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Articles 21121 through 21220 of 26855:
- Monsoon Magic At Kenilworth Resort, Goa (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2005)
The Kenilworth Beach Resort and Spa, Goa, makes sure that this monsoon doesn't dampen your spirits.
- The Stately Pleasure Dome That Housed Turkish Damsels (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2005)
Ghiyath-ud-Din, the founder of Mandu, had a seraglio of 15,000 women, write Hugh and Colleen Gantzer.
- Us To Supply F-16s To Pak (Deccan Herald, Aniek Paul, Sep 11, 2005)
The US would start start supplying 75 F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan from next year, Pakistan Defence Minister Rao Sikandar Iqbal has said.
- Dancing With The Red Dragon (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 11, 2005)
India and Pakistan should take a leaf out of China’s savvy economic diplomacy with Taiwan, reports Pallavi Aiyar
- Free The Sugar Sector (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 10, 2005)
THE SUGAR SECTOR is always in the news, more often for wrong reasons.
- A Significant Advance (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 10, 2005)
The passage by Parliament of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Bill — in response to demands from the National Commission for Women and citizens' bodies — to provide for a civil remedy against atrocities has not come a day too soon, consideri
- A Linked Future (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Sep 10, 2005)
Alice Hardgrove’s scholarly work on Marwaris cites European Jews and the Chinese of Indonesia.
- Ideological Twins (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Sep 10, 2005)
The way out of the impasse for Pakistan and Israel is to give up their claims to be homelands of their religions.
- Wishful Facts (Business Standard, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 10, 2005)
In a TV poll conducted hours before Sania Mirza’s fourth round match against Maria Sharapova in the US Open, a full 82 per cent of those taking part in the poll predicted a Mirza victory. In another poll, 55 per cent felt Sharapova would be under greater
- That 8000, And Rising, Feeling (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Sep 10, 2005)
After weeks of relentless climbing and coasting every potential setback, the Sensex this week crossed a dizzying 8000.
- Us Rejects Pak Demand For N-Parity With India (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 10, 2005)
Rejecting Pakistan’s demand for parity with India in accessing civilian nuclear technology, the US has said the landmark accord with New Delhi was a “mechanism to deepen” further its commitment to international non-proliferation.
- India, Pak To Sign Pipeline Pact (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 10, 2005)
Pakistan and India said on Friday a tripartite framework agreement to build a $7 billion gas project to pipe Iranian gas to South Asia would be finalised by December 2005.
- U.S. And The Middle East (Hindu, Simon Tisdall, Sep 10, 2005)
Despite claims that it is spreading democracy in the Arab world the general feeling is that the U.S. doesn't want to push the ballot box too much for fear of an unwelcome result.
- Talk N-Issue Over: India To Iran, Us (Indian Express, Reuters, Sep 10, 2005)
India said on Friday it wanted differences between Iran and the United States on Tehran's nuclear activities to be resolved through talks, as New Delhi walks a diplomatic tightrope in its ties with both nations.
- Mirwaiz Slams Hawks: Happy To See Deaths To Keep Their Jobs (Indian Express, RIYAZ WANI, Sep 10, 2005)
Just a day after his talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq launched one of his most trenchant attacks on separatist hardliners in the Valley who have been critical of his dialogue with New Delhi.
- Surprise Handshake (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 09, 2005)
The recent meeting between the Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri and his Israeli counterpart Silvan Shalom in Istanbul appears to be the first step towards normalisation of Pakistan-Israel relations.
- Ulfa Names Group For Talks (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Sep 09, 2005)
The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) on Thursday named a nine-member People's Consultative Group to prepare the ground for direct talks with the Centre.
- Oil Bonds Not Before November’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2005)
Finance Minister P Chidambaram, on Thursday, indicated that the government would not issue oil bonds worth over Rs 10,000-12,000 crore to petroleum companies before November, as the move required Parliamentary approval.
- Hurricane Katrina's Political Fallout (Hindu, Jonathan Freedland, Sep 09, 2005)
The neocons may have been damaged by Katrina, but progressives will have to fight for a new political settlement.
- As Oil Prices Rise, Field Trips Get Cancelled (Tribune, Fem Shen, Sep 09, 2005)
The adults in your life are probably really cranky right now about having to pay more than $3 per gallon for gas.
- Manufacturing Excellence In India — Implications For A Rapidly Integrating Economy (Business Line, Harish Anand, Sep 09, 2005)
THE World Bank Quarterly Update on China (August 2005) has some interesting facts that throw light on China's experience in pursuing rapid economic growth while ensuring social upliftment, especially in the rural areas.
- India, Uk To Fight Terror, Call For ‘Zero Tolerance’ (Deccan Herald, DH news, Sep 09, 2005)
India and Britain on Thursday resolved to combat the growing menace of terrorism in a bid to promote global peace and security even as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called for an international norm of zero tolerance for terrorism.
- India, China Sign Anti-Terror Mou (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Sep 09, 2005)
India and China on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding to combat terrorism and drug trafficking as also gun-running along the border areas.
- Hope Runs Through It (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Sep 09, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh and Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran separately visited Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan last week making it the most hectic week for regional diplomacy in recent years.
- Iran: Talks Must Continue (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 09, 2005)
PAKISTAN has vital stakes in a peaceful settlement of Iran’s nuclear imbroglio.
- India, U.K. To Cooperate On Civilian Nuclear Energy Front (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Sep 09, 2005)
India and Britain will cooperate in civilian nuclear energy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Thursday after talks with his British counterpart, Tony Blair, in Udaipur.
- Home Is Where The Law Is (Indian Express, Indira Jaising, Sep 08, 2005)
When the common minimum programme was first drafted, it had no mention of women’s issues.
- Educators Should Stick To Basics (Times of India, Zoya Hasan, Sep 08, 2005)
The National Curriculum Framework (NCF) provides the framework and the road map, which ought to inform and enrich the syllabus preparation and textbook writing.
- Bill To Control Ngos (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Sep 08, 2005)
THERE are NGOs and NGOs. Some of them are doing a commendable job, fighting for the rights of those who have never known whether they have any right in the polity or any future.
- The Civil Service (Statesman, Ashok Kapur, Sep 08, 2005)
It has been argued that the Indian bureaucracy is drifting towards “negativism and mediocrity”.
- Ongc To Get Crude Oil From Cairn Fields (Business Standard, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 08, 2005)
The petroleum ministry has nominated Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) and its subsidiary, Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL), to get the crude oil from Rajasthan oil fields.
- Delimitation Can Wait (Statesman, News Service, Sep 08, 2005)
Considering the way illegal migrants have ‘advanced’ Bangladesh’s borders 10 to 15 kilometres inside India,
- Zakat Distribution Flaws (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 07, 2005)
The Sindh government has denied that it has failed to distribute two billion rupees in the Zakat fund to the poor.
- Weathering All Sorts Of Storms (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 07, 2005)
The mullahs, as usual, are missing the point. As a matter of principle, there isn’t necessarily any harm in Pakistan and Israel talking to each other, or even in establishing diplomatic relations, de facto or otherwise.
- Interfering Government (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Sep 07, 2005)
The govt’s proposed legislation to control every bit of help the NGOs get from outside is an unkind cut.
- Face The New Reality (Telegraph, Barun De, Sep 07, 2005)
A commoner or a statesman, in today’s world both are vulnerable to the same fate — murder without any hope of justice,
- Buddhist Monks' Party Supports Rajapakse (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Sep 07, 2005)
The Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) on Tuesday agreed to support Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse, after he accepted the parties conditions including finding a solution within a unitary state and exploring an alternative aid-sharing deal with the Liberation Ti
- Red Terror (Statesman, JR MUKHERJEE, Sep 07, 2005)
The Naxalite uprising in 1971 failed primarily because it was divided and was not wholly prepared.
- And Still Bob Geldof Remains Silent (Hindu, George Monbiot, Sep 07, 2005)
By hailing the failure of the G8 summit as a success, he has betrayed the poor of Africa.
- Fdi And Land Use (Hindu, Marcus Dam, Sep 07, 2005)
The CPI(M) in West Bengal is working to allay fears about creating a special economic zone.
- How Extremism Came To Bangladesh (Christian Science Monitor, David Montero, Sep 07, 2005)
For years, they gathered in hidden training camps, mosques, and madrassahs, learning how to use weapons and build bombs. In their diaries they scrawled slogans of political alienation. On Aug. 17, their ideology culminated in a series of nearly 500 bomb
- Petrol, Diesel Prices Increased (Hindu, Sushma Ramchandran, Sep 07, 2005)
Rs. 3 a litre for petrol, Rs. 2 for diesel; no excise duty cut; oil bonds to be issued
- Bailout Bill For Ongc, Oil India (Telegraph, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, The Telegraph, Sep 07, 2005)
ONGC and OIL will take a hit of $20 per barrel after contributing Rs 14,000 crore to a bail-out package for oil firms.
- Hurriyat's New Delhi Script Has New York Twist (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Sep 07, 2005)
With the apparently pre-determined script playing out last night in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s talks with the Hurriyat leaders, the prospects for the Indo-Pak summit in New York next week have brightened.
- Out Of The Valley (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 07, 2005)
The understanding between the government and the All Party Hurriyat Conference last night to end all forms of violence in Jammu and Kashmir is a welcome step forward.
- Pakistan Reaches Out To Israel (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 06, 2005)
Pakistan's decision to establish open contacts with Israel was a piece of shrewd diplomacy.
- Rs.20.73-Cr. Desalination Project For Ramnad (Hindu, C. Jaishankar, Sep 06, 2005)
The second largest one after Naripaiyur project
- Ec Justifies Bihar Poll Schedule (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Sep 06, 2005)
The Election Commission on Monday justified the four-phase schedule announced for the Bihar Assembly elections and said it would not be possible to compress it as demanded by various political parties.
- The Modern Samurai (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Sep 06, 2005)
Next Sunday, Japan goes to the polls. Junichiro Koizumi, the prime minister, called an early election — an unusual move in a compromise-loving country where politicians paper over differences and keep governments going. But it is typical of this . . . .
- Lic's Ernakulam Division Tops In First Premium Income (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
The corporation launches a new policy called Bima Gold
10 banks 37 corporations doing new business for LIC
Survival benefits, maturity claims worth Rs. 63.28 crores were settled
LIC enters golden jubilee year from September 1
- A Masked Evil Called Westernisation (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
With Western influences creeping into our art and culture, it is imperative to educate children on the importance to preserve and protect true Indian art.
- Ioc Moots Dual Pricing For Petro Products (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
Suggests alternative fuels like blended ethanol
- The Climate Change In Kolkata (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Sep 06, 2005)
"I am telling my workers — you have to change. If you fail to change, your company may fail." — West Bengal CM, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
- State Stands Second In Milk Production (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
Minister says Karnataka exporting milk powder to Singapore
Drinking water scheme, veterinary hospital and school building inaugurated
Services of 192 doctors appointed on contract confirmed
Animal diseases diagnostic labs to be set up in taluks
- Winds Of Change (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 06, 2005)
Winds of change are blowing for the better across the world. Only those who take notice of them will be able to keep pace with the times.
- Mirwaiz Faction Does Not Represent Kashmiris" (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Sep 06, 2005)
It is holding talks in contravention of APHC constitution: Geelani
Majority is with us
Pakistan changing stand
Yasin Malik, Shabir Shah absent
Release Afzal Guru
- North Indian Classical Music Today (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 06, 2005)
This is a big book of essays and miscellaneous musings on Hindustani classical music, which straddles two worlds, one of pedagogy and the other of criticism.
- Canada To Back Initiatives For Clean Environment (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Sep 06, 2005)
"We need to experiment with different solutions to achieve the Kyoto target"
- Court's Remarks Against Geelani Unfair, Say Teachers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
"The comments amount to passing a civil death sentence and must be expunged"
- Oppn Calls For Strike To Oust Musharraf (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
Pakistan’s beleaguered opposition parties have announced a nation-wide strike on September 9 demanding the resignation of Pervez Musharraf as President and Chief of Army and to hold free and fair elections.
- India Confirms Sarabjit’S Identity To Pak (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
India today confirmed Sarabjit Singh's identity to Pakistan, paving the way for the Indian condemned prisoner in Lahore to file a review petition in the Pakistani Supreme Court for securing his release.
- Pak Welcomes Hurriyat-Pm Meeting (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told a delegation of of the All- Party Hurriyat Conference led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq that conditions will be created for reduction of armed forces from Jammu and Kashmir if there is a cessation of violence and an end . . . .
- Centre, Hurriyat Agree To End All Forms Of Violence (Tribune, Prashant Sood, Sep 06, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told a delegation of of the All- Party Hurriyat Conference led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq that conditions will be created for reduction of armed forces from Jammu and Kashmir if there is a cessation of violence and . . . .
- The Speaking Tree (Times of India, Janki Chopra, Sep 06, 2005)
To gain knowledge does not mean that automatically you will efface ignorance. Para- doxically, knowledge and ignorance are not two sides of a coin.
- Contemporary Governance (Tribune, Gurcharan Das, Sep 06, 2005)
We have got used to the dubious honour conferred by Transparency International (TI) of being one of the world’s most corrupt nations
- Breaking The Ice (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
Despite Islamabad's clarification that it was not rushing to recognise Israel and current contacts are only a gesture indicating engagement, the photographs of foreign ministers of both countries, smiling and shaking hands, told their own story.
- New Water Connections In Tirupur From Saturday (Hindu, M. Gunasekaran, Sep 06, 2005)
Agonising wait comes to an end; process to prepare estimates for 10,000-odd applicants will commence Agonising wait comes to an end; process to prepare estimates for 10,000-odd applicants will commence
- Crisil For Quick Govt Action On Oil Price (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
After the Reserve Bank (RBI), which had advocated for immediate rise in oil prices in its annual report last week, leading credit rating agency Crisil has now suggested the same thing.
- Pm Says Could Cut Troops In Kashmir (Reuters, Palash Kumar, Sep 06, 2005)
New peace talks between India and Kashmiri separatists on Monday ended with an assurance from New Delhi that it will cut troop levels in the region if insurgent violence and guerrilla incursions from Pakistan cease.
- India And Pakistan Have Decided To Adopt International Standards For Calculating Transit Fees For The Proposed Indo-Iran Gas Pipeline (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
India and Pakistan have agreed that Iran should provide an independent third party ....
- India : Troubled Neighbourhood (Daily Excelsior, Sita, Sep 06, 2005)
The developments of the past few years in India's neighbourhood give a complex picture. After decades of independence some of the countries are still debating what should be the rules of governance of their state ?
- Sarabjit Will Not Be Hanged (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Sep 06, 2005)
Pakistan's assurance to India
- Can India Protect Hindus In Kashmir ? Pm, Hurriyat Talks Begin (India Daily, Preetam Sohani, Sep 06, 2005)
The critical stage of kashmir sttlement has come.
- For A Child-Inspired Education System (Hindu, Yash Pal, Sep 06, 2005)
Children's questions do not respect the insularity of disciplines normally taught in our schools and colleges. Creativity often resides at the boundaries of disciplines.
- Renowned Philosophers (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 06, 2005)
THIS BOOK presents an in-depth study of 33 world-renowned philosophers in two parts.
- Nuclear Climate In South Asia (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 06, 2005)
Nuclear weapons are not any more dangerous in South Asia than it is anywhere else
- Sarabjit Is Indian, Pakistan Told (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
India has conveyed to Islamabad that Sarabjit Singh, sentenced to death in Pakistan for his alleged involvement in Lahore blasts in 1990, is an Indian national.
- Lessons In Chemistry (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Sep 06, 2005)
Talk of Europe and you get a big yawn in Delhi. India’s annual summitry with Europe is always a cold dish amidst the warmth of India’s exciting engagement with the United States and China. When British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrives here tonight on
- Case For Imperialism (Hindu, S. L. Rao, Sep 06, 2005)
This book by a distinguished scholar dares to question the accepted shibboleths of our times. It is highly provocative and will incense many. It is the first well-argued neo-conservative (Bush) case for empires and for the U.S. acting as a truly imperial
- Tip Of The Iceberg (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 06, 2005)
The violence perpetrated on Dalits in Gohana village in Haryana last week and now at Akola in Maharashtra is a shameful reminder that India’s Constitution and its law-enforcing bodies have failed to provide Dalits even a modicum of security.
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