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Articles 13921 through 14020 of 21907:
- Customer-Centric Approach By New Breed Of Financial Planners (Hindu, Oommen A. Ninan , Dec 05, 2005)
Goal of certification is to convert savers into investors
Organisers of financial planning are collaborating to unify the profession around accepted standards.
- Land Of The Fusion God (Hindu, H.S. MANJUNATHA, Dec 05, 2005)
Harihara may not pull many tourists but pilgrims consider it the Kashi of the South
- Pm Yet To Decide On Mea Portfolio (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said he was undecided on whether or not to retain the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) portfolio which he had taken away from Natwar Singh.
- Behind Chennai's Music Season (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 05, 2005)
Chennai's annual music festival — led by the Music Academy, which was founded in 1928 following an inspired decision taken at the first All-India Music Conference held in South India — is among the world's largest entertainment extravaganzas devoted ....
- Two For Joy (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 05, 2005)
An encouraging moment can sometimes expose the truly discouraging. The enthusiasm with which the world seems to have greeted the election of two women together with 10 men to Jeddah’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry indicates that for Saudi Arabia,
- India’S Most Unwanted (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 05, 2005)
As even timeservers Natwar promoted ditch him, it’s time to remove him from the cabinet
- Uma Threatens War As Axe Dangles (Telegraph, RASHEED KIDWAI, Dec 05, 2005)
Raisen (Madhya Pradesh), Dec. 4: Uma Bharti was today back at her blistering best, threatening to unleash a virtual Mahabharata in the Sangh parivar if she is thrown out of the BJP.
- Lanka Truce Takes A Hit As Army Vehicle Is Blown Up In The North (Indian Express, Simon Gardner, Dec 05, 2005)
Six soldiers were killed in a claymore fragmentation mine attack by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka’s war-torn north on Sunday, the military said.
- Project To Promote Cultural Tourism At Kottakunnu (Hindu, Abdul Latheef Naha, Dec 05, 2005)
Malayalam-2005 begins today
Literary discussion to be held in the morning
Poets' meet to be held in the afternoon
Cultural conclave in the evening
- The Samurai Returns (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Dec 05, 2005)
If I were a Chinese strategic analyst of a moderately paranoid disposition, I would be twitching uncontrollably by now.
- Iran’S Economic Woes (Deccan Herald, Gopal Sutar, Dec 05, 2005)
Apart from its problems over its nuclear ambitions, Iran is faced with economic stagnation and US sanctions
- Outcome Budget A Good Beginning (Daily Excelsior, SUMEDHA SUDHAMAN, Dec 05, 2005)
Government recently came out with the first-ever outcome budget aimed at keeping a tab on public spending by evolving a mechanism to measure physical targets to be achieved on outlays provided in the five lakh crore rupee General Budget to ministries . .
- Sheikh Abdullah - Naik Or Khalnaik? (Greater Kashmir, Z. G. Muhammad, Dec 05, 2005)
Revered as a hero, abhorred as a villain what will history remember him as, Z. G. Muhammad profiles Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah
- Hurriyat Keen To Discuss Options (Tribune, M.L. Kak, Dec 05, 2005)
Notwithstanding their support to the idea of self rule, to be preceded by demilitarisation, for resolving the Kashmir issue, leaders of All-Party Hurriyat Conference wish to make it clear that the “idea is not our baby.”
- Seafaring Hindus (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, Dec 05, 2005)
General Ashok K Mehta's article, "Navy: Full steam on course" (November 30) presumptuously informs that India's sea-faring traditions slowly died out with the arrival of Mughals and 'the great Maratha Admiral Kanhoji Angre was perhaps the last . . .
- Natwar Refuses To Become Sacrificial Lamb (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
As the plot thickens and new disclosures about political beneficiaries of the Iraq's Oil-for-food programme continue to pour in, the man in the eye of the storm - Natwar Singh has once again made it clear that he is in no mood to oblige the party and ...
- Ia To Appear In 'Indian' Avatar (Hindustan Times, Sandeep Bamzai, Dec 05, 2005)
when you fly what you reckon is a stodgy legacy carrier — Indian Airlines — you will be greeted by a spanking new branding and transformed attitude which will reflect the new ethos at the airline.
- Uma Says Bjp Leadership 'Incapable' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Virtually setting the stage for partying ways with BJP and hinting at a new political address, suspended leader Uma Bharti on Sunday alleged the party chief leadership of being incapable of carrying out basic responsibilities and said it was time . . .
- The Dangling Man (Hindu, RUMINA SETHI, Dec 04, 2005)
Masculinism is, quite possibly, a sham, a rhetoric which cannot find approximations in the real world, yet it is built up to enormous proportions.
- A Touch Of Glamour To A Primate Existence! (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
Hugh and Colleen Gantzer live it out in a tree house in Wayanad.
- Midnight’S Children (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 04, 2005)
There are some horrors in this city of horrors that are unforgettable. What happened in Behala throughout the night of Thursday into Friday could head the list. It really was a series of horrors, beginning with a playful youngster having disappeared.
- Demilitrisation Of Kashmir (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Dec 04, 2005)
There used to be a time when retired Indian military personnel (including the current Governor of Jammu and Kashmir) were fond of rushing to the Press to demand a unilateral Indian withdrawal from the Siachen Glacier borrowing and quoting . . .
- Coming Soon: A Very Special Museum For Women (Hindu, Mandira Nayar, Dec 04, 2005)
There might be a special place on a wall for women artists here in the Capital soon.
- In Defence Of The Drama Queen (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Dec 04, 2005)
I’m going to come right out and say this at the very beginning — so now is the time to let your jaws drop if you are going to look incredulous — but I am completely on Uma Bharti’s side.
- Rights And Courtesies (Hindustan Times, Karan Thapar, Dec 04, 2005)
Does anyone have a right to security exemption at airports? My answer is a firm no.
- Air Deccan Plans Flying Schools (Business Standard, P R Sanjai, Dec 04, 2005)
Low-cost carrier Air Deccan is planning to set up a residential flying school in Bangalore for training pilots, engineers and airhostesses.
- Big Cat Breathes Its Last (Hindu, M. Gunasekaran, Dec 04, 2005)
The tiger that attacked a mahout's assistant near the elephant rejuvenation camp in Chinnar in the Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary on Tuesday morning died on Saturday.
- Pm’S Visit: India Sounds Out Russia Over N-Fuel (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Dec 04, 2005)
With the July 18 Indo-US nuclear deal gradually easing restrictions on India, New Delhi has sounded Moscow ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Russia visit that it can be the first country to do nuclear business with India by agreeing to . . .
- Spice Of Life : Military Bands: Pjo Taylor (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 04, 2005)
Martial music is not a modern invention: primitive drumming and sounding of such “instruments” as rams’ horns goes back centuries, indeed millennia.
- Kalam Doc Booted Out For Fainting (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
Prize for travelling with the President — sack.
- Yercaud: The Poor Man’S Hill Station (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
For a nature lover, this is a perfect getaway, says Marianne de Nazareth.
- A Long Wait For Take-Off (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Dec 04, 2005)
The word ‘‘infrastructure’’ came up so often at last week’s India Economic Summit it became the conference’s background raga.
- Bihar Elections Post-Mortem (Indian Express, Soli Sorabjee, Dec 04, 2005)
The main cause for Nitish Kumar’s thumping victory was public disgust with Laloo-Rabri misrule. People saw through the political gimmickry and theatricals of Laloo Prasad Yadav. After all you can fool some people for some time but not all the . . .
- Wonders Of The Wild (Hindu, R. KRITHIKA, Dec 04, 2005)
We need wild animals because we are dependent on them, says Ruth Padel, in conversation with
- Militants Threaten To Kill Hostages (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Dec 04, 2005)
Ten American soldiers die in Fallujah explosion; U.S. toll in Iraq reaches 2,120
- Pakistan Suggests Dates For Talks On Rail Link (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 04, 2005)
Pakistan has proposed technical-level talks on the Khokrapar-Munnabao rail route, linking Sindh with Rajasthan, from December 11 to 15.
- An Alternative Voice Of History (Hindu, Nonica Datta, Dec 04, 2005)
Amrita Pritam's idea of cultural community and identity testifies to a social history of Punjab's shared cultural symbols, motifs and landscapes.
- Uttaranchal To Constitute Tourism Police (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
On the pattern of Kerala, Uttaranchal will have its own tourism police to provide better environment to tourists in the state.
- It Is A Penguin Classic, Boss! (Hindu, Pradeep Sebastian, Dec 04, 2005)
The man we have to thank for making literature urgent and handy enough to be carried around in our pockets is Allen Lane, founder of Penguin.
The Life and Times of Allen Lane, Jeremy Lewis, Viking, p.496, price not stated.
- An Aura Of Timelessness (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
Poorani's poems are on issues that interest and affect humanity in general. PADMA NARAYANAN and PREMA SEETHARAM
- Exiles And Strangers (Hindu, RAVI VYAS, Dec 04, 2005)
Exile and the Kingdom, Albert Camus, first published in English translation 1957, Vintage, $6.50.
- Voice Of The 'Common Man' (Hindu, Anita Joshua, Dec 04, 2005)
Brushing up the Years: A Cartoonist's History of India 1947-2004, R.K. Laxman, Penguin, p.304, Rs. 750.
- Ghana Times (Hindu, ABDULRAZAK GURNAH, Dec 04, 2005)
Eshun's story about growing up is also a frightening and shaming one of casual brutalities in Ghana and of childhood racism in London. ABDULRAZAK GURNAH
- Ties With The Us (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 04, 2005)
Ambassador Jahangir Karamat’s statement that the US-Pakistan relations today were “not transient” reflects both a hope for the future and a comment on the past.
- Thumping Victory (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 04, 2005)
With the nation still recovering from the devastation caused by a massive earthquake in Azad Kashmir and parts of the NWFP, our cricketers have given us something to cheer about by convincingly winning the just concluded Test series against England.
- Alternative History (Deccan Herald, Cynthia Stephen, Dec 04, 2005)
After the feminist movement and the subaltern school, it is now the turn of that silenced majority of India, the lower castes, to make its voice heard.
- Blighted Affections (Deccan Herald, Rosalind Ezhil K , Dec 04, 2005)
Although written naturally, some of the more original sentence constructions might come in for criticism from sticklers of the language.
- Gentleman Soldier (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Dec 04, 2005)
‘To the Dogra, soldiering is a family tradition that brings him joy and contentment’.
- Iraqi Ex-Envoy Adds Grist To Opp Drive (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Dec 04, 2005)
'Natwar requested me to get visa for his son as head of youth delegation of Cong'--- The Opposition on Saturday received fresh ammunition in its offensive against the UPA Government on Volcker issue from former Iraqi ambassador to India Salah al Mukhtar.
- A Magic Betrayed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
Despite all the despairing comments, the book ends on a positive note. Tigers in Red Weather, Ruth Padel, LittleBrown, Rs. 833.15.
- Recovery And Recognition Of A Literary Past (Hindu, RENUKA RAJARATNAM, Dec 04, 2005)
Eunice de Souza's anthology gives a present-day perspective of the past and includes an eclectic range of contributors.
- Need For Reinterpreting Islam (Dawn, Altaf Hussain, Dec 04, 2005)
The international geopolitical scene has changed radically since the cataclysm of 9/11. In the heyday of the Cold War, when the Soviet Union was the adversary for the West, the Islamic concept of Ijtihad had an entirely different connotation and . . .
- Varied Fare (Hindu, K. Kunhikrishnan, Dec 04, 2005)
True to reputation, the stories reflect the vibrancy of modern American short fiction.
- Play Of Shadows (Hindu, SUBASH JEYAN , Dec 04, 2005)
Poems and a Novella is a quest for a sense of the self, to nail it down and define it, to oneself.
- Poetics Of Protest (Hindu, C.VIJAYASREE, Dec 04, 2005)
Remembering Mulk Raj Anand on his birth centenary, which falls on December 12.
- Performance Appraisal (Tribune, Girish Bhandari, Dec 03, 2005)
PAR for the course. Yet another periodic exercise in cosmetics, though anticipated. The aim, ostensibly, to bring transparency and purpose to that holy grail of babudom — the annual confidential report, in short, the ACR.
- How Europe Is Choking Itself (Tribune, Stephen Castle , Dec 03, 2005)
Europe’s claim to the moral high ground over the environment has been comprehensively challenged in a devastating report on its failings in the battle against global warming and pollution. It says Europe is devouring the world’s natural resources at twice
- Has India Crossed The Inflection Point? (The Financial Express, V ANANTHA NAGESWARAN, Dec 03, 2005)
The Indian economy registered an impressive 8% growth rate in the second quarter of the current fiscal year, 2005-06.
- Disabling Tutelage (The Financial Express, JAVED ABIDI, Dec 03, 2005)
It was on a cold December day, some 10 years ago, when our parliamentarians passed The Dis-ability Act, 1995.
- Curate’S Egg (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has a history of making proposals under the name of electoral reform that collectively resemble the proverbial curate’s egg: good in parts.
- President Has A Date With His Body Guards (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
Bringing alive the ceremonial grandeur of the colonial era with horses, buggies and the grand old tradition of the cavalry carrying the trumpet banner, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on Friday handed over the 10th Silver Trumpet and Trumpet Banner . . .
- Enlighten Me (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Dec 03, 2005)
Whenever I am confused about some Hindu religious text, I write to Swami Ram Swarup Yogacharya of Ved Mandir in Kangra.
- On Dec. 3... (New York Times, Sanjoy Hazarika, Dec 03, 2005)
Toxic gas leaking from an American-owned insecticide plant in central India killed at least 410 people overnight, many as they slept, officials said today.
- Land Of The Fusion God (Hindu, H.S. MANJUNATHA, Dec 03, 2005)
Harihara may not pull many tourists but pilgrims consider it the Kashi of the South
- Tourism Zone At Kundli-Palwal Expressway Soon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
A new tourism policy for promotion of religious, cultural and archaeological tourism to be unveiled
More tourist circuits to be established
ISCON temple to be built in Kurukshetra
- Poland's Small Farmers Fear For The Future (Hindu, Nicholas Watt , Dec 03, 2005)
Expansion is the key to survival in the EU as subsidies rise but prices and profits fall.
- Putting In Place A Tsunami Warning System (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Dec 03, 2005)
For the Indian Ocean tsunami warning system to work, there must be no gaps in the network of sensors being established by different nations. And, the various national systems have to be able to readily exchange data and information.
- World Youth Satellite Will Be In Orbit By 2007, Says Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
He lists areas for entrepreneurship and jobs they can create
- Imperatives Of Reconstruction (Dawn, Dr Kamal Munir, Dec 03, 2005)
Nearly eight weeks after the most devastating earthquake in the history of the subcontinent, Islamabad is rife with talk of reconstruction.
- Controversy In India Over Medical Tourism (International Herald Tribune, Amelia Gentleman, Dec 03, 2005)
As foreigners flock to India to find lower health-care costs and avoid long waiting times, the rapid growth of this medical tourism has begun to create significant opposition among doctors here.
- Concession Is Not Surrender (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 03, 2005)
I am veering round to the viewpoint that Atal Behari Vajpayee might have pushed the India-Pakistan dialogue faster and farther than Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has done.
- Annan Cancels Asia Trip Over Un Budget Impasse (Indian Express, Evelyn Leopold , Dec 03, 2005)
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has canceled an upcoming trip to China, South Korea, Japan and Vietnam because of an impasse on the UN budget and other issues, his office announced.
- Land Of Buddha (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 03, 2005)
Bengal’s CM can make history, by helping EC to help his state
- Mumbai Doctor Sacked For Fainting On Kalam Duty (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
J J Hospital, Mumbai, has terminated the services of its most qualified anaesthetist, Dr Sameer Kalaniya. The doctor, according to the termination letter, was punished for collapsing while accompanying President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam on his Mumbai . . .
- Olive Green, Black Hole (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 03, 2005)
NATO’s earthquake relief effort in Pakistan did not even involve a thousand personnel. It is now winding up, completing its tight lease of 90 days in what is a most politically sensitive region.
- Pre-Marital Hiv Test To Be Mandatory In Goa (Deccan Herald, DEVIKA SEQUEIRA , Dec 03, 2005)
No longer will it just be sunlit beaches and surf for those wishing to tie the nuptial knot in Goa. More is in store for the young hearts.
- Treating Scientists Like Animals, And Animals Like Fodder (Indian Express, BAHAR DUTT, Dec 03, 2005)
Now that the Tribal Bill has been cleared, the animal versus people debate will start all over again. Most of the discussion will miss the central point: Our failure to protect fast diminishing wildlife is embedded in our failure to work with two . . .
- A Bank Robber’S Arrest Cracks J&k Terror Net (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
The arrest of a bank robber on Wednesday has led the J&K Police to the network behind eight major militant strikes.
- Chaman Border Crossing Shut After Spat (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
Pakistan closed its main border crossing with Afghanistan after a confrontation between the two countries’ frontier guards, a military official said on Friday.
- Hoary Past (Pioneer, Tavishi Srivastava, Dec 03, 2005)
Bureaucracy is on the wheels. Perhaps this is the most apt description of UP's babudom. It is quite another matter that it is borrowed from the title of a book authored by a researcher called Vaishali Saxena, who has discussed the plight of the . . .
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