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Articles 4421 through 4520 of 21907:
- Potpourri Of Thoughts (New Indian Express, V Geetha, Aug 06, 2006)
The Blindness of Insight is an elegantly argued book. It offers a provocative thesis: that communal violence, especially in northern India, represents a unique resolution of the caste question.
- A’Hlan Wa Sahlan! (New Indian Express, Jemima Raman, Aug 06, 2006)
As I stepped off the aircraft — and before I could breathe or stretch my travel weary limbs — the words came tumbling from nowhere in particular:
- Sri Lankan Town Deserted And Devastated By Battle (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
After days of heavy fighting in this eastern town, jumpy Sri Lankan soldiers are almost the only signs of life on streets littered with fallen power lines, spent cartridges and dead animals.
- When The Vellore Sepoys Rebelled (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Though it preceded the First War of Independence by almost 50 years, not much is known of this brief act of valour by the sepoys of the Vellore fort.
- Let Peace Not Be Hijacked (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 06, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that stalling of the ongoing Pak-India peace process due to the Mumbai terrorist acts will be tantamount to playing into the terrorists’ hands.
- Pretexts, Provocations And Consequences (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Aug 06, 2006)
When a series of bomb blasts ripped through seven commuter trains, causing mayhem in Mumbai nine days ago, it was hardly surprising that suspicion immediately fell on Islamist militants, with Lashkar-i-Taiba becoming the main focus of attention on . . .
- A Stranger In My Land (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Aug 06, 2006)
The colour of my skin has become a problem in the country I live in. No, I am not living in a Black ghetto in the US, nor am I a non-white in France. I don’t have anything to do with South Africa, the country wanting to forget its racial past.
- Choice Was Clear, Historic Change Is On The Way (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 06, 2006)
giving its nod to the N-deal, the US House of Representatives has taken Indo-American ties to a broader, deeper level
- The House They All Built (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Aug 06, 2006)
The Bharatiya Janata Party would not be itself if it stopped playing politics with history. As the real intentions of the BJP in raking up a controversy about an American “mole” in P.V. Narasimha Rao’s PMO become clear, Sonia Gandhi and Prime . . .
- Norway Envoy Reaches Colombo For Fresh Peace Bid; Clashes On (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
A Norwegian envoy arrived in Sri Lanka on Friday to try to prevent a resumption of full-scale civil war after a sharp escalation in clashes between the military and Tamil Tiger rebels.
- Centre Tilting Towards U.S.: Basu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
'Not keeping to an independent foreign policy line as spelt out in the CMP'
- No Need Of A Primrose Way (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 06, 2006)
Roads as a notion are alluringly poetic — they can lead to the end of the rainbow just as efficiently as they can lead to a government office. But being tempted by the metaphorical plane has its dangers, particularly if examples of the symbolic . . .
- Memories Of Bombay (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 06, 2006)
Like Suketu Mehta, I was born in Calcutta, a city in extremis, in Mehta’s words, and, like him, grew up in Bombay.
- Israel: Time Running Out (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Time is running out for Israel’s military campaign in Lebanon following the completion of a draft UN Security Council resolution on a cessation of hostilities, an Israeli cabinet minister said today.
- Tigers Halt Operation Amid ‘Humanitarian Disaster’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
No ceasefire declared yet
Govt accuses Tigers of massacring 100 refugees
- When The New Rescues The Old (Hindu, A. Srivathsan, Aug 06, 2006)
The Getty Villa, once dismissed as Roman Disneyland, gets a new lease of life through renovation marked by restraint and conceptual clarity.
- Tigers Halt Attack, Pull Back (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels said they had halted an offensive on a government-held town in the east today and were pulling back, a sign that conflict on the island may be easing off.
- Indian Diplomat Expelled (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 06, 2006)
"Deepak Kaul indulged in anti-Pakistan activities"
- Quota For Backward Classes, Not One Caste: Hc (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
In a significant verdict, the Allahabad High Court today said reservations provided under Clause four of Article 16 of the Constitution should favour backward classes and not a particular caste.
- Rolls-Royce & Hal Celebrate 50 Years Of Partnership (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
One of the longest relationships in aerospace, between Rolls-Royce and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) recently celebrated its 50th anniversary with a ceremony at the Farnborough International Airshow.
- Pgi Seeks Rs. 100 Crores Additional Central Grant For New Facilities (Hindu, Rajesh Ahuja, Aug 05, 2006)
PGI Director K.K.Talwar is hopeful that the amount will be released shortly
- Ruthless Dna (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 05, 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 Government's . .
- State Government Nod Likely For Tirupati-Tirumala Ropeway Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
TTD's alternate alignment survey completed
TTD suggests ropeway at a level lower than sanctum on seven hills
Alternate sites at 840 ft high surveyed keeping in view pilgrims, TTD's sentiments
Project to be implemented with Austrian technology
- 'A Shocking, Crude Attempt' (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 05, 2006)
Asma Jehangir incident leaves a bad taste
- Sushma Swaraj Performs Varamahalakshmi Puja (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Participates in a mass marriage ceremony organised by the BJP
- Eco-Friendly Idols For Vinayaka Chathurthi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Tight security for the festival Collector asks the public to use idols, which are free from chemicals and easy for immersion .
- Tourism Fete A Big Draw In Kolli Hills (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Take concerted efforts with officials to stop felling of trees, Minister tells people
- More Stations To Get Ticket Vending Machines (Hindu, P. Oppili, Aug 05, 2006)
They accept multiple denominations and return exact change
- Preconditions For The Xi Plan (The Financial Express, NK SINGH, Aug 05, 2006)
Before Parliament meets for its winter session, the Approach Paper to the XI Five-Year Plan would have been endorsed by the National Development Council. Historically, Parliament has been a recipient, not a forum for discussing five-year Plans.
- Nature’S Solution For Water Needs (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Aug 05, 2006)
The most important event of the year in our national calendar is the advent of the summer monsoon. It takes place sometime between the last week of May and the first week of June.
- Sbi To Install Atms At 681 Railway Stations (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
In a bid to attract the huge railway passenger market, Indian Railways and the State Bank of India on Friday teamed up to set up automatic teller machines (ATMs) at 681 railway stations across the country.
- North Karnataka Rejoices With Pooja For Hc Bench (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
People of north Karnataka rejoiced with gay abandon on Friday as they took a step towards realising their dream – a circuit bench of the High Court in Dharwad to serve Mumbai-Karnataka, and in Gulbarga, to cater to Hyderabad-Karnataka region.
- Why Mumbai Escaped A Flare-Up (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Aug 05, 2006)
To deal with alienation post-7/11, civil society and the state have to come together as they did post-1992-93.
- Reform Needs Unreserved Support (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 05, 2006)
The Government must aim to raise the foundations, not bring down the ceiling through a quota regime.
- Leash On Lease Rent (Business Line, R. Anand, Aug 05, 2006)
Following the Amendment Act, all lessees will have to deduct 20 per cent tax on the entire rental, which will obviously stifle the cash flows of leasing companies.
- Why The Standard Economist May Be The Emperor In New Clothes (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 05, 2006)
Why too much credence to a version of economics that is often ridiculously at odds with our simple powers of observation, asks Nobel Laureate George A. Akerlof in Explorations in Pragmatic Economics. In Empire of Knowledge, Vinay Lal talks about . . .
- Let Mercy Be Your Mosque, Faith Your Prayer-Mat (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
A report that is `37 minutes' old in Mail & Guardian Online, South Africa, speaks of, " `One of the worst days' in Lebanon.
- Is A People's Army Feasible? (News International, Hafizur Rahman, Aug 05, 2006)
We have a genius for belittling great ideas, noble concepts and inspiring events. We give the sacred name of jihad to a campaign to eliminate those who don't agree with us. Political workers travelling by bus from Rawalpindi to Islamabad to hold . . .
- A Garrison State (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Aug 05, 2006)
This history of the Pentagon traces the story of how the United States became besotted with military power.
- Intelligence Warns More Terror Strikes (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, Aug 05, 2006)
With intelligence agencies warning of fresh terrorist strikes in the country, especially in Maharashtra, the Centre has summoned Chief Secretary of Maharashtra D Shankaran, Director General of Police PS Pasricha and the chief of . . .
- Education For Few (Frontline, Jayati Ghosh, Aug 05, 2006)
The new education bill proposed by the UPA will exclude disadvantaged groups from quality schooling and pass the burden to cash-strapped State governments.
- Tackling Terrorism (Frontline, R.K. Raghavan, Aug 05, 2006)
Nothing effective can be done to tackle terrorism unless people rise as one man to help law enforcement.
- A Disastrous Model (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Aug 05, 2006)
Those advocating armed attacks on Pakistan in response to the Mumbai bombings wish to emulate Israel's aggression. That is the worst model India could follow.
- History From Below (Frontline, Shelley Walia, Aug 05, 2006)
In this new book, Howard Zinn seeks to give voices of struggle the place they deserve in history.
- 'There Was Suspicion And Doubt' (OutLook, Ashish Shukla, Aug 05, 2006)
'My interaction with the players was positive. They were all performers for their country, proud warriors who viewed with trepidation (it was understandable) if a foreigner would be good enough for their team.'
- Strikes Hit S. Beirut Suburbs, Highway Bridges; Five Killed (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Israel pounded Hezbollah’s southern Beirut strongholds with missiles early on Friday and, in a sharp expansion of its bombing of Lebanon, blasted highway bridges for the first time in the Christian heartland north of the capital during morning rush hour.
- Rains Wreak Havoc, 41 Die (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 05, 2006)
Forty-one people were died in rain related incidents in different parts of the country on Friday. At least 27 persons including five children and women died in different rain related incidents as flood water submerged low laying areas of the city on . . .
- Unmasking Corporate Greed (Frontline, R.K. Raghavan, Aug 05, 2006)
A well-researched book based on sound archival material, it argues that Enron was a product of scheming minds.
- Kurukshetra To Be Included In List Of Heritage Sites (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Keeping in view the archaeological and religious significance of Kurukshetra, the Haryana Government has decided to get it included in the list of World Heritage Sites of UNESCO and develop this place of antiquity as tourist destination of . . .
- "I Don’T Have A Mercedes", Says Jagat; Asks Ed For Proof (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Amid reports of Enforcement Directorate seizing a Mercedes allegedly belonging to the son of former External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh, Jagat today denied owing the luxury vehicle and asked the agency to prove their claim.
- Primacy Of Democracy In Pakistan (Dawn, Shamshad Ahmad Khan, Aug 05, 2006)
“man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains. One thinks himself the master of others, and still remains a greater slave than they. How did this change come about? I do not know. What makes it legitimate? That question I think I can answer.
- At Least 17 People Killed In Congo Plane Crash (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
A small passenger plane crashed into a mountain and then tumbled into a valley in eastern Congo, killing all 17 passengers and crew, officials said on Friday.
- Protest In A New Theatre (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 05, 2006)
In Marginal Men, his fine history of refugee politics, Prafulla Chakrabarti recounts how Calcutta acquired its by-now-well-founded reputation as a city of protests and protestors.
- Sorry, Asma (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 05, 2006)
Asma Jahangir, a noted human rights activist of Pakistan, should have been an honoured guest in the Indian Capital. Instead, the Delhi police searched her room and subjected her to questioning, ostensibly as part of increased surveillance against . . .
- Millionaire To Challenge $90-M Divorce Ruling (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
A multimillionaire insurance magnate said Thursday he would challenge a judge's order that he give his ex-wife £48 million ($90 million) in cash and assets in one of the biggest divorce settlements in British history.
- Smoking Gun (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 05, 2006)
We are told that neither the United States nor Israel will accept a ceasefire in Israel's campaign against Lebanon unless the 'root causes' of the problem are addressed.
- Minister’S Liquor Mafia Remarks Create A Furore (Indian Express, S M A Kazmi, Aug 04, 2006)
Uttaranchal is in the middle of a political storm over a state minister’s comments about the alleged nexus between politicians and the liquor mafia.
- To Hong Kong From Beijing @ 200 Kph (Times of India, SAIBAL DASGUPTA, Aug 04, 2006)
Nine years after the British handed over Hong Kong to China, the Chinese authorities have flagged off a project that will link the multi-cultural metropolis to Beijing. The $27-billion project would also enable one of the world's fastest railway . . .
- Implausible Jaunts (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 04, 2006)
Meghalaya practices need to be curbed
Thanks to a notice, filed under the Right to Information Act by a Shillong daily on travelling allowances of ministers and IAS and Meghalaya Civil Service officials, the public now has an idea about how much . . .
- Us Reels Under Unprecedented Heat Wave (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Oppressive humidity coupled with high temperatures have made life miserable for residents in the eastern states of United States as power suppliers struggled to meet the record demand for electricity.
- Sabarimala Not For Women: Minister (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
The Sabarimala temple will continue to remain out of bounds for women between 10 and 50 years age, Kerala Devaswom Minister G Sudhakaran said here on Thursday.
- A River Runs Through It (Telegraph, Kaushik Roy, Aug 04, 2006)
Geography is the mother of history, more so in the case of military history. Certain regions, owing to their strategic location, become sites for contest.
- Keeping State Secrets (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Aug 04, 2006)
I was speaking to a civil servant the other day who was rather disturbed by the cabinet decision to keep file notings outside the purview of the right to information.
- Speaking In A Forked Tongue (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
As people create language, so the language of a particular community constitutes its identity.
- Why We Need To Be On Our Toes (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 04, 2006)
On an average the terrorists inflict two heart-rending tragedies in the country every month.
- Air Fares Hike Justified:patel (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
The Government today justified the increase in domestic air fares five times in the past three years and international fares by six times in two years saying commercial organisations have to act on business principles.
- Bomb Scare At Iskcon Temple, Rtos (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Devotees at the ISKCON Temple on Chord Road in Rajajinagar went through anxious moments following a bomb scare on Thursday.
- Minister To Launch Tourism Projects (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan will launch three tourism projects in the district on Friday.
- Let Ultra Nabbed For Serial Train Blasts (Daily Excelsior, Sanjeev Pargal, Aug 04, 2006)
Mumbai Police and CID (Counter Intelligence) sleuths tonight arrested a suspected militant of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) from Surankote tehsil in Poonch district, who was allegedly involved in serial blasts in trains at Mumbai in which over 200 persons . . .
- Rajasthan To Showcase Economic Progress At Trade Fair (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Focus would be on recent findings of huge oil reserves in Barmer: Industries Minister
- Nss Rejects `Devaprasnam' Held At Sabarimala Temple (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Urges TDB not to go ahead with `pariharakriyas'
- "Germany's Michelangelo", Hitler's Favourite, On Show (Reuters, LOUIS CHARBONNEAU, Aug 04, 2006)
A naked man with the body of a Greek god, a textbook Aryan face and the haircut of a Nazi foot soldier. A muscular warrior brandishing a massive stone as he prepares for an act of vengeance.
- Beijing Launches Campaign To Remove Chinglish Signs (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Beijing, host of the 2008 Olympics, has launched a campaign to correct its "Chinglish" or Chinese-style English on bilingual signs as part of the city's make-over for the world's biggest sporting event.
- Ban Foreign Ceos For Indian Firms? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 04, 2006)
Considering India’s history, it is natural that the government of India would tread cautiously whenever national security is at stake.
- What Ails Pakistan? (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 04, 2006)
Another Pakistan Independence Day already! My goodness, how the years have gone by! Ah, yes, the summer of 1947, when Pakistan appeared on the world map.
- A New Challenge For Nato (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 04, 2006)
“The mission is simple - but the delivery of it is complex,” British defence secretary, Des Browne, told the Commons last month, a neat summary of Britain’s task in Afghanistan, but also a misleading one.
- Oic For Immediate Truce In Lebanon (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Leaders from the Muslim world on Thursday while strongly condemning the “relentless Israeli aggression” demanded an immediate and comprehensive ceasefire in Lebanon, release of all Lebanese and Palestinian prisoners and called for deployment of . . .
- Gen Zahid Nabbed: A Positive Signal (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 04, 2006)
Leaders from the Muslim world on Thursday while strongly condemning the “relentless Israeli aggression” demanded an immediate and comprehensive ceasefire in Lebanon, release of all Lebanese and Palestinian prisoners and called for deployment of . . .
- Shifting The Blame (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 04, 2006)
Since September 11, 2001, Islam has been demonised.
- End Of The Crisis? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 04, 2006)
So, Sindh’s political crisis is over. Unless some new misunderstandings crop up — of which there is always a fair possibility — one can perhaps hope that the present set-up will last till general elections are held next year.
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