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Articles 12321 through 12420 of 21907:
- Rice Says World Must Act Fast Against Iran (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Jack Straw says Tehran bears the burden of responsibility in clarifying nuclear intentions
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Monday Iran ‘crossed the threshold’ with its recent nuclear actions and the world must act fast . . .
- Steel Industry: To Continue Shining In 2006 (Business Line, J. Mehra, Jan 17, 2006)
Global steel demand is set to grow at a scorching pace, though certain factors could be a cause for heartburn in the sector.
- India's Potential `Demographic Dividend' (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Jan 17, 2006)
India is and will remain for some time one of the youngest countries in the world. This "demographic dividend" is seen as offering a window of opportunity to accelerate the country's rate of growth. In this edition of Macroscan, C. P. Chand rasekhar . . .
- A Candle Light Dinner With A Touch Of Difference (Greater Kashmir, Dr Shoukat.H.Khan, Jan 17, 2006)
They have it there in London, we too have it here in Kashmir, but ours is special, narrates Dr Shoukat.H.Khan
- Ireland Seeks Better Ties With India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
'Huge opportunities exist for both countries'
Irish Academy of Sciences, Indian Academy of Sciences to sign pact
Bilateral trade increased from $187.31 million in 2001-02 to $383.87 million in 2004-05
- Now, Indian History Textbooks Raise A Storm In California (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Controversy regarding textbooks on Indian history is raging in California with academicians alleging that changes made on the behest of Hindu organisations have resulted in hiding "true history".
- 'Al Qaeda In Pakistan Can't Be Dealt With Lightly' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
With protests growing in Pakistan against an alleged US attack on a Pakistani village, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice acknowledged it was a "difficult" time for the Pakistani government.
- Riyadh Urges Iran To Forego Nuclear Weapons (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister said he opposed any attempt by Iran to develop nuclear weapons, but alleged the West was partly to blame for Tehran’s nuclear programme
- Chile Elects Socialist President (Tribune, Patrick J. McDonnell, Jan 17, 2006)
Michielle Bachelet, a socialist who was jailed and went into exile during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, was elected the first female president of this South American nation on Sunday in a historic vote that underscored a leftward drift . . .
- India Should Capitalise On Power Of Youth To Face Challenges, Says Isro Chairman (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
The Golden Jubilee Foundation Award was presented to five persons
- Manmohan Announces Rs. 6,000 Cr. For Assam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Two projects will help the State to increase power generation
New thermal power station in Kokrajjar district to generate 500 MW
Coal mining project to be set up in upper Assam's Dibrugarh district
- Demise Of A Caring Brother (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 17, 2006)
Kuwaiti Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah died and was later laid to rest on Sunday marking the end of his quarter of a century of rule over the oil rich Kuwait State. Crown Prince Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah has succeeded him.
- El-Baradei Says Iran Only Months Away From N-Bomb (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
The United States and its European allies pressed Russia and China on Monday to support bringing Iran before the UN Security Council, which has the power to impose sanctions over Tehran’s nuclear programme.
- Traffic Management In Capital (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Islamabad would have new traffic police from the first week of February next. The new force, as per reports, has been equipped with the first aid training, fast vehicles, radar system, modern equipment, wireless, road speed guns and various . . .
- The Economic Decline Of Maharashtra (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Jan 17, 2006)
The economic decline of Maharashtra began in 1995-96 with the coming to power of coalition governments. The State's debt has now reached a staggering Rs 1.15-lakh crore and the debt servicing burden has risen sharply despite the lowering of interest ...
- Situating Women, Experiencing Gender (Hindu, Padmini Swaminathan, Jan 17, 2006)
Essays on the understanding of the experience of gender in India
This book is a monumental compilation comprising 24 contributors, spread, slightly over 600 pages, sweeping across two centuries, drawing together diverse disciplines and themes, but . . .
- Perils Of Unchecked Power (Dawn, Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, Jan 17, 2006)
The recent controversy over warrantless national security telephone taps, coupled with Martin Luther King’s birthday, remind me of my time in the Department of Justice in the 1960s.
- The Balochistan Crisis (Dawn, Ghayoor Ahmed, Jan 17, 2006)
The long simmering ethnic passion that resurfaced in Balochistan in 2004 and has recently resumed with greater intensity is a source of great anxiety to the people of Pakistan. The security forces are currently engaged in quelling the insurgency-like ...
- A City To Be Proud Of (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jan 17, 2006)
The chief minister of Delhi has been in the throes of an intensive discussion with a cross-section of city professionals, trying to understand how to address the growing urban problems that face this city.
- Time For Thought? (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Jan 17, 2006)
In 2006, the BJP should reflect deeply on what went wrong
The author is an independent researcher. He has recently co-edited the book, Battles Over Nature
- Iraq’S Uncertain Future (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Jan 17, 2006)
There are several reasons why what happened in Iraq over the last three years should matter for Pakistan. The reason — or reasons — why the administration of President George W. Bush decided to invade Iraq is a matter of concern for countries . . .
- Team Leaves For Delhi Today (Dawn, Qudssia Akhlaque, Jan 16, 2006)
A Pakistani delegation headed by Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammad Khan is leaving for New Delhi on Monday for talks with India. The two-day talks that begin on Tuesday will discuss the key issue of Jammu and Kashmir and other aspects of peace and security.
- Defining Demilitarization (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Jan 16, 2006)
In an effort to comprehend ‘demilitarization and self-governance’ that has during the last two years, become Pakistan’s substitute for the Kashmiri right of self-determination, my last article (Dawn, January 9) was largely devoted to the process . . .
- Neither Enlightened, Nor Moderate (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Jan 16, 2006)
One doesn’t hear the phrase ‘enlightened moderation’ as much as one did a couple of years ago except, of course, in a negative sense.
- Third Round Of Indo-Pak Talks Tomorrow (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
Amid hopes of putting further steam to the slow paced Indo-Pak peace process, foreign secretaries of the two countries will kick start the third round of Composite Dialogue here on Tuesday (Jan 17).
- After Sharon, Which Deluge? (Dawn, Niall Ferguson, Jan 16, 2006)
When German Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann suffered a fatal heart attack in 1929, part of his legacy was a historical riddle: Was he the one man who might have prevented the collapse of the Weimar Republic and preserved peace in Europe?
- Library Science In India: Vision For 2010 (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 16, 2006)
Dr. Abdul Majid Baba sums up the proceedings of the 25th All India Conference of the Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC) hosted by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras from 16th to 29th December 2005 at Chennai
- Sea Sentinels (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 16, 2006)
Naval UAV squadron heralds the future
WITH the commissioning of the Indian Naval Air Squadron (INAS) 342, the Indian Navy has its first squadron of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs).
- Tribal Culture Threatened By Rss-Sponsored Kumbh (Tribune, Satish Misra, Jan 16, 2006)
Gujarat continues to be the laboratory of Hindutva for the Sangh Parivar as the RSS begins its latest experiment in the tribal district of Dang where a three-day long “Shabri Kumbh” will begin on February 11.
- Travelling From Beauty To Beauty (Greater Kashmir, R. K. BHARATII, Jan 16, 2006)
Here you see the paradise on earth in light of ancient memoirs, records and travelogues, reviews
R. K. BHARATII
- Remove Hurdles (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 16, 2006)
One can only regret that in this age the people of Kargil have been cut off from the rest of the State and the country for 13 days.
- Botox Kitty Clubs (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Jan 16, 2006)
The latest craze the world over has finally arrived in India too, whether it is behind the curtain or in the open. Tourism Minister Renuka Chowdhry released a book titled “Botox”. Indian doctor Pandey from Mumbai, who is the uncrowned king of . . .
- The Rise Of The Yadavs (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Jan 16, 2006)
The Yadav community with its ownership of Krishna has the potential to spearhead a new political movement.
- Smooth Landing For Nasa Space Capsule Carrying Comet Dust (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
A space capsule loaded with comet dust completed a 2.9 billion-mile journey on Sunday, landing safely in the Utah desert, to the relief of NASA scientists who have waited seven years for the return of particles they hope will give them clues about the ori
- Nepali Troops On High Alert After Rebel Raids (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
Nepali troops were on high alert Sunday after attacks around Kathmandu by Maoist rebels killed 12 policemen, an army officer said.
- Nepal Firm On Civic Polls, Rebels Vow More Raids (Reuters, Gopal Sharma, Jan 16, 2006)
Nepal's Maoist rebels on Sunday threatened more attacks after a wave of blasts around the capital ahead of next month's civic polls, which the government vowed to hold on schedule.
- Nepal On High Alert After Rebel Raids (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
Nepalese troops were on high alert on Sunday after attacks around Kathmandu by Maoist rebels killed 12 policemen, an army officer said.
- Heritage Conservation Goes The Outsourcing Way (Hindu, Mandira Nayar, Jan 16, 2006)
ASI, Wakf Board rope in outside experts for upkeep of Capital's monuments
- `Economic Development Generating New Issues' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
It requires a strategic disseminating ideas, says professor
Though it has been optimistic notion that economic growth leads to political development and can remove political disturbances, there are possibilities of it generating new issues.
- Kashmir Valley Cut Off After Season's Second Snowfall (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Jan 16, 2006)
Srinagar-Jammu national highway closed; all Srinagar-bound flights cancelled
Power supply not affected
Heavy rain between Batote and Ramban triggered mudslides
No shortage of essential items, LPG and kerosene
- Challenges Before The Finance Minister (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jan 16, 2006)
The Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram's success as a Budget-maker will be tested by his resoluteness in resisting the temptation to offer too many goodies.
- Us Diplomat To Visit South Asia (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
A senior US diplomat travels to South Asia next week for talks aimed at firming a civilian nuclear deal with India, setting Pakistan on the road to democracy, and halting rising violence in Sri Lanka.
- Tourism Can Destroy Archaeological Sites (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 15, 2006)
American archaeologist John M Fritz and Australian architect George Michell, co-directors of the Vijayanagara Research Project, spent 22 years extensively documenting the core area of the Vijayanagara site. Mapping in detail more than 25 sq km . . .
- 30 Feared Killed In Nepal (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Jan 15, 2006)
After 12 days of uneasy calm following the expiry of the Maoists’ four-month unilateral ceasefire, fresh violence on Saturday engulfed three districts, including...
- Nur Jahan: Woman Behind The King (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
The book portrays Nur Jahan as a shrewd and powerful empress who managed to get Jehangir to relinquish the reins of power into her hands.
- Umrao Jan: Poet And Courtesan (Deccan Herald, S Nanda Kumar , Jan 15, 2006)
The book offers a glimpse into the world of the courtesan, a sort of parallel one that went side-by-side with the Great Indian Uprising of 1857.
- Foreign’ Plan To Kidnap Manmohan Revealed (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
A “foreign power” hatched a plan to have the now Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh kidnapped 12 years ago.
- In Police Net: Pdp Man Behind Suicide Attack Bid On Mufti (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Jan 15, 2006)
The Jammu & Kashmir police today arrested a municipal councillor, who masterminded suicide attacks in Srinagar, and is still looking for a Congress politician.
- Tackling The Cold Wave (Tribune, Dr J.S. Sharma, Jan 15, 2006)
In north India, when the minimum temperature drops three to four degree centigrade below the long term (normal) average, cold wave conditions set in. Excessive drop in the temperature, frost and snowfall has significant effects on crops, vegetables, ....
- Failed To Benefit Tax? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
Apart from tackling the legal challenge, FBT is now due for some simplification in Budget 2006. Dev Chatterjee explores the options
- Behind The Lore Of Lepakshi (Deccan Herald, L Ramachandra Rao, Jan 15, 2006)
Two red spots on the walls are believed to be the place where the builder threw his own eyeballs at. The Veerabhadra Swamy temple in Lepakshi is full of such legends, says L Ramachandra Rao.
- Bofors Returns (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
And exposes all our politicians
The return of the Bofors deal to the front page must force the Indian political establishment, not just the ruling Congress party, to turn the spotlight on itself.
- Terror, New Ideas On India, Pak Menu (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
India and Pakistan will discuss "new ideas" on promoting bilateral ties when Foreign Secretaries of the two countries meet here on Tuesday to kick off the third round of Composite Dialogue amid New Delhi's serious concerns over continued . . .
- Rebel Raids Put Nepal On Alert (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
Nepali troops were on high alert on Sunday after attacks around Kathmandu by Maoist rebels killed 12 policemen, an army officer said.
- Iran, Indo-Us Nuke Deal To Be Discussed During Burns' Visit (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Jan 14, 2006)
The Indo-US civilian nuclear cooperation agreement and Iranian nuclear issue will dominate the agenda of talks Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Nicholas Burns, will have with the Indian leadership during his visit to the country next week.
- Wages Of The Us Fiasco (Deccan Herald, David Hirst, Jan 14, 2006)
The US occupation of Iraq has turned its neighbour into a regional power. But the contagion is likely to spread.
- S.Lanka Truce Monitor Base Hit By Grenade Attack (Reuters, Simon Gardner, Jan 14, 2006)
Attackers threw a grenade into the compound of truce monitors in Sri Lanka's restive east early on Saturday, damaging vehicles and a building but causing no injuries, officials said, as fears of a return to war grow.
- Pinning General To Specifics (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jan 14, 2006)
As the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan begin third round of dialogue next week, a political paradox confronts the peace process.
- Calculated Denial (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 14, 2006)
Mulayam too has limited options Vigorous denials by Mulayam Singh Yadav that he intends to withdraw support to the UPA government sound as if the threat is inspired by the Samajwadi Party itself.
- Free Speech In Secular Democracies (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 14, 2006)
The trial resumes next month for internationally acclaimed Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk,
- The Blood Of Innocents (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 14, 2006)
Piggeries occupied the part of Singapore where we used to live until a stroke of the executive pen banished pigs and pig farmers to another island to make way for a blissful estate of neat bungalows in their own gardens.
- Gates Of Amu (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Aligarh Muslim University may be going through a transitional phase. Both the academic circuit in Aligarh and the ruling class in Delhi are upset with the Allahabad High Court order..
- Europe Still The Odd One Out (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 14, 2006)
IF the past year were judged by headlines alone it looks like a bit of an economic disaster.
- Militancy In The Mid-East (Dawn, David Hirst, Jan 14, 2006)
IN March 2003, before US troops reached Baghdad, Middle East scholar Volker Perthes wrote that while the risks of this “illegitimate” war were enormous, those of “a US failure to stabilize post-war Iraq would be even higher”.
- Will The Taxman Read First Chapter In History Of Medicine? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 14, 2006)
THIS story is on saffron confusion. Not what a political party may chronically be suffering from, but about what brought Khosala Kesharwala (KK) to Bombay High Court recently.
- After Sharon What? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 14, 2006)
EVEN if he gets out of his current health crisis, it is highly unlikely that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will be able to resume his work.
- Sea-Change In Puri (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 14, 2006)
THE last time we visited the Orissa seaside resort of Puri was in 1981 when — apart from one old hotel which had by then become a seven-storey monstrosity..
- Demilitarised General (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Jan 14, 2006)
Our dear General is at it again. The whole world so respects him, so trusts him, so very much accepts him as a man of his word... and yet it is only India that refuses to accept his word
- Sappho Wasn’T Indian (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 14, 2006)
Most startlingly, at least one of the Shiv Sena in Uttar Pradesh seems to know his Sappho.
- Is There Such A Thing As Kashmiri Nationalism? (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 14, 2006)
As long as one believes that the Kashmir dispute is about religion or territory, then the only use for Kashmiriyat is as a propaganda tool to promote artificial constructs..
- Horrifying Stampede (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 14, 2006)
WHAT makes Thursday’s Haj stampede, that claimed more than 350 lives, all the more tragic is the fact that such accidents have been taking place during the pilgrimage way too often.
- A Regulator For The Railways (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 14, 2006)
The Planning Commission’s demand for an independent rail tariff regulator is timely now that the Indian Railways (IR) has agreed to private participation in providing rail services, albeit in a limited fashion, in container business.
- Bad Blood (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 14, 2006)
On an average, five litres of blood continually travels through the human body. Our life cycle depends, to a great extent, on its quality. Blood banking is serious business.
- Semi-Rational Exuberance (The Economic Times, J BRADFORD DELONG, Jan 14, 2006)
In 1996, Yale economist Robert Shiller looked around, considered the historical record, and concluded that the American stock market was overvalued.
- Ailing Airports (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 14, 2006)
THE Sreedharan Committee report recommending downgrading of the Reliance bid for modernisation and restructuring of Delhi and Mumbai airports
- Slow Down, Save Time (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 13, 2006)
A commercial scramjet could take you on a roundtrip along India's 7,000 km coastline in less than an hour. Thankfully, the scramjet is earmarked for only space travel. The Concorde was supersonic too.
- Congress Alleges Breach Of Protocol By Modi (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, Jan 13, 2006)
Chief Minister's secretariat says protocol does not differentiate between senior, junior Ministers
Congress to complaint to Governor, PMO
No controversy, says Chief Minister's office
Modi flays Congress for spreading canards
- Private Container Service Will Benefit Industry'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Separate corridors for freight traffic planned
- Pak To Discuss Kashmir With Saudi King (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Pakistan plans to discuss its peace initiatives on Jammu and Kashmir with Saudi Arabian King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz when he visits Islamabad after a historic trip to New Delhi.
- Us Senator Kerry Sees 'Enormous Benefits' In Indo-Us Nuclear Agreement (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Implementation of the Indo-US deal on civilian nuclear cooperation will mean grant of nuclear power status to India, influential American Senator and former Democrat presidential candidate John Kerry said as he voiced support for the agreement.
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