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Articles 17521 through 17620 of 23107:
- Deemed Varsity Buildings Cleared For Demolition (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
The Madras High Court, which stayed the demolition of some buildings on the Dr. MGR Research and Educational Institute (Deemed University) premises on December 10, vacated the stay on Tuesday.
- Right To Recall Will Be Deterrent: Cpi (Hindu, Special Correspondent, Hindu, Dec 14, 2005)
Calling for national crusade against corruption and installing a foolproof monitoring system to look into complaints of and malpractices by Members of Parliament, the Communist Party of India on Tuesday offered suggestions, including the `right to recall'
- Run Uma Run – Clean The Corrupt Bjp Bottom Up – Get The Bigger Scams Stars And Expose Them! (India Daily, Preetam Sohani, Dec 14, 2005)
BJP can sack Uma Bharati. But they themselves have lost the legitimate right to call themselves BJP. They can call all kinds of investigations but the bottom line is they themselves are corrupt and are larger scams stars.
- Tn: Sankararaman Case Trial Adjourned To Dec 19 (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
The Shankararaman murder case trial was adjourned to December 19 by a Sessions Court here today after the main accused, Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati and his junior Vijayendra Saraswati failed to appear before the court.
- Out Of Order (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 13, 2005)
The urgency being displayed now by the Union Law Ministry and the Supreme Court in the filling up of vacant judicial posts is long overdue.
- Massive Earthquake Rocks Jammu And Kashmir (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
A powerful earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale jolted both sides of Kashmir triggering panic among survivors of October's devastating earthquake who came out from their makeshift shelters in freezing temperatures but there were no reports . . .
- Mps Caught On Camera Taking Money For Asking Questions (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
Eleven Members of Parliament, including six of BJP, were today shown accepting money for raising questions in the House in a sensational sting operation forcing embarrassed political parties to suspend them and the Lok Sabha Speaker to ask them . . .
- Spread Literacy (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
It can only be a matter of regret that Jammu and Kashmir continues to be in the company of States with poor literacy rates. With only 54.46 per cent of its total population described as literate (65.75 per cent men and 41.82 per cent women) the State . .
- Monica’S Bail Plea Rejected; Judicial Custody Extended (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
Special Judge for CBI cases P V Subrahmanyam today rejected the bail application of Monica Bedi, former actress and paramour of underworld don Abu Salem. The Judge also extended her judicial custody, which expired today, till December 19.
- Early Grooming (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 13, 2005)
Confusions may be genuine, or they may be produced with the desire to obscure unavoidable truths.
- Powerful Earthquake Jolts Kashmir Valley (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
A powerful earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale jolted both sides of Kashmir triggering panic among survivors of October's devastating earthquake who came out from their makeshift shelters in freezing temperatures but there were no reports of any
- Jaundiced View (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 13, 2005)
How does it feel like living in a State in which there is a bomb blast on almost every third day?
- Sudarshan’S Phobia (Tribune, Mohan Guruswamy, Dec 13, 2005)
Speaking at the release of “Religious Demography of India” brought out by the Centre for Policy Studies, an RSS-affiliated think-tank based in Chennai, RSS Sarsanghchalak K.S. Sudarshan exhorted Hindus to have larger families . . .
- Massive Quake Jolts Kashmir, Tremors Felt In North India (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
It was a sense of déjà vu for those trying to erase the memories of destruction that the October 8 earthquake had left in its trail. A powerful earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale jolted both sides of Kashmir early morning.
- Earthquake Jolts North India (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
An earthquake tremor jolts the north India at around 3:25 AM on Tuesday morning. According to news channels, the tremor was experienced in Jammu and Kashmir, Chandigarh, New Delhi and the national capital region.
- Case For Competition Commission (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 13, 2005)
The government’s belated concern over cartelisation in cement is welcome. It should fast-track the Competition Commission, currently awaiting fresh legislation. Cartelisation among cement majors is not new. Indeed, in many other commodities, too, . . .
- Abu Salem Aide Arrested (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
Naeem Khan, an alleged aide of extradited gangster Abu Salem and an accused in the Pradeep Jain murder case, was arrested on Monday by the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of the Mumbai Police, its Deputy Inspector-General Jayjit Singh said.
- Geelani Criticises Oic (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Dec 13, 2005)
In a scathing attack on the Organisation of Islamic Conference , hard-line separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Monday said it had failed to represent the wishes and aspirations of Kashmiris and instead "strengthening Indian claim over Kashmir."
- Pok Quake: Widow Denied Aid (Deccan Herald, Zahoor Malik , Dec 13, 2005)
Forty-year-old Salima Begum is a widow in distress. A victim of the recent earthquake in Pakistan occupied Kashmir, she is yet to get compensation for her husband’s death.
- Festschrift (Hindu, Geeta Ramaseshan , Dec 13, 2005)
a reflection of Seervai's contribution compiled for his centenary
- Reminiscences (Hindu, C. G. Rishikesh, Dec 13, 2005)
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- Wedding Party Tragedy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 13, 2005)
The tragic death in Lahore of 42 people in a blaze ignited by firecrackers inside a bus carrying a wedding party on Sunday could have been avoided if the prohibition on the manufacture and use of fireworks had been enforced by the authorities.
- Time To Ban Torture (Dawn, Niall Ferguson, Dec 13, 2005)
"There are no hard distinctions between what is real and what is unreal, nor between what is true and what is false. A thing is not necessarily either true or false; it can be both true and false.”
- Parliament Stung (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
11 MPs suspended after being caught taking cash for questions----- A sting operation carried over a span of eight months rocked Indian politics on Monday with a clutch of 11 MPs caught red-handed on camera accepting cash for raising questions in both ...
- Militants Rule The Roost In Waziristan: Report (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Dec 13, 2005)
Videos show militants training openly
* Govt authority weakened since Feb peace deal
- Exile As Therapy (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Dec 13, 2005)
Parliamentarians have put us all to shame. They continue to misuse this institution at the cost of the Indian people. They behave worse than street lumpens.
- ‘Made In India’ Label On Relief Goods Irks Pakistan (News International, Mariana Baabar, Dec 13, 2005)
Pakistan has expressed "political sensitivity" towards certain relief items coming from India with the label of "Made in India" for use in the earthquake devastated areas.
- Kalabagh Consensus (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 13, 2005)
There are two aspects of the Kalabagh dam issue — the technical and the political. The technical issues have been discussed, and continue to be discussed in the press and in other forums, by experts.
- Towards Financial Inclusion (Business Line, K.G. Kumar, Dec 13, 2005)
Last week Mr V. Leeladhar, Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, delivered the Fedbank Hormis Memorial Foundation commemorative lecture in Kochi on a subject that is receiving keen attention around the world,
- A Bug Which Sickens Not Your Body But Soul (Greater Kashmir, Dr. R. L. Bhat, Dec 13, 2005)
Nothing but a strong moral foundation can save us from a disaster that has already engulfed the whole world. They stress on preventive measures, but the solution lies somewhere else. We need to revisit the forgotten world of morality and values if the ...
- Identify Infiltrators, Bjp Cms Told (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
Expressing “concern” over “illegal migrants’ infiltration,” the BJP today called upon the chief ministers of the states under its rule to “identify” them and deport them under the provisions of Foreigners Act.
- Kuala Lumpur Becomes A Fairy Land (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Dec 12, 2005)
The Malaysian capital is all decked up as the city hosts a series of international meetings and summits from Monday. Top floors of skyscrapers are lit up. Electronic trees have been put up at pathways, not different from fancy decorations in India . . . .
- Peace With Pakistan (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 12, 2005)
I am veering round to the viewpoint that Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee might have pushed the India-Pakistan dialogue faster and farther than Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has done.
- Sebi Lifts Ban On Tulsi Bhayana (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Securities and Exchange Board of India has lifted its ban on Tulsi Bhayana from trading in the market following nullification of the order by Orissa High Court.
- Speedy And Cheap Justice A Must (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has rightly stressed the need to ensure speedy justice to the people. Addressing a function held to mark the golden jubilee celebrations of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in Chandigarh on Saturday, . . .
- No One To Weep For Mumbai (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Dec 12, 2005)
First came the flood, then pestilence. And now, that ultimate biblical folly: betrayal. Mumbai is slowly dying, ravaged by civic cancer, crucified by callous officials, and forsaken by 12 million citizens who feed like maggots off its malingering corpse.
- Volcker: Vajpayee Kin Issues Legal Notice To Bhandari (Indian Express, CP Bhambhri, Dec 12, 2005)
The support extended by the 57-member Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) to the “inalienable right” of the people of Jammu and Kashmir for “self-determination” in accordance with the UN resolutions is nothing but a replay of the tape-recording . . .
- The Holy Quota (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Dec 12, 2005)
The decision to introduce a constitutional amendment to enable states to re-impose reservations in unaided private colleges is deeply disappointing.
- Tree Spotting In Lalbagh (Deccan Herald, Marianne de Nazareth, Dec 12, 2005)
Bangalore Walks has become a popular weekend jaunt for many new comers to the City to get to know our history in the most interesting way - on a walk.
- Even If You Hate George Bush, Must You Be A Saddam Groupie? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 12, 2005)
Even if you hate George Bush, must you be a Saddam groupie?
Anti-war activists are so confused, says Christopher Hitchens
- Salem Tells Court He Does Not Wish To Seek Bail (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
In an interesting twist to the Pradeep Jain murder probe, extradited gangster and prime accused in the case, Abu Salem, today informed the sessions court that he does not wish to seek bail.
- First Amritsar-Lahore Bus Named As 'Punj-Aab' (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
The first Amritsar-Lahore bus, which crossed over to Pakistan through the land route of Indo-Pak Wagah Border for a trial run today has been named 'Punj-Aab', an official release said here today.
- An Instrument Of Oppression (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Dec 12, 2005)
Last Tuesday all progressive and enlightened elements in this country, even those who preach enlightened moderation, should have flown their flags at half mast, after the National Assembly demonstrated once again that when it comes to repression and . . .
- Violence Grows In Pakistan's Tribal Zone, Despite Army Presence (Christian Science Monitor, Gretchen Peters, Dec 12, 2005)
Music and TV have been banned. Women are confined to their homes. Shops must close five times a day for prayers, an edict enforced by armed religious police who patrol the streets.
- Equitable Education (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 12, 2005)
Poor students stand a better chance of higher education
- Dalits For Quota In Pvt Sector (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
A large number of dalits from different parts of the country under the aegis of the All India Confederation of SC/ST Organisation assembled at the Ramlila Ground here on Sunday to demand reservation in the private sector, judiciary and the army.
- Iraq’S Bleak Future (Dawn, Ghayoor Ahmed, Dec 12, 2005)
The latest poll in the United States shows that 59 per cent of the Americans want US troops withdrawal from Iraq as soon as possible even if conditions there are not completely stable.
- 'No Deal On Work Visas To Us' (Hindustan Times, S Rajagopalan, Dec 12, 2005)
In what could be a setback to India’s campaign, US senators have sought to shoot down the idea of Washigton making any commitment to raise work visas at the WTO talks.
- Vajpayee Kin Issues Legal Notice To Bhandari (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's foster son-in-law Ranjan Bhattacharya on Sunday issued a legal notice to former Governor Romesh Bhandari for accusing a "very close" associate of the senior BJP leader of involvement in Iraqi oil scam and . . .
- Polar Peril (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
The Inuit petition urges the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to investigate the role of the US in accelerating global warming and endangering livelihoods, and to make the US adopt mandatory limits on greenhouse gas emissions.
- Cbi Registers Case Against Officials Of Reliance, Nic (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against some officials of Reliance Industries and nine National Insurance Corporation (NIC) personnel for allegedly causing a loss of Rs. 200 crore to the exchequer.
- `Cancer Hospital Needed For Malabar' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Education Minister E.T. Mohammed Basheer has said that a cancer hospital with modern facilities was necessary for the Malabar region.
- Corrugated Sheets Sans "Made In India" Marking For Pok (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 12, 2005)
United Nations to place orders with India soon
- Clinton Faults Bush Policy On Climate Change (Hindu, David Adam, Dec 12, 2005)
White House stung by criticism of its stance on Kyoto agreement
- Thousands March To Protest Wto Meet (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Activists converge on Hong Kong; charge globalisation favours the rich and robs workers of their jobs
- Big Seizure Of Arms In J&k; Two Killed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Militants explode IED in Baramulla district as a convoy of security forces passes by
Security forces kill a militant in encounter
Joint operation in forest area in Kupwara
- For Speedier Justice (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 12, 2005)
Off and on the crucial issue of vacancies of judges in thupreme Court, High Courts and subordinate courts keeps cropping up in concerned quarters. It is generally believed that the delay in their appointments is one major cause of a large number . . .
- Horrifying Aftermath (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 12, 2005)
Two months after dozens of villages in Uri and Karnah tehsils were flattened by the devastating earthquake, the number of psychological problems in these areas is increasing.
- Three Afghans Hurt In Suicide Attack On Us-Led Troops (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
A suicide bomber blew himself up near a convoy of US-led troops near the Governor’s House in the centre of the city on Sunday.
- 'Ji Rejects United Kashmir' (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
The JI has rejected the idea of United Kashmir or its division into five zones however supported demilitarisation in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
- Jpc Is A Good Idea (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 12, 2005)
It is laughable that in this day and age apologists of the Congress should be looking for a "foreign hand" behind the shocking revelations contained in the Volcker Committee's report on Iraq's Oil-for-Food scandal.
- Russia Against Politicising Iran Nuclear Issue: Lavrov (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Russia is strongly opposed to any attempts to politicise Iran nuclear issue, the country's foreign minister has said, asserting that Moscow will be guided by the need to retain non-proliferation regime intact.
- India And Pakistan Test New Bus Link (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
India and Pakistan on Sunday conducted a successful trial run of a bus service linking Amritsar to Lahore as part of their cautious peace process.
- Protests, Clashes Mark Rights Day In Jk (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Protest demonstrations and hunger strike by pro-independence leaders marked the International Human Rights Day here on Saturday.
- Mathrani Mud Makes Cong Dig Deep (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, Dec 11, 2005)
The muckraking is getting murkier and the Congress is trying to figure out who saddled the party with Anil Mathrani, the former Croatian ambassador who is turning into a millstone around its neck following the Volcker report scandal.
- Contested Terrain (Deccan Herald, Sakuntala Narasimhan, Dec 11, 2005)
While one book is neither insightful nor brilliant, the other is interesting and provides food for thought on the matter of alternate sexuality .
- Fresh Survey Of Aids Victims Mooted (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Charges of inadequacies in sentinel method
- Aids Prevention: China To Adopt Railway Programme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Delegation studied South Central Railways project
HIV/AIDS affects about 5.1 million individuals in India
``It was heartening to see that there was not much stigma attached to the disease in India''
- Sufi Saints Of India (Daily Excelsior, K K Khullar, Dec 11, 2005)
Asked what was his view of the highest form of devotion of God, Shaikh Moinuddin Chisthti, popularly known as 'Garib Nawaz' replied: "Redressing the misery of the miserable, fulfilling the needs of the needy, feeding the hungry, . . .
- Stop The Violence (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Dec 11, 2005)
Determined intervention is needed to reverse the steady elimination of women in India.
- Sonia Is The Target; If She’S Down Upa’S Out (Deccan Herald, Bhim Singh, Dec 11, 2005)
“That the Congress should marginalise Mr Natwar Singh... ...shows that the party continues to suffer from internal crisis.”
- When Our Tribals Can Take For Granted Schools And Roads, Power And Health (Indian Express, MAHASWETA DEVI, Dec 11, 2005)
Empowerment to me means the empowering of the people I have been fighting for the last so many years. Have they been empowered?
- Seven Cops, Five Taliban Killed In Afghan Assault (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Seven police officers and five Taliban fighters have been killed during an assault on government offices in southern Afghanistan.
- Patent Sanity Is Missing (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 11, 2005)
Patent laws may be an inventor’s best friend, giving someone with a groundbreaking idea the means to capitalize on it. But on many levels, the US patent system is profoundly flawed.
- Pakistan, India Revise Shipping Protocol (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Pakistan and India have agreed to allow each others’ ships to carry third country cargo from ports in the two countries.
- Fuel Crisis Looms In Kashmir (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 11, 2005)
Jammu and Kashmir was headed towards its biggest-ever fuel crisis as a strike by the region’s oil tanker operators entered its fifth day on Saturday.
- How Time Changes (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 11, 2005)
There was a time when a Union Minister who had resigned his portfolio of Railways following an accident became the most powerful when he was appointed Minister without Portfolio.
- Going Up In Smoke (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Dec 11, 2005)
Most kids go through a phase when they think that cigarette smoking is glamorous. Sometimes it represents an act of rebellion. And for some women, it is — dare I say it? — a mark of independence and self-sufficiency.
- In Search Of A Book (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
It all began with an inborn curiosity of the eye
The author will be speaking at G.D. Birla Sabhagar on December 12 at 7 pm as a guest of The Telegraph
- Child In Need (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 11, 2005)
Childhood is a lost cause in India. The underprivileged child is exposed to hard labour, exploitation and abuse of every kind.
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