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Articles 5621 through 5720 of 21907:
- Shiv Sena And Its "Spontaneous" Response (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Jul 11, 2006)
Sunday's violence in Mumbai merely reiterates the party's true nature.
- Praful Bidwai: Ready To Collude With Empire? (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Jul 11, 2006)
The Indian elite's lovefest with the U.S. amidst the Iraq quagmire bodes ill for this country's future.
- Seeing The Forest In Spite Of The Trees (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Jul 11, 2006)
The silly news is that there has been a terrible controversy sparked by the claim of a Kannada actress that she had at one time entered the sanctum sanctorum of Sabarimala temple 20 years ago and even touched the presiding deity.
- C.P.Chandrasekhar: Exorcising Inflation (Frontline, C.P. CHANDRASEKHAR, Jul 11, 2006)
Dependence on foreign finance and a worsening of the agrarian crisis seem to be the costs of using imports to deal with inflation.
- Indian Civilisation: A Thematic Approach (Hindu, NALINI RAJAN, Jul 11, 2006)
When the editor of a publication lucidly anticipates and provides a rationale for its shortcomings, the enterprise may be deemed a `success'.
- Indo-Us Nuclear Deal Moving Ahead (Daily Excelsior, SREEDHAR, Jul 11, 2006)
During the past twelve months an intense debate went on in India on two nuclear related issues.
- Trafficking Is Big Business (Daily Excelsior, Atul Cowshish, Jul 11, 2006)
When the news first broke out it looked incredulous that a senior officer of the Indian Foreign Service, posted at the time as the head of the Indian Council for cultural relations, could be probed for helping illegal transportation of a group of . . .
- An Unacceptable Defence (Hindu, K. N. Panikkar, Jul 11, 2006)
An attempt by Narasimha Rao to absolve himself and his Government of the responsibility for failing to prevent what admittedly was a colossal tragedy
- Why Afghanistan Remains A Dust Bowl Of Violence (Hindu, Peter Preston, Jul 11, 2006)
Afghanistan has never been a `successful' state, and we can't create a new civil society at gunpoint.
The particular difficulty with Afghanistan is that there is no structure in place to build on
Democracy has no roots on Afghan soil
Kabul, . . .
- Empire Is Born In A Six By Four Cell (OutLook, MAHMOOD FAROOQUI, Jul 11, 2006)
Indian history is peripheral in these essentially Brit books on the old Empire and the modern Corp.
- 45 Die In Fokker Crash Near Multan (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2006)
A Pakistan International Airlines’ Fokker passenger plane crashed into a field shortly after take-off on Monday, killing all 45 passengers and crew, near Suraj Miani on the outskirts of Multan about four-five kilometres away from the . . .
- `Annabhishekam' At Shirdi Sai Temple Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2006)
`Annabhishekam' (ritualistic rice pouring) will be performed at the Shirdi Sai Baba Spiritual Centre at Seethammadhara here on the occasion of Guru Purnima on Tuesday.
- Party Time For Italian Market? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 11, 2006)
La dolce vita — the title of a 1960 Fellini film, meaning ‘The sweet life’ — just about sums up the mood in Italy on the morning after the national team picked up football’s greatest trophy, the World Cup.
- ‘Low Frills’ Fine, But Not Shabby Treatment (The Financial Express, Vivek Law, Jul 11, 2006)
Air Deccan passengers recently had to deal with a rude, unhelpful airline staff at Kolkata airport
- Up In Smoke (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 11, 2006)
North Korea fired its missiles in defiance not just of the US, Japan and South Korea, but also of its supporters in China, says Niall Ferguson.
- A Lost Opportunity (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Jul 11, 2006)
The Rs 3,700-cr debt relief package for Vidarbha will benefit the banks more than the farmers
- Viva Fifa (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 11, 2006)
It was a show of bonhomie never seen before
- Nepal Court Postpones Sobhraj Trial Yet Again (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Jul 11, 2006)
He’s already fighting the police and two teams of government lawyers. But now it seems Charles Sobhraj, once on the Interpol’s list of ‘most wanted criminals’, has also got to contend with the gods in Nepal with his battle to overturn a . . .
- Inglorious Exit (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 11, 2006)
History-making headbutt
It was the sporting version of Shakespearean tragedy. Bradman’s duck in his last test innings was disappointing, disgraceful was Zinadine Zidane’s departure from the football stage.
- Simulator Training For Train Drivers From July 15 In Vijayawada (Hindu, K.N. Murali Sankar, Jul 11, 2006)
Looks like an electric locomotive and the driver feels he is driving one
- Bmtc Employee Arrested On Charges Of Cheating (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2006)
He did not deposit money collected after selling monthly passes
- Manmohan Firm On Bulletproofing Ayodhya Temple (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2006)
Delegation plans to pressure Government to reverse the decision
"Construction will give legitimacy to existing temple"
BJP comes down on demand
Supreme Court directive will be adhered to
- A Great Composer And Polymath (Hindu, Sulochana Pattabhi Raman, Jul 11, 2006)
The history of Carnatic music would have been written differently if the musical compositions of Tallapaka Annamacharya had come to light about 200 years . . .
- Gslv Crashes Into Bay Of Bengal (Hindu, T.S. Subramanian, Jul 11, 2006)
Vehicle destroyed about 60 seconds after take-off as trajectory goes awry
One of the rarest phenomena: ISRO Chairman
Failure of mission not related to weight of satellite
ISRO to study data, take corrective action
- Request Against Shield Around Ayodhya Declined (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2006)
The BJP on Monday attacked the campaign mounted by muslim organisations to force the Centre to drop its plans, to fortify the area around the make-shift temple in Ayodhya, even as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh refused to re-visit the proposal.
- Local Impact (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 11, 2006)
The Nathu-la opening will promote border exchange, but benefits are likely to flow largely only to Sikkim.
- Alleged Al Qaeda Operative Charged With Murder Of Jordanian Driver (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2006)
The State Security Court (SSC) prosecutor on Monday officially charged Ziyad Khalaf Karbouli and 13 other Iraqi nationals with the murder of a Jordanian citizen in Iraq in September 2005.
- Disinvestment Rocks The Indian Boat (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Jul 11, 2006)
Every lie must be denied; otherwise it becomes an attachment to the truth. I am not equally sure that rumours deserve similar attention, because a denial tends to live in the same haze as the rumour.
- Through The Third Eye (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 11, 2006)
Gossip mills in the top echelons of the bureaucracy continue to work overtime, notwithstanding the extension given to Cabinet secretary B K Chaturvedi. Now rumours are doing the rounds regarding home secretary V K Duggal, one of the top contenders . . .
- Hampi Monuments Off Endangered List (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2006)
Unesco's World Heritage Committee on Monday decided to remove a group of monuments in Hampi and Cologne’s famed cathedral from a list of endangered sites after conditions there had improved.
- Saga Of Shame (Times of India, Manju Vaish, Jul 11, 2006)
The ugly brouhaha of the unceremonious sacking of AIIMS director, Dr P Venugopal, took me back a couple of years when Yanni performed in Agra with a moonlit Taj as a backdrop.
- Pak Spending $30m On Restoring Temple (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2006)
This is perhaps for the first time in the history of Pakistan that the government is spending close to $30 million for the restoration of a Hindu temple. India is believed to have chipped in $3 million for the project.
- Navy Officer Misused Links In Us: Report (Times of India, Pradeep Thakur, Jul 11, 2006)
Former Navy commander Mukesh Saini, currently in police custody for his alleged involvement in the leakage in the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS), had developed liaison with the American intelligence while he was posted in New York as a . . .
- California Dropout Masterminded The Tapes For Al-Qaeda (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2006)
The accomplished hand of al-Qaeda’s own in-house production team appears to be behind the videos made by two of the July 7 bombers.
- From The Blurb (Hindu, HARSHA DEHEJIA, Jul 10, 2006)
The sacred in the Indian tradition is more an experience than a concept and goes much beyond the narrow confines of an organised temple or even a shrine...
- 150 Die In Russian Plane Crash (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 10, 2006)
A Russian passenger jet with 200 persons on board crashed while landing at Irkutsk airport in Siberia, killing more than 150 persons, including the crew, the local authorities said.
- Child Dies, 6 Hurt In 2 Grenade Explosions (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 10, 2006)
A child died and six others were injured in two separate mysterious explosions in Kulgam and Sopore today, while as police claimed that it identified the militants, responsible for yesterday's grenade attack on National Conference rally in Kulgam.
- Toothbrush Contest (Tribune, S. Raghunath, Jul 10, 2006)
In the normal course, my path seldom crosses that of the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade (MRTP) Practices Commission.
- Free Lunch If Served Late: Dewan (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 10, 2006)
India Tourism Department Corporation (ITDC)-run hotels are to pull up their sleeves for better guest care assuring free food if it is served a second late.
- The Anatomy And Lessons Of Inflation (The Financial Express, Saumitra Chaudhuri, Jul 10, 2006)
In India, unlike the developed world, the price pass-through of the oil surge still looms substantially.
- Projecting Inconvenient Eco-Truths (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Jul 10, 2006)
The former US Vice-President, Mr Al Gore, has turned environment evangelist. For some years now, he has been touring the world with a slick media presentation about the damage man is causing the environment. Mr Gore says that his objective is to . . .
- But Tie Your Camel (OutLook, B. Raman , Jul 10, 2006)
The orchestrated campaign against those advising caution in the Indo-US nuke deal should be a matter of concern. The recent case of a possible CIA mole in the NSCS should temper our fascination for the US with a dose of healthy caution.
- Empire Is Born In A Six By Four Cell (OutLook, MAHMOOD FAROOQUI, Jul 10, 2006)
Indian history is peripheral in these essentially Brit books on the old Empire and the modern Corp.
- Kiran Uttam Ghosh (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 10, 2006)
She's trimming the hemlines and gearing up for her debut at the upcoming Rome Fashion Week
- Prime Sport For Opposition (Pioneer, Ajoy Bose, Jul 10, 2006)
Internal bickering in the Congress is encouraging its allies to take potshots at Manmohan Singh ---- Barely two years after its tentative birth, the ruling coalition UPA appears to have thrown caution to the wind and started rocking its own boat.
- Sino-Indian Ties Warming Up India File (News International, Jyoti Malhotra, Jul 10, 2006)
Asia’s largest powers, India and China, smoothened another wrinkle in their burgeoning relationship last week when they threw open the snowy wastes of Nathu La, a pass that had remained frozen in time and attitude since their war in 1962.
- Civil Society And Culture (News International, Prof Khwaja Masud, Jul 10, 2006)
The notion of a civil society has been developed by such thinkers as Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau and most notably by Hegel in his lectures on the philosophy of law.
- Naxal Menace (Tribune, P.V. Ramana, Jul 10, 2006)
Travelling by horse back is the fastest mode of communication in the tribal-inhabited remote and interior forest areas of this (East Godavari) district,” said my guide during a visit to the Naxalite-Maoist-affected parts of the Andhra-Orissa Border . . .
- Handicap At 7, Race Course (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jul 10, 2006)
The central fact of our politics is that since 1971 no prime minister has got re-elected. Atal Bihari Vajpayee, in 1999, was the only exception, but his first term had lasted less than a year and he rode to an even greater majority on a wave of . . .
- Musharraf Urges People To Stand Against Extremism, Terrorism (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 10, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf on Sunday expressed his firm commitment to the economic development and promotion of tourism in Chitral and Northern Areas and called upon the masses to make proactive efforts in staving off extremism and terrorism . . .
- Vanishing Advantage (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Jul 10, 2006)
Foreign media and financial analysts usually speak of two great advantages for India in the world economy: the vast pool of science and technology graduates and the millions who can wield the English language.
- Top-Level Conflicts (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jul 10, 2006)
It is nothing unusual for people in organisations falling out on matters of principle, conviction or approach.
- Pyongyang's Warped Geo-Politics (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 10, 2006)
If US is serious about non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, it must deal firmly with AQ Khan's illicit network and his Pakistani masters, says Cecil Victor.
- The Market Impact Of The Current Account (Business Standard, Abheek Barua, Jul 10, 2006)
After the sharp drop in prices over the last couple of months, valuations of Indian stocks look attractive once again.
- Beyond Nathu-La (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 10, 2006)
Does India have a road map? ---- Tibetans had more than one reason to celebrate last week: The day the Dalai Lama turned 71, Nathu-la, or Pass of the Listening Ear which once upon a time was the access route to the Forbidden Land, was re-opened . . .
- Jaded India Takes Deep Breath, Tunes In For Salvation (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Jul 10, 2006)
Early one summer morning in the holy town of Haridwar, on the banks of the sacred Ganges, about 500 people sit on mats facing their saffron-clad Hindu guru, following his every word.
- Tourism Development Plan For The Nilgiris Submitted To Government (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 10, 2006)
Aims at making hill station a round-the-year vacation destination
Economic well-being of the district depends on tourism
Municipality seeks funds to purchase three generators
Action will be taken against unauthorised constructions
- Gujarat Signs Agreement With Gazprom (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Jul 10, 2006)
For joint exploration of hydrocarbons in State
Modi keen to have Gazprom provide HR training to Indian personnel
MoU also signed to renew ties with Astrakhan for another five years
- Tackling Terrorism: `India Has The Right Approach' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 10, 2006)
Basic rights are ensured even to those suspected of involvement: Sabharwal
Terrorism has cross-border fingerprints
India does not subscribe to radical view on torture
- A Travel To The People's Republic Of China Through A Book (Hindu, G. Srinivasan , Jul 10, 2006)
Kamal Batcha has come out with another Tamil book "Islamiya Ilakkiyamum and Panpadum"
- Kandadevi Car Festival Stage-Managed: Dalits (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 10, 2006)
"Only 25 Dalits were allowed to pull the car"
"Besides detaining 13 leading activists, police laid siege to several Dalit villages"
"Those who wanted to participate in the festival could not break the police cordon"
- Kandadevi Festival Peaceful (Hindu, S. Vijay Kumar, Jul 10, 2006)
Good representation from all communities; Dalits allowed to pull the car
- N-Deal: Jaswant Warns Against Rush (Times of India, Indrani Bagchi, Jul 10, 2006)
The Indo-US nuclear agreement is not an energy agreement; it is and should have been promoted as a strategic agreement, says former foreign minister Jaswant Singh.
- Aiims: All India Institute Of Medical Strikes (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 10, 2006)
Well, it isn’t that I don’t know what AIIMS stands for however the title of this article has been taken from a cartoon of “The Hindu”! And to quite an extent it reflects what the doctors have been doing for past two months.
- Nathu-La Pass Between India And China Reopened (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 10, 2006)
It is no mean feat to thaw a relationship that was frozen for 44 long years. Every year the media would report that the Nathu-la Pass was going to be reopened.
- Nathu-La Pass Between India And China Reopened (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 10, 2006)
It is no mean feat to thaw a relationship that was frozen for 44 long years. Every year the media would report that the Nathu-la Pass was going to be reopened. Now that the overland route has opened, India and China can affirm their joint potential . . .
- A Walk On The Wild Side (Hindu, CORPORATE BUREAU, Jul 10, 2006)
The pains of trekking in Sikkim are worth the effort to see the Kanchenjunga.
A few log huts separated by a narrow stream, that's all there is at Dzongri.
- Monsoon Magic (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 10, 2006)
George Oommen paints to reawaken the feeling the image brought when he first saw it. Once the feeling returns, the painting is over.
His works are impressionistic in their fidelity to colour and light.
- Welcome Change, But No Cause For Complacency (Hindu, Bill Kirkman, Jul 10, 2006)
The treatment of Seretse and Ruth by successive British governments in the 1940s and early 1950s is one of the most disgraceful episodes in British colonial history.
- Scriptures Lead Rituals (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 10, 2006)
‘The question of who should be allowed into the sanctum and who shouldn’t depends on the traditions of a shrine.’ — R Ganesh
- A Song For The Cup And Glory... (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 10, 2006)
So, what were the soccer fans singing about? Sure, most of what was sung at World Cup were patriotic chants along the lines of “Vamos, vamos . . .
- Swimming And Sinking With The News (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Jul 10, 2006)
Why do people watch news channels even when they suspect, no, truly believe, that they exaggerate everything to the power of a hundred? Ankle-deep water in Mumbai during the monsoon is, according to everyone who lives there, akin to wearing . . .
- Statehood The Only Way To Tide Over Vidarbha Crisis (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 10, 2006)
From being extraordinarily well-off to penury and suicide—the cotton farmers of Vidarbha have come a long way. But history can be reversed, if a state of Vidarbha is allowed to be formed
- Men Design The Rules (Deccan Herald, Sakuntala Narasimhan, Jul 10, 2006)
‘The Sabarimala temple entry controversy is yet another instance of men deciding things for women.’ — Sakuntala Narasimhan
- Find `Happiness' In Bangkok (Hindu, JANARDHAN ROYE, Jul 10, 2006)
Away from its crowds and chaotic traffic, Bangkok can be surprisingly charming.
- Hypertension And Ulcers (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 10, 2006)
I AM 34 and am suffering from hypertension for 10 years. My systole varies from 130 to 145 while diastole varies from 90 to 105. I am 162 cm tall and weigh 67 kg. Every day I jog briskly for 20 minutes till my heartbeat comes to 110 pm; then I walk . . .
- Lahore Has Had Enough Of This ‘Progress’ (News International, Khusro Mumtaz, Jul 10, 2006)
Due to travel and work exigencies this column will be, of necessity, shorter than usual and is being written in a frantic rush to meet its deadline.
- ‘Hizbul Behind Kulgam Blast’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 10, 2006)
The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday said rebel group Hizbul Mujaheedin carried out the powerful grenade explosion on Saturday that killed five people, including a former legislator, and injuring 50 others at Kulgam.
- Cloaks And Khukris (Deccan Herald, Vijay Nair, Jul 10, 2006)
Saradindu Bandyopadhyay was at his best writing for the mystery genre. This collection of four stories reveal why
- A History In Pictures (Deccan Herald, K Govindan Kutty , Jul 10, 2006)
This collection of Laxman’s work does not do him full justice
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