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Articles 15921 through 16020 of 21907:
- Cbi Raids 50 Officials (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2005)
At least 40 anti-corruption cases were filed in the fourth of a series of anti-graft raids by the Central investigating agency.
- Nature Is The Enemy (Dawn, Peter Preston, Oct 01, 2005)
Two things, after half a lifetime of trying to understand America, come suddenly together.
- Making The Same Mistake? (Dawn, Afzaal Mahmood, Oct 01, 2005)
With the adoption of the US-led European resolution by the UN nuclear watchdog, the stage is now set for a confrontationist move against Iran.
- Post-Election Prospects In Afghanistan (Dawn, S. Mudassir Ali Shah, Oct 01, 2005)
As early results trickle in from the Afghan legislative elections, President Karzai’s principal political foe Yunus Qanuni — heading a 14-party alliance which is generally described as a rainbow grouping
- A Rollicking Time Down The River (Hindu, GANESH PRABHU, Oct 01, 2005)
Go white-water rafting down the Sita and the Varahi
- Will The Phoenix Rise Again? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2005)
The Phoenix Settlement in South Africa is nothing short of a holy place. It was here that Mahatma Gandhi conceived the principles of the non-violent movement. But sadly, it's neglected and unvisited, says K.S. SHEKAR who went there to pay his homage
- Islam Ensures A Life Of Honor And Dignity To Her (Greater Kashmir, Syed Ali Safvi, Oct 01, 2005)
Here does she find a place which she deserves, Syed Ali Safvi writes about the status of women in the modern world
- Don’T Panic, There Is A Way Out (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 01, 2005)
There was no need to break down the main gate of a doctor as this would have done no good to the patient who needed a proper consultation already available in the institute twenty four hours.
- Courage To Live (Greater Kashmir, Najia Jeelani, Oct 01, 2005)
Much depends on the feeling with which we begin our day’s work.
- Buying Obsolescence (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Oct 01, 2005)
Former Prime Minister Inder Gujral once complained that the developing world was forced to buy obsolescent weaponry from the developed world. It would be interesting to know what he thinks of the US proposal to sell India a warship that was . . . .
- Talking Without The Worry (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 01, 2005)
Mobile phones have brought the social and commercial benefits of communication access to a billion users worldwide in just a decade since the current technologies were rolled out.
- The Making Of Bapu (Deccan Herald, PREM PAUL NINAN, Sep 30, 2005)
Gandhi was once just a simple lawyer in South Africa. It was his perseverance against injustice and violence that made him the Mahatma, writes Prem Paul Ninan
- Battle To Lose The Next U.K. Election (Hindu, Max Hastings, Sep 30, 2005)
The betting is still on David Davis to be the next leader of the once-mighty British Conservative party.
- The Old Order (Tribune, S.S. Dhanoa, Sep 30, 2005)
Just about a decade after the British had left India, I found myself posted as the Deputy Commissioner of Dhanbad in Bihar, now Jharkhand. It came as a surprise that the British presence was there everywhere in the district as most of the coal mines . . .
- From Amritsar To Lahore (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 30, 2005)
The India-Pakistan peace process has got a fresh push with the much-awaited launch of the Amritsar-Lahore bus service being scheduled in November. After all, if it is possible to have buses plying on the Delhi-Lahore and Srinagar-Muzaffarabad routes,
- The Ongc Stand-Off — Should Psus Remain Govt Departments Or Behave Like Corporates? (Business Line, Ashok Upadhyaya, Sep 30, 2005)
The ONGC imbroglio has provided the premise for a national debate on the relationship between owners and management of PSUs, a debate that had died a somewhat whimpering death when the focus shifted in the mid-1990s to the problems of divestment p er se.
- Imf: A Mandate Misplaced? (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Sep 30, 2005)
The IMF's recently-released Strategic Review of its activities hardly created a flutter, perhaps because of the limited relevance of the Fund, its lending and its prescriptions.
- Pakistan, India Seek To Nudge Peace Process (Reuters, ZEESHAN HAIDER , Sep 30, 2005)
The foreign ministers of Pakistan and India will meet next week to try to smooth over a rough patch in a slow-moving peace process, but they are not expected to initiate any breakthrough, analysts said.
- Men, More Than Material, Can Bridge Rural-Urban Divide (Business Line, Sudhansu R. Das, Sep 30, 2005)
So much potential remains untapped in rural India. But the problem that haunts planners and economists is the lack of human material to integrate the two Indias.
- Trade Unions Hit Out At Upa's `Anti-Worker' Policies (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2005)
Employees organise meetings, rallies in Kurnool, Chittoor and other districts
Insurance, telecom, postal, medical and sales representatives participate in the strike
UPA Government accused of adopting anti-worker policies
- Tamil Nadu, South Australia To Ink Deal On Sister State Ties (Hindu, T.S. Shankar, Sep 30, 2005)
South Australia will centre its activities out of Chennai, says Premier Rann To work together in water conservation, automobile industry and sports
- Nio Bags Rs 3 Crore Worth Projects (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2005)
The National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Visakhapatnam, has bagged work orders from two giant companies to conduct an assessment programme worth Rs 3 crore.
- Unity, The Spiritual Law Of Our Age (Deccan Herald, A K MERCHANT, Sep 30, 2005)
We live in an age when wealth on a scale undreamed of by the Pharaohs, the Caesars,
- Defuse Tension (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 30, 2005)
The two states should not let a non-isuue vitiate atmosphere
- Promote Peace (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2005)
Tourist traffic between the two Punjabs would improve Indo-Pak ties significantly
- A Dash Of Danish (Hindu, ATHREYA, Sep 30, 2005)
A Danish painter is setting up an international art centre in Mysore, a city that has a long tradition of nurturing the arts
- Germany's Post-Poll Stalemate (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 30, 2005)
The political stalemate gripping Germany — Europe's most populous and largest economy — more than a week after the ambiguous parliamentary election verdict,
- Destination Hogenakkal: Tamil Nadu All Set To Woo Tourists (Hindu, P M Raghunandan, Sep 30, 2005)
While Karnataka is still preparing an action plan to develop the island, Tamil Nadu has made all the provisions required to attract tourists.
- Market Kashmir (Greater Kashmir, MEHRAJU DIN BHAT, Sep 30, 2005)
Service sectors are growing fast in this post-industrial economy and world economy is becoming more dependent upon it as 90% of USA economy and 49%of Indian economy is based on this sector.
- Elderly Woes-I (Greater Kashmir, Anupriyo Mullick, Sep 30, 2005)
Every year 1 October is celebrated all over the world as the United Nations International Day of Older Persons,
- The Power Of Images (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 30, 2005)
Ever wondered about the difference between light and highlight? Information is softly diffused light across a flat surface. Highlight is the little bits we journalists select and treat as news.
- The Telling Mirror (Hindu, MALINI WHITE, Sep 30, 2005)
Art historian B.N. Goswamy, who accidentally stumbled into the world of miniature paintings, maintains that the best of it comes from Lahore
- Interview - India Sees New Strategic Sea Lane In Andaman Sea (Reuters, Bill Tarrant, Sep 30, 2005)
Indian naval exercises with Thailand and Indonesia are aimed in part at ensuring security for a new sea route linking the Indian and Pacific oceans, a top Indian general said.
- New Actors, Old Script (Indian Express, Balbir K Punj, Sep 30, 2005)
The Vasili Mitrokhin bombshell must have exploded in the minds of many good intentioned intellectuals who had held the Left in some esteem for its supposedly pro-poor activism. But to those few who were privileged to be on the ringside in the arena of his
- Aids Is Nature’S Curse Of The New Millennium (Greater Kashmir, Tanvir Sadiq, Sep 30, 2005)
Let our Public Men set a precedent by coming forward voluntarily and demanding an HIV Test Tanvir Sadiq suggests
- Diplomacy And Double Talk (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 30, 2005)
North Korea has always been one of the sternest tests of the Bush administration’s diplomacy, and in the space of 24 hours last week it showed why.
- Air-India Offers Special Package For Tourists (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2005)
Air India planes are set to dot the skies with their ‘Incredible India’ logo.
- A Vote Under U.S. Pressure: Left (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2005)
At meeting with Prime Minister, its leaders express fears that Iran ties will be hit
"Left parties register strong protest
Vote could have been avoided: Abani Roy
Assure world that Iran issue will not figure in Security Council: Yechury
- Relations With The Us (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 29, 2005)
There is more to Pakistan-American relations than the nuclear question. The issue has acquired perhaps undue importance following Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to the US in July.
- Excitement And Fear Stalk The Land In Syria (Hindu, David Hirst, Sep 29, 2005)
U.N. success in Lebanon could shatter the political dominance of the military in the Arab world.
- Reforms In Iit’S Jee (Indian Express, Prof V G Idichandy, Sep 29, 2005)
The joint entrance examination (JEE) of the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology has a long history.
- In Cyberspace We Must Trust (Indian Express, Nitya Jacob, Sep 29, 2005)
They are sprouting like mushrooms in the Indian monsoon. Information Communication Technology projects dot the country’s landscape like so many promises of better things to come,
- A Structural Reinforcement Plan: Reorientation Of Saarc-Ii (Dawn, Shamshad Ahmed, Sep 29, 2005)
In the context of “systemic re-orientation”, Saarc must adapt itself to the new realities even if it means the rewriting of its basic charter. All institutions are susceptible to change and improvement.
- The Diminishing Dal (Greater Kashmir, MUHAMMAD ZAHID, Sep 29, 2005)
Pity, that a capital asset like this which should have received care from us, faces apathy, laments
- History For Children (Telegraph, Tapas Majumdar, Sep 29, 2005)
The strange twist that the study of the past takes in India
- Bootleggers Brewed Row Over Hogenakkal Island (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2005)
Free flow of illicitly distilled (ID) liquor by bootleggers at Hogenakkal falls, appears to have fuelled the fresh dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu over a small island in the Cauvery river.
- Now And Again: In Search Of Roots (Statesman, BULA BOSE, Sep 29, 2005)
The young flight attendant was standing in the galley when I walked in looking for a cup of much needed coffee.
- Mastering The Mistress (Hindu, Aditi De, Sep 29, 2005)
Anita Nair says she donned in spirit the colours of a Kathakali artiste to write her novel, Mistress
- When J&k Assembly Hires Govt Staff, It's A Family Affair (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2005)
On Tuesday, Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed challenged the Opposition to prove any irregularity in appointments to government jobs.
- Lahore-Amritsar Bus Set To Roll In November (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2005)
In yet another boost to their reconciliation process, India and Pakistan on Wednesday decided to start a bus service between Amritsar and Lahore in November and agreed to begin soon another bus to Nankana Sahib - home to some of the holiest Sikh shrines.
- Bhakra Gains Limited (Tribune, Shripad Dharmadhikary, Sep 29, 2005)
The piece by M.S. Menon “Why belittle Bhakra?” (Sept. 9) borders on an invective. It is clearly attempted as a criticism of our recently released report “Unravelling Bhakra”, a study of the contribution and impacts of the Bhakra Nangal project focussed on
- Emerging Trends (Deccan Herald, SANDEEP SHASTRI, Sep 29, 2005)
All political parties in Karnataka have moved away from the political spaces they occupied after the 2004 polls
- Close Encounters With Poverty (Tribune, Susan Spano, Sep 29, 2005)
AT lunchtime, office workers and tourists picnic on the manicured lawns of New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, a celestial observatory built in 1724 by Maharajah Jai Singh II. Its benches, flowerbeds and a huge pink sundial make it a welcome oasis in India’s.....
- Taj Corridor Case And Unhealthy Polity (Daily Excelsior, Jagmohan , Sep 29, 2005)
The Chief Vigilance Commissioner's report to the Supreme Court regarding prosecution of Ms Mayawati in Taj Corridor case has once again brought to sharp focus the issue of corruption in our public life.
- European Union And Ltte (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 29, 2005)
After years of equivocation, the European Union has finally woken up to the terrorist character of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
- Bangalore-Mysore Four-Lane Highway To Be Ready Soon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2005)
Work to be completed by September 30
Deadline for completion to be met
Work on nine bridges to be completed by December
Work going on round the clock on some stretches
Widened highway will cut travel time between cities to two hours
Funds sought
- Is It A Case Of Too Much Of A Good Thing? (Hindu, Harish Khare , Sep 28, 2005)
Judges increasingly find themselves getting involved in adjudicating essentially political disputes. This trend ought to be reversed. The institutional balance originally envisaged in the Constitution must be restored.
- Tourism Day Fete Off To A Colourful Start (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2005)
Twin-deck luxury cruiser commissioned
Transport facilities to be strengthened
Renewed thrust to tourism highlighted
Various Buddhist circuitsto be developed
- Partners For Mumbai, Delhi Airports By November (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2005)
Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel On Tuesday said joint venture partners for upgrading and modernising airports in Mumbai and the national capital will be selected by November.
- Wiser Advani Is Lonely (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Sep 28, 2005)
Advani is trying to show himself as alive to the limitations of the hard Hindutva that catapulted the BJP to power
- The Koan Of Relationships (Deccan Herald, Amrit Sadhana, Sep 28, 2005)
Koan’ is an unsolvable puzzle created by Zen masters for their disciples.
- Malabar Ignored In Tourism Development (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2005)
According to experts, it is the government’s undue dependence on private players and craving for high-end tourists that have stood in the way of developing north Kerala, especially Malabar, as a prime destination.
- We Can't Wait To Run Out (Hindu, George Monbiot, Sep 28, 2005)
No one knows how much oil is left but humankind can't wait any longer before coming up with alternatives.
- Ldf Sweeps Kerala Civic Elections (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2005)
The Oommen Chandy government’s development agenda put forth in the last one year appears to have cut no ice with the voters.
- Return Of The Native (Hindu, Luv Puri , Sep 28, 2005)
Shabir Shah crossed the LoC and re-entered India after 28 years
- South Asian Integration? (Dawn, SHAHID JAVED BURKI, Sep 27, 2005)
I suggested in this column last week that it is in India’s interest to develop closer and less hostile relations with Pakistan.
- Journey Of A Leader Called Jinnah (Greater Kashmir, SYED NOOR UL HASSAN, Sep 27, 2005)
From Jinnahbhai to Jinnah and finally to Qaid-e-Azam it was a journey of a leader who led his nation, writes
SYED NOOR UL HASSAN
- Indian Airlines Set To Take Off At Last (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 27, 2005)
Indian Airlines's $ 2.2 billion deal with Airbus Industrie for buying 43 aircraft is something of a breakthrough.
- Us Pressure On Syria (Dawn, Tayyab Siddiqui, Sep 27, 2005)
The continuing violence in Iraq and the escalating tension over Iran regarding its nuclear programme have diverted attention from another country in the region,
- Breast Cancer Risk Double For Left-Handed Women (Tribune, Maxine Frith, Sep 27, 2005)
Women who are left-handed are at increased risk of developing breast cancer at an early age, research has suggested.
- A New Way Of Doing The World’S Business (Deccan Herald, MARY ROBINSON, Sep 27, 2005)
Businessmen now want to fill up gaps left by the governments, forge new tie-ups and move things forward radically
- Dalit Question In Hollywood (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Sep 27, 2005)
There is need to draw the attention of the globally influential cultural centre towards untouchability
- India And Japan — Needed, Greater Economic Engagement (Business Line, Rohit Pandit, Sep 27, 2005)
A comprehensive economic engagement between India and Japan is vital.
- Dadu Deaths (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 27, 2005)
The weekend deaths of at least 44 people in two separate accidents on more or less the same stretch of highway in Sindh is a horrifying reminder of the hazardous state of road travel in the country.
- The Dispiriting Parallelism (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 27, 2005)
If Indian cricket is in poor health onfield, it is in worse shape off it. In Harare, differences between Sourav Ganguly and Greg Chappell, which were leaked to the media,
- Riding Out The Pain Of Costly Oil (Hindu, G. Ananthakrishnan, Sep 27, 2005)
Car pools may be the answer to high fuel prices, traffic snarls, and growing pollution.
- Belkhed: The Riots & Wrongs Of Caste (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Sep 27, 2005)
The Bhagwan Dattamandirin Belkhed, Akola, was built by Dalits when they were still Hindus. It was ostensibly the focus of the fiery violence there earlier this month. The real reasons? Caste, the decline of organised Dalit politics, the crisis in ...
- Ominous Portents For Bjp (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Sep 27, 2005)
There are many Lal Krishna Advanis. I recall accosting him in Parliament’s Central Hall after the fragile Janata Party government gave way, ostensibly on the question of the dual loyalties of the members of the then Jan Sangh. We shall live to fight ....
- China's Second Manned Space Mission (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Sep 26, 2005)
October could see two astronauts in space as part of China's second manned launch.
- Glimpses Of Colombo (Deccan Herald, CHITTARANJAN ANDRADE, Sep 26, 2005)
Everything about Colombo reminds one of Bangalore, except the pothole-free streets maybe
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