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Articles 1121 through 1220 of 21907:
- Literature Nobel For Pamuk (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
Turkish novelist wins prize for works bridging the East-West divide
- Fortresses Of Faith (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 13, 2006)
The discovery of a madrassa-based Lashkar cell in Gujarat raises difficult questions about such seminaries.
- Kanshi Ram’S Flawed Legacy (Deccan Herald, Rajdeep Sardesai, Oct 13, 2006)
Many years ago, the frenzied search for an elusive sound byte led me to climb a rather perilously shaky electric pole.
- A Variation On Building Bridges (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Oct 13, 2006)
Mrs McAleese, lawyer, academic and television presenter, is Ireland’s first head of state from Northern Ireland, still a part of the United Kingdom. Born and bred in Belfast, a city once torn by intercommunal strife, she has made the theme of her . . .
- Belgaum Again (Frontline, PARVATHI MENON, Oct 13, 2006)
Karnataka sends out a clear message to Maharashtra and the Centre that the State stands unified on the border issue.
- Mellow Month (Frontline, Bhaskar Ghose, Oct 13, 2006)
With the Durga Puja festival season comes the hope of a spell of relative mellowness and cordiality among people.
- Landmark Order (Frontline, R.K. Raghavan, Oct 13, 2006)
The Supreme Court's historic judgment on police reforms is our best bet to transform the way our police force functions.
- Afzal Must Not Hang (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Oct 13, 2006)
India's justice delivery system will undermine its own credibility if Mohammed Afzal, accused in the Parliament attack case, is hanged.
- President A P J Abdul Kalam Turns 75. Wish Him (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
Scientist, author and now the `Peoples' President.
A P J Abdul Kalam's presidency has been like no other in India's history.
- Vote On N Korea Sanctions Delayed (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
China and Russia have delayed a vote on a new UN resolution, drafted by the US, that calls for sanctions on North Korea over its claimed nuclear test.
- Karan Singh (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
Chairman of the ICCR, on the upcoming Festival of India in Brussels
- North Korean N-Test Failed, Says France (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
France said outright for the first time that North Korea’s proclaimed nuclear test produced such a small blast that it must have failed.
- Turkish Delight (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 13, 2006)
Literature is powerful because it is also about politics. Words have the power to disturb the settled complacency of the status quo. So it is hardly surprising Literature Nobels have a “political” resonance.
- The Infy Model (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 13, 2006)
Infosys continues to defy gravity, its growth on a seemingly unstoppable upward spiral. Its latest results, months after iconic chairman NR Narayana Murthy stepped down to let the younger turk, Nandan Nilekani, head the company, only add more lustre . . .
- Gulled By Glamour? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 13, 2006)
Speaking at a Punjab National Bank function, Vinod Rai, special secretary (financial services) in the Union government, decried the policy of buying customer loyalty by projecting celebrities, saying it did not work anymore.
- Regulate, Don't Outlaw: Let Knowledge Economy Prosper (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 13, 2006)
When the law of the land fails to keep pace with the dynamics of a fast-growing economy, the result can be criminalisation of a whole lot of wholly legitimate activity.
- One Man's Radio: Another's Enemy! (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 13, 2006)
In the 1960s’ USA, when flying had started becoming more common than rail travel, country singer Johnny Cash did a requiem on trains, which ended with the words “I’ll miss you when you’re gone!” While television has become familiar enough to be . . .
- Closer To The Bard (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
This biography is an elaborate exploration of an elusive literary genius and his world in one turning-point year.
- Marad Shocks (Frontline, R Krishnakumar, Oct 13, 2006)
The report on the communal killings rocks the Congress-led front, which was in power at that time.
- Global Europe Meets India Inc. (The Financial Express, Peter Mandelson, Oct 13, 2006)
There is a compelling case for a new bilateral trade and investment pact between the two partners
- Chickungunya Outbreak (Frontline, R. Ramachandran, Oct 13, 2006)
Chikungunya is spreading fast across the country in an epidemic form presenting a big challenge on the public health front.
- Kalam, Pm To Get Special Helicopters (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
The Union government intends to procure "special helicopters" for the travel of the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and the three service chiefs, according to highly placed defence ministry sources.
- Cashing In On Indian Identity (The Financial Express, AMBA PANDE, Oct 13, 2006)
The Chinese and Israeli approaches to diaspora tourism are worth emulating
- The Dialogue Of Cultures (Daily Excelsior, EDUARDO FALEIRO, Oct 13, 2006)
In the present age, international exposure is a requirement of an increasing number of jobs. The trend is likely to expand further in view of the ongoing globalization of the world’s economy, transnational movements of people and the emergence of . . .
- Nobel For Writer Who Defended Rushdie (Telegraph, Amit Roy, Oct 13, 2006)
Turkey’s most famous author, Orhan Pamuk, 54, who defended Salman Rushdie against Ayatollah Khomeini’s fatwa, was today named the winner of this year’s Nobel prize for Literature.
- Into The Heart Of The Community (Telegraph, SUDESHNA BANERJEE, Oct 13, 2006)
This is a concise, yet comprehensive history of Durga Puja in Bengal.
- Stranger’S Tales (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Oct 13, 2006)
Reading this engaging book brought to mind Graham Greene’s comment that if he wanted to be understood or understand, he would have bamboozled himself into belief.
- Dark City, Shining Past (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 13, 2006)
Bihar, a smart alec once said, is a BC state. The point is not without substance.
- Us And China At Odds On N Korea (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
American students having trouble with pesky math equations or intricate English grammar are increasingly turning to tutors all the way in India for help with their homework.
- Having Trouble With Homework? Call India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
American students having trouble with pesky math equations or intricate English grammar are increasingly turning to tutors all the way in India for help with their homework.
- China For Strong Un Response To N Korea (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
A special envoy of Chinese President Hu Jintao told President George W. Bush on Thursday that China wanted a strong U.N. response to North Korea’s claimed nuclear test, a White House spokesman said.
- Desai Inherits Literary Success (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 13, 2006)
She had spent the last eight years as a hermit, struggling to write The Inheritance of Loss, the follow-up to her acclaimed debut.
- Pakistan Not Behind Blasts’ (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
Experts quoted in a US think-tank report have rejected claims that Pakistan’s intelligence agencies were involved in the Mumbai or London blasts.
- Dangerous Liaison (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 12, 2006)
If the world is upset over the North Korean nuclear blast, it should also view with concern Pakistan’s role in it.
- Pakistan-West Relations On A Skid? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 12, 2006)
It must be clear to the US and its Western allies that by not delivering on what he was expected to do, Gen Pervez Musharraf is willy-nilly contributing to a more ferocious form of terrorism, not only in his own country but in the entire region.
- Failure To Learn (News International, Editorial, The News International, Oct 12, 2006)
It seems that government organisations and agencies in this country have made it a point to not learn anything from the past.
- Making `Allowances' (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 12, 2006)
The usage of the expression `salary', indicating the remuneration fixed for work done, is comparatively of recent origin only in the commercial history of the world.
- The India Business Story (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 12, 2006)
Knowledge of client's business is one of the first musts for any professional accountant.
- No Place To Hide (Times of India, Lalit Mohan, Oct 12, 2006)
The nilgai that strayed across the tarmac at the Delhi airport a few weeks ago had no business to be there, or anywhere else for that matter.
- Us On Alert For Chikungunya (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Oct 12, 2006)
This is one buzz hyper-growing India can do without. Word is getting around the United States that travellers to and from India need to watch out for chikungunya.
- United In Their Disapproval (Tribune, Bruce Wallace, Oct 12, 2006)
North Korea’s announcement that it had tested a nuclear device is pushing Japan, China and the two Koreas into a new era that challenges existing assumptions about security and diplomacy in a region riven by deep historical grudges and modern rivalries.
- Kiran Does Anita, India Proud (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 12, 2006)
There is no limit to literary ironies.
- ‘Us Pressure Would Mean War’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
North Korea will view US pressure to rein in its nuclear programme as "a declaration of war", the isolated communist regime said on Wednesday in its first official statement since announcing it had carried out a nuclear test.
- No Parallel Between N. Korean And Indian Nuclear Ambitions: Us (Tribune, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Oct 12, 2006)
The United States, like its close ally Britain, has refused to draw a parellel between the nuclear programmes of North Korea and India and lauded New Delhi as a "responsible actor" in the field of non-proliferation.
- Blair's Long Goodbye (Frontline, Hasan Suroor, Oct 12, 2006)
At the annual Labour Party conference Prime Minister Tony Blair signals that he will step down in a year's time.
- We Can't Just Pick And Choose What To Tolerate (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 12, 2006)
WELL, WHO would have thought a bit of black cloth could have provoked such anger and such anguish. The anger is part of a growing and alarming trend. The general consensus in the United Kingdom among the anguished is that, in Cabinet Minister . . .
- Human Rights Versus Section 377 (Hindu, Anil Divan, Oct 12, 2006)
India must march in step with other democracies in removing legal restrictions on sexual orientation. With Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalises homosexuality, posing a threat to public health by impeding programmes for the . . .
- 10 Die As Trains Collide In France (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
ZOUFFTGEN (France): Two trains collided on Wednesday in northeastern France close to the border with Luxembourg, killing at least 10 persons, possibly more, the French rail company said.
- The Inheritance Of Kiran Desai (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 12, 2006)
"All day, the colours had been those of dusk, mist moving like a water creature across the great flanks of mountains possessed of ocean shadows and depths."
- Musharraf Cites Bhindranwale's Killing (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 12, 2006)
`Likewise, I will not allow Pakistan's writ to be challenged'
- Kiran Desai Wins Booker Prize (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 12, 2006)
The Inheritance of Losswasthe unanimous choice of judges
- China:waking Up To Aids (Frontline, PALLAVI AIYAR, Oct 12, 2006)
The poor but scenic Yunnan province is in the forefront of China's battle against AIDS.
- We’Ll Use Force If Provoked, Warns N Korea (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
North Korea warned today that it will regard increased pressure from the United States as a “declaration of war” that will be met with “physical measures,” as Japan announced tough new sanctions against the country.
- Where The Camel Giants Roamed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
Camels twice as big as today's dromedaries roamed the Syrian desert 100,000 years ago, archaeologists have concluded from bones unearthed at a prehistoric site in central Syria.
- "Writing Can Be A Dangerous Activity" (Hindu, Mukund Padmanabhan, Oct 12, 2006)
Kiran DesaionThe Inheritance Of Loss, the Man Booker Prize, and the process of writing novels.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 12, 2006)
The Central Bureau of Investigation will have to do an infinitely better job following up the FIR it registered against George Fernandes than it did probing the Bofors affair if it desires retaining domestic and international credibility.
- Remuneration Quotient (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Oct 12, 2006)
There cannot be exploitation of workers beyond a point and American war on wages will provide an opportunity for Indians, says Prafull Goradia
- Killer Asbestos (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
A report on the health of workers at the Alang ship-breaking yard points to the need to ban asbestos.
- The Tourist Trap (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 12, 2006)
Antiquated rules overshadow our heritage
- Facing The Truth (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Oct 12, 2006)
India's objection to Pakistan's legal right to sign the 1963 border treaty is justified, but the alignment it secured was correct.
- Plans Galore For Tourism In J&k (Statesman, Kavita Suri, Oct 12, 2006)
Kangdoori in Gulmarg is being developed as an international ski destination at an estimated cost of Rs. 4.35 crore earmarked under Prime Minister’s Reconstruction Plan. In addition, Golf Course Gulmarg is being upgraded and renovated at a cost . . .
- Quality Of Mercy (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 12, 2006)
This is not the first time the Supreme Court has reviewed the executive’s constitutional power to grant pardon or remission of sentence.
- ‘I See Trade As A Route To Peace’ (Indian Express, Manmohan Singh , Oct 12, 2006)
When I came up to Cambridge in the mid 1950s, the Cold War had frozen the world into two blocs. India had won Independence a few years before and under the leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru was trying to establish its own place in a divided world.
- Delusions Of Order (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Oct 12, 2006)
Marginal states like North Korea can turn desperation into power and make the powerful look utterly desperate. We need to rethink power in the 21st century
- Efforts Are On To Include Chandigarh On Unesco’S World Heritage List ....... (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
Efforts are on to include Chandigarh on UNESCO,_s World Heritage List, according to Union Territory Home Secretary Krishna Mohan.
- “War On Terror” For Money (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Oct 12, 2006)
Musharraf’s book reveals more about the illegalities in the state than the “truth” about him and the country.
- States In A Time Of Unrest (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 12, 2006)
In this, my tenth and last annual report, I have sought to provide an overview of the Organization’s main achievements and challenges during the past 12 months in the light of the critical developments in the decade since I took office at the . . .
- Voices Of The Same Poverty (Telegraph, AVEEK SEN , Oct 12, 2006)
Kiran Desai getting this year’s Booker Prize continues a tradition that is essentially unsubtle and rather old, writes Aveek Sen
- Wounded By The West (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 12, 2006)
Although it focuses on the fate of a few powerless individuals, Kiran Desai’s extraordinary new novel manages to explore, with intimacy and insight, just about every contemporary international issue...
- Jammu, A Wonderland (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Oct 12, 2006)
From archaeological viewpoint the Jammu region may not be one of the wonders of the world. But it has enough variety to fit into the description of a wonderland. It has a fascinating and typical art called "Bauli sculpture" (adjoining Himachal . . .
- North Korean Nuclear Blast (Daily Excelsior, V.N. Paranjape, Oct 12, 2006)
The inevitable has happened. North Korea has, by conducting the unwarranted nuclear test, given full play to its dangerously belligerent intentions.
- An Enabling Garment (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Oct 12, 2006)
Britain’s former foreign secretary, Jack Straw, wrote an article in the Lancashire Telegraph, a local newspaper that circulates in his parliamentary constituency, describing his difficulty in communicating with Muslim constituents who met him with . . .
- Extreme Alaska (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
Once considered a frozen waste for polar bears, it is today a magical destination for those in search of the last true wilderness.
- Us: India, Pak & N. Korea Different (Asian Age, Arun Kumar, Oct 12, 2006)
The United States says there is no comparison between a defiant North Korea and a "responsible" India, or for that matter Pakistan, an ally "transitioning to its own form of democracy".
- Lives Being Made Over (New Indian Express, Mini Kapoor, Oct 12, 2006)
Look first at two other novels that were in quiet contention for the Booker Prize this year. In Hisham Matar’s In the Country of Men, a young boy is rudely prepared for exile as the politics of 1979 Libya come streaming into his family home.
- Order, Order (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 12, 2006)
This is one matter in which the people have to seriously exercise their mind and influence.
- Zones Apart (Frontline, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 12, 2006)
They are two different worlds - Sri Lanka's war-torn North and East and peaceful South.
- Abe's Empire (Frontline, P.S. Suryanarayana, Oct 12, 2006)
For new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe the challenges are many as Japan seeks to reposition itself in the new world order.
- Second North Korean Test Feared As U.N. Weighs Sanctions (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2006)
Capitals from Asia to America were making frantic checks on Wednesday after Japanese broadcaster NHK said North Korea may have conducted another nuclear test, but there was no immediate confirmation that it had.
- N-Test: India Ready To Provide Data On Pak Role (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2006)
Indian officials travelling with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Britain and Finland have said that New Delhi is ready to share its information on Pakistan’s clandestine role in providing North Korea with nuclear technology know-how.
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