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Articles 10121 through 10220 of 21907:
- Tdp Seeks Release Of Scholarship Amount (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
Don't hike fee for students of private engineering colleges, says CPI(M)
Government has no role in fee hike, says Higher Education Minister P. Koteswara Rao
TRS member call for review of out-of-turn promotions to police involved in anti-naxal operatio
- Us Must Accord Pakistan Nuclear Deal Like India: Kasuri (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
Warns US refusal pushing Islamabad towards ‘other options’
Hints Pakistan moving towards China to counter Indian hegemony
- Iraq Transition To Stable Government Two Years Away (Christian Science Monitor, Tom Regan, Mar 18, 2006)
The transition to a stable government in Iraq could take as long as two years, according to US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. CNN reports that Ms. Rice made the comments after she spoke to Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer in Sydney.
- 'Advani Will Never Regain Confidence Of Hindus' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
Accusing BJP leader LK Advani of betraying Hindus when he was in power, the VHP on Friday said he would never regain the confidence of the people for the "betrayal."
- A Soft Budget (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 18, 2006)
Haryana farmer is the gainer
- Spectre Of Split (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 18, 2006)
With hardly a month for the state to go to polls, CPM in Kerala is facing rebellion within the party. Supporters of V S Achuthanandan, the party's mascot of mass politics in the state and leader of opposition in the Kerala assembly, have taken to . . .
- Numbers Game (Tribune, Shriniwas Joshi, Mar 18, 2006)
Osho believed that humans produced two types of sound — one in the form of words, the other in the form of wind. He said that these were simply noises produced by the body. I had thought otherwise and agreed with Huxley: “words have enabled us to rise abo
- Seige Within (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 17, 2006)
The Israeli action could be directed at winning the polls
- Will Transfers Really Check Corruption? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Mar 17, 2006)
Once the shock and awe at five Bangalore policemen being worth Rs 60 crore subsides, a larger question that stares at us is: if liberalisation was to spell finis to corruption, why .....
- There Will Be More Wahida Prizms And Munafs (Deccan Herald, Firoz Bakht Ahmed, Mar 17, 2006)
Today, a new class of enlightened and liberal Muslims is emerging and the stereotype is fading out
- The Flip Side Of Culture (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 17, 2006)
Ever thought of culture as a consumer issue? I didn’t either, till I saw this report from a health activist circulated on a listserve in the wake of the recent bird flu scare.
- End Of Communism (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Mar 17, 2006)
On the morning of February 25, 1956, a short, bald, thick-set man rose to address an unscheduled meeting of high-ranking members of the Soviet communist party in Moscow.
- Good Sense Prevails (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 17, 2006)
No religion teaches killings
- Death Of Milosevic (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 17, 2006)
Man who won’t understand ethnic aspirations
- Rs 25 Lakh Fund For Mlas Withdrawn (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
The Punjab Finance Minister, Mr Surinder Singla, today withdrew the provision of Rs 25 lakh made in the state Budget for each MLA for the development of critical infrastructure in his or her constituency on the pattern of Member of . . .
- Hindu Leaders Meet Kalam, Patil (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
Seek CBI probe into Varanasi blasts
- Train Of Terror (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 17, 2006)
Anarchists love the trappings of an ideology, even if it is an outdated one. The so-called Maoist rebellion in parts of India is a case in point.
- Nuclear Deal Enters Us Congress Test (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Mar 17, 2006)
Landmark legislation to see through the Indo-US nuclear deal and to change a discriminatory global non-proliferation regime for the first time in almost four decades was introduced in the US Congress today.
- New Voices (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
Varanasi, after the blasts, is becoming the city for a new kind of hope for India. For sectarian terror not to destroy unstoppably the very fabric of a diverse society, two things must happen simultaneously.
- Delhi Students, Teachers Caught In Covert India-France Visa War (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Mar 17, 2006)
Applications handled "casually"; students, teachers from Delhi put to hardship
Visa was valid only for France whereas the group required Schengen visa for transit through Germany
Germans come to help
- 'Us Faces Historic Opportunity With India' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
Republican Congressman Joe Wilson has hailed the introduction of legislation in the US Congress.
- India’S Talks With Iran, Pak End Without Pipeline Deal (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
Talks between India, Iran and Pakistan on building a new gas pipeline ended today without any agreement and a new round of negotiations is scheduled for late April.
- Fuelling The Deal (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Mar 17, 2006)
There should be no misunderstanding about this: the Russian decision to supply uranium to fuel the Tarapur reactors is not an attempt to buck the US-led process of providing India a place in the world nuclear order — it is part of the same process.
- Pakistan Warns Against U.S.-India Nuclear Deal - Ft (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
Pakistan has said a civilian nuclear energy deal between its arch rival India and the United States would wreck international agreements to stop the spread of nuclear weapons, the Financial Times reported on Friday.
- Geelani Invited To Attend Seminar In Pakistan (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
Chairman of hardline faction of Hurriyat Conference Syed Ali Shah Geelani has been invited for a four-day seminar on Kashmir organised by World Social Forum in Pakistani Port city of Karachi.
- India Should Follow 'Proper Sequencing' On Nuke Accords: Us (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Mar 17, 2006)
Maintaining its opposition to Russia's decision to supply uranium for the Tarapur atomic power plant, the Bush administration has said the "proper way" was to wait for the US to change its laws to facilitate implementation of the historic . . .
- History And Legend (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 17, 2006)
Every place on earth blends reality and imagination, history and legend.
- Parliamentary Privilege (Statesman, Bibhuti Bhusan Nandy, Mar 17, 2006)
Speaker Somnath Chatterjee’s spat with the Supreme Court has acquired ominous overtones. A barrister of long standing, he fired his first salvo at the Court for “overstepping” its limits when it overthrew the action of the Governor of . . .
- `History Is The Short Trudge From Adam To Atom' (Business Line, D. Murali , Mar 17, 2006)
Atoms `have stories to tell that span billions of years, linking us with the entire cosmos'
The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe.'
- Full Employment Ahead (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 17, 2006)
obs for all, not by sarkari programmes that spend six rupees to deliver one rupee to the target beneficiary, but through economic growth.
- Russians Informed Bush Of Their India Plans In February (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Mar 17, 2006)
Russians had informed Bush in February about the nuclear fuel supply to India for “safety reasons” to keep him informed before he landed in Delhi and did not get a shock from learning it from the Indian Government to react in any adverse manner, . . .
- Reforms, Bose Need To Initiate (Daily Excelsior, Dr R R Dubey, Mar 17, 2006)
&K Board of School Education is an important institute of the State. It is headed by the Chairman at State level. However, for the entire functioning of Divisional level offices, the Secretary Board of School Education along with abundant . . .
- Core Issues In Asian Cities (Dawn, Noman Ahmed, Mar 17, 2006)
One of the key subjects of discussion at the World Social Forum, to be held later in the month in Karachi, will be the contemporary situation of world cities that, owing to several factors, are undergoing tremendous changes at the turn of the millennium.
- Coordinated Rehabilitation (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 17, 2006)
As the main focus in the earthquake-affected areas shifts from immediate relief to reconstruction and rehabilitation, the government needs to display more preparedness than it has so far.
- No Breach Of Norms In Uranium Sale: Russia (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
Brushing aside US reservations, Russia on Thursday said its proposed supply of nuclear fuel to India for the Tarapur reactor was not in violation of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) . . .
- Why Dan Brown Must Win (Hindu, Nick Cohen, Mar 17, 2006)
You do not have to love the English language to disapprove of The Da Vinci Code. A passing respect for your mother tongue is enough to make you wince when Dan Brown takes a chainsaw to the old girl and slices her into clichés and easy-to-assemble . . .
- Has America Lost Its Way In Afghanistan? (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Mar 17, 2006)
The stark reality is that there isn't any political process anymore in Afghanistan. The American strategy of taming the Taliban or engineering defections from its ranks is a shambles.
- Ageing Queen Of The Adriatic (Frontline, Sudha Mahalingam, Mar 16, 2006)
WHEN was the last time you were in a city without road traffic? Not encountering a single car, bus or truck is perhaps the most appealing aspect of Venice for the jaded city-dweller hoping for a getaway from petrol fumes for a few days.
- Palestinian Ultras Release Post-Jail Raid Hostages (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
Palestinian militants today released the last four foreigners they were holding, a day after seizing the hostages to protest an Israeli military raid on a West Bank prison.
- A Good Mind (Deccan Herald, Terry Reis Kennedy, Mar 16, 2006)
Modern scientists can analyse and measure everything, except what is in the heart and mind of a person, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has said. “The real value of a human is what good intentions are in the heart.”
- Earthy Heaven (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
“We thought we were in heaven”. Millions across the globe would have echoed that exclamation of delight from a Norwegian housewife had they too opened their kitchen taps and found . . .
- The King’S Legacy All Shook Up (Deccan Herald, Julie Bosman, Mar 16, 2006)
Sillerman, a billionaire media entrepreneur, is cashing in on Elvis Presley’s staying power
- Cleaning Up Democracy (Telegraph, PARTHA CHATTERJEE , Mar 16, 2006)
The author is director and professor of political science, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, . . .
- Give Ambedkar His Due (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Mar 16, 2006)
Ambedkar is not accorded the importance he should be despite his efforts to liberate the oppressed
- The Wind Blows Another Way At The Durand Line (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Mar 16, 2006)
Pakistan’s relations with Afghanistan are in a downward spiral. First came the war of words between President Hamid Karzai and General Pervez Musharraf over who was to blame for the resurgence of the Taliban along the mountainous Afghan-Pakistan . . .
- Blast Shadow Lifts From Varanasi, People Play Holi (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
The shadow of fear following the twin blasts of March 7 lifted completely today from this pilgrimage city as people danced, sang and painted the town in festive colours on the occasion of Holi amidst tight security.
- Rebels Quit Hijacked Train, Cops Clap (Telegraph, SALMAN RAVI, Mar 16, 2006)
Engaging armed Maoists at night would have been foolhardy, Jharkhand police said today, seeking to justify their inaction on Monday night when a passenger train was held hostage for 10 long hours.
- Moral Force (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
The Opposition National Conference (NC) supported by BJP, National Panthers Party (NPP) and MLA Bishnah, Ashwani Sharma disrupted the proceedings of State Assembly for 10 minutes this morning to protest against the non-presence of Ministers in the House.
- The Importance Of Information Standards (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Mar 16, 2006)
A mass of statistical data does not mean information standards, which involve classifications and codes, statistical units, extent of coverage, methods of measurement of economic phenomena, and the logic of inclusion or omission of certain items.
- Crowding In Or Crowding Out? (The Economic Times, Alok Sheel, Mar 16, 2006)
At about 10% of the GDP, the combined fiscal deficit of the central and state governments taken together is over three times the prudential EU Maastricht Treaty norm of 3%.
- China's 'Schindler' (International Herald Tribune, Howard W. French, Mar 16, 2006)
Nanjing, China: From the outside it does not look like much: the shell of a two-story brick building with scaffolding running up its sides and, on this drizzly winter day, a pair of construction workers kicking around in a courtyard littered with building
- Ltte Raising Funds For "Final War" (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Mar 16, 2006)
The New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday said the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) had launched an "aggressive and systematic fundraising campaign" from expatriate Sri Lankan Tamils in the west to fund a "final war" with the . . .
- Extremism Of The Mosque (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Mar 16, 2006)
Speaking to a delegation of traders, politicians, exporters and lawyers in Faisalabad on Tuesday, President Pervez Musharraf said that “some khateebs were creating disharmony among the people for their vested interests”. Since government agencies . . .
- Himalaya Car Rally Sets Off (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
Federal Tourism Minister Ghazi Ghulab Jamal on Wednesday inaugurated the Himalaya car rally consisting of 18 vintage cars from 1936 to 1970.
- The Storming Of Jericho (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
Israeli raid on Jericho’s prison will go down in the torturous history of the Middle East as another throbbing wound inflicted by Tel Aviv. It was an atrocious move in many ways and its repercussions will be felt far and wide, while it bodes ill . . .
- Israeli Assault (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 16, 2006)
Somehow, for all the powerful protagonists of human rights who roam the earth pretending to uphold the dignity of man, the beleaguered Palestinian people seem to have no respite from the cruelties of the rampaging Israeli forces, which ruin their . . .
- Foreign Policy Failure (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 16, 2006)
While the government is never tired of presenting Pakistan as a frontline state against the War on Terror and prides itself on having done more than any other country to curb Al-Qaeda, those it has helped mostly remain dissatisfied.
- Us Indicates Reservations On Russian Fuel For Tarapur (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
Indicating its reservations on Russia's move to supply fuel for Tarapur nuclear reactor, the US has said that any such step should be taken after India fulfils its obligations under the historic Indo-US nuclear deal.
- Advani Yatra Steers Clear Of Polls, Blasts (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Mar 16, 2006)
Rattled by the criticism from within and outside against the proposed ‘‘Rashtriya Ekta Yatras’’ announced by him last week, LK Advani is belatedly trying to delink the yatras from both the upcoming elections in five states as well as the Varanasi blasts.
- Illegal Constructions Choking Historic Mehrauli (Hindu, Mandira Nayar, Mar 16, 2006)
`Jahaz Mahal', a ASI protected monument, becomes yet another victim of crass commercialisation in the area
- Pak-Canada Economics (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 16, 2006)
Present-day realpolitik grants central priority to binding economic ties, which in turn promote mutual interests and nurture political relations.
- Negative Fallout Of Bush’S Visit (Dawn, Ghayoor Ahmed, Mar 16, 2006)
THE government and the people of India are jubilant over the visit of the US President George W. Bush to New Delhi to seal a “new relationship” between the United States and India. India has certainly secured a stunning diplomatic success by . . .
- Saddam Takes The Stand And Lauds The Resistance (International Herald Tribune, Edward W. Said, Mar 16, 2006)
Saddam Hussein took the witness stand Wednesday for his first formal testimony in his trial, and delivered an incendiary political diatribe that urged Iraqis to cease the sectarian bloodshed and carry on the . . .
- N-Deal: Battle Begins At Us Congress (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Mar 16, 2006)
One day before the legislation is introduced in the US Senate and the House of Representatives to implement the Indo-US civil nuclear agreement, two Congressmen have come out with diametrically opposed views on the merits of the deal.
- Avoidable Strain (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Mar 16, 2006)
Only the naïve would be surprised by Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s recent remark that he treated Jammu and Kashmir as a bilateral issue.
- Ahead Of Holi, Security Stepped Up In Varanasi (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
The district administration has beefed up security in the temple city and deployed additional forces around religious places and vital installations ahead of Holi celebrations on Wednesday, official sources said on Tuesday.
- Who Wants To Be A Superpower? (Hindu, DHIRAJ NAYYAR, Mar 16, 2006)
India needs to be a super-empowerer of the less powerful, both countries and peoples, and not a superpower in the shade of an even bigger one.
- New Phase In Indo-Us Ties (Daily Excelsior, Sarvadaman, Mar 16, 2006)
After many decades, Indian leaders have learnt to walk with the most powerful leader (Mr Bush) of the world. So far India's Pak-centric policy had not only made India waste her time but also look small.
- Iran? Hardly Israel's Problem Alone (Jerusalem Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
As the world ponders what to do about Iran's nuclear ambitions some talking heads claim they have found the perfect solution.
- Kashmir Self-Rule Plan Making Headway (News International, Mariana Baabar, Mar 15, 2006)
Picking up on the prospects of self-governance for Kashmir, a proposal floated by Pakistan, is fast catching up with the leadership of Kashmir.
- Cbi Conducts Raids In Hotel Corporation Of India Case (Hindu, CR Jayachandran, Mar 15, 2006)
`Accused conspired, executed to award transport contract without proper procedure'
- Death Of A Mass Murderer (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Mar 15, 2006)
THE death of Slobodan Milosevic, in his cell at the Hague, where he was undergoing a trial at an International Criminal Court since 2001, for crimes against humanity, including genocide, has left incomplete a process that would have delivered the . . .
- Yatra To Change Course Of National Politics: Advani (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2006)
The BJP parliamentary party on Tuesday endorsed the controversial ‘national integration yatra’ of Leader of Opposition L K Advani, who declared that “it would change the course of national politics”.
- Competing Ideas Of The Sacred (Hindu, Karma Nabulsi, Mar 15, 2006)
The crisis occasioned by the Danish cartoons, which depicted the prophet Muhammad as a terrorist, has become a microcosm of the wider conflict between Islam and the Western world.
- Significant Steps (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 15, 2006)
Mr Kalam’s visit to Myanmar is historic...
- Cracking A New Code (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2006)
"Oh, India is such a paradox. I tell you, I long to go home all the time, but the moment I reach there, I want to come back," says Sue who runs a Trinidadian restaurant in Bangalore. Married to a Malayali, she has a brother with . . .
- Dry And Dreary (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2006)
Roderick Buchanan's History Painting churns out nothing but a monotonous parade of youthful faces
- Mystical Experience (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2006)
Spiritual experience is a one-to-one communion with God and hence even the great sages who were fortunate to have this experience did not generally speak about it.
- Returning Officers For Pondy Appointed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2006)
Each officer will be in charge of three constituencies Election expenditure of political parties in each constituency has been fixed at Rs 5 lakh and squads have been formed to monitor the functioning of parties
21 constituencies under seven officers
- Advani "Thought Of" Rath Yatra Before Varanasi Blasts (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Mar 15, 2006)
Dasmunsi: It is meant for dividing the country
The `yatras' will have the same political effect as his Ayodhya rath yatra in 1989, says Advani
"Minorityism is contributi
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