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Articles 13421 through 13520 of 26855:
- Gender Parity: A Long Way To Go (Deccan Herald, Lola Nayar, Mar 08, 2006)
Sc pronouncement making the registration of marriages compulsory is a positive step
- Blasts In Sankatmochan Temple And Railway Station Kill Dozen, Several Injured (Indian Express, CR Jayachandran, Mar 08, 2006)
PM, Kalam appeal for peace • BJP slams ‘competitive minorityism’ • Shameful, say Muslim law board and Jamiat
- Reconnect With Yourself (Telegraph, SRIRUPA RAY, Mar 08, 2006)
Instead of being an excuse to seek special privileges, International Women’s Day should be an exercise in self-discovery
- Look Inwards To Know (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Since spiritual knowledge is abstract, subtle, and difficult to grasp, spiritual teaching relies on the symbolic mode to elucidate recondite thoughts and experiences.
- Terror Evening Leaves 20 Dead (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Terror struck this temple town this evening when two bomb blasts in quick succession rocked the Sankatmochan Shrine and the Cantonment Railway Station here this evening killing at least 20 people and injuring over 50, some of them seriously.
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 08, 2006)
Getting right one of the engagements of the Karnataka Chief Minister — in Bangalore — was probably a task in "Civil servants facing new challenges: Kumaraswamy" (March 5, 2006, page 6). On March 4, he inaugurated not the conference of the UPSC . . .
- Hours After Blasts, Three Let Men Gunned Down (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Hours after the blasts in Varanasi, a suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist was shot dead in an encounter with the police in Gosaiganj area on the outskirts of the city early on Wednesday morning.
- Bjp And Vhp Call For Bandh To Protest Varanasi Blasts (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
The BJP and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad tonight gave separate calls for Uttar Pradesh bandh tomorrow in protest against the bomb blsts in varanasi.
- Angry Musharraf Is Bad News For Karzai (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Mar 08, 2006)
The exiles, who do not want to be named, have taken their cue from Musharraf’s extraordinary and unseemly outburst on CNN last Sunday when he accused President Karzai of being “totally oblivious of what is happening in his own country”.
- Up:security Beefed Up In Allahabad (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Security has been tightened in the holy city of Allahabad following the blasts in Varansi this evening.
- Guj:state On High Alert After Blasts In Varanasi (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
High alert has been sounded in Gujarat and security at all major temples have been beefed up after bomb blasts rocked temple town of Varanasi this evening, police officials said.
- Pressure Pays Off (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 08, 2006)
Rare sustained pressure — public, media, political, perhaps judicial too — has paid off and a review of the Jessica Lall murder case is under way.
- Varanasi Blasts: Bandh Paralyses Normal Life (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Normal life here was paralysed today as the BJP-sponsored bandh to protest the twin terror attacks in the city went underway amidst tight security, especially at places of worship, including the famous Kashi Viswanath temple-gyanvapi mosque.
- Budget Commits To Promote 50 Handicraft-Centric Villages (Times of India, NARAYANI GANESH, Mar 08, 2006)
Say 'India' and immediately, a potential tourist thinks of palaces and monuments, handicrafts and textiles, festivals and fairs, regional cuisine and street food, ancient temples, mosques and churches, folklore and fantasy.
- Low-Intensity War In Balochistan (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 08, 2006)
"Don't push us," President Pervez Musharraf warned in January last year, after an attack by Baloch insurgents on a gas refinery in Sui disrupted steel and fertiliser production across Pakistan for more than a month.
- Full Circle? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Mar 08, 2006)
Who was the leader to have accompanied United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi during her meeting with US President George W. Bush in the national capital recently? Dr Karan Singh is the answer.
- Sonia, Patil Assess Situation In Varanasi (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil tonight visited the Sankat Mochan temple, which was rocked by a powerful blast.
- Tackling Al-Qaeda (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Mar 08, 2006)
Over four years have passed since 9/11. According to dependable intelligence sources Osama bin Laden throughout this period remained holed up in the tribal belt that lies between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
- Breaking The Mould? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 08, 2006)
Among the points raised by President Pervez Musharraf during his talk with editors on Monday and earlier in his CNN interview was his criticism of the ‘India-centric’ attitude in Pakistan.
- Alert In State Following Varanasi Blasts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
The State police have been put on a high alert following the twin blasts at Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday.
- Manmohan's Assurance To Karunanidhi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has promised to keep in mind the suggestions of DMK president M. Karunanidhi while deciding on providing reservation for Dalits among Christians and for Muslims.
- 21 Killed In Indian Temple Town Blasts (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Three separate bomb blasts ripped through the Indian city of Varanasi on Tuesday, killing at least 21 people and wounding 62 at a crowded temple and a railway station.
- India, Pakistan Fail To Reach Accord On Air Services (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
New Delhi not agreeable to plea for quantum jump in flights, destinations
- Rajnath Singh Leaving For Varanasi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Bharatiya Janata Party president Rajnath Singh is leaving for Varanasi, where 12 persons were killed and 20 injured in blasts at the Sankat Mochan temple and the cantonment railway station on Tuesday evening.
- General Alert Issued (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Manmohan, Patil condemn blasts
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Home Minister Shivraj Patil have condemned the blasts in Varanasi on Tuesday. Dr. Singh appealed to the people to maintain peace and calm.
- Iaea Meets Amid Rift Over Iranian Nuclear Programme (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Iran will not agree to a compromise over its nuclear programme that involves suspending full-scale uranium enrichment for any longer than two years, a diplomat told AFP Tuesday.
- Nuclear Separation Plan Seeks Fine Balance (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Mar 08, 2006)
Concerns of cost, research and security emphasised, but sme sacrifices too
Decision on fuel fabrication plants put off
CIRUS research reactor to be shut down
Fuel core of Apsara reactor to be shifted
- Giving Women Their Rights (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 08, 2006)
More than 30 years after the United Nations formally declared March 8 as International Women’s Day, there are very few signs that Pakistan is breaking out of its patriarchal mould and giving women their due rights in society or recognizing their . . .
- Uneasy Calm Prevails In Varanasi » (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Residents in Varanasi are trying to return to normal after blasts ripped through the city Tuesday night.
- Aviation Talks End Without Headway (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Talks between civil aviation officials from India and Pakistan ended inconclusively on Tuesday with both sides agreeing to meet again for further consultations on increasing air links and passenger flights between the South Asian neighbours.
- India Court Okays Mumbai Mill Land Sale (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
India’s Supreme Court cleared the way on Tuesday for textile mills in Mumbai to sell prime land in the overcrowded city, sending shares in firms such as Bombay Dyeing soaring as much as 20 percent.
- The Indian Factor Mma’S Ajk Chapter Formed (Daily Times, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Mar 08, 2006)
“The US does not oppose a natural gas pipeline from Iran. Our beef with Iran is not the pipeline; our beef with Iran is the fact that they want to develop a nuclear weapon.”
- Pakistan And India Agree To Expand Air Service Agreement (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Mar 08, 2006)
Pakistan and India have agreed to expand the scope of the existing air service agreement between them.
- 21 Die In 3 Explosions In Indian Holy City (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Officials fear communal violence
Three separate bomb blasts ripped through the holy Hindu city of Varanasi in India on Tuesday, killing at least 21 people and wounding 62 at a crowded temple and a railway station.
- Rising To The Defence (Business Standard, Sangeeta Singh, Mar 08, 2006)
Public-private joint ventures in the defence sector get a boost from home-grown enterprises.
- Bush Visit To Pakistan, India May Have Done Harm: Nyt (Dawn, Masood Haider, Mar 08, 2006)
Saying that President Bush’s visit to “Pakistan and India may have done real harm”, the New York Times chided Mr Bush for “sticking” President Musharraf with the unwelcome task of explaining to Pakistanis why his friend and ally, Mr Bush, had . . .
- Bomb Blasts Rock Varanasi, 21 Killed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Over 62 injured; terrorists target Sankat Mochan temple, railway station; security stepped up . . .
- Was Gandhi Hindu? (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 08, 2006)
Gandhiji was born of Hindu parents and was cremated by Hindu rites; but was he Hindu in any narrow sense? India has had an assassinated former prime minister born of a Zoroastrian father who was also cremated by Hindu rites.
- Russia As An ‘Unpredictable’ Petro-State (The Financial Express, DOMINIQUE MOISI, Mar 08, 2006)
When he first arrived in Paris in 2000 as Russia’s newly elected President, Vladimir Putin had a simple and reassuring message. “I am bringing you what you need most: a stable and guaranteed source of energy.
- Mdmk Shifts Camp — Is It Advantage Aiadmk? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Mar 08, 2006)
With Mr Vaiko walking out of the DMK-led alliance to the AIADMK, Ms Jayalalithaa appears first off the block in the race to the Tamil Nadu Assembly. For the DMK it appears to be a double whammy as now the other allies may demand more seats.
- Marxist Miff (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Mar 08, 2006)
West Bengal’s ruling Left Front is livid at the Election Commission of India’s insistence on enforcement of the ban on wall writing by political parties. In earlier elections, the ban was enforced fitfully.
- Twin Blasts Kill 20 In Varanasi (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Two blasts in quick succession rocked Sankatmochan temple and the Varanasi Cantonment railway station here this evening, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 50, some of them seriously. Bomb disposal squad personnel helped avert . . .
- Side Trips On A Visit To India (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Mar 08, 2006)
More than four years after a US-led invasion force delivered to Afghanistan the gifts of freedom and democracy, the man behind the enterprise finally plucked up the courage for a quick trip to Kabul.
- What’S In It For The Us? (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Mar 08, 2006)
“What is in it for America?” That was how the national security adviser, M. K. Narayanan, reacted after the Bush administration proposed the nuclear deal to the Indians at Blair House, the official guest house of the American president, during the . . .
- High Alert In Capital In Wake Of Blasts (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
A high alert was sounded in the Capital today following the twin blasts in the temple town of Varanasi in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh in which at least four persons have died. Security has been tightened at temples, public places and vital . . .
- Zoos Or Rustlers’ Hunting Ground? (Tribune, Saroop Krishen, Mar 08, 2006)
Top-level burglars — if such an adjective is not inappropriate to use for that fraternity — set their sights very high: they target famous paintings and prized art objects and their stake runs literally into millions of pounds.
- King Refuses To Listen (Tribune, Maj-Gen Ashok Mehta (retd), Mar 08, 2006)
The call was from Nepal. “Dang-Ghorai has given the first martyr of Nepal’s third revolution.
- Terror Strikes Varanasi (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
20 dead, 50 hurt in blasts Alert in states PM, Kalam appeal for calm
- No Fresh Taxes In Punjab Budget (Tribune, Sarbjit Dhaliwal, Mar 08, 2006)
With an eye on the coming Assembly elections in Punjab, the Finance Minister, Mr Surinder Singla, today presented a tax free Budget having a total outlay of Rs 27,791.87 crore. The revenue deficit will be Rs 1,390 crore.
- India: An Emerging Power — Ishtiaq Ahmed (Daily Times, Ishtiaq Ahmed, Mar 07, 2006)
In material terms, India has embarked, in a very determined way, upon the path taken by Japan and Germany after World War II to find their fortune in world affairs by developing their industrial strength and technological base.
- General Musharraf’S Salvo On Afghanistan (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Mar 07, 2006)
On the touchstone of newsworthiness, the US cable news channel CNN could not have caught General Pervez Musharraf for an interview at a more opportune time.
- And The Great Game Goes On — Uri Avnery (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Mar 07, 2006)
And now, with one stroke, Putin has changed everything. Inviting Hamas to Moscow was a gambit of genius: it didn’t cost anything, and it put Russia back on the map of the Middle East.
- Indo-Pak Talks Schedule Announced (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2006)
Pakistan on Monday announced the dates for the third round of talks with India on various subjects.
- Musharraf Snubs Karzai & Rightly (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 07, 2006)
PRESIDENT Gen Pervez Musharraf has accused Afghanistan of stirring trouble in Pakistan and regretted that President Karzai does not appreciate what Pakistan has done for him and his country. In an interview with CNN telecast on Sunday, he said that. . .
- Higher Truths (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2006)
The Kathopanishad, while revealing the inner essence of many subtle truths of existence, also illustrates the extraordinary persistence and infinite patience required to comprehend them.
- Analysis - India-U.S. Ties Surge But Some Mistrust Lingers (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Mar 07, 2006)
A successful visit to India by U.S. President George W. Bush has dramatically bolstered ties between the two countries but decades of mistrust will not be erased overnight
- Bush Puts Cold War Legacy Behind (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 07, 2006)
President Bush’s visit to South Asia has made it clear that Islamabad can no longer expect parity with India in the American strategy for the region.
- Facts Are Sacred (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 07, 2006)
It was to huge saffron protests that the Justice U.C. Banerjee Committee appointed by the Railway Ministry presented, in January 2005, its interim report on the Godhra train calamity.
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 07, 2006)
There were protests, some violent, against the recent visit of U.S. President George Bush to the subcontinent.
- Dealing With Hamas (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 07, 2006)
Hamas does not appear to be in any hurry to re-examine its policy towards Israel.
- Airport Ii On Radar (Telegraph, SIMI KAMBOJ, Mar 07, 2006)
In five to seven years, Calcutta may have its second international airport, equipped with two runways and a capacity to handle 4.5 million passengers a year.
- Traditional Puranas (Hindu, Prema Nandakumar , Mar 07, 2006)
A Commendable attempt to present the gist of the 18 traditional Puranas in a single volume, Pathinen Puranangal is welcome as an array of legends that sound quite relevant to our century.
- Indo-Pak Schedule For Talks (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2006)
The ministry of external affairs today announced the schedule of meetings under the third round of composite dialogue with Pakistan.
- Demystifying Growth (Hindu, S. L. Rao, Mar 07, 2006)
Provides a framework for understanding India's experience in pursuing economic growth with equality
- Ing Vysya Bank, And The Hindu Business Line To Hold `Budgetalk' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2006)
Experts to deliberate on the impact of budget today
- Plain-Speaking In Pindi (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 07, 2006)
US gives up the parity theme
THE just concluded visit of Mr George W. Bush to South Asia has proved to be path-breaking.
- Extreme States (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 07, 2006)
Leftwing politics is notorious for partisan wars. This is fundamentally due to the importance of violence in leftist ideology.
- Musharraf’S China Card (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Mar 07, 2006)
The impact was not political alone.
- Economic Condition Of Muslims (Hindu, Mujibur Rehman, Mar 07, 2006)
Offers insight into the current socio-economic status of Urdu-speaking Indian Muslims
- Watch A Space Called Tamil Nadu (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Mar 07, 2006)
Of the five states going into election mode, it is Tamil Nadu that will most affect national politics.
- India, Pak Talks Today To Open Up Skies (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2006)
With Pakistan keen on a reciprocal liberal skies arrangement with India on the lines of what Prime Minister Manmohan Singh suggested at the SAARC summit in Dhaka, civil aviation authorities of both the countries will hold meetings here on Monday.
- Mass Distraction (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 07, 2006)
In UP, a new votebank strategy that can end up linking foreign policy to identity politics
- Talabani Calls Parliament’S First Meeting On March 12 (Indian Express, FARIS AL-MEHDAWI, Mar 07, 2006)
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said on Monday he would convene Parliament in six days, but political wrangling and violence means there is little chance of forming a government of national unity any time soon.
- Scientist Wants Change In Perception Of Bird Flu (Hindu, M. Rajeev, Mar 07, 2006)
Despite various forms of flu taking a heavy toll it is an `orphaned' disease as far as research goes'
Dearth of drugs, vaccines to counter the threat
Scientists urged to look into entire gamut of flu viruses and make vaccines for them
Majority of co
- Pakistan, India Agree On Talks Schedule (Pakistan Observer, Aroosa Alam, Mar 07, 2006)
Pakistan and India have agreed on a schedule for the meetings of various working groups to hold talks in the third round to resolve various issues.
- Third Round Of Indo-Pak Talks From 28th (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2006)
India and Pakistan will commence the third round of talks on six out of the eight areas covered under Composite Dialogue from March 28, concluding it with a review at Foreign Minister-level on July 21.
- A Good Sign (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Mar 07, 2006)
A report in this newspaper should cheer inhabitants of this city who are frequently caught in traffic snarls.
- Iaea Says Deal On Iran Atomic Crisis Still Feasible (Reuters, MARK HEINRICH, Mar 07, 2006)
The International Atomic Energy Agency chief said on Monday a deal to defuse a standoff over Iran's nuclear aims was still feasible and diplomats outlined a compromise that would let Tehran pursue limited atomic research.
- India To Convey Concern To Pak (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2006)
India will convey its serious concern over the spurt in activities in the country by Pak-based terrorists and increasing drug trafficking from across the border during the Home Secretary-level talks to be held on in Islamabad on May 30 and 31.
- Reporting Armed Conflicts (Daily Excelsior, Swati Ganeshan, Mar 07, 2006)
Defence has been for a long time a 'Holy Cow' for the journalists in our country.
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