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Articles 16021 through 16120 of 23107:
- Unhealthy State Of Prisons (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 17, 2006)
It is no coincidence that some 500 prisoners out of a total of 2,500 kept in the Sialkot district jail should have been found suffering from hepatitis.
- Situating Women, Experiencing Gender (Hindu, Padmini Swaminathan, Jan 17, 2006)
Essays on the understanding of the experience of gender in India
This book is a monumental compilation comprising 24 contributors, spread, slightly over 600 pages, sweeping across two centuries, drawing together diverse disciplines and themes, but . . .
- India To Hold Talks With Kashmiris (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
After talks between Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and People’s Conference chief Sajjad Ghani Lone on Kashmir dispute last week, Indian government leaders are likely to hold talks with other Kashmiri leaders.
- Curriculum Change Controversy (Dawn, Omar R. Quraishi, Jan 17, 2006)
Curriculam revision seems to have become a very controversial issue in the country with not a month going by without some political or religious party objecting to a reported change in some textbooks or syllabus.
- A City To Be Proud Of (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jan 17, 2006)
The chief minister of Delhi has been in the throes of an intensive discussion with a cross-section of city professionals, trying to understand how to address the growing urban problems that face this city.
- Makeover (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 17, 2006)
Eight years ago, the Bahujan Samaj Party celebrated the 75th birthday of Mr Kanshi Ram, its founder.
- Time For Thought? (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Jan 17, 2006)
In 2006, the BJP should reflect deeply on what went wrong
The author is an independent researcher. He has recently co-edited the book, Battles Over Nature
- Iaea Urges Iran To Allow Inspection (Dawn, Masood Haider, Jan 16, 2006)
Warning Iran over the confrontation with the international community on its nuclear programme , Mohamed ElBaradei, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Sunday that despite intensive three years of verification of Irani
- Torture In Jamshoro (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 16, 2006)
There is nothing new to last week’s report that a woman is claiming to have been tortured at the behest of a landlord in Sindh and that the police initially turned a deaf ear to her plight.
- Unchecked Abuse (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 16, 2006)
US Congress voted by an overwhelming margin last month to ban all US personnel from inflicting “cruel, inhuman or degrading” treatment on any prisoner held anywhere by the United States.
- Intersections And Parallels (Telegraph, TIRNA RAY, Jan 16, 2006)
How 15 Park Avenue weaves a network of simultaneous realities
- Neither Enlightened, Nor Moderate (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Jan 16, 2006)
One doesn’t hear the phrase ‘enlightened moderation’ as much as one did a couple of years ago except, of course, in a negative sense.
- Us Must Express Regret (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 16, 2006)
Pakistan has lodged a strong protest with the United States over the rocket attack in Bajaur Agency killing eighteen innocent civilians including women and children last Friday. US envoy in Islamabad was summoned to the Foreign Office and was handed over
- Valley Cut Off As Flights Cancelled, Nh Blocked (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
Kashmir valley was cut off from rest of the State today with all Srinagar bound flights cancelled due to snowfall in Srinagar while 300-km Jammu-Srinagar highway was closed for traffic due to heavy rainfall and snow at several places.
- Needed Expansion (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 16, 2006)
But why the parliamentary secretaries?
WITH the induction of four new members, the strength of the 10-month-old Haryana Council of Ministers has gone up to 13.
- Cbi To Reopen Cases Against Sajjan Kumar (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
In a significant development, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has moved the trial court here to reopen the 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases against Congress MP Sajjan Kumar, seeking original documents of the cases, which were closed without even . . .
- Exam System Or System Failure? - I (Greater Kashmir, MAJID MAQBOOL BHAT, Jan 16, 2006)
Let’s not measure success with marks sheets, there is a world beyond that, writes
MAJID MAQBOOL
- Remove Hurdles (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 16, 2006)
One can only regret that in this age the people of Kargil have been cut off from the rest of the State and the country for 13 days.
- Moving Forward (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jan 16, 2006)
The first meeting held by the Centre with the Kashmir leaders outside the pale of the moderate Hurriyat Conference last week-end has gone off smoothly. It has not yielded any miracles for the simple reason that none was expected.
- Geelani Opposes Self-Rule (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
Pro-Pakistan harliner Syed Ali Shah Geelani, who is now in Saudi Arabia after performing Haj there, has opposed "self-rule" proposed by Pakistan President Prevez Musharraf.
- Satellite Tech To Mark Structures (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
As the controversy over the demolition of illegal structures in Delhi continues, the Union science and technology ministry has come up with a hi-tech solution ....
- J-K: Kashmir Cut Off As Heavy Snowfall Lashes Valley (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
Kashmir was cut off from rest of the country as heavy snowfall lashed the valley covering it with white sheet, forcing closure of Srinagar-Jammu national highway and cancellation of all incoming and outgoing flights.
- Geelani Opposes Musharraf's Self-Rule (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
Pro-Pakistan harliner Syed Ali Shah Geelani, who is now in Saudi Arabia after performing Haj, has opposed "self-rule" propoosed by Pakistan President Prevez Musharraf.
- Dubious Defreeze (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 16, 2006)
The Bofors scandal grows murkier and murkier as the CBI probe is undermined.
- Women Behind Bars! (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 16, 2006)
The Delhi High Court has struck one blow for equality, and one for tradition, in permitting women to serve liquor in bars.
- Uk Court Orders Defreezing Of Quattrocchi's Accounts (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
The high court in London has ordered the defreezing of the two British bank accounts of Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi, an accused in the Bofors pay-off case.
- Uk Court Orders Defreezing Of Quattrocchi’S Accounts (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
The High Court in London has ordered the defreezing of the two British bank accounts of Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi, an accused in the Bofors case.....
- Glued To The Coalition (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Jan 16, 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, will
be devising a strategy to consolidate its coalition mantra.
- Geelani Opposes Musharraf's Self-Rule, Snubs Salahuddin (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
Pro-Pakistan harliner Syed Ali Shah Geelani, who is now in Saudi Arabia after performing Haj there, has opposed "self-rule" propoosed by Pakistan President Prevez Musharraf.
- Arnie Hits Headlines Again (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 16, 2006)
The Terminator has done it again. But this time in real life and that too as governor of California.
- Super Cop Policing The Universe (The Economic Times, Raghu Dayal , Jan 16, 2006)
The more the things change, the more they remain the same. The US hegemony in a unipolar world continues to enshrine a vision of an American century, its self-styled supremacy, contemplated by post-World War II America.
- 5,000 Students To Compete In 155 Events At Arts Festival (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
Chief Minister to inaugurate the extravaganza on Thursday
The State School Kalotsavam (arts festival) will be inaugurated here by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy in Ernakulam on Thursday. The festival will be held in 14 venues till January 23.
- Power Supply: State To Borrow Rs. 4,000 Cr. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
Rural Electrification Corporation Limited will release the funds in phases
- Kashmir Valley Cut Off After Season's Second Snowfall (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Jan 16, 2006)
Srinagar-Jammu national highway closed; all Srinagar-bound flights cancelled
Power supply not affected
Heavy rain between Batote and Ramban triggered mudslides
No shortage of essential items, LPG and kerosene
- Indian Reluctance Made Me Go Public With Kashmir Ideas: Musharraf (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
President says all proposals made to Indian leadership first via secret channels
Indian establishment hampering peace process
- Bloodshed In Baluchistan, Revolt Against Dam (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Jan 15, 2006)
The tribal and feudal mindset that approves of honour killings also pervades political profession in Pakistan.
- Violation Of Pak Sovereignty (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 15, 2006)
A US air strike inside Pakistan territory early Friday morning left at least 18 people martyred. According to reports carried by the American media, US predator drones fired about ten missiles at village Damadola in Bajaur Agency at the instance . . .
- Nur Jahan: Woman Behind The King (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
The book portrays Nur Jahan as a shrewd and powerful empress who managed to get Jehangir to relinquish the reins of power into her hands.
- When Netas Play I-Spy (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Jan 15, 2006)
The “influential” persons behind the tapping were paying the detective Rs 5 lakh a week and already Rs 50 lakh has been paid for the patently “illegal service”.
- Al-Qaeda No 2 Was Target In Us Strike (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
A US air strike in Pakistan targeted al-Qaeda’s second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahri, but it was unclear if he had been killed, US sources knowledgeable about the strike said in Washington.
- In Police Net: Pdp Man Behind Suicide Attack Bid On Mufti (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Jan 15, 2006)
The Jammu & Kashmir police today arrested a municipal councillor, who masterminded suicide attacks in Srinagar, and is still looking for a Congress politician.
- Failed To Benefit Tax? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
Apart from tackling the legal challenge, FBT is now due for some simplification in Budget 2006. Dev Chatterjee explores the options
- Of Legal Tools And Illegal Means (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Jan 15, 2006)
The government’s authority to order wiretapping is derived from the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885. The relevant Section 5(2), as amended in 1972, states thus:
- The New Woman Is Energising A New India (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Jan 15, 2006)
I was recently asked to express my views on the woman of today and the challenges before her. This is what I stated:
- Infy On Expansion Mode In Kerala (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
The Kerala Government has handed over 50 acres of land near Technopark here to Infosys Technologies to set up its software development centre....
- Bofors Returns (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
And exposes all our politicians
The return of the Bofors deal to the front page must force the Indian political establishment, not just the ruling Congress party, to turn the spotlight on itself.
- Gandhian Institutions Have Failed To Give Direction: Tara Gandhi (Tribune, Smriti Kak Ramachandran, Jan 15, 2006)
Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee, the granddaughter of the late Mahatma Gandhi, recently took over as the Vice Chairperson of the Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti.
- Reservations Must In Private Sector (Tribune, Karam Singh, Jan 15, 2006)
It is said that only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches. Extreme hope always takes birth from extreme miseries and back-breaking difficulties. Dr B.R. Ambedkar, one of the architects of the Constitution of India, belonged to a very poor section . . .
- Terror, New Ideas On India, Pak Menu (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
India and Pakistan will discuss "new ideas" on promoting bilateral ties when Foreign Secretaries of the two countries meet here on Tuesday to kick off the third round of Composite Dialogue amid New Delhi's serious concerns over continued . . .
- Cooperative Movement & Reforms (Daily Excelsior, Vikrant Dogra, Jan 15, 2006)
The evolution of co-operative in the world can be traced from time immemorial, beginning from the day individual first joined hands for the advancement of common pursuits in life.
- `Adhere To Quota Norms For Disabled Persons' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Commissioner reviews progress in implementation of Disabilities Act
- India, Us Sign Mou For Consumer Product Safety (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
India and the United States signed an MoU for establishing institutional cooperation between its consumer product units.
- 39 Of 44 Indians Killed In Haj Stampede Identified (Press Trust of India, PTI, Jan 14, 2006)
Thirty nine of the 44 Indians killed in the stampede during the symbolic stoning ritual on the final day of the Haj on Thursday in the Saudi holy city of Mina, have been identified.
- Iran, Indo-Us Nuke Deal To Be Discussed During Burns' Visit (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Jan 14, 2006)
The Indo-US civilian nuclear cooperation agreement and Iranian nuclear issue will dominate the agenda of talks Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Nicholas Burns, will have with the Indian leadership during his visit to the country next week.
- Many Indians, Pakistanis Among Haj Crush Dead - Saudi (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Indians and Pakistanis were the largest groups of identified victims among the 362 pilgrims who died in a crush on the last day of the haj this week, according to preliminary figures announced on Friday.
- Avoidable Tragedy (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 14, 2006)
Improved safety measures for Haj pilgrims have failed to prevent death and stampedes once again during the Haj in Saudi Arabia.
- Human Hurricanes (Deccan Herald, Avinash S Vaz, Jan 14, 2006)
There aren’t many differences between catastrophes and inexplicable mishaps.
- Big Brother Is Listening (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 14, 2006)
It may be some consolation to Amar Singh to know that, as Ravi Visvesvaraya Prasad explains, phone tapping is hard to prevent in India even if you have the right technology.
- "Enough Is Enough!", High Court Tells Mcd (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Civic body asked to comply with Court's orders on farmhouses or face dissolution
- Raising The Bar (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 14, 2006)
Laws are meant for the welfare of society, not the other way around. In a country which has, according to one estimate, over 30,000 pieces of legislation at the Central and state level, the Delhi High Court has just made a powerful argument...
- A Helping Hand For `Q' (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 14, 2006)
Even the fig leaf has been discarded. The Central Government's unwillingness to see that justice was done in the Rs.64 crore Bofors payoff case
- Hindu Ideals (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Much of the Hinduness of BJP is derived from the concept of Hindutva of Veer Savarkar.
- Haj Stampede: 39 Indians Among Killed (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
There could be more casualties among Indians who were not pilgrims but working at various Saudi agencies, he told PTI over phone from Mina today, adding that their details were yet to be asceratained.
- Aiyar: India Fully Committed To Pipeline Project (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jan 14, 2006)
Firmly denying media reports that New Delhi had decided to withdraw from the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project, Petroleum and Natural Gas minister Mani Shankar Aiyar on Friday said the country was "fully committed" to the venture
- Free Speech In Secular Democracies (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 14, 2006)
The trial resumes next month for internationally acclaimed Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk,
- ``No Frontline Duty For Women'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
The Army is planning to induct more women officers but is opposed to drafting them for frontline combat fighting.
- Interview - Actavis Eyes Generic Drug Deals In Europe, India (Reuters, Lewis Krauskopf, Jan 14, 2006)
The head of a little-known but fast-growing Icelandic generic drugmaker on Friday said he was turning his acquisitive eye toward southern Europe and India after spending $1.4 billion last year to boost market share in the United States.
- Gates Of Amu (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Aligarh Muslim University may be going through a transitional phase. Both the academic circuit in Aligarh and the ruling class in Delhi are upset with the Allahabad High Court order..
- While Congress Slept (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 14, 2006)
THE performance of US Congress during much of the Bush administration has been, to put it kindly, undistinguished.
- Nato Relief Team To Leave Ajk By Feb 1 (News International, Mariana Baabar, Jan 14, 2006)
The Nato disaster relief team in Pakistan has started redeployment from Azad Kashmir and will be completely out of Kashmir by February 1 before moving to home bases by mid-February.
- Interview - Actavis Eyes Generic Drug Deals In Europe, India (Reuters, Lewis Krauskopf, Jan 14, 2006)
The head of a little-known but fast-growing Icelandic generic drugmaker on Friday said he was turning his acquisitive eye toward southern Europe and India after spending $1.4 billion last year to boost market share in the United States.
- Spread Of Leshmaniasis (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 14, 2006)
THE news that the skin disease leshmaniasis is fast spreading in the earthquake-hit areas only points to the dismal state of public health facilities in the country,
- 'Intriguing' Pakistan (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Jan 14, 2006)
There was nothing 'intriguing' about the comment of the Pakistani ruler, Gen Pervez Musharraf, on India's expression of concern over the 'spiralling violence' in Balochistan; the more 'intriguing' thing was the adverse reaction in some quarters within..
- Delhi May Not Take Part In Pipeline Project (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 14, 2006)
India may not participate in the joint building of a seven-billion-dollar gas pipeline from Iran via Pakistan, fearing a hostile reaction from the United States, a report said on Friday.
- Crossing A Mountain (Indian Express, Meghan Daum, Jan 14, 2006)
From the East Coast to the West Coast (though, admittedly, not yet a lot of places in between) everyone’s talking about Brokeback Mountain.
- Will The Taxman Read First Chapter In History Of Medicine? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 14, 2006)
THIS story is on saffron confusion. Not what a political party may chronically be suffering from, but about what brought Khosala Kesharwala (KK) to Bombay High Court recently.
- Pm, Sajjad Lone Talks Today (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will hold talks with separatist leader and Peoples Conference chief Sajjad Ghani Lone here tomorrow, broadening the ambit of the ongoing peace process on Kashmir outside the Hurriyat Conference fold.
- 7 Cops Attached As Militants Loot Weapons In Pulwama (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Authorities have fully replaced the minority guarding Police picket at Rishi Nagri in Shopian and ordered attachment of seven Police personnel after militants looted two SLRs from their camp late last night.
- Many Kargil Passengers Stranded (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 14, 2006)
Over 100 passengers of Kargil were stranded in Kashmir valley as the helicopter service could not operate for the past five days due to bad weather.
- Show Flexibility On Kashmir: Pak (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 14, 2006)
Accusing India of being "stubborn," Pakistan today said it should show flexibility for resolution of the Kashmir issue.
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