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Articles 6321 through 6420 of 21907:
- Breakthrough In Nri Murder Case (Times of India, Anil Pathak, Jun 26, 2006)
The key to solving the mystery surrounding the murder of NRI businessman Pankaj Trivedi could be in Saurashtra.
- Who Really Owns Bolivia? (The Economic Times, JOSEPH E STIGLITZ, Jun 26, 2006)
Even if Bolivia gets fair value for her natural wealth, she will need help not only to extract the resources but also to improve the health and education of all Bolivians to ensure long-term economic growth.
- Islamic Banking (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 26, 2006)
It's back in fashion and attracting hordes of investment bankers looking for higher margins.
- Raise A Women’S Unit (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 26, 2006)
‘There is a mismatch between skills and their utilisation when it comes to women officers in the army. Let the women decide what they can and cannot do.’ — Madhu Kishwar
- Talking With Ulfa (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 26, 2006)
The Central Government is moving to hold direct talks with the United Liberation Front of Asom for the first time.
- The Divine Form (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
Of the five forms of Lord Narayana that the Pancharatra Agama speaks of, Para (Srivaikuntam) and Vyuha (the four-fold form of Vasudeva, Sankarshana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha) are available for worship only for the celestials and liberated souls.
- Last Chance Saloon For World Trade (Hindu, Heather Stewart, Jun 26, 2006)
The future of the WTO is in the balance unless nations rich and poor reach a deal soon.
- U.S., Pakistan Talks On Energy (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jun 26, 2006)
Islamabad for civilian nuclear pact
- Anti-Naxal Plan Yielding Rich Dividends In U.P. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
"Naxalites are no longer getting cooperation of local people"
- Adding Value To Education (Deccan Herald, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Jun 26, 2006)
Only an education that can nourish inbuilt virtues can impart true intelligence.
- Non-State Actors In International Terrorism (Daily Excelsior, B Raman, Jun 26, 2006)
Counter-terrorism agencies are facing a new strategic threat to which they do not have a response and they are unlikely to have a satisfactory response in the short and medium terms.
- Gentle Words (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 26, 2006)
The prime minister’s words on “good road manners” are rather extraordinary in many ways.
- Sri Lanka General Killed In Suspected Suicide Attack (Reuters, Ranga Sirilal, Jun 26, 2006)
A senior Sri Lankan general and two soldiers were killed on Monday in a huge explosion around 20 km east of the Sri Lankan capital in a suspected Tamil Tiger suicide attack, police said.
- India, Pak Need To Cut Down On Defence: Pak Minister (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
India and Pakistan should simultaneously reduce their defence budgets, relax visa regimes and open up borders for tourism so as to promote friendly ties and develop their economies, Pakistani Tourism Minister Nilofar Bakhtiar said here.
- Jammu's Plight (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jun 26, 2006)
A Jammuite who is apparently settled in the United States has poured his heart out in a letter on this page recently.
- The Death Of Innocent Visitors (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jun 26, 2006)
How difficult and heartchurning it is to see the violent death of own child in front of you and still you are unable to do anything positive.
- Indira Began Congress' Defence Deal Safar: Vp (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
Deal troubles do not seem to ebb for the Congress.
- Blood On Water Again (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Jun 26, 2006)
“The moratorium [on whaling], which was clearly intended as a temporary measure, is no longer necessary,”
- Auto Majors' Bid For Sustainable Mobility (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
Challenge Bibendum of Michelin is the annual forum to focus on issues relating to clean, safe cars of today and tomorrow
The automobile industry already has the technologies needed to reduce pollution and improve safety, without compromising mobility.
- Narayanan, Dai Meet Ahead Of Sino-India Boundary Talks (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
India's Special Representative to the India-China boundary talks, K Narayanan and his Chinese counterpart, Dai Bingguo have met informally in the north-western Chinese city of Xian ahead of the official-level talks here on Monday.
- ‘Growth Opportunities Must For Indian Railways’ (Statesman, Dipankar Chakraborty, Jun 26, 2006)
Dr Christoph Wolff, director, McKinsey & Company believes that the Indian Railways must adopt the mantra of “Faster and more trains on the track” in the competitive and fast evolving global railway scenario.
- Tata Coffee To Buy Us Firm For $220m (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
The Tata group-owned Tata Coffee Limited on Sunday said that it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire the United States-based Eight O’Clock Coffee (EOC) company for a consideration of $220 million (about Rs 1,000 crores) from private equity . . .
- Prisoners Of Their Inheritance (OutLook, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Jun 26, 2006)
No rage, no bullying tone here. Instead this iconoclast explores the pathological reasons for Dalit phobia.
- Sonia Clear She Wouldn’T Become Pm, Reveals V.P. (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
Mrs Sonia Gandhi was all along clear and determined not to accept the office of Prime Minister, declared former Prime Minister V.P. Singh at a function at his house to celebrate his 75th birthday on Sunday.
- Don't Belittle Nehru (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 26, 2006)
Sycophants do gross injustice to him ---- In their own lifetime, stalwarts who led India's struggle for independence made little effort to hide their abhorrence for idolatry and dislike of craven sycophancy.
- ‘India, Pak Should Cut Defence Budget’ (Asian Age, Anil K. Joseph, Jun 26, 2006)
India and Pakistan should simultaneously reduce their defence budgets, relax visa regimes and open up borders for tourism so as to promote friendly ties and develop their economies, Pakistan tourism minister Nilofar Bakhtiar said here.
- National Security Redefined (Dawn, Javid Husain, Jun 26, 2006)
IN an earlier article on the subject of national security, I suggested that we must implement a comprehensive national security policy taking into account its military, economic, diplomatic and internal dimensions in an optimum mix, rather . . .
- Bjp Leader Gives Tips To Madhya Pradesh Party Men (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Madhya Pradesh is only two-and-a-half years old, but election blues have already afflicted the party.
- `Corridor To Electronics City, Symbol Of What Bangalore Has Come To Represent' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
Manmohan lays foundation stone for the Rs. 450-crore 10-lane mixed corridor project
The Prime Minister calls the project the latest milestone in `road revolution'
`Bangalore's IT sector must share the credit for city's emergence as a global brand'
- With ‘Sattu’ In Bag Lalu Arrives In London (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad is here on a two-week visit to the UK and Europe to study railway systems.
- Verdict On Psm Sale (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 25, 2006)
The annulment on Friday by the Supreme Court of the sale of Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) to a three-party consortium for Rs21.68 million is a stirring rebuke of the conduct of some senior state functionaries and a censure of the government’s general . . .
- Scrap The Two-Child Norm (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 25, 2006)
Panchayati raj minister Mani Shankar Aiyar’s position that the two-child norm for candidates seeking election to panchayat bodies is discriminatory is beyond dispute. His perseverance, considering that he reiterated his stand in Orissa recently is . . .
- The Re-Election Idea (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 25, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf’s re-election is more than a question of constitutional validity; it is essentially a political and moral one.
- Prisoners Of Their Inheritance (OutLook, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Jun 25, 2006)
Some books are interesting because of their sense of argument, the cogency of the evidence they give or the new interpretation they bring to light. Some books are not arguments but performances.
- Misadventures Will Backfire (Pioneer, KPS Gill, Jun 25, 2006)
In the aftermath of the Assam Assembly elections where the Assam United Democratic Front (AUDF), a coalition of Muslim parties in the State that came into existence just months before the polls, captured 10 seats, there is now a focused . . .
- Save The Vulture (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 25, 2006)
The patient bird has run out of time ---- The ancient Egyptians - with ubiquitous hieroglyphs of vultures on their architectural masterpieces - displayed a fine sense and understanding of the bird; they considered the alert raptor, for its wide . . .
- Sikh Body Draws Flak For Mixing Politics And History (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
The pro-Congress Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (DSGMC) chief Harvinder Singh Sarna's attempt to corner BJP leader Sushma Swaraj for her remarks on Guru Arjun Singh's martyrdom on Saturday evoked sharp reaction from community leaders and . . .
- 82 Militants Killed In Afghan (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
Afghan and coalition forces killed about 82 militants in multiple assaults across southern Afghanistan, the military said on Saturday.
- 'Lyrics Today Aren't Poetry, Just Bad Prose' (OutLook, SAIBAL CHATTERJEE, Jun 25, 2006)
One of Bollywood's last active links with its golden era, the veteran lyricist shares his unique musical insight and sense of history in a freewheeling conversation
- Kumar Suresh Singh (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Jun 25, 2006)
Kumar Suresh Singh's stewardship of the People of India project yielded an excellent anthropological profile of the country.
- `Mixed Corridor Is A Symbol Of What Bangalore Has Come To Represent' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
Manmohan Singh lays foundation stone for the Rs. 450-crore 10-lane project
The Prime Minister calls the project the latest milestone in `road revolution'
`Bangalore's IT sector must share the credit for city's emergence as a global brand'
- Politically Incorrect And Unapologetic (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
The book’s greatest strengths are in its poetic descriptions, painstaking research and unexpected humour.
- Attack On Mystic: Lashkar Man Identified (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jun 25, 2006)
Islamists here have long opposed the influence of Ahad Sa'ab Sopore, who quit his job and became a mystic
Nassar responsible for recent attacks in Sopore
Islamists oppose influence of Ahad Sa'ab Sopore
Sufi shrines targeted by terrorist groups
- No Comic Relief Here (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
The comic book is re-inventing itself with an imaginative plunge into the big, bad world of the adult.
- 61 Officers Transferred (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
The State Cabinet today ordered a major reshuffle in the administration with transfers and postings of 61 senior officers.
- When Rock Came To Visit The Hills (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
It took a white man to bring rock to the hills of Garhwal. Prem Paul Ninan finds out more about the tourist who stayed...
- Bonalu Bonanza (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
The century-old tradition of Bonalu is celebrated with colour, gaiety and devotional fervour in Telengana, claims S K Prasad Puttur
- A Secret Rebel Base Where Tigers Dare (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
Past the minefield-line paved road, down a sandy track hemmed in by coconut palms and thatch huts, the gate appears, a metal boom bookended by log-and-sandbag bunkers.
- Will Location Have Impact On Development? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 25, 2006)
'It is not the place or the emotions that solve problems, it is the administrative skills and the government’s priorities"
- Lack Of Anti-Piracy Effort Hurting Crackdown (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 25, 2006)
“Even Ribeiro, who heads the anti-piracy operation, openly says that when he was Bombay police chief he had not heard of movie piracy, imagine what the level of awareness is - Chander Lall
- Rare Bird Sighted After 75 Years In Asssam (Deccan Herald, Anirban Bhaumik , Jun 25, 2006)
In the late 1870s, Allan Octavian Hume – an officer of the Imperial Civil Service (ICS) – sighted a dark greyish bird, somewhere in the foothills of eastern Manipur.
- Art Of The Royals (Hindu, KAUSALYA SANTHANAM, Jun 25, 2006)
The palace of the former rulers of Ramanathapuram still displays vestiges of regal splendour.
- Challenges Before A Public Broadcaster (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
Interview with K.S. Sarma, Chief Executive Officer of Prasar Bharati.
- Myth Of Empire (Telegraph, RUDRANGSHU MUKHERJEE, Jun 25, 2006)
In India, anniversaries, even of non-events, do not often go unnoticed.
- Where Was The Digest During Last Year’S Floods? (Indian Express, KUMAR KETKAR , Jun 25, 2006)
For those like me who have spent more than 50 years in Mumbai, it was a rude shock to learn that we are the “rudest” people in the world.
- Rude? So? It’S The Warmth That Counts (Indian Express, Rahul Bose, Jun 25, 2006)
Two days ago, the Indian editor of Reader’s Digest, Mohan Sivanand, refuted allegations that his magazine had labeled Bombay as the world’s rudest city. “We’ve never said Mumbai is the rudest city. It’s just that it ranks the lowest in matters of . . .
- Devotion And Harmony By The Ganga (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
In Haridwar, every shrine and temple is woven into a time-honoured mesh of legends and beliefs.
- The Heart Of Stillness (Hindu, S. RANGARAJAN, Jun 25, 2006)
The 16th and 17th centuries, dominated by Rubens, Rembrandt and Vermeer, saw the emergence of a very different art form, the still life. How did this come about?
- Pm Lays Stone For 10-Lane Expressway (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
The public-private partnership (PPP) is to be the new mantra for development with the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, saying that the country’s experience with this model has been very successful and that more funds will be tapped from the . . .
- Discovering Polonnaruwa (Hindu, Shonar Joshi, Jun 25, 2006)
Though most of it is ruins, Polonnaruwa is very much alive with an all-pervasive sense of devotion.
- Beauty In Stone (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
A visit to the French cathedrals leaves one wondering at the artistry and engineering skills that were pooled to create these spiritual abodes.
- Rajapakse Opts For War (Statesman, Sam Rajappa, Jun 25, 2006)
In the prevailing circumstances, India has a special responsibility in preventing this mindless blood-letting in Sri Lanka
- Darkness Recalled (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 25, 2006)
Three decades ago to the day an anniversary was being observed, not celebrated, by the nation at large.
- ‘Darwin’S Tortoise’ Dies (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 25, 2006)
A 176-year-old tortoise, believed by some to have been owned by Charles Darwin, has died in an Australian zoo.
- Reversing Reforms: Price Control Returns (The Financial Express, BARUN MITRA, Jun 25, 2006)
The constant political pressure to control prices by state fiat will undo the 15 years of reform
- Transparency And Accountability In Public Life (Daily Excelsior, M V Meenakshisundaram, Jun 25, 2006)
The report of the Second Administrative Reforms Commission, coming close on the heels of the historic Right to Information Law, is likely to go a long way in promoting transparency and accountability in public life.
- Misadventures Will Backfire (Pioneer, KPS Gill, Jun 24, 2006)
In the aftermath of the Assam Assembly elections where the Assam United Democratic Front (AUDF), a coalition of Muslim parties in the . . .
- Save The Vulture (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 24, 2006)
The ancient Egyptians - with ubiquitous hieroglyphs of vultures on their architectural masterpieces - displayed a fine sense and understanding of the bird; they considered the alert raptor, for its wide wingspan, as an all encompassing provider . . .
- Oldest Indian Scales Mt Everest (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
He has climbed many a peak, but scaling Mount Everest has been special for BSF officer S.C. Negi as the feat made him the highest-ranking paramilitary official and the oldest Indian to reach the roof of the world.
- Some Fun On The Rocks (Hindu, ROCHI JAMES, Jun 24, 2006)
Turahalli is a rock climber's delight, though it's only a shadow of the tough terrain it once was
- Ah, Mussoorie! (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Travel Mussoorie may have lost much of its pristine beauty. But the air here is as crisp as ever and draws tourists
- Centre-Right? That’S All Right (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jun 24, 2006)
Two events on the same day this week, in the two most distant metros in the country, each involving an adversarial brother and a fraternal adversary, raised the same, intriguing, vital and delicious question. Was it pro-rich, or pro-aam admi?
- Us Senate Passes Bill To Block Aid To Palestinian Government (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
The United States Senate passed a bill that blocks United States aid from going to the Palestinian government, headed by Hamas movement, but gives humanitarian relief to the Palestinian people and supports Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas . .
- Guruvayur-Tanur Rail Line Project In Limbo (Hindu, S. Anil Radhakrishnan, Jun 24, 2006)
Stiff resistance from local people, delay in land acquisition hamper work
- Suspension Of Sindh Legislators (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 24, 2006)
Speaker of the Sindh Assembly has suspended membership of the PML lawmaker Eshwar Lal, who was at the centre of the controversy and trouble that the House has been witnessing during the last two days, for the whole session while membership of four . . .
- First Vote In Decades Tests Congo’S Truce (Tribune, Kevin Sullivan, Jun 24, 2006)
Kinshasa, Congo — In a hot haze of exhaust and smoke from burning garbage, a one-legged man hopped along a street clogged with overloaded minibuses while a woman sold tiny monkeys tied to a tree.
- Indian Lyricist Javed Akhtar Denied Visa (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
A top Bollywood lyricist said on Friday Pakistan had refused him a visa to attend a special screening of a 1960 classic Indian film.
- 'Pakistan Still Exporting Terror To J&k' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Accusing Pakistan of backing militancy in Jammu and Kashmir, India on Friday said the export of terrorism from that country was continuing and terror infrastructure there had not been dismantled despite assurances by President Pervez Musharraf.
- Pak Exporting Terror: Duggal (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jun 24, 2006)
India today decried the continuing export of terrorism by Pakistan and the presence of terrorist training camps on its territory while reaffirming New Delhi’s resolve to continue dialogue with Islamabad within the composite dialogue framework ...
- Peace Process At Critical Stage (Tribune, Sushant Sareen, Jun 24, 2006)
JUST when India and Pakistan are most in need of a leadership that can find a way out of the cul-de-sac in which the peace process appears to have entered, the heads of government in both countries seem to have been greatly weakened . . .
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