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Articles 16121 through 16220 of 23107:
- Slogans As Ideas (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 14, 2006)
If people in the United States are being persuaded to learn Hindi it is only because there is eventually realisation that India is a country of ideas.
- Demilitarised General (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Jan 14, 2006)
Our dear General is at it again. The whole world so respects him, so trusts him, so very much accepts him as a man of his word... and yet it is only India that refuses to accept his word
- Sappho Wasn’T Indian (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 14, 2006)
Most startlingly, at least one of the Shiv Sena in Uttar Pradesh seems to know his Sappho.
- Ls Speaker Gets Notice From Hc (Greater Kashmir, S.S. Negi , Jan 14, 2006)
The Delhi High Court today issued notice to Lok Sabha Speaker Som Nath Chatterjee on a petition by MP Lal Chandra Kol, challenging his expulsion from the House for his alleged involvement in the “cash-for-query” scam.
- Lone Won't Push Pak's Agenda In Talks With Pm (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was on Saturday set to meet People's Conference chief Sajjad Ghani Lone on the Kashmir issue, with a party source saying the talks would not reflect any "pressure from Pakistan".
- Q&a: 'I Try To Capture The Idea Of Solitude' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Jehangir Sabavala's paintings marry Indian idiom with European cubism. During a recent retrospective of his works in New Delhi's National Gallery of Modern Art, he spoke to Manoj Nair:
- Al-Qaeda Number Two Zawahiri May Be Dead (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Al-Qaeda terror network's number two leader Aiyman al-Zawahiri may have been killed in a US air strike in a remote village in Pakistan's restive tribal region which left 18 people dead, including women and children.
- Semi-Rational Exuberance (The Economic Times, J BRADFORD DELONG, Jan 14, 2006)
In 1996, Yale economist Robert Shiller looked around, considered the historical record, and concluded that the American stock market was overvalued.
- Man-Made Language (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 14, 2006)
Language is our means of classifying and ordering the world: our means of manipulating reality.
- Why Lone Alone? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 13, 2006)
The Centre’s decision to involve more Kashmiri groups in the talks process, now underway, is welcome.
- Biotechnology Revolution (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Maharaj Krishan Bhan, Jan 13, 2006)
Biotechnology is today a growing sector with over 200 industries, market share of US$ 1 billion, investment to the tune of US$ 137 million and exports being 59% of the revenue. The Biotech sector recorded a growth of 39% during 2004.
- Blow For Discipline (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 13, 2006)
The Supreme Court has dealt another blow for discipline in government offices.
- Iaea, Annan Concerned About Iran's Nuclear Stance (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Casting doubts on Iran's nuclear ambitions, UN Secretary-General and the head of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency have expressed concern over its removal of IAEA seals that block the use of equipment and material related . . .
- Stinging Similes (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jan 13, 2006)
Rahul Bajaj never minces his words, whatever be the forum. Recently, while delivering the Lal Bahadur Shastri memorial lecture at Delhi, he was castigating the political system and politicians in general. But he reserved his best for the BJP.
- Of Bofors, Volcker And Tapegate (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
These three have many similarities: for one, they are all related to Congress.
- Court Urged To Prevent Defreezing (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Jan 13, 2006)
Quattrocchi accounts: lawyer files petition
Plea relates to two bank accounts in London
Petitioner seeks direction for clarification from B. Dutta
- Council Objects To Rural Courts Legislation (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 13, 2006)
The Gram Nyayalayas Bill represents a timely effort to deliver justice to the most marginalised sections of our country.
- Salem Complains Of Police Torture (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Remanded to police custody till January 17
In the Pradeep Jain murder case, extradited underworld don Abu Salem told the special TADA court that he was subjected to third degree methods in police custody and had confessed under pressure.
- Bhardwaj Defends Opinion On Quattrocchi Accounts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
CBI maintains charge sheet stands in Delhi designated court
Accounts frozen only temporarily
Wrong to withhold money without evidence: Minister
Red Corner alert notice still valid, says CBI
- Courts Cautioned Against Entertaining Petitions (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
'Appointments with Chief Justice approval are beyond the judicial review'
"If Parliament has reposed faith in the CJI as the paterfamilias of the judicial hierarchy in this country, it is not open for anyone to contend that the CJI might . . .
- Prospect Of Early Elections Irks Legislators Of All Parties (Hindu, T.S. Ranganna , Jan 13, 2006)
Some of them want their leaders to explore ways of forming a new coalition
few MLAs feel they have not been able to do justice to their constituencies
BJP group in favour of aligning with Janata Dal (S)
- "India A Low Risk Country For Investment' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
India is a low a risk zone for investment and Pakistan is a high-risk country, according to a study by the U.K.-based business risk consultants Control Risks. Addressing the media, Jake Stratton, Chief Representative of Control Risks India, . . .
- Suspected Balochi Nationalist Militants Blew Up An Underground Gas Pipeline In Southern Pakistan (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Suspected Balochi nationalist militants blew up an underground gas pipeline in southern Pakistan on, but no casualties were reported and there was no major disruption in the supply of gas to consumers as repair work began immediately.
- Scam Involving Illegal Phone Tapping - Samajwadi Party Not Pulling Out Rulling Indian Coalition Upa Led By Congress Party Yet (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Three months back, three private detectives, Bhupendra Kumar, Vijay Kumar Dhawan (alias Vijay Grover) and Anurag Singh met for the first time at a meeting held by the Association of Private Detectives of India, and the plan to tap Amar Singh’s . . .
- Demilitarisation And Autonomy In J&k (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Jan 13, 2006)
India should insist that it will consider Gen Musharraf's proposal for "self-governance" in Jammu and Kashmir only if elected rulers in POK and the Northern Areas enjoy the same powers and autonomy as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.
- Indian Nominated To Wtc Memorial Foundation (Indian Express, LALIT K JHA, Jan 13, 2006)
An Indian woman, a victim of terrorism in the Kashmiri valley, has been nominated to the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation Board of Directors.
- India-Bound Clemenceau Halted By Egypt Near Suez Canal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
The decommissioned French ship, the Clemenceau, headed for Gujarat’s shipbreaking yard at Alang, was halted by the Egyptian government just outside the Suez Canal.
- American Corporate Inefficiency – Boom For India’S Outsourcing Sector - Tcs To Hire 8,000, Wins $40 Mn Us Deal (India Daily, Babu Ghanta, Jan 13, 2006)
American corporate inefficiencies need massive shift of jobs to india to save money
- Techno Music (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jan 13, 2006)
From the initial results for the third quarter, the Indian IT sector is on track. By Thursday, the two biggies, TCS and Infosys, and the smaller MphasiS BFL and iGATE Global Solutions, had declared results showing all of them were pretty much on course.
- Farm Ills: Globalisation Not To Blame (Business Line, G. Chandrashekhar, Jan 13, 2006)
The Union Science and Technology Minister, Mr Kapil Sibal, is rather upset that Indian farmers are unable to obtain remunerative prices for their exports. He is convinced that globalisation, as practised under the WTO, is the reason for depressed . . .
- Defiant Iran Resumes Nuclear Research (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
US warns of serious escalation
ElBaradei tells board Iran planning ‘small-scale’ enrichment
A defiant Iran on Tuesday resumed sensitive nuclear research after a two-year suspension, despite warnings from the White House that Iran was risking . . .
- Women Struggle In Dire Conditions (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Quake victims and those living in quake hit areas face the harshest winter of their lives, and pregnant women undergo the worst trauma, writes Prakriiti Gupta.
- Sc Moved Against Govt Decision On Quattrocchi (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
The petitioner also made Law Minister H R Bhardwaj a respondent, questioning him how he gave statements to the media when there was no evidence against the accused.
- Courts Have No Jurisdiction (Deccan Herald, Era Sezhiyan, Jan 13, 2006)
The Supreme Court cannot concern itself with the cash-for-query scandal. It’s up to Parliament to deal with it
- Bofors Booms, Left And Right (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
The Bofors demon returned to haunt the Congress today with the Left as well as the BJP asking the Centre to explain why it told British authorities that the gun kickbacks could not be linked to Ottavio Quattrocchi’s bank accounts
- Cbi Sleuths ‘Surprised’ (Telegraph, MANAN KUMAR, Jan 13, 2006)
Sources in the CBI expressed surprise at the government’s stand on de-freezing of Ottavio Quattrocchi’s bank accounts in London after law minister H.R. Bhardwaj said Delhi had informed Britain it has no evidence to link the money with Bofors kickbacks.
- Churning In Orissa (Hindu, PRAFULLA DAS, Jan 13, 2006)
Rehabilitation of project affected people is finally in focus.
- Officialese Extraordinaire (Deccan Herald, Dinesh Kumar, Jan 13, 2006)
Of the people it may be, but the govt often scrambles the commonest of languages
- Rank And File (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
On accessing file notings, the chief information commissioner has struck the right note
- Stop Polluting The Environment, Cry Children (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Young ones take out a rally against burning non-degradable materials on Bhogi
- Defreezing Quattrocchi Uk Accounts: Cbi Opposed It, Law Ministry Wanted It (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Jan 13, 2006)
Defreezing Quattrocchi UK accounts: CBI opposed it, Law Ministry wanted it
Bofors Addl Solicitor General who went to London said CBI has no basis to keep accounts frozen; agency objected on record
- Fraud Shouldn’T Taint Our View Of Science (Indian Express, BETTYANN HOLTZMANN KEVLES, Jan 13, 2006)
Seldom in our history have fame, fortune or a heady mix of the two tempted so many people into committing fraud.
- Hudson Called Her His Rock, Others His Cover (Indian Express, DENNIS MCLELLAN, Jan 13, 2006)
Phyllis Gates, who married Hollywood heartthrob Rock Hudson in the 1950s and later insisted that she married him out of love and not to cover up his homosexuality, has died. She was 80. Gates died of complications of lung cancer on January 4 at her home.
- Just A Ploy (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 13, 2006)
Illegal migration of people is not a problem unique to India. But the way politicians exploit the issue before every election in Assam has a sinister ring to it. It is not that they offer any new ideas about how to solve the problem. All they want to do i
- Hamza Had A "Terror Manual'' (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jan 13, 2006)
One of Britain's most controversially radical Muslim clerics, Abu Hamza al-Masri, has gone on trial at the Old Bailey accused of preaching terrorism and being in possession of what the prosecution dubbed a "terror manual'' reportedly featuring . . .
- 4,000 Vie For Honours In School Arts Festival (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
As many as 4,000 children are vying for honours in the revenue district school arts festival, which began at Cotton Hill Higher Secondary School here on Wednesday.
- `Launch Crusade Against Female Foeticide' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Establish novel tradition of celebrating birth of girl child: Gen. Rodrigues
Need to project positive image of girl child
Investments needed in education, health, food and labour.
- Female Foeticide Still Rampant, Says Vasanthi Devi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
Educated sections urged to fight practice of dowry
Female foeticide in Tamil Nadu originated with the educated sections and continues to be rampant in this segment even now, according to Vasanthi Devi, former Chairperson of the State Commission for Women
- The Jihadist As A ‘Belgian Blonde’ (Indian Express, Sebastian Rotella, Jan 12, 2006)
The women of the Dutch extremist network were a new breed of holy warriors. In the male-dominated world of Islamic extremism, they saw themselves as full-fledged partners in jihad. Wives watched videos about female suicide bombers, posed for . . .
- For The People (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 12, 2006)
Thank you, Delhi High Court, for proving even in this system ordinary citizens can be empowered
- Not At The Cost Of Safety (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
The newly elected Nazim of Karachi has undertaken the daunting task of getting all illegal buildings in the city regularized.
- Bjp Discusses Mps' Expulsion, Mplad Scheme Scam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
Speaker's efforts to convene all-party meeting "inappropriate"
Malhotra against clash between judiciary and legislature
Party divided on MPLADS issue
- Hail The Chief (Censor) (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Jan 12, 2006)
Now, film criticism from three of the most senior officers of the armed forces
- "Cbi Has No Evidence To Link Quattrocchi Funds With Bofors" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
"Crown Prosecution Service in Britain informed"
The two frozen bank accounts with BSIAG Bank, London, have three million euros and $1 million
TV channel claims the CBI Director (Prosecution) has recommended against appealing a May 2005 order . . .
- Students Take Out Rally, Create Awareness Of Aids (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
NSS unit of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Red Ribbon Club, Tamil Nadu AIDS Control Society and Sri Parasakthi College for Women in Courtallam took out a rally recently. Revenue Divisional Officer, Tenkasi, P. Ramana Saraswathi, flagged off the rally.
- Justice Will Be Done, Sonia Tells Tribals (Hindu, PRAFULLA DAS, Jan 12, 2006)
Pays tributes at the site where tribals killed in police firing were cremated
Says the law and order situation needs to be looked into
Centre to pay ex-gratia of Rs. 5 lakh each to the bereaved families
- What Next In Balochistan? (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Jan 12, 2006)
The situation in Balochistan is going from bad to worse. Every day the newspapers carry reports of rocket attacks by unknown people and shelling and firing by the security forces.
- Justice Denied (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 12, 2006)
The judiciary system should be proactive in speeding up the delivery of justice
- Ahmadinejad’S Nuclear Gamble (Economist, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
The decision by Iran's government to break the seals at its uranium-enrichment plant at Natanz, carried out on Tuesday January 10th, may prove to have been momentous.
- India’S Communist Parties Get Ready To Protest George Bush’S Visit Next Month (India Daily, Balaji Reddy, Jan 12, 2006)
The Left parties of India - the communists and socialists whose support is needed for the current Congress Led UPA coalition Government to survive is getting ready to show biggest protest in their history as US President George Bush visits India . . .
- Shocking Beyond Belief (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 12, 2006)
THE news that researchers in Canada and India have found that a staggering 10 million female foetuses might have been selectively terminated following ultrasound tests in India in the last two decades — 500,000 girls a year — is shocking beyond belief....
- Pakistan’S Belated Protest (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 12, 2006)
According to the Foreign Office spokesperson, Pakistan has lodged a strong protest with the US-led forces in Afghanistan for cross-border firing that killed eight people on its soil. Pakistan holds the US forces responsible for the incident despite US....
- Iran Removes Seals From Nuclear Plants (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
Iran removed seals from its nuclear facilities on Tuesday and said it had resumed research work, intensifying its standoff with the United States and European powers over its nuclear ambitions.
- Aphc Ready For Talks With Delhi: Mirwaiz (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
The All Parties Hurriyat Conference has said it was ready for second round of talks with the Centre and expressed hope that New Delhi would do more to redress human rights problems and custodial killings in Jammu and Kashmir.
- It Is Time For India To Reach Out To Democrats In America - John Kerry Comes Calling, To Talk N-Deal With Pm (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
India will get an opportunity to push its campaign for civil nuclear energy cooperation with the US and raise the issue of clandestine proliferation when former Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry meets manmohan Sigh on Wednesday.
- Pm’S Kashmir Talks Offer Open To All, Says Azad (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Jan 12, 2006)
A day after PM Manmohan Singh invited People’s Conference chairman Sajjad Lone for talks, J-K Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said that the dialogue invitation is not exclusive but is extended to all separatist leaders who want to talk to the Centre.
- Court Reunites Boys With Families (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
The Magistrate was also shocked when the children revealed in court that the home authorities did not even bother to ask the children about their family.
- Hurriyat Backs Pm’S Talks With Leaders (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
The biggest congregation was held at Jamia Masjid. Dressed in colourful outfits, the children celebrated the festival by bursting crackers.
- Timely Operation (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 12, 2006)
At times unconventional situations call for unconventional remedies. The post-midnight raid carried out by Minister of State for Forests Tariq Hamid Qarra in the Kangan region in Srinagar district on Monday will come exactly in this category.
- The War In Balochistan: A Backgrounder (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jan 12, 2006)
What the conflict is about, and why it is important to the region
Tribal leaders see the conflict as an opportunity to get a fair share of the gas resources
The Government sees the fighting as an intolerable challenge to its authority
- An Open Air Exercise (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Jan 12, 2006)
“I want to climb the mountain, but I have no company,” complained the 20-something shop girl. “My friends are always too tired, or sleeping.” It was a cold December afternoon. The girl had feigned illness to take an off to meet a friend.
- Not Child’S Play (Telegraph, BHASWATI CHAKRAVORTY, Jan 12, 2006)
Will Gudiya be remembered even as a symbol?
Of what did Gudiya die? The local news channel reporting her death from Meerut said she had died of a lung infection.
- Walking Along The Razor’S Edge (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
Extracts from the World Drug Report, 2005, published by the United Nations Office of Drug and Crimes
- Late, But Welcome (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 12, 2006)
The Central Government's move to finally widen the scope of its dialogue with the separatist leaders has not come too soon. By inviting Mr Sajjad Lone, who heads a faction of the People's Conference (PC), it has made a belated correction.
- Indian Tourism: Reaching New Heights (Daily Excelsior, Arvinder Kaur, Jan 12, 2006)
Tsunami failed to dampen the spirit of tourists with the year 2005 witnessing new heights in Indian tourism. It recorded a growth of about 13.5 percent in arrivals and about 20 per cent in foreign exchange earnings.
- Offering Sacrifice (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 12, 2006)
When Allah the most exalted decided to create Ashraful Makhlookat (crown of creation), the angels raised their brows. “He will do bloodshed”, they opined. However, Allah the most gracious replied, “I am aware of what you do not know”.
- Vivekananda's Message And Governance (Daily Excelsior, Jagmohan , Jan 12, 2006)
"You may make thousands of societies, twenty thousand political assemblages, fifty thousand institutions. There will be no use unless there is that sympathy, that love, that heart that thinks for all. But where is the heart to build upon ? . . .
- Different House (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 12, 2006)
A principle can be subverted by unthinking use. Checks and balances built into any system help to make the system healthy, but when the powers behind these begin to operate indiscriminately, the system is put in danger.
- Experts' Team In Shravanabelagola (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
Members of the team inspected the statue of Bahubali for close to two hours
Rs. 3.5 crores to be spent on cable-car
ASI has accorded temporary permission for cable-car
State Government wants the facility retained even after the event
- Sc Guidelines Enough On Phone Tapping: Patil (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil on Wednesday virtually disfavored any new law to check phone tapping in the wake of allegations from various political parties on the issue.
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