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Articles 4321 through 4420 of 21907:
- Ex-Servicemen To Help Boost Tourism In State (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Veterans' home-stay project becoming popular
Aimed at establishing a chain of home-stays
Plans to set up 1,000 of them in three years
- When Self-Defence Becomes Lawlessness (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Aug 08, 2006)
Israel's right to self-defence has never been the issue. The issue is whether its response has been proportionate.
- Guided Development Of Sabarimala Mooted (Hindu, Roy Mathew, Aug 08, 2006)
Proposes strategy to minimise future disasters
- The Buddha Of The Fast Lane (Indian Express, SUBRATA NAGCHOUDHURY, Aug 08, 2006)
Six months is an extraordinarily long time in politics. On January 8 West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee had held US President George W. Bush guilty of the world’s “worst organised murder” during a massive election rally at . . .
- Are Us-Iraq Ties On Cusp Of Change? (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Aug 08, 2006)
Americans believe that the time has come to stop wasting American lives and money.
- 'Who's For Conversion, Sonia Or Pope?' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Who said 'Christians have the right to convert?' - Sonia Gandhi, Sister Nirmala, Pope Benedict, Father Prakash.
- Wisdom In A Well (Deccan Herald, JAYALAKSHMI K, Aug 08, 2006)
There is no point in deploying technology for the sake of technology.
- General Anaesthesia (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 08, 2006)
Islamabad's brutal treatment of an Indian diplomat, who was hooded, handcuffed and confined at an undisclosed location before being expelled from the country, doesn't square very well with its insistence that the peace process must not be affected . . .
- Young Ny Singer Builds Big Following With Web Exposure (Reuters, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 08, 2006)
Inside a disheveled Long Island beach cottage on a muggy summer day, Jamie Kristine Seerman sings into a microphone, strumming a battered guitar, recording on a computer a song that she hopes will be a hit.
- Tourism Agreement Likely With Gujarat (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Both States offer special circuits for tourists of varied segments
- Maharashtra Rain Toll 40 (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
At least 40 persons have lost their lives in the past two days across Maharashtra following heavy rain, according to the state police control room here, while the death count rose to 94 in Andhra Pradesh where three lakh people were marooned in . . .
- Nuclear Blackmail (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 08, 2006)
The Pakistani Ambassador to the United States, Mr Mahmud Ali Durrani, has made it clear that the new plutonium-producing reactor coming up at the Khushab complex in Pakistan is intended to increase Pakistan’s arsenal. Pakistan’s repeated . . .
- The Enemy Within (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Aug 08, 2006)
India is perhaps the only country where two forms of fanaticism is currently prevalent.
- Suspense In The Sands (Tribune, MG Kapahy, Aug 08, 2006)
This relates to the period when villages in India were not connected with the outside world by pucca roads and my village, Kot-Isa-Khan Distt Ferozepore, was not among those fortunate ones.
- `Ltte Certainly Wants Peace' (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 08, 2006)
Certainly LTTE wants it. The question is how much it is willing to compromise politically in terms of the power it wields. — MR JEHAN PERERA, MEDIA DIRECTOR, NATIONAL PEACE COUNCIL, COLOMBO .
- Diplomatic Row (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 08, 2006)
The tit-for-tat expulsions by Pakistan and India over the weekend -- after a passage of almost three years -- does not bode well for relations between the two countries, already rocked by New Delhi's allegations of Islamabad's involvement in the . . .
- Justice For The Northern Areas (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 08, 2006)
It is not quite clear under what law the 1.5 million people of the Northern Areas (Gilgit-Baltistan), a region of 72,496 sq km, are ruled by Pakistan as a federal territory for 58 years.
- Folly In High Places (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Aug 08, 2006)
Two erudite men, both former ministers of external affairs, both authors, both from Rajasthan, albeit from different communities — Natwar Singh and Jaswant Singh — have hogged the headlines these last two weeks for all the wrong reasons.
- Withering ‘Kali’ Of Kashmir? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 08, 2006)
Sometimes certain songs have lyrics that turn out to be nearly prophetic. Superhit "Junglee" readily comes to mind in this behalf. Saira Bano playing a Kashmiri belle had moved the millions while portraying Lata . . .
- Arabs Demand Israel Pullout As More Civilians Die (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Arab nations demanded Israel pull its troops out of Lebanon as part of any UN resolution to end a war in which at least 30 people were killed today by Israeli strikes.
- Sehgal, Mystery Sixth Man In Team (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
The breakthrough in Andaleeb Sehgal’s bid for a slice of the Iraqi oil-for-food contracts came when he managed to latch on to Natwar Singh’s delegation to Baghdad.
- Time To Look Back Without Anger (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 08, 2006)
The tit-for-tat expulsion of an Indian and Pakistani diplomat each over the weekend clearly signifies a new low in the bilateral relationship. What is worse is the media spin being put on the story, which, in fact, makes out the situation to be . . .
- Guided Development Of Sabarimala Complex Mooted (Hindu, Roy Mathew, Aug 08, 2006)
Draft Master Plan proposes strategy to minimise future disasters
Suggests environment-friendly development
Improved transportation facilities proposed
Working committee discusses proposals
- Concentration In The Competitive Software Business (Business Line, Jayati Ghosh, Aug 08, 2006)
The success of India in the global market for software services has encouraged the view that software is a competitive industry with limited barriers to entry and space for new and small players. In actual fact, however, US firms dominate the . . .
- The Forked Tongue (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 08, 2006)
When it comes to gift of the gab, you just can’t beat a Bajaj, especially if the first name happens to be Rahul. The independent Rajya Sabha MP from Maharashtra sure knows how to keep his PR and business in water-tight compartments.
- 'Yet To See India's Passion For Peace' (OutLook, SABA NAQVI BHAUMIK, Aug 08, 2006)
A long and winding drive takes us to the residence of Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, located on an elevation in Islamabad. The elegant residence is far more sophisticated and plush than the home of his Indian counterpart. Over a cup of tea . . .
- Pakistan Hopes Spy Row Won't Hurt India Peace Talks (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Pakistan said on Monday a tit-for-tat expulsion of diplomats by Islamabad and New Delhi at the weekend should not derail a delicate peace process between South Asia's nuclear-armed rivals.
- Mumbai: Probe Muslims Who Travel (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Aug 08, 2006)
The Maharash-tra government has issued a directive to the state police to thoroughly investigate every Muslim who travels abroad.
- Abridged Mahabharata (Hindu, Sarojini Premchand, Aug 08, 2006)
This book is an abridged version of the first five Parvas of the Mahabharata in 417 tersely woven verses.
- Fighting External And Internal Enemies (Pioneer, Asheesh Shah, Aug 08, 2006)
All political and social organisations should review their policies in the interest of the nation to keep India ahead, says Asheesh Shah.
- 15 Aid Workers Slain In Lanka (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Fifteen Tamils working for a French aid agency were found slain in north-eastern Sri Lanka following fierce battles between Tamil rebels and the government in a reservoir dispute, relief agency officials said on Monday.
- Blood Over Water (Pioneer, Amantha Perera, Aug 08, 2006)
The peace process notwithstanding, war in Sri Lanka has intensified with little to hope from international efforts at mediation, says Amantha Perera.
- Top Lanka Police Official Killed In Mine Explosion (Deccan Herald, P KARUNAKHARAN , Aug 08, 2006)
A top police official attached to the counter-insurgency Special Task Force and his driver were killed in a powerful claymore mine explosion by suspected LTTE cadres in Sri Lanka’s Central Kandy district on Monday.
- Law-Governed Solution (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 08, 2006)
The voices of the innocent must be heard above the din of war.
- Natwar Determined To Tell His Side Of Story (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Aug 08, 2006)
Seeks time from RS Chairman ---- Former external affairs minister Natwar Singh is determined to tell his side of the story in Parliament on his indictment and Congress exoneration by the Justice Pathak . . .
- Ideology And Confusion (Statesman, DIPAK BASU, Aug 08, 2006)
Hinduism and India’s cultural heritage now have to contend with two major adversaries, apart from its traditional enemies such as the Islamic warriors and Christian missionaries.
- Cup That Despairs (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 08, 2006)
Irresponsible trade unionism in tea gardens
However much a well-meaning Chief Minister may try to treat it as a closed chapter, irresponsible trade unionism seems likely to plague West Bengal for some time yet despite the paradigm shift in Marxist . . .
- Floods Threaten To Engulf Bhadradri Rama Temple (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Water levels at river Godavari continue to rise menacingly on Sunday, even as four persons were killed in separate incidents in the Bhadrachalam division.
- Expulsion Of Envoys Won’T Hurt Peace: Fo (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
The tit-for-tat expulsion of diplomats by Pakistan and India will not affect the peace process between the two countries, the Foreign Office said on Monday.
- Rain Lashes Maharashtra, 62 Die In Andhra (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Torrential monsoon showers lashed Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra crippling normal life and claiming 15 lives even as flood situation in Andhra Pradesh, where the death toll rose to 62, was grim today.
- Woman And Child As Merchandise (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 07, 2006)
Biswajit Ghosh and Ananda Mohan Kar
The problem of trafficking against women and children in India is now an important social issue. It refers to the movement of men, women and children from one place to another through force, coercion or . . .
- Habitual Offenders (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 07, 2006)
State must face truth on custody deaths
A police administration that has recently been seen to be seriously concerned about the future of cricket in Bengal has generally not been as enthusiastic about cleaning up the mess in its own backyard.
- Hec Needs Sound Financial Backing (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 07, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that higher education is essential for the nation’s future development and lauded the services of Dr Attaur Rehman, chairman of the Higher Education Commission to focus the significance of higher education . . .
- A Congress Mole In The Bjp? (OutLook, Salman Khurshid, Aug 07, 2006)
Jaswant Singh seems to have had the better of the call of BJP culture but gaps remain in his tell-all
- Understand Your Nature For Realisation (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 07, 2006)
Presence of all the worldly goods will not bring happiness in the life of an individual, if the person does not know one's true self ------ A voice inside is screaming "I'm here, I'm here," but I am struck dumb. And then the eyes, when the master . . .
- ‘N. Korea Missiles Successful’ (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
An analysis by Japan and the US has concluded that six of the seven missiles tested by North Korea last month fell within their targets, indicating the tests were successful, a major Japanese newspaper reported on Sunday.
- A Bit Of Galbraith And A Vision In 4-D (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
The PM's press advisor advocates a marriage between economic and foreign policy, but is anyone listening?
- Do Mix Your Drinks (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 07, 2006)
Don’t mix your drinks, they used to say. Like all adages this one may be outdated. Coffee, Tea or Me was the name of a saucy book written by two air-hostesses in the 1960s era of civil aviation.
- India: Looking Back And Forward (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 07, 2006)
I came to India four years ago at an exciting time in India’s recent history. Change was palpable and a new sense of confidence was in the air.
- Double Invasion (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 07, 2006)
It continues to be a sad commentary on our times that serious occurrences in remote areas don’t get timely notice. This is true of not only the administrative apparatus but of all spheres of society.
- Problems Of Manning Military Machine (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 07, 2006)
Even the most sophisticated technology of warfare is handled ultimately by men engaged in the profession of soldiering. Its use in combat depends therefore greatly on their skill, training, morale and ingenuity.
- Is Terror In India Becoming Home Grown? (Daily Excelsior, Sarla Handoo, Aug 07, 2006)
Till the Mumbai blasts took place on 11/7, one would have perhaps rejected out of hand, the view that terror in India is home grown. That is because New Delhi has sufficient reason to believe that Pakistan is behind our terror trouble.
- Too Good? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 07, 2006)
It sounds too good but one should take the official word for it. A number of schemes are afoot to invest holy shrines and tourist places with their due status in the State including in the Jammu region during 2006-07.
- Citizen Narain (Business Standard, Sunil Jain, Aug 07, 2006)
Life’s been quite a whirl for Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Director Sunita Narain ever since she unveiled CSE’s second set of tests that showed the country’s soft drinks industry hadn’t improved its act over the past three years with . . .
- In Memoriam: Nandini Satpathy (Indian Express, Inder Malhotra, Aug 07, 2006)
For many years until the rather terse announcement of her death on Friday, few outside Orissa had thought or heard of Nandini Satpathy, at one time a woman of power and glory in both New Delhi and Bhubaneswar.
- Matters Of Faith (Times of India, Amrith Lal, Aug 07, 2006)
In courts we trust. Our belief in the judiciary to settle contentious issues extends to both temporal and spiritual matters. We expect that legal solutions, if and when offered on matters of faith, are binding on people.
- Another Wet Day & Mumbai's Out Of Gear (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Torrential monsoon showers lashed Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra crippling normal life and claiming 15 lives even as flood situation in Andhra Pradesh, where the death toll rose to 62, was grim on Sunday.
- Party Time (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Aug 07, 2006)
Delhi is back with a bang. The Page 3 regulars, designers, socialites and wannabes are back to partying big time.
- Lebanon: Draft Resolution Gets Mixed Response (Hindustan Times, DHARAM SHOURIE, Aug 07, 2006)
A draft resolution seeking an end to hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah as the first step towards a wider political settlement has received a mixed response from members of the UN Security Council.
- The Conflict Will Damage Lebanese Workers (Hindu, Heather Stewart, Aug 07, 2006)
The damage to infrastructure in Lebanon is The damage to infrastructure in Lebanon is estimated to cost at least œ13 billion to repair.
- No Need Of Alarm (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 07, 2006)
Iraq's 'civil war' threat is not new ---- There has been a sudden change in the tone of the top echelons of the United States military establishment on the issue of Iraq.
- The Train Over River Time (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 07, 2006)
Before the Chinese thought of building a rail line to connect Quinhai, province in the southwest of China, to Lhasa, the idea would have been fantasy.
- Army, Iaf Step Up Flood Relief Work (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Torrential monsoon rain lashes Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra; Godavari flowing over danger mark
- All Major Railway Stations In Delhi To Get New Look (Hindu, Sandeep Joshi, Aug 07, 2006)
It is not just the Delhi airport that is all set for a major overhaul, Northern Railway too has drawn up ambitious plans to bring about sweeping changes in railway infrastructure, giving all its major railway stations a brand new look well ahead of . . .
- Focus On Colonial Legacy (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
The Centre is considering a proposal to showcase the heritage sites along the 47-km stretch on the western bank of the Hooghly, from Calcutta to Bandel, to attract foreign tourists.
- Lebanese Fishermen Devastated (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 07, 2006)
The men walked sombrely past the skeletons of bombed buildings, shards of broken glass and charred metal crunching under their feet.
- Girded By History And Myth (Hindu, Gowri Ramnarayan, Aug 06, 2006)
Girish Kasaravalli on his new film, which is about faith and resistance to socio-cultural religious decrees.
The novel is more clear-cut and focuses more on the boy's previous birth. I deviated, added ambiguities. I created a character who cannot . . .
- India, Pakistan Trade Expulsions (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
In a relapse to the tit-for-tat phase in bilateral relations, India on Saturday evening declared senior Pakistani diplomat Syed Mohammad Rafiq Ahmed persona non grata within hours of Pakistan deciding to expel his counterpart in the Indian High . . .
- It’S A Political Theatre Of The Absurd (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 06, 2006)
"Governance demands back-breaking work that calls for vision, application, contemplation; not politics of expediency"
- Bjp Ministers ‘Examined' On Six-Month Performance (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
The progress reports of 16 BJP ministers in the State cabinet were assessed by Central leaders and BJP State unit President D V Sadananda Gowda on day-one of the camp, held at a resort on the outskirts of Bangalore.
- Ruthless Dna (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 06, 2006)
Congress reveals its true colours ---- The scapegoating of former External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh through the selectively leaked report of the Justice Pathak Inquiry Committee late Thursday evening shows the lengths to which the . . .
- Patronage -Based Politics And Crime (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 06, 2006)
Distressing signals are there; if one has the time and inclination to go through the annual Home Ministry Reports. The crime rate in urban and rural areas is multiplying at a fast pace.
- It's The Best Time To Fly High In India (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Fasten your seat belts, the joyride has begun. Six more low-budget airlines are planning to enter the aviation sector, setting the stage for a price war in the skies.
- China's Super-Competitive Monks Learn New Skills (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Piety and a knowledge of Buddhist scriptures used to qualify one to be a Chinese monk. Now, add computer skills, foreign language ability and a degree in financial management.
- Natwar, Do It Right (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 06, 2006)
The former external affairs minister must accept the Pathak panel findings and make a graceful exit
- Taxing The Victims (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Aug 06, 2006)
Compassion may hardly be a virtue of income tax authorities, but it is still flabbergasting to know that whatever compensation government pays to the victims of disasters as token relief is taxed by the taxmen.
- Middle Kingdom, Top 50 (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 06, 2006)
Stalin coexisting with Trotsky; Rockefeller and Col “KFC” Sanders sharing space with Marx and Engels; Kissinger next to Kim Il-Sung. The eclectic gathering is of ‘50 foreigners shaping China’s modern development’, a list published recently in China’s . .
- Pathak & Action Taken Reports Tomorrow (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Aug 06, 2006)
In a bid to derail the Opposition campaign against the UPA government on the Pathak Authority report, the Centre has decided to table its findings in Parliament on Monday along with its Action Taken Report (ATR).
- Politics Of The Right Of Self-Determination (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Aug 06, 2006)
The Pakistan Prime Minister, Shaukat Aziz, in an interview with Outlook correspondent Saba Naqvi Bhaumik, said that though Indo-Pakistan relations are moving in the right direction, but the "core issue" of Kashmir has to be settled first. When asked . . .
- Social Activist And Environmentalist (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Aug 06, 2006)
Pepsi and Coca Cola executives call her gusty, one who makes much noise. Her critics say she is moody, temperamental and a “bad boss” to work with.
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