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Articles 18021 through 18120 of 26855:
- Divine Communion (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
Scriptures are signposts that indicate the various directions that can be pursued to reach God. But saints and seers who have themselves realised God's presence within them are capable of elucidating the recondite scriptures while also initiating . . .
- Imperatives Of Reconstruction (Dawn, Dr Kamal Munir, Dec 03, 2005)
Nearly eight weeks after the most devastating earthquake in the history of the subcontinent, Islamabad is rife with talk of reconstruction.
- Pml-N Rejects Mirwaiz’S United Kashmir Proposal (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has categorically rejected "United States of Kashmir" proposal floated by Mirwaiz Omar Farooq.
- Targeting Iran? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 03, 2005)
Relatively speaking, it is a mild warning. Speaking to reporters in Tel Aviv on Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon warned that his government would not accept an Iran that has nuclear weapons.
- Concession Is Not Surrender (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 03, 2005)
I am veering round to the viewpoint that Atal Behari Vajpayee might have pushed the India-Pakistan dialogue faster and farther than Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has done.
- A Climax Of Ignorance (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Dec 03, 2005)
T. C. A. Ramanujam discusses a case where the Bombay High Court observed that though there may be a rule that ignorance of law is no excuse, there is no presumption that everyone knows the law
- Land Of Buddha (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 03, 2005)
Bengal’s CM can make history, by helping EC to help his state
- Does God Exist? (Deccan Herald, Swami Sukhabodhananda, Dec 03, 2005)
Let’s look at an incident in the life of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. He was an enlightened master. People from all over the country flocked to him in Calcutta. There was a famous pandit during his time. This man was very learned. He was an expert in many....
- Hammer Blow To Lashkar (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 03, 2005)
They crossed LoC on November 20 to carry out attacks
- A Bank Robber’S Arrest Cracks J&k Terror Net (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
The arrest of a bank robber on Wednesday has led the J&K Police to the network behind eight major militant strikes.
- Pml-N Rejects Mirwaiz’S United Kashmir Proposal (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has categorically rejected "United States of Kashmir" proposal floated by Mirwaiz Omar Farooq.
- Traps Of The Past (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Dec 03, 2005)
Arguably, Bangladesh might never have exploded in violence if geography had not tucked the world’s third most populous Muslim nation into the folds of Bharat Mata’s sari.
- Dispur Dithering (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 03, 2005)
And tribals keep pot boiling
Reports of renewed arson and attempted murder in Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hills suggest Dispur is yet to restore administrative order in the two districts where recent ethnic clashes left 90 dead and . . .
- Politicians Behind Woes Of Up's Babus (Pioneer, MANOHAR SUBRAHMANYAM, Dec 03, 2005)
While politicisation of the bureaucracy is a national problem, Uttar Pradesh's woes have been exacerbated by short-sighted regionalism practiced by its politicians since the 1970s. MANOHAR SUBRAHMANYAM traces the steady road downhill for a once-proud.....
- Bjp Undoes Itself. Again! (Daily Excelsior, Dr R L Bhat, Dec 03, 2005)
By now, undoing itself when everything is going perfectly right for the party has become a peculiarity of the party with a difference.
- Revealing Fears (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 03, 2005)
Old women can have all the fun. Women in Pushkar in Rajasthan, whether of the soil or from overseas, cannot be touched by men, even their husbands, in public unless they are old or infirm.
- Gere-D Up For A Good Cause (Deccan Herald, G Ulaganathan, Dec 02, 2005)
I never knew you guys are so popular”, said Richard Gere in Hyderabad last month at a show to promote AIDS awareness. He was referring to the two super stars of south Indian cinema, Chiranjeevi and Kamal Hassan, who joined hands with him in this mission.
- Literacy Scheme Planned For State (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Four districts in Karnataka – Raichur, Koppal, Gulbarga and Chamarajanagar – have been found to have low literacy levels, the Parliament was informed on Thursday.
- Britons Should Avoid "Free" And "Democratic" Iraq (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Dec 02, 2005)
The Tony Blair Government has made plain that it does not want Britons to go to Iraq. This even as Mr. Blair insists that post-invasion Iraq is a better place.
- Vidharbha: Cry, The Beloved Countryside (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Dec 02, 2005)
The agrarian crisis in Vidharbha has spun almost out of control. Appeals for swift measures by many have fallen on deaf ears.
- Primordial Calls Vs Politics Of Individuation (The Financial Express, Jayaprakash Narayan, Dec 02, 2005)
The scope and nature of the Bihar verdict are stunning. Once again, the illiterate, long-suffering people rose above caste and religion in search of a better future and proved the psephologists and pundits wrong.
- Street Play, Jathas Mark World Aids Day In Shimoga (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
NGOs urged to help the Government to spread awareness on disease
- Hiv Positive People Told Not To Lose Faith In Themselves (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Several awareness programmes mark World AIDS Day
- 700 Cases Of Hiv Reported Since 2002 In Hassan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Voluntary testing centres are reporting an average of 20 cases every month
4,000 people have undergone voluntary tests from September 2002
Highest number of HIV cases in Hassan taluk followed by Channarayapatna and Arsikere
- Agreement On Safta Finalised (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 02, 2005)
Members of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) have finalised an agreement on the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA), which comes into effect from January 1.
- How To Live With The Need To Kill For Food (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Dec 02, 2005)
Mahatma Gandhi once said, “I do not regard flesh food as necessary for us. I hold (it) to be unsuited to our species. We err in copying the lower animal world if we are superior to it. The only way to live is to let live.”
- To Madam With Love-By Sudha Palit (Statesman, SUDHA PALIT, Dec 02, 2005)
She had a rather unprepossessing appearance. Goan by birth, she was barely five feet tall and skeletally thin. her most prominent facial features were her aquiline nose and her protruding teeth
- ‘Kashmiris Died Because Pakistan Declined Indian Help’ (Statesman, Kavita Suri, Dec 02, 2005)
Accusing the Pakistani government of playing with the lives of thousands of people from PoK, a leading Kashmiri separatist in Britain said lives could be saved if Pakistan had not turned down the Indian offer of helicopters for earthquake relief.
- Wahhabi Islam: A Misnomer (Greater Kashmir, Dr. Sheikh Muhammad Iqbal, Dec 02, 2005)
Dr. Sheikh Muhammad Iqbal writes about the contribution of Sheikh Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab who rose in revolt against the socio-religious corruption prevalent during his times everywhere in Ottoman provinces
Thereafter,
- State Of Real Growth (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Dec 02, 2005)
When the prime minister says he wants to generate at least 10 per cent growth in India, we all not only wish it but long for it. However, what urgently needs doing is a radical correction of colonial laws that rule us in this new and highly . . .
- Visible Threat (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 02, 2005)
It may be hasty to see Bangladesh as another Afghanistan in the making. The geopolitical context that gave birth to the taliban regime in Kabul does not prevail in Dhaka. The two countries also have very different racial and cultural contexts.
- Unleash Demand By Driving Down Prices (The Financial Express, SUMANT SINHA, Dec 02, 2005)
India’s economic development model is unlike most other emerging market countries.
- Iran’S Nuclear Lies (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
IAEA has no authority to determine whether or not a country has a nuclear weapons programme. That is up to the UN Security Council. The IAEA’s job is to determine whether a nation has violated its safeguards agreement, and El Baradei has made it . . .
- Kashmir Issue Must Be Resolved Bilaterally, Say Retired Soldiers (Daily Times, Ali Waqar, Dec 02, 2005)
Says SAARC should be preferred to NATO
* People be allowed to move freely across border
* NATO has no role to play in subcontinent
- 113 Hindu Pilgrims Reach Lahore (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Around 113 Hindu pilgrims reached Wagah Joint Check Post on Thursday to participate in the celebrations of saint Sain Sheda Ram’s birth anniversary on December 3 at Mirpur Mathelo (Sindh). Evacuee Property Trust Board (EPTB) officials welcomed the pilgrim
- Indo-Pak Artists To Do A Fund-Raiser Show For Quake Victims (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Artists and musicians from India and Pakistan will participate in a one-day concert at the Royal Albert Hall here on Dec 13 to raise funds for relief of the earthquake victims in Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir.
- 'Indo-Pak Trade Can Touch One Billion Dollar By 2006-07' (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
With a view to increasing official trade between India and Pakistan to one billion dollar by next year, the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry will hold a series of trade exhibitions in Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad in 2006-07.
- Roadshows, Seminars Mark World Aids Day (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Officials, NGOs and others take the lead in creating awareness
- Politics And Science Co-Exist: Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
You have to market them to political leaders, he tells students
- Too Close For Comfort (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
The rash of bomb attacks in Bangladesh has disturbing overtones not only for that country but also for the entire region.
- Kalam Plea To Cmc On Aids Vaccine (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
"An effective vaccine will be a cost-effective tool for control of infectious diseases"
- Teaching The Teachers (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 02, 2005)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has underlined the need for providing training to teachers to enhance their skills in order to improve the primary and secondary education standards in the country. Speaking at a function in Islamabad on Wednesday, . . .
- Islam’S Pioneering Role (Dawn, Bilal Ahmed Malik, Dec 02, 2005)
Despite efforts to achieve world peace in the wake of two world wars, armed conflicts remain a prominent feature of our human landscape.
- Strive For Aids-Free Society, Says Collector (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Youth to stay away from sex before marriage Youth urged to stay away from sex before marriage
- Rallies Mark World Aids Day (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
NGOs asked to take effective steps to check spread of disease
- Google's Kashmir Map Pains India (News International, Naveed Ahmad, Dec 02, 2005)
All the peace process rhetoric aside, New Delhi does not have the tolerance to acknowledge a factual description of Jammu and Kashmir map in which Google Inc. had just shown Azad Kashmir outside Indian territorial limits
- The Iraq Policy Runs Through Iran (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Dec 02, 2005)
An earthquake in islands off Bandar Abbas in Iran sent tremors here in Dubai and other parts of the Emirates. The shockwaves felt here are a metaphor of sorts for all the GCC countries: they look with anxiety at the entire troubled arc from Iran to Iraq.
- Treat Aids Patients With Sensitivity: Jayakumar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Inaugurates automatic condom vending machine in city Inaugurates automatic condom vending machine in city
- Performing Hajj (Greater Kashmir, ZAHIR-U-DIN, Dec 02, 2005)
In the forenoon of the eighth day of Dhul-Hijja, a pilgrim must purify himself by taking a bath. Then he must put on Ahram and recite Talbiya “Here I am for Hajj. Here I am, Oh Allah, here I am.
- Hekmatyar Rejects Reconciliation (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
An Afghan rebel group allied with the Taliban has rejected a government offer of reconciliation, saying there could be no peace as long as foreign forces were in the country.
- 3 ‘Foreigners’ Among 5 Killed In Waziristan (Daily Times, Iqbal Khattak, Dec 02, 2005)
Five people including three ‘foreigners’ were killed in what officials said was an explosion inside a house three days after a peace deal was signed between wanted tribal militants and the government in North Waziristan Agency.
- Blasts Kill Five Militants In N Waziristan (News International, Mushtaq Yusufzai, Dec 02, 2005)
Five suspected militants, including three Uzbek nationals, blew themselves up while making bombs in a North Waziristan house early on Thursday, official said.
- Those Aren't Netaji's Ashes In Renkoji (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Dec 02, 2005)
The Justice MK Mukherjee Commission of Inquiry (JMCI), which presented its final report to the UPA Government in early-November, has conclusively established that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose did not die in an air crash at Taiwan's Taihoku airport . . .
- Hindsight As Foresight (Pioneer, Mumtaz Khan, Dec 02, 2005)
Just when it was time for Musharraf to make a grand gesture towards the unity of Kashmir, he fell victim to his old habits, says Mumtaz Khan
- Amman Blasts: Get The Message (Pioneer, B Raman, Dec 02, 2005)
International community must tackle jihadi terror of the Al Qaeda variety by eliminating the source of its violence, says B Raman
- Left In A Lurch (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 02, 2005)
The conundrum over the Pension Fund Regulatory Development Authority Bill is only the latest manifestation of the Left's innate contradictions. At the time of its return to the UPA-Left Coordination Committee in the last week of October, the CPI(M) had in
- Those Aren't Netaji's Ashes In Renkoji (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Dec 02, 2005)
The Justice MK Mukherjee Commission of Inquiry (JMCI), which presented its final report to the UPA Government in early-November, has conclusively established that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose did not die in an air crash at Taiwan's Taihoku . . .
- Left In A Lurch (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 02, 2005)
The conundrum over the Pension Fund Regulatory Development Authority Bill is only the latest manifestation of the Left's innate contradictions. At the time of its return to the UPA-Left Coordination Committee in the last week of October,
- Left In A Lurch (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 02, 2005)
Ever since Health Ministers' Conference in London in January 1988, December 1 has been observed as World AIDS Day. The global struggle against the killer virus turned 18 this year, almost universally recognised as the age of consent, when adolescents . .
- Google's Kashmir Map Pains India (News International, Naveed Ahmad, Dec 02, 2005)
All the peace process rhetoric aside, New Delhi does not have the tolerance to acknowledge a factual description of Jammu and Kashmir map in which Google Inc. had just shown Azad Kashmir outside Indian territorial limits.
- Kashmir Issue Must Be Resolved Bilaterally, Say Retired Soldiers (Daily Times, Ali Waqar, Dec 02, 2005)
Lt Gen (r) Nasir Akhtar, president of India-Pakistan Soldiers Initiative for Peace (IPSI), Pakistan chapter - a group of retired Pakistani and Indian army officials - has ruled out third party involvement to resolve the Kashmir issue and . . .
- Up Killings (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 02, 2005)
The brutal killing of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai and six others at Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh and subsequent violence in protest against the murder show the deteriorating law and order in the state.
- Violence In Bangladesh (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 02, 2005)
That jihadi terrorism has grown stronger during the past few years in Bangladesh was proved beyond doubt when an extremist outfit, the Jamayet-ul-Mujahideen, successfully planned to unleash terrorist violence on August 17 in almost every district . . .
- Germany: Angela Merkel Faces Tough Challenges (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 02, 2005)
After cumbersome negotiations over several weeks, Angela Merkel got elected on the November 22, 2005, as the first woman Chancellor in Germany’s history with the votes of the Christian Democratic and Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) as well as . . .
- Under The Thumb (Economist, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
In dampening resentment, nothing succeeds like success
- Bangladesh Bomber Bares Plot To Police (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
The suicidal bomber of Chittagong, who narrowly escaped death, today gave important information about the ghastly blast he had carried out yesterday and activities of the banned Islamic outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB).
- Death Of A Driver (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 01, 2005)
Waters only get murkier with the National Security Adviser’s reported assertion that Pakistan had a hand in the killing of the Border Roads Organisation driver,
- Freedom Unlimitted, Disaster Indescribable (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 01, 2005)
We can call it a sexual Glasnost. A world where buggery, bestiality, adultery, incest and all such diabolic deeds of a human being have made even devil blush with himself.
- Congress Includes Job Guarantee In Panchayat Poll Manifesto (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Party promises host of schemes and facilities for people in rural areas, launches poll campaign
Other features
Better infrastructure for rural areas
Food and shelter for all
Compulsory education of children
- Bedlam In Ls Over Belgaum (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Pandemonium prevailed in Lok Sabha on Wednesday when Shiv Sena members demanded the dismissal of Karnataka government alleging threats to the lives of Maharashtrians in Belgaum district, and BJP members from the state sought Central intervention . . .
- Uma Bharati Suspended From Bjp (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
A day after Mr Shivraj Singh Chauhan took oath as Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, the BJP today suspended mercurial Sanyasin Uma Bharati from the primary membership of the party for “anti-party activity”, paving the way for her expulsion.
- Pakistan Courting Israel (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Dec 01, 2005)
Just on the eve of its nuclear tests on May 28, 1998, Pakistan summoned India’s High Commissioner Satish Chandra and alleged that Israeli F-16 aircraft based in Chennai were preparing to strike at its nuclear installations.
- Aids Undermines Development (Tribune, Ishwar Chandra Dhyani, Dec 01, 2005)
AIDS reverses the gains of development, undermines the foundations for development and targets the most vulnerable.
- Quake Survivors Plead For Help In Indian Kashmir (Reuters, Sheikh Mushtaq, Dec 01, 2005)
Sarwar Jan and her eight shivering children collect a handful of twigs to light a fire in their little tin shed as it snows heavily outside.
- Pm: Guru Granth Sahib’S Teachings Still Relevant (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 01, 2005)
I am delighted to be amongst you to inaugurate this international seminar on “Guru Granth Sahib and its context” to mark the 400th anniversary of the installation of the Adi Granth at Harmandar Sahib.
- Pakistan's Bhutto Acquited Of Appointments Charges (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
A Pakistani court on Wednesday acquitted self-exiled former prime minister, Benazir Bhutto, of charges of making illegal appointments in the state-run Pakistan International Airlines (PIA).
- It’S Only The First Round (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Dec 01, 2005)
No matter which way the numbers are stacked, there is only one clear winner in the long-drawn Bihar Sudoku: a Sikh gentleman generally resident in Delhi who barely intervened in the turmoil of India’s most turbulent state except to give . . . .
- Turning Disaster Into Opportunity (Dawn, Syed Mohibullah Shah, Dec 01, 2005)
It appears that everyone wants Pakistan to mobilize the much-needed resources for relief and rehabilitation of the millions devastated by the deadly earthquake of Oct 8.
- House Informed Of Anti-Naxal Force (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Karnataka has informed the Centre that a force has been constituted to deal with the Naxal problem in the State, Parliament was informed on Wednesday.
- ‘India Ruined Sikh Holy Places, Pakistan Taking Care’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Elahi promises ‘pleasant changes’ to Sikhs next year
* Wagah-Nankana dual carriageway under construction
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