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Articles 12221 through 12320 of 21907:
- Chinese Change Of Policy Or Heart? (Rediff on the Net, Srikanth Kondapalli , Jan 20, 2006)
Behind the gruelling four sessions and about nine hours of discussions between Indian and Chinese interlocutors at Beijing last week, one (India) must be quietly satisfied with the turn of events in the last year or so.
- Will Bjp Really Get A Shot At The Office? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Jan 20, 2006)
But there’s yet another way of interpreting the intrigues: as political pragmatism at its very best – the ultimate feel-gooder, where everybody’s happy.
- Left Turn (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 20, 2006)
Michelle Bachelet is the first woman president of male-dominated Chile
- Lahore-Amritsar Bus Service From Today (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
India and Pakistan were also poised to start a second train service, this time connecting Khohrapar in Sindh and Munnabao in Rajastan from February 1.
- Squandering Their Vote (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Jan 19, 2006)
If councillors are joining hands with militants one year after the Valley defied fear to elect them, the government that has emasculated them is to blame
- A Visit Best Avoided (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Jan 19, 2006)
Bush’s diminishing popularity and cultural boorishness have raised questions about the necessity of his visit
- Musharraf Refutes Rights Violation Allegations (Indian Express, K J M Varma, Jan 19, 2006)
Refuting allegations of human rights violations in South West Balochistan by Pakistani security forces, President Pervez Musharraf tonight said the “saboteurs” are being helped by “people from outside Pakistan” and they would be dealt with accordingly.
- Let Ultra Jumps Off Train, But Nabbed By Villagers (Indian Express, SANJAY SINGH, Jan 19, 2006)
A Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist slipped out of the Jammu and Kashmir Police’s hands in the wee hours of Wednesday, only to be caught near Varanasi by some villagers who handed him over to the Uttar Pradesh Police later in the day.
- Mukesh, Anil, You & Me (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Jan 19, 2006)
A late riser, I sat there, at 8.00 a.m., bleary-eyed, fuzzy-minded, watching the exclusive special trading session on the company, live on three screens — the TV, the Internet and my mobile.
- Northeast To New East (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 19, 2006)
IIM Shillong is great news. IIMs & IITs elsewhere will be better. Start with Bihar, minister
- Wanted, A Second Revolution In Public Works (The Financial Express, Alok Sheel, Jan 19, 2006)
When I first travelled abroad in the early 90s, two things struck me as the airplane approached its First World destination by night. First, the sheer brilliance of the expanse below that made the city look like a huge galaxy of bright stars.
- Can Bernanke Prevent The Next Recession? (The Financial Express, ROBERT J SHILLER, Jan 19, 2006)
Ben Bernanke, the nominee to replace Alan Greenspan this month as chairman of the US Federal Reserve Board, is a highly capable economist who has devoted his professional life to understanding the historical role of central banks and . . .
- Stardust Memories (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
NASA's Stardust spacecraft, which was launched in 1999, travelled nearly five billion kilometres, looping three times around the Sun, before parachuting back to Earth on Sunday with its tiny booty of heavenly material safe in an aluminium canister.
- Reliance Discovers Its Price In The Market Amid Drama In The Wings (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jan 19, 2006)
Today was to be a ‘historic’ day for the Indian capital market, but the roller coaster of events that rocked the market made it memorable for an entirely different set of reasons.
- A Special Trading Day (The Financial Express, VK SHARMA, Jan 19, 2006)
January 18 will go down in the history of the world markets as a day when the world tuned in to watch a special trading session, summoned to trade just one stock. And what a show it was! A record number of 1.96 crore shares were traded on the BSE alone.
- Separating Maruti, Esteem (Indian Express, SUNIT ARORA, Jan 19, 2006)
That the government has no business being in the business of making cars is a truism, but that has never been an obstacle when viewed through the prism of the Government of India’s love for carmaker Maruti Udyog Ltd.
- A Cornered General Could Not Do Much (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 19, 2006)
President of Pakistan had to face a tough time on screen with a journalist from India. Reasons many. Saleem Kaloo reviews Musharraf’s interview with Karan Thapar on CNN-IBN
- In The Name Of Democracy (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 19, 2006)
The countdown has begun much earlier this year. Various security agencies are out on the roads to check vehicles and frisk the pedestrians. A good number of people have been taken into what the authorities call preventive detention.
- 100 Terminals To Be Commissioned Through Edusat (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
The Department of Science and Technology of the Union Government, which currently has around 20 terminals being commissioned through EDUSAT under Vigyan Prasar network, will augment this facility to around 100 terminals across the country soon.
- Vidyasagara Tirtha Swamiji Ascends `Paryaya Peetha' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Krishnapur Math seer gets worshipping rights for two years
Sri Vidyasagara Tirtha of Sri Krishnapur Math ascended the "Paryaya peetha'' at the Sri Krishna Math/Temple here on Wednesday.
- Civilised Way Out Of Iran-Iaea Deadlock (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Charter of the United Nations offer the most civilised course of action to resolving the controversy regarding Iranian compliance with its obligations as a non-nuclear state party to the Non-Prolif
- Human Rights Festival Planned (Hindu, K. SATYAMURTY, Jan 19, 2006)
The Department of Sociology, Christ College, is organising the annual Human Rights and Sambandh Festivals from January 23 to 25.
- Politics Of Slums (Tribune, Jagmohan , Jan 19, 2006)
If one wants to know how deeply India is poisoned at heart and contaminated at soul, one should study the phenomenon of slums, induced squatting and illegal constructions in its cities. In essence, the cities are the spiritual workshops of the nation . .
- Dialogue On Kashmir Issue To Continue (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jan 19, 2006)
Commitment on bus service reiterated
Truck service on the Muzaffarabad-Srinagar route for trade in permitted goods
India wants Pakistan to do more to tackle terrorist activities
Manmohan says he is keen on visiting Islamabad
- Ksrtc Arranges Package Tours For Jain Pilgrims (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
500 special buses will be operated from important destinations to Shravanabelagola
Six package tours arranged from Shravanabelagola
Two are offered from Bangalore
- Proper Treatment Of Elephants Sought (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Making them attend rituals for more than three hours together is punishable
- Tourism Wing To Launch Road-Cum-River Cruise (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Discount of 20 per cent to be offered till April 15
One can enjoy the panoramic view of the picturesque Godavari valley on a cruise along the river for a wallet-friendly budget, with the Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (APTDC) . . .
- Importance Of Break-Even (Business Line, R. T. Narayanan, Jan 19, 2006)
The concept of `break-even' is one of the first things taught in management schools, highlighting the significance of fixed costs in running of organisation. It is one of the simpler, easier concepts to understand and apply readily in a given . . .
- Musharraf Takes The Decision At Last (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 19, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has decided to go for Bhasha and Munda Dams forthwith and vowed to convince Sindh and NWFP for the construction of Kalabagh reservoir later. Announcing his decision on the issue in his address to the nation Tuesday evening,
- The Measure Of All Things Ken Alder (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 19, 2006)
We often hear that science is a revolutionary force that imposes radical new ideas on human history. But science also emerges from within human history, reshaping ordinary actions, some so habitual we hardly notice them. Measurement is one of our . . .
- Root Vegetable That’S Hard To Beet (Tribune, Maxine Frith, Jan 19, 2006)
The humble beetroot has always been a bit of a poor relation to other, trendier species in the vegetable world. Perhaps it is because of its association with war-time rationing (it was often used as a substitute for soft fruit in jam).
- India And Pakistan Agree On Second Kashmir Bus (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Jan 19, 2006)
* India says Pakistan must do more to stop terrorism
* Both discuss Kashmir troop redeployment
- Protection Of Forests (Daily Excelsior, G L Khajuria, Jan 19, 2006)
Like varieties of culture, custom and creed, India is vested with a variety of forests extending from the Himalayas to Kanya Kumari in North South and from Assam to the desert of Rajasthan in the East-West. These forests occur in different . . .
- No Passenger Foramritsar-Lahore Bus Service (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
All hype about the Amritsar-Lahore bus service beginning January 21 from here seems to be fading out as not a single seat was booked till today, while one passenger from Malerkotla has reserved his ticket for February eleven from this side of the border.
- Children Of A Lesser God (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 19, 2006)
Extracts from the ILO’s regional high-level tripartite meeting on the Role of Labour Inspection in combating Child Labour, Harare, 2001
- Rare Honour For ‘Jumbo King’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
The 64-year-old majestic pachyderm is the reigning ‘king’ of the 62-member elephant sanctuary of Guruvayur temple in Thrissur and has some of the best features known to Asian elephants.
- Indian History Frays Tempers In Us (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
The controversy regarding textbooks on Indian history is raging in California with academicians alleging that changes made at the behest of Hindu organisations have resulted in hiding “true history.”
- Gang Wars (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Jan 18, 2006)
Is history repeating itself as farce? In 1975 Indira Gandhi declared the Emergency.
- Crossfire Kills 2 Civilians In Lanka (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Unknown gunmen shot dead Batticaloa district representative Joseph Pararajasingham when he was attending the Christmas mass in the town.
- 'Indian And Pakistani Punjabs Can Help Agriculture Together’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
* Agriculture universities of Faisalabad and Ludhiana to sign MoU
* Cheque for Rs 0.3m for earthquake victims
- Australia-India Partnership — Natural Complementarities (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 18, 2006)
Energy and resources are the drivers of the India-Australia relationship, with India importing billions of dollars worth of gold and coal, apart from diamonds and food items.
- Ril Price Discovery Session Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Reliance scrip carries the second highest weight in Sensex after Infosys
Reliance Industries' name will go down in the history of Indian stock markets on Wednesday as the only company for which a special trading session will be held to discover . . .
- Spirit Of Sacrifice (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 18, 2006)
A friend, who is a devout Muslim otherwise, has made a bizarre comment on the ritual of sacrifice performed on the Eid-ul-Azha. He says, “I think the poor goats, sheep and other animals give their lives on Eid day for nothing.
- The Afghan Mess (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Imagine a 15-year-old blowing himself up for a cause he had no idea of. He was one of the two suicide bombers whose attacks in Kandahar and Spin Boldak on Monday killed 26 people in what was one of the worst days for Afghanistan in terms of death
- No Nukes, But No War Either (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 18, 2006)
In the short term, the worst-case scenario in the context of nuclear brinkmanship between Iran and the West could unfold thus. The war of words between the two sides escalates.
- Plan To Give A Fillip To Plantation, Farm Tourism (Hindu, John L. Paul, Jan 18, 2006)
For workers hard pressed for jobs in plantations
The ailing plantation sector and farmlands hit by fall in price of agricultural produce will soon get a fillip with the Tourism Department drawing up a project to promote plantation and farm tourism.
- A Working Mother, At The Head Of A New Chile (Indian Express, Patrick J. McDonnell, Jan 18, 2006)
Michelle Bachelet, a socialist who was jailed and went into exile during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, was elected the first female president of Chile on Sunday in a historic vote that underscored a leftward drift in the region.
- Race Science Heading For Rehabilitation (Hindu, Marek Kohn, Jan 18, 2006)
As taboos fall away, there's a danger that denial of racial difference will be replaced with uncritical acceptance.
- India For Freeze On Setting Up Of Defence Posts Along Loc (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Seeking to further consolidate the Confidence-Building Measures (CBMs), India today proposed a freeze on setting up of new defence posts and defence works along the Line of Control (LoC) and announced its intention to extend the Munnabao-Khokrapar rail li
- Volvo Buses Join Bmtc Fleet (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Fully air-conditioned Volvo buses are Euro-III compliant
Gold pass scheme to be introduced
Cauvery bus used for city ride replaced
- Baloch Rebels Getting Outside Aid: Musharraf (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jan 18, 2006)
Says they are engaged in terror activities
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday reiterated his allegation that people of a country from "outside" were aiding and abetting subversive elements in Balochistan province and declared . . .
- Move To Maintain Traditional Names In Madurai (Hindu, S. Vijay Kumar, Jan 18, 2006)
Police plan to install information boards
Temple city, cultural capital, a city that never sleeps...and the list goes on.
- Foreign Secretaries May Take Up Kashmir Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Talks confined to peace and security
Indian and Pakistan Foreign Secretaries Shyam Saran and Riaz Muhammad Khan are expected to take up the Kashmir issue for discussions here on Wednesday.
- Pakistan Wants South Asia Free Of Abms (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
"Take steps to avert arms race in region"
Pakistan has suggested that South Asia be declared an "anti-ballistic missile free zone," the Pakistan Foreign Office spokeswoman said after talks between Indian and Pakistani Foreign Secretaries . . .
- Trouble All The Way On Delhi Metro Railway (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Thousands of commuters travelling on the newly opened Barakhamba-Dwarka Line III of the Delhi Metro were greatly inconvenienced on Tuesday as a number of trains plying on the corridor were delayed by up to two hours due to a "point'' problem . . .
- Eighty Plus Club (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jan 18, 2006)
Some time back we had referred in these columns to quite a few veterans above the age of 80 years who are still active in public life and continue to enrich our environment especially in this region. Many younger people have telephoned us to convey their
- No Cumbersome Security Vetting (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Ahead of the launch of the much-awaited bus service between Amritsar and Lahore, the Centre today gave a relief to the passengers by doing away with the formal cumbersome security vetting system.
- Cigar Smoke (Tribune, Rajnish Wattas, Jan 18, 2006)
Big B’s Big C (cigar) seems to have lit many fires in Goa. The news that an NGO is fuming at the hoarding of the film Family, depicting Amitabh Bachchan smoking a cigar, is surely to become a burning issue with conservative families and . . .
- Good Press Is A Legitimate Weapon (Tribune, Michael Schrage, Jan 18, 2006)
Precision-guided munitions and night vision are terrific military technologies, and no one would deny them to our soldiers in Iraq.
- Bertie Ahern Pitches For Joint It Initiatives With India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Ireland's focus will be on both education and technology
Launching the Global e-School and Communities Initiative (GeSCI) in India, Ireland Prime Minister Bertie Ahern on Tuesday said India would be the focus of initiatives in education and . . .
- India Does Away With Cumbersome Security Vetting For Pak Bus (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Ahead of the launch of the much-awaited bus service between Amritsar and Lahore, the Centre today gave a relief to the passengers by doing away with the formal cumbersome security vetting system.
- India, Pakistan Hold Talks To Push Peace Process (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Jan 18, 2006)
India and Pakistan talked on Tuesday to try to breathe new life into a two-year-old peace process bedevilled by mistrust and guerrilla violence in Kashmir.
- Get The Competition Commission Going (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 18, 2006)
The ongoing merger/strategic alliance between Jet Airways and Air Sahara has again underscored the need for getting the Competition Commission going, fast.
- Wise King, But Foolish Subjects (Indian Express, Ananya Vajpeyi, Jan 18, 2006)
Time was when I was proud to own a copy of Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses, given how much furore the book occasioned in the life not just of its author, but of India, Iran, the UK, and of the larger world of Islam.
- Air-Lift, Anyone? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jan 18, 2006)
So you thought that public sector undertakings, given that they come under the government, would be more inclined to adhere to rules and regulations framed by their master? Perish the thought. An Indian flight, IC 165 from Delhi to Mumbai on Tuesday, ...
- Rebranding Of Bihar (Indian Express, Shaibal Gupta, Jan 18, 2006)
On the face of it, Bihar continues to make news for the same reasons — another schoolboy was abducted even as an abducted businessman was reportedly freed on Tuesday.
- Decongesting Mumbai (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Jan 18, 2006)
Subash Saha looks barely 18 though he claims to be 24 years old. He has been driving an autorickshaw in Mumbai during night hours for the past six years. Which means he could have started driving either at 12 or 18. In all probability, . . .
- The Wheels Of History (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 17, 2006)
The wheels of history are turning in Jammu and Kashmir, excruciatingly slowly perhaps, but revolving nonetheless.
- Terrorism, Human Rights, And Development (Hindu, C. Raj Kumar, Jan 17, 2006)
Responses to terrorism ought to be based on a holistic understanding of security, within the human rights and rule of law framework.
- Nepal Imposes Night Curfew In Kathmandu After Raids (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Nepal's royalist government on Monday imposed a night curfew in Kathmandu, saying it was stepping up security after Maoist rebels killed 12 policemen in weekend raids near the city.
- So Sweet (Indian Express, Humra Quraishi, Jan 17, 2006)
I’m not an ardent flier or traveler, or I would be almost dead — what with my blood sugar level going haywire with the in-flight food. Having recently flown a major airline in India on three separate occasions, I can authoritatively lament that so . . .
- Hrd Instinct (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 17, 2006)
Murli Manohar Joshi and Arjun Singh have more in common than you would imagine
- Law Of The Land (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 17, 2006)
The National Archives of India has a good collection of personal correspondence of important freedom fighters. But a researcher can get only individual letters — not the entire file.
- Uphill Task For Bjp President (Daily Excelsior, Deepayan, Jan 17, 2006)
Many Indians believe that when trouble comes it comes from all directions. That seems to be the case with the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- N-Plant Plot Busted (Telegraph, ANIL BUDUR LULLA, Jan 17, 2006)
Bangalore police have arrested another Lashkar-e-Toiba militant in connection with last month’s terror attack on the Indian Institute of Science campus and seized explosives from him.
- Cbi Carries Bofors Can (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Agency owns up step leading to unfreezing of Q’s accounts
The Bofors scandal is living up to its history of mystery with the CBI today disclosing that the process which led to lifting the freeze on Ottavio Quattrocchi’s London accounts was started by it.
- In The Cause Of The Tiger (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Jan 17, 2006)
A valuable corpus presenting current perspectives mixed with the historical perception of the tiger
- A Voice Called Arundhati Roy (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 17, 2006)
Arundhati Roy’s turning down of Sahitya Akademi award should not surprise many. She has already denied to be a doll in the hands of those who reward their pets, reject their rivals.
- The Canvas Of Anthropology (Hindu, Shereen Ratnagar, Jan 17, 2006)
Collection of 40 papers documenting the wide sweep of anthropology
This is a collection of 40 papers in three sections — archaeological anthropology, physical anthropology, and social anthropology— dedicated to D.K.Bhattacharya who distinguished . . .
- Rs.30 Lakhs For Buddha Project At Dharanikota (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Dalai Lama also offers help by way of books to Buddhist centre
Kalachakra valedicotry conducted
Breaking up of sand mandala and immersion to be held today
District administration brings out souvenir on the occasion
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