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Articles 17621 through 17720 of 23107:
- B'desh- Beware Of 1971 Traitors (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Dec 11, 2005)
A few days after Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia appealed to Opposition Awami League’s (AL’s) leader Sheikh Hasina to join hands to fight the rising jehadi terror in the country,
- Sonia Pledges Her Support To Rehabilitation Of Kashmir Quake Victims (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Dec 11, 2005)
Becomes first high-ranking leader to visit Teetwal close to PoK "I have come to share your pain and grief. You have faced the worst days but with great courage"
- Indian Women’S Movement Has Had Many Avatars (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 11, 2005)
The very fact that the issue of women carrying a large share of social and economic burden without commensurate rights is acknowledged now, shows the success of the women’s movement in South Asia in general and India in particular,
- A Clash Of Cultures (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Dec 11, 2005)
Often on my travels, these days, I meet Muslims who complain about being misunderstood by the world. Islam is a religion of peace, they say, it can never condone violence and yet on account of a handful of bad people, the world labels all Muslims ...
- Holiday In Winter (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 11, 2005)
The advantage of living in a globalised world is that even if it’s freezing where one is, there’s always a distant land which is basking in sunshine. It’s a bit like the song where Cliff Richard sings, “We’re all going on a summer holiday./No more working
- Amritsar-Lahore Bus Trial Today (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
The first Amritsar-Lahore bus will depart from the Indian side on trial today while a bus from Pakistan will leave for India on December 13.
- Engg Research Foundation On Anvil (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
The Foundation will come up at a cost of Rs 1,000 crore, C N R Rao, chairman of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, said. Discussions were being held on a note from the Union Cabinet to set up the Foundation.
- Better Managers? (Hindu, S. Ramachander, Dec 11, 2005)
Women manage in a way entirely different from the way men do. But are they better at it?
- Invisible At The Top (Hindu, C.V. MADHAVI, Dec 11, 2005)
Why aren't women making their presence felt at the senior managerial levels and top posts of public sector units?
- Karzai Appoints Mujaddedi, Fahim To Afghan Upper House (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday decreed the appointment of 34 people, already cleared by the Joint Electoral Management Body (JEMB), to the Meshrano Jirga (upper house of parliament).
- Discriminatory Law (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 11, 2005)
The proposed amendment to the Constitution, to ensure reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes students in private unaided professional institutions, does enjoy support cross-party support in Parliament.
- Protests, Hunger Strikes Mark Human Rights Day In Kashmir (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Dec 11, 2005)
Rallies to submit memoranda at the United Nations office in Srinagar
- Now Woman Power To Drive Wheels Of Tourism (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
Nine women got together here on Friday to make history of sorts, becoming the Capital's first women cab service providers and tourist guides. Described as the new face of "Incredible India", the women are part of "Project Priyadarshani'', . . .
- Cbi Likely To File Chargesheet Against Salem By Dec End (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
The Central Bureau of Investigation probing the 1993 serial bomb blasts is likely to file a supplementary chargesheet against extradited gangster Abu Salem by the end of December, agency sources said here today.
- Abu Salem Interrogation: Apex Court Declines To Stay Ruling (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
Special Leave Petition is against reversal of TADA court's curbs
- Too Precious To Lose (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Dec 10, 2005)
There are two reasons why the focus is again on the depressing phenomenon of infant mortality in the country.
- New Quota Bill (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 10, 2005)
THE Union Cabinet’s clearance of a proposal to amend Article 15 of the Constitution and restore reservation for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and socially and educationally backward classes in unaided private professional educational institutions
- Lame In Lucknow (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 10, 2005)
In UP, Mulayam seems more at home with modern politics than the BJP or Congress
- No Cost, No Taxable Gains (Business Line, H. P. Ranina, Dec 10, 2005)
The Gujarat High Court has laid down a new principle "no cost, no gains", in a case where the cost and date of acquisition cannot be ascertained.
- Buddhadeb Calls For Land Reforms Across India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
Second International Congress on Kerala Studies begins in Thiruvananthapuram
- Is Blair Mark Ii Up To It? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 10, 2005)
If imitation is indeed the best form of flattery, British Prime Minister Tony Blair has reason to feel immensely flattered by the Conservative party's choice of David Cameron as its new leader.
- Natwar Singh In Patiala (Tribune, Chander Parkash, Dec 10, 2005)
Was the beleaguered former External Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh in the city today to tax his and the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh’s brains in an effort to hammer out a strategy to overcome the crisis which he has been facing after the surfaci
- Terror Suspect Draws Government Pay (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 10, 2005)
Jan's case, among others, being scrutinised by Chief Minister's staff "Whoever is responsible for this is mocking the martyrdom of men in uniform," says widow of Army Major
- Falling In Love With Bapu (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Dec 10, 2005)
The more I ponder over the lives of great men in world’s history, the more I feel compelled to conclude that Mohan Das Karam Chand Gandhi was perhaps the greatest of them all.
- Reliance Demerger Gets Court’S Nod (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
The Rs 1,00,000 crore Reliance group has crossed the last hurdle in splitting the empire between the two Ambani brothers with the Bombay High Court on Friday putting its stamp of approval on the demerger scheme of Reliance Industries.
- Natwar Visits Amarinder In Patiala (Indian Express, MANISH SIRHINDI, Dec 10, 2005)
Former External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh is at the new Moti Bagh residence of his brother-in-law and Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh. Natwar, whose visit is under wraps, arrived in a personal vehicle here yesterday evening.
- Educational Reservations (The Financial Express, ABHISHEK M SINGHVI, Dec 10, 2005)
Our Constitution provides a harmonious and interlocking system of checks and balances. The judiciary is fully entitled to interpret the law s and strike these down where it feels this is needed. In the same way, the legislature is fully entitled . . .
- Connected By The Middle (Deccan Herald, Sharada Prahladrao , Dec 10, 2005)
Words often cross barriers of countries because they can touch people’s hearts
- Gates In India: Making A Difference (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
In an exclusive interview,BillandMelinda Gatesshare their thoughts on their commitments to furthering health equity in India withJaya Shreedhar. Excerpts:
- The Now-Buried Crossbreed (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Dec 10, 2005)
T. C. A. Ramanujam discusses two Calcutta High Court rulings on the hybrid system of accounting
- Sc Rejects Salem’S Plea (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to interfere with the Bombay High Court order lifting the restrictions on interrogation of underworld don Abu Salem by two officers .........
- Hdfc To Launch Realty Fund In Fy07 (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
HDFC will launch its global realty fund of Rs 1,000 crore in the first quarter of 2006-07. The international fund will enable non resident Indians and foreign institutional investors to invest in real estate projects in India. Originally, . . .
- Reliance Stocks Shine On Demerger Nod (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
Reliance Industries rises 2.1% while Reliance Energy spurts 4%.
- With Reservations (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 10, 2005)
The state mostly provides awful education. Quotas in the private sector will only pass on that guilt.
- In Chennai, Gates Impressed By Amma’S It And Hiv Initiatives (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
If Union Minister Dayanidhi Maran failed to whiz through Chennai’s rain-battered IT corridor with Bill Gates, then Chief Minister Miss J Jayalalithaa ‘‘thoroughly impressed’’ the Microsoft chief with her IT and AIDS initiatives in the state and . . .
- Generation Ex (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 10, 2005)
Geriatrics are becoming history Left and Right. What are they doing in the Congress, at the expense of young talent?
- Gates To A New Social Landscape (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Dec 10, 2005)
Days before Bill Gates arrived in India, his itinerary was attached with a release from his Foundation on the next tranche of funds for healthcare in India. The last time, it was 200 million dollars for HIV programmes, this time it is for vaccines.
- Tatas Plan Rs. 5,000 Cr. Investment In Telecom (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
Commercial production of small car will begin in 2007-08
- Egypt's New Dilemma (Hindu, Simon Tisdall, Dec 10, 2005)
Hidden agenda of social intolerance, repression of women suspected
Brotherhood says it wants political reform
- Ringing In Rituals (Indian Express, JAYA RAMANATHAN, Dec 10, 2005)
It was a most sombre occasion, our father’s first death anniversary. We had all gathered for the three-day rituals. The family sastrigal (pundit) had given us a detailed account of the ceremonies.
- An `Unbalanced' Fuel Tax On The `Keepers Of The Fire' (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 10, 2005)
WE THE Prairie Band Potawatomi people known as the `Keepers of the Fire' shall: Maintain, protect, and nurture our culture and spiritual and historic values through the celebration of its unique traditions, language, and sovereignty."
- In Defence Of The Drama Queen (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Dec 10, 2005)
I’m going to come right out and say this at the very beginning — so now is the time to let your jaws drop if you are going to look incredulous — but I am completely on Uma Bharti’s side.
- The Year That Was... (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Dec 10, 2005)
It was the coldest winter I can recall: late winter monsoon added dampness to the chill to usher in morning mists.
- Tipping The Balance (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 10, 2005)
The government’s decision to move a constitutional amendment to restore quotas in private educational institutions is to be deplored.
- Vajpayee Aide Accused Of Involvement In Iraqi Oil Scam (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
Former Indian foreign secretary Romesh Bhandari has accused a "very close" associate of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee of being involved in the Iraqi oil scam and suggested a thorough probe into the matter to "expose" several faces of . . .
- A Forgotten Kashmiri Leader (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 10, 2005)
Sheikh Abdullah, whose birth centenary is being celebrated this month, has not been given his due in India, much less in Kashmir from where he hailed.
- Delhi Defies Court Over Reservations (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
The Indian government says it plans to defy the Supreme Court and press ahead with a controversial measure to reserve private college places for students from low-caste or poor backgrounds.
- ‘Al Qaeda-Iraq Link Testimony Coerced’ (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
top Al Qaeda suspect whose testimony was used in part to justify the invasion of Iraq, has said his statements linking Baghdad to Al Qaeda were false and made under coercion in Egypt, The New York Times said on Friday quoting current and former US....
- Lennon Lives (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 10, 2005)
On December 8, 1980, a mentally deranged man, Mark Chapman, shot John Winston Lennon, aka John Ono Lennon, dead outside the apartment building he lived in - Dakota, on Manhattan's Central Park West. By that one act, the murderer despatched the . . .
- Islamists Threaten To Kill Bangladeshi Women Not Wearing Hijab (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
Banned militant group tends to make seclusion compulsory for women from the first day of Zilhaj
* Orders female students at Dhaka University not to step out after sunset
- Myths And Prejudices (Pioneer, N Jamal Ansari, Dec 10, 2005)
Mr KR Phanda thrives on controversies and his recent article, "Root cause of riots" (November 14) is no exception. Unfortunately, some of his remarks concerning the two-nation theory and riots demand further debate.
- The Crude Game Of Sonia Bachao (Pioneer, S Gurumurthy , Dec 10, 2005)
The Opposition has made an error by focusing too much on Natwar Singh. S Gurumurthy says all indicators point to Congress president Sonia Gandhi sanctioning the deal which brought the country much infamy
- Discriminatory Law (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 10, 2005)
The proposed amendment to the Constitution, to ensure reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes students in private unaided professional institutions, does enjoy support cross-party support in Parliament.
- Probe Ram Naik's "Business" Delegation Too (Pioneer, CP Bhambhri, Dec 10, 2005)
The Volcker Commission of Inquiry was instituted by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to investigate into the irregularities, if any, during the implementation of the UN "Oil-for-Food" programme in Iraq.
- Killer Earthquake (Tribune, Balraj Puri, Dec 10, 2005)
Lessons of the earthquake in Kashmir, worst in over a century, are both positive and negative. The shock of that intensity was perhaps needed to make Kashmiri speaking people of the state really conscious of the existence and plight of socially and . . .
- Nuclear Democracy (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 10, 2005)
Partnership with Moscow will be vitally necessary to meet India's growing energy needs, as Russia can help with oil and gas on the one hand, and nuclear fuels and technology on the other.
- Taj Is India’S (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 10, 2005)
SC reaffirms govt as muttawali
In less than five months, the Supreme Court (coram: Ruma Pal, Sinha and Kapadia, JJ) has shot down the utterly preposterous claim of the UP Sunni Central Wakf Board over Taj Mahal. History has been protected from the tangl
- Coca Farmer Turned Saviour Of The Left (Hindu, Dan Glaister, Dec 09, 2005)
High up on the Bolivian altiplano near Lake Titicaca, an Aymara priest holds a green plastic lighter to a carved wooden cup containing strips of paper.
- State Decides To Amend Varsity Act (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Humiliated after being forced to withdraw nominations to the Bangalore University Syndicate twice, the State Cabinet on Thursday gave approval to amendments to the Karnataka State Universities Act, 2000.....
- Changing The Hudood Laws (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 09, 2005)
It should have come as no surprise, least of all to the MQM, that a bill one of its MNAs submitted to the National Assembly on Tuesday, seeking an amendment to the Hudood Ordinances, would be rejected. Any legislation aimed at ending gender biases. . . .
- India Briefs (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 09, 2005)
An Indian freight train carrying a consignment of 1,320 tons of relief supplies for PoK’s earthquake victims, has been stranded in Lahore since 23 November, over payment of customs duties, a report said here today.
- Bmw Picks Chennai For Its Car Plant (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
German automobile major BMW on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Tamil Nadu Government to establish its car assembly plant at an investment of Rs 180 crore in five years. The MoU was signed between the government and the BMW Gro
- New Tourism Initiative: Homemakers As Guides (Indian Express, Vrinda Gopinath, Dec 09, 2005)
Even as the Centre proposes policies to downsize the bureaucracy, the latter finds ways of springing back in full force. This time, the bureaucracy has found ways of employing ‘‘idle wives’’ of service officers going by the scheme to be launched by . . .
- Burnt By Callousness (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 09, 2005)
Twelve people die in a blaze in a garment factory located in a residential area of East Delhi and how does the Delhi Industries Minister, Mangat Ram Singhal, reportedly react? “How can one stop somebody from earning a livelihood?”
- It Is Time For Natwar To Go After Congress Big Fishes To Bring The Truth Out (India Daily, Sonia Joshi, Dec 09, 2005)
It is time for the truth to come out.According to media reports, ticking off Congress leaders who spoke against him in the wake of the Volcker controversy, former External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh today said he did not attach any significance . .
- Natwar Ticks Off Congmen Who Spoke Against Him (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Ticking off Congress leaders who spoke against him in the wake of the Volcker controversy, former External Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh today said he did not attach any significance to them.
- Reliance Infocomm Gains Rural Ground (Business Standard, Rajesh S Kurup, Dec 09, 2005)
Private telephony major Reliance Infocomm has garnered over one million subscribers from rural and semi-urban parts of the country till November, with West Bengal circle topping the chart with 1.5 lakh subscribers.
- Norway Wants India To Join Npt (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Norway has said that India should not become a member of the nuclear suppliers’ group, unless it signs the non-proliferation treaty.
- Indian Consulate In Karachi By January (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Indian High Commissioner Shiv Shanker Menon has said that the renovation of Indian consulate building in Karachi will be complete by January 1, 2006.
- Nato Denies It Is Acquiring Land In Kashmir (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) has denied reports that it is acquiring land in Kashmir.
- Lanka Peace: Norway For ‘Close Talks’ With India (Indian Express, Shiv Aroor, Dec 09, 2005)
Hours after Sri Lanka’s new President overturned an earlier statement and asked Norway to resume its role as facilitator of peace talks between the government and Tamil rebels, Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg arrived in New Delhi . . .
- Govt Okays Law To Provide Quota In Private Colleges (Hindustan Times, Jay Raina, Dec 09, 2005)
The government on Thursday decided to enact a law to provide reservation to socially and educationally backward students in private unaided educational institutions. The law will effectively neutralise a Supreme Court judgment against such reservation.
- Cabinet Overhauled By Nepal King (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Four days after returning home from a foreign tour, Nepal’s King Gyanendra today evening announced a massive overhaul in his cabinet, axing several ministers, including one who had incurred the wrath of the Crown Prince.
- Bhandari Names Vajpayee Aide In Oil Scam (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Former Foreign Secretary Romesh Bhandari has alleged the involvement of a person very close to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in Iraq’s ‘Oil-for-Food’ scam and accused the then National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government of burying . . .
- All Indian Politicians In Trouble Under Microscope – Now Vajpayee And Bjp? (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Dec 09, 2005)
There is a proverb - try to find the thief and you will find all villagers are part of that life style. That is exactly what is happening to Indian politicians.
- Indo-Pak Officials Hold Talks To Amend Shipping Protocol (Press Trust of India, K J M Varma, Dec 09, 2005)
Shipping officials of India and Pakistan today held talks in the port city of Karachi to amend a 1975 protocol between the two nations to permit each other's merchant ships to carry cargo for different countries and allow third-country vessels . . .
- Reliance To Organise Digital Elocution Competition (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
It's an elocution competition with a difference. Instead of your school podium, video mail and video conferencing will be the scene of action.
- Move On (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Dec 09, 2005)
Only recently State Vigilance Commissioner Ashok Bhan had let it be known that his department was in possession of a "watch list" of officers who had amassed wealth disproportionate to their known sources of income.
- Life Arduous For Child Domestic Labourers (Hindu, Tarangini Sriraman, Dec 09, 2005)
Surveys indicate that most child labourers working in homes lead a tough existence
Most young domestic helps in twin cities from Warangal, Nalgonda and Mahbubnagar
Ill-treatment of child labourers takes many forms
- Congress Did Not Know Of Jagat's Visit, Says Mathrani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
"The news was treated with great surprise and indignation" "There was a sense of disbelief in the party when the Volcker controversy broke out in October-November"
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