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Articles 17421 through 17520 of 26855:
- Politics Of Amendment (Pioneer, MC Joshi, Dec 14, 2005)
The proposed Bill for amendment in the Constitution for providing quota for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in private unaided professional institutions has been brought by the Government to overturn the Supreme Court verdict restricting the State f
- Straws Of Alarm (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 14, 2005)
One needs to take serious note of the latest audio-visual tape circulated by the Al Qaeda, which shows the second man in the organisation's hierarchy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, congratulating the Taliban leader, Mullah Omar, for winning back control over. . .
- All Against Cpm (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 14, 2005)
The consolidation of anti-Left political forces in West Bengal - or Mahajot - has been an elusive dream since the late-1990s. This is mainly because of the refusal of the Congress to adjust its national policy of keeping the BJP . . .
- Afghanistan Adopts Plan To Deal With Rights Abuses (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
War-scarred Afghanistan has adopted a plan to bring people to account for human rights abuses in almost 25 years of brutal conflict and to promote reconciliation, officials said Tuesday.
- Welcome To The Real World (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 14, 2005)
Comrade Prakash Karat has advised his Kerala comrades that foreign direct investment is good for generating more jobs.
- Another Indian Mp Suspended (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
India’s upper house of parliament on Tuesday suspended one of its members after a TV channel aired footage of 11 MPs allegedly accepting cash for asking questions in parliament.
- Fresh Tremors Rock Kashmir (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
Even before memories of the monster earthquake in October could die down, Jammu and Kashmir was rattled by powerful fresh tremors in the wee hours of Tuesday damaging a number of houses.
- Cash For Question (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 14, 2005)
The urgency which presiding officers of the two Houses of Parliament and every concerned political party have shown in dealing with the cash-for-question scandal is the only silver lining in an utterly shameful affair.
- Scourge Of Bonded Labour (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Dec 14, 2005)
MOST of us erroneously believe that slavery has never existed in Pakistan and bonded labour ended 13 years ago when the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1992 was adopted by the National Assembly. But the fact is that this law abolished bonded labour
- State Bank Eyeing Overseas Acquisitions (Hindu, V. S. Sambandan, Dec 14, 2005)
To focus on corporate, retail banking To focus on corporate, retail banking
- Balance Shifts Between Secular And Islamist Iraq (Hindu, Jonathan Steele, Dec 14, 2005)
Ayad Jaml Eldin receives his visitors in an extraordinary pavilion made of reeds, bent into huge arches to form a barrel vault above a carpeted floor.
- Is It Iraq's Army Or Militia? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 14, 2005)
Although the United States administration has to contend with a lot of political pressure to set a timetable for the withdrawal of military forces from Iraq, it has refused to do so.
- "Fight Terrorism, But Be Mindful Of Human Rights" (Hindu, Siddharth Narrain , Dec 14, 2005)
A.S. Anand, Chief Justice of India between October 1998 and November 2001, became Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission in February 2003. In an interview, Mr. Anand spoke on a range of subjects including terrorism and the death penalty.
- Pak Bus Completes Dry Run (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
A Pakistani bus, which arrived here Tuesday, completed the second and final phase of the trial run of the Amritsar-Lahore bus service which is expected to be operational by the end of this month.
- Woman Rescued Two Months After Quake (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 14, 2005)
A 45-year-old woman was brought to a charity field hospital in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), on Monday after she was rescued from rubble on Sunday, 63 days after the devastating October 8 earthquake.
- Woman Rescued 2 Months After Pak Quake (Deccan Herald, PTI, Dec 14, 2005)
In a miracle of sorts, a woman has been found alive under the debris of her home near Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir 64 days after the October 8 earthquake.
- Ram And Roti Is No Longer Attractive (Daily Excelsior, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Dec 14, 2005)
Uma Bharati's slogan of Ram and Roti is no longer carrying weight. That is to be expected. God and bread both take a back seat in periods of rapid technological advance such as presently when the availability of material pleasures is increasing.
- Pakistan’S Yet Another Appeal To India (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 14, 2005)
Foreign Office spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam has urged India to show flexibility to address the Kashmir issue. In her weekly Press briefing in Islamabad on Monday, she, however, said that progress in the composite dialogue cannot be measured in months and ....
- Crocker’S Ill-Conceived Advice (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 14, 2005)
US Ambassador Ryan C Crocker has expressed concern over the open involvement of groups under the US watch list like Jamaatud Daawa in the earthquake relief work in Azad Kashmir.
- India’S Cash-For-Questions Scandal: Rajya Sabha Suspends Member (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
India’s upper house of parliament on Tuesday suspended one of its members after a television channel aired footage of 11 MPs allegedly accepting cash for asking questions in parliament.
- Saarc Students Only Allowed At Madrassas (Daily Times, HASAN MANSOOR, Dec 14, 2005)
The government has plans to impose a complete ban on the admission of foreign students, barring those hailing from member nations of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), sources told Daily Times on Tuesday.
- Dancers, Flowers Greet Pakistani Bus In India (Daily Times, Ali Waqar, Dec 14, 2005)
PTDC MD suggests daily service, easier visas
- Fpo Pricing—a Cause For Concern? (The Financial Express, PRITHVI HALDEA, Dec 14, 2005)
Last fortnight, I had demolished the growing myth that initial public offerings (IPOs) are overpriced and investors are losing money, despite the bull market.
- United By Ramayana (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Dec 14, 2005)
I AM not sure whether I purchased my first television set before the advent of Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayana in 1987 or after but I soon became an avid viewer of the first mega serial at a time when Doordarshan was synonymous with television.
- Powerful Earthquake Rocks J&k, Woman Dies (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Dec 14, 2005)
A woman died of heart attack and another person was wounded following a massive earthquake of 6.8 magnitude that rattled Jammu and Kashmir early this morning, triggering panic among survivors of the October 8 killer temblor.
- Word And Existence (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Dec 14, 2005)
Roberto Calasso is one of our few remaining witnesses to that which cannot be appropriated,
- Third Round Of Indo-Pak Dialogue Likely Next Month (News International, Mariana Baabar, Dec 14, 2005)
Pakistan and India hope to start third round of the composite dialogue at the foreign secretary level in the third week of next month in New Delhi.
- India’S Middle East Shuffle (Indian Express, P.R. KUMARASWAMY, Dec 14, 2005)
On September 12, the official spokesperson of the ministry of external affairs issued a statement which, inter alia, observed: “India welcomes the withdrawal of Israeli settlements from Gaza and northern West Bank, ....
- Not Bengal Again (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
As if one Bengal weren’t one too many for a nation, some bright spark has now come upon the idea of re-christening south India’s leading city after a state that earnestly believes Subhas Chandra Bose is ageing to a fitful 109 somewhere in this world;
- Why I Believe In Gay Rights (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 14, 2005)
For over two years now, a public interest petition has been traversing the corridors of the courts asking that Section 377 of the IPC—a century old provision that deems private, consensual same-sex sexual activity between adults “against the order of natu
- Pak Bus Conducts Dry Run (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
The dry run from Lahore to Amritsar was conducted by Pakistan today with a bus carrying eight officials crossing into India through the Atari-Wagah Joint Check Post.
- Gated Dignities (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 14, 2005)
It is no secret that the media, especially television, is polarised in Tamil Nadu on party lines.
- Now Help From Abroad For Delhi Bomb Blast Hero (Hindu, Bindu Shajan Perappadan, Dec 14, 2005)
Not left fighting a lonely battle, Delhi serial bomb blasts hero Kuldeep Singh now has the international community pledging support to him.
- Tremor Rocks Kashmir, Pakistan (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Dec 14, 2005)
Two months after the devastating October 8 earthquake, a strong tremor at dead of night jolted Kashmiris out of their sleep and sent them scurrying on the streets
- Celebrating Christmas By Other Names (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Dec 14, 2005)
In Britain, there is an increasing and misplaced emphasis on multiculturalism in a way that does it more harm than good.
- The Indian Scheme Of Things (News International, Shireen M Mazari, Dec 14, 2005)
It has been apparent for some time now that since the dialogue process recommenced between Pakistan and India, the latter has adopted a devious and indirect approach — the line of least resistance on the part of Pakistan, as Liddell Hart would have put it
- Dancers, Flowers Greet Pakistani Bus In India (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
Drummers and dancers greeted a Pakistani bus as it crossed into India on Tuesday in the latest step in a slow-moving peace process to establish stronger transport links between the nuclear rivals.
- India Slams Mps Filmed In Tv Sting (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Dec 14, 2005)
India's media lambasted 11 federal lawmakers said by a TV station and a Web site to have been filmed secretly taking cash in exchange for asking questions in parliament, and one MP was suspended from the upper house.
- Knowledge Is The Key To Prosperity, Says Sam Pitroda (Hindu, ARUNKUMAR BHATT, Dec 14, 2005)
"Demography and diversity unique advantages"
- Pakistan Conducts Dry Run Of Bus Service (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
An eight-member Pakistani delegation crosses over into India
- Dialogue With Hurriyat Will Resume Soon: Azad (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Dec 14, 2005)
"Ready for mid-term elections if separatists take part"
While there would be no compromise on violence, "local sensitivities" have to be kept in mind
Talks between the Hurriyat and Manmohan will take place "soon"
- India Still Sees Role For King As Saran Meets Gyanendra Today (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Dec 13, 2005)
India's Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran will be meeting Nepal’s King Gyanendra on Tuesday, amidst speculation that India wants the king to play an expansive and positive role in taking forward the understanding between the Maoists and Nepal’s . . .
- Quake Hits Afghan Hindu Kush, Residents Flee Homes (Reuters, ZEESHAN HAIDER , Dec 13, 2005)
A strong earthquake struck the sparsely populated Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan early on Tuesday, close to a region in northern Pakistan and Kashmir devastated by a quake two months ago.
- Massive Earthquake Rocks Jammu And Kashmir (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
A powerful earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale jolted both sides of Kashmir triggering panic among survivors of October's devastating earthquake who came out from their makeshift shelters in freezing temperatures but there were no reports . . .
- Asean Moves Toward Charter, Human Rights On Agenda (Reuters, Michelle Nichols, Dec 13, 2005)
Southeast Asia's regional grouping agreed on Monday to draft its first constitution, a document that could enshrine human rights and democracy in a region where both have come under critical scrutiny.
- Protest Against Toxic Ship Leaving For India (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Dec 13, 2005)
Greenpeace says aircraft carrier Clemenceau, which is to be dismantled in Gujarat, is contaminated with asbestos
- `One Clan, One God' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
It is not easy to understand the essence of scriptures (Veda Mantras). Even if one is able to get the meaning of the expressions that is hidden beneath and beyond their explicit form and sound, to understand the essence, one needs to feel and . . .
- Taliban Exploits Drug Trade To Step Up Afghan Attacks (Hindu, Declan Walsh, Dec 13, 2005)
It appears that the Taliban, which had condemned opium as "un-Islamic," has turned to the billion-dollar drugs trade to earn money and undermine the authority of the Hamid Karzai Government.
- New Challenges In Kashmir (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 13, 2005)
The great earthquake that devastated large parts of undivided Kashmir in October has had seismic consequences not just for its victims but also for political processes on both sides of the Line of Control. Jihadist groups like the Lashkar-e-Taiba . . .
- Varsity For Pios Under Study: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
Feedback from PIO community has been extremely encouraging
- `Lakshadeepam' At Sree Thonnal Devi Temple (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
The Lakshadeepam festival at Sree Thonnal Devi Temple, Pallippuram, will be held on Thrikkarthika day on Tuesday evening, according to a press release here.
- ‘The Moment There’S Red Tape, There’S Corruption. Who Suffers Most In Corruption? The Small Guy’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 13, 2005)
‘The moment there’s red tape, there’s corruption. Who suffers most in corruption? The small guy’
- 3rd Oic Summit Approved 10-Year Plan Of Action: Fo (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
The third extraordinary OIC summit held in Makkah remained successful as it adopted comprehensive document of 10-Year Programme of Action which deals with the political, development, socio-economic and scientific issues relating to Muslim Ummah.
- Convert J&k Into A Federation (Daily Excelsior, M Y TARIGAMI, Dec 13, 2005)
Natural calamities do not recognize the artificial lines drawn upon the earth. Yet the human sufferings, wherever caused, are identical and the feelings of pain similar.
- Powerful Earthquake Jolts Kashmir Valley (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
A powerful earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale jolted both sides of Kashmir triggering panic among survivors of October's devastating earthquake who came out from their makeshift shelters in freezing temperatures but there were no reports of any
- Jaundiced View (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 13, 2005)
How does it feel like living in a State in which there is a bomb blast on almost every third day?
- Iraq Elections Pose Crucial Test For Bush (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
President George W Bush faces a critical test this week with Iraqi elections that mark a defining moment in his campaign to convince Americans to support his Iraq war strategy.
- Sudarshan’S Phobia (Tribune, Mohan Guruswamy, Dec 13, 2005)
Speaking at the release of “Religious Demography of India” brought out by the Centre for Policy Studies, an RSS-affiliated think-tank based in Chennai, RSS Sarsanghchalak K.S. Sudarshan exhorted Hindus to have larger families . . .
- All Eyes On Hong Kong (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 13, 2005)
WTO ministerial must show forward movement
The world’s eyes are on Hong Kong, where the WTO ministerial begins today. Will the 148 nations, each with their own, often disparate, interests, be able to find any common ground? It’s too early to say.
- Massive Quake Jolts Kashmir, Tremors Felt In North India (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
It was a sense of déjà vu for those trying to erase the memories of destruction that the October 8 earthquake had left in its trail. A powerful earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale jolted both sides of Kashmir early morning.
- Virtual Reality (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 13, 2005)
The history of the world is, arguably, mostly about places and people.
- Who Moved My Lasting Perception? (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Dec 13, 2005)
In Who Stole My Cheese? author Dr Spencer Johnson tells us to keep the following things in mind: change happens (they keep moving the cheese); anticipate change (get ready for the cheese to move); monitor change (smell the cheese often so you know . . .
- Karthigai Deepam Speaks The Language Of Love (Hindu, T.RANGA REDDY, Dec 13, 2005)
The focus of this day is to have a memorable spiritual experience in Tiruvannamalai by all pilgrims providing equal opportunity to all.
- Oic's Bloopers (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 13, 2005)
The Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC), meeting in Mecca supposedly in order to reject extremism and extol the virtues of tolerance, has committed several bloopers.
- The Indian Language Press (Hindu, B. R. P. Bhaskar, Dec 13, 2005)
INDIYAYILE PATHRAVIPLAVAM — Muthalalitham, Rashtreeyam, Bharatheeyabashapathrangal 1977-99: by Robin Jeffrey, P.K. Shivadas — Tr. in Malayalam;, State Institute of Languages, Nalanda, Thiruvananthapuram-695003.
- Geelani Criticises Oic (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Dec 13, 2005)
In a scathing attack on the Organisation of Islamic Conference , hard-line separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Monday said it had failed to represent the wishes and aspirations of Kashmiris and instead "strengthening Indian claim over Kashmir."
- Unrelenting Battle (Hindu, N.R.Krishnan, Dec 13, 2005)
Telling account of the poor state of the world's forests and those responsible for it
- Children Of A Lesser God (Telegraph, Jyoti Malhotra, Dec 13, 2005)
Soviet Union may have had a special relationship with India, but the feelings of new Russia are entirely different, writes Jyoti Malhotra
- Devotional Work (Hindu, K. S. Parthasarathy, Dec 13, 2005)
AALWAR SHARANARA TIRUPATHI THIMMAPPA: Thirunarayanapuram Araiyar Swami; Pub. by Vishadavak Prakashana, 285, Uppneeru Bhavi Beedi, Melkote-571431. Rs. 365.
- Flexibility Needed On Kashmir, Says Fo (Dawn, Qudssia Akhlaque, Dec 13, 2005)
Pakistan on Monday said the resolution of the Kashmir issue was being discussed and underlined that it required flexibility which it was willing to show.
- Turmoil As Indian Tv Shows Mps Taking Bribe (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
An Indian TV station caused a political uproar on Monday when it broadcast images of 11 members of parliament taking cash allegedly in return for raising issues in the federal legislature.
- India Revives Talks With Israel (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Dec 13, 2005)
A mere handshake recently between the foreign ministers of Pakistan and Israel in Istanbul has prompted India to revive its faltering dialogue with the Jewish state, the Indian Express reported on Monday.
- Mulberry Bush Of Kashmir (Dawn, F.S. Aijazuddin, Dec 13, 2005)
It was the sheer audacity of the suggestion that challenged them: Undo the knot that has vexed their elders for over 50 years. Find a solution to the Jammu & Kashmir problem.
- Will Oic Summit Make A Difference? (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Dec 13, 2005)
The extraordinary summit of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) concluded its two-day deliberations in Makkah last week.
- Quake: Thinking Long-Term (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Dec 13, 2005)
I have written before on the subject of the earthquake and its economic impact. But the subject covered in some of the earlier articles dealt with the effect of the disaster over the short term. In today’s article and the one next week . . .
- Pakistan’S ‘No-Borders-Plus’ Kashmir Solution (News International, Nasim Zehra, Dec 13, 2005)
It has been a gradual coming out of the closet. For Pakistan’s ‘no-borders-plus’ solution for Kashmir, it is exposÈ time.
- Land Of Missed Opportunities (Pioneer, Asheesh Shah, Dec 13, 2005)
We cannot progress unless the energies of the people are channelised towards nation building, says Asheesh Shah
- Averting Suicide Attacks In Afghanistan: (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
Coalition forces looking to terror tactics in Iraq to combat threat
* ISAF says NATO soldiers will not take over counter-terrorist operations
- Why The Scourge Doesn't Go (Pioneer, Shibani Dasgupta, Dec 13, 2005)
Excessive spraying has resulted in mosquitoes developing resistance to pesticides, making malaria control difficult, says Shibani Dasgupta
- Militants Rule The Roost In Waziristan: Report (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Dec 13, 2005)
Videos show militants training openly
* Govt authority weakened since Feb peace deal
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