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Articles 4221 through 4320 of 21907:
- No-Trust Against Aziz On 23rd (Daily Times, Shahzad Raza, Aug 10, 2006)
Committee formed to draft motion, corruption to be main charge
No Opp decision yet on motion against president
- Lessons From L'affaire Natwar Singh (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 10, 2006)
The sooner Mr Natwar Singh sheds his hubris which has brought him to this pass the better will he be able to salvage what little political respectability he still thinks he can lay claim to.
- `Move To Sideline Pandalam Palace In Sabarimala Affairs' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Ayyappa Dharma Samrakshana Samiti holds mass fast
- Sonia Visits Flood-Ravaged Areas In Andhra Pradesh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Centre to release Rs. 200 crore from the Calamity Relief Fund
- Sonia Visits Flood-Hit Areas, Consoles Victims (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Centre to release Rs. 200 crores from the Calamity Relief Fund as immediate relief for State .
- 'Frame A Clear Healthcare Policy' (The Economic Times, GIREESH CHANDRA PRASAD, Aug 10, 2006)
Buoyed by strong growth of medical tourism and the spread of health insurance, corporate hospitals are on the expansion mode.
- 13 Years Through Trial And Terror (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Aug 10, 2006)
Today, after 13,000 pages of evidence and 686 witnesses, it’s judgment day for the 123 accused in the Bombay Blasts Case of 1993. But a verdict already seems to have been passed on the Mumbai Muslim, targeted over and over again
- 1993 Blast Case: Court To Deliver Verdict Today (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
The 1993 serial bomb blasts case has finally come to an end with a TADA court all set to start dictation of its verdict from today in the presence of all the 123 accused, including actor Sanjay Dutt.
- Heart Talk (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 10, 2006)
How much of medicine is gender biased? A lot, it seems, going by the findings of a recent study: Women who suffer the same symptoms of heart disease as men are being sent home with a clean chit for want of medical evidence.
- Politics In Hockey (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Pakistan faced utmost humiliation and disappointment at the 28 Champions Trophy Hockey Tournament where it finished 5th and yet we did not see any shame or remorse from any of the hockey charlatans.
- Enervating Israel's Neighbourhood (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 10, 2006)
The ongoing Israeli attack on Lebanon is only one episode in the long battle started more than six decades ago between the band of mountebanks and political usurpers put together by industrial nations of the West and the members of one of the most . . .
- Kudos For Karat (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 10, 2006)
A rather unexpected recipient of some praise — albeit left-handed — in the pages of Organiser is CPM general secretary Prakash Karat. It appears in a long article on the government’s “total isolation” over the nuclear deal issue.
- Pm Lays Out Contours Of Bimstec Cooperation (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Aug 10, 2006)
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, today unveiled his vision of linking South Asia to Southeast Asia. He made a strong pitch for using BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multisectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) to improve . . .
- Prerequisite For Economic Growth (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 10, 2006)
As public and professional services, police and business must play a more proactive role together than they have so far, says Arun Chawla.
- Boucher Pak Pitch To Muslims (Asian Age, Ramesh Ramachandran, Aug 10, 2006)
United States assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher kept a busy schedule in New Delhi but found time to hardsell Pakistan to the Muslim intelligentsia of India.
- The Foreign To Bjp Policy (Pioneer, ASHOK MALIK, Aug 10, 2006)
Why are nuclear nationalists prancing around with KGB hand-me-downs? ---- Since the Monsoon Session of Parliament began in the final week of July, three issues and a subtext have engrossed it:
- Nepal Arms Row Ends (Statesman, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Aug 10, 2006)
The festering dispute between Nepal’s seven-party government and the Maoists over decommissioning the guerilla soldiers, that aggravated this week, after Prime Minister Mr Koirala championed accommodating King Gyanendra in the future political . . .
- Seeking Invulnerability (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 10, 2006)
The US must not overthrow rogue regimes but, in exchange of nuclear guarantees, leave their fate in the hands of their own people, says Gwynne Dyer.
- More Facilities For Legislators (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Aug 10, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz wants to improve the quality of life of the people of Pakistan. That has been promised by successive leaders often in the past. But the promise has hardly ever materialized except in case of a small number of people.
- Iran’S Positive Stance On Bla (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 10, 2006)
Tehrn has assured Pakistan that no element of the so-called Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) will be allowed to take refuge in Iran, Interior Secretary Syed Kamal Shah said in Islamabad on return from talks with the Iranian authorities on the issue.
- China To Build Six 300-Mw Nuclear Power Stations (Pakistan Observer, Amanullah Khan, Aug 10, 2006)
China would help Pakistan to overcome its power shortfall by building up six 300-megawatt nuclear power stations, Pakistan Observer learnt from reliable sources.
- Tackling Ulfa-I (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 10, 2006)
The asymmetric secessionist war of the United Liberation Front of Asom has gravely endangered national security ever since its inception in 1979.
- Serial Bomb Blasts Verdict: Tada Judge To Start Dictation (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
The 1993 serial bomb blasts case has finally come to an end with a TADA court all set to start dictation of its verdict from today in the presence of all the 123 accused, including actor Sanjay Dutt.
- Basohli's Bad Luck (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 10, 2006)
Despite its idyllic location, school of painting and pashmina shawl industry Basohli in Kathua district is very rarely in the news. Its proximity to the Jammu-Srinagar national highway has not earned for it any additional value.
- Kurseong Diary (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
For a place that was founded by the Brits and is steeped in Raj history, Kurseong has surprisingly few churches -- just two of them, in fact. British planters in the Darjeeling hills discouraged the clergy from proselytizing the tea garden workers...
- Derailed Ties (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 09, 2006)
The expulsions will slow down the people-to-people contact.
- Right To Ignorance? (Deccan Herald, L C JAIN, Aug 09, 2006)
The notings are essential to the RTI Act and the Government is guilty of a breach of faith.
- Police To Play ‘The Guide’ (Deccan Herald, P M Raghunandan, Aug 09, 2006)
The ubiquitous policemen in Mysore City are set to don the role of ‘guides’ and, of course, they will be as polite as any hired guide.
- Breaking The Code (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Aug 09, 2006)
It is a sad commentary on the state of strategic thinking in India that in all the discourse in parliament and outside about Jaswant Singh’s new book, A Call to Honour, the author’s message was lost, and . . .
- A Grey Report (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 09, 2006)
Truth should be in black and white ---- Rare is an official inquiry into a financial scandal that has come up with facts that tell the full story of moral and political corruption in the highest echelons of Government.
- Corporates Can Do It (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 09, 2006)
Something extraordinary is happening in infrastructure. Historically, the government has provided infrastructure, which then makes feasible private sector investment. Some economists claim that this process refutes the conventional wisdom that . . .
- In Afghanistan, A New Crackdown (Tribune, Pamela Constable, Aug 09, 2006)
Behind an unmarked door on a quiet residential street, a half-dozen young Chinese women in miniskirts shimmy to disco tapes or sit with beefy European men. Next to the fully stocked bar, a plastic Christmas tree pulses with tiny lights.
- Aids Affects Economy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 09, 2006)
THE adverse economic impact of HIV and AIDS occurs at three levels: the individual/household level, sector level, and national or macro-levels. In the early phase of the epidemic, the impacts at the sector and macro-levels are rather mild . . .
- Kolkata Has It (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 09, 2006)
Kolkatans are not reputed for initiative, but German consul G Wehrmann says this is unfair.
- Seminar On India-Us Ties (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
The Preston University organised a seminar on ‘Indo-US Strategic Relationship’.
- 100,000 Pakistanis Visited India In 2005 (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Aug 09, 2006)
The relative India-Pakistan bonhomie over the past two years has seen a considerable increase in the number of Pakistanis visiting India. While only 9,253 Pakistanis visited India in 2003, the number jumped to 67,416 in 2004 and 94,057 in 2005.
- Pakistan And India Among World Bank’S Top Ten Borrowers (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Aug 09, 2006)
The World Bank’s (WB) lending commitments to South Asia reached $3.8 billion in the financial year ending 30 June 2006, a figure that accounts for 16 percent of all loans, grants, and credits by the WB’s two affiliated entities, IBRD and IDA.
- Search For A New Way (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 09, 2006)
Since most hijras end up being stereotyped as cross-dressing men, they end up facing challenges linked with their identity.
- Compensate Indians Displaced From Lebanon (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 09, 2006)
The CPM does not merely want India to stop buying arms from Israel because that helps in “enriching the coffers of a country which attacks with impunity its neighbours and massacres their people”.
- Remains Of That Day (Indian Express, ARITRO GANGULY, Aug 09, 2006)
Remains of that day Can the lull after the horror of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945 last for ever?
- Affirmative Action Is It Ok To Ask Banks To Relook The Interest Hike? (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 09, 2006)
Government intervention in higher education through reservation has been debated with a keenness that is to be expected of any policy that has redistributive effects.
- Nda Missile, Speaker Ceasefire (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Aug 09, 2006)
With the NDA limiting its boycott of the Lok Sabha to just one day and Speaker Somnath Chatterjee disinclined to dramatically quit over today’s developments, a ‘‘crisis’’ in the Lower House has been averted for the time being.
- Inside The Marvel, To The World’S Roof (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 09, 2006)
As the brand new deep green train to Tibet pulled out of the Lanzhou station, on the edge of the Gobi desert at 4.30 in the evening there was excitement among the passengers about the high rail road they were going to take.
- Now A Development Agenda For Wipo (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 09, 2006)
The decision of member-countries of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), acting through its Provisional Committee, to refer the issue of a Development Agenda for this United Nations-affiliated body to its General Assembly in September . .
- Europe And Israel's Acts Of Unilateralism (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Aug 09, 2006)
At the critical moment of decision making, internal contradictions come to the fore and Europe appears to drag its feet.
- Keeping A Watch For The Big One (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Aug 09, 2006)
India's tsunami warning system, intended to prevent a repeat of December 26, 2004, is expected to become operational by September 2007.
- Let Us Join Hands To Reclaim Feminism (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 09, 2006)
To see off the feminist-bashers, we must unite around core concerns and harness a third wave.
- Dead End (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 09, 2006)
There is a common misconception that the Congress party is in a dilemma about what to do with Mr Natwar Singh.
- Very Cross (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 09, 2006)
Art, in its engagement with religion, has always relished hell-brink blasphemy. And Madonna is one contemporary artist whose appetite for it remains insatiable.
- Joint Nepal Letter To Un Planned (Telegraph, J. HEMANTH, Aug 09, 2006)
The Nepal government today announced that a joint letter, bearing the signatures of Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and Maoist chief Prachanda, would be sent to the UN tomorrow asking the world body to monitor the arms of the Nepal Army and the . . .
- Israeli Warning Freezes Aid (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
UN relief aid in southern Lebanon was completely frozen today, aid agencies said after an Israeli warning that it would attack any moving vehicle south of the Litani River.
- Sri Lanka Needs A New Peace Process (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 09, 2006)
"India wants the continuation of Norwegian role in Sri Lanka and even wants the US to get involved, and is saying so, both in private and public."
- Casual Labour Problem (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 09, 2006)
“If the ministry’s action weakens the system, then the Moody’s might go moody and the Standards will rate us ‘poor’”
- Rbi Should Stick To Fine Tuning (Business Standard, Subir Roy, Aug 09, 2006)
The perceptions of the finance minister and the central bank governor appear to be in a classical misalignment. P Chidambaram wants buoyant growth to continue whereas Y V Reddy has signalled higher interest rates so as to rein in incipient inflation.
- West Asia: Use Crisis As An Opportunity (Pioneer, BULBUL ROY MISHRA, Aug 09, 2006)
Israel and Palestine can yet find a solution by hypothetically inter-changing their traditional positions, says Bulbul Roy Mishra
- Who Killed The Vidarbha Farmers? (OutLook, Smruti Koppikar, Aug 09, 2006)
Heartbreaking as they are, suicides - over 90 last month - are only a symptom of the larger and deep agrarian crisis, reminds the award-winning journalist, touching on the role played by our policy-makers and politicians - from Montek Singh . . .
- Treehouse Stay In Dandeli (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
We continue our reader-driven getaway series.
- Nationalism Versus Globalism In Oil (The Financial Express, Vikram S Mehta, Aug 09, 2006)
At the global level, concerns about security of the energy system are growing, while nations’ quest for securing supplies is intensifying. Is there a sustainable balance?
- It Was Not Expected Of Vajpayee: Dasmunsi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
We never expected him to question impartiality of the Chair: Left
Speaker ``bulldozing'' House into transacting business: BJP
Vajpayee has no respect for the institution: CPI
Boycott betrays lack of faith in Parliament: Congress
- Court Bars Hymn Recitation At Temple (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
"It will affect sanctity of the place, cause law and order problem"
- Fanfare To Fizzle (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 09, 2006)
National Rural Health Mission yet to take off
Whether it’s urban renewal or rural health, national missions ~ the UPA dispensation’s buzzword for reaching out to the people ~ ironically reflect the dead hand of government.
- 33 Dead In Zimbabwe Bus Crash (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Thirty-three people, including six children, were killed in northern Zimbabwe when the bus they were travelling in went off a bridge and landed in a dry riverbed, said media reports.
- A Many-Sided Threat (Tribune, Balraj Puri, Aug 09, 2006)
The Government of India has postponed the scheduled talks between the Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan and so is the proposed visit of the Prime Minister to Pakistan.
- Floods Maroon Thousands In India; 150 Killed (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Swirling floodwater inundated several towns and cities in western and southern India on Tuesday as the military deployed helicopters and boats to help hundreds of thousands of marooned people.
- Israel Threatens To Extend Offensive (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Hezbollah fighters and Israeli ground troops were battling in south Lebanon as diplomats bickered at the United Nations over moves to end four weeks of bloodshed and destruction.
- A Convenient Blinker (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 09, 2006)
Anti-semitism is a very convenient phrase. Once it used to stand for philosophies and state policies that tended to persecute or discriminate against the Jewish people in Europe.
- People's Power Struggle (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 09, 2006)
Anyone who pays attention to the trajectory of politics in Pakistan -- and its attendant media blitzes -- is aware that there is an astounding consistency with which 'national issues' become front page news and then just as quickly fade into oblivion.
- The Lucky 24 (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 09, 2006)
Tourism minister Nelofer Bakhtiar, with her immense knowledge of the tourism industry coupled with her real life experience in the tourism business may be immensely capable.
- In Reverse Gear? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 09, 2006)
Not very long ago three journalists belonging to this city had participated in a lively debate organised by a leading private television channel of Pakistan. It was at the peak of bonhomie between India and Pakistan.
- Tsunami Damaged Marine Turtles And Their Habitats.......... (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
The December 2004 Tsunami has damaged marine turtles and their habitats in India and 10 other countries, a UN report has said.
- Gujarat Riot Victims Hunt For Bodies, Justice (Reuters, RUPAM JAIN NAIR, Aug 09, 2006)
After a tip from a local streetsweeper, Amina Habib Rasool and a few friends began digging through a rubbish tip, looking for the remains of sons and husbands four years after they were slaughtered by a Hindu mob.
- Floods Maroon Thousands In Indian Cities, 200 Killed (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Swirling floodwaters inundated several towns and cities in western and southern India on Tuesday as the military deployed helicopters and boats to help hundreds of thousands of marooned people.
- Devotion Only Matters (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
The lives of devotees have been documented in scriptural texts like the Puranas and biographies. What differentiates works like the Bhakta Vijayam from the Puranic accounts is the description of the Lord's intercession in the lives of these . . .
- Holidays For Women (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Tired of watching men doing all the travelling? Women on Wanderlust (WOW) is organising a holiday to Egypt exclusively for women groups.
- Themes In Art And Mysticism (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
This volume is a tribute to Bettina Baumer, a renowned Indologist, one of the foremost expounders of Kashmir Saivism and a well-known figure in the field of inter-religious dialogue.
- Love For Kashmir Outdoes Terror (Deccan Herald, Zahoor Malik , Aug 08, 2006)
Fear of terror could not stop Mukesh Vaishnavi of Jaipur from visiting Kashmir again. Despite being injured in a grenade attack on June 21 in Srinagar, he has returned to thank the local people for taking care of him while he was being treated in . . .
- Hc Rejects Plea For Security Of Kanchi Seer (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
The Madras High Court on Tuesday dismissed as 'withdrawn' a petition seeking restoration of 'Z' category security to Kanchi Seer Jayendra Saraswathi.
- Inspiring Lives Of Preceptors And Saints (Hindu, CHARUKESI, Aug 08, 2006)
The first book covers the lives and times of four Acharyas of the Sringeri Sharada Peetham namely, Sacchidananda Sivabhinava Nrisimha Bharati (33rd), Chandrasekhara Bharati (34th), Abhinav Vidyathirtha (35th) and the present head Bharati Thirtha by . . .
- Uncalled-For Expulsions (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 08, 2006)
The writer is editor current affairs, The News, and editor
- Preserving Rare Books (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 08, 2006)
As if it wasn’t bad enough to lament the lack of public libraries in Karachi, the news that 20,000 rare books of the Central Archaeological Reference Library are under threat is indicative of how little importance is given to preserving our heritage.
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