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- High-Level Meet To Tackle Naxal Menace Soon (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Aug 28, 2006)
The Cabinet Secretary is slated to hold a high-level secretarial meeting shortly to evolve an effective strategy for dealing with Naxalite created bottle-necks in developmental works in the affected districts.
- A ‘Class’ Apart (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Anecdotes and a richly personal style make the intimidating subject of classical music less daunting.
- Indian Fairy Tales (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Stories filled with libidinally flightful myths, anally fixated metaphors and scatological excesses, but are a toast to literature.
- Freeing Insurance (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 28, 2006)
Some call it a risk, while others consider it a progressive step, but the fact is that the Indian general insurance industry will finally be fully liberalised (detariffed, in legal jargon) from January 2007.
- Why Neil Simon? Why Not Badal Sircar? (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Theatre in India is a powerful, vibrant force.
- Govt Mulls Law To Regulate Sting Acts (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
The Centre is considering bringing in a stringent law to deal with sting operations.
- Wake Up To The Maoist Menace (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Aug 26, 2006)
Some years ago when Sir Vidya Naipaul came to India to research on a new book he was planning to write, he asked me what I knew about the Naxalite movement. “Not much,” I admitted. “It started a long time ago in Naxalbari and had a leader named Kanu Sanya
- State, Isro Renew Cooperation (Hindu, Special Correspondent, Hindu, Aug 26, 2006)
Satellite-based communication network in distance education, farm extension, SHGs
- Memories Of Mother Teresa (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 26, 2006)
"One of the miracles that occurred over the years," Mother Teresa once told me, "is that no one is allowed to die on streets; someone, somewhere brings the person to us." A biographer's tribute on her 96th birth anniversary.
- Nie Launched In Chittoor Town (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
To the question on what constitutes a newspaper, one can expect a high school student to refer to it merely as a medium that communicates day-to-day happenings around the world to its readers.
- Manmohan To Meet Nuke Scientists Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
The Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will seek to allay scientists' fears over the Indo-US nuclear deal when he meets a group of nuclear scientists and members of the Atomic Energy Commission here today.
- Naxalite Activities Well Under Control, Affirms Prakash (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
Naxal presence limited to four districts
Government in touch with `sympathisers'
ANF commander to be appointed soon
- Detention Drama: India Fumes, Dutch Regret (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
The growing sense of outrage among Indians at the shoddy treatment meted out to 12 Indians detained by Dutch security authorities provoked the Indian government on Friday to lodge a sharp protest with the Netherlands, virtually suggesting that the inciden
- Pm To Meet Nuke Scientists Today (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh will seek to allay scientists’ fears over the Indo-US nuclear deal when he meets a group of nuclear scientists and members of the Atomic Energy Commission here tomorrow The meeting with the scientists is taking place at a
- Gunter Grass's (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 26, 2006)
This might read like a confession which it may well be in part : my secret admiration for the Jewish people.
- Interview - Hyundai Wants Quarter Of India Market In '08 (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
Hyundai Motor Co. expects its sales in India to reach 300,000 units in 2008, the head of its Indian operations said on Friday, indicating a market share target of 25 percent.
- Push The Pace (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
That George Bush should use cuss words when he thinks the microphones are off is not really very surprising.
Has this man ever struck you as a guy with an overwhelmingly sophisticated command of the language?
You do remember that he was asked wheth
- Lesson From London (Hindustan Times, Julio Ribeiro, Aug 26, 2006)
Mumbai and London — two different cities of different people and different cultures! Both in news for the same reason — terrorism and terrorists! The police in one city received the thin end of the stick, in the other, encomiums! The reason — one . . .
- Ril Set To Buy Stake In Rewas Port (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
Reliance Industries is close to acquiring a stake in Rewas Port. The acquisition is expected to help RIL facilitate trade in two special economic zones it is building.
- Using Gold To Trap Pesticides In Water (Hindu, Karthik Subramanian, Aug 26, 2006)
IIT-M scientists patent technology to use nanoparticles to trap pesticide residue
Gold and silver nanoparticles can adsorb pesticides
Endosulfan, malathion, chlorpyrifos can be filtered
Scientists see great possibilities for application of technolog
- Stirring The Telangana Pot (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 25, 2006)
The decision of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief, K. Chandrasekhara Rao, and another party leader, A. Narendra, to resign from the Union Cabinet and pull out of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) was inevitable.
- Future Of India-Us Nuclear Deal (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Aug 25, 2006)
Despite the Prime Minister's clear enunciation of what precisely India will and will not accept in any legislation passed by the US Congress, it is clear that it will be difficult to conclude a mutually acceptable agreement with . . .
- Coming Soon: Tapes Of Cm-Mine Owners’ Deal, Says Reddy (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
The mansion of suspended BJP MLC Janardhan Reddy, unlike on Wednesday, wears a deserted look on Thursday. Reddy is watching television, reading newspapers and interacting with his coterie for feedback on his “revelations” at the press conference.
- Sensex Up By 103 Points (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex gained over 103 points on Friday in early trade, on heavy buying by funds in frontline stocks.
- Bangalore Races To Become No.1 Wireless Hotspot (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
The Karnataka Government expects to see wireless broadband connectivity in the whole of Bangalore in a year's time, affirmed Mr Anup K. Pujari, Principal Secretary to Government, IT and BT, speaking at a summit on Internationalisation of the Web . . .
- In Nepal, Gay’S The Way... (Statesman, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Aug 25, 2006)
“Anil Mahaju and Diya Kashyap will tie the knot on Saturday, 26th August 2006, in Kathmandu,” said the invitation.
- A State In Search Of Industries (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 25, 2006)
Industrial regeneration is now the buzzword in West Bengal. Ratan Tata called on Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on 18 May soon after he was sworn in as the Chief Minister to propose a Rs 1,000-crore investment in a small car project.
- Karnataka Cabinet Approves New Industrial Policy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
It will be launched on August 29 and will be in force till 2011
- Telangana Issue: Trs Leader Ends Hunger Strike (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
TRS chief K Chandrasekara Rao has ended his two-day hunger strike in support of his demand for a separate Telangana state in the wake of an appeal by the Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee.
- Telangana Again (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 25, 2006)
The exit of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) from the United Progressive Alliance and its government has again brought to the fore the politics revolving around the demand for a separate state.
- Telangana Row: Trs Chief Ends Hunger Strike (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
Telangana Rastra Samiti (TRS) Chief K Chandrasekhara Rao ended his fast at the Jantar Mantar here on Thursday night after two days of the protest on the statehood issue.
- The Telangana Turn (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Aug 25, 2006)
When Telangana Rashtra Samithi chief K. Chandrashekhara Rao walked out of the UPA and began his hunger strike at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on August 23, he was not the first Andhra leader to use this evocative tool to pursue an emotive cause.
- Andhra, Tn Canal Links To Soon Be A National Waterway (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
The Union Cabinet on Thursday gave its approval for introduction of a bill in Parliament for declaration of Kakinada-Pondicherry stretch of canals, consisting of Kakinada canal, Eluru canal, Commamur canal, Buckingham canal and Kalvelly tank, along . . .
- Anti-Quota Stir: 200 Held (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
More than 200 students were detained here on Thursday while protesting against the UPA government’s decision to introduce 27 per cent quota for the OBCs in government-aided and elite educational institutions.
- Barbs Against The Congress (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 25, 2006)
The Darul Uloom Deoband’s monthly journal, Mahnama Darul Uloom in an editorial in its latest issue has recognised the contribution of the Congress party in India’s independence, but has gone onto strongly criticise the economic policies of the regime.
- Science Takes Backseat When Quota Is King (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Aug 25, 2006)
In his obsession with pushing through caste quotas in elite educational institutions, HRD Minister Arjun Singh seems to have turned a blind eye to the promotion of science and engineering education in India.
- Better Chance (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 25, 2006)
Mr Reddy should place all his cards on the table.
- Painless Separation (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Aug 25, 2006)
After waiting 27 months to see some signs of hope for a separate Telangana, Chandrasekhara Rao runs out of options
- A.P. Assembly Proceedings Stalled Again For Second Day (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
Opposition criticises Congress for keeping silent on Telangana
- On Quotas, Hasten Slowly (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 25, 2006)
The cabinet’s nod to the bill on OBC reservations in institutions of higher education has revived the spectre of 1990. The high emotive potential of the issue should have induced caution.
- Road To Telangana Hyderabad, Congress Politics Are In The Way (Tribune, Ramesh Kandula, Aug 25, 2006)
The indefinite fast undertaken by Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao is oddly reminiscent of the one in the early 1950s that led to the creation of Andhra state, though no two persons can be as dissimilar as Potti Sriramulu . . .
- Distant Dream (Times of India, Kingshuk Nag, Aug 25, 2006)
A lot of water has passed through the Godavari since the late 1960s when a violent agitation for a separate Telangana state led to a loss of over 400 lives.
- Micro Finance In Disaster Control (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 25, 2006)
The problem that had erupted in the Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh between the district authorities and micro finance companies seems to have calmed down over the last few weeks.
- 'Bad Behaviour Not Terrorism' (Pioneer, TN Raghunatha, Aug 25, 2006)
All 12 passengers held after displaying worrying behaviour on a Mumbai-bound Northwest Airlines flight were being released on Thursday after being cleared of suspicion of terrorist intentions, public radio said.
- Indecision On Tribal Bill A Sign Of Weakness: Cpi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
Panel had made a unanimous recommendation
- No-Trust Vote On Aug 29 Likely (Dawn, Ahmed Hassan, Aug 25, 2006)
Playing down any significant political impact of the opposition’s no-confidence motion, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Thursday declared that he would defend himself in the National Assembly on August 29 when allegations levelled against him would . . .
- Tirumala Temple To Get A Sparkling Look (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Balalayam', performed every 12 years, to conclude on August 25 .
- Essence Of Mahabharatam To Be Spread All Over The State (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Seminars to be held at Rajahmundry, Warangal and Nellore
- Janardhan Reddy Fails To Show Convincing Evidence (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
No direct proof to prove bribery charge against Chief Minister
- Reddy Moves High Court For Cbi Probe Into His Charge (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Inquiry sought against Kumaraswamy, others
A group of persons had threatened closure of mines if money was not paid'
The illegal gratification sought ran into crores of rupees: Reddy.
- Separate Statehood No Solution, Says Karat (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
"Wrong on the part of TRS to have left UPA"
CPI (M) differs with UPA Government on many economic issues
Alliance with TDP paid dividends to the party.
- Future Of The Nuclear Deal (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Aug 24, 2006)
After having wasted huge amounts of public money for two weeks on puerile controversies generated by the foibles two former Foreign Ministers, Jaswant Singh and Natwar Singh, the Members of the Rajya Sabha showed they are capable . . .
- Naxals Attack Forest Office (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
20-member gang destroys documents, computer, wireless set
- Panel Submits Report On Chilkur Temple (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Chief Minister urged to make report public The Government constituted the committee after devotees resisted the move of the Endowments Department to take over the Chilkur Balaji temple.
- Kumaraswamy Dismisses `Evidence' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Says people of the State and the media have been taken for a ride
- Government Claim On Chikungunya Disputed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Dr. Ramadoss says Chikungunya is a non-fatal disease
- Responding To Karnataka's Needs (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 24, 2006)
Karnataka's demand for an adequate package of Central aid to mitigate the damage caused by floods — as well as drought — in the State, and its complaint of inequities in the matter vis-à-vis Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra, ought to be given due weight . .
- Tatas Swallow 30% Of Glaceau For $677 M (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Executing India Inc’s biggest non-oil foreign acquisition yet, the Tata Group is all set to invest $677 million (Rs 3,152 crore) in Glaceau, for a 30 per cent stake in the US-based flavoured water maker.
- Road Ahead For N-Deal (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Aug 24, 2006)
AFTER having wasted huge amounts of the tax payer’s money for two weeks on puerile controversies generated by the foibles, two former Foreign Ministers, Mr Jaswant Singh and Mr Natwar Singh, the members of the Rajya Sabha, showed they are capable . . .
- Betrayed’ Trs Boss On Hunger Strike (Telegraph, DHIRENDRA K. JHA, Aug 24, 2006)
Fighting a two-pronged battle — against the Congress’s “betrayal” and the move within his party to edge him out — Telengana Rashtra Samiti chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao today began an indefinite hunger strike.
- Ckp To Seek Action Against S M Krishna, Others (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
The 16th Additional City Civil & Sessions Judge, Bangalore has struck down the election of the office-bearers of the Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath (CKP) for the term 2004-06 as null and void.
- ‘Money Goes To Black Coat, White Coat And Thieves’ (Deccan Herald, CP Bhambhri, Aug 24, 2006)
Janardhan Reddy released 4 video CDs and 1 audio CD. While 3 video CDs showed the conversation (in Hindi & English) among the mine owners, exporters and a ‘sting’ operator, the audio CD . . .
- Discordant Notes (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 24, 2006)
Song and dance over Vande Mataram
- Ap House Adjourned Over Telangana Row (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Following the split with UPA government, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi today launched agitation across Telangana districts, even as Chief Minister Y.S Rajasekhara Reddy sought to justify Congress stand on the issue.
- Tata Tea In India Inc`s Biggest Buy Overseas (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Tata Tea’s power brew is getting stronger. In the biggest overseas acquisition by an Indian company, Tata Tea today announced the acquisition of a 30 per cent stake in the US-based Energy Brands Inc (EBI) for $677 million (nearly Rs 3,148 crore), . . .
- Ngos Should Practise What They Preach (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Aug 24, 2006)
NGO activity being largely voluntary, overheads in such organisations should be minimal.
- Upa Went Out Of Its Way To Address Trs Concerns: Cong (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Rejecting TRS allegation of "betrayal" by Congress on the Telangana issue, Congress on Wednesday said the UPA coalition went out of its way to address the concerns of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) on the matter.
- Pm Stresses Need For Awareness On Human Sexuality (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday urged parliamentarians to help create more awareness on issues related to human sexuality considering the social and economic burdens imposed by diseases like HIV/AIDS on the young population.
- Reddy Bomb Turns A Dud (Deccan Herald, Asha Krishnaswamy, Aug 24, 2006)
After producing “masked” evidence on Wednesday, which only brought jeers from the media, suspended BJP MLC Janardhan Reddy unmasked himself later in the day.
- Telangana Row: Trs President Begins Indefinite Hunger Strike (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
A day after resigning from the UPA government, TRS leader K Chandrasekara Rao on Wednesday began an indefinite hunger strike to press his party's demand for a separate state of Telangana to be carved out of Andhra Pradesh.
- Consumer Culture (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 24, 2006)
In the old days, when communist central planning suffocated China's economy, fixed-asset investment was the regime's measure of economic progress.
- Alarm Bells (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 24, 2006)
It is high time that alarm bells started ringing in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Pakistan Arrests 'Indian' Over Alleged Train Terror Bid (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
A suspected Indian national stole a railway engine in Pakistan and tried to drive it into a passenger train in an attempted terror attack, police in the southern city of Karachi claimed today.
- Karnataka Cm Unfazed Despite Bribe Slur (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
The suspended BJP MLC, Mr K Janardhana Reddy, today released a CD which he said conclusively supported the allegations of corruption that he has been levelling against chief minister Mr HD Kumaraswamy.
- Elders Concerned Over Farmers’ Suicides (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Members in the Rajya Sabha today expressed concern over the rising cases of suicides by farmers and demanded an increase in the minimum support price (MSP) for foodgrains.
- Shed Passive Approach To Security (Tribune, P.C. Dogra, Aug 24, 2006)
Another strike at Mumbai has benumbed our nerves and made us feel helpless in the face of the inevitable. India’s history right from 1947 onwards had been to yield, to buy peace.
- The Nuke Fall Out? (OutLook, Ashish Kumar Sen, Aug 24, 2006)
A "weak" PM may suddenly have become "strong" with his speech in Parliament, but has he painted himself into a corner by publicly spelling out a rigid stance on the deal? Will Bush be able to swing the US Congress along? Hear it from the experts in . . .
- Reddy ‘Bomb’ Ticking, Cm Remains Unfazed (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
With suspended BJP MLC Janardhan Reddy setting the Wednesday “muhurat” for setting off his “mining bomb”, the dust bowl of Bellary is agog with speculation whether it will blast a hole in the coalition set-up or turn out to be a damp squib.
- Mysore City Development Plan To Be Submitted To Centre Soon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Revised plan will incorporate heritage component, says D.T. Jayakumar
CDP to be submitted within 60 days
This is necessary for JNNURM funds.
- Natwar Singh Wants Suspension Referred To Sonia Gandhi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Pathak Report was based on "conjectures and surmises"
Reiterates that he, along with his son, stand vindicated by Pathak Authority's report
Says he did not write to any Iraqi authority for awarding oil contract to Andaleep Sehgal
Denies . . .
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