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Articles 321 through 420 of 500:
- Ronen Sen To Appear Before Privileges Panel Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Ronen Sen, India’s Ambassador to the United States, will appear before the Privileges Committee of the Lok Sabha on Monday in connection with the privilege issue pending against him for his controversial “headless chickens” comment . . . . .
- Cpm Men Fired At Me, Says Mamata (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Sunday claimed that CPI(M) activists shot at her car near Sherkhan Chowk in Nandigram, West Bengal, as she was travelling in a convoy of vehicles.
- Love, Unhurried (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
No one writes quite like Michael Ondaatje. Referred to as a poetic novelist, his writing is set apart by the sensuality he imbues his prose and characters with. Divisadero, his latest offering, is his most intimate work.
- Korea Calling (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
When a work assignment led me to Korea, I was quick to do my research.
- 4 Indians Seized In Nigeria (Asian Age, R. Bhagwan Singh, Oct 29, 2007)
In yet another case of the infamous abductions for ransom in Nigeria, four Indians — three young technicians from a village in Tamil Nadu and one from Thane in Maharashtra — were picked up along with two Polish crew by armed militants from . . . .
- ‘Nehru’S Policies Caused Kashmir Problem’ (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Accusing successive Congress governments of "inept handling" of internal security, senior BJP leader L.K. Advani on Sunday said the "faulty" policies of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru are responsible for the Kashmir problem.
- Evolution & Impasse ~Ii (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 29, 2007)
There was a time when Marxism promised to provide a major plank for an ideological and political assault on the bourgeois civilisation.
- Memories Of Horror (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 29, 2007)
The collector of Ahmedabad has ordered the blackout of TV channels beaming the sting operation of the post-Godhra pogrom.
- A Day In The Prison (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
It was our third visit to San Francisco. I was determined not to miss the visit to Alcatraz, which had somehow eluded us the first two times.
- Romancing The Dragon (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Those who see India's growing closeness to the US as an indication that New Delhi has mortgaged the independence of its foreign policy should feel reassured by Sonia Gandhi's visit to China, which followed close on the heels of . . . . .
- Should Us Fix History? (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Oct 29, 2007)
The Foreign Affairs Committee of the US House of Representatives (lower house), on October 10, bravely passed a resolution that, among other things, a systematic campaign had been undertaken to kill Armenians in Turkey between . . . . .
- Role And Risks Of Sovereign Wealth Funds (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 29, 2007)
The latest issue of Finance & Development, an official publication of the International Monetary Fund, has an authoritative article on the rise of sovereign wealth funds — funds owned by State Governments of countries.
- Honouring Culture And Creativity (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 29, 2007)
IN your presence, Pablo Neruda, and on the metallic chair that you have prepared to meet your visitors by the entrance of your house in Valparaiso (Chile); I recall what is stuck in my memory, of your personal life history and your poetic path.
- ‘Israel Planned To Hit Kahuta From India’S Jamnagar Base’ (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
India and Israel secretly planned to hit nuclear facility in Kahuta near Islamabad in 1983-84 but backed off when the CIA tipped off Pakistan’s then president Gen Ziaul Haq.
- Nine Killed In Fresh Nandigram Violence (Tribune, Subhrangshu Gupta, Oct 29, 2007)
Three gunshots were fired at Mamata Banerjee’s vehicle while she was proceeding to Nandigram village around 3 pm today.
- 'Hillary Ignored Bill's Romantic Affairs' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton, it appears, was more focused on her presidential dreams than with her husband's sexual dalliances in and outside the White House between 1992 and 2000.
- India’S Road To Intelligent Urbanism (Indian Express, Sujatha Byravan, Oct 29, 2007)
With the recent spate of flyover constructions in Chennai, pedestrians and bicyclists have been swept out of the main thoroughfares as if they don’t even exist.
- India Must Act On N-Deal: Us (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
The Indo-US nuclear deal would immensely help India in meeting its energy requirements and it is essential that India work out its own political mechanism to make the deal operational at the earliest, US Treasury Secretary Henry M Paulson . . .
- Family Tales (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
These stories reflect the lifestyle of a typical middle-class household in Kerala sixty years ago.
- Looking Back At Life (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Three names that have dominated the Indian screen over the last half century are Raj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar and Dev Anand. They went through the most fascinating formative years of Indian Films.
- ‘India, Israel Planned To Hit Kahuta In 1980s’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
India and Israel had secretly planned to hit Pakistan’s nuclear facility in Kahuta in 1983-84, but backed off when the CIA tipped off then president General Ziaul Haq.
- Of Magic And Mythology (Hindu, Meena Menon, Oct 29, 2007)
“When I came to India, I thought there would be magicians everywhere. But it was all so modern. I kept asking people about the mango tree magic; they thought I was crazy.”
- For A Cool Splash (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
The forest guard at the Bhoothapandi checkpost told me that an uphill drive of less than five km would take me to the Vattaparai waterfalls.
- Holiday Offers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Ezeego1.com, an online travel bazaar in association with Air Deccan has come up with the “Ticket pe Ticket” offer. On booking an Air Deccan ticket with Ezeego1, you are entitled to get a “second Air Deccan air ticket free,” sa y the organisers.
- Lalu Flexes His Muscles (Deccan Herald, Abhay Kumar, Oct 29, 2007)
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad on Sunday said that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi should be immediately booked under Section 302 of IPC (murder), as he had been unmasked through the Tehelka expose for his role in the Godhra riots.
- For That French Feel (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
The French Tourist Office in India is celebrating “French Connection 2007” in full swing these days. As part of the celebrations, it is working towards publicising Rhone Alps as an ideal vacation spot for the Indian globetrotters.
- The Rizwanur Tragedy: Love And Utility (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
We are living at a time characterised by what Karl Marx once regarded as "commodity fetishism", writes Avijit Pathak.
- Slice Of Paradise Getaway (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Signboards that promise paradise are a dime a dozen on the road to Kovalam.
- Lounge Here To Relish The Beauty Of Surroundings (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
A broken milestone, lying flat on the ground, announces that I have arrived in Chittar. But the intimidating iron gate with a huge lock instantly puts me off. RLTs are not meant to be disappointments, but pleasant surprises.
- Mirroring A Democracy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Give me the liberty to know, to utter and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.”
- Print Pick (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
This collection brings together some of the finest stories of Manto, the most widely read and the most translated writer in Urdu.
- Hu's China - Iii (OutLook, B. Raman , Oct 27, 2007)
In a despatch on October 21, 2007, the state-owned Hsinhua news agency of China reported as follows:
- A Head For Numbers (OutLook, Shobhit Mahajan, Oct 27, 2007)
"I beg to introduce myself to you as a clerk in the Accounts Department of the Port Trust Office at Madras on a salary of only 20 pounds per annum," began Ramanujan’s famous first letter to G.H. Hardy, containing pages of mathematical results . . . .
- Around Midnight (OutLook, Mushirul Hasan, Oct 27, 2007)
Phillips Talbot, president emeritus of the Asia Society in the United States, is the latest author to add his voice to the complex debates on India’s Partition. He saw it all—the progress and impact of the Second World War on the subcontinent . . . .
- Earth Cannot Sustain Us Any Longer: Study (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
As humankind persists with thoughtless and extravagant consumption of natural resources, the earth is hurtling towards an unprecedented resource crunch. Put differently, we are living way beyond our means, consuming 40% more than what the earth can . . .
- A Unique Trail (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 27, 2007)
On my last trip to Calcutta, I had what can only be described as a uniquely bhadralok experience: I bought a book by a Dasgupta about another Dasgupta, which was sold to me by a third Dasgupta, after he had been guided by a fourth Dasgupta.
- That Man From Louisiana (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 27, 2007)
Many, in the United States and abroad, have been dismayed by the intolerance and downright ugliness that has crept into American politics since the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Yet, for all the unseemliness in the American political firmament. . .
- ’lectronic Linkups (Indian Express, HARSH DESAI, Oct 27, 2007)
Frankly, in retrospect I am surprised that e-mail has become so big. When it started a few years ago it was such an unintrusive technology that one really wonders what it is doing being so popular in our brash in-your-face world.
- Planning Demise Of Civil Service (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 27, 2007)
NOT content with the self-created decay in bureaucracy, is the present government working for the demise of the civil service? If it is, it is doing so with the subtlety and craft that only a successful corporate leader can possess.
- Print Pick (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Agra has more than mere mention in the Hindu scriptures. And the city’s position of strategic importance astride important trade routes historically attracted empire-builders ranging from the Lodhis and the Mughals to the British.
- Sharif Free To Go Home: Saudi Govt (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
The Saudi Arabian government has given its approval to former premier Nawaz Sharif to go back to Pakistan and modalities are being worked out for his return in November, a senior leader of his PML-N party said ...
- Sonia Gandhi Meets Chinese Premier Wen (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
As both Sonia and Wen met here at the Zhongnanhai leadership compound, they went down the memory lane recalling late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's . . .
- Lounge Here (Hindu, SOMA BASU, Oct 27, 2007)
A broken milestone, lying flat on the ground, announces that I have arrived in Chittar. But the intimidating iron gate with a huge lock instantly puts me off. RLTs are not meant to be disappointments, but pleasant surprises.
- Royal Treatment (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Pamper yourself at The Ritz-Carlton Resort and Spa in Bali
- Scotland Of The East! (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 27, 2007)
Reminiscent of the Scottish highlands, it leaves you spellbound
- I Have The Blues (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
We first got peanuts. But we’re still making music. We’re not rich. But we’re rich musically.” Sitting in a dimly lit Blues club, appropriately called Haze, Rudy of Soulmate describes his musical passions.
- India Should Not Be Cynical (Pioneer, Radha Kumar, Oct 27, 2007)
There was solid basis for New Delhi's response to the blasts in Karachi. The two countries are in the process of evolving a mechanism for police cooperation against terrorism and it is in India's interest to make Benazir conform to the . . . .
- Britain At Sixes And Sevens Over Eu Treaty (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 27, 2007)
The debate on the EU Reform Treaty in Parliament is expected to be very stormy. But the agonising debate on Europe will not end until Britain is able to shed the historical baggage that fuels so much of the Euro-scepticism in the country.
- India, Netherlands Sign Agreements (Hindu, Sujay Mehdudia, Oct 27, 2007)
India and the Netherlands have signed two agreements in the fields of culture, trade and economy aimed at giving a boost to the bilateral relations between the nations.
- Indian-Americans To Persuade Bjp, Left To Accept Deal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Concerned over the opposition of civilian nuclear deal in India, a group of Indian-American community leaders are planning to travel to New Delhi to convince the BJP and the Left parties to accept the deal as it was in the best interests of the . . . .
- Sonia’S Visit Will Boost Ties: Hu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
First foreign political leader to be received by new leadership
Visit a milestone in Sino-India relations, says Sonia
Progress made by China outstanding
- Indian Police Warn Suicide Bombers Planning Attacks In Mumbai (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Three suicide bombers are roaming Mumbai looking for new targets just over a year after a series of explosions tore through the city’s commuter rail network killing 188 people, police warned on Friday.
- Raj Painting Sells For Over $1m (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
A historic painting of a meeting between British and Indian officials during the days of the Raj has sold for 12 times its estimated value.
- Transplanting Life (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 27, 2007)
THE newly promulgated Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Ordinance 2007 is being hailed by doctors and the civil society as a promising step to give hope of life to end-stage kidney-failure patients.
- Cda’S Failure To Manage Its Sewers (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 27, 2007)
NOT much functions in Pakistan’s capital, not even its sewers. Years of neglected maintenance and upgrading means that human excreta fails to reach the treatment plant.
- Bjp Dismisses Gujarat Riot Claims (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
India's main opposition party has dismissed claims that its government in the state of Gujarat supported violence against Muslims in 2002.
- Indian Army Detains 17 (Frontier Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
The Indian army detained 17 people for entering the Indian portion of Kashmir from the Pakistani side without valid travel documents, the army and police said Friday.
- Terrorists On The Prowl In Mumbai? (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Mumbai should rise in gratitude to a cabbie who alerted Mumbai police about four suspected terrorists ~ three men and a burqa-clad woman ~ who used his taxi to scan the city under suspicious circumstances on 22 and 23 October as part. . .
- Mumbai On High Alert (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
The Mumbai police on Friday put the city on high alert, and released the sketches of three persons suspected to be doing “reconnaissance” around religious places.
- Taxi Driver Raises Mumbai Terror Alert (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Mumbai police today sounded a red alert and released sketches (in pictures) of three suspects, who could be suicide bombers or part of a larger terror cell planning a strike in the city, after a taxi driver raised the alarm.
- Poll Lifeline For Modi In Riot Sting (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
In Gujarat’s poll arena, it’s the BJP and not the Congress that will be milking the Tehelka sting on Narendra Modi and his riot henchmen.
- Saudi Arabia Approves Sharif Return To Pakistan (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
The Saudi Arabian government has given its approval to former premier Nawaz Sharif to go back to Pakistan and modalities are being worked out for his return in November, a senior leader of his PML(N) party said on Friday.
- China Hails Sonia's 'Milestone' Visit (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
China on Friday hailed the visit of India's ruling coalition chief Sonia Gandhi as a "milestone" in the history of Sino-Indian relations, with President Hu Jintao saying his country attached great importance to developing friendly ties with New Delhi.
- Oh! Jerusalem (Hindustan Times, Samar Halarnkar, Oct 27, 2007)
First, let's get this out of the way. Israeli women are not just stunning and fit but very stylish. Come to think of it, they are a lot like Iranian women.
- Malaysia Airlines Jet Grounded In Pakistan By Security Threat (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
A Malaysian Airlines jet was grounded for five hours in Karachi after receiving a security threat that forced the plane to be evacuated and searched, the carrier said on Friday.
- Sudden Impact (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 26, 2007)
The day is still etched in memory. The year was 1998. As an enthusiastic fresher to college, I had stayed back to attend the last class in economics, curbing my hunger for another hour.
- Leading From The Back (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Oct 26, 2007)
My concept of radical leadership is one that combines social concern with a strategic perspective on human and social affairs.
- Surround Festive Sound (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Oct 26, 2007)
You will get much further with the Lord if you learn not to offend His ears. I wish someone would convert Henry Higgins’s cryptic suggestion to Eliza Doolittle into the Eleventh Commandment.
- A Rising Bachelor Nation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 26, 2007)
Once loath to reveal breakdowns in social stability, China's State Population and Family Commission admitted last winter that "the increasing difficulties men face finding wives may lead to social instability".
- Mystical Hymn (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
The works of mystics are not just great, inspired literature but expression of their coming face to face with God.
- When Blair Felt Like A “Bullied Wife” Out Of London (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 26, 2007)
A new book reveals that tensions between the Tony Blair and Gordon Brown camps were far more serious than Downing Street watchers suspected.
- Rajasthan Bjp Chief Rules Out Removal From Post (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Denies confrontation with State RSS leadership
- Sri Lankan Detained (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
A Sri Lankan national was detained on Wednesday by the Central Crime Branch police on charges of attempting to travel on a fake passport from Chennai to London.
- 30 Killed In Pak Blast (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
A blast tore through a security forces vehicle in restive northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing 30 people and wounding dozens more.
- Ulfa Shifting Cadres To Myanmar Base: Army (Tribune, Bijay Sankar Bora, Oct 26, 2007)
Finding itself in the line of fire of the Army that has mounted tremendous pressure, the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has shifted some camps deep inside Myanmar from thickly forested area of Arunachal Pradesh bordering. . .
- Cooperate To End Terrorism (Tribune, Gen V.P. Malik (retd), Oct 26, 2007)
After the Karachi bloodbath on October 19 the global condemnation of the terrorists’ act and commiseration for Pakistan and Ms Benazir Bhutto was on the expected lines.
- Markets Post Sub-Prime Crisis (The Economic Times, Saumitra Chaudhuri, Oct 26, 2007)
Last month one had suggested that despite the intervention by major central banks, there may be more distress in the US home business, which would continue to sour credit markets, though the worst is behind us.
- 'Nuke Deal Important Part Of Indo-Us Relationship' (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Expressing commitment to the Indo-US nuclear deal, the US has said the historic agreement is an important part of the bilateral relationship and is beneficial to both countries.
- Leave It To The People (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Oct 26, 2007)
The insults that are being heaped upon one of the most correct and dignified prime ministers of the country are completely unwarranted.
- Tinsel And The Tapori (Telegraph, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 26, 2007)
The 19th-century French poet, Charles Baudelaire, popularized the modernist trope of the city as a labyrinthine space of mystery, a cosmopolitan inferno, with the figure of the flâneur or dandy — at once an observer and an explorer — lost in. . .
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