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Articles 15721 through 15820 of 23107:
- African Safari For Indian Women Force (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
For the first time, a company of 120 Indian women would be deputed to Liberia, a West African country, for a peace-keeping mission following a UN request to the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
- Pak Shuts Up Mukhtar Mai In Un (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
Apparently afraid that she might steal the thunder from Prime Minister Mr Shaukat Aziz, Pakistan forced the United Nations to block Ms Mukhtar Mai from speaking at the world body headquarters around the time Mr Aziz held a press conference. Ms
- Iisc Probe Nails Bangla Blast Brain (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
Bangalore Police have seized a cache of explosives following the arrest of two more Lashkar-e-Taiyaba militants — one of them suspected to be involved in some bomb blasts in the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka in early 2003 and the other an Imam.
- Science & Creative Thinking (Hindustan Times, Simon Singh, Jan 22, 2006)
I visited India recently thanks to the British Council, who arranged for me to give science lectures at schools, colleges and universities. Over the course of a couple of weeks I spoke to budding scientists, retired professors, brilliant teachers and ....
- Boost To Social Infrastructure In Haryana (Tribune, J. George, Jan 22, 2006)
The Haryana Government’s attempt to address the core issue of social infrastructure is commendable. The PART (performance, accountability, responsiveness and transparency) system, a new scientific temper in the schools segment, English teaching in . . .
- Number Crunching! (Hindustan Times, Karan Thapar, Jan 22, 2006)
Do you believe in numerology? I can’t claim I do but, equally, I cannot deny I’m fascinated by the influence of integers.
- Rubble Rises (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
E P Menon travels to parts of Bhuj devasted by the Jan. 26, 2001, Gujarat earthquake, to catch glimpses of life sprouting back from the rubble, and is quick to note it down in his diary.
- Rebels Call For Strike On R-Day In N-E, Bengal (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
The ULFA has since 1979 been waging an armed rebellion against what it calls New Delhi’s “colonial rule” over Assam. The MPLF is a conglomeration of three militant organisations of Manipur — Revolutionary Peoples Front, Peoples Revolutionary Army . . .
- There’S Happiness In Living With The Poor (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , Jan 22, 2006)
“Urban life has become miserable and we should give it up. There is so much to do in rural India, especially by privileged urban women like ourselves.” - Asha Kachru
- Cuba Solidarity Day On July 26 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
"Hands off Cuba'' will be an important slogan when Bush visits India: Karat
- Another Terror Bid Foiled In Bangalore (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
Police have seized a cache of explosives from the two Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists, arrested on Friday night in connection with the terror attack at the Indian Institute of Science.
- These Police Excesses (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 22, 2006)
According to the data collected by Madadgar, a rights group, and as reported in a section of the press, Punjab police again topped the list of torture, illegal detentions and custodial killings carried out in 2005.
- Hyderabad Police Prepare Contingency Plan For Muharram (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
The Hyderabad district police have prepared a contingency plan to ensure law and order and sanctity of the month of Muharram-ul-Haram in all Talukas of the district.
- Aziz Calls For Progress On Kashmir Dispute (Dawn, Masood Haider, Jan 22, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Friday said India and Pakistan should now move forward from confidence-building measures towards substantive dispute resolution.
- No Sign Of Al Qaeda Attack On Us’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
There is no evidence to back Osama Bin Laden’s claim that Al Qaeda is gearing up to attack the United States, but there are signs the group is active in the country, a leading Republican lawmaker said on Friday.
- Tn Govt Introduces Bill To Take Over Msos — Street-Level Cable Operators Out Of Purview (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
The Tamil Nadu Government proposes to take over the operations of two multi-system operators (MSOs) — those who provide satellite television services through a network of cable operators — on grounds of public interest, through a legislation.
- Anjali's Court Martial (Hindu, U.C. Jha, Jan 22, 2006)
The Indian military justice system in its current form is an anachronism
FLYING OFFICER Anjali has now moved the Delhi High Court for relief (The Hindu, December 21) against the judgment of the general court martial, which awarded her the punishment ....
- No Indian Passenger On Dosti’S Return Journey (Daily Times, Ali Waqar, Jan 22, 2006)
The Lahore-Amritsar bus returned without any Indian passenger from Amritsar on Saturday reportedly because of a strict Indian travel policy and because that Indian passengers have booked seats on the first Indian bus scheduled to arrive in Lahore . . .
- Bihar Put On Alert (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
An alert has been sounded across Bihar against terrorist attack in the run up to the Republic Day celebrations.
- An Unholy Mess (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
Morality in politics cannot be instilled through legislation. Morality becomes part of the political system through years of practice out of which emerges an unwritten code of conduct.
- I Will Prove My Strength On Jan 27: Kumaraswamy (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
Sticking to his guns on forming a coalition government with BJP, JDS rebel leader H D Kumaraswamy today said he would prove his strength on the floor of the Assembly on January 27, when beleaguered Chief Minister N Dharam Singh seeks a vote of confidence.
- Passion Crimes: How Far Is The Media Responsible? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
Manchiryala: `A love struck youth fatally stabs a teacher right in front of her students as she refuses to reciprocate his love. An irate mob of villagers stone him to death to avenge the death of their beloved teacher.'
- Recovery Agents (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Jan 22, 2006)
In terms of both the impact of disasters and post-disaster recovery, there are common threads that bind countries together regardless of whether they are rich or poor.
- Living On The Edge (Hindu, VENU MADHAV GOVINDU, Jan 22, 2006)
The devastating earthquake that hit Gujarat five years ago showed one the many dimensions of our innate, if imperfect, humanity.
- Rs. 5.50 Cr. To Modernise Erode Railway Station (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
State Government blamed for delay in bridgework State blamed for delay in bridgework
- Ulfa Kills Trader, Blows Up Gas Pipeline (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Jan 22, 2006)
Offshore oil security committee reviews security measures
Suspected ULFA militants blew up a gas pipeline late on Friday night and shot dead a grocery shop owner on Saturday in two places under Sonari police station of upper Assam's Sivasagar district.
- A Lesson Learnt The Hard Way (Hindu, Simon Tisdall, Jan 21, 2006)
The Islamic Party of Malaysia has just learnt that issues of development matter as much as faith when it comes to winning votes.
- Bihar-Born Girl Is Us Attorney (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
If Sabita Singh is walking tall, she has reasons to do so. Appointed as the US Attorney by the Department of Justice, she is one of the few Bihar-born girls who has brought laurels to her state.
- Bush Coming In March (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jan 21, 2006)
The United States President, George W. Bush, is expected to arrive on March 1, senior South Block officials said. Separately, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran told presspersons that Mr. Bush will arrive in March first week
- Don't Accept Court Notice: All-Party Meet (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Jan 21, 2006)
An all-party meeting here on Friday unanimously felt that Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee should neither accept the Supreme Court's notice nor appear before it on the issue of expulsion of MPs in the wake of the cash-for-questions scandal.
- Regulate Bt Crops Strictly (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 21, 2006)
It may not exactly be a revolution in the strict sense of the term, but 10 years of commercial cultivation of genetically-modified crops has, without doubt, brought about notable changes in agriculture worldwide. Rising output, . . .
- Energy-Efficient Vehicles "Will Reduce Pollution" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
Students have to be hard working: Vice-Chancellor
Pollution does not recognise international boundaries, and the solution to reduce pollution and save the earth is through construction of energy-efficient buildings and vehicles and use of renewable ...
- Ukd To Blacken Corrupt Officers (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
The Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD), a key regional party, has embarked upon a novel campaign targeting “corrupt” government officials in Uttaranchal.
- Pact On Biotechnology Signed With Irish Company (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
The Irish Bio-Industry Association (IBIA) and the India-based Association of Biotechnology Led Enterprises (ABLE) signed a memorandum of understanding when Ireland Prime Minister Bertie Ahern visited Bangalore early this week.
- Travel And Tourism Fair Begins In Bangalore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
The fair has over 100 participants from India, Egypt, Nepal
- Greenpeace Activists Meet French Officials (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jan 21, 2006)
Presidential advisers were "utterly amateurish, knew nothing"; Government "not interested"
- Maoists Warn Congress Leaders (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
The CPI(Maoist) has asked district Congress leaders to boycott the Congress plenary scheduled to begin on Saturday in Hyderabad, a wall poster with this message was found on Friday at Chitlamkunta village in Amrabad mandal.
- Glued To The Coalition (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Jan 21, 2006)
The AICC session to be held in Hyderabad later in the week assumes added significance since for the first time the party, since coming to power and under the leadership of Sonia Gandhi,
- World Must Unite Against Iran's N-Programme: Italy (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
Iran's nuclear programme is testing the resolve of the international community and the world needs a unified approach to the escalating diplomatic standoff, Italy's foreign minister said.
- Stop Processions (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Jan 21, 2006)
As usual, Sikhs of Delhi took out a procession on Guru Gobind Singh’s birthday. It was undoubtedly as great a spectacle as those in the years past: a mile-long file of men and women walking ten to twenty abreast.
- Garbled Sentence (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
Death sentence debates find no fence-sitters. Either one agrees that the State has the right to take away the life of persons who commit heinous crimes, or one doesn’t.
- Assam: Panic Over Ulfa Notice To Ongc (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Jan 21, 2006)
Alarm bells sounded in Assam recently on the eve of Manmohan Singh’s two-day visit to the state over a Rs 500 crore notice the ULFA has slapped on ONGC.
- Beyond Sensationalism (Deccan Herald, Avijit Pathak, Jan 21, 2006)
Feminism is not content with women serving liquor in hotels. It strives for realisation of their full potential
- Postal Department Launches Three New Schemes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
Instant money order is the need of the hour, says Barnala
- When President Kalam Gave Government Anxious Moments (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jan 21, 2006)
Government answered his ``queries'' on Constitution Amendment Bill.
- Deal Unlikely During Bush Visit, Says Nicholas Burns (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jan 21, 2006)
"Civilian nuclear agreement will have to be detailed, substantial"
First time both were going into substantive aspects: Saran
India "very supportive" of European initiative
Two sides have their work cut out for next several weeks: Burns
- Nda Delegation Meets Kalam On Quattrocchi Issue (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Jan 21, 2006)
Accuses UPA Government and Congress of abuse of power
Kalam's intervention sought to get resignation of Law Minister H.R. Bhardwaj
"Manmohan and Sonia should make statement on their position on defreezing of bank accounts"
- A New Kind Of Leader (Indian Express, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jan 21, 2006)
In Liberia, Germany and Chile, women didn’t pick up the standard of a murdered father or husband
- Us Rejects Bin Laden Truce Offer (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
Rebuffing Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's offer of a truce, the US has said it does not negotiate with terrorists and vowed to intensify efforts to track him down.
- India Asks Pak To Sign Extradition Treaty (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
With several Indian terrorists continuing to take shelter in Pakistan, India has pressed that country to sign the Extradition Treaty and Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) to ensure that such elements are brought to book.
- U.N. Reports Sri Lankan Refugees Landing In India (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
About 50 Sri Lankans have fled to southern India aboard fishing boats because of deteriorating security on the island, the United Nations said on Friday.
- Del Hc Restrains Up Police From Parallel Probe Into Tapping Case (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
The Delhi High Court today restrained till January 25 the Uttar Pradesh Police from interfering in any manner in the ongoing investigations launched by the Delhi police in the sensational tapping of phones of Samajwadi Party General Secretary Amar Singh.
- 54 Colleges To Be Connected With Edusat (Daily Excelsior, Mohinder Verma , Jan 21, 2006)
To provide quality education and meeting the teaching needs of the rural and backward areas of the State, 54 colleges of the State will be connected with EDUSAT—a satellite devoted exclusively to long distance learning—by next academic session.
- Stay Away From Talks: Pc To Hurriyat (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
Bilal faction of the separatist Peoples Conference (PC) has taken strong exception to New Delhi's move of involving "pro-India men and organisations" with the Kashmir-specific peace process and it has clearly asked Hurriyat Conference to stay away . . .
- Speaker To Return Notice (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
The legislature and the judiciary is heading on a collision course with the all-party meeting convened by the Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee decided to “return” the notice issued by the courts in cash-for-query scam.
- Rein In The Khaps (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 21, 2006)
They cannot lay down the law
The decision of self-styled khap panchayatis of Bhiwani to expel two families from their respective villages for daring to marry their children despite the panchayat’s objections is shocking.
- Bus Joins Two Punjabs Six Decades After Partition (Daily Excelsior, GAJINDER SINGH, Jan 21, 2006)
Six decades after trains and buses ferried piles of dead bodies across the new line partitioning India and Pakistan, the border witnessed scenes of joy today as the first Lahore-Amritsar bus, “Dosti”, rolled in at Wagah.
- Winning Formula (Statesman, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Jan 21, 2006)
The CPI-M government of West Bengal is making a strident pitch for the development of the Information Technology (IT) sector in the state.
- 'Hurriyat Should Stay Away From Peace Talks' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
People's Conference, a constituent of Hurriyat Conference, on Friday asked the separatist amalgam to stay away from peace talks with the Centre accusing it of trying to create confusion "under the garb of expanding the dialogue process".
- First Lahore-Amritsar Bus Arrives (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
In their efforts to enhance people-to -people contact, India and Pakistan today launched their third bus service - this time between Amritsar and Lahore - when a bus with 26 passengers aboard arrived here to rousing cheers.
- Court & Parliament At Loggerheads (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Jan 21, 2006)
It is ironical that the biggest challenge to the Indian constitution has come in January, the month in which the country introduced it, as far back as 1950, to become a republic. Unfortunately, the challenge is developing into some sort of a . . .
- Shaukat Reflects Nation’S Anger (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 21, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has minced no words in telling his American audience that the recent attack in Bajaur is ‘regrettable and we have condemned it, and we cannot condone the loss of innocent lives.’ He once again reiterated that Pakistan . . .
- Groups Involved In Terrorism In India: Pakistan Offers India Help In Probe (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Jan 21, 2006)
India wants Pakistan to sign extradition treaty, MLAT
Amidst spats on terrorism and Balochistan at the recently concluded foreign secretary-level talks, Pakistan has offered India help in investigations if India provides . . .
- Us Missile Attack (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
It is hard to say how many people would have mourned Ayman al-Zawahiri if he had indeed been killed last week by the US missiles that hit a Pashtun area near Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan.
- ‘The Kashmiri Shawl: From Jamavar To Paisley’: A Many Splendoured Thing (Daily Times, Mariam Mushtaq, Jan 21, 2006)
Sherry Rehman, politician cum author, holds Lahoris spellbound
Friday evening was one of those rare occasions in Lahore when the intelligentsia and the glitterati of the city came together under one roof.
- Lahore Bus Gets Warm Welcome (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
A bus from Lahore arrived here on Friday, marking the launch of a third bus link between Pakistan and India aimed at building confidence and strengthening their slow-moving peace process.
- Inching Towards Peace (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 21, 2006)
The foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan who met in New Delhi earlier this week have confirmed that the composite dialogue between the two countries will remain on track.
- Insecurity In Waziristan (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 21, 2006)
Reports from our correspondents that insecurity is forcing people in Waziristan to migrate are highly disturbing.
- Bofors Ghost Returns (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, Jan 21, 2006)
The question everyone is asking in Delhi is why Law Minister H R Bharadwaj resurrected Bofors just when everyone had forgotten that Santa Sonia of sacrifice, political Mother Teresa of the unemployed, was once linked to this squalid scandal.
- Why Do We Always Have To Be First? (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Jan 21, 2006)
Every time I travel by road I check up whether there are any rail level crossings on the way.
- Ulfa Asks Ongc To Pay Up Rs 500 Cr (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
Security in and around the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation’s (ONGC) Assam Asset headquarters at Najira in Sivasagar district has been beefed up, after the outlawed ULFA confirmed that it indeed asked the PSU to pay up Rs 500 crore.
- The Beauty In Bustle (Deccan Herald, Venkatesh Raghavendra, Jan 21, 2006)
A closer look would reveal the abundance of beauty all around oneself
I got the inkling of the tumult that awaited me, as my car whizzed southwards from the Colombo airport. Little did I know that this bustle, the daily quest for livelihood, . . .
- India For Consensus On Iran (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Jan 21, 2006)
With the Left partners breathing down its neck, the Manmohan Singh government on Friday said the international community should avoid a confrontationist course on Iran’s nuclear issue and favoured a broad international consensual approach to address....
- Us Must Apologize (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 20, 2006)
Pakistani officials claim last week’s US bombing of a western village killed not the intended target, No. 2 Al Qaeda leader Ayman Zawahiri, but at least 17 others, including women and children. If so, relatives of the dead deserve an apology and . . .
- Ongc, Shell Tie Up For Oil Exploration (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
ONGC Chairman Subir Raha is eyeing a stake in Sakhalin II through this deal.
- Pakistani Consulate Denied Place In Mumbai (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Jan 20, 2006)
Just a day after the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan reiterated their resolve to simultaneously reopen their consulates in Karachi and Mumbai, Pakistan’s efforts to secure premises in the densely-populated commercial hub of Nariman Point . . .
- Scrutiny Scuffles (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jan 20, 2006)
The E Sreedharan committee report which downgraded the Reliance Energy-ASA bid, thereby eliminating it from the race for the Delhi/Mumbai airports modernisation contract, created quite a furore at the empowered group of ministers’ last meeting.
- How Humble Farmer Reaps (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Jan 20, 2006)
When his government was tottering in 1997, after Sitaram Kesri had pulled the plug, H.D. Deve Gowda, then prime minister heading a United Front government, had refused to take any help from the BJP in order to survive. The BJP had offered to bail him out.
- Changed Publicity Tack On Aids Gets A Positive Response (Hindu, M. Dinesh Varma, Jan 20, 2006)
Overkill dropped in favour of simplifying the core message
Worried over the indifferent public response to its multimedia HIV/AIDS campaign, the Chennai Corporation AIDS Prevention and Control Society (CAPACS) changed its publicity tack . . .
- Cold Wave? They’Re Shivering In Siberia (Indian Express, KIM MURPHY, Jan 20, 2006)
In Russia, complaining about the cold in winter is like arguing with the sun for rising—an exercise for fools, not to mention wimps. So as the nation staggered in the grip of a fierce Arctic cold wave that stretched from Finland to Japan, . . .
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