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Articles 12021 through 12120 of 21907:
- First Regular Amritsar-Lahore Bus Crosses Wagah (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 25, 2006)
The first regular Amritsar-Lahore bus carrying 40 passengers and officials on Tuesday crossed the Wagah border as another road link opened between the two South Asian neighbours—a sign of improving relationship.
- Thar Express May Be Deferred (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 25, 2006)
The much awaited Thar Express train service between Munnabao in Rajasthan and Khokhrapar in Pakistan slated to commence on February one is likely to be deferred by at least a week as the two countries are yet to finalise modalities of the operations.
- Indian Bus Arrives In Lahore (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 25, 2006)
A bus carrying 39 Indian passengers arrived in the Pakistani city of Lahore from Amritsar today after the two countries opened the first road link between the two sides of Punjab in an effort to enhance people-to-people contact.
- Orissa: Russia Shows Interest In State Development Projects (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 25, 2006)
Russia has evinced interest in the various development projects now being undertaken in Orissa with the thrust being given to the steel, aluminium and infrastructure sectors.
- Abdullah’S India Visit Heralds New Ties (News International, Jagpreet Luthra, Jan 25, 2006)
King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia will be a guest of honour when he attends India’s Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi, but many are asking why it has taken a Saudi monarch 51 years to visit the country.
- Biodynamic Farming In Krishna District (Hindu, G.V.Ramana Rao, Jan 25, 2006)
They do not use chemical fertilizers. Pesticides are anathema to them. All the inputs needed for cultivation are available in the farm. They wait for the right planetary positions to spray solutions developed from organic materials for the . . .
- All Quiet On The Monetary Policy Front? (The Financial Express, Mythili Bhusnurmath, Jan 24, 2006)
As he waits for the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to announce the third quarter review of its annual policy statement for 2005-06 today, Bimal Jalan, former governor of RBI, can justifiably permit himself a quiet chuckle. Reason?
- Is Delhi The Face Of India? (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
I love my country just like all of you do, and i take pride in living in Delhi, the national capital. But of late i feel a bit hurt, coz of some sorry incidents but even more by the way media has taken those incidents.
- "The Bird On The Book Does Mean Something" (Hindu, Mukund Padmanabhan, Jan 24, 2006)
Penguin's chief executive on the future of the book publishing industry and his company's plans for India and elsewhere.
- Tata Aig, Icici Lombard To Launch Domestic Travel Cover (Business Line, Radhika Menon, Jan 24, 2006)
Private insurance companies plan to launch domestic travel insurance covering all modes of transport. Two leading insurers — Tata AIG General Insurance Company Ltd and ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company — will be unveiling their domestic travel . . .
- First Amritsar-Lahore Bus Leaving For Pakistan On Tuesday (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
Seeking to enhance the people-to-people contact between India and Pakistan, the first bus from here to Lahore will leave tomorrow.
- Gravitas And Gravity (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
From myth and fantasy to the graphic novel or children's fiction, Samit Basu wants to try 'em all
- 2006 To Be 'Friendship Year' For India, China (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
Putting behind the past of uneasy ties, India and China will commemorate 2006 as 'Friendship Year' to forge closeness through a series of events, including operationalisation of border trade through Nathu La besides high-level visits and exchanges . . .
- City On The Re-Make (Indian Express, KAUSHIK DAS, Jan 24, 2006)
I took leave for a few days in the new year to visit my home town, Kolkata, after a gap of two years. Friends back home had been telling me that this time I would see a ‘changed’ Kolkata.
- Why Flee To Singapore? (Deccan Herald, Vatsala Vedantam, Jan 24, 2006)
The IIMs should provide education in socially relevant areas to poor and capable students who need it badly
- Bush’S White House: Trapped In A Cocoon (Dawn, Kurt Jacobsen and Sayeed Hasan Khan, Jan 24, 2006)
'Desperate' is not a word found in the White House vocabulary even though one may be forgiven for detecting that George W. Bush and his handlers have acted ever more desperately through the last dismaying year.
- 3 Sri Lankan Soldiers Killed In Rebel Attack (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
Government officials have said they are willing to be flexible on the choice of a venue, whereas the Tigers are insisting on Oslo.
- Chirac’S Indiscretion (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 24, 2006)
Iran has reacted strongly to President Jacques Chirac’s unfortunate statement about using nuclear weapons.
- Communist History (Hindu, B. R. P. Bhaskar, Jan 24, 2006)
In 2002 the Communist Party of India (Marxist) set up a commission with six of its stalwarts as members to prepare a history of the Indian communist movement to help familiarise the new generation with its traditions.
- Deputation Of Deve Gowda's Kin Quashed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
The Karnataka High Court on Monday quashed the deputation and absorption of Parushurame Gowda, a relative of the former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, as Executive Engineer of the Karnataka State Slum Clearance Board (KSSCB).
- Cong On A Roll, Says Poll (Hindustan Times, Sanjay Kumar, Jan 24, 2006)
Just imagine this. Sonia Gandhi returns from Hyderabad and asks Manmohan Singh to recommend the dissolution of the Lok Sabha.
- Forays Into The Wilderness (Hindu, Kumaran Sathasivam, Jan 24, 2006)
A wildlife biologist's account of his journeys into forest areas rarely accessed
- Challenges To Energy Security (Hindu, T. Ramakrishnan, Jan 24, 2006)
Discusses the complex issues and problems that have a bearing on energy security
- Cpm Leader Says Tagore Lobbied For Nobel Prize (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
The minister also sought to argue that the Tagore family used to wield tremendous clout in those days in contemporary England as a result of which it turned out to be easier for Gurudev to get nominated for the Nobel Prize.
- An Axis Of Allied Forces (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
For almost three-quarters of our nearly 60-year-old political history, the Congress has led the Union government without any associate parties.
- Quattrocchi 'Can't Be Brought To Trial' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
Admitting that Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi could not be brought for trial, the Indian government said on Monday that this had prompted the green signal for reviving his London accounts into which the bribes were said to have been deposited.
- Cause Of Concern (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 24, 2006)
It is a matter of serious concern that every major terrorist attack elsewhere in the country should have its roots in the State. The latest revelation in this newspaper can only make us sit up and take notice.
- Banishing Backache (Tribune, Shriniwas Joshi, Jan 24, 2006)
Turning a deaf ear to the doctor’s adage “live your age”, I lifted a heavy box resulting in severe pain in the lumber region of my spine. Home remedy directs not to attend to any malady for three days because the human body is the greatest . . .
- Osama Endorsement Helps Make Best-Seller (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
Oprah Winfrey’s book club has boosted the careers of many an author, but in Osama bin-Laden she may have an unlikely new rival. A book by an obscure American historian has shot into US best-seller lists after the elusive leader of Al Qaida . . .
- Teheran To Go The Whole Nuke Hog If Referred (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
Iran will immediately retaliate if referred to the UN security council next week by forging ahead with developing a full-scale uranium enrichment programme, Teheran’s senior envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mr Ali Asghar Soltaniyeh,
- First Indian Bus Arrives From Amritsar Today (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
The first Indian bus operating on the new Lahore-Amritsar route will arrive here today, carrying 40 passengers including the speaker of the Indian Punjab Assembly, four other parliamentarians and a nine-member trade delegation from Amritsar.
- Who’S In, Who’S Out (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jan 24, 2006)
To be an NRI, a non-required Indian, is celebrated by the regimes that rule us.
- Three Soldiers Killed In Lanka Blast Ahead Of Peace Move (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
At least three soldiers were killed and two others wounded in a powerful landmine attack in eastern Sri Lanka today as Norway's peace envoy arrived here to save the tottering truce, officials said.
- News From The Schools, January 2006 (Economist, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
The Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto and the Indian School of Business (ISB) in Hyderabad have agreed on a partnership that will lead to student exchanges between the two schools beginning in the 2006-07 academic year.
- Lahore Bus To Be Flagged Off Today (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
After the ‘Dosti’ bus from Pakistan last Friday, the ‘Panj Aab’ bus will be flagged off for Lahore by Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Ms Rajinder Kaur Bhattal from this holy town tomorrow.
- Development Of Doda (Daily Excelsior, Prof P R Khajuria, Jan 24, 2006)
The sprawling Doda sub-region with its peculiar geophysical characteristics and unique socio-cultural scenario; with its centuries old known history that almost runs parallel to the history of Kashmir valley,
- A Racket Returns (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Jan 24, 2006)
A month ago I got a phone-call from a stranger deep in Gujarat. He went on about the Yes Bank public issue, and about its manager, Karvy Consultants. Sensing a story, I passed on the telephone number to a junior colleague, who assigned it to his . . .
- We Must Oppose, But Also Propose (Deccan Herald, Kumi Naidoo, Jan 23, 2006)
The WSF crowd must also suggest measures to make the world a better place
- In Defence Of Sanjay Joshi (Indian Express, Sanjay Joshi, Jan 23, 2006)
Setting the record straight, the front page of the January 19 issue prominently reports an interview with RSS strongman Mohan Bhagwat entitled “RSS has full faith in Sanjay Joshi”.
- Atomic Lethargy (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 23, 2006)
The Indo-US nuke deal is a test: is a department bigger than the government?
- On Pm-Saudi King Agenda: Terrorism, Defence, Energy (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jan 23, 2006)
All the pomp surrounding the first visit by a Saudi King to India in half a century—planeloads of royalty accompanying the monarch and the pageantry of the Republic’s birthda...
- Is History Repeating Itself In Nepal? (Indian Express, RHODERICK CHALMERS, Jan 23, 2006)
There is still space and time to accommodate the Maoists, political parties and monarchy in a workable solution,
- Playing It Safe — Lessons From China's Reserves Management (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jan 23, 2006)
BEIJING'S State Administration of Foreign Exchange recently issued a statement that almost set the Potomac on fire.
- Fearing War, Lanka Tamils Flee To India (Indian Express, JAYA MENON, Jan 23, 2006)
Around 2.30 am on Friday, Suryakumar landed on the Arichalmunai shores near the ghost village of Dhanushkodi. Fearing a fresh outbreak of conflict between the Sri Lankan Army and the LTTE, he had fled his native village, Thondamannar in Jaffna district,..
- Taking Over (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 23, 2006)
The path to liberalization is not often a perfectly straight one in India. Recent developments in Tamil Nadu,
- Major Tragedy (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 23, 2006)
All hearts will go to the victims of one of the worst road accidents in the State on the Darhal-Rajouri road last week-end.
- Embodiment Of Bravery, Patriotism (Daily Excelsior, R K Bhatnagar, Jan 23, 2006)
Born on January 23, 1897, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose would have been 109 years of age now.
- Bush’S Asia Tour (Statesman, Harsh V Pant, Jan 23, 2006)
With the recent visit of the US President to Asia, the USA is once again trying to grapple with the momentous transformation that has taken place in global politics in the last few years.
- Emergency Exit (Times of India, MUKUL SHARMA, Jan 23, 2006)
If passenger ships can have lifeboats, why can't commercial aircraft have something similar?
- Irrelevance Of The King (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 23, 2006)
The slogan, “Gyane Chor, Desh Chhod” (Gyanendra thief, leave the country), shows the distance the Nepalese people have travelled from venerating their monarch as the incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Never before have they stood up to monarchy like this.
- Saudi King To Push Ties With Energy-Hungry India (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Jan 23, 2006)
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah visits New Delhi this week to build on improving ties between the world's top oil exporter and India, eager to meet the future energy needs of its booming economy.
- Rahu, Ketu Move Over, The Dragon Is Here (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 23, 2006)
According to the information provided by the Hong Kong Tourism Board, Chinese have 12 zodiac signs as legend has it that the Lord Buddha summoned all the animals to come to him before he departed from earth.
- Nitish Wants More Geeks In Bihar (Deccan Herald, Abhay Kumar, Jan 23, 2006)
Holding out an olive branch to naxalites, Nitish travelled to those areas where angels fear to tread.
- Now And Again: Love While You Can (Statesman, JP MALIK, Jan 23, 2006)
The King of Ethopia was once invited by our ambassador to an Indian marriage.
- Mayawati At It Again (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Jan 23, 2006)
Behanji Mayawati celebrated her birthday as usual with a big tamasha, laddoos and, of course, collection of funds with coupons for all to fill in their donations to the Bahujan Samajwadi Party leader.
- Indo-Us Nuclear Deal: Wrinkles Remain (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Jan 23, 2006)
A prominent Indian American is advising Mr Nicholas Burns as the US undersecretary of state works with his Indian counterparts to implement commitments made in a July 18 civilian nuclear agreement.
- Crisis In Nepal (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 23, 2006)
The eruption of fresh violence in Nepal shows that people are no longer prepared to tolerate the suppression of their democratic urges by King Gyanendra.
- China Delays Release Of Geisha’S Memoirs (Statesman, David Eimer, Jan 23, 2006)
Memoirs of a Geisha, the hit film based on a best-selling book, has run into trouble in China, home to its leading actresses.
- Time To Strike (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 23, 2006)
Perhaps never before such optimistic scenario has emerged on the ruling political spectrum in the State as one sees these days.
- Oic: Saudi King Hopes Pakistan Will Sponsor India (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 23, 2006)
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has expressed the hope that Pakistan would sponsor India’s membership as an observer of the OIC even as he called on the two countries to resolve their differences.
- Coming Out With The Real Outcome (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Jan 23, 2006)
What exactly is `outcome' and how to measure it? Raising this question vis-à-vis the Outcome Budget, P. V. Indiresan suggests that, assuming cost-benefit can be measured, there are three ways the `outcome' can be deemed better than before.
- How Playboy Can Score In India (Los Angeles Times, Editorial, Los Angeles Times, Jan 22, 2006)
Despite strict obscenity laws, stricter religious mores and a fanatical element that regularly pickets and threatens to blow up movie theaters running risque movies, Playboy Enterprises is considering an Indian version of its magazine.
- Kostova’S Top Ten For A Winter Night (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
Elizabeth Kostova, author of ‘The Historian’ chooses her favourite books to cuddle with on a dark evening.
- G Too May Have To Join The Exit Q If... (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Jan 22, 2006)
‘‘If Abu Salem had a political godfather, CBI would have argued he should stay in Lisbon.’’ The Indian Express wrote this in a caustic editorial last Wednesday on how the UPA Government enabled defreezing of Mr Q’s frozen bank account in London . . .
- Congress Delegates Dazzled By Plenary Arrangements (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
According to estimates, cost of decking up twin cities itself comes to Rs. 1.5 crores
- Lahore Bus Returns On Road Of Hope (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
The first Lahore-Amritsar bus returned on Saturday. The 15 Pakistani officials on board promised a visa counter in Lahore.
- R-Day Parade: Out Of Step? (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Jan 22, 2006)
I don't know if you have noticed but over the last four years or so, the run-up to the Republic Day parade is always marked by a certain amount of disgruntled muttering. This year has been no exception.
- The Zeroes In ‘India’S Century’ (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Jan 22, 2006)
Our Prime Minister is a cautious man, not given to hyperbole, but one of the things he likes saying is that the 21st century is going to be India’s century. If he had travelled with me on the two journeys I took last week he might hesitate to make . . .
- Delegates Dazzled By Plenary Arrangements (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
According to estimates, cost of decking up twin cities itself comes to Rs. 1.5 crores
- 47 Karnataka Mlas In Goa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
It will be better if Chief Minister resigns, says Kumaraswamy
Forty-seven Karnataka MLAs under the leadership of Janata Dal (S) rebel leader Kumaraswamy and JD (S) Karnataka president N. Thipanna arrived in Goa on Saturday afternoon for a three-day ...
- On George Bush’S New Delhi Agenda: Plan For Inter-Faith Meet In Akshardham (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Jan 22, 2006)
Top on the list of cultural places for US President George W Bush to visit during his stay in Delhi is the Akshardham Temple where an inter-faith congregation is on the cards once White House gives its final nod.
- Park Clean-Up -Only The Beginning (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 22, 2006)
The demolition bug is spreading. Though long overdue the razing of several structures, some owned by pretty high-profile persons at that, on the fringe of the Ranthambore tiger reserve is to be welcomed.
- Science & Creative Thinking (Hindustan Times, Simon Singh, Jan 22, 2006)
I visited India recently thanks to the British Council, who arranged for me to give science lectures at schools, colleges and universities. Over the course of a couple of weeks I spoke to budding scientists, retired professors, brilliant teachers and ....
- Wto: The Gains And The Losses (Tribune, P. K. Vasudeva, Jan 22, 2006)
There has been mixed reaction of various countries after the conclusion of the sixth ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) at Hong Kong.
- Rubble Rises (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
E P Menon travels to parts of Bhuj devasted by the Jan. 26, 2001, Gujarat earthquake, to catch glimpses of life sprouting back from the rubble, and is quick to note it down in his diary.
- Vhp Issues Ultimatum On Temple (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Saturday gave a one-year ultimatum to the Centre to hand over the entire disputed area of 67 acres in Ayodhya for the construction of Ram Temple, failing which it threatened to launch a nation-wide “direct action” programme
- Cuba Solidarity Day On July 26 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
"Hands off Cuba'' will be an important slogan when Bush visits India: Karat
- Jet Airways Q3 Net Profit Down 53 Percent (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
India's top domestic airline, Jet Airways Ltd., said on Saturday its quarterly net profit dropped 53 percent on higher fuel prices.
- Hundreds Held In Anti-King Protests In Nepal (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Jan 22, 2006)
Nepali police fought running battles with thousands of pro-democracy protesters around the ancient temples and through the narrow streets of the capital on Saturday, and hundreds of people were rounded up.
- ‘Heroes Are Not Allowed To Die’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
Anita Pfaff, daughter of Subhas Chandra Bose, is in India after a gap of four years. She took part in the 95th birth anniversary of her Austria-born mother Emilie Schenkl at Netaji Bhavan in Kolkata on December 26, 2005, and before wrapping up . . .
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