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Articles 15221 through 15320 of 23107:
- Nepal's Crown Of Thorns (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 01, 2006)
King Gyanendra seems to have hit upon a novel method for ushering in democracy in Nepal: announce elections and then declare a winning list of 'candidates', never mind that many of the candidates themselves didn't want to contest!
- Meet The New Woman On Screen (Indian Express, NANDITA PATEL, Feb 01, 2006)
Those who reduce the feminist struggle to either/or certitudes just don’t get it. Feminism is not about pitting one woman against another, be it the professional against the domestic, or the salwar-kameez clad against the one in jeans.
- Up To Oppose Communal Violence Bill (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
The Uttar Pradesh government is set to confront the Centre on the proposed Communal Violence (Prevention, Control and rehabilitation of Victims) Bill, 2005 that has been circulated to the states.
- ‘I Had Two Choices Before Me — Wealth And Fame, Or Poverty And Fame’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 01, 2006)
The 80-year-old Hindi poetess-novelist, is characteristically blunt when she says the Padma Bhushan and its honorary status may have come a little late in the day, but she is equally fervent in accepting it with gratitude. Only two years ago, . . .
- Bumblebees Can Fly (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Feb 01, 2006)
Airport reform wasn’t perfect. But good enough to ignore labour leaders and capitalists
- Stand On Iran Will Be Based On Draft For Iaea Meet (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan briefs Left parties on the issue
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday told the Left parties that his Government would firm up its stand on the Iran nuclear issue based on the draft resolution for the February 2 meeting . . .
- Musharraf To Stay As Army Chief Beyond 2007 - Ally (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Pakistan's ruling coalition will elect President Pervez Musharraf for another five-year term and allow him to stay in uniform if it wins the next general election, newspapers quoted a key ally of the general as saying.
- Letters Cannot Be Disclosed In Public Interest: Centre (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Nanavati-Shah panel to consider fresh affidavit
There cannot be any selective disclosure Public faith in Commissions should not suffer Privilege claim not a matter of expediency
- India Will Decide On Iran As A Sovereign Country: Us (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Observing that India will take a decision "as a sovereign country" on how it votes on the issue of referring Iran to the UN Security Council, the US has said it was closely engaged with New Delhi about shared concerns regarding Tehran's nuclear programme.
- Iran-Eu Talks Deadlocked (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Talks between Iran and European nations today made little progress in ending the diplomatic standoff over the county’s nuclear program, a British official said.
- Kalam Backs Iims Going Overseas (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Even as HRD minister Arjun Singh has made public his displeasure at IIM-Bangalore setting up a campus here, President A P J Abdul Kalam says the government has no problem with these premier institutes setting up shop abroad.
- India Announces $50 Million Additional Aid For Afghanistan (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
India today pledged an additional assistance worth 50 million dollars (Rs 220 crore approximately) to Afghanistan, raising the total amount of aid provided to the war-ravaged country to 600 million dollars (about Rs 2,640 crore).
- Holistic Growth Of Horticulture (Daily Excelsior, Radha Singh, Feb 01, 2006)
India's horticulture sector is wide and varied and includes fruits, vegetables, tuber crops, flowers, mushroom, spices, medicinal and aromatic plants, and a variety of plantation crops, like coconut, areca nut, cashew nut and cocoa.
- Over 100 Women Activists Arrested In Nepal (Press Trust of India, Shirish B Pradhan, Feb 01, 2006)
More than 100 women activists of an opposition alliance were arrested today as they prepared to hold a rally to call on people to boycott upcoming municipal polls even as Nepal's royal government shifted many election candidates to police . . .
- Tn: Hc Denies Kanchi Trust Permission To Sell College, Hospital (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Holding that the proposed sale of a medical college and hospital run by the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam Charitable Trust would be detrimental to its interests and objectives, the Madras High Court today dismissed a petition filed by the trust to . . .
- Munabao Rail Service From Feb 18 (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
India and Pakistan today decided to resume rail link that will connect Khokharapar with Munabao, from February 18.
- Sc Seeks Suggestions On Pok Migrants (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
The Supreme Court today asked a National Panthers Party activist to file within two weeks an affidavit giving details of the facilities being provided to migrants from PoK, who came to be settled in Jammu region in 1947-48, and suggest measures . . .
- The Trouble With Tough Love (Tribune, Maia Szalavitz, Feb 01, 2006)
It is the ultimate parental nightmare: Your affectionate child is transformed, seemingly overnight, into an out-of-control, drug-addicted, hostile teenager. Many parents blame themselves. “Where did we go wrong?’’ they ask.
- Change Mindset To Change Body (The Economic Times, VITHAL C NADKARNI, Feb 01, 2006)
A recent ad shows various people fantasising about foods. Desperately, they mouth the mantras of their favourite food fixes — alu-puri-alu-puri; samose-samose; butter-chicken-butter-chicken — even as they crunch their abs or lift their butts; . . .
- N.As Students Body Rejects Bhasha Dam (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
The Gilgit-Baltistan Students Forum has rejected the construction of Bhasha dam terming it a violation of basic rights of the local people.
- No Headway In Naga Truce Talks (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Government and rebel Naga leaders today failed to reach an agreement on extension of the eight-year-old cease-fire in Nagaland but agreed to hold informal consultations again tomorrow when the truce expires.
- Lawyers Not Above The Law (Tribune, P.P. Rao, Feb 01, 2006)
All democratic institutions in our country, be they constitutional, statutory or voluntary, are facing the same problem — quality of leadership.
- Kashmiri Pandits Not To Meet Hurriyat Chief (Tribune, M.L. Kak, Feb 01, 2006)
While many Kashmiri Pandits have favoured an interaction with the All-Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) Chairman, Maulvi Umar Farooq,who would be visiting Jammu for a couple of days from February 3,those belonging to established organisations of the migran
- Bunty And Babli In A Fursatganj Bpo (The Financial Express, JANMEJAYA K SINHA, Feb 01, 2006)
The situation for the BPO industry has moved far away from the time when Jack Welch was starting Gecis (now Genpact).
- The Uniform Issue (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 01, 2006)
By any standards it is a shocking statement. Speaking at the foundation laying ceremony of a girls’ college in Rawalpindi on Monday,
- Cementing Its Strategy (The Financial Express, Editorial, Economic Times, Feb 01, 2006)
The move by the world’s largest cement-maker, Swiss giant Holcim, to acquire a 14.8% stake in Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd (GACL) and then seek to acquire management control by way of an open offer comes as no surprise.
- Kashmir Situation - A New Phase (Daily Excelsior, K.N. Pandita, Feb 01, 2006)
Undoubtedly, Kashmir situation has entered a new phase -- the phase of dialogues no matter productive or non productive. However, that does not mean the end of externally sponsored and locally abetted militancy.
- Thar Express To Start From 18th (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
The Thar Express train between Khokhrapar in Pakistan and Monabao in India will start service from February 18.
- Air Strike (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Blackmail has become another name for trade unionism in India. Trade unions believe that they can hold the nation to ransom to secure their demands, and even to intervene in matters that are not their concern.
- In Defence Of Larger Interests (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 31, 2006)
The 104th Constitution Amendment Act should survive the apex court’s basic structure review and be declared valid, argues Sudhir Krishnaswamy The author is a doctoral candidate at Oxford University and is presently completing a dissertation on . . .
- Please Change The Topic (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jan 31, 2006)
Having bad-mouthed Sonia Gandhi for decades, having been personal and superficial in the public political discourse, having projected irrelevant issues on the national agenda, having been unable to debate and find solutions to the real problems . . .
- Iran Spying Plot For Un Nuke Body (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
Iran has formed a top secret team of nuclear specialists to infiltrate the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, the UN-sponsored body that monitors its nuclear programme, The Daily Telegraph has been told.
- Marathi Literary Meet Focuses On Belgaum (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
The 79th Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan (all-India Marathi literary gathering) which concluded at Solapur, has asked the Marathi-speaking ministers in the Union Council of Ministers to follow up with the Centre Maharashtra’s claim on . . .
- Pakistan Alleges Sabotage Behind Train Derailment (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jan 31, 2006)
Pakistan on Monday claimed that the derailment of a passenger train running between Rawalpindi and Lahore on Sunday was caused by sabotage.
- Observations On National Curriculum Framework (Daily Excelsior, Dr Renu Nanda, Jan 31, 2006)
The process of teaching and learning under the emerging global scenario requires a curriculum framework which is not only relevant to fast changing requirements of the society but as well acts as a catalyst for the empowerment of the educated youth.
- Rs. 9.57 Crores To Be Spent On Illumination Of Shravanabelagola For Mastakabhisheka (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
The State Government has so far released Rs. 5.5 crores
- Lifting The Veil From The U.N. Security Council (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jan 31, 2006)
An able chronicle of the U.N.'s exertions, from Iraq and Bosnia to Rwanda and Haiti
- Manipur Burning Dangerously (Daily Excelsior, Atul Cowshish, Jan 31, 2006)
Everybody in the country knows that terrorism takes the heaviest toll of human life in Jammu and Kashmir. But not many outside the north-east region may be aware that the second in this dubious list is the tiny state of Manipur that occupies . . .
- Delayed It Refunds (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 31, 2006)
Tax administration needs reforms
The Supreme Court on Friday justifiably called for action against the officers concerned while directing the Income Tax Department to pay a penal interest of 9 per cent to a company for delaying the refund . . .
- Left Demands Mulford’S Recall (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
Accusing US envoy David Mulford of “unnecessarily interfering with the internal affairs of a sovereign country”, the Left parties on Monday said the UPA government should demand his recall from India.
- Remove Gender Stereotypes (Deccan Herald, Firoz Bakht Ahmed, Jan 31, 2006)
Despite NCERT’s efforts, sexist stereotying in textbooks is on
Reinforcing sexist stereotypes, a primary school textbook depicts daddy as the king of the family and mummy as a caring deputy, thereby perpetuating the gender bias ...
- Way To Go Guys (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 31, 2006)
Three different venues, three different events, three different heroes. Their individual excellence showcased an India that was holding her own, winning, creating history.
- Celebrating The Elephantine Spirit (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
As many as 40 elephants in colourful velvet robes and tinkling anklets marched into the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) as the annual elephant festival got under-way Monday.
- New Assignment A Challenge: Ambika Soni (Hindu, CP Bhambhri, Jan 31, 2006)
Asks officials to work out a plan to realise potential of tourism sector
India inspires awe and curiosity among visitors
Girls are becoming an endangered species: Renuka Chowdhury
Checking declining sex ratio a priority
- The Constitution: Who, If Anybody, Is Supreme? (Hindu, K.N. Hari Kumar, Jan 31, 2006)
Interpretation of the Constitution is inevitable. And, in the current situation, the people are likely to place greater faith in the judiciary than in their elected representatives.
- Choosing Ministers A Tough Task For Bjp In Karnataka (Hindu, Alladi Jayasri , Jan 31, 2006)
Top brass trying to accommodate all "deserving candidates"
The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) ministry-making exercise in Karnataka seems to be running into rough weather.
- Youth Have No Time For Mahatma, Laments Governor (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
Young men, business class don't attend functions to remember Gandhi: Barnala
- What Caused The Accident? (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
Initial investigations conducted into Sunday night’s train crash near Jhelum have indicated the possibility of this being an act of sabotage.
- Big Mouth Strikes Again (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 31, 2006)
Diplomacy, as we have had occasion to say earlier, is about timing.
- Qaeda's Zawahri Says Survives U.S. Strike (Reuters, Inal Ersan, Jan 31, 2006)
Al Qaeda's deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri blasted U.S. President George W. Bush as a "butcher" in a video tape aired on Monday, saying a recent U.S. air strike targeting him had killed only innocent people.
- Lahore’S Successful Marathon (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 31, 2006)
Thankfully, the Lahore marathon turned out to be a peaceful and successful event. In the weeks leading to it, one had become apprehensive that the government might once again cave in to the religious right’s demand for disallowing women . . .
- Iran-Eu Talks Deadlocked (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
Talks between Iran and European nations today made little progress in ending the diplomatic standoff over the county’s nuclear program, a British official said.
- A National Shame (Hindu, S. Viswanathan, Jan 31, 2006)
Nearly 15 years after the Union Government brought in the Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993, manual scavenging, ....
- I Survived Bajaur Strike: Zawahri (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
Al-Qaeda’s deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri said he had survived a US air strike targeting him in the Bajaur tribal agency of Pakistan earlier this month, in a video tape aired by Al-Jazeera television on Monday.
- Bombing Foiled Near Us Embassy In Afghanistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
Security forces defused two roadside bombs near the heavily guarded US Embassy and arrested a suspected suicide attacker driving a minibus packed with explosives and gas canisters close to a US base, officials said.
- Balochistan Issue Echoes In Senate (Dawn, Ahmed Hassan, Jan 31, 2006)
The issue of military operation in Balochistan echoed in the Senate on Monday when Sen Sanaullah Baloch pointed out that the US Congress had recommended to President Bush to discuss it during his upcoming visit to Islamabad.
- 'Left Allies Not Posing Threat To Govt On Iran Issue' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
Insisting that the government faced "no threat" from its Left allies over Iran issue, new Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma on Monday said India had its "suggestions" and wanted its resolution through a consensus.
- Stamp Paper Scam: Sc Relaxes Sharma's Bail Condition (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
The Supreme Court today relaxed the bail condition of fake stamp paper scam accused and former Mumbai Police Commissioner R S Sharma and allowed him to leave Pune where he is stay put.
- Ambanis Fight For Talent (Hindustan Times, Venkatesh Ganesh, Jan 31, 2006)
You don't have to be nice to a brother you aren't talking to. Or do you? ....
- India Asked To Give Matching Response To Pak Proposals (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
AJK Prime Minister Sardar Sikander Hayat Khan on Sunday urged India to give matching response to President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s proposal of demilitarisation and self-governance in Kashmir to pave the way for an early resolution of the issue.
- Microfinancing The Poor: Who Can Deliver Best? (The Financial Express, RV RAMAKRISHNA, Jan 31, 2006)
The poor need financial services, but the majority of them lack access to savings and credit delivery.
- Pak-Trained Terrorist Held (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
Two persons, including a Pakistan-trained bomb-maker, were arrested by the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Mumbai Police today with a cache of arms and some high-grade explosives, police said.
- India Will Vote Against Iran Again (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jan 31, 2006)
Says it would want to avoid voting at IAEA meet
Sources say the writing is on the wall
Manmohan's decision to retain External Affairs portfolio said to be significant
Anand Sharma says there is no threat from the Left over the issue
- Feminist Writings (Hindu, AMBIKA ANANTH, Jan 31, 2006)
Doctors live in an atmosphere of intense suffering, disease and death and when they turn to creative writing, it gives them a chance to ventilate their deep feelings of empathy, love and care.
- Lashkar Planned Terror Strikes In South India (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jan 31, 2006)
14 from Hyderabad, 6 from Gujarat were recruited for training Little is known about the overall command structure of Bangladesh-based jihadist groups operating in India
- Talks Held On Operational Details Of 'Thar Express' (Press Trust of India, K J M Varma, Jan 31, 2006)
Railway officials of India and Pakistan today held talks on the operational details of 'Thar Express,' the Khokhrapar-Munabao train service connecting Sindh province and Rajastan, which will resume from next month.
- India, Pak Hold Talks On Khokhrapar-Munabao Train (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
Railway officials of India and Pakistan today held talks on the operational details of ‘Thar Express,’ the Khokhrapar-Munabao train service connecting Sindh province and Rajasthan, which will resume from next month.
- Pak Trained Bomb Maker Arrested (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
Two persons, including a Pakistan trained bomb-maker, were arrested by the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Mumbai police today with a cache of arms and some high-grade explosive, police said today.
- Left Demands Mulford's Recall (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
BJP for all-party meeting to discuss India-U.S. nuclear deal
- Bofors Case: Fresh Cbi Move To Trace Quattrocchi Money Trail (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
Home Ministry clears Letters Rogatory, to be sent to Swiss authorities
- Agreement On Khokhrapar-Monabao Train Today (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jan 31, 2006)
India and Pakistan are to sign an agreement on Tuesday for commencement of the Khokhrapar-Monabao rail route linking Sindh with Rajasthan.
- The Reforms Debate (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jan 31, 2006)
A timely account of the intellectual ferment in the Arab world and the attempts of governments to cope politically and intellectually with the new challenges
- Indo-Pak Talks On Munabao, Khokhropar Link Start (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
Pakistan and India begun a two-day dialogue on Monday to re-establish the rail link between Khokhropar and Munabao, which was suspended following the 1971 war between the two countries.
- Too Much Of Hip-Hopping (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Jan 31, 2006)
Anybody who has been a habitue of the newspaper habit would have noticed a number of important people have done a fair amount of calling during the last week.
- Indian Lawyers For Baglihar (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Jan 31, 2006)
India has appointed experts on international and constitutional law to present its case on Baglihar Dam at the World Bank. An official here stated that the Ministry of Water Resources has hired Fali S Nariman and Shankar Das for the Baglihar case.
- Arms Trade & Human Rights (Dawn, Bianca Jagger, Jan 30, 2006)
CINEMA-GOERS in Britain will be shocked this week to see an advert selling them AK47 machine guns, alongside the ads for cars and soft drinks.
- Whose War On Terror? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 30, 2006)
ONE would not dispute President Pervez Musharraf’s claim that Pakistan has played a critical role in the fight against terrorism and has preempted many attacks in other countries
- Musharraf Wants West To See Beyond Terrorism (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 30, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has said that the US and its allies do not understand the threat of extremism and confuse terrorism with extremism.
- Focus On Gender Statistics (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Jan 30, 2006)
INDIA FIGURES among the 10 largest countries where civil registration of births is incomplete — there is a shortfall of about 10 per cent.
- Innovative Instruments (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 30, 2006)
FACED WITH THE constraint of retaining Government stake in public sector banks at 51 per cent to comply with the higher capital adequacy requirements under Basel II norms,
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