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Articles 2621 through 2720 of 21907:
- Kochi In The List Of Unesco's Cities Of Living Heritage (Hindu, K.S. Sudhi, Sep 11, 2006)
UNESCO-supported network to be launched at a conference in Jaipur
- Trouble Feared In Jharkhand Today (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Jharkhand could well be heading towards imposition of President’s Rule.
- All The Bidders For A Troubled Bank (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Sep 11, 2006)
Just a fortnight ago, when United Western Bank (UWB) topped the first-ever customer satisfaction survey of banks, the findings and timing of the survey seemed outlandish.
- At Ibsa Summit, Quota Lessons For I From B & Sa (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Sep 11, 2006)
As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh leaves for Brasilia to take part in the first India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) summit, are reservations and quotas on his mind? Or maybe the question isn’t entirely quixotic.
- A Just Cause (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 11, 2006)
This is a war between progress and regress
- Time To Rewrite The Future (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Sep 11, 2006)
Domestic violence has plagued marriages since the dawn of history.
- Mr Wright, Never In From The Cold (OutLook, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 11, 2006)
He was the first foreign coach of the Indian cricket team, and is credited with its amazing transformation.
- Remembering The Crocodile Hunter (Hindu, Madhur Tankha, Sep 11, 2006)
To highlight Steve Irwin's background and personal history, from his early days at Australia Zoo to his worldwide fame as the Crocodile Hunter, as well as his boundless passion for wildlife and his family, Animal Planet International channel . . .
- Deve Gowda To Tour Districts To Strengthen Party (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Former prime minister and JD (S) National President H D Deve Gowda said on Sunday that he will tour all the districts of the State to sort out confusion and indifference in party workers and strengthen the district party units.
- Word Of Cheer (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 11, 2006)
Japanese proverb "one kind word can warm three winter months" may come true in the case of Leh district. In fact it will be in even less than three months that the trans-Himalayan territory will be in the grip of severe winter.
- We Have Leads On Malegaon Blasts: Police (Indian Express, ZEESHAN SHAIKH, Sep 11, 2006)
Based on eyewitness accounts of a bicycle shop owner and three others who were present in the Malegaon mosque during the Friday prayers when the blasts claimed 30 lives, the police have released sketches of two suspects.
- Pm Rejects Bjp Plea On Musharraf (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday virtually rejected the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party’s demand that he should not meet Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf in Havana during the NAM Summit.
- A Bridge Too Far? (Business Standard, Subir Gokarn, Sep 11, 2006)
In recommending a narrow band for exchange rate movements, the Tarapore report may increase risks of a currency crisis.
- Is Talking To Al-Qaeda An Option? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Sep 11, 2006)
A BBC programme poses the question as the "war on terror" enters its sixth year.
- The Land Of The Rising Son (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 11, 2006)
May you be the mother of a hundred sons," goes the customary blessing for a just-married woman in India.
- The Birth Of Satyagraha (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 11, 2006)
Events were so shaping themselves in Johannesburg as to make this self-purification on my part a preliminary as it were to Satyagraha.
- Certificate From Government Doctors — Is It Mandatory? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
The government considers certificate from government doctors to be more reliable than from private doctors.
- A Perilous Journey Driven By Poverty (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 11, 2006)
In the past week, around 3,000 illegal immigrants from West Africa have reached the Spanish Canary Islands by boat, taking advantage of a window of perfect sailing conditions from the coast of Senegal and Mauritania.
- Malegaon Blasts (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 11, 2006)
The Malegaon blasts could not have come at a more inopportune time. They seem to have been carried out virtually in defiance of the government’s resolve — expressed by the PM during the just concluded meet on internal security — to contain terror.
- Developing Nations Summit Gathers Us Foes In Cuba (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Leaders of the Non-Aligned Movement of 116 developing nations will meet in Cuba this week for a summit that will gather some of the United States' fiercest critics just 90 miles (145 km) offshore.
- West Asia In Turmoil (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Sep 11, 2006)
On the morning of September 11, 2001, as hijackers crashed airplanes into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania, few would have guessed the dramatic repercussions of these actions on West Asia.
- Ganesh Idols' Immersion: Mch Eyes Mumbai Method (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Two-member official team studies arrangements made during immersion Official team studies arrangements made during immersion
- 1993 Blasts Verdict Awaited On September 12 (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Thirteen years after serial explosions rocked the city, a TADA court here is slated to deliver verdict on September 12, which will decide the fate of 123 accused, including Bollywood film star Sanjay Dutt.
- Saluting The Fallen (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 10, 2006)
The military community, veterans especially, will raise only two cheers to the defence minister for visiting War Cemeteries in France and Germany and paying homage to Indian soldiers who died in 1914-18.
- Viewer-Friendly: Too Much Isn’T Too Good (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Sep 10, 2006)
NDTV was showing “exclusive” visuals of a stampede from a Malegaon mosque early Friday evening.
- Foreign Univs In India: Ministry Releases Paper (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 10, 2006)
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry today put out a consultation paper on “Education Services in India Under GATS” (General Agreement on Trade in Services), arguing that services negotiations under WTO could be used “to invite foreign . . .
- Kicking Up A Rao (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 10, 2006)
Apart from committing a gross breach of diplomatic propriety, Sri Lanka's Tourism Minister Anura Bandaranaike is guilty of tasteless sexist prejudice for attacking India's High Commissioner Nirupama Rao.
- India For Rendering Borders Irrelevant (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Observing that economically flourishing India is a "great opportunity" and not a threat to neighbours, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran today said New Delhi favours increased connectivity to render borders irrelevant and a number of proposals have been . . .
- Camel Milk For Sex ? (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Sep 10, 2006)
In Greek mythology one comes across the story of Iphyles who was advised to drink urine mixed with iron rust in order to improve his sexual prowess.
- Breaking The Code (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 10, 2006)
After reports of alleged spying by some members in the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS), Cabinet Secretary B K Chaturvedi has sent a stern circular to all secretaries, reminding them of basic ground rules for officers coming into contact . . .
- One Fine September Day (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 10, 2006)
There’s more to 9/11 than the collapse of the Twin Towers and the beginning of the ‘war against terror.’ Here’s a list of all that has happened on this day.
- Freedom Song (New Indian Express, Swapan Dasgupta, Sep 10, 2006)
The irony is inescapable. Last month, the country mourned the death of the nonagenarian shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan in Varanasi. The obituaries gushed over his enlightenment and his ability to combine his devotion to Goddess Saraswati with . . .
- Troops Patrol Malegaon After Deadly Blasts (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Sep 10, 2006)
A Muslim-majority town in Maharashtra buried its dead as troops patrolled the streets on Saturday to prevent religious riots, a day after bomb blasts killed 32 people and wounded dozens.
- India’S Communal Instability Worries Pakistan (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 10, 2006)
Three bomb attacks in the textile town of Malegaon in Maharashtra, India, have killed 37 people and injured nearly 150, all of them Muslims.
- The Forgotten City (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
India has a way of reclaiming its colonial past.
- Picture Of Society (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 10, 2006)
Sir, ~ Apropos of your editorial “Lingua franca” (4 September), it is unfortunate that the BJP made a fuss in Parliament over the use of slang, namely, chamar, bhangi, chokri, in Hindi textbooks published by NCERT.
- Malegaon Seethes With Anger A Day After Blasts (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
"Why are you giving us bheekh (alms)?"
- Us Journalist Released From Sudanese Prison (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
American journalist Paul Salopek was released on Saturday from a prison in the war-torn Darfur region where he was held for more than a month on espionage charges, the Chicago Tribune reported on its website.
- A Lifelong Revolutionary (New Indian Express, GEETA DOCTOR, Sep 10, 2006)
It’s strange to contemplate how distant we have become from a country such as Egypt. Even Cairo — that once lively capital of intrigue and adventure, burnished by Francophile longings and Nasserite glory in the after-glow of empire — has now become . . .
- Nawab Akbar Bugti As I Knew Him (Dawn, M.P. Bhandara, Sep 10, 2006)
“At once insanely proud and filled with hatred, omniscient and doubting everything, cold and violently passionate, contemptuous and self abasing, tormented and detached, surrounded by devoted followers...
- Carnage At Indian Mosque (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 10, 2006)
What some observers of the Indian scene had dreaded for long finally came to pass on Friday: terrorists struck at a mosque, killing at least 37 people and injuring over 100.
- Indian Troops Patrol Muslim Town After Blasts (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
A Muslim-majority town in western India buried its dead as troops patrolled the streets on Saturday to prevent religious riots, a day after bomb blasts killed 32 people and wounded dozens.
- Musharraf Explains Pak Position Well (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf is now back home after a short, crisp and highly productive visit to the neighbouring Afghanistan.
- Long Night Of Funerals At Malegaon (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Shab-e-Baraat or the ‘night of forgiveness and atonement’ is an occasion when Muslims pray for their forefathers believing that prayers on this day absolve them of their own sins.
- Pakistan To Send Troops To Lebanon (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Aziz says troops will clear landmines, cluster bombs
Decision made at request of Lebanon govt
- A Sepia Portrait (Hindu, Sudha Mahalingam, Sep 10, 2006)
How does it feel to step into a sepia portrait? You will find out if you visit Toledo, Iberia's Rome, Damascus and Cairo, all rolled into one.
- For The Royal Patrons (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
The murals of an 18th century temple in Karnataka reveal an interesting stage in the development of the art.
- Off The Beaten Track (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Companies like the Mumbai-based Soulitudes are trying to redefine the notion of `holidays' and `responsible' tourism.
- For Whose Peace? (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Sep 10, 2006)
At Havana, the media attention will be riveted on the Manmohan Singh-Pervez Musharraf sideline talks. In the media circus that will ensue, few will recall the original slogans behind non-alignment and, like on previous occasions, the event will pass . . .
- Flowers And Guns (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 10, 2006)
Guns and roses or, for that matter, flowers and insurgency, are an incongruous combination. But in Mizoram, the two are intertwined, as if destined to be made for each other.
- Rain Emergency In Hyderabad (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
All kind of train service between Hyderabad and Karachi has been suspended due to damage to rail track at the site of washed away bridge at Ranpathani .
- Muslims Must Rebut Charges (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Sep 10, 2006)
Hossain Miya, a prosperous Muslim villager in Manik Bandopadhyay's novel, Padma Nadir Majhi, which the Kolkata theatre group, Pratikriti, staged last week, promises beleaguered Hindu fishermen refuge on his island where there is neither masjid nor . . .
- `Heritage Walk' To Take Tourists Through Mysore's Culture (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Buildings and structures in the heart of the city to be showcased
The concept of Heritage Walk was introduced in 2004
Participants will be given a detailed note on the array of structures to be showcased to them.
- A Whimsical Collection (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
This extract from a short story published in the New Yorker, ‘The Last Days Of Muhammad Atta’, by Martin Amis, is part of his new book, ‘The House of Meetings’.
- Overriding Terror (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 10, 2006)
A dazed Malegaon, which just saw two blasts inside and outside a mosque kill 38 and injure hundreds, can read the signals just as well as the rest of the nation.
- R.M. Veerappan Always Yearned For Dravidian Unity: Karunanidhi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Veteran leader felicitated on the occasion of his 81st birthday
- Mocking The Man (Telegraph, RUDRANGSHU MUKHERJEE, Sep 10, 2006)
Indians love anniversaries so much that they invent them.
- In The Mind Of Atta (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
This extract from a short story published in the New Yorker, ‘The Last Days Of Muhammad Atta’, by Martin Amis, is part of his new book, ‘The House of Meetings’.
- Development Projects In Bangalore To Get A Push (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Remodelling storm water drains, improving arterial roads and executing grade separators are part of the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike's immediate plans to spruce up the city.
- The Trail Of Justice (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 10, 2006)
The unrelenting public gaze unleashed by the Jessica Lal judgment in late February appeared to have had the salutary effect of stirring into action a criminal justice system renowned for its lethargy.
- Viewer-Friendly: Too Much Isn’T Too Good (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Sep 09, 2006)
NDTV was showing “exclusive” visuals of a stampede from a Malegaon mosque early Friday evening.
- The Trail Of Justice (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 09, 2006)
The unrelenting public gaze unleashed by the Jessica Lal judgment in late February appeared to have had the salutary effect of stirring into action a criminal justice system renowned for its lethargy.
- Another Case Registered Against Absconding ‘Baba’ (Tribune, Varinder Walia, Sep 09, 2006)
The absconding baba of Kar Seva Wale, Amrik Singh, got into more trouble today when the Patiala police found documents pertaining to the purchase of prime land in parts of Punjab and bank accounts in the name of the culprits.
- Vande Mataram (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 09, 2006)
September 7 has passed with some people singing Vande Mataram and a vast majority without singing it.
- Courting Disaster (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 09, 2006)
Another horrendous chapter has been added to the long history of coalmine disasters in India with the suspected death of 50 workers after the roof of a state-owned coalmine collapsed following an explosion in Dhanbad district of Jharkhand on Thursday.
- Step Down (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 09, 2006)
Blair should listen to his conscience and resign.
- Flowers And Guns (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 09, 2006)
Guns and roses or, for that matter, flowers and insurgency, are an incongruous combination. But in Mizoram, the two are intertwined, as if destined to be made for each other.
- 600 Rocket Shells, 27 Launchers Seized In Ap (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
The police recovered 600 rocket shells, 275 unassembled rockets, 27 rocket launchers, 70 gelatine sticks and other explosive material from two Maoist dumps in Mahbubnagar and Prakasam districts in Andhra Pradesh. The seizures, the largest ever in . . .
- For Whose Peace? (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Sep 09, 2006)
At Havana, the media attention will be riveted on the Manmohan Singh-Pervez Musharraf sideline talks. In the media circus that will ensue, few will recall the original slogans behind non-alignment and, like on previous occasions, the event will . . .
- Muslims Must Rebut Charges (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Sep 09, 2006)
Hossain Miya, a prosperous Muslim villager in Manik Bandopadhyay's novel, Padma Nadir Majhi, which the Kolkata theatre group, Pratikriti, staged last week, promises beleaguered Hindu fishermen refuge on his island where there is neither masjid nor mandir.
- Prayers For The Dead (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
The holy Shab-e-Barat is when Muslims seek divine blessings for the well-being of mankind. Muslim devotees spend the night at mosques and homes, offering special prayers and reciting from the holy Quran.
- Musharraf Explains Pak Position Well (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 09, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf is now back home after a short, crisp and highly productive visit to the neighbouring Afghanistan.
- Malegaon Clouds Parivartan Rally; Bjp: Why Doesn't The Terror Stop? (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Sep 09, 2006)
The serial blasts in Malegoan killing scores of people became the focal point of the BJP's historical Parivartan Rally at the city's Parade Ground on Friday evening. "Terrorist acts are being frequently executed in Malegoan. Why so? Can't the . . .
- Kicking Up A Rao (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 09, 2006)
Apart from committing a gross breach of diplomatic propriety, Sri Lanka's Tourism Minister Anura Bandaranaike is guilty of tasteless sexist prejudice for attacking India's High Commissioner Nirupama Rao. By dismissing one of India's senior . . .
- Resignation Threats (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 09, 2006)
The Mutahidda Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), the right-wing alliance of religious political parties, has been threatening to resign from the assemblies on one pretext or the other.
- Advani Raps Cong Chief, Pm (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Sep 09, 2006)
In a scathing attack on Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for skipping the Congress function for singing of Vande Matram, Opposition leader in the Lok Sabha LK on Friday said that "Those who cannot with conviction . . .
- Balochistan After Bugti (Dawn, Sherry Rehman, Sep 09, 2006)
History and nature have one thing in common. They rarely teach lessons without bloodshed and trauma. Although we have never officially embraced it as a potentially preventable wound, one of the lessons etched like a deep scar on our body politic . . .
- 35 Killed, 150 Injured In Indian Mosque Blasts (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
At least 35 people were killed and 150 injured after at least two blasts near a mosque in the west Indian town of Malegaon, officials said.
- Rain Emergency In Hyderabad (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 09, 2006)
All kind of train service between Hyderabad and Karachi has been suspended due to damage to rail track at the site of washed away bridge at Ranpathani .
- Peace Call On Pm Lips (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Amid fears that the Malegaon blasts might trigger sectarian clashes, the Centre today asked the states to tighten vigil and take religious leaders into confidence to maintain peace.
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