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Articles 3021 through 3120 of 21907:
- Mansarovar Yatra Will Soon Be Smoother (Times of India, Vishwa Mohan, Sep 02, 2006)
The Kailash-Mansarovar Yatra will be smoother for pilgrims from 2009 as the government has initiated an ambitious project to construct 75 km of motorable roads till Gunji outpost along the Indo-China border. At present, the pilgrims have to . . .
- ‘‘Chalta Hai’’ Security (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Sep 02, 2006)
There are almost daily revelations that India's security apparatus has been penetrated at several different levels by US and Pakistani agents. Two ISI agents arrested in West Bengal in connection with the Mumbai blasts have disclosed that there are . . .
- Plutonic Love (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 02, 2006)
Hi dear! As I am penning these few words, you must be shedding tears in your oblong orbit in the far away Kuiper Belt. I understand that 70 years of existence in the planetary list is too inconsequential a period in the cosmic calendar.
- Empty Swagat (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 02, 2006)
We invite the world to visit us — to explore and experience Incredible India — without first ensuring adequate hospitality for those who take our invitation seriously.
- Daggers Drawn (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 02, 2006)
In a way, coalitions are marriages of convenience, which remain stable only until such time as all parties are committed to keep them going. Jammu and Kashmir is no exception.
- Kingfisher Ties Up With Northeast Tourism Body (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Kingfisher Airlines on Wednesday inked a deal with North East Tourism Development Corporation (NETDC) to promote the region as the preferred tourism destination to holiday-goers across the country.
- Reap What You Sow (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 02, 2006)
Prem Kumar, son of my Dahi Bhalla friend, the late Kishen Lall, founder-proprietor of Hotel Rajdoot, is a very fat man.
- Flights To Leh Being Increased To Promote Tourism: Azad (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Trying to put the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir on the international tourism map, the State Government is taking slew of measures to develop the connectivity and infrastructure to the untapped scenic region of mountain passes.
- Crises All Around (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 02, 2006)
There is hardly any country that at some time in its existence has not been entangled in a crisis of one kind or the other. Such a crisis could be political, economic or security-related in nature. The afflicted country either tries to resolve . . . .
- Ustad Bismillah Khan (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Sep 02, 2006)
A little bit of each one of us died the day Ustad Bismillah Khan breathed his last in mid-August.
- Voyage Of Sugarcane (Daily Excelsior, G V Joshi, Sep 02, 2006)
In the early days, India was believed to be the country where sugarcane originated, as the oldest reports of extraction of sugar were found there.
- Feeble Response To Governance (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 02, 2006)
Accidents of history often become intrinsic to the culture and thinking of a people. India secured its freedom through a process of non-violent confrontation with the British, and this has enormously encouraged a popular psyche that tends to . . .
- Forbes Lists Nooyi As More Powerful Than Sonia (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Chief executive-designate of Pepsico Indra Nooyi and ICICI bank's Lalita Gupte and Kalpana Morparia, are on Forbes magazine's list of 100 most powerful women in the world.
- No Room For Complacency (The Financial Express, V ANANTHA NAGESWARAN, Sep 02, 2006)
It is hard to believe, but investors seem to have been too eager to cast aside the warning of a correction and the global equity market has not adequately reflected crucial risks.
- Jews Who Hate The Jewish State (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 02, 2006)
If they (Jews) all gather in Israel, it will save us the trouble of going after them worldwide." - Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, Hizbullah commander.
- Conform Or Fly Jihad Air (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Sep 02, 2006)
By lodging a protest with the Dutch Government over what happened on flight NW 0042 on August 23, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has made Indians of all genres possible suspects and therefore unwanted in the future.
- Humane Frisking (Pioneer, Anjan Roy, Sep 02, 2006)
India has shown the way by not availing the easy option of profiling air travellers based on stereotypes. The Advance Passenger Information System, now installed in New Delhi, could, if implemented efficiently, offer passengers and security . . .
- Why Alienate If You Can Garner Support (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 02, 2006)
By promoting racial profiling, Governments are planting seeds of more terrorist modules. They are only alienating a whole mass of people who would only be glad to participate in the war against terrorism
- Nothing To Do With Patriotism (The Economic Times, V KRISHNA ANANTH, Sep 02, 2006)
The BJP’s love for Vande Mataram does not emerge from any notions of patriotism or the legacy of the freedom struggle. Instead, it is just a handle to intimidate the members of the minority community.
- A Pot Of Gold On The Horizon (The Economic Times, J BRADFORD DELONG, Sep 02, 2006)
For quite a while now — certainly since the terrorist attacks on the US of September 11, 2001, and before as we watched the slaughters in Kosovo, Sarajevo, Srebrenica, Rwanda, and Congo on our televisions — the news has been dominated by war and . . .
- Australia-India Trade — Gold That's Put To Use More Gold Begets (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 02, 2006)
For Australia, India is becoming increasingly important primarily because it has become its sixth largest export market. Gold is a critical element in this trade and is now Australia's main export to India.
Gold exports to India in 2000 were . . .
- Collapse Of Buildings Is A Daily Occurrence (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 02, 2006)
Several people lost their lives when an eight-storey summer resort collapsed in Murree in early hours of Thursday. District Nazim Rawalpindi Raja Javed Ikhlas who visited the site said a technical inquiry committee would be formed to identify . . .
- Merkel Overtakes Rice As World's Most Powerful Woman: Forbes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Indra Nooyi,, Sonia Gandhi, Lalita Gupte and Kalpana Morparia, Vidya Chhabria among Indians on list.
- Spread Of Gastroenteritis (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 02, 2006)
Waterborne diseases, particularly gastroenteritis, are cutting a swathe of misery across Sindh, with children and the elderly being the worst affected.
- Boat Service For Tourists (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
The commercial canal of Alappuzha, which passes through the heart of the town starting from Vembanad lake in the east and ending near the Raja Kesavadas Swimming Pool in the west, was opened for boat service on Friday.
- Artist Ahmed Saeed Nagi Passes Away (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Ahmed Saeed Nagi, known as the official artist of the freedom movement, passed away on Friday night in the Aga Khan Hospital in Karachi. He was 90. He is survived by three sons and a daughter.
- Conquering The World (News International, Hafizur Rahman, Sep 02, 2006)
Scenes of prayer in the Kaaba, and of course of the Hajj in Makkah, witnessed over television are an inspiring sight.
- A Roof Of Their Own, At Last For Bidi Workers (Hindu, Meena Menon, Sep 02, 2006)
Our dreams are fulfilled... and to us it's more beautiful than heaven. It is our Taj Mahal: beneficiary
Largest housing project for women workers in Asia
Each worker will get a single-storey 255 sq. ft. house
Anti-tobacco laws have reduced . . .
- Tourism Boost For Hyderabad, The `Hub' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
State and city showcased at the `India Travel Congress'; Southern Splendour, a reality soon: Minister
- Rupee Convertibility In Phases By 2011: Rbi Panel (Hindu, Oommen A. Ninan , Sep 02, 2006)
Non-residents should be allowed to invest in Indian stock market
Liberal limits for overseas investment by Indian cos.
Ban on participatory notes suggested.
- Colombo, London To Pursue Peace Plan (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 02, 2006)
Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom have agreed to take "necessary follow up action" on the peace process in the island nation.
- A 1,000-Year-Old Temple In Ruins (Hindu, K. Manikandan, Sep 02, 2006)
The list of historical monuments in and around Chennai is not restricted to Kancheepuram and Mamallapuram towns.
- Death And The Devi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Stop at Maranakatte if you are headed for Kollur.
- How To Reach There (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
From Bangalore take NH 4 up to Nelamangala, follow NH 48 to Mangalore and then get on to NH 17 to Kundapur. Then take a deviation to Kollur on SH (590 km).
- The `War On Terror' And West Asia Circa 2007 (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Sep 02, 2006)
The U.S. approach has been uniformly unsuccessful and raises questions about its major and minor premises, the efficacy of its methodology, and, in the final analysis, of its intent.
- God Of Small Things (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 02, 2006)
On August 27, 2006 that very Herculean industry lost one of its unique offspring. Affectionately called Hrishida by millions of fans in and outside the country, the man who redefined faith and hope became a star in the sky.
- Grab In The Name Of God (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Sep 02, 2006)
This kind of grab in the name of God is not limited to any one community.
- Role Of A Powerful Medium (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 02, 2006)
Let me begin by saying that in my view television in India has played an important and beneficial role.
- Scholars Demand Access To Gandhi’S Letters (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
For the first time, the private correspondence of Mahatma Gandhi, once managed by secretary Pyarelal Nayar, are being opened and being sorted at the Nehru Memorial Museum & Library. But experts say it’s not enough — the papers need to be made public.
- A Very Beig Problem (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Sep 02, 2006)
The Congress party’s tryst with its alliance partner in J&K may have reached its end game. The recent stand off with the People’s Democratic Party was ostensibly triggered after Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad set aside the PDP’s decision to seek . . .
- Everyday Fiction (Indian Express, RAM SEHGAL, Sep 02, 2006)
Making excuses is a habit that begins rather early in life. You quickly realise that you need to have an excuse for that homework you did not do and — eruka! — you fake an illness. Since you cannot offer the same excuse a second time, you . . .
- A City Named Desire (Indian Express, ARITRO GANGULY, Sep 02, 2006)
New Orleans always had music in its air. The Mississippi delta region’s musical revolution or the Blues upsurge, found its centre stage in New Orleans, with the harmonious confluence of complex rhythms, inspirational lyrics, new piano-styling and of . . .
- How The Channels Lost The Plot On The Campus Drama (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Sep 02, 2006)
As an education migrant who fled a Left-dominated, politicised university in the then Calcutta for a Left-dominated, politicised university in Delhi, I have a theory on student politics, an activity that graduated to murder this week and . . .
- Islam In China: No Longer Insulated (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Sep 02, 2006)
Greater orthodoxy amongst Chinese Muslims is on the rise. Nonetheless, they retain unique characteristics.
- Supreme Court Upholds Death For Two Killer Sisters (Times of India, Dhananjay Mahapatra, Sep 01, 2006)
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the death penalty to two sisters who killed nine of 13 children they kidnapped during 1990-96. The court described the duo as a menace to society.
- Iit Funda (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 01, 2006)
Are you from IIT? That was the question put to me by a colleague from a Missouri ‘cow town’.
- Potholes To Roadblocks: A Smooth Transition In Mumbai (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Sep 01, 2006)
There’s a pothole near our house, about the size of a shallow grave. Like everyone else in Mumbai, we have learnt to negotiate it with cautious sangfroid, shaving carefully along the rim, yet pretending not to notice it at all.
- History As Farce (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 01, 2006)
After more than a week of intense debate over whether it should be compulsory for schoolchildren to sing Vande Mataram on September 7, we now know that this particular date has no significance.
- Death For Child-Smash Sisters (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
Two sisters who kidnapped children and killed them by smashing their heads against walls or electricity poles could become the first women to be hanged in Independent India.
- Letter From Dgp (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 01, 2006)
It is gratifying to know that the DGP of Punjab knows that his men register false cases against innocent people and allow criminals to go scot-free under the influence of politicians.
- China’S ‘Look West’ (Tribune, Don Lee , Sep 01, 2006)
Kashgar, China – Not too long ago, Kashgar was a sleepy town with mud houses, largely unchanged since Marco Polo trekked through in the 13th century. Marco Polo is said to have found Kashgar an oasis when he arrived here in 1275 on his journey . . .
- Saran To Act As Special Envoy For N- Deal (Times of India, Indrani Bagchi, Sep 01, 2006)
India's high commissioner to Pakistan Shiv Shankar Menon, who will take over from Shyam Saran as foreign secretary, has enjoyed a consummate trajectory through the foreign service Austria, Israel, Sri Lanka, China and Pakistan under his belt in . . .
- As If In A Bad Dream (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Sep 01, 2006)
Is India in the throes of a nightmare? Is the horror we witness day in and day out for real or is it a mirage? Whatever it is, one thing is for sure, it is unacceptable.
- Allies Fight Over Deputy Cm (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
Jammu and Kashmir’s Congress-led coalition government was in turmoil today after junior partner People’s Democratic Party recalled its deputy chief minister who had apparently got too close to chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad.
- Sonia, Nooyi Among 100 Most Powerful Women In The World (Press Trust of India, DHARAM SHOURIE, Sep 01, 2006)
Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Chief Executive-designate of PepsiCo Indra Nooyi and ICICI Bank's Lalita Gupte and Kalpana Morparia, are on Forbes magazine's list of 100 most powerful women in the world.
- Keep Bad Guys Out (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 01, 2006)
Something is happening at a regular frequency these days that should bother us. More police parties from other states have started visiting our State in recent times than ever before.
- Sri Lankans Flee Horror For Poverty, Safety In India (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Sep 01, 2006)
Fisherman Chinnathambi Ravikumar was returning home from a fishing trip when a sea-battle broke out between the Sri Lankan navy and Tamil Tiger rebels.
- The Beginning Of The Beginning (Business Standard, Jamal Mecklai, Sep 01, 2006)
The astounding success of the public campaign to prevent the government from emasculating the Right to Information Act is an inspiration.
- Asian Heroes Saluted (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
The applause was deafening at the Cultural Center of the Philippines today when the Chief Justice of the country’s Supreme Court said that it took a taxman from India to show the world that one need not be either a lawyer or a judge to render justice.
- Israel Kills Top Palestinian Commander (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
Israeli troops killed a top Palestinian commander in the West Bank on Thursday, while freedom fighters in Gaza renewed rocket attacks that had largely stopped during Israel’s Lebanon war. There were no reports of casualties from the rocket barrage.
- Shiv Shankar Menon Named Foreign Secy (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Sep 01, 2006)
Shyam Saran special envoy on Indo-US N-deal
- Healthy Societies May Not Be God Given (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Sep 01, 2006)
Religious leaders belonging to different religions actually have one thing in common (besides of course their belief in God) and that is, they think atheists are a corrupting influence on society.
- Musharraf: Saudi Investment To Grow (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia enjoy time-tested friendship and the economic activities will help strengthen the brotherly relations between the two states, said President General Pervez Musharraf while laying the foundation stone . . .
- Apc Calls For Total Strike: Sc Urged To Take Notice Of Killing (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
An all parties conference on Thursday appealed to the nation to observe a complete strike on Friday and mark it as a ‘Black Day’ to express solidarity with the people of Balochistan.
- Has Peace Returned To Waziristan? (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 01, 2006)
Contrary to what the government seems to be claiming, normality does not seem to be returning to the restive region of Waziristan.
- Nasa Picks Lockheed Martin To Build Moon-Bound Spaceship (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
NASA named Thursday a consortium led by US aerospace giant Lockheed Martin Corporation to design and build a new spacecraft that will take astronauts back to the moon.
- A Comprehensive Overview (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
Some interesting reads in Kannada...
- 2 Ministers Miss Lokayukta Deadline (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
Two JD(S) ministers – Mr Alkod Hanumanthappa, Minister for Youth Services and Sports and Mr Sharanabasappagouda Darshanapur, Minister for Agricultural Marketing, feature in the list of . . .
- Pak Militants In Uk Are Biggest Threat’ (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Sep 01, 2006)
UK-based Pakistani extremists pose a bigger threat to America than their counterparts in Iraq, Iraq or Afghanistan, according to US-based experts on Islamic extremism.
- The Grey Shade Of Life (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 01, 2006)
Can brands and advertising dare explore this side.
- Flying Beyond Discrimination (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 01, 2006)
Airline companies must evolve an inclusive, disability friendly, non-discriminatory policy.
- Call It Hi-Tech Setbacks (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 01, 2006)
If a machine is supposed to be quicker, I’ve actually wasted time trying to push my money into a hi-tech but recalcitrant contraption
- Back Now To Basics (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Sep 01, 2006)
Despite SC’s warning against destroying basic structure of Constitution, law-makers are changing it to suit their needs.
- Tales The Dead Tell (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
The book under review goes beyond headstones; it is an invaluable source of historical information accessible to scholars.
- A Bold New Step (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 01, 2006)
By adopting a new set of procedures for defence procurement, especially weapons and ammunition, the Government has taken a major step towards removing needless hurdles that have time and again served the interests of suppliers, agents and cynical . . .
- Indians Who Disgrace India (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Sep 01, 2006)
From swatting flies to crushing protesters under tanks, the Chinese Government holds a world record in disciplining people.
- In Death, An Islamist (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 01, 2006)
Egypt's outlawed Islamist opposition on Thursday joined leading Muslim clerics in mourning for Nobel Prize-winning author Naguib Mahfouz, some of whose work was condemned by Islamist extremists as sacrilegious during the writer's lifetime.
- Song Sung Blue (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 01, 2006)
Songs are usually sung by the happy, the sad, the devout or the lovelorn. Sometimes, in circumstances that are either dangerous or absurd (or both), they are sung because politicians want them sung.
- Corporate Design (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
The growing trend of corporate bigwigs entering Parliament has become a matter of serious discussion.
- Funds For Parties (Frontline, V. VENKATESAN, Sep 01, 2006)
Legislative changes brought by the NDA government have failed to ensure transparency in corporate funding of political parties.
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