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Articles 2821 through 2920 of 21907:
- Superstitious Seconds (Indian Express, SAPNA SHARMA, Sep 07, 2006)
There is nothing miraculous about Ganesha statues sipping milk, or sea water turning sweet at beaches during the rainy season. But most of us have our little superstitions.
- 13 Killed In Road Mishap (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
Thirteen persons, including nine women and a seven-year-old girl, were killed when the tractor-trailer in which they travelling overturned and fell into a gorge along the Anandpur Sahib hydel canal here this afternoon.
- Part Of A Nation (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 07, 2006)
Pigeonholes are very good for letters but awful for human beings. But pigeonholing is a common practice, even among those who should know better. Stereotypes are formed by a swift, and often unwarranted, jump from the particular to the general.
- Plane Prejudice (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 07, 2006)
Italian airline Alitalia’s refusal to allow an Indian passenger with a valid business class ticket to board the Milan flight at New Delhi’s IGI airport is an outrageous offence.
- India Can Solve Kashmir Problem: J&k Governor (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
Jammu and Kashmir Governor SK Sinha has said India was capable of finding a solution to the Kashmir problem and the country's point of view on the issue is being widely understood by the global community.
- Fantasy, Then And Now (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Sep 07, 2006)
A reasonably large part of my reading consists of books my son and daughter read. Though their medium of instruction till Class V was Hindi, you wouldn’t think so from the fiction on their shelves, which is wholly written in English.
- Bill Clinton Selected For Unca Award (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
Former American President Bill Clinton has been selected by members of the United Nations Correspondents' Association (UNCA) to receive its annual World Citizenship Award for 2006 in recognition of his outstanding efforts to rebuilt communities in a . . .
- Too Much Irony (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 07, 2006)
Sad as it is, Nawab Akbar Bugti's passing away has raised a plethora of questions about the political scene in Pakistan and the role of foreign elements in governing our state.
- A Gentleman Politician (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 07, 2006)
Nawab Akbar Shahbaz Khan Bugti was the kind of person one would normally find in folklore. He generated excitement and controversy whenever his name was mentioned. Better known as the Tiger of Balochistan, and in spite of having fierce looks, . . .
- Dangerous Times (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 07, 2006)
The reports from Balochistan are discomforting. It appears that the military, undeterred by the wave of public anger that has swept the province since the death of Nawab Akbar Bugti, remains determined to crush the insurgency continuing in some . . .
- India's Downtrodden Disabled Find Power In The Law (Reuters, Daniel Sorid , Sep 07, 2006)
When disabled Hindu worshippers in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu were blocked from entering temples with their wheelchairs and crutches, Meenakshi Balasubramanian knew she had the law on her side.
- Healthcare: The Price Of Well-Being (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 07, 2006)
The current political economy of healthcare makes India one of the most privatised health sectors in the world. Out-of-pocket expenditure of the citizens is the main mechanism of financing healthcare.
- Coalition Woes In Jammu And Kashmir (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Sep 07, 2006)
The Congress and the PDP are trapped in a miserable but mutually profitable marriage.
- Talks On Un Convention Against Terrorism At Advanced Stage (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Sep 07, 2006)
Negotiations for the United Nation’s Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) are at a fairly advanced stage and the matter is going to come under deep focus when the 61st session of the UN General Assembly meets in New York in . . .
- Urban Lament (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 07, 2006)
Nowadays I dread meeting people my own age in Chennai. Not because we exchange a litany of woes about our aches and pains of osteoporosis or our sacrifice of pickles and papadams.
- Us Jewry Backs N-Deal With India (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Sep 07, 2006)
The American Jewish Committee has sent a letter to members of the US Senate in strong support of the Indo-US nuclear cooperation agreement, urging the lawmakers to vote for it.
- Restoring Kabul’S Lost Beauty (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 07, 2006)
Allowing communities and buildings to flourish is the only hope for Kabul to re-discover its identity.
- Baluchis Will Rise Again (Deccan Herald, G S Bhargava, Sep 07, 2006)
The tribals have undoubtedly suffered a setback in the armed struggle. But the psychological aspect of the Balochi struggle continues as the president of the Baluchistan National Party, Sardar Akhtar Mengal, has poignantly pointed out, “after . . .
- South Korean Movie Monster Gobbles Up Box Office (Reuters, Jon Herskovitz, Sep 07, 2006)
A new movie monster has emerged from the waters of South Korea to cause chaos in the streets of Seoul, set a new box office record and raise concern about pollution at U.S. military bases in the country.
- U.S.-Led Havoc The World Over (Hindu, Jonathan Freedland, Sep 07, 2006)
The British Prime Minister sealed his fate by signing up in full to a policy now recognised by most Americans as a disaster.
- Democracy In Myanmar (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Sep 07, 2006)
India must redefine its 'Look East' policy if it is serious about tackling insurgency in the North-East, says Hiranmay Karlekar.
- Al-Qaeda Wants Caliphate In Iraq: Bush (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Sep 07, 2006)
In a dramatic speech to the Military Officers Association of America that linked the war in Iraq with the wider war on terror, Mr Bush quoted extensively from Osama Bin Laden’s declarations, comparing him to both Lenin and Hitler.
- Bush To Meet Auto's Big 3 On Fuel Saving (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
President George W Bush will hold a twice-postponed summit with executives of the Big Three US automakers after the November election on fuel saving technology and other issues, the White House said on Tuesday.
- Stark Contrast: A Tale Of Two Economies (The Financial Express, AJAY KHANNA, Sep 07, 2006)
India and China are growing twice as fast as the rest of the world, but that’s where the similarity ends
- Six Decades After, India Acknowledges Daredevil World War Ii Spy (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
Though the British and French have recognised and recorded her brave exploits for long, it took her native country India more than six decades to acknowledge the daredevil exploits of allied spy Noor-un-Nisa Inayat Khan during the Second World War.
- Dereserve These Myths (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 07, 2006)
A special series in The Indian Express is highlighting the sense of siege Muslims in our cities find themselves to be under.
- Song & The Singer (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 07, 2006)
After the ministry formation in 1937, the tension between Hindus and Muslims peaked in united Bengal. Fazlul Haq was the chief minister of Bengal and the Congress did not join his coalition government in spite of Haq’s keen desire.
- 9 Days A Long Time In Politics (Pioneer, Nityanand Shukla, Sep 07, 2006)
Jharkhand Governor Syed Sibte Razi has asked Chief Minister Arjun Munda to prove his majority on the floor of the House on or before September 15. Welcoming this, Munda has thanked the Governor for giving him time to prove his majority.
- Prospects For Kannur Airport Brighten (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
The Centre is willing to make an exception for Kerala in the stipulation that all new airports of the country should have a second runway. An assurance to this effect was given to Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan by Union Minister of State . . .
- Internal Security, Ncert Twist To Books Top Saffron Agenda (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Sep 07, 2006)
The deteriorating internal security scenario and subversion of historical facts in the textbooks of National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) would prominently figure in the inaugural session of the BJP's national executive . . .
- Hoax Caller Who Held Up Kalam Arrested (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
The Chennai police have arrested a salesman who made a hoax call triggering a bomb scare that held up President Abdul Kalam’s plane for nearly three hours on Monday night.
- That Extra Mile (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
Airlines are luring travellers with complimentary cab facilities, discounts on hotel bookings and more
- Is It Okay To Surf? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 07, 2006)
The search is on for eco-friendly boards while surfers themselves need to look at their travel arrangements.
- Wildlife Sightings On The Decline In Bandipur National Park (Hindu, R. Krishna Kumar, Sep 07, 2006)
Increase in tourist inflow forcing animals to retreat to the interior jungles'
- Increasing Involvement Of Canadian Nationals In Ephedrine Trade . . . (Hindu, Devesh K. Pandey , Sep 07, 2006)
Investigations into recent seizures of ephedrine, a precursor to party drugs, in the Capital point to increasing involvement of Canadian nationals of Indian origin in the trade. One of the two persons arrested in connection with the latest . . .
- Temple Razed, Complaints Filed Against Mining Firms (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
The blasting of the Sugulammadevi Temple on top of a hill with rich deposits of iron ore near Honnali tanda in Bellary taluk on Karnataka-Andhra Pradesh border has given rise to a new controversy.
- Taai Keen On Packaging Tourism Products In State (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
Plans to give big thrust to domestic tourism industry
- Nation's Pride Or National Disgrace? (Pioneer, Saugar Sengupta, Sep 07, 2006)
Outrageous though it may sound the paternal house of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee at Kathalpara in North 24 Parganas where the writer created Vande Mataram was in a state of neglect till 1999.
- Host Of Programmes On Guru Jayanthi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
Sree Narayana Gurudeva Jayanthi will be celebrated with different programmes in the city, on Thursday. Various organisations and associations are conducting the celebrations collectively.
- Anthem To Mother India Exposes Centuries-Old Sectarian Wound (Daily Times, Pratap Chakravarty, Sep 06, 2006)
Muslims are as loyal to the nation as anyone else and we do not need a certificate for that from anyone’
- Govt-Local Taliban Sign Peace Accord (Pakistan Observer, Tariq Saeed, Sep 06, 2006)
The peace and tranquillity is hoped to be returning fast to the violence-stricken Waziristan agencies as the much orchestrated peace accord between the government and the militants, oftenly dubbed as local Taliban by the Western . . .
- Nitish’S Tight Rope Walk (Indian Express, Shaibal Gupta, Sep 06, 2006)
On August 24 Nitish Kumar completed nine months as chief minister of Bihar. A day earlier, the HSBC (Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation) inaugurated its 44th branch in Patna; two days later, the tenders for building the roads of Patna were opened.
- Landing In A Mess (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Sep 06, 2006)
The year 2006 (or 2007) is significant in the history of human civilisation, because that’s when the world’s urban population will exceed the world’s rural population for the first time. Of course, levels of urbanisation vary widely, ranging . . .
- Much Ado About Vande Mataram (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 06, 2006)
Roznama Rashtriya Sahara (September 5) carries, prominently displayed on its front page, the director of Dar-Ul-Uloom (Deoband) Maulana Marghoob ur Rahman breaking his silence on Vande Mataram.
- Grecian Impressions (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
Wander through enchanted, poppy-animated landscapes of Greece, steeped in myth, culture and history.
- Blame It On Rio (Hindu, SUMIT BHATTACHARJEE , Sep 06, 2006)
Long days at the beach and longer nights at the clubs. Rio is the perfect place to unwind.
- Vande Mataram: Obligatory In Schools (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 06, 2006)
Finally, after more than half-a-century of singing Vande Mataram we have suddenly realised that the song that kept freedom fighters’ adrenaline level high, is insulting our god. All thanks to the All India Sunni Ulema Board.
- Slowing Us Housing Market Is Bad News (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 06, 2006)
Trend GDP growth in India has accelerated from around 5 per cent in the 1980s to 6.5-7 per cent. India has not graduated to 8 per cent trend growth. The band around the trend, of business cycle fluctuations, is around 2.5 percentage points up or down . .
- The Woman's Body Did It: So Says K J Joseph (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 06, 2006)
Weeks have gone by since Kerala public works minister K J Joseph was alleged to have groped a female passenger seated in front of him during a Chennai-Kochi flight.
- A Litany Of Disasters (Pioneer, Irfan Husain, Sep 06, 2006)
If ever proof was required that military intelligence is a contradiction in terms, the Pakistan Government's handling of the Bugti killing should be sufficient
- 700 Taliban Trapped: Nato (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
Nato and Afghan forces used artillery and air strikes overnight to keep up pressure on an estimated 700 Taliban trapped by an offensive that the alliance claims has killed at least 200 militants in southern Afghanistan, Nato said today.
- Train To Lhasa (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Sep 06, 2006)
China has adopted draconian security measures on the newly inaugurated Qinghai-Tibet railway, despite no cases of sabotage en route, says Claude Arpi.
- Bush, Quoting Bin Laden, Warns Of Iraqi Caliphate (Reuters, Steve Holland, Sep 06, 2006)
In a speech laced with quotes from Osama bin Laden, U.S. President George W. Bush said on Tuesday that five years after the Sept. 11 attacks, al Qaeda wants to set up a violent, radical Islamic caliphate based in Iraq and vowed he would . . .
- Bush Vows To Persist With Fighting Terror (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Sep 06, 2006)
Asserting that the US will persist in tracking down terrorists and never bow down to tyrants, President George W Bush today released a document containing strategies that his Administration has been using since the terror attacks of September 11, 2001.
- India's Downtrodden Disabled Find Power In The Law (Reuters, Daniel Sorid , Sep 06, 2006)
When disabled Hindu worshippers in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu were blocked from entering temples with their wheelchairs and crutches, Meenakshi Balasubramanian knew she had the law on her side.
- Tourist Inflow Picks Up At Udhagamandalam (Hindu, D. Radhakrishnan, Sep 06, 2006)
Government Botanical Gardens, Rose Garden and Boat house teeming with visitors .
- How They Love To Stereotype Asians (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Sep 06, 2006)
The Molly Campbell case is a family dispute that has sparked off a media frenzy simply because of the religion and ethnicity of those involved.
- Kalam Presents Awards To 313 Teachers (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
Presenting national awards to teachers here today, the President, Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, choose to pay tributes to his own teachers who helped him in shaping his destiny by giving him the impetus to move in the right direction.
- Taking Off (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 06, 2006)
Although Delhi didn't quite succeed as a world-class metropolis, its airport could do so in a few years from now — as an international state-of-the-art aerotropolis, the high-tech 21st century term coined for cities built around air travel hubs.
- Democracy Denied (Tribune, Sarbjit Dhaliwal, Sep 06, 2006)
Students in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Chandigarh and other parts of the country will shortly elect their student bodies, in order to have a decisive say in the affairs of the academic institutions in which they are enrolled.
- Grandson Wants Mussolini Autopsy (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
Sixty-one years after Italy's fascist dictator Benito Mussolini was summarily executed, one of his grandsons has demanded that his remains be exhumed and an official post-mortem carried out.
- Waziristan Taliban Sign Peace Deal With Government (Daily Times, Iqbal Khattak, Sep 06, 2006)
Militants agree not to launch cross-border raids, shelter foreigners
Govt to remove checkpoints, free prisoners and return weapons.
- Cyber Police To Probe Bomb Threat Call (Hindu, T.S. Shankar, Sep 06, 2006)
The Cyber wing of the police began probing the Monday night's bomb threat that delayed the departure of President A.P.J.Abdul Kalam's special aircraft by over two hours.
- Parliament Cannot Sack Members: Jethmalani (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Sep 06, 2006)
Argues disqualification must be created by law
Bench hearing petitions challenging the validity of the expulsion of 11MPs
`Right of a member who had been elected is to remain for the duration of the House' .
- Mrts Tarnaka-Hi-Tec City Route Realigned (Hindu, V. Geetanath, Sep 06, 2006)
Greenlands-Punjagutta-Banjara Hills-Jubilee Hills route to be avoided
Line 3 of about 21 kilometres realigned
Line 1 is Miyapur-Chaitanyapuri and Line 2 is Secunderabad-Falaknuma.
- War Ends But Not Lebanon's Misery (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Sep 06, 2006)
Unexploded ordnance and bombed out power stations make life miserable.
- A Souvenir, Not An Emblem (Hindu, Malini Parthasarathy, Sep 06, 2006)
Vande Mataram, the `national song,' played a stirring, historic role in mobilising people in the freedom struggle.
- Lucky Number (Deccan Herald, G K GUPTA, Sep 06, 2006)
Well before the introduction of the present-day wide-bodied Boeing 737s on Delhi-Chandigarh sector, the plane was the little 48-seater Avro, now phased out.
- Changing Patterns (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Sep 06, 2006)
Racial profiling, terror threats, nervous and culturally ignorant foreign airline crew/air marshals could lead to some significant changes in airline choices.
- Magnificence Restored (Hindu, S. MUTHIAH , Sep 06, 2006)
How Chennai's Senate House, a beautiful landmark building in the Indo-Saracenic style, was restored to its original glory.
- Looking Back At Peyton Place (Deccan Herald, DAVID BROOKS, Sep 06, 2006)
“It instructs the readers to discover their authentic selves.” George Orwell
- Basadis Beckoning (Deccan Herald, Shashidhar, Sep 06, 2006)
A naive passerby with a little sense of beauty will never go without marvelling at this architectural grandeur situated on the main street of Moodabidri. And if you have a little penchant for aesthetics, then this Tribhuvana Tilaka Chudamani . . .
- State Teachers Demand More (Deccan Herald, Shruba Mukherjee , Sep 06, 2006)
Complaining of government apathy towards them, the national award-winning teachers from Karnataka have urged the State Government to give them a better deal in terms of increments, promotions and medical benefits.
- Global Air Fares To Dip With New Players Joining Indian Skies (Times of India, Byas Anand, Sep 06, 2006)
The overseas traveller’s honeymoon with lower air fares seems set for another boost this winter.
- S S Menon, Who Served In Israel, China And Pak, Is New Foreign Secy (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Sep 06, 2006)
In appointing India’s current envoy to Pakistan, Shiv Shankar Menon, as the next Foreign Secretary, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has engineered a rare moment in the South Block.
- No End To Terrorism (Tribune, Anita Inder Singh, Sep 06, 2006)
At first it may seem surprising that extremists inspired by Pakistan had a hand in the London bombings of 7/7 last year and the recent attempts to blow up aeroplanes leaving British airports for the United States.
- Harsh Choice (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 06, 2006)
Looked at perversely, Ms Sonali Das, who killed her newborn daughter with her mother’s help in a small town of West Bengal, was exercising a choice.
- Too Late For Havana (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Sep 06, 2006)
The announcement last week that Shiv Shankar Menon would become the next foreign secretary on October 1 was the right decision at the wrong time.
- India-Pakistan Talks: The Way Forward (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
During my recent week-long stay in New Delhi, I met a broad section of politicians and discussed the current deadlock in India-Pakistan talks with them.
- When Napoleon Won At Waterloo (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 05, 2006)
Napoleon won the battle of Waterloo. The German Wehrmacht won World War II. The United States won in Vietnam, and the Soviets in Afghanistan. The Zealots won against the Romans, and Ehud Olmert won the Second Lebanon War.
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