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Articles 2621 through 2720 of 12026:
- Another Shameful Day In The Life Of Lahore (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Mar 11, 2006)
Until two days ago the Punjab government was insisting that Basant would be celebrated come hell or high water.
- Musharraf Suggests Joint Management For Kashmir (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said Pakistan’s proposals of demilitarisation, self-governance and joint management offered a tenable solution to long-standing Kashmir dispute and urged the Indian leadership to come forward with . . .
- Science And Society (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Mar 11, 2006)
Developmental activity should not degrade the environment but has to sustain the earth
- Bandh Total In Mangalore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
The district bandh called by the Rashtriya Hindu Sena and other outfits on Friday against bomb blasts in Varanasi was total. Ten buses were damaged in stone-throwing incidents.
- Jessica Probe Team May Look Into Role Of Big Money (Hindu, Prashant Pandey, Mar 10, 2006)
Even as the special team constituted to investigate charges of criminal conspiracy, destruction of evidence and fabrication of records in connection with the murder of Jessica Lal -- which allegedly led to the acquittal of the . . .
- White House Defends India N-Pact (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
No intention to pursue a similar civil cooperation with Pakistan
- Us-India Nuclear Deal Under Fire (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Mar 10, 2006)
The US-India nuclear deal remains under fire from leading experts in the area with one of them, Stephen Cohen of Brookings, arguing that even if the deal fails in Congress, it would still have enabled India to shop around the world . . .
- Images Of Leadership (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Mar 10, 2006)
A survey conducted over three years by the faculty of Wharton School of Management is both novel and revealing.
- Is The System On Trial? (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Mar 10, 2006)
Seven years ago, Jessica Lal, an upcoming model-turned-bartender was shot dead in full view of a well-heeled crowd in an eatery in South Delhi. The eatery — which was run by Bina Ramani, a Page-3 socialite — was serving liquor without a license....
- Move To Redesign First Phase Of International Airport Project (Hindu, P. Manoj, Mar 10, 2006)
Board of Bangalore International Airport Limited will hold discussions today
The airport project is estimated to cost Rs. 1,411 crores
Redesigning the first phase entails an additional investment of about Rs. 400 crores
It envisages an increase in t
- Rhetoric Clouds Peace Process In Sri Lanka (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Mar 10, 2006)
Negotiations to resolve the ethnic conflict have again run into trouble with both the Sinhala and Tamil camps taking increasingly confrontationist positions.
- Wrong Agenda (Times of India, Sakina Yusuf Khan, Mar 10, 2006)
Will the Indian Muslim please stand up and be counted? At stake is your commitment to secularism and loyalty to the nation.
- Attitude, The Real Culprit (Deccan Herald, Aditya Sondhi, Mar 10, 2006)
There has been a general outcry to the acquittal of the accused in the high-profile Jessica Lal murder case by the Sessions Court in New Delhi, as the prolonged and much publicised litigation ended in a sense of denial of justice . . .
- Govt Staff Strike Called Off (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
Vidhana Soudha, Vikasa Soudha, M S Building and Visvesvaraiah Towers, where most of the government departments are located, recorded less than 10 per cent attendance, secretariat sources said.
- Going Beyond Separation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 10, 2006)
By making public the Government's plan for separating the civilian and military components of the India's nuclear energy programme, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has allayed many of the fears expressed inside and outside Parliament about the . . .
- Isro Working On Disaster Warning System (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
Warnings will directly reach homes through television channels, says scientist
- Blasting Through Peace (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Mar 10, 2006)
A colonial power was dismissed from a fragmented subcontinent.
- India Joins Ranks Of Disaster Donors At Un (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Mar 10, 2006)
India’s role as an emerging global power received a major shot in the arm today when New Delhi joined the world’s “traditional” donors and pledged $2 million to a UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), which will rapidly respond to . . .
- House Adjourned For 2nd Day Without Any Business (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
The National Conference today forced adjournment of the Legislative Assembly without transaction of any business including discussion on the budget for second day today sticking to their demand for constitution of a House Committee . . .
- Us Congress Approval Will Trigger Nsg Rush To India: Kakodkar (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
Once the US Congress clears the Indo-US nuclear deal, it would lead to a rush of Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) countries to access the Indian nuclear power market, Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar said here today.
- Earthquake Relief: Second Phase (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 10, 2006)
The un humanitarian aid coordinating office and Erra, which have been working to provide relief to the October 8 earthquake victims, have announced that they will shortly be launching the next phase of their relief and rehabilitation programmes . . .
- Power Tariff Raise By Kesc (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 10, 2006)
The Government on Wednesday notified an across the board 23 paisa per unit increase in power tariff for the consumers of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) with immediate effect. It has been justified under the so-called quarterly . . .
- Easy Targets (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
The terrorist attack in Varanasi (including one on an important Hanuman temple on Tuesday, in which about 15 people died) does not leave much room for doubt that these attacks follow a pattern.
- Leveraging The Mobile Phone Revolution (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Mar 09, 2006)
The mobile phone is now being used for small-time financial activities, such as information on prices and billing settlements. But the important development that service providers and bankers should work towards is to make it drive a retail credit . . .
- Memories Of A Fairy Child (Statesman, Rekha Barua, Mar 09, 2006)
I met her on the flight of stairs inside SSKM Hospital. She had come to see someone in a ward and I had gone to meet a doctor there.
- Cm Lays Foundation For Bhaderwah University Campus (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
It looked as if entire Bhadarwah had come out on roads to receive their beloved leader, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, on his arrival in the town today to lay foundation of Bhadarwah Campus of Jammu University and address a public gathering . . .
- In For A Meltdown (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Mar 09, 2006)
The latest report from scientists studying glacial movement in Greenland says that the ice melt is so high that current predictions of how quickly Earth’s oceans will rise over the next century have become obsolete.
- Model Orphanages (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 09, 2006)
THE facilities provided for orphans of the Oct 8 earthquake victims at a number of orphanages run by the non-profit organization ‘Save Our Souls’ in Punjab present a model for other NGOs and philanthropic groups dealing with the aftermath of the . . .
- Smouldering Yet (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 09, 2006)
Four years, two inquiry commissions and reams of literature later, no one is ready to say what caused the fire on the Sabarmati Express as it pulled out of Godhra station.
- Ammonium Nitrate Used In Varanasi Blasts (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
The explosive material used in the twin blasts at the temple city of Varanasi was Ammonium nitrate and not RDX, official sources said here.
- American Building Schools And Relations In Northern Areas (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
An American mountaineer who fell ill while attempting to climb K2 in 1993 and spent seven weeks recovering in the Northern Areas village of Korphe promised to return and build the area’s fist school when he left - and he did.
- Finding Zaheera Sheikh (Indian Express, AYESHA KHAN, Mar 09, 2006)
She represented the demand for justice in Gujarat. Till twists and turns in the Best Bakery case gathered her into the shadows, says AYESHA KHAN
- Pieces In Terror Jigsaw, Two Top Lashkar Men Shot In Up, Delhi (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Mar 09, 2006)
Within hours of the terror strike in Varanasi, two top-ranking Lashkar-e-Toiba militants were killed by the police in Lucknow and Delhi.
- Kalam Embarks On Myanmar Visit Today (Indian Express, Manraj Grewal, Mar 08, 2006)
A very important visit to a very important neighbour. That’s how Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran described President APJ Abdul Kalam’s visit to Myanmar, beginning tomorrow.
- Woes Of Women (Daily Excelsior, R P Shah, Mar 08, 2006)
International Women's Day is celebrated in India with pomp and show where achievements of a few celebrated Indian women - past and present - are cited proudly. In such gatherings, heart rendering sufferings and exploitation being undergone by Indian . . .
- In A State Of Ruin (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 08, 2006)
The author is a former foreign secretary.
- Reading The Feminine Fine Print (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 08, 2006)
Last year’s literary lasses did not just muddy hemlines in dark myths and edgy fiction, but also refused to skirt issues of gender in the run-up from one International Women's Day to another.
- Terror Evening Leaves 20 Dead (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Terror struck this temple town this evening when two bomb blasts in quick succession rocked the Sankatmochan Shrine and the Cantonment Railway Station here this evening killing at least 20 people and injuring over 50, some of them seriously.
- How To Stop It (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Mar 08, 2006)
Any sane person will be shocked by the gory incident of an Army jawan gunning down his four colleagues and then taking his own life in Miran Sahib on Sunday night. It is true that this is not the first instance of its kind in the State.
- An ‘Incident’ At Godhra (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Mar 08, 2006)
If we are to accept the findings of the U.C. Banerjee report investigating the Godhra carnage, we will now know what the 59 killed in the ill-fated Train No. 9166 Sabarmati Express did not die of: they did not perish from a fire caused by the use of . . .
- A Million Voices For The Tree (Daily Excelsior, Ratnadhar Jha, Mar 08, 2006)
Like nuclear warheads, destruction of tropical forest has become ‘domestic to our century’.
- Issues Remain Unaddressed In Budget (Hindu, Subramanian Swamy , Mar 08, 2006)
The 2006-07 budget has no solutions for the pressing problems of the economy. Instead, we find a tax on kitchen tiles, packaged software, and share transactions just to make budgetary ends meet and not for dynamic policy.
- Guj:state On High Alert After Blasts In Varanasi (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
High alert has been sounded in Gujarat and security at all major temples have been beefed up after bomb blasts rocked temple town of Varanasi this evening, police officials said.
- Bda To Clear Encroachments Around Madiwala, Puttenahalli Lakes (Hindu, Divya Ramamurthi, Mar 08, 2006)
No construction activity to be allowed in the valley areas
Using satellite imagery, BDA has listed about 180 structures as encroachments
Property worth over Rs. 40 crores recovered in drive against encroachments
Constructions on stormwater drain. .
- Lalu Statement On Banerjee Report Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
The Government on Tuesday postponed its statement in the Rajya Sabha on the U.C. Banerjee Commission report on the Godhra train fire. An announcement to this effect was made by Deputy Chairman K. Rehman Khan.
- Nuclear Separation Plan Seeks Fine Balance (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Mar 08, 2006)
Concerns of cost, research and security emphasised, but sme sacrifices too
Decision on fuel fabrication plants put off
CIRUS research reactor to be shut down
Fuel core of Apsara reactor to be shifted
- Now For Nuclear Power (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 08, 2006)
The dust is settling on the nuclear deal, and it looks as though—for the first time in four decades, if not more—the country can look at nuclear energy with enthusiasm.
- What’S In It For The Us? (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Mar 08, 2006)
“What is in it for America?” That was how the national security adviser, M. K. Narayanan, reacted after the Bush administration proposed the nuclear deal to the Indians at Blair House, the official guest house of the American president, during the . . .
- King Refuses To Listen (Tribune, Maj-Gen Ashok Mehta (retd), Mar 08, 2006)
The call was from Nepal. “Dang-Ghorai has given the first martyr of Nepal’s third revolution.
- Shaukat, Blair Discuss Trade, Kashmir And Terrorism (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz had extensive talks with British Prime Minister Tony Blair here on Monday on terrorism, Kashmir, Afghanistan and means to spur trade relations between the two countries.
- Tax Free, Zero Deficit Budget Worth Rs 14436-Cr (Daily Excelsior, Sanjeev Pargal, Mar 07, 2006)
Deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Hussain Baig, Incharge Finance and Planning didn’t impose any fresh taxes nor increased or reduced the existing taxes in his fourth successive zero deficit and revenue surplus budget worth Rs 14,436 crore presented . . .
- Facts Are Sacred (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 07, 2006)
It was to huge saffron protests that the Justice U.C. Banerjee Committee appointed by the Railway Ministry presented, in January 2005, its interim report on the Godhra train calamity.
- Some Questions Raised By The Budget (Hindu, Brinda Karat, Mar 07, 2006)
In sharp contrast to the approach to the corporate sector is the inhumane approach to the agricultural sector and the food economy in the budget.
- Mulayam's Village Gets Rs 780 Mn For Sports Complex (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2006)
Is Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav aiming to push his native village as the next destination for international cricket?
- Reminiscences Of A Police Officer (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Mar 07, 2006)
A good reminder to all those concerned with the issues of governance, policing and administration
- Godhra Report Rocks Parliament (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2006)
The government today informed the Rajya Sabha that it would table the U.C. Banerjee Committee report on the Godhra train tragedy in Parliament tomorrow, which found that the blaze in the Sabarmati Express was “accidental.”
- India To Convey Concern To Pak (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2006)
India will convey its serious concern over the spurt in activities in the country by Pak-based terrorists and increasing drug trafficking from across the border during the Home Secretary-level talks to be held on in Islamabad on May 30 and 31.
- Bjp Slams Upa For Disrupting Parliament (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2006)
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday criticised the United Progressive Alliance constituents for disrupting Parliamentary proceedings vis-à-vis the Banerjee Committee report on burning coaches of the Sabarmati Express at Godhra in Gujarat in 2002.
- Dividing To Rule (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Mar 07, 2006)
Yakub Qureishi can’t lead India’s Muslims. Muslim leaders must realise this
- Sri Lanka Hardliners Back Govt After Rebel Talks (Reuters, Peter Apps, Mar 07, 2006)
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse's hardline Buddhist and Marxist allies agreed to keep backing his government on Monday despite concerns over talks with Tamil Tiger rebels.
- Bandh Call To Avenge Leader’S Death (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2006)
The CPI (Maoists) has called for a Palamu district bandh on Thursday.
- Blasts Leave 4 Dead In J&k (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2006)
In stepped up violence, three securitymen and a militant were among four persons killed and 30 others, including six jawans, injured as militants exploded two grenades and ambushed an Army search party in Jammu and Kashmir, where a militant laid down his
- U.S. Denies Iraq Pullout Plan, Impasse Continues (Reuters, Ibon Villelabeitia, Mar 06, 2006)
The U.S. military denied British newspaper reports on Sunday that it planned to pull its forces from Iraq early next year, saying the stories, sourced to senior British defence officials, were "completely false".
- Bush Convinced Of Pakistan Commitment In Terror War (Reuters, Tabassum Zakaria, Mar 06, 2006)
U.S. President George W. Bush said on Saturday he was convinced of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's commitment to the "war on terror" despite the violence and presence of militants in the country.
- Maoist Rebels Attack Nepal Town, Free Prisoners (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2006)
Hundreds of Maoist rebels raided a town in eastern Nepal, bombing government buildings and freeing dozens of prisoners from a local jail, officials said on Monday.
- Crpf Jawan Killed, 30 Hurt In Valley Blasts (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2006)
One CRPF soldier got killed and 30 others---including 5 CRPF jawans---sustained injuries in a series of grenade attacks by militants in Kashmir valley today.
- Rang De Basanti Rekindled Nationalism (Daily Excelsior, Vijay Bhat, Mar 06, 2006)
After a long time a movie like "Rang De Basanti" came on the silver screen which tried to make an effort in awakening the young generation of modern India.
- Indo-Us Partnership Can Transform World: Bush (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2006)
US President George W Bush on Friday night wound up his first ever visit to India, clinching a groundbreaking nuclear deal.
- Police Plan To Come Clean In Court (Hindustan Times, JT Vishnu, Mar 06, 2006)
For a change, the Delhi Police are expected to turn the spotlight on themselves when they submit a status report on the Jessica Lall murder case to the high court in April,
- A Call For Freedom (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Mar 06, 2006)
“I don’t believe that the Montenegro government would choose to step into contradiction with the EU over this issue,” said Miroslav Lajcak, the European Union’s envoy to the region, in the tones of silken menace that diplomats practice before. . .
- Test Of Fire (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2006)
The Justice U.C. Banerjee report on Godhra could not have been more forthright. It has concluded that the fire on Sabarmati Express at Godhra in which some karsevaks returning from Ayodhya were killed was an accident.
- Pakistan Not To Abandon Kashmiris (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Sunday that his three-day first official visit to Britain was aimed at promoting economic, political and defence relations between the two countries.
- Take Action (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 06, 2006)
The conspiracy theory propagated by the Sangh Parivar with regard to the Godhra train tragedy has been dealt a severe blow by the findings of the Justice Banerjee Committee.
- Hope For Justice In Gujarat (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 06, 2006)
THE final report of a retired Supreme Court judge of India on the Gujarat riots of 2002 adds to the growing pile of evidence pointing to the innocence of the Muslim community in the traumatic communal massacre four years ago. Justice Bannerjee’s findings
- Relocating The Us Consulate (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Mar 06, 2006)
'Having a good time, wish you were here.’
- Seeing The Ordinary As Extraordinary (The Financial Express, Mahesh Bhatt, Mar 06, 2006)
I’m on my way to Pune to deliver a talk on the significance of creativity and innovation in our ever-changing world to the executives of LG Electronics.
- State Deserves A Better Deal From The Railways (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 04, 2006)
There is a general feeling that in spite of the unanimous lobbying by the MPs of Kerala, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad has not given a fair deal to the State in the latest Railway Budget. The major demands of Kerala which have not been . . .
- Jammu And Kashmir: Politics Of Death (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Mar 04, 2006)
The real challenge before those who represent Jammu and Kashmir's people is to build pressure for the carnage in the State to end — not to initiate endless discussions on its constitutional future.
- Anti-Bush Rally Turns Violent (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 04, 2006)
Four people were killed and dozens injured as anti-Bush protests on Friday turned communal and arson and violence rocked several areas of the state capital after which police opened fire......
- Four Killed As Anti-Bush Protests Take Communal Colour In Lucknow (Indian Express, SANJAY SINGH, Mar 04, 2006)
Four persons were killed and over 24 injured today as anti-Bush protests assumed communal colours and violence spread to various parts of the city. Pitched battles took place between the protestors and shopkeepers after the latter were told to down shutte
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