampage in Mumbai and other parts of the state on Sunday . . .
- Different Rhythms (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 10, 2006)
Dance as a means of psychosocial rehabilitation has given a new lease of life to victims of trafficking.
Body movements used sensitively could become a powerful technology
- Monsoon Magic (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 10, 2006)
George Oommen paints to reawaken the feeling the image brought when he first saw it. Once the feeling returns, the painting is over.
His works are impressionistic in their fidelity to colour and light.
- Welcome Change, But No Cause For Complacency (Hindu, Bill Kirkman, Jul 10, 2006)
The treatment of Seretse and Ruth by successive British governments in the 1940s and early 1950s is one of the most disgraceful episodes in British colonial history.
- Awaken The Sleeping Buddha Within (Times of India, M N KUNDU, Jul 10, 2006)
When the Buddha announced his impending exit from the sphere of mortality, his dear disciple Ananda burst into tears. "Lord, you have been the polestar of our spiritual path so far.
- Scriptures Lead Rituals (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 10, 2006)
‘The question of who should be allowed into the sanctum and who shouldn’t depends on the traditions of a shrine.’ — R Ganesh
- Never Having To Be Sorry About Love (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Jul 10, 2006)
It has always been this way, I guess, from Lord Ram to Ramesh Sippy. Although love and marriage are not necessarily the same thing anywhere in the world, in India they are almost mutually exclusive.
- Dharma Of Money (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Jul 10, 2006)
What is harder — to create wealth or to give it away? The desire for wealth is really a desire to get into the flow of what Sri Aurobindo defined as the Money Force.
- Trai Should Fix Revenue Share For Roaming: Bsnl (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 10, 2006)
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has urged the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to fix the revenue share amount between the visiting network and terminating network for roaming calls instead of leaving it for operators to decide mutually.
- Men Design The Rules (Deccan Herald, Sakuntala Narasimhan, Jul 10, 2006)
‘The Sabarimala temple entry controversy is yet another instance of men deciding things for women.’ — Sakuntala Narasimhan
- Strategy To Ensure Better Profitability (Hindu, R. GOPALAKRISHNAN, Jul 10, 2006)
Israeli management guru offers effective tools to Indian companies
- Find `Happiness' In Bangkok (Hindu, JANARDHAN ROYE, Jul 10, 2006)
Away from its crowds and chaotic traffic, Bangkok can be surprisingly charming.
- Hypertension And Ulcers (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 10, 2006)
I AM 34 and am suffering from hypertension for 10 years. My systole varies from 130 to 145 while diastole varies from 90 to 105. I am 162 cm tall and weigh 67 kg. Every day I jog briskly for 20 minutes till my heartbeat comes to 110 pm; then I walk . . .
- Big Brother’S Watching... (Deccan Herald, PREM PAUL NINAN, Jul 10, 2006)
The book is a fast-paced thriller that highlights the increasing technological intrusion into the private lives of individuals
- Violent Islamic Radicals Know They Are Heretical (Hindu, Karen Armstrong, Jul 10, 2006)
Extremists are proud of their deviance, and moderate Muslims can't be held responsible.
- Traditions, Values - And Modernity (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 10, 2006)
Most of the concerns of readers regarding advertisements, mentioned last week, got individual responses from the advertisement department. I deal with them in a general way here.
- Minister Warns Bengal Govt Of Food Crisis (Deccan Herald, Prasanta Paul, Jul 10, 2006)
The Buddhadev Bhattacharjee government, which has promised the Tatas close to 1,000 acres of land for its proposed car project at Singur in Hoogly district, was cautioned by a CPM minister against a food crisis in the future following large-scale . . .
- A Gripping Season (Hindu, Mike Marqusee, Jul 10, 2006)
It will be a pleasure to return to the majesty of Test cricket after the frenzy of the football.
- India Permits Screening Of Pak Movies: Minister (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 08, 2006)
India has agreed to screen Pakistani movies on commercial basis in its theatres, Pakistan Culture Minister has said.
- Ulfa Makes A Point (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Jul 08, 2006)
Amidst indications that the stage is getting ready for direct talks between the government and the United Liberation Front of Asom . . .
- Israel Moves Further Into Northern Gaza (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Jul 08, 2006)
After announcing on Friday that Israel had killed 40 Palestinian fighters during the ongoing push into Gaza, Chief of Staff Dan Khalutz admitted that the campaign to halt rocket attacks on Israeli cities cannot be completely effective.
- Police Warn Of More Terror Strikes (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 08, 2006)
One year after four young British Muslims blew themselves up on London’s transport system, killing 52 people and wounding 700, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Ian Blair described the threat faced by Britain as “grim”.
- Hamas Blames Israle's Pm For Stalling Talks (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 08, 2006)
In the first direct appeal for exchange of prisoners, Hamas has blamed Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's administration of stalling the negotiations over its "legitimate" demands.
- Cbi Gives Proof Of Dawood's Network In Pakistan To Interpol (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 08, 2006)
The CBI today said it has supplied all addresses of global terrorist Dawood Ibrahim in Pakistan to Interpol.
- Pakistan Orders Women Jailed For Minor Crimes Freed (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 08, 2006)
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf approved legislation on Friday that will allow some 1,300 women jailed for minor crimes to be freed on bail.
- Towards Climax (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jul 08, 2006)
Empty words are part of rival election campaigns in "Azad" Kashmir as the occupied territory across the Line of Control is locally known.
- Pak Relief For Jailed Women (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 08, 2006)
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf approved legislation today that will allow some 1,300 women jailed for minor crimes to be freed on bail.
- Pak's Major Policy Decision On J-K Map (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Jul 08, 2006)
For me it has always been Kashmir, the valley that is. Give me half a chance I will be there. Yes, during the past 17 years of turbulence as well. I have always found a pretext to visit the State.
- Saluting The Spirit Of Sacrifice (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 08, 2006)
Pakistan Muslim League Secretariat has placed an advertisement in some of the newspapers highlighting the award conferred on party chief Ch Shujaat Hussain.
- Democracy Should Be Exercised Regularly, On Foot (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 08, 2006)
Free association in public spaces not only promotes active bodies and public boldness, it is also vital to society and a force for change.
- Between Generosity And Toughness (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jul 08, 2006)
In France, opposition is growing to the police storming schools to pick up children of illegal immigrants.
- The Ordeal Of Multiple Proceedings (Business Line, T. N. Pandey, Jul 08, 2006)
The I-T Department's approach to taxpayers must be one of assistance, not confrontation
- After Nathu La, India Faces Chinese Challenge In Bhutan (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jul 08, 2006)
As it regains access to the Tibetan markets by throwing open Nathu La pass after 44 years, India is being compelled to cope with an important downside. It is the emerging Chinese challenge to India’s special relationship with Bhutan.
- Cbi To Probe Rai Case (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 08, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Friday handed over the investigation into the murder of BJP legislator Krishnanand Rai to CBI, belying the assurance by Uttar Pradesh Government that it will prosecute all accused, including Samajwadi Party MP Afzal Ansari and . . .
- Petulant Response (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 08, 2006)
PM can't be seen to be caving in ---- The manner in which Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has capitulated to DMK president M Karunanidhi's threat to pull out from the UPA if the Government goes ahead with its plan to divest 10 per cent . . .
- Bleak House~ii (Statesman, Jagmohan , Jul 08, 2006)
Cities Drifting Towards Physical And Moral Degradation
The sprawling and ever-increasing jhuggi-Jhompris of Delhi, the chawls and zodapattis of Mumbai, the bustees of Kolkata, the katchi-abadi of Karachi, the baladis of Cairo, the kampunga . . .
- Berate Us, Don't Look Within (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, Jul 08, 2006)
How do Muslims think worldwide? To find out, the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press carried out a large-scale attitudinal survey this spring. Titled The Great Divide: How Westerners and Muslims View Each Other, it interviewed . . .
- Safta In Crisis As Pak Violates Pact (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 08, 2006)
Just two years after its formation, the South Asian Free Trade Area (Safta) agreement has come into deep crisis because of Pakistan's violation of commitments made to the regional body.
- Pervez May Consider Opinion On Uniform (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 08, 2006)
Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has hinted at taking also into consideration international opinion while deciding about doffing the uniform.
- Poonch Bus Can Revive Shared Heritage (Tribune, Balraj Puri, Jul 08, 2006)
The unprecedented euphoria in Poonch on the inaugural bus service to Rawalakote on the other side of the LOC is a measure of the popular enthusiasm and expectations from opening up the first bus route in the Jammu region to the other side.
- Bon Bibi In Sunderbans (Tribune, G.K. Gupta, Jul 08, 2006)
Septuagenarian Balai Das I met in the Sunderbans years ago had a sordid story to tell.
- Competitors' Envy (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 08, 2006)
Nalco is the sole aluminium producing company in the public sector.
- Hurt Pride (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 08, 2006)
The Centre's decision on Nalco was immediately opposed by the 7,000-odd employees of the company, trade unions and political parties.
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