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Articles 1621 through 1720 of 11253:
- Question Mark Over Fate Of 1,700 Delhi Schools (Hindu, Sandeep Joshi, Aug 31, 2006)
Shadow of Operation Sealing looms large as deadline set by Supreme Court approaches
- ‘Naxal Violence Has Come Down, We’Re On Right Track’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
A day-long meet between the Centre and 13 Naxal-affected states held today concluded that they are moving in the right track to curb the Naxal menace.
- Bugti Was Not Taller Than Pakistan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 31, 2006)
Ispr DG Maj Gen Shaukat Sultan has said that it may take four to five days to retrieve the body of Akbar Bugti from the cave in Kohlu area.
- Imperfect Sympathy (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Aug 31, 2006)
The ban on child labour in eateries and households may not become effective in the absence of adequate rehabilitation mechanisms.
- Apex Court To Examine Parliament’S Power To Add To Ninth Schedule (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
The Ninth Schedule of the Constitution has been a favourite with politicians wanting to play hide and seek with the Judiciary. Any law or regulation included in this Schedule was excluded from judicial review.
- Aiims To Conduct Tests On Jharkhand Girl (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
"Initial investigations reveal nothing in the eyes that can lead to stone formations"
- Hyderabad Youth Pulled Off Us-Bound Plane In London, Returned . . . (Indian Express, Karn Kowshik, Aug 31, 2006)
A Hyderabad youth, who claimed he was on his way to the US for an MBA in Rhode Island, was pulled off a plane in London, detained by police on August 25 and sent back to India.
- Murder, Murder (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 31, 2006)
In the years of yore, Ujjain was a seat of learning. Today the town is notorious for the virtual lynching of a professor by his own students for no other reason than that he had to postpone elections to the students union.
- Battle Of The Bahus (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 31, 2006)
The lead story in the latest issue of Organiser, titled “Sonia’s vendetta on Maneka’’, gives a detailed account on the CBI’s “witch-hunt’’ against the BJP MP over the release of funds to a couple of NGOs in Pilibhit when Maneka Gandhi was the social . . .
- Naxal Desk To Be Strengthened (Tribune, S. Satyanarayanan, Aug 31, 2006)
Admitting gaps in the implementation of development and security related projects at the grassroots level in Naxal-hit states, the Centre today announced the strengthening of the Naxal desk in the Union Home Ministry by inducting senior police . . .
- Jawans Get Relief In Medical Scheme (Tribune, S.S. Negi , Aug 31, 2006)
Lakhs of ex-servicemen superannuated before January 1996 and denied post-retirement treatment facilities in government hospitals have got a major relief from the Supreme Court.
- His Father’S Son: Karnataka Struggles On (Tribune, Jangveer Singh, Aug 31, 2006)
Fed up with seventeen months of complete inaction from a Congress – Janata Dal (Secular) government, the people of Karnataka heaved a sigh of relief when JD (S) leader H.D. Deve Gowda’s son H.D. Kumaraswamy and his young turks broke away to take . . .
- Andhra Pradesh: Road To Kondamodalu (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
The recent floods have provided a ruse to the government to relocate people affected by the Polavaram dam.
- No Complaint! (Tribune, ASHOK MALIK, Aug 31, 2006)
Our odd-looking group - five from Chandigarh, two from Ludhiana and one each from Haryana and Allahabad — boarded AP Express at Hyderabad. Weather had been kind on the outward journey and we hoped for a smooth return journey.
- Ethnic Profiling Nips Muslim Youth's American Dream (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
It was reported in this newspaper last fortnight that if you have a name similar to a terror suspect and wanted to go abroad, then the chances are that you would face an ordeal. Ask Mohammed Shafiq Ahmed (23) now cooling his heels in the cooler in . . .
- On Naxalites, State Won’T Join The Dots (Indian Express, Ajay K. Mehra, Aug 31, 2006)
The meeting between chief secretaries and director generals of police of 13 Naxalite-affected states on Wednesday places the Naxalite issue on the front burner. It must remain there.
- Hub Of Research (Frontline, PARVATHI MENON, Aug 31, 2006)
Bangalore has emerged as one of modern India's most important centres of higher education and research.
- Liquor Is Quicker, Say Growers! (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 31, 2006)
Media reports say that some cotton growers in the Adilabad, Andhra Pradesh, are chasing away pests from their crops not with chemical pesticides but with what they term as “quarter-spraying”. A quarter is the desi reference to a 40-ml bottle of . . .
- Indian Convicted Of Killing Wife In Us (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
An Indian computer programmer, who killed his wife two years ago by dismembering her body parts using a meat cleaver, has been convicted of first degree murder by a US jury and faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.
- Chhattisgarh Has Highest Casaulties Of Naxalism (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
The highest casualty on account of Naxalism has taken place in Chhattisgarh, mainly as a fallout of the Salva Judum exercise, backed by the security forces.
- Bugti Killing: Serious Repercussions Feared (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, Aug 30, 2006)
Balochistan is still numb after the killing of its most towering leader Nawab Akbar Bugti. According to an intelligence assessment, the strife-torn province of Pakistan was ready to ignite as its people were seething with anger, the manner in which . . .
- Season Of Infections (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 30, 2006)
The woes list of Delhiites seems to have gotten longer. Joining the weather, terrorism and prices is the dengue-chikungunya spreading mosquito, Aedes aegypti, which is reportedly multiplying in abnormally large numbers.
- Tata Steel Eyes $600 Mn Share Sale (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Tata Steel Ltd., India's top private-sector steel maker, plans to raise up to $600 million through an overseas share sale as the country's stock markets rebound, according to sources familiar with the matter.
- Bismillah Khan (Frontline, PARTHA CHATTERJEE , Aug 30, 2006)
Peerless shehnai player Ustad Bismillah Khan leaves behind a repertoire of sublime music.
- Don't Target Mfis: It Will Deny The Poor Access To Credit (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 30, 2006)
An ongoing crackdown by the Andhra Pradesh and Orissa governments on microfinance institutions (MFIs) is yet another instance of political interference damaging a promising initiative. It has been alleged that MFIs charge very high rates of interest.
- Boost For Naxal-Affected States (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
The Army, in a major effort to help the state governments tackle the scourge of Naxalite violence, will train more than 14,000 personnel of Central and State police organisations and ex-servicemen next year.
- Aids Forces Attention (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
In a bid to control the spread of HIV/AIDS in Central police forces, the home ministry has developed a two-year action plan. The peculiar nature of duty and tough working conditions are expected to make the armed forces vulnerable to HIV.
- 27 Drown As Van Plunges Into Krishna (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Twenty-seven persons were killed when a crowded van veered off a bridge and plunged into Krishna river on Tuesday.
- State To Be Included In Ultra Mega Power Projects Scheme (Hindu, T. Ramakrishnan, Aug 30, 2006)
Union Minister seeks detailed proposal from State Government
Shinde for TNEB reorganisation
State given few more months.
- P&g Hygiene: In The Pink Of Health (Business Standard, Niraj Bhatt, Aug 30, 2006)
Procter & Gamble Hygiene (P&G)’s exit from the low margin contract manufacturing (detergents) business last October has seen its operating margin improve by 770 basis points, y-o-y, to 22.5 per cent in the June quarter.
- 10 Killed In Accident On Indus Highway (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Ten people were killed and 26 others injured in accidents involving four vehicles, including three passenger coaches, near Manzoorabad in the Khanoth area on the Indus Highway late on Monday night.
- Three Mines To Boost Uranium Supplies (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Aug 30, 2006)
Three new small uranium mines and one processing plant will come up in Jharkhand within the next two years to feed the existing and upcoming nuclear reactors, as the country is facing a steep shortage in uranium fuel.
- So Our Children Shouldn’T Read Tagore, Prem Chand! (Indian Express, Chaman Lal, Aug 30, 2006)
The recent debate over the introduction of ‘objectionable’ material in NCERT’s hindi and history textbooks had MPs, across party lines, going as far as suggesting that the scholars responsible for recommending this material be punished.
- Campaign Launched To Promote Government Schemes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, on Tuesday launched a public information campaign on Bharat Nirman to showcase programmes introduced by Union and State Governments.
- More Securitymen Killed By Naxals Than By J&k Militants: Centre, States Discuss Today (Indian Express, Raman Kirpal, Aug 30, 2006)
Chief Secretaries and Director Generals of Police of 13 Naxalite-affected states are reaching New Delhi tomorrow for a meeting with Union Home Secretary V K Duggal to assess how states have fared in pooling intelligence on Naxal movement and the . . .
- Case Filed For Redemption Of Industrial Land (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Minister for Large and Medium Industries, Katta Subramanya Naidu said the Government has filed a case in the court for redemption of industrial land all over Karnataka, which was allotted many years ago and are lying vacant today.
- Maharashtra Contests Centre’S Stand In Sc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Maharashtra on Tuesday contested the Central Government’s stand that its special leave petition in the Supreme Court on the Maharashtra-Karnataka boundary issue has become time-barred and hence liable to be rejected, by claiming that it chose the . . .
- State Aims At 9 Pc Growth (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Karnataka on Tuesday launched a new industrial policy aimed at garnering a 20 per cent share in the country’s total exports, and targeting a gross state domestic product (GSDP) growth of over nine per cent by 2011.
- 27 Drown As Bus Falls Into Almatti Reservoir (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
In a ghastly accident, 27 people, including two newly-wed couples and seven children, drowned when a mini-bus in which they were travelling fell into the Almatti reservoir, on Tuesday.
- Industrial Policy Aiming At 9 Per Cent Growth Launched (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
The policy will remain in force for five years with retrospective effect from April 1, 2006
The Cabinet approved the policy after the Chief Minister vetted it
Rs. 500 crore earmarked for comprehensive infrastructure development in industrial areas .
- Daily Newspapers Reach Over 200 Million People, Says Nrs 2006 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Growth of Internet usage slower than anticipated
Rise in TV viewers, FM radio listeners
Indian language dailies have grown substantially
Largest readership growth in Hindi belt.
- Withering Lives (Frontline, P. SAINATH, Aug 30, 2006)
The agrarian crisis bankrupts whole communities and drives hundreds of farmers to suicide across Maharashtra.
- Harvest Of Death In Vidarbha (Frontline, DIONNE BUNSHA, Aug 30, 2006)
Mounting debt, rising cost of inputs and falling prices of their produce are driving farmers of the region to suicide.
- `Irrigation, The Key' (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Interview with Dr. B.L. Mungekar, member, Planning Commission.
- 1,500-Cr. Nabard Aid For Cooperatives (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Andhra Pradesh has signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) to receive Rs. 1,500-crore assistance to streamline three-tier cooperative credit institutions.
- Seven Killed In Andhra Road Mishap (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Seven persons were killed and five injured when the van in which they were travelling collided with a lorry at Narketpally on the National Highway in this district early on Tuesday.
- Vagaries Of Security (Tribune, B. K. Karkra, Aug 29, 2006)
My battalion was then deployed for operations against the Naxalites in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh.
- On Growth, Poverty And Opportunity (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Aug 29, 2006)
"While India's growth performance has improved there are concerns about whether this is doing enough for the poor and excluded groups.
- His Message: Smile Through Your Woes (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 29, 2006)
He took the concept of catharsis to beautiful heights without disturbing the flow and feel-good texture of the movie, which mainly revolved around educated middle-class families.
- Sankara Nethralaya's Research Project Launched (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
It will pioneer ophthalmic research in nano-technology and stem cell applications
- Cbi Arrests 2 For Posing As Gavit, His Aide (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
The CBI has arrested two persons for posing as Union minister Manikrao Gavit, after the CBI gave him and his personal assistant a clean chit for allegedly chatting with an underworld don, Surinder Bhati, who is lodged in a UP jail.
- Telangana Issue: 17 Trs Members Suspended From Ap Assembly (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Seventeen legislators of the Telangana Rashtriya Samiti (TRS) were suspended from the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly for a day on Monday for stalling proceedings to press their demand for passing a resolution on a separate Telangana state.
- Bjp State Units To Sing Vande Mataram (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Terming the Government’s “flip flop” policy on compulsory singing of Vande Mataram as appeasement of the worst kind, the BJP on Monday asked all its units to recite the national song at the state and district headquarters of the party on September 7.
- Amd To Invest $500 Million In Semindia Sez (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
World’s second largest computer chip maker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is planning to invest about US$500 million in SemIndia’s proposed chip manufacturing facility near Hyderabad.
- Chotu Doesn’T Work Here Any More (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 29, 2006)
From October, employing children below the age of 14 as a domestic worker or as help in restaurants and eating places will be illegal.
- Clipped Wings (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 29, 2006)
The failure of the West Bengal government to evict CITU, the CPM trade union, from its occupation of a building within the precincts of Kolkata international airport reveals much that is wrong with the party.
- Frankfurt 2006: India Shining? (Business Standard, Nilanjana S Roy, Aug 29, 2006)
In 1986, when India was the guest of honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair for the first time, Indian literature was still an exotic commodity. Some writers had made a mark—R K Narayan, Nayantara Sahgal, Mulk Raj Anand; a young, brash writer called . . .
- Illegal Mining: Govt Set To Scuttle Lokayukta Probe (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
The State Government is all set to withdraw the reference made to the Lokayukta to probe into the illegal mining of iron ore in Bellary district and the huge loss of revenue to the exchequer.
- Bugti’S Borderlands (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Aug 29, 2006)
Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti might be a bigger threat to Pakistan after being killed by the Pakistan army in an encounter last week. That insightful comment from General Asad Durrani, a former chief of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence, sums up an . . .
- Shortage Of Milk In Capital (Pioneer, Neha Kaushik, Aug 29, 2006)
With Rajasthan and Gujarat, the two major milk producing States reeling under floods, the national Capital is facing a severe shortage of milk.
- Us Pharma Major Mylan Buys Matrix Labs (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
US generic drugs major Mylan Laboratories on Monday announced the largest-ever takeover in the Indian pharma industry by agreeing to buy Hyderabad-based Matix Laboratories for up to $736m in cash.
- Nris Get Lifer For Murder Of 8-Year-Old (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Two Dubai-based NRI brothers were on Monday sentenced to life imprisonment for kidnapping and murdering the eight-year-old son of a city businessman in 1992.
- Allow Muslims To Sing Vande Mataram On Sept 5, Bjp Urges Speaker (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
The controversy boiling over the compulsory recital of Vande Mataram to mark the conclusion of the year-long celebrations of the national song on September 7 is refusing to die down.
- Delivery Of Public Services (Hindu, Madhura Swaminathan, Aug 29, 2006)
Case studies prepared for a World Bank report on the improvements in public service delivery in India .
- Programme Launched To Encourage Literacy Among Women (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Cash awards distributed to 60 meritorious students
- Mou Delay May Hit Rajiv Gandhi Centre (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Kerala recalls file relating to Centre's offer to take over the biotech institute
- His Cinema Was Idyllic And Idealistic (Hindu, Ranjit Hoskote, Aug 29, 2006)
Hrishikesh Mukherjee's strength lay in the collegiality with which he managed his gifted colleagues.
- Jiddu Krishnamurti On Education (Hindu, Sarojini Premchand, Aug 29, 2006)
Jiddu krishnamurti the renowned thinker said, "The highest function of education is to bring about an integrated individual who is capable of dealing with life as a whole."
- Holiday In The Hills (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Enjoy the rhapsody of lush green plantations in Idukki and Thekkady.
- 'No Consensus On Telengana In Upa' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
The Centre had not been able to take a decision on the formation of a separate state of Telengana owing to lack of consensus on the issue within the UPA, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Sunday.
- Pf Lines Up Pension Age Punch (Telegraph, Srikumar Bondyopadhyay, Aug 28, 2006)
Employees will have to wait longer for retirement benefits under the provident fund scheme, if the government clears a proposal to raise the eligibility age.
- Grain Of Sense (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 28, 2006)
The decision to re-introduce stock holding limits on wheat reflects the UPA government’s nostalgia for the control raj of yore.
- Nuclear Deal On Course (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Aug 28, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on August 17 outlined his government’s stand on the U.S.-India civilian nuclear agreement in an effort to allay critics from the Left and the BJP.
- Bjp To Launch Stir For State’S Rights (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Announcing to launch an agitation with the help of other political parties and social organizations, the BJP yesterday constituted a state-level committee to prepare an action plan to get Himachal's share under the Punjab Reorganization Act, 1966.
- Shaping The Minds Of Intelligence Agencies (Pakistan Observer, Dr Jassim Taqui, Aug 28, 2006)
There seems to be an epidemic among the Western intelligence agencies that is spreading to others as well. Both print and electronic media have recently highlighted . . .
- Atal Blows Sangh Trumpet (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Who is responsible for India becoming a nuclear power? Who ended the “licence quota raj”? Who annexed Kashmir to India? The Jan Sangh and the RSS, if A.B. Vajpayee is to be believed.
- 3 Killed As Riots Rock Balochistan, Karachi (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Scores of buildings and vehicles on fire
Curfew imposed, lifted in Quetta
Punjabis attacked
Nationalists announce 15-day mourning and strike today
- Apollo Ownership Battle In Sri Lanka Gets Murky (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
The Colombo Stock Exchange has sought clarifications from the Sri Lankan unit of Apollo on the tax incentives enjoyed by the company amid a deepening hostile takeover battle over the hospital.
- Copying Script To Success (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Aug 28, 2006)
The unabashed and blatant use of unfair means, both during examinations and in marking, is a shocking reminder of the fact that our educational and examination system has decayed.
- Pm Visit Effort To Derive Political Mileage: Bjd-Bjp (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
A day before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Orissa, the ruling BJP-BJD alliance today said it was “an attempt to derive political mileage”.
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