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Articles 16821 through 16920 of 21907:
- Microsoft Corporate Challenge To Be Held In Goa (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2005)
This test is not about company takeovers and corporate power play in the soft environs of the boardroom.
- Unreserved Ticketing System To Be Set Up In 46 Railways Stations In Tn (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2005)
: In a move to make purchase of unreserved tickets hassle free, Southern Railway will set up computerised Unreserved Ticketing System (UTS) in 46 railways stations by March 2006 in Tamil Nadu.
- A Quaint Little Village (Deccan Herald, S V Upendra Charya, Aug 18, 2005)
Kyamenahalli is a quaint little village near Devarayanadurga hills. It is a 30 km drive from Dobbaspet.
- A District Doomed By Apathy & Superstition (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2005)
Despite potential in terms of jungle and religious tourism, Chamarajnagar remains one of the most backward districts in the State.
- Come The Monsoon And Belgaum’S Waterfalls Beckon (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 16, 2005)
With the rivers in Belgaum in spate, a visit to the waterfalls in the region would be rewarding. Belgaum district has more than six big waterfalls of which the Gogak and Godchinmalki falls attract the most tourists during the monsoon as its then you . . .
- Poetic Licence Tends To Distort History (Times of India, ARCHANA JAHAGIRDAR, Aug 15, 2005)
The old cliche that those who forget history are condemned to repeat it has held as a truism over the years. But what of those who distort history? The recently released film, Mangal Pandey — The Rising, is rightly being castigated for turning history....
- A Future In Gaza (Hindu, Inigo Gilmore, Aug 15, 2005)
The residents of the Muassi settlement in Gaza look forward to being free, without checkpoints, without Israeli soldiers stopping them and demanding ID cards.
- Of Sanctuaries And Pilgrimages (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2005)
Legend has it that Vrishabha, the bull of Shiva performed penance, and Shiva and Parvati appeared before him in the forms of ‘Mallikarjuna’ and ‘Bhramaramba,’ hence these names for the deities in Srisailam’s temple. Aruna Chandaraju visits this place. . .
- The Carpet Makers (Hindu, SOMA BASU, Aug 14, 2005)
The weavers of Pattamadai mats continue to hold on to their dying art, despite problems.
- Tamil Couple Gunned Down In Colombo (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2005)
15 empty pistol rounds were recovered from the site of killing
- Tourism Falters In Drug Town (Hindu, Jo Tuckman, Aug 12, 2005)
Free Transport and red carpet treatment when you get there may sound like a tourist junket few could turn down.
- Mahatma’S Spirit (Tribune, Shiela Gujral, Aug 12, 2005)
When the plane landed at Kampala, President Musaveni and his charming wife were waiting to receive us.
- Railways To Offer E-Tickets (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2005)
Doing away with the need for carrying the regular hard paper ticket, Railways will launch its e-ticketing scheme in up and down Kalka-New Delhi Shatabdi trains from August 12.
- Rafting Across A Heaving River (Hindu, ANAND SANKAR, Aug 10, 2005)
Go river rafting in the monsoon. It is an experience that can't be easily forgotten
- How Not To Become A Millionaire (Tribune, Harish Dhillon, Aug 10, 2005)
I am one of those fortunate few who has never felt want — I have always had a roof over my head, enough food in my stomach and warm clothes to keep the winter out.
- Can’T Decide (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 10, 2005)
Rebels often become prisoners of their own rituals. Militant groups in the North-east have a history of stepping up violence on the eve of Independence Day and Republic Day.
- Kbd: One Step Forward, Two Steps Backwards (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 08, 2005)
President Gen Perverz Musharraf has said that Pakistan needs large water reservoirs for its rapid development in agricultural and industrial sectors.
- Mansur Al-Hallaj (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Aug 08, 2005)
While touring Iran last month, I liked to sit alone at the back of our coach, sorting all the Persian baggage I carried in my head.
- Mooning Over Matheran (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2005)
Trudge along the red-gravel kutcha road or the tiny railway track. If you don’t have the stamina to walk, opt for the palanquin or rickshaws hand-pulled by wiry mountain men in Matheran, writes Susheela Nair.
- A Steam Odyssey (Hindu, BILL AITKEN, Aug 07, 2005)
Once the Darjeeeling toy train won its spurs, it was only a matter of time before the Nilgiri Mountain Railway would have to be internationally acknowledged in the UNESCO World Heritage List. India becomes the only country to flaunt two feathers in its tr
- Food Fiesta (Hindu, RUPA GOPAL, Aug 07, 2005)
Singapore has a truly unique food culture, all of its own — a constant worship of flavours.
- Where The Aroma Of Spices Lingers On... (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2005)
Set in the tranquil environs of tea and cardamom plantations is Carmelia Haven at Vandanmedu.
- Intrepid Traveller (Times of India, ARCHANA JAHAGIRDAR, Aug 06, 2005)
As a child every summer holiday, with clockwork precision, we as a family headed to Maharashtra and Karnataka.
- New Murree Project (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 03, 2005)
The Government of Punjab has decided to go ahead with construction of New Murree project, an international standard tourist resort at Patriata, about 24 kilometre south east of Murree.
- The Tamil Avant-Garde (Hindu, Ashokamitran , Aug 02, 2005)
A collection of essays and two verse plays by Chitti (P.G. Sundararajan); Nivethitha Pathippagam, No.1, 3rd Floor, Puthur 13th Street, Ashoknagar, Chennai-600083. Rs. 100.
- Mind And Matter (Times of India, MUKUL SHARMA, Aug 02, 2005)
In the science fiction novel The Janis Drive, Earth astronauts come across a derelict alien spacecraft with the skeletal remains of the extraterrestrial pilot still sitting at the controls.
- Watchdog Can’T Sleep (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 01, 2005)
In blessed Punjab, things have to degenerate completely before someone wakes up to the hopeless reality.
- Dogged Dislike (Deccan Herald, P SRINIVASAN, Jul 30, 2005)
People ‘walking’ their pets is a common sight on Bangalore roads. According to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, dogs as pets go back to prehistoric times, cats to the 16th century BC and horses to 2000 BC. Other pets include birds, a variety of other animals
- Uttaranchal Tourism Targets South (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2005)
The Uttaranchal Tourism Development Board is targeting the South and West to drive domestic tourism.
- Hillock Holiday (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2005)
SRINIDHI RAGHAVENDRA recommends the beautiful and pristine Narayanagiri near Bidadi for your weekend trip
- Us Shifts On India, Pakistan (Christian Science Monitor, editorial, Christian Science Monitor, Jul 29, 2005)
Historic realignments are best perceived in retrospect, but it may be that we are witnessing a historic change in attitudes toward India and Pakistan.
- Unleashing Enterprise (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 27, 2005)
India’s PSUs require more, not less, autonomy
- Languid Waves, Gorgeous Sea (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2005)
Fed up of over-populated beaches in Goa? Try Ganapatipule instead. It's cheap and you get the authentic local flavour
- As Good As It Gets (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jul 26, 2005)
As you tune into India’s great debate on the nuclear pact that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has signed up with President George W. Bush, don’t let the experts flummox you with all the jargon.
- Power Shift (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 25, 2005)
Iran-Iraq rapprochement is changing Gulf geopolitics
- Tourists Quit Blast-Hit Egyptian Resort (Deccan Herald, Reuters, Jul 25, 2005)
The blasts had instant repercussions on the economy with the benchmark stock exchange index falling 4.5 per cent on Sunday.
- Hindus Make Ideal Emigres (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 24, 2005)
This refers to the article, "Sun never sets on Indians" (The Cutting Ed, July 17), by Mr Chandan Mitra.
- Leak Riddle: Who's Playing Whom? (Washington Post, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jul 24, 2005)
Judith Miller, the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter who now wears a brown and green prison jumpsuit, will soon enter her third week in a jail cell just a few miles from the White House where administration officials suspected of leaking clas
- Documentary Evokes Debate On Partition (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Jul 24, 2005)
ARE we going backwards? No, not just by way of bleak power and water output, but seeing the Jinnah mania that’s gripped us. Maybe, the Partition chaos had been simmering in our psyche for too long and just about needed the go ahead by that one utterance.
- More Attacks To Hit Economy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 24, 2005)
IT should have been clear even before this week’s events that Britons are in for the long haul. Now each day’s events lend detailed weight to that reality.
- Little Histories Of A War-Torn Country (Deccan Herald, Sudha Ramachandran, Jul 24, 2005)
Essential reading for anyone trying to understand the Sri Lankan . conflict— the book records the unknown voices of the people involved in the civil war.
- Dark Ambrosia (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 24, 2005)
In the culture of its origins, the Aztec, chocolate was referred to as the food of the gods.
- Lonely Wells Of Hatred (Telegraph, GITHA HARIHARAN, Jul 24, 2005)
When do most of us first encounter hatred? If you are lucky, as so many of us are, the early encounter in childhood is vicarious
- Militants Target Tourists In Egypt (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Jul 24, 2005)
Islamists often focus on tourism sector because of their belief that it caters only to wealthy Westerners and encourages a lifestyle which they see as depraved.
- Munnar Magic (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2005)
Munnar is a place worth venturing out— lashing rains or not, writes Malathi Ramachandran
- Condensation Of History (Deccan Herald, Meera Rajagopalan, Jul 24, 2005)
Renuka Ray was an active member of the independence movement. Her reminiscences are a subjective microscopic account of the important events of the period
- The Shahenshah Of Shivaji Park (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Jul 23, 2005)
Bal Thackeray started his career as a cartoonist with the Free Press Journal and so did R K Laxman. Both were self-taught and good at their jobs. Both had a sense of humour: Laxman’s was kindly, Thackeray’s acerbic. Both applied for a job with The Times o
- Village Growth Hit By Lack Of Road (Tribune, Gobind Thukral, Jul 23, 2005)
Jungi, a village of some 200 souls, is not an odd name. Ask anywhere, in Tatapani on the banks of the swirling Satluj, and people can direct you to this village that falls in Mandi district.
- Enfant Terrible (Deccan Herald, Prabhakar Kulkarni, Jul 23, 2005)
My infant son has this knack of getting his parents embarrassed, with child-like ease
- The Burden Of Innocence (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 23, 2005)
YESTERDAY'S papers carried a news item that stated that the Government had announced new regulations for issuance of passports and renewal of existing ones with the objective of checking fraud
- Hindus Make Ideal Emigres (Pakistan Observer, Prafull Goradia, Jul 23, 2005)
This refers to the article, "Sun never sets on Indians" (The Cutting Ed, July 17), by Mr Chandan Mitra
- Never-Ending Story Of Never-Never Land (Japan Times, FRANK CHING, Jul 23, 2005)
The recent visits by three Taiwan opposition leaders to mainland China illustrates the new policy of Chinese President Hu Jintao, which is a marked departure from that of his predecessor, Jiang Zemin
- Meeting China's 'Challenge' (Japan Times, BRAD GLOSSERMAN, Jul 23, 2005)
In February 1946, George Kennan, then a political officer in the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, sent an 8,000-word telegram to the State Department, warning about Soviet behavior. A little over a year later, a version of that telegram appeared in Foreign Affairs
- Making Ends Meet With Less (Japan Times, Editorial, Japan Times, Jul 23, 2005)
The fiscal 2005 "Annual Report on the Japanese Economy and Public Finances" pays attention to the impact on the economy of two inevitable demographic changes:
- The Cockpit Of Future Conflicts (Hindu, Martin Jacques, Jul 23, 2005)
SIX YEARS ago, when I was last in Japan, the issue of China barely ever featured during conversations. China now looms large in the Japanese mind.
- Understanding A Controversial Legislation (Hindu, M.S. Prabhakara, Jul 23, 2005)
While admitting the opportunism that went into the making of the Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunals) Act, 1983, the political circumstances that had made it necessary at that point of time cannot be ignored.
- The Harry Potter Phenomenon (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 22, 2005)
LONG BEFORE THE buzz dies down, and the cash registers stop ringing from the sale of millions of copies of Harry Potter adventures, there is enough in the phenomenon already for marketing pundits to reflect on the question:
- Pakistan Cracks Down On Madrasas (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jul 22, 2005)
There is still no official confirmation that Pakistan has arrested Haroon Rashid Aswad, a British Muslim sought by London.
- Insurgency Turns Communal (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Jul 22, 2005)
Sunnis are now convinced the Shias intend to transform Iraq into a Shia theocracy by imposing Shia clerics, religious forms, political ideologies, and social mores on the entire populace.
- Monetary Policy Making — Transparency Under The Scanner (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Jul 21, 2005)
Though not an institutional arrangement like the UK's Monetary Policy Committee that guides and chalks out the policy and influences expectations, the Technical Advisory Committee on Monetary Policy, set up by the RBI, will hopefully act as a catalyst for
- Fond Memories (Times of India, RAJI GOPALAN, Jul 21, 2005)
June 21, 1948 was not only an important day in Indian history, but it also holds countless personal memories for my family.
- Questionable Move (Times of India, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 21, 2005)
The government contemplates wiping out the distinction between foreign direct investment (FDI) and foreign institutional investment (FII) inflows. Separate caps were in place all these years with a view to checking hot money flows and back-door management
- Sticking-Plaster Attitude That Gives Law Additional Layers Of Complexity (Business Line, D. Murali , Jul 21, 2005)
THE site of Edinburgh Castle was occupied as early as 900 BC, informs www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk.
- Empires Good And Evil (Times of India, SANJAY SUBRAHMANYAM, Jul 21, 2005)
On June 1, 2004 The Royal Geographical Society in London held a debate whose motion was "The British Empire was a Force for Good".
- Facts Do Not Speak (Telegraph, Salman Rushdie, Jul 21, 2005)
What is a “fact”? In an age beset by bitter disputes about reality, the word itself, and its close relative “truth”, become embattled.
- Black Mark Against The White House (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Jul 21, 2005)
AS American presidential scandals go, it doesn’t seem like much. Although the liberally inclined sections of the press in the United States have been parading the inevitable comparisons — Watergate, the Iran-Contra affair, Monica Lewinsky — the hype does
- Pak Too Should Demand N Status (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 21, 2005)
REPORTS emanating from Washington suggest that US has decided to allow India to acquire the same facilities as accorded to an NPT member State, a move tantamount to recognizing India as a nuclear weapon State. An understanding to this effect is understood
- Another Lesson (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 21, 2005)
Sudden changes of tune invariably hide a twisted tale. The government of West Bengal has decided that it will not support the establishment of any more madrasahs in the state.
- Power Of Small Shareholders (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Jul 21, 2005)
Mohan R. Lavi draws lessons from a reverse corporate coup that failed in Germany
- Spirit Of Kashmiriyat (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 21, 2005)
The people of Kashmir have taken an important step towards restoration of normalcy in the strife-torn state with a historic meeting between leaders of the moderate faction of the Hurriyat and representatives of the Pandit community.
- Gains From New Status (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Jul 21, 2005)
THE India-US nuclear deal has vindicated Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s two statements: that India was not up for sale and that his government would do nothing which would surrender its soveignty.
- 3 Troops, 2 Others Killed In Car Blast (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jul 21, 2005)
A person claiming to represent the Hizbul Mujahideen called a news agency and said the militant group was responsible for the blast.
- ‘black-Dollar’ Gang Busted In Goa (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jul 21, 2005)
Five Nigerians and a Liberian cooling their heels behind bars are part of a much larger gang operating in other Indian cities.
- Kanchi Seers To Stay At Tirupati For Two Months (Deccan Herald, DH news, Jul 21, 2005)
Senior pontiff of Kanchi Mutt Sri Jayendra Saraswathi and junior pontiff Sri Vijayendra Saraswathi will be performing their chaturmasya vrata at Tirupati from July 21 to September 18.
- Portugal Constitutional Court Rejects Abu (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Jul 21, 2005)
Extradition may be delayed pending disposal of Madhya Pradesh police plea
- Awe Inspiring Elu Sutthina Kote (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 21, 2005)
The historical fort in Chitradurga with its picturesque surrounding locales makes an ideal choice for a weekend getaway.
- Uk Blasts: Pak Says Plotter Of Indian Origin (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Jul 21, 2005)
Pakistan has told the British government that the bomb mastermind they are searching for is a British-born and Indian-origin militant called Haroon Rashid Aswat
- A Legal Regime For Anxious Times (Indian Express, Chetan Dhruve, Jul 21, 2005)
How did we Indians achieve such astonishing success abroad, especially in the US? How did the likes of Infosys and Wipro make it so big?
- The Tiger And The Golden Bear (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2005)
There was a certain poignancy about this year's British Open,
- Asian Ecumenism (Hindu, FELIX WILFRED, Jul 19, 2005)
History of Asian ecumenism which has acquired its own identity and vibrancy
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