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Articles 15021 through 15120 of 21907:
- Welcome Rethink On F-16s (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2005)
President Pervez Musharraf has told the BBC that his government has decided to postpone the purchase of F-16 fighter planes — worth a couple of billion dollars
- First Loc Point Opens Today (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2005)
The army has made all preparations for opening five points along the LoC for sending relief to earthquake affected people in PoK but it would take another week to facilitate the......
- High And Dry On Vanishing Rivers (Hindu, Tom Phillips, Nov 07, 2005)
According to environmental groups, the drought in the Amazon region is a direct result of deforestation and global warming.
- October Revolution Day Scrapped (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Nov 07, 2005)
President Vladimir Putin has decided to scrap the November 7 holiday in favour of a new one on November 4.
- Bridges Over The Bombs (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 07, 2005)
IT is hard to get inside the minds of people who are prepared to plant bombs in order to destroy innocent lives on buses, markets or in restaurants, especially when the precise identity of the perpetrators remains unknown, as it does with the . . .
- Let Man Held For Delhi Blasts (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2005)
Hopes of some fresh leads about the conspiracy behind the Delhi blasts have risen with the arrest of a Lashkar-e-Taiba commander in Bengal’s South Dinajpur district.
- The Constitution Should Be Looked At Again’ (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Nov 07, 2005)
Giriraj Kishore, the octogenarian senior vice-president of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, has been lambasting the top BJP leaders like A B Vajpayee and L K Advani for their alleged ‘deviation’ from Hindutva.
- Culture Is Just The Icing (Business Line, Prashant Sarin , Nov 07, 2005)
Consumer behaviour is largely a matter of the lifecycle stage in a nation's economy at a given point in time and not, as is commonly believed, owing to culture.
- Fringe Damages (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 07, 2005)
Limit the damage caused by CPM rallies
- The Elusive Mass Transit (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Nov 07, 2005)
A mass transit system for Karachi has become an excruciating joke for two generations of the residents of the city.
- India-Pakistan Loc Agreement: India Opens Only One Point Today (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2005)
Only goods, no people to cross today
Civilian exchange could take 10 days
Pakistan says it is ready to open all points
Crossings only on foot, open to all Indians
- Sri Lankan Electorate Appears Polarised (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Nov 07, 2005)
November 17 presidential poll sees divisions along ethnic, religious lines in the island nation
- Perestroika Mastermind (Statesman, Vladimir Simonov, Nov 07, 2005)
Remembering Russia’s National Keeper Of Morals
- Myth As Reality (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Nov 07, 2005)
Neither of the two recent films, “Subhas Chandra Bose: A Forgotten Hero” and “Mangal Pandey:
- Youthful Indiscretions (Tribune, Raj Chatterjee, Nov 07, 2005)
There is no knowing the length to which a young man (or an old fool) will go to show his devotion to the object of his desire. In this case, the “length” was a distance of 30 km, along which a boy of 19 crawled on his hands and knees to the house of . . .
- November 6 (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 07, 2005)
November 6 is an important date in the history of Jammu Kashmir.
- Dhaka’S Coming Of Age (Dawn, Murtaza Razvi, Nov 07, 2005)
Dhaka seven years ago looked like an adolescent unsure of itself: it was a disorderly, chaos-ridden, confused and unconfident child that its parents seemed to have all but abandoned it.
- Prisoner Accounts Suggest Detention At Secret Facilities (Washington Post, Josh White, Nov 07, 2005)
Three Yemeni nationals who were arrested in late 2003 say they were transferred to U.S. custody and kept isolated in at least four secret detention facilities that Amnesty International officials believe could be part of a covert CIA prison system.
- Outsourcing Captures Europe's Imagination (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Nov 07, 2005)
Some will cringe at, though others may delight in, a dictionary that defines historic monuments as `fixed assets' and lemons as `defective capital goods'.
- Retail: Bonanza Or Trap? (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Nov 07, 2005)
The story is told by the late Mr Prakash Tandon, former Chairman of Hindustan Lever, in his memoirs of Unilever considering company-owned retail shops taking control of their retail distribution in India back in the 1950s.
- Left Intellectuals (Telegraph, Andre Beteille , Nov 07, 2005)
Leninism ruined a great intellectual tradition for many years
AndrÉ bÉteille
The author is chancellor, Northeastern Hill University
- By All Means A Revolution In Medical Science (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 07, 2005)
This discovery could not be more important to any place other than our valley where diseases of stomach are highest in the World. Prof. (Dr.) M S Khuru concludes
- Champion Of The Woods (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2005)
Sunderlal Bahuguna is 79 but he has the same fire and zing in him to protect the forests, its people and the environment as he had when he joined the Freedom movement at the age of 13. Born by the Ganga and inspired by the lofty Himalayas, . . .
- Against Insularity In Literature And Criticism (Hindu, HIMANSU S. MOHAPATRA, Nov 06, 2005)
Boulton's writing makes up in clarity and vigour for what it lacks in sleekness.
- Promise Of Buddha (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 06, 2005)
November is a good month for the comrades. By a strange chronological coincidence, the fifth anniversary of Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s accession to the chief ministership and the 88th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution fall within a day of each....
- Another Epic, Another India (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 06, 2005)
The other day, I saw a deeply moving Bharata Natyam performance by the dancer, Priyadarshini Govind.
- How Safe Are We? (Statesman, Bibhuti Bhusan Nandy, Nov 06, 2005)
The twin man-made disasters in Delhi and Andhra Pradesh are a sad commentary on the state of our national safety and security regimes.
- Aspects Of Earthquake (Daily Excelsior, Dr Nater Singh Raina, Nov 06, 2005)
An earthquake is a motion of the ground surface ranging from a faint tremor to a wild motion capable of shaking buildings apart and causing gaping fissures to open up in the ground.
- `There Is Something Sacred About Art' (Hindu, RAKHSHANDA JALIL, Nov 06, 2005)
Fahmida Riaz, Pakistani poet, on what it means to be a woman, a poet and a socially conscious person
- Images Of The Soul (Deccan Herald, Suresh Jayaram, Nov 06, 2005)
The photographer was an avid traveller and the subjects he captured reflect his human regard for them.
- Air Deccan To Launch New Generation Aircraft (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2005)
Low cost carrier Air Deccan will acquire 78 new generation aircraft soon to augment its fleet, its Managing Director C R Gopinath has said.
- A Case Of Too Much Of A Good Thing (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2005)
The latest book in the detective series is fairly radical in its own right, but not much new happens here, just more of the same.
- Charming And Quirky (Hindu, HARINI NARAYANAN, Nov 06, 2005)
When he is not trying too hard to be cute or clever, or both, Jonathan Safran Foer can tell a good story.
- Drawing But Not Colouring (Deccan Herald, Sudha Ramachandran, Nov 06, 2005)
The book tends to be overly positive about Pakistan and ignores the subtexts of turmoil which are also part of the story.
- It’S A Bangalore Thing (Deccan Herald, MAYA JAYAPAL, Nov 06, 2005)
The text is complemented by illustrations and is in part funny, truthful and quirky.
- Spice Of Life (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 06, 2005)
Knots aren't just a matter of tying bits of string together, though they do indeed have practical uses: none know this better than sailors and Boy Scouts
- Forum For Men Of Mind And Matter (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2005)
The Silicon Valley of India is all set to add another colourful feather to its cap when President A P J Abdul Kalam formally inaugurates on November 21 the BIC ......
- Forum To Focus On Mekong-India Cooperation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2005)
A forum on Mekong development is being held here next week to explore new opportunities and areas of cooperation between India and the six countries sharing the Mekong river.
- A Simple Life (Hindu, C.S. Lakshmi , Nov 06, 2005)
KALA SHAHANI, an unusual Gandhian, died peacefully on September 26 this year, in Mumbai.
- Goa Original (Hindu, Prakash Kamat, Nov 06, 2005)
Get a glimpse of its unique grandeur and authentic form ... in "Ancestral Goa".
- Loc Crossover Points Ready: Pakistan (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Nov 06, 2005)
The same procedure as followed for the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service
- Obsessive Precision (Hindu, A.J. THOMAS, Nov 06, 2005)
This is a book that speaks of the self and the world in objective terms
Nahal's detailed accounts of his life as a scholar and a teacher make engrossing reading because of his sheer passion for life.
- Powerful Story Of Love (Hindu, NIMI KURIAN, Nov 06, 2005)
M.T. Vasudevan Nair has told this legendary story of the master carpenter with finesse. NIMI KURIAN
- Immigrants' Progress (Hindu, RENUKA RAJARATNAM, Nov 06, 2005)
Zadie Smith's oeuvre draws inspiration from an incredibly layered complexity of life. RENUKA RAJARATNAM
- The Art Of The Matter (Hindu, G.S. PAUL , Nov 06, 2005)
The Kerala Kalamandalam, which turns 75 on November 9, has played a major role in preserving and bringing classical arts to the masses.
- A Blend Of Kathakali And The Novel (Hindu, M. MUKUNDAN, Nov 06, 2005)
Anita Nair writes about man-woman relationships and complex Kathakali aesthetics with equal felicity. M. MUKUNDAN
- Human Trafficking: Need For A Global Response (Tribune, D.J. Singh, Nov 06, 2005)
Human trafficking is the fastest growing means by which people are forced into slavery.
- The Man On The Hot Seat (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Nov 06, 2005)
Ghulam Nabi Azad has been a great survivor. Somebody likened him to “Aloo” (potato) implying that he could mix with any vegetable.
- Collective Action To Combat Terror (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Nov 06, 2005)
Just two days before Diwali, Delhi had over 60 dead and 210 injured lying in hospital with serious burns and loss of limbs, due to bomb blasts. The photos of the dismembered were tragic and depressing.
- Environment Policy: Designed For Disaster (Deccan Herald, Bittu Saghal, Nov 06, 2005)
According to India’s 10th Plan Document: “The pricing structure for water needs a serious review to reflect the scarcity value of water.” I would paraphrase that line to read: “The pricing structure for water sources needs a serious review to reflect ....
- Independent Inquiry Likely (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2005)
Manmohan holds second round of discussions with Sonia Gandhi, senior aides
- Moral Vertigo? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 05, 2005)
Acts of terrorism are designed to produce moral and emotional vertigo.
- The Trouble With Haphazard Mining (Hindu, Sunny Sebastian, Nov 05, 2005)
Hillocks are being flattened in the Aravalis in Rajasthan in the quest for marble.
- In Sri Lanka, Dynasty At The Crossroads (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Nov 05, 2005)
It is a delicious twist that a Bandaranaike comeback to the centre-stage of politics could now depend on the victory of arch-enemy Wickremesinghe.
- Slipping On Oil (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 05, 2005)
Yes, Natwar needs to clear his name
- India And Russia To Work On Nuclear Waste Disposal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2005)
The Indian and Russian Governments would soon decide on how to dispose of the waste generated by the Kudankulam nuclear power plant, technical project director of the unit Kwasa Alexander said here on Friday
- Nepal Rebels To Meet In London (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Nov 05, 2005)
Nepal’s Maoists have started a campaign in Europe, which they kicked off in London, while King Gyanendra is headed for Africa via the SAARC Summit.
- House Arrest (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 05, 2005)
It is time we change rules about allotting government (read public) bungalows and flats for MPs, eminent artists, dancers, men of letters and journalists in Delhi.
- Purify Your Wealth (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2005)
who gives it, who takes it and how much?
- After The Blasts, Some Good Sense (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Nov 05, 2005)
What with three serial blasts in Delhi, so many lives lost, the omens were bad.
- Charm Defensive (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2005)
Among the more bizarre issues that the CPI(M) has brought up to belabour the UPA government
- E-Mail To Azad (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 05, 2005)
It is just a coincidence that on the day we had carried the news about the election of Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad as the leader of the Congress Legislature Party we had also published a letter from a citizen of Bhadrawah in our "action please" column referring t
- It Is Not Best That We Should All Think Alike (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 05, 2005)
When Bombay thought of a motorbus service in the early 20th century, there were two main objections: One, the service would be expensive; and two, the accident rate would go up.
- The Security Bug (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Nov 05, 2005)
Since the war against civil terrorism of all types must continue with the utmost resolve at the command of the nation's security agencies, strenuous and continual efforts must be made to make it a hard battle for the perpetrators of violence.
- Al-Qaeda's Battle For Hearts And Minds (Asia Times, Ehsan Ahrari, Nov 04, 2005)
No one can claim that al-Qaeda is not watching the twists and turns of the debates related to global terrorism that are currently being waged in the United States and the Muslim world.
- An Indian Church-Mario Rodrigues (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 04, 2005)
A conclave of priests and bishops at the Papal Seminary in Pune last week called for the renewed “Indianisation” of the Catholic Church and the adoption of Hindu rituals, including aarti during Mass, studying Sanskrit and the Vedas, experiencing . . .
- Peaked Over Crude Oil (Business Line, Shanmuganathan N, Nov 04, 2005)
A world Peak Oil is a near `certainty'. Even if the chances are anything more than a "possibility", the consequences of such an event are so severe that they merit immediate attention.
- No Escape This Time (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Nov 04, 2005)
Less than a week after his maiden novel The Unspoken Curse was published, V.K. Madhavan Kutty passed away.
- Keep Bigots Out (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 04, 2005)
The incident of an American woman being thrown out of a Hindu temple in Orissa can be seen in two ways.
- Poland's Patriotic Tartars (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2005)
The spirit of Genghiz Khan, the leader of the Tartars who swept into Europe at the end of the 14th century, is still present in a little Polish village.
- Bjp Writes To Manmohan On Volcker Report (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2005)
Continuation of Natwar an embarassment
Criminal proceedings sought against those indicted
Government should seek detailed evidence from U.N. authorities
Letter points to a series of "coincidence"
- Unreserved Salute (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 04, 2005)
The top brass of the army is to be roundly applauded for standing firm and shooting down suggestions for reservations in its ranks for the Scheduled Castes and Tribes,
- Goa To Make Beaches Tourist Friendly (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2005)
Tourism Department asked to study the facilities required
29 deaths due to drowning at beaches reported so far this year
Number of lifeguards at beaches to be increased
Village panchayats told to impound stray cattle and dogs on beaches
- Merit Of Fasting (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2005)
Says the Holy Quran: "O ye who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you, as it was prescribed before ye, that you may ward off evil." (2:183) Fasting is pre-Islamic.
- Tony Blair Is Running Out Of True Believers (Hindu, Jackie Ashley , Nov 04, 2005)
At Britain's Houses of Parliament, there are days of great human drama; and there are dramatic days that actually matter — that shape politics for months or years to come.
- Feature - Rival Tech Towns May Outrun Bangalore (Reuters, Narayanan Madhavan and Rosemary Arackaparambil, Nov 04, 2005)
There's a punchline going around in India's high-tech capital: Bangalore may be Bangalored.
- State Archives Records Under Water (Hindu, T. Ramakrishnan, Nov 04, 2005)
1,000 documents are being dried
The hall leading to the chambers of the chief of the State Archives and Historical Research department looks unusual. Some pages of a 92-year-old letter written by the Secretary,Political Department of the then Madras Govt
- Raising More Funds For Reconstruction (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Nov 03, 2005)
DONORS at the UN-sponsored international conference in Geneva held last week have pledged far less funds for providing relief and shelter to the October 8 earthquake victims than what Pakistan had expected.
- Global Response To The Call (Dawn, Tayyab Siddiqui, Nov 03, 2005)
THE devastation caused by the October 8 earthquake has no parallel in the history of our country.
- Purify Your Wealth (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 03, 2005)
Dr. Rouf Mohi-ud-din explains in detail the subject of an institutionalized system of charity called Zakat
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