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- Council Withdraws Chief Justice Boycott (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
The governing body of the Bar Council, which held an emergency meeting on Saturday, withdrew the resolution after taking note of the clarification given by Justice Joseph in a function held at Karnataka Judicial Academy on Thursday.
- Hc Can’T Meddle With Independence Of Lower Judiciary: Sc (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
The Supreme Court today held that High Courts could not interfere with the judicial functions of subordinate courts as its independence ‘’is of paramount importance’’.
- Maoists Kill Brother Of Andhra Pradesh Mla (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
Letter states killing in protest against `fake encounters'
- The Hated Act Must Go (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 23, 2006)
The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 "should be repealed," as the Justice B.P. Jeevan Reddy Committee set up to review its provisions has recommended unambiguously.
- Rajyotsava Award List May Be Whittled Down To 50 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
A final meeting of Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy with officials on Monday is expected to finalise 50 names for the State Rajyotsava awards. The present list includes 55 names.
- Pranab Likely To Be Foreign Minister (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh may go for a long-pending cabinet shake-up by the end of this month, amid indications that a reluctant Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee has agreed to take charge of the foreign ministry, informed sources said.
- Politics Of Clemency (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Oct 23, 2006)
Broadly speaking, all crime is against the state because it disturbs public order and tranquillity.
- Indians Finding Their Niche In U.S. (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
The train-station billboards tell it all.
Local travel agents promise the best airfares from New York to Bombay. Shagun Fashions is selling dazzling Indian saris. And DirecTV offers "the six top Indian channels direct to you."
- Bjp Ups Ante On Sealing (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Oct 23, 2006)
With chances of any effective reprieve from sealing for the people of Delhi continuing to be slim, the Bharatiya Janata Party is gearing up to mount greater pressure on the Centre to call a special session of Parliament to address the problem.
- How India Can Lose China (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Oct 19, 2006)
India has never missed an opportunity to squander the big moments in its complex relationship with China.
- Media’S Pr Problem (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 19, 2006)
Precisely because this newspaper puts a great deal of emphasis on investigative reportage, it has always been deeply uncomfortable with “sting journalism”.
- Aedes Of October (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Oct 19, 2006)
“I’ve been bitten! Search the bed! Find and strike the creature dead!” When they made a close inspection The mosquito foiled detection...
- New Laws And Machines May Spell Voting Woes (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
New electronic voting machines have arrived in Yolo County, Calif., but there is one hitch: the audio program for the visually impaired in some of them works only in Vietnamese.
- Make Rbi Watchdog For Financial (Indian Express, CITHARA PAUL, Oct 19, 2006)
Suggesting the need for a strong regulatory framework to discourage speculative financial practices in Special Economic Zones (SEZs), the Left parties are going to tell the government to bring all financial activities, including that of offshore . . .
- Rs. 40 Lakhs For Each District To Contain Dengue (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Minister holds meeting with health officials
- Venkat Reddy Surrenders, Sent To Jail (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Congress leader Gouru Venkat Reddy, whose remission of punishment was quashed by the Supreme Court recently, surrendered before Superintendent of Police B. Malla Reddy here on Wednesday.
- Strength From Weakness (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 19, 2006)
You and I may at times be considered weak, insignificant and of little importance to the world, but before God, each of us are precious. Rely on God.
- Venice’S Vanishing Population (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 19, 2006)
Over the past 50 years, thousands of Venetians have taken part in a collective disappearing act. The population of the historic centre of Venice has fallen from 171,000 residents in 1951 to fewer than 62,000.
- Curfew Relaxed In 2 Rajasthan Towns (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Curfew was relaxed for one hour in the morning and for two hours from 4 to 6 in the evening on Wednesday in Gharsana and Raola towns in Rajasthan's Sriganganagar district.
- Cpm To Beijing Brass: India Won’T Be Joining Us In Containing China (Indian Express, ANANDA MAJUMDAR, Oct 19, 2006)
Setting the stage for a positive dialogue with the Chinese leadership in the context of President Hu Jintao’s visit in November, the Left has indicated to the Chinese that India would not be part of any US-led global strategy for the containment of China.
- Re-Emergence Of Taliban (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Oct 19, 2006)
Ever since American forces entered Afghanistan and removed the Taliban from power, Indian foreign policy has been based on the premise that the US and its NATO allies would restore peace, stability and moderation in Afghanistan.
- Adversarial Media Good For Democracy (Tribune, N. Bhaskara Rao, Oct 19, 2006)
Andhra Pradesh has been witnessing a confrontation between those in power and the news media.
- Track-Ii Option For Ulfa Talks (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
The Delhi-Ulfa peace process seemed to be coming out of the morass of ambiguity with Delhi today indicating its preference for Track-II diplomacy and Arabinda Rajkhowa issuing a statement to explain why it had not yet conveyed its consent for talks . . .
- Importance Of Financial Literacy (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 19, 2006)
A key component of public policy, financial education is best achieved through formal institutional mechanisms.
- Farming In Crisis, Says Pm (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Alluding to the link between high debt and farmers suicides, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today favoured a debate on regulating private money lenders, as he admitted that many parts of the country were facing an agricultural crisis.
- Rebuilding Bihar, Brick By Brick (Pioneer, Arun Srivastava, Oct 19, 2006)
Nitish Kumar has rightly made education the new engine of growth; but he must ensure that each project takes off, says Arun Srivastav.
- It’S Time Reform Touched The Farms (The Economic Times, Montek singh Ahluwalia, Oct 19, 2006)
It is indeed a privilege to be asked to speak on this occasion commemorating 15 years of economic reforms. I have been asked to comment on the impact of the reforms on trade and industry.
- Court Stays Lakhra Power Plant Lease (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
The Hyderabad circuit bench of the Sindh High Court on Wednesday stayed the lease of Lakhra power plant till Oct 31 and issued notices to the chairman of Wapda, federal government, federal ministry of water and power and Privatisation Commission . . .
- Revival Of The Taliban (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Oct 19, 2006)
Ever since American forces entered Afghanistan and removed the Taliban from power, Indian foreign policy has been based on the premise that the Americans and their NATO allies would restore peace, stability and moderation in Afghanistan.
- Centre Lacks Strength To Enact New Terror Law: Bjp (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
Claiming that the suggestion of a new anti-terrorism law by senior government officials was a vindication of its stand, BJP today said UPA regime lacked the will and strength to introduce any such legislation.
- North Korea Nuke (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 18, 2006)
Hardline Jamaat-e-Islami’s bi-weekly, Daawat, in an editorial note on October 13 writes that “the question is, if manufacture of nuclear weapons is a condemnable act, why did those attacking North Korea do the same in the first place?”
- Insurgency Along Border Unabated: Army Chief (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
As India and Pakistan today announced resumption of the Composite Dialogue process through the Foreign Secretary-level talks, Chief of the Army Staff Gen J.J. Singh categorically said that the terror infrastructure in our neighbouring country was . . .
- ‘I Make Films Which Entertain But Break The Rules’ (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 18, 2006)
Our filmmakers, who are given a platform, don’t stop talking. If I approach a film with the idea that I will teach the audiences something, it is the worst approach. In two hours, if you give Rs 50-100 and get its worth, that’s enough.
- An Act That Works (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 18, 2006)
Beyond Barwani, the hillsides are bare. We'd drive to a new village each day, as far as the jeep could take us, but everywhere we were confronted by the emptiness of the landscape, the sheer, stark quality of the terrain.
- Justice Done At Last, After 11 Years Mattoo Killer Convicted (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
In a triumph for people’s outcry for justice, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday set aside a “perverse” lower court judgment and convicted a former IPS officer’s son for raping and murdering 23-year-old Priyadarshini Mattoo nearly 11 years ago.
- Dubious Role (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 18, 2006)
The Andhra Pradesh government’s prickly response to former Attorney General Soli Sorabjee’s observation on its role in the grant of clemency by the Governor to convicted Congress activist Gouru Venkata Reddy is an attempt at diverting attention from . . .
- Facts, Fiction Or The Fog Of Drugs? (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 18, 2006)
Much of the Mumbai Police's account of the train bombings comes from narcoanalysis of suspects. How truthful is the truth that truth drugs have yielded?
- Poor Women Get The Nobel Prize (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 18, 2006)
Development without keeping the poor and women in the centre will neither remain "fast" nor "inclusive."
- Competent Authority Launches Its Website (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
Carries details on properties under forfeiture proceedings
People intending to buy land can look up the site
Enforcement agencies will play key role in future.
- Bsnl Offers Special Scheme For Rural Users (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
In a bid to serve more rural users, the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has introduced a special scheme called "Rent-free rural fone".
- Solitaire Capital Among 22 Fdi Proposals Cleared (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
The Singapore company to invest in real estate
- Bmtc Volvo Bus Runs Amok, Kills Two (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
Two persons were killed and 30 injured after a speeding BMTC Volvo bus hit four vehicles in a row before ramming into a bus shelter in front of the Helicopter Division of Hindustan Aeronautical Limited (HAL) on the Airport road here on Tuesday afternoon.
- Supreme Court Directs Venkat Reddy To Surrender (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Oct 18, 2006)
Suspension of sentence declined on oral mention
- Breakthrough In Rocket Launchers Case (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
Mastermind behind case Srinivas Reddy and wife Sudharani surrender to police.
- A Leaking System (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Oct 18, 2006)
It is not the first time that the Centre has asked the states to review their foodgrain allocation quotas if they failed to curb the leakage of grains from the targeted public distribution system (TPDS).
- Need For A Second Green Revolution (Business Line, G. K. Nair , Oct 18, 2006)
India needs a paradigm shift in its agricultural policy
- Drawing Lessons From Grameen Bank (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 18, 2006)
Not only did it provide credit to the poor, but also proved they are creditworthy.
- The Sad Realities (Daily Excelsior, Sweta Patwardhan, Oct 18, 2006)
Cutting across the party lines 35 women MPs have written to prime minister Manmohan Singh and the Congress President, Mrs. Sonia Gandhi that the 33 per cent reservations for them in Parliament and States assemblies should be passed during the . . .
- Pakistan After Musharraf ? (Daily Excelsior, T S Rao, Oct 18, 2006)
Gen. Pervez Musharraf completed seven years of his rule of Pakistan in October 2006.
- Budget Making For 2007-08 — Challenges Before Chidambaram (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 18, 2006)
The Budget has to be framed to reinforce positive trends and remove obstacles to marshalling and utilising resources and the full exploitation of India's competitive advantages.
- Barak Is The Best (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 18, 2006)
In bluntly announcing his complete faith in the Barak anti-missile system and saying it compares with the best in the world, Admiral Arun Prakash, chief of the Indian Navy, has knocked the bottom out of one half of the Central Bureau of . . .
- Strong Army For Strong India (Pioneer, Vivek Gumaste, Oct 17, 2006)
The disturbing revelation about the lack of coordination between the Army and the Air Force during the Kargil War by retired Air Marshal AY Tipnis, along with the letter written by Air Marshal SP Tyagi to Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee about . . .
- Going Global (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 17, 2006)
Year 2006 has been the year of the global Indian takeover. In the first nine months of the year alone, Indian companies have leveraged $7.6 billion, using global financing options, to acquire foreign companies.
- Sitel Puts Up Fourth Global Delivery Centre (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
Will provide technical support and help desk to Bell Canada
Contact centre and back-office services will be provided
The Chennai centre will have a headcount of 1,000.
- Wilting Lotus (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Oct 17, 2006)
If Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee reminded the BJP during its recent conclave about the wisdom and experience of its senior leaders, the reason was apparently the restiveness in the party on the leadership question.
- 3 Lakh New Farmers Under Apcob Credit Structure (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
Plan to advance more loans, says bank Chairman Vasantha Nageswara Rao
- Arrangements Made For `Guru Peyarchi' Festival (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
At Vallalar temple in Mayiladuthurai
- Cabinet To Petition President Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
Soli Sorabjee's remarks about State Government draw flak
- Dengue Toll In India 101, Cases Continue To Mount (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
India continued on Monday to be in the grip of mosquito-borne dengue with nearly 5,500 confirmed cases while the death toll mounted to 101.
- Rajyotsava Bonanza: No Hike In Power Tariff (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
In a bid to decongest Bangalore by encouraging relocation of industries to other parts of the State, the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) on Monday reduced power tariff for ...
- Just An Annual Con Report? (Indian Express, P R CHARI, Oct 17, 2006)
No exercise at reforming the bureaucracy would be complete without reviewing the benefits of the Annual Confidential Report (ACR). No three letters in the English alphabet strike such terror in the heart of the civil servant.
- Court Frames Charges Against Monica Bedi (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
A lower court on Monday framed charges against Monica Bedi, film actress and associate of mafia don Abu Salem, in the fake passport case.
- Ril Shuns Doubts On China Role (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Oct 17, 2006)
Even as the Union home ministry grapples with the Intelligence Bureau’s “security apprehensions” on sanctioning visas to the 1,800 Chinese technicians who have been tasked with the construction of the 1,400-km Kakinada-Uran gas pipeline, the . . .
- Slums In Adilabad Set For Remarkable Development (Hindu, S. Harpal Singh, Oct 16, 2006)
Rs.1.3 crores spent in 10 months on roads, water pipelines and drains
- Institutionalise Financial Education (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
`The reform era had made it imperative for policy makers to look at and impart financial education in the widest sense possible'
- Supreme Court Fiat To High Courts (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Oct 16, 2006)
"Do not interfere with the functions of subordinate judges"
- Elusive Right? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 16, 2006)
It is a matter of deep regret that the pace of implementation of the Right of Information Act in the State is extremely slow.
- Indian Voices Still In The Closet (Indian Express, Antara Dev Sen, Oct 16, 2006)
If you expect a book fair to be a kaleidoscope of ideas and emotions, you would have been delighted to be at the Frankfurt Book Fair.
- Rbi Response Sought On Cheques Delay (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
Taking a serious view of the complaint that there was inordinate delay by 88 commercial banks, including foreign banks, in giving credit to cheques sent for clearance, the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission on Wednesday sought the . . .
- Bpo Sting: Hunt For 4 Hyderabadis (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
The police here is looking for four persons from Hyderabad who allegedly sold confidential data on British nationals in a sting operation carried out by Brit-ain’s Channel 4 television.
- Reliance Adag Launches Credit Cards (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
Reliance-Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group has joined hands with Citi Bank to launch Reliance Credit Card.
- Other Weddings (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 16, 2006)
The marriage season, which is about to begin, seems to be on many minds, as witnessed at a recent seminar on mergers & acquisitions (M&As) held in Mumbai.
- Liaquat & The Objectives Resolution (Dawn, Sharif al Mujahid, Oct 16, 2006)
Jinnah’s “right hand man” and heir apparent — that’s how Liaquat Ali Khan is often referred to, and rightly too.
- Farooq Abdullah Must Be Arrested, Says Bjp (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
The BJP in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday demanded the arrest of former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah under the Public Safety Act, a law invoked for terrorists or their sympathisers in the State.
- State Cong Leaders Sing Party Chief’S Tune On Sezs (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
After Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s note of caution on special economic zones (SEZ), Congress functionaries in Maharashtra — where 48 such projects are in the pipeline — have started making some noises.
- Nobel For Grameen & Yunus (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 16, 2006)
Sometimes, the Nobel Prize Committee shows imagination and bestows its peace prize on men and women who have tried to find an answer to non-military forms of violence:
- Dengue Death Toll Crosses 100 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
6 deaths in Delhi on single day
- A Matter Of Public Convenience (Hindu, K. Balakesari, Oct 15, 2006)
Located Near a traffic intersection, which I pass regularly, is one of a chain of public toilets set up all over the country by an NGO.
- Prize Money (Business Standard, T N Ninan, Oct 15, 2006)
The Nobel Peace Prize does not usually go to a businessman, but Mohammed Yunus is a money-lender with a difference, and so is his Grameen Bank in Bangladesh.
- Land Grab Or Great Expectations? (Business Standard, Surjit S Bhalla, Oct 15, 2006)
One can’t fool mother nature—you cannot get away from a fair market determined price of land.
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