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Articles 10921 through 11020 of 26855:
- Plumbing The Depths Of Indian Widowhood (Washington Post, Nora Boustany, May 03, 2006)
It was 11 years ago, but the image of a widow's wretchedness etched itself into the soul of Deepa Mehta , the Indian-born filmmaker who has made a career of deconstructing India's darkest taboos in sparse cinematic works of art.
- Child Prodigy Budhia Keeps Date With Fame (Pioneer, Bhubaneswar, May 03, 2006)
It took four-year-old marathon wizard Budhia Singh seven hours and two minutes to complete the Puri-Bhubaneswar 65-kilometre marathon on Tuesday to enter the Limca Book of Records.
- Iran Must Be Tamed, Now (Pioneer, Utpal Kumar, May 03, 2006)
In the Cold War era, when there were five relatively responsible nuclear powers, the prophets of doom were much in business with their apocalyptic predictions about mushroom clouds and a nuclear winter. Ironically, today, when Iran, which has . . .
- The Conspiracy Of Selective Silence (Pioneer, Seema Sarin, May 03, 2006)
When a mosque was demolished in India there was an international outcry, but nothing when a temple was destroyed in Malaysia, says Seema Sarin
- Violence Overshadows Pm's Kashmir Peace Talks (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Kashmiri separatists will try to revive a faltering peace process on Wednesday in talks overshadowed by this week's massacre of Hindus and resurgent violence in the disputed region.
- 'Pakistan Needs To Do More To Curb Cross-Border Terrorism' (Press Trust of India, K J M Varma, May 03, 2006)
In the wake of the massacre of Hindus in Jammu and Kashmir, India today asserted that "more remains to be done" by Pakistan to curb cross-border terrorism and said last year's quake saw the "public rehabilitation" of terrorist organisations and their . .
- Sacred Space, Uncommon Ground (Indian Express, AYESHA KHAN, May 03, 2006)
On Monday morning, the removal of an old dargah by municipal authorities in Vadodara was apparently a simple civic demolition exercise.
- Vadodara Violence (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 03, 2006)
Monday's violence in Vadodara over the demolition of a Sufi dargah deserves more than passing attention. The fact that it left four persons dead and 21 injured is certainly one reason for this. More important, however, is the question whether there . . .
- Man Burnt To Death In New Rioting In Baroda (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
A Hindu mob burnt to death a Muslim man in his car in new violence in Baroda early on Wednesday, raising the toll in clashes sparked by demolition of a Sufi shrine to six, police said.
- Stand Up (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 03, 2006)
It is time for all men of courage having faith in communal harmony to stand up and be counted.
- Balloon In Air (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 03, 2006)
About two years ago a group of Indian journalists had an interesting inter-action with "Azad" Kashmir "Prime Minister" Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan in Muzaffarabad, the Capital of the occupied territory.
- Child Marathon Prodigy Buddhia Enters Limca Book Of Records .. (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
Child marathon prodigy Buddhia Singh today literally ran into Limca Book of Records by covering a distance of 65 km in a time of 7.02 hours even though he failed to complete the targetted 70 km distance.
- Vadodara Clashes: Centre Dispatches 500 Personnel (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
As violence did not show signs of ebbing in Vadodara, the Centre on Wednesday dispatched five companies of 500 personnel belonging to paramilitary forces to assist the Gujarat police in containing the situation.
- Two Sides Of The Reservation Divide (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
Quota rivals hit the streets of the capital as protests spread across the country
- Tough Choice (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 03, 2006)
The massacre near Jammu on May Day serves to highlight the fragility of the peace in Jammu and Kashmir. The gunning down of 22 Hindus is second in scale to the killing of 24 Kashmiri Pandits in March 2003.
- War In Waziristan (Tribune, Sushant Sareen, May 03, 2006)
THE situation in Pakistan’s tribal badlands of Waziristan is fast spiralling out of control.
- Mahajan Sinking, Doctors Cling To Hope (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
BJP general secretary Pramod Mahajan's condition worsened on Tuesday morning, sending telephones lines buzzing between Mumbai and Delhi but doctors still clung on to hope and ordered nitric oxide cylinder from Delhi to revive his flagging blood pressure.
- India, Iran Energy Deals Under Cloud (Tribune, Manoj Kumar, May 03, 2006)
The Manmohan Singh government’s anti-Tehran vote on the nuclear issue seems to have cost dearly with Iran taking a tough stand on the $22 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) deal and Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline amidst fears that crude oil . . .
- A Case Of Sour Grapes (Times of India, K SUBRAHMANYAM, May 03, 2006)
Pakistan has lost little time in mounting a campaign against the Indo-US nuclear deal, arguing that any such arrangement should be a common package for both. The element of terror and blackmail in its campaign is hard to overlook.
- Will Bihar Politics Have Any Bearing On National Politics ? (Daily Excelsior, Ashok Thakur, May 03, 2006)
In politics there is no permanent friend or foe. The ouster of George Fernandes as the president of the Janata Dal (United) by Sharad Yadav in league with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is an example of the age-old adage. Mr. Nitish Kumar has not made . . .
- Indo-Pak Officials Hold Talks On Cbms (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
A bus service between Poonch and Rawalakot in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir is likely to be launched next month while a truck service is expected to be introduced on Srinagar-Muzaffarabad route in July.
- Incredible Power Of Prayer In Healing And Redeeming (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 03, 2006)
Prayer is an earnest hope or a wish, a request for help or expression of thanks made to God. Petition is that kind of prayer which begs for determinate objects.
- As Jhelum Courses Down (Indian Express, WAJAHAT HABIBULLAH, May 03, 2006)
Four seats of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly were contested and won on April 24, 2006. Of these, all apart from the Bhaderwah seat, won handsomely by Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad of the Congress, fall in the Kashmir region. So what, the reader will ask
- The Return Of The Hong Tou A-San (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, May 03, 2006)
The Sikhs — known for their red turbans — are back in China.
- Value Of Suchness (Deccan Herald, Amrit Sadhana, May 03, 2006)
The judgmental mind stops judging every situation as good or bad, or evaluating people, things and events.
- What Doda Derails (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 03, 2006)
The targeted killing of 32 Hindus in Doda district of Jammu by suspected terrorists belonging to the Lashkar-e-Toiba threatens to undermine two important foundations of India’s current Kashmir policy — engaging the moderates and dissidents of J&K . . .
- Pramod Mahajan's Condition Worsens (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
The condition of Bharatiya Janata Party general secretary Pramod Mahajan "has further deteriorated over the last 24 hours," a hospital bulletin said here on Tuesday.
- Us Official Reports Al Qaeda Figure’S Arrest In Quetta (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
top Al Qaeda leader whose links stretch from Afghan terror training camps to extremist networks operating throughout Europe has been captured in Pakistan, according to a US law-enforcement official.
- Dutch Ask For Intelligence Sharing In Afghanistan (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
The Netherlands on Tuesday called for increased intelligence sharing between Pakistani authorities and Dutch troops whose deployment is being beefed up in southern Afghanistan. Some 400 Dutch military personnel are already deployed in Uruzgan . . .
- Three-Nation Military Exercises Begin (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
Afghan, Pakistani and US troops began two days of joint military exercises on Tuesday aimed at better coordinating the hunt for Al Qaeda and Taliban militants, officials said.
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 03, 2006)
A few readers have pointed out that Kasula Suryanarayana, the engineer from Hyderabad who was killed on April 30 in Afghanistan, has been incorrectly referred to as Satyanarayana in the text of two reports ("From the South",
- End The Killings Now (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 03, 2006)
Sunday night's carnage in the mountains of Doda and Udhampur has demonstrated how surreal the idea of peace remains for ordinary people in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Of Hi-Tech, Low Efficiency, And Malls (Hindu, P. SAINATH, May 03, 2006)
India's development debate has actually regressed this past decade. A single, homogenised view of development is being shoved down from above.
- "White Supremacy" Or Racism? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, May 03, 2006)
Professor Cornel West says racism is what they have in America while in Britain the problem is essentially one of latent "white supremacy." This means that racial prejudices in Britain operate in more subtle forms than American-style in-your-face racism.
- A Belated But Welcome Move (Hindu, K. Veeramani, May 03, 2006)
Union human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh's circular to the Cabinet Secretariat regarding reservation in Central educational institutions has not brought anything new to the domain of public knowledge.
- Provocative Act (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 03, 2006)
Trouble in Vadodara was due to insensitivity
- ``Air India Follows Proper Procedures For Filling Up Positions'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
This has reference to the article ( The Hindu , May 2) titled ``Air India violated norms, says Raut.''
- Give Us Weapons Or We Will Migrate, Say Doda Survivors (Hindu, Luv Puri , May 03, 2006)
"We do not want to live here with a permanent scare and a feeling of insecurity."
- Pak, Uzbek To Expand Trade, Economic Ties (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf and his Uzbek counterpart Islam Karimov Tuesday vowed to expand bilateral commerce and economic relations with the visiting leader also voicing support for Pakistan’s gaining full membership of the Shanghai . . .
- Social Groups, Rights Activists Condemn Kashmir Killings (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
Centre must examine issues of minorities in different parts of the country
Terror acts aimed at dividing people
Government should conduct public hearings in the State
- Murder In Kashmir: Don’T Get Derailed! (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, May 03, 2006)
Gunmen dressed in combat fatigues shot dead 23 Hindus in two remote villages of Doda district in Indian-held Jammu and Kashmir late Sunday night.
- Us Won’T Remove Nepal Maoists From Terror List (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
Indonesian anti-terror police have arrested another man suspected of links with key terrorist suspect Noordin Mohammad Top,national police deputy spokesman said on Wednesday.
- Plight Of Women Councilors (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 03, 2006)
While the NWFP is not exactly known for encouraging its women to participate in any kind of public activity, much less one that involves administrative decision-making, it is a matter of shame that some women councillors in Dir have been stopped . . .
- Defence Vs Development (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 03, 2006)
THE government has traditionally adopted an ambiguous stance on its defence budget.
- Pakistan And India Close To Accord On Trade Across Loc (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, May 03, 2006)
India and Pakistan are close to an agreement on trans-Kashmir trade and a new bus service, possibly before Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh’s visit to Islamabad.
- Finality To Litigation (Business Standard, M J Antony, May 03, 2006)
The Supreme Court has asked high courts not to entertain repeated appeals in the same case.
- A Timely Reminder (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 03, 2006)
MR Shaukat Aziz has rightly asserted that free trade with India is not possible without resolving the political disputes.
- Only Form Of Affirmative Action? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 03, 2006)
According to the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), an agency of the US department of labor, affirmative is “not preferential treatment. Nor does it mean that unqualified persons should be hired or promoted over other people.
- Cautious Iran (Christian Science Monitor, editorial, Christian Science Monitor, May 03, 2006)
In an effort to deter the international community from imposing sanctions against Iran, the mullahs are trying to instill fear in the Western capitals that if pushed to the wall, they will resort to extreme measures.
- The Gathering Storm Over Iran (Boston Globe, Editorial, Boston Globe, May 03, 2006)
in the heat of the crisis over German intervention in Czechoslovakia, Winston Churchill appealed to the United States to help thwart the Nazi war machine.
- J&k Ultras Kill 32 In 2 Districts (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 02, 2006)
Thirty-two Hindus, including a minor girl, were massacred and nine others injured in three separate incidents in the Doda and Udhampur districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday.
- Collection Of Interviews (Hindu, B. R. P. Bhaskar, May 02, 2006)
This book is a collection of interviews with the historian, K. N. Panikkar, reports of which appeared in different publications.
- Short Stories In Translation (Hindu, V. Gopalakrishna, May 02, 2006)
Ashok Kumar — Tr. in Kannada; Sahitya Akademi, 35, Rabindra Bhavan, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi-110001. Rs. 300.
- Politics And Practice Of Communal Massacres In Jammu And Kashmir (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 02, 2006)
Militant groups have long used death as an instrument to derail efforts towards détente
Scale of communal strikes has dropped since 2002, but periodic attacks continue
Terror campaign aimed at causing at large-scale migration of Hindus
- Dpa Enjoys Edge Over Aiadmk, Says Moily (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 02, 2006)
Cosmetic corrections' made by Jayalalithaa have vanished
DPA is an all-inclusive alliance of the social forces
It is Congress, which provided the swing for regional parties to come to power
"Centre has gone out of the way to help TN by . . .
- Mcd Sacks 180 Health Workers 180 Health Workers Sacked (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 02, 2006)
These Class IV employees had allegedly got jobs through fraudulent means These Class IV employees had managed to get jobs through alleged fraudulent means
- Truck And Bus On Pak Talks Table (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 02, 2006)
Indian and Pakistani officials will meet in Delhi tomorrow to firm up more confidence-building measures to close the gap between the Kashmirs.
- Rahul Gandhi In Maya Land? (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, May 02, 2006)
It is difficult being Rahul Gandhi in Amethi. It cannot be easy being Rahul Gandhi in all of U.P — a minefield of castes and religions and the land of the emerging empress, Mayawati.
It is difficult being Rahul Gandhi in Amethi.
- Asean To Discuss Relative Functions Of Members (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, May 02, 2006)
China, India and Japan might soon play greater roles
- Injured Indian Dies In Nepal (Hindu, Ameet Dhakal, May 02, 2006)
An Indian national, Mohammed Jahangir, who was injured during the pro-democracy movement at Tripureshwor in the heart of the Nepalese capital on April 22, died at the Model Hospital here on Monday.
- India's Troubles In Afghanistan (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 02, 2006)
Forced out of power in Afghanistan in 2001, the Taliban remains an oppressively domineering militia outside the bounds of civilised, humane conduct.
- For Nepal & India, The Road Ahead Is Difficult (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, May 02, 2006)
Among the hurdles: the parties' lack of confidence, as well as New Delhi's anxiety over the U.N. involvement in the disarmament of the Maoists and elections to a constituent assembly.
- A Good Decision All The Same (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 02, 2006)
DESPITE opposition from Washington, Pakistan and Iran have agreed to go ahead with a bilateral pipeline project bringing gas from Iran.
- Software Exports From Mysore Touch Rs. 400 Cr. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 02, 2006)
Mysore, which is being promoted as a tier-II city for attracting information technology companies, managed to export software worth Rs. 400 crore during 2005-06.
- Terrorist Violence Aimed At Dividing People: Patil (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 02, 2006)
The massacre of innocent people in Jammu and Kashmir yesterday and terrorist violence elsewhere are intended to scuttle peace and create divisions among various communities, designs which the Government would not allow to succeed, Union Home Minister . .
- Serial Terror Strikes Claim 35 Lives In Doda And Udhampur (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 02, 2006)
Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizb ul-Mujahideen cadre principal suspects
The worst single night of violence since 2000
Victims fired at point-blank range
- Essence Of Brahma Jnana (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 02, 2006)
The sacred hymn Manisha Panchakam, believed to be a spontaneous composition of Adi Sankara, contains the essence of the highest philosophical truths embedded in the Upanishads.
- Strengthening Ties (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 02, 2006)
Indo-Uzbek ties should help combat terrorism
- Adieu, Foxbats: Iaf Sheds Its Eyes In Stratosphere (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, May 02, 2006)
They flew amidst the stars, literally, for three decades and created aviation folklore by flying in a zone where no other aircraft ever thought of going.
- Carnage In Doda (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 02, 2006)
Communal killings are back again in J & K
- Commentaries On Desika's Hymn (Hindu, Prema Nandakumar , May 02, 2006)
Sanskrit commentaries by Sri Raghava Patrachariar and Anbil Gopalachariar;
- ‘Second Wife’ And Suicide Bid Follow Taliban Terror (Telegraph, G.S. RADHAKRISHNA, May 02, 2006)
The trauma of slain telecom engineer K. Suryanarayana’s family deepened today when his widow Manjula tried to commit suicide following the appearance of a “second wife” in the morning.
- An Evil Mindset (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 02, 2006)
Each time one sees Bimal Roy's Kabuliwala one is moved to tears. It is cinematic adaptation of Rabindranath Tagore's poignant story of a seller of dry fruits from Kabul and the emotional rapport he strikes with a Bengali family.
- Hc Asks Hussain To Respond To Petition On Nude (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 02, 2006)
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked noted artist M F Hussain to file an affidavit by June 12 in response to a petition seeking criminal action against him for his nude paintings of Hindu gods and goddesses on the ground that he had hurt religious . . .
- Mysore Software Exports Touch Rs. 400 Crore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 02, 2006)
Thirty-eight IT companies are based in the city now
Last year the exports figure was Rs. 319 crore
A total of 38 IT companies are based in Mysore now
- Mahajan Develops Respiratory Problem (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 02, 2006)
A worrying development and an immediate cause for concern, say doctors
- Iran-Pakistan Gas Pipeline (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 02, 2006)
ALTHOUGH with Iran’s nuclear crisis hovering over the region’s head, it would remain uncertain whether Pakistan can continue to show an unflagging determination to go ahead with the gas pipeline project against US pressure, till it actually comes . . .
- Climb A Step On The Ladder (Deccan Herald, Usha Muliyil, May 02, 2006)
With each temptation that you resist, you climb a step higher on Jacob’s Ladder.
- 34 Hindus Killed In Kashmir (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, May 02, 2006)
Pakistan condemns ‘act of terrorism’
Hurriyat chairman calls for killers to be arrested
- An Act Of Terrorism (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 02, 2006)
The murder of 22 Hindus in a village in Indian-occupied Kashmir on Sunday is a despicable act of terrorism and deserves unqualified condemnation.
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