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Articles 17221 through 17320 of 23107:
- She Must Have A Mahram If She Goes For Hajj - I (Greater Kashmir, Dr Fiaz Maqbool Fazili, Dec 20, 2005)
Dr Fiaz Maqbool Fazili has some questions and answers about women going for Hajj and Umrah
Who is able enough to go for Hajj?
- Making An Ass Of The Law (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Dec 20, 2005)
Anarchy in India means a free for all — the ruled and those who administer the rule.
- Omar Sounds Umar (Greater Kashmir, ZULFIKAR MAJID, Dec 20, 2005)
Opposition National Conference (NC) Monday said Kashmiris are fed up with the guns of India and Pakistan, urging the leaders of both the countries to listen to the feelings of Kashmiris to settle the issue according to the aspirations of the people.
- Omar Re-Elected Nc Chief (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Dec 20, 2005)
Restoration of greater autonomy best solution to Kashmir dispute, he says
- Nda Decides To Oppose Reservation Bill (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Government stand on minority institutions queers the pitch
Proposed legislation exempts minority institutions
Definition of minority institution not clear: BJP
Janata Dal (United) a divided house
- Bhandari Declines To Name Vajpayee's " Associate" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Says he will "officially" pass on the information to Pathak panel
- Demolish Some Old Habits (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 20, 2005)
Are we glad that the authorities in Delhi — of the Delhi government, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi or the Delhi Development Authority, take your pick
- Icici Bank To Channel 20% Of Issue Proceeds To Life Venture (Business Standard, Rajendra Palande, Dec 20, 2005)
ICICI Bank has earmarked nearly Rs 1,200 crore of the proceeds from its recent public issue for its life insurance venture, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance.
- Autobiography (Hindu, V. Gopalakrishna, Dec 20, 2005)
An Autobiography: Thumbadi Ramaiah: Pub. by Bodhishree Prakashana, Behind Water Tank, Vidyanagara, Tumkur-572103. Rs. 65.
- We Cast The First Vote (Hindu, S. SRINIVAS, Dec 20, 2005)
Isn't it a matter of pride that citizens of Bangalore voted before any other city in India did?
Bangalore is the only metropolitan city where cinemas in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam are screened apart from Kannada and English
- President Calls For Project To Map Cancer Genomes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Scientists told to focus on tackling major diseases
Scientists at CSIR achieved a breakthrough by developing a new therapeutic molecule against TB
The number of HIV-infected persons in the State is on the rise, he says
- Basics Re-Stated (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 20, 2005)
Kudos to the Delhi High Court for rejecting an air force officer’s plea for premature retirement on the grounds that frequent transfers created marital difficulties.
- The Direction Of Love (Telegraph, Janaki Nair, Dec 20, 2005)
Linguistic nationalisms thrive on chastening women in the name of honour, argues Janaki Nair The author is professor of history, Centre for the Study of Social Sciences, Calcutta
- A Blow Against Torture (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 20, 2005)
Thanks to a belated White House retreat, Congress is on the verge of taking an important step toward curtailing the systematic human rights violations committed by the Bush administration in its handling of foreign prisoners.
- Cheney Hails Afghan Parliament (International Herald Tribune, Richard W. Stevenson, Dec 20, 2005)
Vice President Dick Cheney arrived here Monday with words of praise and encouragement for Afghanistan as it convened a new Parliament.
- Vajpayee's 'Associate' In Volcker Case – Who Are These People ? (India Daily, Akash Sinha, Dec 20, 2005)
The political counter attack on BJP intensifies as former Governor Romesh Bhandari on Monday refused to comply with the demand made by Atal Bihari Vajpayee's foster son-in-law Ranjan Bhattacharya to say he was not the "close associate" of the . . .
- India’S Tata Group In Vehicle Venture With Pakistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Indian car and truck maker Tata Motors said on Monday that it had signed an agreement with Afzal Motors to assemble a range of commercial vehicles in Karachi.
- Interviewing The Three-Year-Old (Indian Express, MADAN M. JHA, Dec 20, 2005)
The Delhi High Court has just directed that private schools end the practice of holding children’s interviews. This is the outcome of a writ petition, the final hearing of which will affect thousands of children who have to go through the trauma . . .
- Indian Contention Over Oic’S Kashmir Stance Rejected (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
The next round of composite dialogue between Pakistan and India is to begin tentatively next month. This was stated by the Foreign Office spokesperson, Ms. Tasnim Aslam at the weekly news briefing Monday afternoon.
- Kbd: Smaller Provinces Are Being Pitted Against Punjab, Says Fazl (Pakistan Observer, Mahmood Hussain, Dec 20, 2005)
The Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) has criticized the Army action in Balochistan claiming that several lives had been lost during the action which began on Sunday in the Kohlu area.
- Tata Daewoo Eyes Pakistan (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Company Ltd., Korea, (TDCV) has signed a technical assistance agreement (TAA) with Afzal Motors (Pvt) Limited of Pakistan for the assembly of TDCV vehicles in Pakistan.
- Afghan Parliament Sworn In (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Warlords, former communists, Taliban defectors and women activists were sworn in on Monday as members of the first Afghan parliament in more than 30 years amid hopes of national reconciliation after decades of bloodshed.
- Whitewash For The Tainted 11 (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Dec 20, 2005)
To begin with, the cash-for-questions sting operation drew a quick response from the political class. Various parties, the Lok Sabha Speaker and the Rajya Sabha Chairman acted with despatch, and it led to the suspension of the lone Rajya Sabha . . .
- First Elected Afghan Parliament In Three Decades Sworn In (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Afghanistan's first popularly elected parliament in more than three decades convened today, marking a major step toward democracy following the ouster of the hardline Taliban. US Vice-President Dick Cheney flew in to attend the opening session, which was
- Chennai Collector Transferred (Indian Express, JAYA MENON, Dec 20, 2005)
As MGR Nagar mourned the death of its residents in a ghastly stampede, which killed 42, in the early hours of Sunday, the first official head rolled with the Jayalalithaa Government sacking Chennai Collector S Chandramohan. The state government in a one-l
- The Nadir Of Occupation (Hindu, Salim Lone, Dec 20, 2005)
Last week's election does little to heal the wounds that are splitting Iraq up into violent filefdoms.
- Paving The Way For Islamistan (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Dec 20, 2005)
It is time ulemas got rid of their obsolete ideas and accepted ijtehad which was permitted in early Islamic tradition, says Prafull Goradia
- Close Inverted Quotas (Pioneer, Ajoy Bagchi, Dec 20, 2005)
Reservation in employment has failed to address key areas of human development and must be discarded, says Ajoy Bagchi
- Carving A Separate Path (Deccan Herald, Namrata Iyengar, Dec 20, 2005)
Scuttling on your scooter may seem like a joy ride, but wait till you come to a signal
- Secular Democracy Goes On Trial (Deccan Herald, Pankaj Mishra, Dec 20, 2005)
Orhan Pamuk’s case throws light upon the myth of a secular society
- It Could Have Been Averted (Deccan Herald, S Murari, Dec 20, 2005)
According to the version of events touted by Ms Jayalalitha, mischief-mongers spread the rumour that tokens for relief packages were being given inside the school, causing the people waiting outside to gatecrash
- Nc Supports Demilitarisation (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 20, 2005)
The National Conference, Jammu and Kashmir’s oldest political party and main opposition, said on Monday that it supported the idea of complete demilitarisation, self-governance and tripartite talks to settle the Kashmir issue.
- Women At Risk (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 20, 2005)
The ghastly rape and murder of Pratibha Shrikanth Murthy, a 24-year-old call centre girl employed by HP Global Applications Services in Bangalore, has understandably caused widespread concern, and not only in the city where it occurred.
- Action In Balochistan (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 20, 2005)
The government moved paramilitary forces in Balochistan’s Kohlu district over the weekend to weed out what it says are camps being run by subversive tribals responsible for rocket attacks in the area, including one during President Pervez Musharraf’s ....
- Recognising Jihad (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, Dec 20, 2005)
From its beginning, Islam has been a terrorist movement," said Martin Henriksen, spokesman of Danish People's Party (DF) on educational affairs. It is ironic that only a few days ago Mr Henriksen was appointed to that party post in place of . . .
- Saudi Women’S Rights (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 20, 2005)
Whether or not Saudi Arabian women are closer to achieving rights like being allowed to drive or even the right to vote in municipal elections can be gauged from King Abdullah’s statement on Sunday asking women “to be patient and reasonable in their....
- Karzai Ponders Cabinet Reshuffle (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is considering reshuffling his cabinet and cutting the number of ministers, officials said on Monday, after the president inaugurated his country’s first parliament in decades.
- Just Won't Work (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 20, 2005)
Reservations, or affirmative action, are like medicine. In recommended, therapeutic doses they can revive the patient, in this case a society suffering from lack of equality of opportunity.
- The Perfect Adieu (Times of India, SATISH K SHARMA, Dec 20, 2005)
A key question of life that dogs great persons, and has a bearing on history's judgment of them, is when to retire?
- Caliph Of Heretic Muslim Sect Comes To India (Deccan Herald, O P Verma, Dec 20, 2005)
“Love for all, hatred for none,” is the central theme of Ahmadiyya Muslims, a sect of liberal Muslims that originated in 1908 in the obscure village of Qadian in Gurdaspur district of Punjab and is now spread over 180 countries with 200 million followers.
- Wipro Buys Austrian Chip Design Firm (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Wipro Technologies, the global information technology services arm of Wipro Ltd, has acquired NewLogic, a system-on-chip design firm in Austria, for Rs 240 crore ($56 million) in an all-cash deal.
- Strategies To Reach The Poorest (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 20, 2005)
That health care delivery in India is in need of a major overhaul has been underlined by numerous studies besides observations on the ground.
- Tsunami Widowers Struggle To Pick Up The Pieces (Reuters, Peter Apps, Dec 20, 2005)
When Ramakrishnan Shakthivel and his wife saw the tsunami bearing down on their house on Sri Lanka's east coast, they grabbed their three children and ran for their lives.
- Tata Trucks Drive Into Pak (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Motors, will export vehicles to Pakistan. The company has signed a technical assistance agreement with Pakistan-based Afzal Motors for this purpose.
- Third Round Of Dialogue In January (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 20, 2005)
The third round of India-Pakistan composite dialogue would be kicked off in New Delhi sometime in January.
- What Price Honesty? (Pioneer, Shailaja Chandra, Dec 19, 2005)
There is a need to introduce the stigma of criminality to tax evasion in order to make it a social taboo, says Shailaja Chandra
- Making Csr Work (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Dec 19, 2005)
The subject of corporate social responsibility (CSR) is moving to the mainstream of managerial discussion. A recent CII summit exclusively devoted to the theme was evidence of this.
- Desperation Doles Out Death, 42 Killed In Tn Stampede (Pioneer, K Venkataramanan, Dec 19, 2005)
In a tragic repetition of a ghastly November incident in which six women were killed, 42 people were trampled to death early Sunday morning at a government relief centre, where thousands had gathered to get tokens for cash doles and relief supplies hours
- Restrictions On Hajj (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 19, 2005)
IN A paper he co-authored in a recent issue of The Lancet, Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss argues that a comprehensive prevention and control strategy is needed to check the growing national prevalence of diabetes, respiratory and cardiovascular d
- Rights Group Reports Afghanistan Torture (New York Times, Carlotta Gall, Dec 19, 2005)
Eight men at the American detention camp in Guantánamo Bay have separately given their lawyers "consistent accounts" of being tortured at a secret prison in Afghanistan at various periods from 2002 to 2004, Human Rights Watch, a group based in New York,..
- Revamps And Plenary Sessions In The Congress (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Dec 19, 2005)
Will the party's Steering Committee be elected or nominated this time?
- Responding To A Public Health Challenge (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Dec 19, 2005)
There are nearly 70 million people with kidney disease of varying severity levels in India. Hypertension and diabetes, the main causative factors, need to be targeted.
- Warlords Dominate New Afghan Parliament (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
Broad range of parliamentarians may allow Hamid Karzai to manipulate the legislating body and garner majority support for his policies
- New Afghan Parliament Opens Today (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
Afghanistan’s first parliament after nearly three decades of brutal occupation, war and harsh Taliban rule is due to convene today (Monday) in the final step of a transition to democracy launched four years ago.
- Us Playing Mediatory Role In Kashmir: Yasin Malik (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Dec 19, 2005)
Kashmiri leader Yasin Malik has said that the United States is playing a quiet, behind-the-scenes mediatory role in bringing India and Pakistan together towards a settlement of the Kashmir dispute.
- Communal Bill (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 19, 2005)
Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh's perverse desire to conquer new frontiers of minorityism manifested itself within days of the UPA Government taking charge. Being a leader without a geographically distinct constituency, . . . .
- Bus Ride Across A Partition (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 19, 2005)
In terms of symbolic value, a bus service between Amritsar and Lahore may appear less significant than some of the other cross-border travel arrangements that India and Pakistan have put in place.
- Emotional Support Vital For Cancer Cure: Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
He says recovery of patients receiving social support better
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam said on Sunday that cancer cure should be addressed both physiologically and psychologically.
- Chandigarh Fighting Losing Battle Against Aids (Tribune, Geetanjali Gayatri, Dec 19, 2005)
With the number of HIV+ cases doubling since last year, Chandigarh, it seems, is fighting a losing battle against AIDS. From 57.89 cases per 1,000, the number of HIV+ people in the city has shot up to 97.73 cases per 1,000. Out of the 9,506 persons . . .
- Ngos Flay Wto Ministerial Agreement (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
Expressing dissappointment over the WTO deal, leading civil society organisations today flayed the sixth WTO Ministerial declaration saying developed countries must do much more for a fair outcome.
- 42 Die In Chennai Stampede (Tribune, Arup Chanda, Dec 19, 2005)
In a tragic accident, 42 persons, including 23 women, were killed and 37 injured in a stampede this morning. People had come to collect flood relief coupons at a corporation school in the southern part of the state capital.
- Us Concerned Over Terrorist Involvement In Pok Quake Relief (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
The United States has expressed grave concern over the involvement of militant outfits in quake-relief operations in Pak-occupied Kashmir (PoK), even as a senior Pakistani official said there was no bar on their carrying out "humanitarian" activities, ...
- "India Should Tackle Stigma Attached To Aids" (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Dec 19, 2005)
Ann M. Veneman, executive director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), who was in New Delhi recently, feels that if the Indian leadership is willing to discuss HIV/AIDS, it is an important step forward in addressing the issue.
- 42 Killed In Chennai Stampede (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
Chaos at flood relief centre, former High Court judge to head Commission of Inquiry
- Curbing Human Trafficking (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 19, 2005)
The signing of a human trafficking accord between Greece and Pakistan, Iran and Turkey should help fight the growing scourge
- Finest House Money Can Buy (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Dec 19, 2005)
When I was at university in England, the great politically incorrect story was about a professor of anthropology who managed to earn the ire of all of Oxford’s female students with a single remark at a single lecture.
- Afghans Hope Assembly Ends Long Cycle Of Violence (Indian Express, David Brunnstrom, Dec 19, 2005)
On the eve of the opening of the first Afghan parliament in decades, MPs and ordinary Afghans hope that for all its flaws and despite renewed Taliban threats it will help end the nation’s long cycle of violence.
- Bangladesh To Pass Law To Curb Terror Financing (Indian Express, Reuters, Dec 19, 2005)
Bangladesh is set to pass a law clamping down on the financing of militants suspected of planning attacks, a senior bank official said today.
- Chennai Stampede Kills 42 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
Forty-two people were killed, 19 of them women, in a stampede at a flood relief distribution centre here in the early hours of Sunday, prompting the government to order a judicial enquiry and the Opposition to demand the resignation of Chief Minister ....
- 42 Killed In Stampede (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
At least 42 people, including 23 women, were killed and 37 injured today in a stampede at a Corporation School in the city where hundreds had lined up in the wee hours to collect flood relief coupons.
- 42 Killed In Stampede, Jaya Announces Probe (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
At least 42 people, including 23 women, were killed and 37 injured today in a stampede at a corporation school in the city where hundreds had lined up in the wee hours to collect flood relief coupons.
- Forty-Two Killed In Chennai Stampede (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Dec 19, 2005)
Forty-two homeless people were trampled to death on Sunday and 37 were injured in a stampede during the distribution of flood relief supplies at a shelter in southern India, officials and witnesses said.
- Dastardly Act (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 19, 2005)
THE rape and murder of a 24-year-old woman employee of a multinational call centre in Bangalore is a dastardly act.
- ‘Ensure Genuine Voters Make It To Wb Booths’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
Reacting to Election Commission observer Afzal Amanullah’s report on how the Left Front rigs polls in West Bengal—excerpts of which were published by The Sunday Express today—the Congress and BJP have asked the poll panel to ensure that each eligible
- ‘A Newspaper Business Has To Grow On The Shoulders Of Smart Marketing’ (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 19, 2005)
Independent News & Media plc (INM) is a media organisation based in Dublin, Ireland with worldwide interests.
- Volcker Action At Un (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Dec 19, 2005)
The Volcker Committee report which brought down Natwar Singh may no longer be making daily headlines in India, but here at the UN, it is turning from a tropical storm into a cyclone.
- Opening A Can Of Worms (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Dec 19, 2005)
“Thirty thousand Kurds and one million Armenians were killed in these lands and nobody but me dares to talk about it,” said Turkey’s most celebrated novelist, Orhan Pamuk, during an interview with a Swiss newspaper last February.
- India Getting Ready For 22nd December Telecommunications Satellite Launch (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
Preparations for the launch of Indian telecommunications satellite, Insat-4A [Indian National Satellite-4A], on Thursday [22 December] has entered the final phase in the European spaceport of Kourou in French Guiana.
- Are We A Nation Of Rapists? (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 19, 2005)
A policeman and a youth have allegedly raped a maidservant in Jalilabad area of Multan division. Police has registered a case under Hudood Ordinance against ASI Abdul Hameed and youth Waqas Raza. No arrest has, however, been made so far.
- Unsafe Passage (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
It has to be the courts again. This time it is the Calcutta high court which has questioned the state government’s efforts to reduce the rate of accidents on city streets.
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