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Articles 3921 through 4020 of 9735:
- Karan Singh To Go As Pm’S Envoy To Nepal (Indian Express, Satish Misra, Apr 19, 2006)
Concerned with the fast deteriorating political situation in the neighbouring Himalayan Kingdom, India today decided to send a senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member, Dr Karan Singh, to Nepal tomorrow as the Special Envoy of . . .
- Narmada: Listen To The Real Stakeholders’ Voices (The Financial Express, CM VASUDEV, Apr 19, 2006)
We have a long way to go to utilise our water resources better; let’s not waste time in futile . . .
- Reconciliation, The Only Way (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Apr 19, 2006)
Nepal's Lali Guras (rhododendron) Revolution has entered its 14th day, well beyond the original four days.
- India Expresses Concern Over Nepal Turmoil (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
India’s newly appointed special envoy to Nepal said on Tuesday that civil unrest against the monarchy was “spinning out of control” in the troubled Himalayan nation.
- Education Dragged Backwards (Deccan Herald, Vatsala Vedantam, Apr 19, 2006)
Seat reservation could reverse brain gain into the country and resume brain drain
- New Jobs Will Go To India, China: Bush Warns Students (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
US President George W Bush has warned the country's schoolchildren that if they did not have the skills needed to compete with their counterparts from India and China, new jobs would go to those countries.
- 'Save Monarchy, Restore Democracy' (Times of India, Rajeev Deshpande, Apr 19, 2006)
Even as India is looking to make a significant intervention in Nepal, New Delhi is faced with the daunting task of getting Nepalese monarch Gyanendra to make concessions to the pro-democracy insurrection in time to ensure that the . . .
- Clearing The Air (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 19, 2006)
Delhi’s durbar culture is used to the rise and fall of individuals and of groups with clout to influence policy and statecraft.
- Promote Tourism, Create Jobs (Tribune, Aditi Tandon, Apr 19, 2006)
In a scenario of rising unemployment, the Government of India is focusing on tourism as the biggest potential job market.
- Valiant Men Of Bygone Days (Deccan Herald, KALPANA M NAGHNOOR, Apr 19, 2006)
In our quest to make life smooth, we invent events. But life isn't so graceful
- Our Own (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 19, 2006)
Ignorance and sloppiness are the worst enemies of good English. But pedantry is its most irritating friend, and not always a friend at that. Those who dislike their language being debased must always ask themselves just what they mean by “debased”.
- New Jobs Will Go To India: Bush » (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
President George W Bush has warned the country's schoolchildren that if they did not have the skills needed to compete with their counterparts from India and China, new jobs would go to those countries.
- Blair Launches Uk-India Education Programme (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
British Prime Minister Tony Blair launched the UK-India Education and Research Initiative in London on Tuesday with a $22 million support from his government and $8.5 million in cash and kind from the private sector.
- Stolen Vishnu Idol Sent Back To India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
A stolen 9th century stone idol with carvings of all the ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu began its journey back home to be reinstalled in the Varaha temple in Mandsour, Madhya Pradesh, from where it was stolen six years ago.
- Many Paths, One Goal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
Scriptures are like signposts that lead one towards the ultimate goal of God realisation.
- Master Plan To Be Prepared For Beautification Of Mysore City (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
It will also aim at projecting the city as a tourist destination
Architects and urban planners to be roped in for the plan
City to receive funds under urban renewal programme
Sound and light show to be beamed at Mysore Palace
- Cbi Probe Into Rape Of Woman Activist (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Crime graph on the rise in Uttaranchal, alleges BJP
- America's Migrants Have Overcome Their Terror (Hindu, Gary Younge, Apr 18, 2006)
A migrant community that has always tried to be invisible has become active. And politicians have to take notice.
- Nepal On Knife's Edge (Deccan Herald, Ashok Kumar Mehta, Apr 18, 2006)
It seems certain that the King will be unable to implement his plan for the restoration of absolute monarchy. True, Kathmandu may not have collected 500,000 pro-democracy activists as predicted by UML leader Madhav Nepal.
- Thank God (Deccan Herald, Usha Muliyil, Apr 18, 2006)
Noela Evans writes, “Gratitude is the language of the angels.” In Samuel Johnson’s words, gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation, and is not to be found in gross minds.
- Family In Tow, Sonia Files Poll Papers (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Three weeks after quitting the Lok Sabha in the wake of the controversy over the office-of-profit issue, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today filed her nomination for the May 8 bye-election in Rae Bareli, the traditional Gandhi family pocketborough.
- Watch, The Endgame Is Nigh (Indian Express, Mahendra P. Lama, Apr 18, 2006)
When King Mahendra dissolved the 19-month-old first democratically elected government (of B.P. Koirala) in December 1960, no one could have thought the monarchy would survive for the next 30 years.
- Army In A Bind Over Nepal Unrest (Times of India, RAJAT PANDIT, Apr 18, 2006)
The Army, which has "deep stakes" in Nepal, is caught in a quandary over the spiralling developments in the Himalayan Kingdom. While it still strongly feels the Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) should be supported, it also recognises the widespread . . .
- India Asks Nepal Monarch To Initiate Dialogue With Parties (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Expressing "great concern" over the situation in Nepal, India has asked King Gyanendra to immediately initiate dialogue with the political parties aimed at reconciliation and evolving national consensus.
- Sonia Files Nomination Papers From Rae Bareli (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Three weeks after quitting the Lok Sabha in the wake of the controversy over the office of profit issue, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today filed her nomination for the May 8 bye election in Rae Bareli, the traditional Gandhi family pocketborough.
- India Tells Nepal King To Hold Talks (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Taking note of the rapidly deteriorating situation in Nepal, India has asked King Gyanendra to hold an immediate dialogue with political parties for restoration of multi-party democracy in the Himalayan Kingdom.
- Sonia Files Nomination, Gets Into Poll Mode (Tribune, Shahira Naim, Apr 18, 2006)
The party has started looking up in Uttar Pradesh, said a beaming Congress president Sonia Gandhi today while summing up the impact of her candidature from Rae Bareli on the health of Congress in UP.
- Life Of Service (Hindu, C. S. Ramakrishnan, Apr 18, 2006)
"Live a hero" was the stirring motto constantly on the lips of Swami Ranganathananda, the 13th international president of the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission, who entered Mahasamadhi recently. He himself lived heroically in . . .
- India And The Wto (Hindu, Raghu Dayal , Apr 18, 2006)
Comprehensive volume on issues that affect trade from an Indian viewpoint
- Heritage Conservation (Daily Excelsior, Dr Pragya Khanna, Apr 18, 2006)
It was on 18 April 1982 that the celebration of World Heritage Day was suggested on the occasion of a symposium organized by ICOMOS, International council for monuments and sites.
- Work Your Way To The Top (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 18, 2006)
By providing 27 per cent reservation to the OBCs in premier educational institutes like the IIMs and the IITs, the Congress has once again tried to rejuvenate caste and class politics.
- History's Haunted Heretic (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Apr 18, 2006)
Imagine a scenario in which Ravana was no villain, but a beloved brother of Rama. Such a fundamental transformation in the portrayal of a key character in an epic could hardly occur without an equally elemental alteration in the status of other . . .
- Conviction, Not Force, Changes People (Pioneer, Ajit Bishnoi, Apr 18, 2006)
Alexander had won several battles in north India and was planning to intrude further south in the country.
- With An Eye On Personal Glory (Pioneer, Ajoy Bose, Apr 18, 2006)
Arjun Singh wants to introduce reservation for OBCs for reclaiming his lost aura in the Congress and Government, says Ajoy Bose
- World Of Changing Ammas (Pioneer, K Govindan Kutty , Apr 18, 2006)
One thing in circulation most widely in Chennai is a word: Amma. Not merely Chennai.
- Nepal: India Reiterates Concern (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
A day after its Ambassador to Nepal Shiv Shankar Mukherjee met King Gyanendra, India on Monday expressed concern about the deteriorating situation in the Himalayan kingdom.
- Eelam Issue Takes The Backstage (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Compulsions of alliance politics have acted as a check on parties and leaders backing the cause of the Sri Lankan Tamils, says V. Jayanth
- Horsley Hills, Talakona Mooted For Eco-Tourism (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
The House Committee on Public Undertakings had said that adventure and eco-tourism could be developed at Horsley Hills near Madanapalle and at Talakona forests, both in Chittoor district taking advantage of their proximity to metros like Chennai . . .
- Devotees Throng Iskcon Temple (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Devotees are thronging the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) Temple here to participate in the 13-day Brahmotsavam festival. On Tuesday, a devotional event in the glory of Lord Vishnu is the highlight.
- Delhi Push For Talks (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
As the pro-democracy movement spread like wildfire in Nepal, India today asked King Gyanendra to start immediate dialogue with political parties to end the instability.
- Right Sum (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 18, 2006)
At least some mathematics teachers get their calculations right. Heading the list in West Bengal is the teacher of mathematics from Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission College, who has been fighting a lone battle for months over the outrageous . . .
- Why The People Of Nepal Are Against A Once-Loved Monarchy (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
There are thousands milling in the streets of Nepal—politicians, activists, professionals, common people—defying curfew and braving bullets to make their stand against monarchy.
- Spiritual Experience (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
The bliss of spiritual experience is difficult to express and mystics who have revelled in union with God speak about it only metaphorically.
- King Feels The Heat, Meets India, Us Envoys (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Apr 17, 2006)
As the capital and urban areas of the Himalayan kingdom reel with shortage of essential commodities in the wake of the a crippling strike that has further fuelled anti-monarchy sentiments, King Gyanendra has indicated he is worried about the general . . .
- A New Kind Of History Textbook (Hindu, Sumit Sarkar, Apr 17, 2006)
Books just brought out by the NCERT teach history in creative ways. All themes are sought to be looked at from the angle of everyday life and its changing patterns, bringing history down from the distant skies, as it were.
- Nepal Parties Intensify Agitation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
Kathmandu: Instensifying their agitation against King Gyanendra, Nepal's Opposition on Sunday launched a ``non-cooperation movement'' and asked people not to pay taxes to the Royal government, as police fired at protesters in various parts of the . . .
- Kuvempu Should Be Made Known To Other Regions . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
The Chief Minster emphasises the need for translating Kuvempu's works in all Indian languages
- Park With Rajiv Gandhi Tag At Vanasthalipuram In 6 Months (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
Five parks being developed to create lung space, says HUDA
Attractions like joggers' pathway, swimming pool, children's play area, etc
47-acre Autonagar land may be developed into beautiful park: Sudheer Reddy
Sabita Reddy lauds HUDA for taking up O
- Peaceful Solution To Iran’S N-Crisis (Dawn, Anwar Kemal, Apr 17, 2006)
The UN Security Council’s presidential statement of March 29, 2006, is the latest and most serious in the series of steps being taken at the behest of the United States and the EU countries to circumscribe Iran’s nuclear programme within parameters . . .
- Conviction, Not Force, Changes People (Pioneer, Ajit Bishnoi, Apr 17, 2006)
Alexander had won several battles in north India and was planning to intrude further south in the country. However, his army was not pleased with this idea,
- King Seethes At The People, Delhi Steps In (Times of India, Indrani Bagchi, Apr 17, 2006)
Feeling the heat of unrelenting protests against the monarchy, Gyanendra met Indian ambassador to Nepal Shiv Shankar Mukherjee on Sunday evening to offer fresh dialogue with the political parties.
- Western Hypocrisy (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 17, 2006)
With virtually the entire country in revolt against the monarchy, the ‘usurper’ Nepalese King Gyanendra refuses to bow out.
- Intelligence Can Recast Destiny (The Economic Times, K VIJAYARAGHAVAN, Apr 17, 2006)
The Brahmavaivarta Purana and certain other narrations conceive of the story of Savitri, who had married Satyavan, though she had known that, as per astrological predictions, he was destined to die young.
- Mullaperiyar: Minister Slams Jayalalithaa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
Says she is making it a campaign issue
- World Of Changing Ammas (Pioneer, K Govindan Kutty , Apr 17, 2006)
One thing in circulation most widely in Chennai is a word: Amma. Not merely Chennai.
- With An Eye On Personal Glory (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 17, 2006)
Arjun Singh wants to introduce reservation for OBCs for reclaiming his lost aura in the Congress and Government, says . . .
- Fuel Rations In Nepal, Anti-King Strike Hits Prices (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
Hundreds of cars and motorcycles queued up at gas stations in the Nepali capital on Monday as fuel supplies dwindled on the 12th day of a general strike called by anti-monarchy activists.
- Time To Restore (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 17, 2006)
Autocratic rulers make two mistakes — they overestimate their own powers and they underestimate the people’s power to change things.
- Pilgrimage Turns Sore For B’Lore Pilgrims (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
Rural CPI T Kumar and PSI B S Raju visited the accident spot and shifted the injured to hospital, eyewitnesses said. Police have registered a case.
- The Temple Bull (Deccan Herald, T C NARAYAN, Apr 17, 2006)
The male calf presented to a Shiva temple was revered and feared by local devotees
- Social Networking Through The Web (Deccan Herald, James Harkin, Apr 17, 2006)
Social networks are the perfect accompaniment to globalisation
- Beyond The Blasts (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 17, 2006)
Ultras’ aim to break the secular fabric must be thwarted
- Art (Deccan Herald, Marta Jakimowicz, Apr 17, 2006)
Ditmar Bollaert is a Belgian photographer who has travelled extensively in India, especially the South. His Indian images, which are currently on view at Time & Space (April 7 to 19), probe the manifestations of the spiritual in the raw matter . . .
- King Gynandra's Elections Ploy (Daily Excelsior, Rajkumar Vijayveer Vikram Singh, Apr 17, 2006)
Gyanendra, Nepal's monarch, who imposed absolute rule on his country 14 months ago, in a surprise move, has announced that elections to parliament will be held soon.
- Step Back, India Tells Nepal King (Hindustan Times, Nilova Roy Chaudhury, Apr 17, 2006)
When Indian Ambassador to Nepal, Shiv Mukherjee, met King Gyanendra on Sunday, he conveyed a strong message from New Delhi: If the King wanted to salvage what he could of the monarchy, he needed to step back and hand over power to the seven-party . . .
- Siege Spreads To Nepal Lifelines (Telegraph, J. HEMANTH, Apr 17, 2006)
King Gyanendra held talks with diplomats from India and the US amid a call for full-blown civil disobedience and speculation about the likely imposition of emergency in Nepal.
- Trail Of Terror (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 17, 2006)
Friday was truly a day of terror when enemies of peace struck at the historic Jama Masjid in Delhi and hurled grenades at their targets in Srinagar. Luckily, no life was lost when improvised devices exploded inside the seventeenth-century mosque in the na
- Indian Envoy Meets King Gyanendra (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
As the Opposition protests for restoration of democracy showed no sign of ebbing, India’s envoy to Nepal today met King Gyanendra and discussed ways to resolve the present political crisis.
- Reading China (Tribune, Lanxing Xiang, Apr 17, 2006)
The world’s preoccupation with China’s sudden rise as an economic superpower is a matter of some bemusement among Chinese political leaders and intellectuals.
- Development Smokescreen In Kerala Elections (Tribune, T.P. Sreenivasan, Apr 17, 2006)
Kerala is a state that has prided itself on experimenting with and evolving ideologies, but no candidate seems to be fighting the elections on the ideological platform this time.
- Q&a: 'Ramanujan's Story Is That You Can't Imprison The Mind' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 17, 2006)
Writer-director Dev Benegal, 45, has never walked the easy line. His debut feature English August (1994) was a wry look at bureaucracy. His second movie, Split Wide Open (1999), scraped the jagged edges of globalisation from below. Now, Benegal is . . .
- Chamba Is 1,000 (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 17, 2006)
Few towns in the region, let alone Himachal Pradesh, can claim to be as old as Chamba, which is now in the midst of millennium celebrations.
- Blunt Message From Shrapnels (Indian Express, Syeda Hameed, Apr 17, 2006)
Beyond the fact of its splendour and beauty, there are two reasons why Jama Masjid has a special place in my heart.
- Best Numbers Game (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 17, 2006)
It’s all very simple: If you want more medals at the Olympics, cut down on the syllabus at school.
- Bjp Hits Out At Uma In Mp (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 16, 2006)
The Madhya Pradesh BJP has got a convenient handle to beat Uma Bharati with.
- In Search Of Nirvana (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 16, 2006)
Despite the local govt’s code of conduct for foreigners, Pushkar retains its spiritual appeal, says Shishir Prashant
- Reality Check (Hindu, TARAN N. KHAN, Apr 16, 2006)
Siddiq Barmak on how his films are drawn from what's happening in Afghanistan
- Earthly Haven Of Saints (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 16, 2006)
Rajgir in Bihar was a favourite sojourning spot of Buddha. Mahavir also spent many years here. A V S Rao delves into the interesting past of this once prosperous capital of Magadha.
- India, The New Stop For Americans (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 15, 2006)
For decades, a significant section of Indian students' dream was to study in the United States and work there.
- Media Crisis In Nepal (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Apr 15, 2006)
I find it very disturbing that the Indian media, print and electronic, should show little interest in the ongoing political crisis in Nepal, a crisis that has been preceded by years of upheaval.
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