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Articles 6521 through 6620 of 21907:
- Training Swayamsevaks (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 22, 2006)
No membership rolls are kept by the RSS and insiders often complain of dwindling attendance at the “shakhas”.
- Indian Art To Make Waves On The Shores Of Europe (Hindu, Bindu Shajan Perappadan, Jun 22, 2006)
Over 1,900 Indian art pieces, giving a peek into the country's art, history and civilisation, will soon join an "exclusive" international treasure trove in the heart of Paris.
- Another Bus Service (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 22, 2006)
The fortnightly Rawalakot-Poonch bus service launched on Tuesday is another milestone in the journey towards greater intra-Kashmir contacts.
- India, Russia To Hold Naval War Games In Early 2007 (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Jun 22, 2006)
``Progressive process of learning from each other''
"MiG-29 is a very good, very capable aircraft"
To review the progress in upgrading India's three IL-38 naval reconnaissance aircraft
- Will The General Retreat? (Pioneer, Wilson John, Jun 22, 2006)
With Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif making common cause in opposing Pervez Musharraf, democracy is back in reckoning in Pakistan------- Will democracy return to Pakistan?
- Bsnl Customer Service Centre In Anaimalai (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), Coimbatore, has opened a customer service centre in Anaimalai at door number 46, Sethumadai Road near Masaniamman Temple entrance arch.
- Airports Authority Of India For Full-Fledged Airport At Mandakalli (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Deputy Commissioner urged to acquire additional land for the project
Notification to acquire 94 acres of additional land for the airport project issued
Mysore-Nanjangud Road, which is part of Bangalore-Nilgiri National Highway, is posing a . . .
- Border Trade And Beyond (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 22, 2006)
some 44 years after it was last used, the third and potentially most promising trading point on the Sino-Indian border will open for two-way traffic
- Progress Of Bhakti (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
That Bhakti and Jnana are indispensable for salvation is stressed in the scriptures.
- Relevance Of Mahabharata (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Jun 22, 2006)
A time of transition for a nation is a time of normlessness, which the French social philosopher Emile Durkheim called a time of anomie.
- Understanding The Fundamentals (Pioneer, Vinayshil Gautam, Jun 22, 2006)
Defining the fundamentals before action holds the key to success of any venture, be it national or corporate, writes Vinayshil Gautam
- Bus To Rawalkot (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 22, 2006)
With the inauguration of the Poonch-Rawalkot bus service by Congress chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday, people on both sides of the divide can now travel by road to meet their relatives and acquaintances in the shortest possible time.
- Both The Haves And The Nots (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 22, 2006)
The snap beside the masthead of Karnataka’s Vijay Times daily says it all. It shows a saffron-draped sadhu at Allahabad’s Sangam ghat, balancing not the world but a football on his head.
- The Company, A Tragedy (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 22, 2006)
How the East India Company shaped the modern multinational. That's the sub-title on the cover of Nick Robins' The Corporation that Changed the World, from Orient Longman. Sounds eulogistic, as much as the back cover, which begins by . . .
- Raul Aims To Have Last Word At Finals (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Raul's usual goal celebration involves a brief kiss of his wedding ring but this time he careered off to the corner packed with Spanish fans, punched his chest and pointed to the crest on his red shirt.
- Lull Before The Storm (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 22, 2006)
The writer is a freelance columnist and former newspaper editor
The distance between Lahore and most other parts of the country sometimes seems to span vast oceans of ignorance and indifference.
- Four Soldiers Die As ’copter Crashes Near Ba (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Pakistan Army aviation helicopter crashed in a dam near here early on Wednesday due to a technical problem killing four soldiers and injuring three others.
- Zawahri Urges Afghans To Fight Foreign Troops (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Al Qaeda's second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahri urged Afghans in an Internet video to fight foreign troops in their country whom he said had a history of denigrating Islam.
- Japan To Withdraw Troops From Iraq (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 22, 2006)
Japan has ordered the withdrawal of its ground troops from Iraq, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi announced in a televised address to the nation.
- Saddam’S Lawyer Shot Dead: 80 Workers Kidnapped (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
One of Saddam Hussein’s main lawyers was shot dead on Wednesday after men in police uniform took him from his home, relatives said, the third defence attorney to be killed since the trial opened in October.
- Land To Be Used For No Other Purpose: Ag (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
The government on Wednesday requested the Supreme Court to consider investment plans of new buyers of the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) and, if not satisfied, set up an investigation commission instead of striking down the sale.
- Nation & The States (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 22, 2006)
There is a serious mismatch between the potential of UP and aspirations of the people, and its level of economic development. In 1700, India’s share in world GDP was 24.4 per cent, 2 percentage points higher than China’s (OECD publication).
- Wasting Kalam's Time (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 21, 2006)
On Monday, June 19, the Left-liberal rent-a-cause mafia outdid itself by marching into Rasthrapati Bhawan and demanding of the President of India that film-maker Mahesh Bhatt be made a protected monument.
- Infantile Protest (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 21, 2006)
We have rued ad infinitum the historic incapacity of Indians to deal with the enemy within - to speak nothing of invaders. But what we are witnessing in the instance of the organised misrepresentation of the Salwa Judum movement is truly unbelievable.
- Kashmir Solution Still A Long Way Off, Says Us Crisis Group (Tribune, Priscilla Huff, Jun 21, 2006)
The Washington-based International Crisis Group (ICG) feels that a full and final solution to the decades-long dispute over Kashmir between India and Pakistan is a long way off, but suggests that small progress has been made with the introduction . . .
- Rapacious Raj (Tribune, Johann Hari, Jun 21, 2006)
Britain is still a nation locked in denial. If you point out basic facts about the British Empire - that the British deliberately adopted policies that caused as many as 29 million Indians to starve to death in the late nineteenth century, say — you . .
- Sonia Flags Off Bus To Rawalkot (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
The UPA Chairperson, Ms Sonia Gandhi, today urged the separatists to take part in the roundtable discussions initiated by the Congress- led government at the Centre that was committed to solve the Kashmir issue with “an open mind”.
- 2nd Kashmir Bus Service Is Launched Across Loc (Asian Age, Yusuf Jameel and Shafqat Ali, Jun 21, 2006)
India and Pakistan on Tuesday started a new trans-Kashmir bus service between Poonch, in Jammu and Kashmir, and Rawalkot in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
- Socialism Without Marx (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 21, 2006)
In order to see why Blairite Labour has been such a hit, it is necessary to understand the attraction of socialism-without-Marx, says Janet Daley.
- The China Poser (Daily Excelsior, Rajkumar Vijayveer Vikram Singh, Jun 21, 2006)
The Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee is all gung-ho after his six day China visit. Mr. Mukherjee signed an agreement for more joint military exercises with the PLA; and at a press conference rebutted the assertion . . .
- Nathu La Calling (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 21, 2006)
The India-China agreement, signed in Lhasa on Sunday, to resume trade through the historic Nathu La Pass from July 6 after a gap of 44 years is another major confidence-building measure between the two Asian giants.
- Tight Vigil In Kamakhya Temple (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Close circuit cameras have been placed in vantage points as security remains the prime concern for police and the management committee of Kamakhya temple, the shakti shrine where devotees from various parts of the country have started trooping . . .
- Omega 3 Case Is Made But There Is Just Not Enough (Hindu, George Monbiot, Jun 21, 2006)
The more it is tested, the more compelling the hypothesis becomes. Dyslexia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), dyspraxia, and other neurological problems seem to be associated with a deficiency of Omega 3 fatty acids, especially in the . .
- Not A People's Highway (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 21, 2006)
My wife and I just returned to Bangalore from a road-trip to Chennai. There are two main routes: One, via Hosur, Krishnagiri, Ranipet and Poonamallee; and the other through Kolar, Chittoor, Ranipet and Poonamallee.
- A World In The Thrall Of Violence (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jun 21, 2006)
Iraq, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal... are all caught in violence that shows no signs of abating. Ironically, the more powerful a few nations become and the more power their leaders wield in geo-politics, the more unsafe they are making the world . . .
- Bid To Evolve Consensus To Exempt Tourism, It Sectors From Hartals (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Government to consider giving stickers for vehicles used by tourists
Programme to train tourist guides on the anvil
Strength of the police force to be increased
Transfer of police officials as per norms
- U.S. Activates Missile Defense Amid N.Korea Dispute (Reuters, WILL DUNHAM, Jun 21, 2006)
The United States has activated its ground-based interceptor missile-defense system amid concerns over an expected North Korean missile launch, a U.S. defense official said on Tuesday.
- A Promise And Pressures (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
The Public Distribution System (PDS) in Tamil Nadu has a long and chequered history.
- Spare A Thought For The Urban Poor (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 21, 2006)
The World Urban Forum that got underway in Vancouver on Monday comes at a time when the world is on the brink of historic demographic changes.
- The Inbuilt Volatility In Financial Markets... (The Financial Express, S NARAYAN, Jun 21, 2006)
And why our own approach to risk and regulation aids the systemic distortions
- Targetting Migrant Workers (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jun 21, 2006)
Sixteen agricultural workers of Nepali origin are the latest victims of terror.
- Indian Plan To Dam Northeast Rivers Stirs Critics (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Jun 21, 2006)
Ambitious plans to build dams and hydro power projects throughout the hills of the remote northeast have trodden on some sensitive toes in the troubled region.
- Cbms Are Meant To Avert Conflict: Pranab (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
India today said confidence-building measures with Pakistan like opening of bus service between Poonch and Rawalakot were aimed at averting a conflict between the two countries.
- Nepal Accord (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 21, 2006)
To assume that Nepal’s Seven Party Alliance-Maoist accord on the dissolution of parliament, formation of an interim government (rebels included) and holding elections to the constituent assembly in May next year will usher in an era of peace and . . .
- All Quiet In Balochistan? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 21, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf said on Monday that life was returning to normal in Dera Bugti and nearby areas because “terrorists have been eliminated from Balochistan”.
- No Enthusiasm As Pok ‘Pm’ Flags Off Bus (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
The first service of the Poonch-Rawalakot bus was today flagged off by Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) ‘Prime Minister’ Hayat Khan with 57 passengers on board.
- The False Credo Of Narcissism (The Economic Times, VITHAL C NADKARNI, Jun 21, 2006)
In his book Psychology as Religion:
- In Strike’S Own Country, Left U-Turn: It, Tourism ‘Hartal-Free’ In Kerala (Indian Express, RAJEEV P I, Jun 21, 2006)
Desperate for an image makeover but shying clearly off Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee-model solutions, the Left Government in Kerala today declared that it would banish, but not ban, hartals from both the state’s sunrise sectors—IT and tourism.
- 11th Plan To Focus On Reforming Labour Laws (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Flexibility needed to tap export markets, says Planning Commission paper
Accelerated growth of manufacturing suggested
Dismantling of import quotas needed
Many jobs can be generated in construction industry
- Bend It Like Bikram (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 21, 2006)
From a poor village in his native India, Bikram Choudhury made his name as Hollywood's fitness guru -and millions from his worldwide yoga franchise
- The Black Power's Quiet Side (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 21, 2006)
"Black Power" quickly became the controversial slogan for a movement that was largely perceived as rejecting the civil rights movement's nonviolent tactics and goals of integration in favor of a new ethos of black identity, self-defense and separatism.
- Japan’S Return To Prewar ‘Virtues’ (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 21, 2006)
As the conservatives are back in power in Japan, moves are underway to change its pacifist education system
- Pakistan, Kuwait To Explore New Avenues Of Cooperation (Pakistan Observer, Sharafat Kazmi, Jun 21, 2006)
Pakistan and Kuwait Tuesday while vowing to expand economic ties agreed to explore new avenues of cooperation with a focus on increasing investments and mutual trade flow.
- Unreal Estate (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 21, 2006)
Why do politicians everywhere have an objection to the land aspects of industrial/infrastructure projects?
- The Point Of No Return (Indian Express, Aasha Khosa, Jun 21, 2006)
Lieutenant Sushmita Chakarborty’s suicide at Udhampur takes me back to this quaint town where my friend Lieutenant Colonel SSS
- Iraq: Some Damning Statistics (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Jun 21, 2006)
Within a couple of days of George W. Bush’s return from his extraordinarily surreptitious foray into Baghdad’s green zone, his nation’s self-proclaimed newspaper of record, The New York Times, had a bit of bad news for the president.
- Waxing Eloquent (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Waxes and pigments and the amalgam make for art too
- A Dream Come True For Beedi Workers Of Solapur (Hindu, Meena Menon, Jun 21, 2006)
Manmohan Singh to inaugurate housing project on July 2, to benefit 10,000 women
Project financed by State, Central governments and beedi workers
Women took part in designing homes and made some changes
- Private Estate Owner Offers Road For Tourism Development (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Meghamalai Hills will become one of the prime tourism spots soon with all facilities.
- Utilise New Tourism Scheme, Local Bodies Told (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Collector C.Vijayaraj Kumar holds meeting with officials
- Sonia Flags Off Poonch-Rawalakot Bus Service (Daily Excelsior, Dinesh Manhotra, Jun 21, 2006)
The ‘invisible line of sorrow’- which has kept thousands of souls away from their family members and relatives for the last 58 years, today turned into a ‘road of happiness’ for these divided families as this link is going to end their long separation.
- Talks Within Purview Of Indian Constitution: Sonia (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Reiterating Central Government resolve to hold dialogue with different sections of the society to solve vexed problems, chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Sonia Gandhi today said talks and not violence, is the solution of any issue.
- Sex Scandal Cuffs On Ex-Ministers (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
“I am going for a morning walk,” Ghulam Ahmed Mir told the staff at Jammu and Kashmir House as he was led away by CBI officials after his arrest in the sex scandal that has rocked the Valley.
- A Damascus Diary (Daily Excelsior, M.J. Akbar, Jun 21, 2006)
The sun rises at 4.30. It is already high by 7.30 and will fade only at 7.45 in the evening.
- Siliguri Gets New Luxury Address (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
The north Bengal trade hub will get its second five-star hotel by 2007.
A collaboration of Fortune Park Hotels, an ITC-Welcomgroup subsidiary, and Lipika Enterprise, a Darjeeling real estate firm with hotels there and in Gangtok, was announced . . .
- Tourism, It May Be Exempted From Hartals (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Kodiyeri says Government trying to evolve consensus on the issue
- Not The Destination, Says Pok Leader (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jun 21, 2006)
56 cross the Line of Control from Rawalakot to Poonch by bus on Tuesday
"A bus service or a truck service cannot solve the problem of Kashmir"
Demand for inclusion of Kashmiri leaders in India-Pakistan talks.
- Saying It With Flowers (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jun 20, 2006)
A prelude to a forthcoming marriage has begun. The new political soap opera is preparing the stage for the curtain to rise before act 1, scene 1. Prakash Karat visited Mulayam Singh with a bunch of flowers.
- Bill Gatess Long Farewell (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 20, 2006)
The announcement that Microsoft founder Bill Gates is slowly withdrawing from the daily running of the company did not come as a surprise.
- Pakistan, India Relations Prone To Deterioration’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri warned on Monday that history had shown that relations between Pakistan and India were prone to sudden deterioration.
- Nepal Seeks Un Help Over Weapons (Telegraph, J. HEMANTH, Jun 20, 2006)
The Nepal government plans to formally ask the UN for help in managing the personnel and weapons of the Nepal Army and the Maoist Revolutionary Army during elections next year.
- Predicting The Oil Peak (Business Line, Satish Kumar, Jun 20, 2006)
Analysing Hubbert's predictions of peak oil, which happens when 50 per cent of recoverable oil has been produced, SHANMUGANATHAN. N and SATISH KUMAR argue that rather than quibble about the actual peak oil date, the sooner the inevitability of . . .
- Tipton Three Treated Worse Than Animals At Guantanamo (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Jun 20, 2006)
Three young British Muslims, Ruhal Ahmed and his two friends — Asif Iqbal and Shafiq Rasul — were arrested by US troops in Afghanistan in 2001.
- Pakistan Steel Mills Privatisation (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Monday observed that the agreement on privatisation of the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM), Karachi, is silent about the inclusion of an offshore company in the final agreement that did not participate in the bidding process at all.
- Delta Air To Start Non-Stop Mumbai-New York Flight (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
Good news for people flying to US from Mumbai as global carrier Delta Air Lines will start direct nonstop service between Mumbai and New York from November 1.
- Search For Efficiency — A War For Workable Workers, This! (Business Line, Alok Ray, Jun 20, 2006)
Adding new skills may not necessarily improve the lot of the job seekers.
In a dynamic economy, as new industries come up and old ones phase out, there will be retrenchment. But there is no cause for concern, as with a little bit of retraining . . .
- Good Is Bad (Times of India, Manjul Bajaj, Jun 20, 2006)
It was our first morning in Goa. We were at the fag end of a perfect breakfast. The husband was smoking peaceably while I watched the rain pour down in huge torrents from the safety of our partially open, beach-front restaurant.
- India, Pak To Write New Chapter Of Friendship Today (Daily Excelsior, Dinesh Manhotra, Jun 20, 2006)
Initiating one more step in the direction of further strengthening heart to heart relations on two sides of the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, India and Pakistan are all set to launch second Karvan-e-Aman bus service tomorrow.
- Kuwait To Set Up Refinery At Port Qasim: Musharraf, Sabah Hold Talks (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
Pakistan and Kuwait on Monday signed several agreements and memoranda of understanding to enhance economic relations, including an MoU for setting up an oil refinery at Port Qasim.
- Marginalised, Indian Women Face Growing Aids Threat (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Jun 20, 2006)
AIDS experts in India are targeting a new group in their campaign to raise HIV awareness - married women.
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