|
|
|
|
|
|
Articles 17921 through 18020 of 23107:
- Moving From Argument To Dialogue? (The Financial Express, Ashima Goyal, Dec 05, 2005)
Since the title of Professor Sen’s new book captures how we think about ourselves, it has become a buzz word. He reminds us of the long Indian roots of reason, secularism and democracy, and invites us to rediscover these.
- ‘Iran Not Holding Qaeda Man’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Iran has extradited all foreign members of the Al Qaeda network arrested inside its borders and is not holding any of the group’s leaders, said Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council on Sunday.
- The Debate Goes On (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 05, 2005)
While chewing a roll of film at a studio, a goat was asked by its companion how it tasted. And the goat bleated, “The book was better!” That old joke may have to be updated in today’s context where the same book is filmed over and over again.
- Infosys Creates A New Crorepati Sudha (The Economic Times, ARUN IYER, Dec 05, 2005)
Sudha Gopalakrishnan. The name doesn’t ring a bell? Well, it’s time it did. For she is India’s freshly minted richest woman.
- Scam Script (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 05, 2005)
It's scam time once again, but the people are not exactly excited or outraged. India's envoy to Croatia, Aniel Matherani, has blown the whistle not only on former external affairs minister Natwar Singh but also on the Congress party.
- Matherani Faces The Raw Music (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
The man who turned the Volcker storm into a political gale is here. But no one has been able to sight him as official agencies whisked away former ambassador to Croatia Aniel Matherani to an undisclosed location to grill him over his statements about ....
- Focus On Youth And Rural Areas (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Dec 05, 2005)
Sujata Rao, the new head of the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), was engaged in a flurry of activity to mark the World AIDS Day soon after she took over.
- Monica Brought To Bhopal Over Fake Passport Case (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Extradited underworld don Abu Salem's girlfriend Monica Bedi was brought under tight security from Hyderabad to be produced before a local court in a fake passport case on Monday, police said on Sunday night.
- Human Rights And Wrongs (Tribune, Justice A.S. Anand (retd), Dec 05, 2005)
The notion of human rights is a recognition of the essential worth of a human being. Terrorism and human rights are natural enemies with no possibility of their co-existence.
- Intel Very Keen On India, Says Maran (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 05, 2005)
The Chairman of Intel Corporation, Mr Craig Barrett, met the Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Mr Dayanidhi Maran, at the latter's residence in Chennai on Sunday. The meeting lasted about 45 minutes.
- Terrorists Are Leading Bjp: Uma (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
A defiant Uma Bharti virtually invited her expulsion from the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday, spewing venom against the party leadership...
- Natwar Rules Out Resignation (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
With the opposition gunning for him with new vigour and Congress facing increasing embarassment in the wake of fresh allegation in Iraqi oil payoff scam, Union Minister K Natwar Singh today firmly ruled out resignation contending such a step would "look t
- Regulatory Body Sought To Decide On Water Tariff (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Revision of rates should be taken up after public hearings, says MGP
- Swamy Calls For Hindu `Consolidation' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy has called for "new forms of Hindu consolidation," saying that Hinduism is "under siege."
- Cameron Promises A Different Kind Of Politics (Hindu, Jackie Ashley , Dec 05, 2005)
David Cameron hopes to lead the Tories and his target is not Tony Blair but Gordon Brown.
- J&k: Four Militants, One Policeman Killed (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
A self-styled divisional commander of LET outfit and a policeman were among five persons killed and 15 others wounded as militants carried out grenade attacks on security pickets and patrols in Jammu and Kashmir, a police spokesman said here today.
- Closed Mindset (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 05, 2005)
So typically ‘army’
The discomfort is patent. The army’s difficulty with aspects of the Right to Information Act is not limited to seeking clarifications over certain provisions,
- Two For Joy (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 05, 2005)
An encouraging moment can sometimes expose the truly discouraging. The enthusiasm with which the world seems to have greeted the election of two women together with 10 men to Jeddah’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry indicates that for Saudi Arabia,
- Where The Mind Is Without Fear... (Indian Express, NIRMALA SRINIVASAN, Dec 05, 2005)
December 3 was World Disability Day. The Persons with Disability Act (PWD Act), passed by Parliament in 1995, recognises mental illness as a disability on par with physical disabilities.
- Bjp To Remain Tough In Parliament Over Volcker (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
BJP leaders today decided to adopt an aggressive posture in Parliament insisting on resignation of Natwar Singh from the Union Cabinet and Sonia Gandhi as Chairperson of the National Advisory Council over the Iraqi oil deals.
- Stamp Paper Racket Refuses To Be Stamped Out (Deccan Herald, R Krishnakumar, Dec 05, 2005)
The government restriction on the use of stamp papers is, ironically, proving fodder to an industry on the other side of law.
- Iran’S Economic Woes (Deccan Herald, Gopal Sutar, Dec 05, 2005)
Apart from its problems over its nuclear ambitions, Iran is faced with economic stagnation and US sanctions
- Natwar Singh Refuses To Resign (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Matherani taken away to undisclosed location by ED and Intelligence officials
- When Fishermen Came To The Mainland (Hindu, K. Manikandan, Dec 05, 2005)
"You helped us a lot when the tsunami ravaged us. We have now come to return the favour."
- School Recognition Cancelled (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Government to run Ravindra Bharati for this academic year
- Uma Bharti Says She Won't Apologise (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Asks Advani, Vajpayee to purge the BJP of those who have "hijacked" it
Only `symbolic' representation of women in Parliamentary Board
`Gang' of those without any link with the masses are taking decisions
Reminds BJP leaders of Jan Sangh stalwarts
- Volcker To Again Rock Parliament (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Intensifying the Volcker storm and armed with new ammunition from return of ex-envoy Aneil Matherani, the opposition NDA will continue to stall Parliament tomorrow seeking removal of Mr Natwar Singh from the Cabinet and resignation of Congress president S
- Interview Misrepresented: Matherani (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Aniel Matherani, India’s Ambassador to Croatia, today said his "off-the record" conversation with a news magazine regarding Iraqi oil payoff scam vis-a-vis Union Minister K Natwar Singh was "completely misrepresented" and published in a "totally out of co
- Natwar Shuns ‘Sacrifice’ (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
A day after meeting the Prime Minister, Natwar Singh announced that he was not going to quit.
- Mathrani Questioned By Ed (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Even as Minister without portfolio K. Natwar was being increasingly isolated in the Congress for being adamant in not resigning from the government, India’s erstwhile ambassador to Croatia Aneil Mathrani was being questioned by the Enforcement Directorate
- Bihar Model In Bengal (Tribune, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 05, 2005)
Close on the heels of the successful holding of free and fair elections in Bihar, the Election Commission has rightly decided to emulate the Bihar model in the Assembly elections in West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Pondicherry due early next yea
- Watching The Watchdogs (Pioneer, Shailaja Chandra, Dec 05, 2005)
Media needs to observe the NGO sector more actively and objectively, says Shailaja Chandra
- Interview - Iran's Patience Running Out Over Nuclear Issue (Reuters, Paul Hughes, Dec 05, 2005)
Iran's patience regarding Western opposition to its nuclear programme is wearing thin and Tehran will give the EU only a few months to settle the issue through talks, the country's chief nuclear negotiator said on Sunday.
- Air Assault Kills Qaeda Top Plotter (Washington Times, Munir Ahmad, Dec 05, 2005)
One of al Qaeda's top five leaders, said to be responsible for planning overseas strikes, was killed by Pakistani security forces, with U.S. help, in a rocket attack near the Afghan border, American and Pakistani officials said yesterday.
- Dealing With Trauma (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 05, 2005)
A Report in Saturday’s Dawn focussed on how many young female teachers in Balakot are still traumatized two months after the earthquake, making the need for emotional counselling even more pressing.
- Natwar Knot Ties Up Cong (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
Natwar Singh today called on the Prime Minister amid mounting concern in the Congress over the political cost of retaining the portfolio-less minister after fresh claims linked him to the Iraq oil-for-food scandal.
- Natwar Singh Meets Pm (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
A day after the political storm over his allegedly receiving oil vouchers from Saddam Hussain regime in Iraq, Union Minister Natwar Singh today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh fuelling speculation about his resignation but highly placed sources . . .
- J&k: Four Dreaded Militants Killed (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
Four dreaded militants, including two senior commanders of Pakistan-based Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT), and a woman were killed and a government employee injured while a Harkat-ul-Jehad-e-Islami militant was arrested in Jammu and Kashmir since last night, ...
- Natwar Singh Meets Pm (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
A day after the political storm over his allegedly receiving oil vouchers from Saddam Hussain regime in Iraq, Union Minister Natwar Singh today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh fuelling speculation about his resignation but highly placed sources said he
- Nda To Corner Govt On Volcker;bjp Issues Whip To Mps (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
With fresh "revelations" in the Iraqi oil deals, the Opposition NDA is gearing up to corner the Government in Parliament next week with the alliance issuing a whip to all its MPs to be present and planning to stall proceedings till Natwar Singh . . .
- The Sari And The Fan (Telegraph, GITHA HARIHARAN, Dec 04, 2005)
Some time back, a burglar broke into the small flat I use as a workplace. Since then, I have wasted a lot of time speculating on what he made of the place.
- Taliban Kill Afghan Official, Three Cops (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
A remote-controlled bomb and a separate ambush, both claimed by Taliban militants, killed a district chief and three policemen in southern Afghanistan, officials said Saturday.
- Pm's Reply On Volcker Unsatisfactory: Bjp (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
A day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh advised the opposition not to "pre-judge" Volcker report controversy, the BJP on Saturday described his reply in Parliament as "highly unsatisfactory" and said the entire matter was getting "murkier" by the day.
- Some Are More Equal (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 04, 2005)
In the week when the government bill setting up a unified Commission for Equality and Human Rights reached its committee stage in the Commons, the Commission for Racial Equality has unilaterally declared that it is pulling out of the plan.
- Iaea Cannot Contact Dr Qadeer: Fo (Dawn, Mariana Baabar, Dec 04, 2005)
Pakistan will not allow the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) direct access to nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan and other scientists.
- The Dangling Man (Hindu, RUMINA SETHI, Dec 04, 2005)
Masculinism is, quite possibly, a sham, a rhetoric which cannot find approximations in the real world, yet it is built up to enormous proportions.
- Afghan Official, Three Policemen Killed (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
A remote-controlled bomb blast and a separate ambush, both claimed by Taliban, killed a district chief and three policemen in southern Afghanistan, officials said on Saturday.
- Ongc Ropes In Consultant To Pen Output Plan (Business Standard, Nevin John, Dec 04, 2005)
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has hired international energy consultant group Gaffney, Cline and Associates (GCA) to help the oil major increase its production by 20 per cent in three years. The target of ONGC is to raise crude production . . .
- Mathrani Revelations Spell Trouble For Natwar (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
K Natwar Singh's stock dipped to dangerously low levels today after Indian Ambassador to Croatia Aniel Mathrani's claims involving him in the Iraqi oil-for-food programme were published by a newsmagazine.
- Sir! No Sir! (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 04, 2005)
What has changed after the elections in Bihar? On the face of it the Laloo Prasad Yadav-Rabri Devi era has ended at least for the time being. In a democracy this should not be regarded as a serious development because defeat and victory are part . . .
- Remove Natwar From Ministry: Advani (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
Considering Croatian Ambassador Aneil Matherani’s disclosure in Iraq’s oil-for-food programme ministry, Congress president Sonia Gandhi should immediately resign owing responsibility for the corruption in the party, BJP president L K Advani said . . .
- The Wisest Man In India (Hindu, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Dec 04, 2005)
Who might it now be?
- Uma To Reply To Show Cause Notice In A Public Meet Tomm (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
Suspended BJP leader Uma Bharti has decided to reply to the show cause notice served by the party at a public meeting here tomorrow, her loyalist and former Madhya Pradesh Minister Sunil Nayak said today.
- Demilitrisation Of Kashmir (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Dec 04, 2005)
There used to be a time when retired Indian military personnel (including the current Governor of Jammu and Kashmir) were fond of rushing to the Press to demand a unilateral Indian withdrawal from the Siachen Glacier borrowing and quoting . . .
- Coming Soon: A Very Special Museum For Women (Hindu, Mandira Nayar, Dec 04, 2005)
There might be a special place on a wall for women artists here in the Capital soon.
- In Defence Of The Drama Queen (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Dec 04, 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.
- Old Wine In Very Old Bottles (Hindustan Times, Ashok Row Kavi, Dec 04, 2005)
Here we go again! Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code cannot be abolished or read down because (1) It protects our children. (2) To protect public morality. (3) To prevent obscenity. Choose any, or all, of the three to stop those nasty homosexuals from o
- Natwar Meets Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
Minister without portfolio K. Natwar Singh met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here on Saturday, a day after Parliament was disrupted over allegations made by Aniel Matherani, India's ambassador to Croatia (since recalled), against him in the oil-for-food s
- Pm’S Visit: India Sounds Out Russia Over N-Fuel (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Dec 04, 2005)
With the July 18 Indo-US nuclear deal gradually easing restrictions on India, New Delhi has sounded Moscow ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Russia visit that it can be the first country to do nuclear business with India by agreeing to . . .
- Residents Had Little Inkling Of Water Release From Canals (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
Many colonies submerged, causeways cut off
Senior citizens and women put to lot of hardship
Chennai Corporation issues flood warning in low-lying areas
Residents unhappy with relief distribution at Mogappair
- Advani Seeks Resignation Of Natwar, Sonia Gandhi (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
Considering Croatian Ambassador Aneil Matherani's sensational disclosure in the Iraq's oil-for-food programme, the Congress president Sonia Gandhi should immediately resign owning responsibility for the corruption in the party, BJP President L K Advani...
- Wife Seeks Protection From Hiv+ Husband (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Dec 04, 2005)
The U.N. food agency said on Saturday it had enough supplies to feed thousands of Pakistani earthquake survivors through the winter but it needed more money to maintain food distribution until spring.
James Morris, the head of the World Food Programme
- True Preparedness For Disasters (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Dec 04, 2005)
We are living in an era of natural disasters. Millions are becoming victims of tsunami, earthquakes, hurricanes, cyclones, landslides, drought, forest fires, flooding, bird flu, SARS, Mad Cow diseases and AIDS.
- Iaea Will Not Get Direct Access To Aq Khan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
Pakistan has reiterated that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will get information about any Pakistani nuclear scientist only through the government.
- Natwar Meets Pm, Says He Is Innocent (Tribune, T.R. Ramachandran, Dec 04, 2005)
Minister without portfolio K. Natwar Singh called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here today and is believed to have discussed the fresh controversy involving him in the UN’s Oil-for-Food programme in Iraq following the controversial interview . . .
- Warmth In The Kashmir Snow: Justice On Fast Track For Quake Victims (Indian Express, RIYAZ WANI, Dec 04, 2005)
Daulet Bee stands silently as a judge pores over her application.
- Packers & Movers (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 04, 2005)
State left holding the Railways’ baby
- The Politics Of Earthquake (Greater Kashmir, Jehangir Ali, Dec 04, 2005)
The disaster has nothing do with the process of politicization. Victims need help whichever corner it comes from. Almost two months have gone past, but the helplessness need be addressed today as much, as it needed at the time when it happened, . . .
- Politics Of Vengeance (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Dec 04, 2005)
The assassination of Pakistan’s first prime minister marked the beginning of the politics of vengeance in the country.
- Yercaud: The Poor Man’S Hill Station (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
For a nature lover, this is a perfect getaway, says Marianne de Nazareth.
- Bihar Elections Post-Mortem (Indian Express, Soli Sorabjee, Dec 04, 2005)
The main cause for Nitish Kumar’s thumping victory was public disgust with Laloo-Rabri misrule. People saw through the political gimmickry and theatricals of Laloo Prasad Yadav. After all you can fool some people for some time but not all the . . .
- P Shiv Shankar Adds 'Oil Spill' To Matherani's Remarks (Times of India, K Sreedhar Rao, Dec 04, 2005)
In what has come as a further blow to Natwar Singh, former petroleum minister P Shiv Shankar,
- India's Internal Pressures To Respect Iran's Right To Develop Peaceful Nuclear Energy (India Daily, Balaji Reddy, Dec 04, 2005)
The communists and others in India are adamant in India to make sure the Congress Government led by Manmohan Singh do not cow tow to American approach to Iranian nuke issue.
- Uma To Reply On Sunday To Bjp Notice (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
Suspended BJP leader Uma Bharti has decided to reply to the show cause notice served by the party at a public meeting on Sunday, her loyalist and former Madhya Pradesh Minister Sunil Nayak said on Saturday.
- Sonia, Natwar In Same Category: Advani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
Bharatiya Janata Party president L.K. Advani on Saturday accused "some political parties" in the country of doing politics with money from foreign countries. The `revelations' of the Volcker Committee were no ordinary corruption charges, he said.
- Pakistan Suggests Dates For Talks On Rail Link (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 04, 2005)
Pakistan has proposed technical-level talks on the Khokrapar-Munnabao rail route, linking Sindh with Rajasthan, from December 11 to 15.
- An Alternative Voice Of History (Hindu, Nonica Datta, Dec 04, 2005)
Amrita Pritam's idea of cultural community and identity testifies to a social history of Punjab's shared cultural symbols, motifs and landscapes.
- Gandhi’S Ideals Inspire Me, Says Kasaravalli (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
For Girish Kasaravalli, the master of all things celluloid, the guiding light in the lonely path of a creator comes from Mahatma Gandhi’s ideals, and quite fittingly, he describes his latest three works as a tribute to the apostle of non-violence.
- A Gandhian Committed To Women's Cause (Hindu, V. Parukutty Amma, Dec 04, 2005)
She is a Gandhian, biographer, painter and woman of strong political conviction committed to women's cause. In conversation withMaleeha Raghaviah
- An Aura Of Timelessness (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
Poorani's poems are on issues that interest and affect humanity in general. PADMA NARAYANAN and PREMA SEETHARAM
Previous 100 Women Articles | Next 100 Women Articles
Home
Page
|
|
