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Articles 12521 through 12620 of 21907:
- Bullying Iran Is Not An Option For The West (Hindu, Mary Riddell, Jan 10, 2006)
Before western leaders seek sanctions against Iran, they should put their own houses in order on nuclear weapons and nuclear power.
- Atheists Seem Ready To Believe Anything (Hindu, MADELEINE BUNTING, Jan 10, 2006)
Richard Dawkins's latest attack on religion is not worthy of a great scientist.
- The Rake's Progress (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 10, 2006)
From next month, the Samjhauta Express between Amritsar and Lahore will not chug alone across the border between India and Pakistan.
- South Zone Cultural Centre To Preserve Dravidian Art Forms (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam to participate in Tamil University's silver jubilee celebrations
- Sharon’S Legacy Of Brutality (Dawn, Tayyab Siddiqui, Jan 10, 2006)
The exit of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon from Israeli political scene has removed the last colossus that bestrode Middle East politics.
- Behind Bangalore: The Long Jihad Today (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jan 10, 2006)
The second and concluding part of an investigation into the Lashkar-e-Taiba networks that operate across India.
- Britain’S New Opium War (Dawn, Simon Jenkins, Jan 10, 2006)
In the next few weeks, an army of 3,400 British troops expects to be deployed to Helmand province in southern Afghanistan. This is nearly half the number deployed in Iraq. Everything I have heard and read about this expedition suggests that it makes . . .
- Congress-Jd(s) Crisis Deepens (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
"The media and my opponents call me a dictator and say that mine is a party of father and sons. I have given time for consultation within the party." Deve Gowda
- Mysore To Host Tourism Mart (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
New circuits in the region planned
The Government will organise an international tourism mart in the city, preliminary exercise for which has begun.
- Novel In Translation (Hindu, NEELA PADMANABHAN, Jan 10, 2006)
This Book, which is a Tamil translation of Mukundan's Malayalam novel `Haridwaril Mani Muzhagunnu' deals with a young bachelor Rameshan Panicker who has a good job in Delhi.
- Cultural Crossover (Hindu, JAYA RAMANATHAN, Jan 10, 2006)
Documents the musical and cultural history of the classical Hindustani stringed instrument sarod
- Mutual Banking — An Emerging Tool In Retail Banking (Business Line, J. Sethuraman, Jan 10, 2006)
FEE-BASED income through hybrid product and service offerings has already emerged as a profitable business model in the retail bankscape, and mutual fund (MF) distribution has become a fashion statement among all banks.
- Ku Readies For Golden Jubilee Celebrations (Tribune, Chitleen K. Sethi, Jan 09, 2006)
IN the dying months of 1956 seven-year -ld Shiv Narayan, studying in Class I in the Municipal Committee School at Kurukshetra, did not fully understand why he along with the rest of his class was busy preparing colourful buntings.
- Summit Failure (Tribune, Girish Bhandari, Jan 09, 2006)
LONG back in a university a situation just flared up. There was a tradition of regular exchange of “views” between the students of a girl’s hostel and a boy’s hostel.
- Vip Movement And Traffic (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 09, 2006)
ONE wonders who is to blame for the traffic chaos created by frequent VIP movement on Karachi’s roads.
- Significance Of The Oic Summit (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Jan 09, 2006)
THE usual diversity of assessments has followed the Third Extraordinary Summit of OIC held at Makkatul Mukarrama on December 7-8 2005.
- Turkey’S Eu Prospects (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 09, 2006)
GIVEN the hard entry negotiations that are likely to delay Turkey’s membership of the EU, one should not be surprised if the number of Turkish enthusiasts for entry into the European Union has gone down from 70 to 55 per cent.
- Dreaming Of A New India (Times of India, KIRAN KARNIK, Jan 09, 2006)
The start of a new year is a time to look back with nostalgic memories of happiness, and sometimes sorrow but also to look ahead.
- President Bush At Recess (New York Times, Editorial, The New York Times, Jan 09, 2006)
It is disturbing that President Bush has exhibited a grandiose vision of executive power that leaves little room for public debate, the concerns of the minority party or the supervisory powers of the courts.
- President Musharraf Too Is Disappointed (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 09, 2006)
PRESIDENT Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that he is disappointed with the two years of peace process with India as New Delhi is not responding to his initiatives to resolve the Kashmir issue.
- Revisiting J&k’S Autonomy (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Jan 09, 2006)
NO less momentous than the dramatic change in Pakistan’s policy on Afghanistan is the progressive scaling down of the commitment to the Kashmiri right of self-determination to whatever is embodied in the code-phrase ‘demilitarization and self-government’
- The Forgotten Power (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 09, 2006)
PRESIDENT BUSH is a big fan of presidential power — from warrantless wiretapping to conduct just short of torture to locking up American citizens without charge or trial.
- Drug Trails Along Prison Corridors (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 09, 2006)
Extracts from the World Drug Report, 2005, published by the United Nations Office of Drug and Crime..
- Musharraf Now Says Pak Willing To Join Fight Against Terror In J&k – Too Late Too Little? (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
Lamenting slow progress in the peace process, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has expressed Islamabad's readiness to fight terror with India in Jammu and Kashmir
- Reflections On Turning Points In The Economy (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jan 09, 2006)
POLICIES change and nations embark on new paths. It is often difficult to discern any pattern or design behind most of these occurrences, however hard we try.
- Wings To Fly (Greater Kashmir, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jan 09, 2006)
It has always been a fascination for humans to fly. History being testimony to the various attempts at different times to marvel this human endeavour, right from hot air balloons to modern day state of the art flying machines.
- Musharraf’S Kashmir Plan (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 09, 2006)
Claiming complete support of the army to his peace initiatives with India, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has offered to join the fight against terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Terrorism, Corruption Major Challenges: Baig (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
Deputy Chief Minister, Muzaffar Hussain Baig has said the major challenges facing the governance today are terrorism and corruption which could be tackled only through coalition of right-thinking forces.
- Jk Safe For Investment, Cm Tells Nris (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
Promising to improve work culture and streamline procedures, making them transparent as also Industry and investor-friendly, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad
- 12 Militants Travelled In Samjhauta On Passport (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jan 09, 2006)
A day after India and Pakistan inked an agreement to run a second train between the two countries on Khokhrapar-Munabao route...
- Azad Calls Upon Nris To Invest In J&k (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 09, 2006)
Spelling out various incentives and concessions announced by the Jammu & Kashmir Government to attract investors...
- Tourists, Locals Make Merry On Frozen Dal (Greater Kashmir, M HYDERI, Jan 09, 2006)
The frozen Dal lake is an attraction for the tourists and local residents these days in the Valley where cold wave has slowed down everything else.
- Kupwara Hinterland Still Cut Off (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
Government has not restored electricity and water supply even a week after snowfall in this border district of north Kashmir.
- 1 Militant Killed In Doda (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
One militant of HUJI outfit was killed in an encounter in Doda district on Saturday night.
- Religious Reservation And Amu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
It was a flawed move from the start. When Aligarh Muslim University announced that 50 per cent of its seats in some post-graduate courses would be reserved for Muslim students, there was doubt whether this could be legally sustained.
- Public Transport For Livable Cities (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's advocacy of appropriate, efficient, and affordable public transport for Indian cities is a heartening sign that initiatives for sustainable urban transport will at last get some high-level policy support.
- Left Front Seeks A Massive Mandate (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
No alternative to the Front, says Buddhadeb
Opposition's attempt to forge alliance "an unprincipled exercise"
Industrialisation to be top priority if voted back to power
- Sebi's Finetuning Of Market Regulation (Hindu, C. R. L. Narasimhan, Jan 09, 2006)
Some major policy decisions have been aimed at enhancing investor protection and rationalising rules regarding takeovers.
- City In Disgrace (Deccan Herald, SUBRAMANYA PATTABHI, Jan 09, 2006)
Bangalore’s glory is not so much in its present, but in the past.
- Lockout At Toyota Car Plant (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
Flash strike over dismissals, Karnataka govt to hold peace talks.
- How Many Sebis? (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
A key element for modernising Indian agriculture is well-functioning markets for agricultural products.
- Normalisation With India (News International, Nasim Zehra, Jan 09, 2006)
Things has never looked more normal between the two nuclear neighbours in a long, long time.
- The Status Quo Returns (News International, Jyoti Malhotra, Jan 09, 2006)
The dewy optimism of that January two years ago when India and Pakistan seemed poised for a breakthrough in mutual prejudice has given way to a steady hum in which both establishments seem to have abandoned the vision thing in favour of controlled movemen
- Redeeming Lost Glory (News International, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jan 09, 2006)
Ideology is born, develops and has its being in dialectic — that is, dynamism fuelled by the struggle to overcome contradictions which come to the fore in its onward march.
- Bhasha Dam, The Northern Areas And Pakistan (News International, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jan 09, 2006)
Storage of river water in a large reservoir is vital for the survival of Pakistan.
- Wasted Rules (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 09, 2006)
India’s general awareness levels are rather low, whether the subject be history or health.
- Still Reading (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 09, 2006)
The link between private pleasures and technology has always been ambivalent.
- No Compromise On Party Ideology, Says Rajnath ..... (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 09, 2006)
While preferring to steer clear of the ongoing debate on the relationship between the RSS and his party, BJP President Rajnath Singh appears to be in a tearing hurry to cleanse the 25-year-old organisation of all the ills afflicting it.
- Generating Rural Wealth By Marrying Commerce, Tech (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jan 09, 2006)
Last week I wrote about how major retailers and consumer product companies were opening up employment opportunities across a large swathe of urban and semi-urban India without emphasis on education and technical skills.
- Last Of Gang Of Four, Yao Wenyuan, Dies In Obscurity. It Remains An Uncomfortable Subject For China (Indian Express, Ching-Ching Ni, Jan 09, 2006)
Yao Wenyuan, the last living member of the Gang of Four blamed for the chaos and political extremism of China’s decade-long Cultural Revolution, has died, state media reported on Friday.
- Times And Choices Of Gudiya (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Jan 09, 2006)
The name is Gudiya. Looks rather like one too. On television the doll-like face stared back in vacant silence.
- Rss Responsible For Partition: Arjun (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Holding the RSS and Hindu Mahasabha responsible for Partition, senior Congress leader and Union HRD Minister Arjun Singh claimed that the BJP would collapse like a pack of cards due to "its inner contradictions and hollow principles."
- Manmohan Hands Over Oci Cards (Hindu, Y. Mallikarjun, Jan 08, 2006)
It is a big honour to be given the Overseas Citizen of India card: Nivruti Rai
- Lives Of The Powerful (Greater Kashmir, Dr Syed Amir, Jan 08, 2006)
They record their events for us to read them, writes Dr Syed Amir
More than 150 years ago, the Scottish historian and essayist, Thomas Carlyle, in his book On Heroes and Hero Worship noted that “the history of the world is but the biography . . .
- 5,011 Temple Employees To Come Under Pf Scheme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Special scheme for 4,882 employees of smaller temples Employees with minimum 20 years service would be provided Rs.750 as monthly pension
- ‘I’Ve No Ego In Meeting People. If I Can Meet Leaders Of Other Parties, Why Not My Own?’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
I’ve no ego in meeting people. If I can meet leaders of other parties, why not my own?’
- Cigar And The Loincloth (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 08, 2006)
Historical archives, when they are opened for researchers, sometimes throw up startling revelations.
- Higher Education In J&k (Daily Excelsior, Parkash Parihar, Jan 08, 2006)
The history of higher education in Jammu and Kashmir can be traced back to 1904 when two colleges were established- Prince of Wales College in Jammu now GGM Science College and SP College in Srinagar.
- Rai, Shareef First Overseas Citizens Of India (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Ms Nivruti Rai and Mr Iftekhar Shareef from the US have become the first recipients of the much awaited Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cards today at the inaugural day of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD).
- The Angry Young Man Is No More Angry (Tribune, Shakuntala Rao, Jan 08, 2006)
The tremendous success of Zanjeer in 1973, a film about a police officer who worked outside the bounds of law, introduced the figure of the “angry young man” to the Indian screen. This hero, who was portrayed as a disaffected, cynical, violent, . . .
- Taking Too Many Medicines Is Risky (Tribune, Dr N.N. Wig, Jan 08, 2006)
Paradoxically, people’s health has never been so good as it is today. The scourge of small pox has been eradicated. Polio is on its way out. Most common communicable diseases are far better controlled than before. People are living much longer.
- Tn Pension Scheme For Temple Staff (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Those working in small temples might not be able to pay the scheme amount and hence the scheme could not be extended to them.
- Warning Wasted In Bangalore (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jan 08, 2006)
Poor communication, bureaucratic delays
ID card of suspect referred to J & K police more than three months after it was found
Common-sense procedure not followed
Weapons transported from J & K
- Resumption Of Rail Link (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 08, 2006)
The agreement between India and Pakistan on a date to reopen the rail link between Sindh and Rajasthan after a gap of 40 years deserves to be welcomed, not least because it will allow thousands of Pakistanis living in the country’s south a cheaper and....
- Judicial Activism In America (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Jan 08, 2006)
It is a well-established function of judges to say what the law is, or what it means. Many of them will follow precedents and give due attention to the original lawmaker’s intent in performing this function.
- Conserving A Priceless Heritage (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
People should be aware of the value of the Ambarnath Shivalaya in Maharashtra and help beautify it, Dr Kumud Kanitkar, winner of the Justice K T Telang Fellowship in Indology, tells Vimla Patil.
- Rss, Hindu Mahasabha Responsible For Partition: Arjun Singh (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Holding the RSS and Hindu Mahasabha responsible for Partition, senior Congress leader and Union HRD Minister Arjun Singh today claimed that the BJP would collapse like a pack of cards due to "its inner contradictions and hollow principles."
- Tap For Excellence (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 08, 2006)
Right now we are in the midst of a controversy triggered by the tapping of telephone of a politician active in the country's most populous State of Uttar Pradesh.
- India Rejects Suggestion For Demilitarisation (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Categorically rejecting Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s suggestion for demilitarisation of three places in Jammu and Kashmir, India tonight asserted that it was a "sovereign" decision to be taken by New Delhi based on security situation and could n
- Old Order Gives Way (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Jan 08, 2006)
The year just begun is likely to see a radical change in the political equations between the country’s principal parties broadly divided into two: the Hindu Right-wing and others.
- India And Pakistan Open Second Rail Link (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
India and Pakistan have agreed to reopen a second rail link on 1 February, more than 40 years after the service was stopped because of war.
- Us Concerned Over Violence In Sri Lanka (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Nicholas Burns to visit Colombo to discuss the conflict
* Rice lauds Norway’s role as a peace broker between Sri Lanka and Tamil Tigers
- Taking Wing (Deccan Herald, KALA KRISHNAN RAMESH , Jan 08, 2006)
This collection of essays is often tantalising and naughty, beckoning the reader into inviting gullies and corners for a look at the brighter side of life.
- Land Of The Flaming Tongue (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Manmohan Melville writes of Jwalamukhi in Himachal Pradesh, which has many interesting legends revolving around it.
- Spaced Out In India... (Deccan Herald, Colin Todhunter, Jan 08, 2006)
Like many other foreign travellers in India, I have been to numerous holy places steeped in mysticism where yoga and meditation courses abound. Unlike other travellers, however, I had never felt any compulsion to indulge in a spiritual quest for inner....
- The Drama Goes On (Deccan Herald, JAYALAKSHMI K, Jan 08, 2006)
The issues that make up the Mahabharatha are still relevant today, even though the characters in its pages belong to antiquity.
- Mirwaiz: Make Saarc Guarantor (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq today said “self-governance and demilitarisation will provide Kashmiris a sense of being masters of their own destiny”. He added that J-K’s internal security ought to be handed over to the state police.
- And Quiet Flows The Narmada (Hindu, Meena Menon, Jan 08, 2006)
What does the future hold for the Narmada Bachao Andolan?
- High Expectations From Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (Hindu, S. Nagesh Kumar, Jan 07, 2006)
Manmohan Singh to inaugurate the mega event today
- A Wild, Wild Party (Tribune, Aditi Tandon, Jan 07, 2006)
Now I know why parents are so opposed to the children’s ideas of having a wild start to the New Year. They know exactly how wild such a wild celebration might get.
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