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Articles 3321 through 3420 of 21907:
- 49 Die In Us Plane Crash (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Forty-nine people were killed in southern United States on Sunday when a passenger plane crashed shortly after the take-off.
- Atal Blows Sangh Trumpet (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Who is responsible for India becoming a nuclear power? Who ended the “licence quota raj”? Who annexed Kashmir to India? The Jan Sangh and the RSS, if A.B. Vajpayee is to be believed.
- Beyond The Violin-Shaped Village... (New Indian Express, JYOTI NAIR BELLIAPPA , Aug 28, 2006)
Shreekumar Varma’s Devil’s Garden is one of those delightful children’s books which will please the adults as well
- Keeping The Minority Investor Out (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, Aug 28, 2006)
Too many companies are constantly attempting to keep retail investors from getting their fair share of growth in market valuation and regulators seem unable to do much on this
- Meet The Trainspotters (New Indian Express, Riju Dave Mehta, Aug 28, 2006)
They seem pedestrian enough, these people. Swinging between work and wants, cares and compulsions, they flit through life at a banal pace.
- So Wide, You Can’T Get Around It... (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Mike Marqusee delves into an inspired Bob Dylan encyclopaedia.
- A ‘Class’ Apart (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Anecdotes and a richly personal style make the intimidating subject of classical music less daunting.
- Eye Catchers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Benodebehari Mukherjee is one of the most influential and highly regarded artists in the history of modern Indian art.
- The Real Price Of Freedom (Deccan Herald, M J Vinod , Aug 28, 2006)
The book takes a closer look at severed bonds during Partition and the logic behind the carnage.
- Suspicious Behaviour..! (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 28, 2006)
Many of my innumerable Asian friends have been after me to warn other Asians how to behave on board a flight, especially after the humiliation the twelve Indians suffered in Holland when their seemingly suspicious behavior after take off made the . . .
- Incensed Baluchis Rise In Revolt (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
The killing of a top tribal chief by Pakistani troops sparked widespread violence and rioting on Sunday and raised fears that a decades-old conflict in the country's volatile southwest could widen.
- Freeing Insurance (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 28, 2006)
Some call it a risk, while others consider it a progressive step, but the fact is that the Indian general insurance industry will finally be fully liberalised (detariffed, in legal jargon) from January 2007.
- 'India Benefits From Fall In China's Textile Export To Us' (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
India is one of the major beneficiaries of US restrictions on Chinese textile exports during the first six months of the current year, the Communist giant's top planning body said while cautioning the industry to brace for even less growth in . . .
- Hurriyat Does Not Represent Entire J&k: Pok Website (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2006)
The Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) government has put on its official website a report indicating that the Mirwaiz Umar Farooq-led Hurriyat Conference was Kashmir-centric and did not represent the entire state of Jammu and Kashmir.
- Gifted Awardee (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
The conferring of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award on cue sport ace Pankaj Advani is more the beginning than the end.
- Countering Cunningness (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Aug 26, 2006)
Those opposing reservations on the basis of equality are not advocating equal opportunities for all.
- Pluto: No Nine Pizzas? (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
It is now official. Pluto, 76, is dead. It was killed by a group of astronomers. It is now a dwarf planet and is no longer part of the nine planets as we all know it. Will Walt Disney now change the name of the all-time favourite character Pluto? And what
- Memories Of Mother Teresa (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 26, 2006)
"One of the miracles that occurred over the years," Mother Teresa once told me, "is that no one is allowed to die on streets; someone, somewhere brings the person to us." A biographer's tribute on her 96th birth anniversary.
- Hcl Infosystems: On Slippery Pitch (Business Standard, Niraj Bhatt, Aug 26, 2006)
Pressure of low margins and uncertainty on the Nokia front do not suggest much upside for HCL Infosystems.
- Inversion Of Roles (Business Standard, T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan, Aug 26, 2006)
Thanks to regional parties, it is the Lok Sabha which now represents states' interests.
- The World Of Those On The Move (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
The greatest percentage increase in the unauthorised immigrant population to the US between 2000 and 2005 was from India reveals World Migration 2005: Costs and Benefits of International Migration. International Social Work: Issues, Strategies, and Progra
- Race Relations Going Off The Rails In Malaysia? (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
Malaysians are confronted with the obvious question: where is the country heading should things remain the way they are? For a nation that is barely half a century old, Malaysians remain stuck in the quagmire of the past
- Shifting Winds In The Us (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Aug 26, 2006)
The month of August is usually languid and lazy in Washington. Virtually everyone is in their country houses or on the beaches, far removed from the cares of their daily chores.
- A Disappointing Judgment (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Aug 26, 2006)
The month of August is usually languid and lazy in Washington. Virtually everyone is in their country houses or on the beaches, far removed from the cares of their daily chores.
- Military Commanders In War (Daily Times, Shaukat Qadir, Aug 26, 2006)
Let us first take up the question of why peacetime leadership does not necessarily succeed in war.
- Quoting Shlokas, Pranab Defines Hinduism, Hindutva For Bjp (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
As the Leader of the Lok Sabha and the most reliable “No. 2” to both Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh in all matters relating to politics and government, Union Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee wears many hats.
- Uk-Bound? Brace Yourself (Times of India, Byas Anand, Aug 26, 2006)
Security norms on flights to UK just for tougher. The British authorities now want advance information on personal details of all air travellers arriving in UK as part of a security profiling measure.
- Vertu Constellation: Nokia Launches Collection Of Handcrafted Models (Business Line, Our Bureau, Business line, Aug 26, 2006)
Nokia has launched Vertu Constellation, the latest in the recent series of handcrafted mobile phones, in India. The collection showcases seven handcrafted models — in black, tan, chocolate or pink leather, made available in stainless steel and gold finish
- Mea Gets It Right (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 26, 2006)
The Foreign Office has got it just right in its intervention to bring home the hapless Indian passengers on the flight from Amsterdam to Mumbai. It has been criticised for not doing enough for those who carry the nation’s passport and get into trouble abr
- The Game Of The Rules (The Economic Times, Narendar Pani, Aug 26, 2006)
The bizarre end to the Test match between England and Pakistan at the Oval has followed a pattern that is becoming painfully predictable in the sub-continent.
- 'Behaviour Of Concern' (OutLook, B. Raman , Aug 26, 2006)
The Dutch police are reported to have arrested 12 passengers from a Mumbai-bound Northwest Airlines on August 23, 2006, after it was escorted back to Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport minutes after take off by Dutch F-16s.
- Follow The Dutch (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
The brouhaha over Dutch authorities taking 12 Indian Muslims in custody for questioning is totally uncalled for.
- Why Buy Facile Peace? (Pioneer, ARIF MOHAMMED KHAN, Aug 26, 2006)
Tasleemat, maan tasleemat/ tu bhari hai meethe pani se/ phal phoolon ki shadabi se/ dakkin ki thandi hawaon se/ faslon ki suhani fizaaon se/ tasleemat, maan tasleemat/ teri raaten roshan chand se/ teri raunaq sabze faam se/ teri pyar bhari muskan hai/ ter
- The Fading Screen (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
State must adopt liberal approach
The West Bengal government has perhaps no choice but to be more liberal towards the exhibition side of the film industry which has been incurring crippling losses.
- Gunter Grass's (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 26, 2006)
This might read like a confession which it may well be in part : my secret admiration for the Jewish people.
- Indian Polity At The (Daily Excelsior, Aditya Nath Dar, Aug 26, 2006)
The battle of ballot boxes have been fought and won. The winners are happy while the losers will have to wait for the next opportunity for pocketful of winning bonanza. Promises have been made to citizens for a better life.
- Push The Pace (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
That George Bush should use cuss words when he thinks the microphones are off is not really very surprising.
Has this man ever struck you as a guy with an overwhelmingly sophisticated command of the language?
You do remember that he was asked wheth
- Macaulay, Hitler And Us (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Aug 26, 2006)
Perhaps Macaulay would have understood. I didn’t.The Englishman who got Indians started on the English language is rather more famous in his native country for what was a 19th century bestseller.
- A Non-Existent State (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
This is apropos of In a world of its own (August 19).
- Storm In A Cola Bottle» (Hindustan Times, BARUN MITRA, Aug 26, 2006)
It is said that when history repeats itself, it usually ends in a farce. Tragically, the farce is behind the façade in the present rerun of the debate over pesticide in your soft drink bottle.
- Why The War On Terror Was Lost (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Aug 26, 2006)
When historians look back at the long hot months of July and August 2006, my guess is that they will remember them as the Summer of Terror.
- Taking Refuge In Nostalgia... (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Aug 26, 2006)
There was a time I made three visits to Khan Market everyday. It is across the road from my flat.
- A Horst Wessel? (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Aug 26, 2006)
True, Rabindranath Tagore who set Vande Mataram to music had reservations about the song from the Hindu-Muslim angle.
- The Past Is Another Planet (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
WHILE our eyes have been fixed on Lebanon, the situation in Iraq has been deteriorating. The death toll in Lebanon and Israel during the recent fighting was appalling, but three times as many people were probably killed in Iraq in the same period, UN figu
- If Brown=terrorist, Doesn’T White=racist? (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
The English word ‘barbarian’ owes its origin to the Greek word ‘barbaros’, one who cannot speak Greek and thereby is a non-Greek.
- Khan Saheb In Kashi (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 26, 2006)
There are moments when I love my job, or rather my business of journalism — even I, a hard-nosed, cynical hack of nearly three decades.
- Flying In The Time Of Fear (Hindustan Times, Sanchita Sharma, Aug 26, 2006)
If you put aside having to place your passport and tickets in a ziploc bag and then take off your shoes and jacket for security checks, you might just discover the lighter side of travel in the shadow of terror.
- Who Are The Bohras? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
The 12 men arrested in Amsterdam on Flight NW-42, and since cleared of all charges, were Bohra Muslims from Mumbai. The point of interest is that the Bohra community has always been known for being strictly apolitical, and sharply focused on its primary t
- Katrina Still Haunts Bush (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
A year after Hurricane Katrina pounded the Gulf Coast and left New Orleans in ruins, President George W Bush is still grappling with the political fallout from a federal response widely viewed as inept.
- Indo-Pak Talks On Sir Creek Doubtful (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
The Indo-Pak technical-level talks to resolve the dispute over Sir Creek, scheduled to be held here for two days from August 23, may not take place.
- Pluto Ex-Communicated (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
And finally, for no fault of its own except that it was too small and had an eccentric orbit, and should never have been a planet in the first place, Pluto stands demoted. The decision of the International Astronomical Union was a while coming, but it was
- Poop Goes The President» (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
That George Bush should use cuss words when he thinks the microphones are off is not really very surprising
- Role Of Pakistani Being Probed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
In the Mumbai train blasts investigation, the Anti-Terrorist Squad on Thursdaysaid that they are investigating role of the Pakistani national who was killed on August 22.
- Beijing, Caracas To Boost Energy Ties (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
China will get 50,000 barrels of oil per day, says Chavez
- The Undiminished Popularity Of A.Q. Khan (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 25, 2006)
For the people of Pakistan, neither the charges against the scientist nor his own confession matter. The belief that he single-handedly made the bomb is widespread.
- Future Of India-Us Nuclear Deal (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Aug 25, 2006)
Despite the Prime Minister's clear enunciation of what precisely India will and will not accept in any legislation passed by the US Congress, it is clear that it will be difficult to conclude a mutually acceptable agreement with . . .
- Hitler Is Cool (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 25, 2006)
The sense of something being in bad taste is often difficult to explain.
- Thrifty China, Spendthrift America (The Financial Express, ROBERT J SHILLER, Aug 25, 2006)
The difference in the two countries’ savings rate must be a major reason why China’s annual economic growth rate is much higher. Differences in life experiences explain much of this.
- Freedom For Dozen On Flight Of Fiasco (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
The F-16s were scrambled in vain. The 12 men offloaded from a Mumbai-bound US flight and detained in Amsterdam yesterday are of Indian descent but posed no terrorist threat, Dutch authorities said today.
- Turkish Desires (Telegraph, BHASWATI CHAKRAVORTY, Aug 25, 2006)
A dark, handsome and solitary man, physically fit but tragically deprived, a man of simple living and sophisticated pleasures, with an acute mind and a delicate touch in cooking, is an irresistible draw as a detective.
- Indians Arrested In Netherlands Charged For Flight Disruption (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
The 12 Indians, travelling by a US airliner and arrested in The Netherlands, have been charged with disruption of flight, government said here tonight.
- Are Asians Facing A Witch-Hunt In Mid-Air? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Aug 25, 2006)
In recent weeks, a number of people of Asian or Arab origin have been forced off flights in Europe and America. What these cases illustrate goes far beyond legitimate policing and security precautions.
- House Nod For Puducherry Bill (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
Unanimous support to the move in the Lok Sabha
- Degeneration Of Modern Nations Into Tribalism (Hindu, Hywel Williams, Aug 25, 2006)
Colonial interference and Europe's failure to absorb minorities has led to a global decay of the state.
- The Telangana Turn (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Aug 25, 2006)
When Telangana Rashtra Samithi chief K. Chandrashekhara Rao walked out of the UPA and began his hunger strike at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on August 23, he was not the first Andhra leader to use this evocative tool to pursue an emotive cause.
- Victim Of Its Charisma (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 25, 2006)
Tigers are a step away from extinction and the need of the hour is to protect them, instead of farming them for use, says Nirmal Ghosh.
- Barbs Against The Congress (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 25, 2006)
The Darul Uloom Deoband’s monthly journal, Mahnama Darul Uloom in an editorial in its latest issue has recognised the contribution of the Congress party in India’s independence, but has gone onto strongly criticise the economic policies of the regime.
- Beirut To Bali: The Echo The West Doesn’T Want To Hear (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 25, 2006)
The Israeli attack on Lebanon and the ceasefire creating the perception of a Hezbollah victory in the minds of Muslim radicals worldwide could rekindle the threat of terrorism in Southeast Asia, or even raise it to new levels.
- No Progress In City Serial Blasts Probe (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Mumbai police said on Thursday that there was no headway in investigations into the July 11 serial blasts. The ATS released the sketch of an unclaimed body found in one of the blast sites to establish its identification.
- Adults Like It, You Know (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 25, 2006)
In the gigantic crèche that is India, adult content in television channels has always created a flutter among those wracked with Freudian neuroses.
- Price Of War Is Too High (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Aug 25, 2006)
Beirut-Larnaca: Siroco, a stately French warship dressed in grey, sails smoothly, silently into Beirut's nearly deserted harbour, flanked by her escort the anti-submarine frigate Montcalm.
- Life Is For A Cause (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 25, 2006)
I DO not know why Pakistan has overreacted to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s reiteration that if cross-border terrorism remains unabated the supporters of peace process would be weakened. I got frantic calls from TV stations in Karachi to react.
- Jihad Against Darrell Hair (Pioneer, ASHOK MALIK, Aug 25, 2006)
In the bizarre aftermath of Test cricket's first forfeiture - wherein the Pakistanis walked off the pitch, almost literally, at the Oval this past week and surrendered the game to England - there is an unfortunate tendency to see the episode within . . .
- Borders Of Mirth (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 25, 2006)
India and Pakistan share a funny bone
- Police Crack Down On Prostitution In Agra (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
More and more girls, some still infants, are being groomed to become prostitutes in the Taj Mahal city of Agra. But the police are determined to end it all.
- The Born Again Terrorist (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 25, 2006)
Less than a fortnight after Heathrow, another scare aboard a Northwest Airline flight has the world’s headlines. Perhaps we’d be less scared if we learnt more. There is no convenient ‘us’ and ‘them’ when it comes to terrorism. ‘Converts’ who join . . .
- Chamatkar: India’S Miracle Worker (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Aug 25, 2006)
Mumbai’s Meethi is the most speciously named river in geological history.
- On Quotas, Hasten Slowly (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 25, 2006)
The cabinet’s nod to the bill on OBC reservations in institutions of higher education has revived the spectre of 1990. The high emotive potential of the issue should have induced caution.
- Afghans In Quetta For Treatment: Icrc (Dawn, Saleem Shahid, Aug 25, 2006)
People wounded in clashes in Afghanistan were seeking medical treatment in Pakistan through the International Committee for Red Cross (ICRC).
- Anti-Americanism In Russia (Dawn, Rajan Menon, Aug 25, 2006)
The Bush administration’s imposition of sanctions on two Russian companies this month for selling military technology to Iran certainly sends the Kremlin a message — but it won’t be the one the White House has in mind.
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