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Articles 10121 through 10220 of 26855:
- Q&a:'kashmir Has Given Space For Women's Spirituality' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 20, 2006)
Qurrat-ul-ain, 56, is a writer and political commentator working with Athwaas, a peace and reconciliation initiative in Kashmir. Her recent visit to Mecca created a stir as she went without a male escort.
- Had A Great Fall (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 20, 2006)
First to go were the king’s men; it was then the king’s turn. No two historic events being quite the same, there are differences between the English Revolution of 1640 and the birth of a Nepali Magna Carta.
- Violent Pro-Quota Medicos Lathi-Charged (Tribune, Ambarish Dutta, May 20, 2006)
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar asked the DGP, Mr Ashish Ranjan Sinha to inquire into the circumstances that led to the lathicharge on the agitating pro-quota medical students in Patna today.
- New Republic (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 20, 2006)
Nepal has taken a giant step towards becoming a republic. The Nepalese parliament has adopted a resolution stripping the king of his privileges, including his title of commander of the armed forces.
- Verify, But Trust, Is The Best Formula For Siachen Pullout (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, May 20, 2006)
In the absence of trust, authenticating existing ground positions offers India no greater diplomatic or military protection than a well-demarcated zone of mutual disengagement.
- The Other Ooty (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 20, 2006)
Pagoda Point at Yercaud offers some picturesque orchards and a bit of history
- Victims Of A Surrogate War (Daily Excelsior, Tushar Charan, May 20, 2006)
The inhuman killing of telecom engineer K. Suryanarayana in Afghanistan, where he was working on behalf of a Bahrain firm, by the barbaric forces known as the Taliban has closely followed a rush of video/audio tapes carrying anti-US and anti-India . . .
- J&k's Edge (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 20, 2006)
One must congratulate Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee for driving home a reality.
- Tamil Nadu: Minister Palanivelrajan Dead (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 20, 2006)
The Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Minister P T R Palanivelrajan suffered a massive heart attack while travelling in a train and died at a private hospital at Dindigul early this morning.
- Iran Still Persecutes The Baha’Is (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, May 20, 2006)
A nation's progress should be judged not on the basis of its achievements in science and technology but in the field of human rights.
- The Siachen Question (Tribune, Lieut-Gen Harwant Singh (retd), May 20, 2006)
Times change, people change, the world has changed, policies are being realigned, free trade, etc, is the current mantra.
- King Without Kingdom (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 20, 2006)
The winds of democratic change sweeping through Nepal in the aftermath of King Gyanendra being compelled, under the pressure of popular protest, to revive Parliament and restore civil government have begun to dismantle the structures of the . . .
- Spires And Minarets (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 20, 2006)
Tony Brett’s defeat in Oxford’s council election was one of many small details that passed unnoticed in the excitement over the gains that the white supremacist British Nationalist Party made in a London suburb.
- Wings Clipped (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 20, 2006)
The King’s perks are now subject to Parliament’s nod
- Clearance And The Code (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 20, 2006)
The decision was right but the process by which it was arrived at was hugely flawed.
- "Even In A Running Race, The Handicapped Are Given Concessions" (Hindu, R.K. Radhakrishnan, May 20, 2006)
Thanks to Tamil Nadu's longstanding reservation policies, the backward and the most backward classes have progressed a good deal in education and jobs. "What is wrong if we desire that the situation that prevails in Tamil Nadu should be there all . . .
- Why Pervez Junked His Qurbani Dvd (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 20, 2006)
Nazia Haasan would have been upset, but times have moved on since the release of the Feroze Khan-Zeenat Aman-Vinod Khanna starrer, Qurbani, a film much remembered because of the late Pakistani singer’s hit song ‘Aap jaisa koi’.
- Politics Of Muslim Identity (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 20, 2006)
The formation of the People's Democratic Front (PDF) in Uttar Pradesh by a group of Muslim outfits is a positive development.
- League Mindset (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, May 20, 2006)
If the creation of Pakistan was the crowning glory of the Muslim League, it also implied the party's natural exit from the rest of the subcontinent.
- Rise And Shine (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 20, 2006)
That it happened later and not sooner adds impetus to Nepal’s Seven Party Alliance government approving the decision to make the world’s only Hindu kingdom a secular state.
- Throne Out (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 20, 2006)
The Nepalese Parliament’s historic decision to strip the monarchy of its powers is likely to set the Himalayan nation into a new and uncertain phase.
- After The Hype (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 20, 2006)
There are unresolved questions on how the agreement with the new management of Dunlop was rushed through a few days prior to the assembly election, raising hopes that the factory which has been closed for several years throwing thousands out of work . . .
- A Brave New Left On The Horizon? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , May 19, 2006)
Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee riding the crest of a popular tsunami is raring to go, even if it means breaking loose from the stalwarts of the Left living in the past. The chances of a schism within the CPI(M) are very real with Mr Bhattacharjee . . .
- Taliban Storm Afghan Town: 100 Killed; Karzai Criticises Pakistan (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
About 100 people were killed in two of the most violent days in Afghanistan since the 2001 ouster of the Taliban, as hundreds of insurgents attacked a southern town and fighting flared across the country.
- Indian Senior Citizens Not Getting Visa-On-Arrival Facility: Minister (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, May 19, 2006)
India on Thursday accused Pakistan of preventing its senior citizens from take advantage of the visa-on-arrival facility at Wagah by restricting their access to the check post because they don’t have a visa.
- A War Of Diminishing Returns (Hindu, R. Hariharan, May 19, 2006)
The LTTE's fight now stands reduced to a turf war to establish its rights over the northeast. Its continued escalation of violence means increased loss of international sympathy for Sri Lankan Tamils.
- A Dutch Story For Our Times (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, May 19, 2006)
The Name Ayaan Hirsi Ali may not ring a bell in India, but in Britain and indeed across Europe she became a bit of a celebrity for her relentless attacks on Islam and Muslim immigrants whom she blamed for social tensions in the Netherlands, . . .
- What Is The Way Out? : Crisis In The Muslim World-Ii (Dawn, Shahid M. Amin, May 19, 2006)
With regard to the Iran crisis, the issue here is that the US and several other countries are convinced that Iran is trying to achieve nuclear weapons capability.
- Bengal Needs Political Reform, Too (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 19, 2006)
Now that Buddhadeb Bhattacharya and his ministers have been sworn in, the Left Front (LF) would do well to heed the fine print of its seventh consecutive victory in West Bengal.
- Feroze Khan Put On Pakistan "Black List" (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, May 19, 2006)
Pakistan has put the veteran Bollywood actor, Feroze Khan on "black list," following his reported controversial remarks at a function in Lahore last month on the occasion of the premiere of his brother Akbar Khan's film Taj Mahal.
- Nothingness Is Not A Permanent Absence (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, May 19, 2006)
Leibniz, the 17th century German philosopher and mathematician, had a very complex theory of everything.
- Nepal Army Worried (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
Unhappy about stripping of king's title of Supreme Commander of the Army
Army Chief of Staff met with Prime Minister Koirala
Army also unhappy with provision about heir to the throne
- Give Reasons For Rejecting Mukherjee Report, Centre Told (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
Questioning the Government's reasons for rejecting the Mukherjee Commission report on the disappearance of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in 1945, the Opposition NDA and the Left forced the Government to agree to a structured debate in Parliament . . .
- Their Plane To Pakistan (Pioneer, Samuel Baid, May 19, 2006)
With pressure mounting on Musharraf to democratise, 2007 is going to prove crucial for Pakistan and its neighbours, says Samuel Baid
- Cast(e)ing A Shadow (Pioneer, BC Dutta, May 19, 2006)
Despite domestic disturbances and terrorist violence in different parts of the country, India has retained its steady economic growth; it is being reckoned as an emerging global power. The World Bank considers India an "Asian giant".
- Strengthening Terror (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, May 19, 2006)
Withdrawal of Israeli civilians and soldiers from West Bank will not only destabilise the region, but also affect America's interest, says Daniel Pipes
- Pak Will Continue With Mischief (Rediff on the Net, VIJAY DANDAPANI, May 19, 2006)
Pakistan's categorisation as a failed State by Foreign Policy magazine has predictably drawn the ire of most Pakistanis. Equally, many Indians have reacted with (mostly silent) glee best described by the German word schadenfreude.
- Assembly Elections In Five States (Daily Excelsior, Pallab Bhattacharya, May 19, 2006)
There is something positive for all the UPA constituents which had contested the recent assembly polls. If the Left parties chalked up landslide wins in their traditional bastions West Bengal and Kerala, Congress managed to overcome . . .
- Defacing Women (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 19, 2006)
King Abdullah gives in to clergy ---- Those who believed Saudi Arabia's octogenarian King Abdullah would gently guide his country towards social and political reforms and thus stem the tide of Islamism merely because he speaks in a softer tone than . . .
- Kasuri’S Briefing (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 19, 2006)
Briefing the National Assembly’s Foreign Relations Standing Committee, Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri talked about several issues, including the ongoing Pak-India composite dialogue, domestic energy requirements and the impact on South Asia of . . .
- Nepal's Parliament Asserts Its New Power (Christian Science Monitor, Bikash Sangraula, May 19, 2006)
Thursday may have marked the end for the world's only Hindu kingdom.
- Pak, Libya To Strengthen Economic, Trade Ties (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Thursday said Pakistan and Libya shared identical views on important regional and global issues and hoped his visit would open up new avenues of cooperation between the two countries in economic, political, defence and . . .
- Pope Condemns Indian Bans On Religious Conversion (Reuters, TOM HENEGHAN, May 19, 2006)
Pope Benedict condemned Hindu nationalist attempts to ban religious conversions in India in a speech on Thursday reflecting growing tension among major faiths about the role and nature of missionary work.
- Not A Closure (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 19, 2006)
At once enduring, engrossing and exasperating, the Netaji mystery is an Indian version of The Da Vinci Code. No one quite seems to know where fact ends, fiction begins, and conspiracy theories take over.
- In National Disinterest (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, May 19, 2006)
How responsive is the UPA Government towards the external security imperatives of India?
- Efforts On To Open Consular Office In Karachi (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
The Elders, cutting across party lines, urged the Government on Thursday to provide more visas and encourage people to people contact between India and Pakistan.
- Project Afghanistan: Pakistan And Nato (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, May 19, 2006)
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) wants closer military and political relations with Pakistan.
- The Bose Who Walks (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 19, 2006)
The truth be told, unlike the government, we are convinced by the Mukherjee Commission findings that Subhas Chandra Bose did not die in a plane crash in 1945.
- New Trouble (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 19, 2006)
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s troubles show no signs of abating. After Mr Madan Lal Khurana and Ms Uma Bharati, it is now Mr Babulal Marandi who has cried foul over the state of the party before leaving it.
- Equality Of Priestly Opportunity (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 19, 2006)
The decision of the Tamil Nadu Government to allow all qualified persons irrespective of their caste to work as temple priests is an important victory in the continuing fight against the social curse that is India's caste system.
- Nepal Parliament Clips King’S Wings (Tribune, Shirish B Pradhan, May 19, 2006)
In a historic step, Nepal's Parliament today unanimously decided to drastically curtail the King's political and military powers by stripping him of the title of the Supreme-Commander-in-Chief of Army, asking him to pay taxes and barring . . .
- European Union To Ban Ltte (Hindu, Amit Baruah, May 19, 2006)
Alienation will compel LTTE to tread a hardline path: Balasingham
LTTE has committed gross violation of ceasefire agreement
Ban will be a body blow to LTTE's fund-raising activity
- Buddhadeb Ministry Sworn In At A Glittering Ceremony (Hindu, Marcus Dam, May 19, 2006)
Chief Minister calls for a `totally corruption-free' administration
Main concern is to increase peoples' purchasing power
To work for greater industrialisation
Not to allow hire-and-fire policy of corporates
- The Making Of An Extraordinary Verdict (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
Was the election ever too close to call? What gave the DMK alliance the edge? What do the results signify for Tamil Nadu's political future? Yogendra Yadav tackles these and other questions.
- Christian Leaders' Views Match Cbfc Decision (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
No cuts sought despite fears that film could convey distorted view of Christianity
- Ratan Tata Announces Small Car Project In Bengal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
Proposes to set up a heavy earth moving equipment unit
- Thus Party (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 19, 2006)
Expecting the unexpected from a communist party is nearly as absurd as looking for dawn to break on the western horizon.
- Events Of National Shame (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, May 19, 2006)
Last week, amidst nationwide excitement over the outcome of five state assembly elections, there took place at least three unspeakably reprehensible events that ought to make all Indians hang their heads in shame.
- Manmohan Outlines Package Of Measures To Revive Country's . . . (Hindu, Sushma Ramchandran, May 19, 2006)
Measures include improving credit availability, reducing interest rates on loans
The sector, providing 6.5 million jobs, is the second largest employer after agriculture
Experts panel to map out financial status of industry proposed
- The Netaji Mystery (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 19, 2006)
The Mukherjee Commission’s findings on the disappearance of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose – which have been rejected by the Union Government – should give the quietus to the controversy, though the mystery of his end remains unresolved.
- Not Out Of The Box (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, May 19, 2006)
The Buddhist-Marxist confrontation may well turn ugly
- Industry’S Own Power Generation (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 18, 2006)
THE Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry has demanded that industrial units should be allowed own power generation to meet their electricity needs.
- Tehran Offers Eu Own Nuclear Deal (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Iran on Wednesday offered greater European access to its economy if its nuclear programme was accepted, the exact opposite of a deal currently being put together by the European Union.
- Medicos To Continue Stir (Tribune, Smriti Kak Ramachandran, May 18, 2006)
With their demand for setting up an “independent, non-political committee” to study the reservation policy not yet met, students protesting against quotas have decided to continue their indefinite hunger strike.
- J&k Panel Wants Common Rolls For All Polls (Statesman, Kavita Suri, May 18, 2006)
The State Election Commissioners’ conference has decided to recommend common electoral roll for local bodies, Assembly and Parliament elections to facilitate formulation of a compact electoral roll.
- Indians In Afghanistan (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, May 18, 2006)
Lauding its “determination and courage” in fighting terrorism and stopping nuclear proliferation, former US Secretary of State Colon Powell joyously declared that Pakistan was a “major non-NATO ally” on March 16, 2004.
- Danger Looms In Afghanistan (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, May 18, 2006)
Lauding its "determination and courage" in fighting terrorism and stopping nuclear proliferation, former US Secretary of State Colin Powell joyously declared on March 16, 2004, that Pakistan was a "major non-NATO ally".
- Ignoring Reviews, Big Crowds Await 'Da Vinci Code' (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
First reviews for ''The Da Vinci Code'' may be mostly scathing, but box office experts say they expect the Mona Lisa to keep smiling all the way to the bank this weekend.
- Breaking The Iran Nuclear Impasse (Hindu, Praful Bidwai, May 18, 2006)
After Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's landmark letter to George W. Bush, many in Teheran expect more overtures favouring a diplomatic solution. India must strongly back these moves, not passively tail Washington's hardline agendas.
- India Rejects Call For Troop Pullout (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Indian officials on Wednesday rejected calls for an early withdrawal of troops from a Himalayan glacier or from the rest of occupied Kashmir, saying militancy was spreading from the disputed territory to elsewhere in the country.
- 3 Dead, 38 Hurt As Bus Rolls Into Gorge (Tribune, Kuldeep Chauhan, May 18, 2006)
In a major accident, three persons were killed and 38 injured, three of them seriously, when the private bus in which they were travelling failed to negotiate a turn near the Jarol Telephone Exchange, near Sundernagar on the Chandigarh-Manali . . .
- Mummy Mystery (International Herald Tribune, John Noble Wilford, May 18, 2006)
A mummy of mystery has come to light in Peru.
- Reconciling Competing Interests (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 18, 2006)
The anti-reservation stir that has spread across a few cities would seem to have as its ingredients hype and knee-jerk opposition mixed with some elements of genuine concern.
- Hamas Puts Forces Into Gaza (International Herald Tribune, Greg Myre, May 18, 2006)
The Hamas-led Palestinian government on Wednesday deployed a new security force in a move that directly challenges the authority of the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, who last month vetoed the creation of the security service.
- Pursuit Of Truth (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
The spiritual side of human life has been subject to fluctuations of highs and lows.
- Avoiding Boom And Bust Cycles (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, May 18, 2006)
The rulers of the country are patting themselves on the back merrily on the success of their economic policies and practices. President Musharraf says the success of his economic policies is a result of placing the right man on the right job.
- India Govt Rejects Findings On Chandra Bose’ (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
India’s government rejected on Wednesday a panel’s findings that the country’s fiery freedom fighter Subhash Chandra Bose survived a 1945 plane crash in Taiwan.
- Govt Double Negatives Mukherjee Report (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, May 18, 2006)
The Congress-led UPA Government has decided to let the mystery surrounding Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose endure for another day.
- Rethinking Our Cities (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 18, 2006)
The recent violence in Vadodara raises a number of issues that need to be addressed dispassionately.
- West Bengal: Lf Names 44 Ministers, Brings In 17 New Faces (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Bringing in 17 new faces, the Left Front in West Bengal today announced the names of 44 ministers including Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharjee who will be sworn in tomorrow.
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