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Articles 2221 through 2320 of 22438:
- Rape Law Reform Lays Bare Pakistan's Political Morass (Reuters, SIMON CAMERON-MOORE, Sep 25, 2006)
The 24-year-old Pakistani woman has medical reports saying she's been raped. What she hasn't got is four male witnesses that the country's Islamic law says she needs to prove it.
- Indian Music Degree In Uk Soon (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 25, 2006)
Students in the UK will now be able to graduate in Indian music as for the first time a course in the subject will be introduced here soon. A four-year degree course in Indian Music will be launched in UK’s Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in collaboration . . .
- Basics Of Consumer Spending In India (The Economic Times, Rama Bijapurkar, Sep 25, 2006)
The front page report in the Mumbai edition of The Economic Times of September 21, 2006 carried the provocative headline “Cut the fluff, Indians spends more on basics”, and went on to inform us that “here is a reality check for all those who . . .
- Belgian Embassy Official Murdered In Delhi; Driver Arrested (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
A 40-year-old official of the Belgian embassy was stabbed to death allegedly by her driver at her residence in a posh South-West Delhi locality.
- Power Of Balance (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 25, 2006)
It is a little difficult to suppress a sense of disquiet over the Supreme Court’s directions on police and students’ union election reforms.
- Alphabet Soup (Indian Express, Seema Chisti, Sep 25, 2006)
Salman Rushdie's Shalimar the Clown has a complete chapter devoted to it: the Indian obsession with abbreviations, acronyms — and how the government ‘file number-type’ culture pervades our thinking.
- Lost Opportunity (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Sep 25, 2006)
It is not just fundamental Muslims who have used force for conversion but several followers of Christianity.
- The Threat Of Local Jihadis (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, Sep 25, 2006)
Terrorism has struck deep roots in India and Nizam-e-Mustafa is the cry now.
- Fund-Bank Meet: Asia's Growth Is Sustainable (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Sep 25, 2006)
The high point of the recent annual Fund-Bank meet in Singapore was the endorsement by the World Economic Outlook that Asia's growth is sustainable and its recognition that a strong policy framework has been key in enabling the Asian success story.
- Muddled Thinking About Language (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Sep 25, 2006)
The Karnataka Government has just announced that it has shot itself in the foot.
- Belgian Mission Woman Killed By Driver In Delhi (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
An official of the Belgian embassy, Ms Isabelle Dessoir, was stabbed to death allegedly by her driver at her residence in the posh Vasant Vihar area of southwest Delhi on Saturday night.
- How Yer Doin', Mukarram? (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
A tracing of the seventh Nizam of Hyderabad's life in Australia, with all its highs and very many lows.
- Nouvelle But Vague (OutLook, SHOUGAT DASGUPTA, Sep 25, 2006)
It's Abha Dawesar's best novel, but I was completely indifferent to it, enervated by its characters' self-regard, unmoved by their solipsistic dramas
- Customer Service Is A Nagging Problem (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, Sep 25, 2006)
Even respected multinationals seem unable or unwilling to consistently aim at service that is prompt and efficient, very much like their traditional Indian counterparts.
- State Of The Art Or Art Of The State? (The Financial Express, MELVYN KRAUSS, Sep 25, 2006)
September is traditionally the time when opera companies and orchestras return to their home cities from Aix, Salzburg, Tanglewood, and countless other summer festivals.
- Courtesy, The Bindhu (OutLook, S. ANAND, Sep 25, 2006)
Srividya has produced one of the finest fictional critiques of caste society.
- How Islam Differs With Christianity (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, Sep 24, 2006)
There is more at stake in the clash of civilisations between the West and Islam than just religion.
- Indo-Pak Talks Should Never Break Down: Musharraf (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said the Indo-Pak dialogue process, which is going to resume soon, should never break down as result of any kind of terrorist activities as that would mean playing into the hands of terrorists.
- Pm Calls For More Muslims In Security Forces (Reuters, Surojit Gupta, Sep 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged regional leaders on Saturday to recruit more Muslims into the police and intelligence agencies to help counter a growing sense of insecurity in the minority community.
- The Ujjain Murder (Daily Excelsior, Tukoji R Pandit, Sep 24, 2006)
The way Prof H S Sabharwal who taught at a college in Ujjain was beaten to death by a mob led by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad was a chilling reminder of how ugly student politics have become in our colleges and universities.
- Single Integrated Command? (Daily Excelsior, Brig. (Retd.) S.N. Sachadeva, Sep 24, 2006)
The parliamentary committee attached to the Ministry of Defence has pointed out that the procurement of modern equipment has not been at an appropriate pace in the past and consequently the modernisation programme of the armed forces has suffered.
- Mush Panned For Book Plug (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Sep 24, 2006)
"He sounded more like a head of marketing than head of state," and "his loyalties lie with the royalties" were just two of the many toxic remarks Pakistan's military ruler Pervez Musharraf attracted from commentators as they panned him from . . .
- Polio Botch-Up Blame At Delhi Door (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Sep 24, 2006)
India’s health bureaucracy ignored scientific advice about flaws in the polio immunisation programme for nearly 20 years and suppressed research that might have led to faster eradication, doctors have said.
- Violence Level Down In J&k, Infiltration Diminishes: Pm (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said infiltration across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir had diminished and his Government was sincerely pursuing dialogue with Pakistan and the people of the State in its endeavour to give them a . . .
- In Quest Of Improving The Quality Of Life (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Sep 24, 2006)
One wonders why Indians rise like meteor, outshine others, when they go abroad; some of them emerge as prodigy in any sphere they choose.
- Turmoil In West Asia (Tribune, Shelley Walia, Sep 24, 2006)
The recent ceasefire followed by a missile attack on Lebanon by the Israeli air force unmistakably indicates a posturing that the western interests lie in finding no immediate solution for bringing the Israeli blitz to an end, but rather in . . .
- Greatness In Apology (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Sep 24, 2006)
However undesirable the recent controversy about a speech made by Pope Benedict XVI may be, its denouement is instructive in many respects.
- Raise Talks To Summit Level: Musharraf (Tribune, Arun Kumar, Sep 24, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf wants the India-Pakistan dialogue to be raised to the summit level and also says terrorism should not be allowed to derail these talks.
- 15,300 Polio Booths Planned For November In Haryana (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Sep 24, 2006)
The Haryana Government plans to set up 15,300 pulse polio booths in 20 districts during the National Pulse Polio Immunisation Round scheduled in November.
- In The City Of Joy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Kolkata has much to offer a traveller who is willing to wander through its streets.
- Kalam Wants To Teach After Term (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam wants to teach after his tenure. He said this at "House of Kalam," his birthplace on Muslim Street, here on Saturday.
- Secular Ideology Will Stay, Says Kumaraswamy (Hindu, PARVATHI MENON, Sep 24, 2006)
Coordination panel to discuss contentious issues
Belgaum session will focus on Maharashtra's claims over some border areas
The Government will announce a rural development scheme on October 2
- Salve On Minorities, Rap On West (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
The Prime Minister today criticised the West for making an “erroneous linkage” between terrorism and Muslims and urged police not to make the minorities an automatic target of suspicion while probing terror.
- Kalam Lays Stress On Women's Role In Nation Building (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
"You should dream and work with devotion"
- 'Terror Shouldn't Lead To Talks Failure' (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Sep 24, 2006)
Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf tried to raise the stakes on Saturday by saying that secretary and minister level talks had run their course and he would prefer a one-on-one with PM Manmohan Singh.
- Talks Should Never Break Down, Says Musharraf (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Joint statement has "seeds of success and forward movement"
Manmohan a "very positive and a very sincere person"
Appeals to citizens of India, Pakistan to show "understanding and flexibility"
Says he was the "greatest believer in democracy"
- What Lies Beneath (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 24, 2006)
Those looking for a sentimental tale on the lives of the new shift-worker brigade will be disappointed.
- Advertisement On Community Radio Likely (Hindu, Anita Joshua, Sep 24, 2006)
Ministry proposes allowing educational institutions to run radio stations
- Rooted In Literary Soil (Deccan Herald, Lata Ramaswamy, Sep 24, 2006)
This is the kind of novel a professor of English would write, in the kind of respect it shows for the language.
- Govt Set To Close 1,420 Erring Schools (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
The State government on Saturday decided to stick to its decision to withdraw its affiliation with 1,420 primary schools across the State that were conducting classes in English despite being told to hold classes only in the Kannada medium.
- Moorish Mystique (Hindu, Sudha Mahalingam, Sep 24, 2006)
Being in Andalucia is like being inside an Arabian Nights tale.
- Praying To Be Secular (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Sep 24, 2006)
Vasundhara Raje’s handling of the Haj House issue has upset the Sangh; it’s the dilemma she faces in trying to woo all communities.
- Kalam Meets The Teacher Who Moulded Him (Hindu, K. Raju, Sep 24, 2006)
Recalls his association with Rev. Fr. Chinnadurai, who taught him nuclear physics and thermodynamics
- Apology For What? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 24, 2006)
It's difficult in these jihadi times to be a scholar, address controversy. Civilisation is under stress
- Who Says India Is Soft State? (Pioneer, Debraj Mookerjee, Sep 24, 2006)
There is the call today for India to somehow project itself as a hard state. Such desire, one would assume, is expressed because strong willed and nationalist citizens are disturbed by what they view as the labelling of the country as a soft state.
- Musharraf For Direct Talks With Singh (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf has called for a direct dialogue with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to settle Kashmir and other bilateral issues.
- Funding E-Access (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 24, 2006)
Get on with it. And never forget this is only a tool for the real thing. The reference is to the Union Cabinet’s formal approval to the earlier-announced plan for one lakh ‘common service centres’ in rural areas as part of the new National . . .
- Barbs Of Truth (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 24, 2006)
Kurt Vonnegut is like Mark Twain or Chekhov, extremely funny when depressed.
- Margin Blues (Business Standard, Niraj Bhatt, Sep 24, 2006)
Though crude has eased, all is not well for oil firms yet as refining margins have dipped in Q1.
- Mind Your Language Politics (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 24, 2006)
The Minister for the Preservation of Local Languages is a portfolio that Basavaraj Horatti seems to be hankering for. No such ministry exists yet, but that hasn’t stopped him, as Karnataka’s Education Minister, from issuing a diktat to strike . . .
- Manmohan Chastises Police For Alienating Muslims (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged regional leaders on Saturday to recruit more Muslims into the police and intelligence agencies to help counter a growing sense of insecurity in the minority community.
- President Musharraf And The Taliban (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 24, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf said at the joint White House press conference with President George W Bush on Friday that his deal with a grand jirga in North Waziristan had been misrepresented in the press.
- Kargil Boosted Kashmir Cause: Opposing Us Would Be Disastrous, Says Musharraf In Book (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Sep 24, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf’s yet-to-be-released book — In the Line of Fire — has painted a bleak picture for Pakistan had it not joined the United States in the war on terrorism and says that the 1999 Kargil standoff with India boosted the cause . . .
- Gmat Scores In Cat Country (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Through September, the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, has been announcing its list of selected candidates for a new one-year MBA course it will launch in December. Admission to the course is not through the Common Admission Test or 'CAT'.
- Musharraf Unveils Strategy To Curb Extremism (News International, Muhammad Saleh Zaafir, Sep 24, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has announced a six-point strategy to curb extremism and said extremism paves the way for terrorism.
- Musharraf Seeks Summit-Level Talks With India (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has said that he wants the India-Pakistan dialogue to be raised to summit level. “While the ministerial-level and secretary-level talks must continue, I believe that they have run their course because there have been so . . .
- The Charades Of Power Politics (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 24, 2006)
Given that Pakistan came into being as a separate state in the name of the Muslims of the subcontinent, it is not surprising that Islam has played a defining role in the shaping of the polity.
- I’Ll Pass Women’S Bill: Musharraf (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Sep 24, 2006)
Says extremism and terrorism prime obstacles to national progress
He will win battle against extremists
Calls Bugti cruel dictator
- Protests Against Minister's Remarks Against Tipu Sultan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Various organisations demand dismissal of the Minister Various organisations demand dismissal of Shankaramurthy from the Cabinet
Criticism
The BJP is trying to expand its political base by raking up religious and linguistic issues . .. .
- Navaratri Festival Begins Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
The temples have been decked up for the Navaratri festival which begins on Saturday. The highlight of the festival will be the celebrations at Sri Saraswathy Temple, Panachikkad, also known as Dakshin Mookambi. Senior artists will participate . . .
- Yale Courses Now On The Net For Free (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Yale University said on Wednesday it will offer digital videos of some courses on the Internet for free, along with transcripts in several languages, in an effort to make the elite private school more accessible.
- A General Intent On Staying On, Come What May (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Among other things, this self-congratulatory book stands l'affaire Kargil on its head and presents an over-the-top reading of what propels India-Pakistan relations.
- Slice Of Self And Nature (Hindu, ATHREYA, Sep 23, 2006)
Bhavani's images reframe the known landscape in multiple ways
- Dasara Workshop (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
For parents looking to ensure that their children spend their Dasara holidays productively, Kara Preschool is conducting its Stay & Play holiday workshop for boys and girls in the age group of two to eight years.
- Us Threatened To Bomb Pak, Says Musharraf (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Sep 23, 2006)
The Bush administration threatened to bomb Pakistan “back to the Stone Age” if it didn’t help in the US-led war on terror, Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf revealed in an interview this week.
- "A Country Like India Must Have A Land Use Plan" (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Sep 23, 2006)
George B. Schaller, a pioneer in field biology, says it is possible to achieve economic growth without destroying the environment and losing wildlife. In an interview in Bangalore recently, he says even India and China, the two most populous . . .
- Schools’ Closure: State Govt Gearing Up To Tackle Fallout (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
At the Shikshakara Sadana on KG Road in Bangalore, when the entire Education Department meets under the aegis of Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Basavaraj Horatti on Saturday, the main agenda will centre on plans to sustain the . . .
- A Malady And Some `Medicines' (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 23, 2006)
As chikungunya cuts a swathe through seven States, several governments seem to have adopted a desperate, scientifically dubious approach to its medical treatment.
- Tough Climb For Kannada Medium Students (Deccan Herald, Vijesh Kamath, Sep 23, 2006)
The decision of the State government to shut down schools violating a 1994 Government Order has sparked off yet another debate — the medium of instruction.
- Sc Bench Goes Tough On Student Politics (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Students leaders, who want to use education institutions as their stepping stone to political success, may have to put some effort into becoming “decent.”
- Who Says India Is Soft State? (Pioneer, Debraj Mookerjee, Sep 23, 2006)
There is the call today for India to somehow project itself as a hard state. Such desire, one would assume, is expressed because strong willed and nationalist citizens are disturbed by what they view as the labelling of the country as a soft state.
- Health Ministry Mulls Law To Mandate Rural Posting For Medical . . . (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss' latest fiat is to enact legislation which will make rural posting in first year compulsory for fresh medical graduates. This will also apply to students who pass out from private medical institutions, even having . . .
- Millitants' Execution Sparks Violence In Indonesia (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Christian mobs freed hundreds of prisoners, torched cars, and looted Muslim-owned shops across eastern Indonesia after three Roman Catholics were executed on Friday for a 2000 attack that killed 70 Muslims, witnesses and officials said.
- How Islam Differs With Christianity (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, Sep 23, 2006)
There is more at stake in the clash of civilisations between the West and Islam than just religion. It is about the survival of a free world, based on unfettered spirit of inquiry, and triumph of reason. These concepts have emerged from Christian Europe,
- Apology For What? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 23, 2006)
It's difficult in these jihadi times to be a scholar, address controversy. Civilisation is under stress
- Where The Heart Rules The Head (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 23, 2006)
Sridhar K Chari visits the Indira Gandhi Hospital at Shimla and finds that lack of integrated planning and lop-sided development mar a place that can otherwise boast of good doctors and advanced equipment
- General Knowledge (Tribune, Amar Chandel, Sep 23, 2006)
Unlike other boys his age, my son is an avid viewer of TV news channels, particularly parliamentary proceedings. That has me worried because this over-exposure coupled with an aversion to books and dictionaries is giving him a distorted world-view.
- Pakistan’S Dilemma (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Sep 23, 2006)
Despite knowing that Al Queda and Taliban are dangerous, Pakistan cannot wage a war against them.
- Student Poll: Sc Nod To Lyngdoh Panel Report (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
To keep off the influence of political parties, money and muscle power from campus during student union elections , the Supreme Court today ordered the implementation of report by the former Chief Election Commissioner, Mr J.M. Lyngdoh, in the . . .
- Fighting A War For Truth (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 23, 2006)
In a brilliant lecture at the University of Regensburg last week, Pope Benedict XVI made three crucial points that are now in danger of being lost in the polemics about his supposedly offensive comments about Islam.
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