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Articles 5721 through 5820 of 31829:
- The Moralists Have Already Lost Their Case (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 22, 2006)
Gunter Grass' idea of honour is beyond them.
- German Angst (Tribune, Shastri Ramachandaran, Aug 22, 2006)
The revelation by Gunter Grass that he had served in Hitler’s elite Waffen SS during World War II has unleashed a storm rarely seen in recent times over a writer’s confession.
- Saddam’S Second Trial Begins (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Saddam Hussein opened his second trial with a show of defiance today, refusing to enter a plea on charges of genocide and war crimes connected to his scorched-earth offensive against Kurds nearly two decades ago.
- Msp For Kharif Crops Disappoints Farmers: Cm (Tribune, Yoginder Gupta, Aug 22, 2006)
The Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, has conveyed his disappointment to the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, over the Centre’s failure to take note of the recommendations of the state in regard to the minimum support price (MSP) . . .
- Saddam Refuses To Enter Plea At Genocide Trial (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Charges relate to crackdown against Kurds that left 100,000 dead
- Purpose Of Life (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 22, 2006)
Our days are numbered. At this very moment, many thousands are born into the world, some destined to live only a few days or weeks... Others are destined to push through to the century mark, perhaps even a bit beyond and savour every taste life has . . .
- Religion As Currency (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Aug 22, 2006)
Archbishop Mar Varkey Vithayathil recently startled India's intellectual elite with his call for more babies to arrest the decline of Kerala's Catholic community.
- Addressing Baloch Grievances (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 22, 2006)
The level of hostilities between the military and the rebels in Balochistan may have decreased significantly, but the militant presence in the province continues to be strong as evidenced by a string of bomb blasts over the past few days.
- Politics Of A War Shrine (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 22, 2006)
When he was running for office in 2001, Junichiro Koizumi, Japan’s prime minister, promised to visit Tokyo’s Yasukuni shrine every year and to do so on August 15th, the anniversary of the emperor’s admission that Japan had lost the war.
- Congressional Rebuke (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 22, 2006)
The latest congressional report should provide food for thought for those who are running America’s war on terror.
- Indians Rush To Temples To Feed ‘Thirsty’ Idols (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Thousands of people flocked to temples across India on Monday following reports that idols of Hindu gods were drinking milk given by devotees as sacred offerings, witnesses said. Teenagers, adults and the aged stood in long lines with garlands . . .
- The Long Silence Of Gunter Grass (Business Standard, Nilanjana S Roy, Aug 22, 2006)
“Why only now?” he says, this person not to be confused with me. Well, because Mother’s incessant nagging...Because I wanted to cry the way I did at the time, when the cry spread across the water, but couldn’t anymore...Because for the true . . .
- Rural Development And Planned Urbanisation Are Fully Compatible (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Aug 22, 2006)
At the present juncture in the development history of the country it is perhaps right to pause and seek agricultural development with well-planned urban growth.
- Russia-Us Trade Off (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 22, 2006)
Moscow must not turn the WTO negotiations into one more battleground in its image war with Washington.
- The Worsening Law & Order Situation (Dawn, Sajjad Ali Shah, Aug 22, 2006)
ON August 11, 1947, Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the first president of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan, in his address to the members informed them that their assembly had dual functions of writing a constitution and making laws to . . .
- The Art Of Fund-Raising (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 22, 2006)
There are social issues galore which act as gigantic brakes. The problems are vast and getting bigger each year. And the population explosion is adding to the already vast numbers of ‘have-nots’.
- Their Man In Islamabad (OutLook, B. Raman , Aug 22, 2006)
It is difficult not to be reminded of the MI-6's Man in Havana as one watches with amazement the encomiums being showered on Gen Musharraf as a stalwart ally in the war against terrorism by Bush and Blair.
- Bringing Back Gitmo Prisoners (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 22, 2006)
Hundred of hapless souls have been languishing at the notorious American prison camp Guantanamo Bay. These unfortunate people included a number of Pakistanis as well.
- Rajya Sabha Debate On Nuclear Deal — The Morphing Of A Pm (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 22, 2006)
Dr Manmohan Singh's Rajya Sabha speech left MPs and eminent scientists who were deeply uneasy about the nuclear deal satisfied and reassured.
- Headless Chicken (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 22, 2006)
Those who sat through the Prime Minister’s Independence Day speech could not have missed the bits where the children clapped.
- The Road To $10 Billion (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 22, 2006)
India’s emergence as a leading player in cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) bodes well for the flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) into the country, as around four-fifth of global FDI flows is accounted by such flows.
- Quality, Equality (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 22, 2006)
Now that the cabinet has cleared the quota bills, the politics will presumably will be worked out and the fiscal commitment will hopefully be fully understood.
- Yes Minister (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 22, 2006)
He has proven to be a true bureaucrat, adept at making himself indispensable to the minister. Brought to the ministry of tourism during the BJP-led NDA rule as joint secretary, he was considered a favourite of the then minister Jagmohan.
- Sanctity Of Seminaries To Be Ensured: President (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has assured that the sanctity of Islamic seminaries will be maintained.
- Iim-A Can Take 150 More Students: Prof (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
Is the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) making a mountain out of a molehill over the OBC reservation issue? One of the institute’s professors has dug holes into the loud noises made by top bosses that expansion is not possible . . .
- Very Political Science (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 21, 2006)
Nuclear scientists must be firmly told: this isn’t Pakistan, there is a strict lab-govt separation plan
- Strange Logic Of Lebanon War (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, Aug 21, 2006)
As staff at some of the world's most prestigious press organisations effectively take Hizbullah's side in its war with Israel, they inadvertently expose a profound transformation in the logic of warfare.
- Right To Education Puts Finance Ministry In Spot (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Aug 21, 2006)
Rs 46,000 crore is what Centre has to shell out, if Arjun agenda followed
- Narayana Murthy, India It Pioneer, Bows Out (Reuters, Sumeet Chatterjee , Aug 21, 2006)
Infosys Technologies' Chairman N.R. Narayana Murthy stepped down on Sunday after 25 years at the helm of the firm he co-founded with six other software engineers and built into India's second-largest software company.
- India Must Show The Way (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Aug 21, 2006)
The war against terror continues and we are seeing 'new' innovative methods being deployed by terrorist groups.
- Unity In Diversity (Times of India, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Aug 21, 2006)
The Bush administration has been more effective in uniting India than a cricket match against Pakistan. The American stance on subsidies to its farmers has been unanimously opposed by just about every Indian, straddling the ideological spectrum.
- 71 Militants Killed In Afghanistan (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
Afghan police aided by NATO aircraft killed 71 suspected Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan, as insurgents killed four U.S. Soldiers and wounded six others in separate clashes, officials said.
- India, Singapore Seek `Interoperability' Of Air Forces (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Aug 21, 2006)
"Objective is not combat-role cooperation"
Focus on "mutually supportive roles"
Bilateral exercise in November
Possibility of cooperation in "network centric operations."
- 59 Years: A Sense Of Insecurity (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 21, 2006)
If you look at the list of people arrested after the train bombings in Mumbai you will see the names of doctors, teachers and software engineers. What further proof do we need of radicalisation of our own Muslims?
- Ganesha Drinking Milk Again (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
In a re-run of the September 1995 frenzy when Ganesha idols were said to be drinking milk offered to them, devotees reportedly thronged temples on Sunday night, making similar claims. This time, however, all idols were reported to be drinking milk.
- Company Towns (Times of India, Sauvik Chakraverti, Aug 21, 2006)
The UPA government's clearance to private firms for the setting up of over 100 Special Economic Zones (SEZs) has raised loud objections from those who are otherwise defenders of free markets.
- Focus On Language And Digital Literacy (The Financial Express, DEEPAK MAHESHWARI, Aug 21, 2006)
India is often perceived as an enigma and offers a stark study for anyone who bothers to delve into any aspect, so it is no different when it comes to the use of the Internet in India.
- A Conventional Approach Still (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Aug 21, 2006)
The Eleventh Plan Approach Paper has been accused of departing from conventional wisdom. But it has not departed enough. The critical issues it lists are all chronic sores that innovation, not conventional wisdom, can solve. But the Approach has no . . .
- Into Their Second Innings (Pioneer, Ajoy Bose, Aug 21, 2006)
Facing Opposition attacks as well as barbs from their allies both Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi realise that if they do not swim together, they will sink together
- Traditional India Cold To 'Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna' (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Aug 21, 2006)
Bollywood's latest film about troubled marriages is showing to packed houses in India's cities, but it has not gone down well with millions in the conservative countryside where marital vows are still the basis of family values.
- Gullibility Unlimited (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Aug 21, 2006)
Mumbai city is in the grip of yet another wild rumour, this time that the sea water in some parts of the city has turned less saline, thanks to the magical powers of a saint.
- Feeble Voice To Fight (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 21, 2006)
Residents of Premdasa Nagar, in absence of state support, have rented their premises and taken to drinking in distress, says Rahul Ramagundam.
- After Mahim Miracle, Idols 'Drink' Milk (Pioneer, PTI, Aug 21, 2006)
After the record crowd turnout at Mumbai's Mahim locality to taste "sweet" water of the Arabian Sea, thousands of people on Sunday night thronged temples across Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Bihar and Punjab to watch deities of Goddess Durga and . . .
- Mp Pay Packets (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 21, 2006)
It was possibly inevitable that the salaries and allowances of members of parliament were upwardly revised, that exercise takes place every five years.
- Americans Prefer Hillary As Democrat Candidate For Prez (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
Americans prefer Senator and former First Lady Hillary Clinton as the Democrat candidate for Presidential polls in 2008 above other contenders from her party, according to a new poll.
- The Speech That Was Not Allowed (Hindu, K. Natwar Singh, Aug 21, 2006)
The nuclear deal is aboutenergy, not non-proliferation. It is about reciprocity, not about unilateral steps taken by the USA. Talk about India having a congruent foreign policy with the U.S. is unacceptable to all patriotic Indians.
- The Unending War In Sri Lanka (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 21, 2006)
A political initiative to resolve the grievances of all ethnic groups along with an effective strategy to take on the LTTE is the best way out.
- Positive, Supportive: How Some See It (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 21, 2006)
Newspaper ombudsmen are all agreed on one point — it is the angry readers who are ready with their criticism or protest; the satisfied ones seldom display their appreciation.
- Iran Not To Suspend U-Enrichment (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
Iran said on Sunday it would not suspend uranium enrichment, ruling out the main demand in a nuclear package backed by six world powers that aims to allay Western fears that Teheran is seeking to build atomic bombs.
- Laloo Chucks Out Colas From Trains, Stations (Deccan Herald, Abhay Kumar, Aug 21, 2006)
A day after Chairman of Pepsico India Holdings Private Limited, Rajeev Bakshi virtually admitted that the soft drink could be harmful for children, Railway Minister Laloo Prasad took the war against the two cola giants — Coke and Pepsi – one step . . .
- Mecon To Zero Down On Plant Site Shortly (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
Ranchi based Mecon India is likely to finalise the site for the L.N.Mittal’s proposed mega steel project in Orissa, a highly placed source in the Orissa government said here on Sunday.
- Balance Of Economic Power Ebbs From U.S. (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 21, 2006)
The recent flow of news from around the world suggests that the balance of world economic power may finally be swinging away from the United . . .
- We Need A Global Treaty For Disabled (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 21, 2006)
Most of the world's people with disabilities are denied opportunities that prevent them from ever realising their full potential
- Continuing Yasukuni Troubles (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 21, 2006)
Japan has a few serious problems to sort out with China and South Korea. Its hope of entering the United Nations Security Council as a permanent member cannot be realised if the People's Republic refuses to allow it.
- Bonhomie With Sonia Helped Pm Take The Bull By The Horn (New Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Aug 21, 2006)
Just before the Prime Minister was to speak in the Rajya Sabha on the Indo-US nuclear deal, Arjun Singh walked up to Manmohan Singh and exchanged pleasantries with him.
- 71 Taliban Killed In Major Afghan Offensive (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
Afghan and Nato forces battled Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan’s volatile south with rockets, artillery and air strikes killing 71 militants on Sunday in one of the country’s bloodiest clashes in five years.
- America’S Orwellian Talk (News International, Nasim Zehra, Aug 21, 2006)
The unanimously adopted UN Security Council Resolution 1701 will at best reduce the fighting in Lebanon. In the immediate context it will wind down both the Israeli aggression and the retaliatory Hizbollah attacks.
- ‘I Am With Terrorism’ (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 21, 2006)
The legendary Arab poet, Nizar Qabbani, like many Arab radicals spent his exile years in Beirut. One day, his beloved wife, Balqis al-Rawi, was killed by a bomb planted at the Iraqi embassy in Beirut. Balqis was an Iraqi and the bomb was planted by . . .
- 90 Killed In Afghan Bloody Clashes (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
Around 90 people died in a series of weekend clashes between troops and Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan, including more than 70 rebels killed in a battle in the south and four US soldiers.
- ‘We Must Scale Up Iits, Iims, Take Strong Affirmative Action Or . . . (Indian Express, S. Ramadorai, Aug 21, 2006)
His usual reticence reflects his company’s traditional understated style but S Ramadorai, MD & CEO of Tata Consultancy Services, talks tech, quotas and cricket with Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief of The Indian Express, on NDTV 24x7’s Walk The Talk . . .
- Big Dams, Big Problems (Deccan Herald, Ramakrishna Upadhya, Aug 21, 2006)
Unregulated storage and releases have meant that Karnataka, being a lower riparian state, is always at the mercy of Maharashtra in times of drought or flood.
- Fiduciary Duties In Privatisation (Dawn, Syed Mohibullah Shah, Aug 21, 2006)
The widespread support for the Supreme Court decision on privatisation of the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) reflects the deep anxiety, even among supporters of privatisation, about the manner in which state-owned assets were being sold.
- Trivialising The War On Terror (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 21, 2006)
THE results of the alleged plot to bomb transatlantic airlines have varied from the serious to the ludicrous: while Britain and America have thanked Pakistan for unearthing the plot, flights have been delayed because a woman . . .
- Indian Lawyer Launches Crusade Against Abuses In Kashmir (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
My longer term goal is to have some of the army out (of Kashmir) – and definitely out of the civilian areas’
- Government’S Cultivated Ambivalence On Madrassa Reform . . . (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 21, 2006)
Pakistani officials say they have arrested “a top Al Qaeda commander”, Mati ur Rehman, who allegedly masterminded the London plot to down America-bound airliners earlier this month.
- How To Revive Agricultural Economy (Daily Excelsior, Satyendra Pratap Singh, Aug 21, 2006)
As the crisis of the farming community reverberate in the country with suicides and hunger, the prime minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, in his Independence speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort, loudly proclaimed that the UPA government is "concerned . . .
- Dialogue Only Route To Solve All Complex Problems: Cm (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today said that three out of five working groups announced by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh during 2nd Round Table Conference at Srinagar have met and the remaining two groups are also meeting very soon.
- Drugs Worth 5 Million Us Dollars Seized, 4 Held (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
In a major success, Delhi police today said it has smashed an international drug racket with the arrest of four persons and seized 100 kg of ephedrine worth nearly five million US dollars and three kg of hashish from them.
- Nation Pays Homage To Rajiv Gandhi (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today led the nation in paying homage to the late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 62nd birth anniversary today.
- Terrorism - Unfolding Genesis (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Aug 21, 2006)
Since the United States-led war against the Soviet entry into Afghanistan in the 1980s, terrorism in the name of Islam has grown into something like an industry.
- Power To People (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 21, 2006)
The present structure of Panchayati Raj is imbued with ancient promises and with the two essential strands of Gandhiji’s economic philosophy.
- Flood Situation Slightly Improves In Gujarat » (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
The flood situation slightly improved in north and central Gujarat as inflow of rain water from Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh decreased even as more than 70,000 people have been evacuated and Army deployed in affected areas, officials said.
- Let And Al Qaeda (OutLook, B. Raman , Aug 21, 2006)
Now even the National Security Advisor is openly talking about the links between these two and how the LET has become as great a threat to regional and international peace and security as Al Qaeda...
- Now For The Real Miracle (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 21, 2006)
As far as miracles go, turning brackish sea water sweet is pretty neat. Regardless of the scientific explanation being doled out — excess freshwater flowing from the Mahim river into the sea — the thousands thronging to Mahim Creek near the . . .
- Oil Picks Up Ahead Of Iran Nuclear Deadline (Reuters, Neil Chatterjee, Aug 21, 2006)
Oil prices rose above $71 a barrel on Monday, bolstered by Iran's determination to continue with its atomic fuel programme ahead of a deadline from the United Nations to halt nuclear work.
- Lebanese Begin Rebuilding Lives (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
In the only house still intact on a smashed street in the southern Lebanese village of Khiam, the Gharib family tries to restart a life torn apart by war.
- My Book Will Reveal Why India Acted On Volcker Report: Natwar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
"Why did the Indian Government act on a report that was trashed in other parts of the world?"
The report was completely doctored
I am not afraid to put the facts as they are
Manmohan Singh did not stand up for a colleague.
- Vande Mataram: Bjp Criticises Muslim Refusal (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
The BJP on Sunday condemned the refusal by some Muslim clerics to abide by a Central directive on compulsory singing of Vande Mataram in schools on September 7, saying those who oppose the national song should "leave the country".
- Moving Nukes: India Must Join World Initiative (Tribune, Premvir Das, Aug 21, 2006)
The Proliferation Security Initiative, PSI for short, is an initiative, initially sponsored by 14 nations including the USA (therefore being seen as an American scheme) aimed at countering proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and . . .
- Celebration Amidst Fear (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Aug 21, 2006)
Dr Manmohan Singh addressed the nation from the Red Fort on 15th August, the 59th year of our Independence.
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