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Articles 17321 through 17420 of 23107:
- Let Them Have Cars (Indian Express, VEERESH MALIK, Dec 19, 2005)
The rape and murder of a female HP call centre employee in Bangalore brings the 24x7 segment of the infotech industry, the BPO sector, in the spotlight again, in the context of women working night shifts. One view would be that this goes with . . .
- India, Pak To Discuss Sir Creek Survey (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
Taking forward the understanding reached at the meeting between their foreign ministers in October, India and Pakistan will hold technical talks here on Tuesday to discuss methods for the first ever survey of the Sir Creek by both countries.
- Raha Terrific Ceo; But Ongc Faulty, Mani Tells Pm (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar is believed to have told Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that ONGC boss Subir Raha was a terrific CEO, but his firm had not done enough to boost domestic oil and gas output.
- Safety First (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 19, 2005)
The brutal rape and murder of a young call centre employee in the City has drawn attention to the inadequate security that is provided to women working the night shift in the BPO industry.
- Meeting Point (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Dec 19, 2005)
It was heartening to see Parliamentarians from India and Pakistan stressing the need for continuing the "people-to-people" dialogue between the two countries.
- Lashkar Militant Among 3 Killed (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
Three militants, including a divisional commander of Lashkar-e-Toiba militant outfit, were killed in a fierce and prolonged encounter at Wuyan, Pampore in south Kashmir while as elsewhere in the Valley, militants hurled a grenade . . .
- Wto Protests End Quietly, But Hundreds Still In Jail (Reuters, John Ruwitch, Dec 19, 2005)
Hong Kong heaved a sigh of relief on Sunday as thousands of demonstrators marched peacefully to protest against world trade talks after a night of vicious street battles between protesters and police.
- Hold Up Your Money And Laugh, You Have Been Stung (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Dec 19, 2005)
It made you laugh. A big hearty laugh. To listen to BJP MP Suresh Chandal claim he knew nothing about the contents of the envelope he personally supplied to the lady seated opposite him.
- Implementation Of Hudood Laws Faulty: Pakistan (News International, Rauf Klasra, Dec 18, 2005)
Pakistan has admitted to the concerned European countries that legal procedures dealing with the Hudood Ordinance promulgated by Gen Ziaul Haq in 1979 without producing them ever before parliament for discussion and formal enactment were faulty . . .
- Moot On ‘United States Of Kashmir’ Today (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
The first conference of political parties from both sides of Jammu and Kashmir will be held today in Islamabad to discuss a proposal regarding a ‘United States of Kashmir’.
- Pakistan To Attend First Afghan Parliament Session (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
A three-member Pakistani parliamentary delegation left for Kabul on Saturday to represent the country in the first meeting of the Afghan parliament, which is scheduled to meet on Monday, parliamentary sources said.
- Al-Qaeda:an Explanation Is Due (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 18, 2005)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that Al-Qaeda has been forced to flee from Pakistan and it’s no more an organized group. In an intervierw with Saudi newspaper Al-Watan, he said that its network has been dismantled. ‘We have won the war against ...
- Salem's Custody Extended Till Jan 3 (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
A Tada court on Saturday extended the police custody of extradited gangster Abu Salem in the Pradeep Jain murder case after Anti-Terrorist Squad of city police said they needed to investigate whether weapons used in the Jain killing formed part of the....
- Indian Pm Dr. Manmohan Singh Praises National Atomic Energy Achievements (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has expressed optimism that through constructive dialogue with the international community,
- India Insults Oic (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 18, 2005)
India has scornfully rejected the Organisation of Islamic Conference’s reference to Jammu and Kashmir made in the final communique issued at the conclusion of the 3rd Extraordinary Summit of the OIC at Makkah Al-Mukarramah.
- Tripartite Talks On Pipeline Project (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
For the first time India Pakistan and Iran will hold a trilateral meeting in February next year at Tehran on the ambitious Seven Billion Dollar Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project.
- In A Stew (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 18, 2005)
Gauhati High Court’s quashing of the constables’ selection lists in 15 of the 25 centres severely undermines the Tarun Gogoi government’s credibility.
- Syed Ali Geelani Leaves For Haj (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 18, 2005)
Chairman of the hard line faction of the Hurriyat Conference Syed Ali Shah Geelani was allowed to leave India for the first time in five years to perform Haj on Saturday.
- Role Of Parliament In Relief Work (Dawn, Sajjad Ali Shah, Dec 18, 2005)
In between the earthquake and rehabilitation efforts, we are passing through a period of trauma arising from the devastating loss of life and property, with survivors having sustained injuries and lost limbs and many deprived of their families and homes.
- Supreme Court To The Rescue (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 18, 2005)
It is encouraging that the Supreme Court is taking an active interest in social issues including cruel customs like vani and swara, whereby women are given in marriage as a form of compensation,
- We Must Return To The Best Traditions Of Democracy (Tribune, Ashwani Kumar, Dec 18, 2005)
There is in the air, unmistakable flavour of an idea whose time has come — the idea of a vibrant and young India on the move, hastening to catch up with its own destiny and to play its rightful role in the shaping of a new global order in response to ....
- Lashker Militant Arrested In J&k (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
A Lashker-e-Toiba militant has been arrested in Jammu and Kashmir even as militants hurled a grenade on a local cable network office, the police said on Saturday.
- Sardars And The Nationalists (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Dec 18, 2005)
The grievance of Sindh and Balochistan against Punjab and the army (both are viewed as one and the same) for their stranglehold on political power and natural resources is as old as Pakistan itself.
- Time To Clear Backlog Of Cases (Tribune, G. S. Grewal, Dec 18, 2005)
The judiciary is one of the three pillars of our democracy. It is the moral strength which has enabled it to sustain itself and the democracy. It has also successfully contained other mighty institutions from jumping out of their own spheres prescribed...
- India, Pakistan To Begin Work On Iran Pipeline In 2007 (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
India and Pakistan today agreed to begin construction of the over 7-billion dollar Iran- Pakistan-India gas pipeline by mid-2007 so that the first gas flows by the end of 2010.
- Finest House Money Can Buy (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Dec 18, 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.
- Wto States Reach Deal In Hong Kong - Kamal Nath (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
World Trade Organisation (WTO) negotiators reached agreement on Sunday on a series of deals to keep global trade talks alive, Trade Minister Kamal Nath said.
- Straight From Hell (Deccan Herald, Sharada Prahladrao , Dec 18, 2005)
The author has not embellished her tale but related the truth in all its starkness.
- Modern Day Icon (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
For Dr Nirupama, writing is a sanctuary for the heart and she fills her life’s cup full to the brim with creative activity. Ambika Ananth finds out more.
- Keeping Mulk Raj’S Heritage Alive (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
Mulk Raj Anand was committed to preserving India’s art and culture. Nalini Xavier writes about Lokayata, an institution founded by Anand, which has been organising art exhibitions from time to time.
- Ngo Adopts Novel Method To Create Aids Awareness (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
MISPA holds puppet shows to educate people about the dreaded disease
- Inside A Machiavelli (Deccan Herald, Rashmi Vasudeva, Dec 18, 2005)
The author weaves a stunning tale that like a creeper, keeps growing in imaginative depth.
- J&k Govt Move To Retire ‘Dead Wood’ Tales Of Travesty (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Dec 18, 2005)
The Jammu and Kashmir Government has announced its decision to order pre-mature retiremen of those of its officials who, according to it, qualify the category of socalled ‘‘dead wood’’ whatever that means.
- Radiation Alert At Russia Plant (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
Investigators have found nuclear contamination tens of thousands of times above safe levels on the premises of a ruined factory in Russia’s Chechnya, officials said today.
- New Schemes Soon For Panchayats: Montek (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
Rashtriya Sam Vikas Yojana to be expanded
- In The Jewish Museum (Telegraph, AMIT CHAUDHURI, Dec 18, 2005)
The author is Samuel Fischer Professor of Literature in Berlin till mid-February amitchaudhuri@hotmail.com
- Indo-Pak Talks On Ipi Gas Pipeline Project Begin (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
India and Pakistan Friday began discussing nitty-gritty of the $7 billion Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline in order to evolve a project structure for its implementation and operation.
- Conversions In Pakistan (Pioneer, KR Phanda, Dec 17, 2005)
It is a matter of shame for India and particularly for those Hindu elites who migrated from Sindh in West Pakistan and East Bengal in the then East Pakistan that they continue to maintain complete silence over the persecution of Hindus taking place . . .
- Prosecute Them (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 17, 2005)
There are two aspects to the shocking episode which has at its centre a young lady called Kamna Chowdhury, who had once been crowned "Miss Agra". The first is the criminal one which concerns her allegation that some so-called journalists were . . .
- N-Deal With Us On 'Strict Reciprocity': Pm (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
Maintaining that the Indo-US nuclear deal would proceed on the basis of "strict reciprocity", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Thursday that he expected the Bush administration to use its "full weight" to get the approval of the US Congress.
- Cash For Questions (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 17, 2005)
Another in the series of sting operations — a sensational camera expose of 11 MPs allegedly taking money for asking parliamentary questions — has been the hottest news of the week.
- A New Year Resolution For The Pm (The Financial Express, Malvika Singh, Dec 17, 2005)
One year older, and we should be one year more mature but alas, the endless sillinesses of life in India beset us and envelop us, attach themselves to us like leeches in an unfathomable jungle.
- More Power To Women's Elbows (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 17, 2005)
THE RATIO OF women in managerial positions has come up for discussion once again.
- Legislation: Who Needs Westminster? (Hindu, Arvind Sivaramakrishnan, Dec 17, 2005)
THE FORMER Lord Chief Justice of England was thrown into prison. Sir Edward Coke, who had been removed by the English monarch James I in 1616
- Longer Conception Needed For Male Child: Study (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 17, 2005)
Women who take more than a year to conceive are more likely to have a baby boy, according to a research published today.
- Colleges: Quota Bill Next Week (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
The controversial Constitution Amendment Bill to reserve seats for socially and educationally backward classes besides Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SCs/STs)
- Push For Reforms In Maldives (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Dec 17, 2005)
Maldivian Foreign Minister Ahmed Shaheed on Friday said his country would seek the advice of an expert from the Commonwealth to "fast-track" the constitutional reforms, which have been delayed on account of "parliamentary procedures."
- Un Digs Out Unhealthy Bellary Facts (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Dec 17, 2005)
The age-old ‘devdasi’ custom in north Karnataka coupled with polygamy, taboo on talks about sexual diseases and misconception about HIV/AIDS have made women in Bellary district defenceless against AIDS, the UN Foundation was informed on Thursday.
- Speed Up (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 17, 2005)
Now that the State High Court is seized of the matter we have a somewhat better idea of the traffic scenario in this city.
- Rail Agreement On Dec 22 (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 17, 2005)
India and Pakistan will formally sign an agreement for restoration of the Khokhrapar-Munabao train link during a ministerial level meeting in New Delhi on December 22, a media report today said.
- Corruption In Kashmir (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
The Transparency International had put the State of Jammu & Kashmir second after Bihar in their listing of the most corrupt States of India.
- Quota Bill Derailed (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 17, 2005)
The Centre was forced to defer the introduction of the Constitution Amendment Bill in Parliament to provide for reservation for the socially and educationally backward classes,
- Job Guarantee Bill A Major Achievement Of Rural Dev Ministry...... (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Dec 17, 2005)
The ambitious rural job guarantee law and quantum increase in the budget allocation for rural infrastructure development were the highlights of the performance of Rural Development Ministry, in the year 2005.
- How Does One Deal With Uma Bharati? (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Dec 17, 2005)
Incidence of eccentricity is noticeably higher among women politicians than their male counterparts.
- Babel In Baghdad (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 17, 2005)
The high turnout and low violence for Iraq’s third poll in less than a year underlines the enduring Iraqi optimism and lends credibility to the political process to establish self-government
- Nepal Stir Hits Normal Life (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Dec 17, 2005)
Life was paralysed in the Kathmandu valley on Friday as opposition parties called a general strike to condemn the killing of 12 civilians
- India, Pakistan Discuss Pipeline Project (Deccan Herald, PTI, Dec 17, 2005)
India and Pakistan on Friday began discussing nitty-gritties of the $7 billion Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline in order to evolve a project structure for its implementation and operation.
- Govt Sticks To Stand On Quota Bill (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
Government has refused to bow to Opposition and Left pressure as it announced on Friday that the Constitution Amendment Bill to ensure reservation in unaided private professional educational institutions would be introduced in Parliament in its present fo
- Mining Mafia Still Active (Tribune, Rashme Sehgal, Dec 17, 2005)
Arriving in the village of Mahugari in Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh is akin to entering the portals of hell.
- 'Democracy A Remedy To Social Woes' (Times of India, Amartya Sen, Dec 17, 2005)
Democracy is the remedy for almost all social ailments as it allows a fair exercise of public reason, Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen said on Thursday
- Turning Point? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 17, 2005)
Whether elections will end violence and bring stability in Iraq is not certain
- Elders Press For Women's Bill (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
That the fate of the Women's Reservation Bill was uncertain became obvious on Friday when Brinda Karat (CPI-M) raised the issue in the Rajya Sabha during the post-lunch session.
- India To Push Pakistan On Pipeline Deadline (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
Disappointed by the slow progress by Pakistan on the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project, New Delhi plans to push Islamabad to commit February as the deadline to hold the first trilateral meeting of the three nations.
- Supreme Court Extends Status Quo On Muslim Quota (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Dec 17, 2005)
The Supreme Court on Friday ordered status quo till January 4, 2006, on public appointments and admissions made in educational institutions by the Andhra Pradesh Government on the basis of an ordinance providing 5 per cent quota for Muslims.
- It Is Time For Indian Oligarchs And Indian Government To Rethink About Making Money By Letting Indian Girls Get Abused Over Phone – And Now Raped And Killed In The Streets! (India Daily, Balaji Reddy, Dec 17, 2005)
Indian oligarchs make money exploiting Indian girls in the outsourcing industries.
- Hope For Tiger: An Empowered Body (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
The Union Cabinet today approved the introduction of a Bill in Parliament to amend the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972,
- Aphc Will Present Its Formula To Pakistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
The All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has decided to formally submit its own United States of Kashmir proposal to the Pakistani leadership in the next visit to Pakistan by its leaders.
- Ear To The Ground (The Week, Kanhaiah Bhelari, Dec 16, 2005)
Even Lalu Prasad Yadav knew it was coming. "Baba, if Ram Vilas Paswan contests separately, we are sure to lose," I heard him tell his close friend Shivanand Tiwary, excise minister in the Rabri Devi regime.
- Kashmir Bus Service Resumes (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
A Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus halted by the devastating Oct 8 earthquake resumed on Thursday, Indian officials said.
- Winding Course Of Peace Process (Dawn, Tayyab Siddiqui, Dec 16, 2005)
Ever since former Indian prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee visited Islamabad in January 2004 to attend the Saarc summit, government officials have been making optimistic predictions of an early breakthrough in dialogue with India on Kashmir.
- Islamic Economic System (Dawn, Prof. Mohammed Rafi, Dec 16, 2005)
Economics is a science concerned with production, distribution and consumption of goods, services, wealth and resources. It plays a significant role in the social structure of Islam, so significant that Allah did not leave the economic aspect of life . .
- Restive Balochistan (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 16, 2005)
Whosoever fired those rockets at Kohlu on Wednesday most certainly had a news sense.
- Hurriyat Faction For Removal Of Troops From J&k (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
The moderate faction of the Hurriyat Conference on Thursday demanded the complete withdrawal of troops from Jammu and Kashmir and PoK.
- India Has Not Discussed Change Of Status Of J-K: Govt (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
There have been no discussions with Pakistan on changing, in any form whatsoever, the status of Jammu and Kashmir, Government told the Rajya Sabha today.
- W. Won’T Read This: It Can’T Reach The Bubble That Holds The President (Indian Express, Maureen Dowd, Dec 16, 2005)
Never ask a guy who’s in a bubble if he’s in a bubble. He can’t answer.
- Iran's Economic Irony (Business Line, Gopal Sutar, Dec 16, 2005)
Though Iran's oil wealth has helped build up formidable forex reserves, it has not eased economic difficulties such as unemployment and inflation.
- Veerappan's Wife Seeks Compensation For Victims (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Muthulakshmi, wife of slain forest brigand Veerappan, has filed a petition in Madras High Court seeking compensation for the 'victims' of the alleged excesses by the Joint Special Task Force personnel and action against the 'culprits'.
- Rehabilitate Orphans? (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 16, 2005)
The Holy Qur’an and the most revered Prophet (SAW) have repeatedly urged the Muslims to take care of orphans.
- Understanding Sexual Harassment (Times of India, MALASHRI LAL, Dec 16, 2005)
Delhi has acquired the dubious reputation of being the crime capital for offences against women. In spite of the rising indignation about unsafe conditions in the city, there is an increase in the number and kinds of sexual harassment cases that . . .
- Sexual Revolution In China (Tribune, David Eimer, Dec 16, 2005)
When logging online became possible in China in 1995, the authorities cannot have imagined that a decade later millions of people would crash an internet provider in their efforts to access a website where they could listen to a 27-year-old female . . .
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