|
Articles 3221 through 3320 of 11253:
- Rain No Damper, Sensex Up 86 Pts (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
Heavyweight Sensex stocks kept the Sensex on a high on a day when the rains lashed India’s commercial capital and so there was low attendance even on the bourses. The two exchanges saw one of the lowest turnovers of 2006.
- Seers To Discuss Missionary Activities (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
Sri Vishwesha Tirtha Swamiji of the Pejawar Mutt on Monday announced that the pontiffs of Hindu mutts would meet in Tirupati on July 15 to discuss the activities of Christian missionaries, including attempts to convert Hindus in Tirumala and Tirupati.
- India’S Ailing Public Health Services (The Financial Express, ILA PATNAIK, Jul 04, 2006)
In the absence of accountability, our health outcomes are worse than those of many Asian countries.
- Sonia Wants States’ Info On Price Rise (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
After realising that the Centre may not be able to tackle the price rise effectively, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has asked AICC general secretaries and those in charge in party-ruled states to give her a ground-level feedback on this issue on . . .
- Easy Packs For Doctors (Pioneer, K Govindan Kutty , Jul 04, 2006)
A World Bank study says half the doctors in Government medical centres prescribe treatments that are harmful ---- It is easy to become a medico with a super speciality in South India.
- Price Rise: Bjp Cashes In On Economist Pm's Failures (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Jul 04, 2006)
The rise in the prices of essential commodities affecting aam aadmi is not going down well with the BJP, since an economist of prominence Manmohan Singh is at the helm of affairs in the capacity of Prime Minister. The party termed the economic . . .
- Govt Cuts Duties On Safta Imports (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
380 tariff lines covered under trade liberalisation programme
Level of duty ranges from five per cent to 117.5 per cent
Move expected to give boost to intra-SAARC trade
Many items remain in sensitive list to protect domestic industry/farmers
- All The Greatest Missions Have Crept Spectacularly. This Is No Exception (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
For the past decade or so, whenever there has been any substantial British military deployment, a moment comes when pundits and former generals are invited to worry about the danger of something called “mission creep”.
- It’S The Right Choice For Women » (Hindustan Times, Venkatesh Ganesh, Jul 03, 2006)
It’s a new cliché for a new age: Behind every successful information technology (IT) firm are a bunch of talented women.
- Tackle Uncertainty (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 03, 2006)
A saving grace in financial markets is that interest rates do not gyrate like stocks. This method in the overall madness of markets allow banks to structure home loan EMIs and price corporate bonds
- Of A Boss And Her Able Aide (OutLook, Khushwant Singh, Jul 03, 2006)
A tale of two Gujarati women who made it their mission to rescue women abducted during Partition.
- The Uses Of Rhetoric (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 03, 2006)
The author is former director-general, National Council for Applied Economic Research.
- Cm Announces Rs 10,000 Cr For Vidarbha (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
While opposition parties boycotted his customary session-eve tea meeting, Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh announced Rs 10,000 crore in funds for improving irrigation in the drought-prone Vidarbha over the next few years.
- Arun Nehru Sets Record Straight (Times of India, BHASKAR ROY, Jul 03, 2006)
Rajiv (Gandhi) and I worked out a plan to tie down 10 opposition bigwigs by fielding candidates enjoying strong support in 1984; Amitabh (Bachchan) was part of that plan," recalls Arun Nehru, the late Rajiv Gandhi's second cousin and one-time close . . .
- Package For Farmers (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 03, 2006)
As expected, the Prime Minister announced on Saturday a Rs 3,750-crore package for distressed farmers of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala to address the problems of rural indebtedness, crop failure and water deficiency, which have . . .
- Krushi Bank Chief In Cid Custody (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Sleuths of Crime Investigation Department (CID) on Sunday took the extradited Chairman of Krushi Cooperative Urban Bank Kosaraju Venkateswara Rao into their custody.
- Mani Shankar Aiyer Outlines Strategy For Empowerment Of . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Asks States to undertake "activity mapping" at village, mandal and district level
'The activity mapping should be accompanied by devolution of finances'
Focus on efforts to clearly delineate the functions and responsibilities at three levels . . .
- Kumaraswamy To Visit North Karnataka After Session (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
I have no negative feelings for the backward region: Chief Minister
Chief Minister appeals to Indi farmers to give up agitation
Promises to lay the foundation-stone for the Circuit Bench in Gulbarga during his next visit
To inspect progress of . . .
- First Step (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 03, 2006)
Govt must go to underlying cause of farmers’ suicides
- Just A Bit Of Security (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jul 03, 2006)
Every Government has a midlife crisis as well as a sell-by date. The trick is to ensure that the latter does not precede the former.
- On And Off The Campus (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 03, 2006)
The universities owe an explanation
It is a collective shame on the part of four universities, led by the one now in its 150th year, that Calcutta High Court (coram: VS Sirpurkar, CJ, and Aniruddha Basu, J) has cancelled the admission of . . .
- Law, Justice And J&k~ii (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Jul 03, 2006)
The invaders failed to take Srinagar solely because they lost their military purpose while indulging in the Rape of Baramula.
- Sc Notice To Sbi Over Dismissal Of 78-Year-Old (Pioneer, Abraham Thomas, Jul 03, 2006)
On the face of what seems to be apparent "injustice" meted out to a 78-year-old bank officer, the Supreme Court has issued notice to the State Bank of India (SBI), questioning how the latter proceeded to dismiss its senior official over alleged . . .
- Bjp Wants Quota In Minority-Run Institutions (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Jul 03, 2006)
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to intensify the fight for reservation for the scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and other backward classes in the institutes of higher learning being run by the minority communities.
- Naco Defends Hiv Estimation Process (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Ever since the Global Report on HIV was released by UNAIDS earlier this month, there has been much controversy on the NACO versus UNAIDS HIV/AIDS estimation figures for 2005.
- True To The Original (Hindu, W. Chandrakanth, Jul 02, 2006)
Despite pitfalls, the book retains the authenticity of the language.
- Rbi: Govt Bond Sale Results Not Rate Signal (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2006)
The governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
said on Saturday government bond auction results were not a signal for interest rates and the government timed its borrowings taking its own interests into account.
- Rbi Says Global, Indian Issues Not Equal (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2006)
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor said on Saturday there was no one-to-one link between global developments and Indian interest rates and it was still possible to contain inflation in the central bank's 5.0-5.5 percent range.
- A Bomb That Didn’T Go Off (Deccan Herald, M BHAKTAVATSALA, Jul 02, 2006)
The book reads more like a filmography than a biography.
- Cm Holds Marathon Janata Darshan (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2006)
A marathon Janata Darshan on Saturday saw Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy literally on his feet from 9.30 am to 9 pm. There was no lunch, no tea. It was just three glasses of “moosambi juice”, delivered promptly by his staff at three to four hour . . .
- Pm Announces Rs 3,750 Cr For Distressed Farmers (Deccan Herald, Parag Rabade, Jul 02, 2006)
After touring the suicide zone of Vidarbha in Maharashtra on Friday and Saturday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh disappointed the distressed farmers by refusing to waive their unpaid debts, which is the major cause behind the suicides, and announced . . .
- Inflation Can Be Reined In At 5-5.5%: Rbi (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2006)
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Saturday said that it was, as per current indications, still possible to contain inflation within the range of 5 to 5.5 per cent even as price stability required greater vigilance.
- Killed By Plenty (Deccan Herald, VIJAY NAMBISAN, Jul 02, 2006)
The book is not written for an Indian audience. Moreover,it attempts at too much ornamentation without paying attention to the plot.
- Dial 'N' For Entente (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 02, 2006)
Broad support for the deal is comforting ---- The smooth passage of the India-United States nuclear deal proposal through the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
- Nepal Echoes (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 02, 2006)
As Nepal finally freed itself from the clutches of the monarchy, I heaved a sigh of relief. For entirely selfish reasons. Over the past year, the cooks at our place had belonged to the Himalayan kingdom — and their happiness had become ours.
- The End Of Distress (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Jul 02, 2006)
Vidarbha’s problems are real and palpable. The solution has to be all-India reform
- Hu Opens World's Highest Railway (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2006)
Another magnificent achievement in the modernisation drive, says President
- Cpi Condemns Arrest Of Palestinian Leaders By Israel (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2006)
Communist Party of India MPs have urged Israel to immediately release all arrested Palestinian Ministers and MPs and withdraw its forces from the Gaza strip.
- Death For Three In Akshardham Case (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2006)
Jail for three others; POTA Court ruling has to be confirmed by the High Court
26 others have been declared absconders
- Holy Aura (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 02, 2006)
Awe-inspiring art, architecture and experiences in the world's smallest country.
The image of Michelangelo on his custom-built scaffolding furiously painting lying on his back stuck in my mind.
- When Policemen Log In (Hindu, Jaideep Shenoy, Jul 02, 2006)
The Dakshina Kannada police department is the first one in the country to maintain a blog to keep the citizens in the loop about its activities.
- Ditched By Pm, Suicide Hamlet Fasts (Telegraph, Satish Nandgaonkar, Jul 02, 2006)
Two months ago, on a day it was to celebrate a triple wedding, Kolzari was forced to hold a funeral. Today, when the village was supposed to be meeting the country’s most powerful man, it was holding a protest fast.
- Women Must Show The Way (Times of India, Kiran Bedi, Jul 02, 2006)
This piece of writing is not about percentages or a head count of women in uniform but ‘who’ these young women in uniform are? And ‘what’ made/makes them opt for olive greens, khakis, blues, the jungle fatigues, or the naval whites? And what could . . .
- Medicos Seek Probe Against Aiims Director (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2006)
Demand end to `victimisation' of reserved category students, doctors
- 26 Oil, Gas Firms Bid For 10 Coal Bed Methane Blocks (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2006)
As many as 26 oil & gas companies including 8 foreign firms like CDX Gas and BP of USA and MOLOPO of Australia have submitted their bids for exploration and production of gas in 10 blocks offered under the third round of Coal Bed Methane (CBM).
- Rs. 3,750-Crore Relief For Vidharbha (Hindu, Meena Menon, Jul 02, 2006)
Manmohan announces interest waiver, debt rescheduling, and more credit flow
Manmohan: Not come on fault-finding mission
Rural indebtedness a national problem
- Naxalites Fighting A Losing Battle In Ap, Says Dgp Sen (Times of India, Ramesh Kandula, Jul 02, 2006)
Andhra Pradesh has probably more experience in tackling armed Maoist uprising than any other state.
- Rbi Governor Calls For Separate Code For Lending To Smes (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2006)
Need to work more on credit counselling to restructure debts
The Banking Code Standards Board has evolved a separate Business Banking Code, which covers trades, partnerships, companies with turnover of less than £1 million and clubs charity and . . .
- Focus On Market Share: Sbi Chief (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2006)
An upbeat Om Prakash Bhatt takes over as SBI Chairman
Current market share 17%
Expected advances growth 25% (29%)
Expected deposits growth 17% (13%)
- Exactly How Many Hiv, Aids Deaths In India? 2 Panels Are Working (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Jul 02, 2006)
Trying to put an end to the endless controversy over exactly how many Indians are living with HIV/AIDS, the government has set up committees to validate the grim data released by UNAIDS early this month.
- Prime Minister’S Heart Bleeds For Farmers’ Kin (Deccan Herald, Parag Rabade, Jul 01, 2006)
As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stepped into Vidarbha for his two-day visit to the suicide zone of Vidarbha, reports about at least nine farmers committing suicides in the past 48 hours greeted him.
- Every Third Poor Person On The Planet Lives Here (Business Line, D. Murali , Jul 01, 2006)
If the poverty of the poorest is not addressed immediately, it may become intractable and costly, says a collection of essays on chronic poverty. Another compilation of articles sees a growing confidence among the poor, while a third book notes that . . .
- A Patchy Record (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 01, 2006)
The findings of the recently released report of the Fifth Economic Census conducted in 2005 are relevant to policies promoting employment growth and entrepreneurship.
- Red Vs Red In Bengal (Deccan Herald, Amulya Ganguli, Jul 01, 2006)
Are Indian communists behind times or are they in tune with new political thinking
- Pm’S Farm Package (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 01, 2006)
The first instalment of the Rs 4,000-crore rehabilitation package for distressed farmers in 31 suicide-struck districts of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala, to be announced by the PM in Vidarbha, is long on noble intentions but short . .
- Differently-Abled’ (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 01, 2006)
Had it still been acceptable, politically correct, to use terms like “handicapped, disabled or crippled” there would be every reason to condemn a trio of Argentine football fans who ~ for a while ~ beat the system and had themselves a ringside view . . .
- China Launches First Passenger Train To Tibet (Press Trust of India, Anil K Joseph, Jul 01, 2006)
Amid fanfare, China today launched the first passenger train to Tibet, an event which President Hu Jintao said signalled the Communist nation's "another magnificent" achievement in its modernisation drive.
- Flats On Auction (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 01, 2006)
Selling aam aadmi short
It may no longer be fashionable or politically correct to talk socialism. But governance is not a fashion statement, social responsibilities cannot be wished away.
- Farmers Cry For Help Before The Prime Minister (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 01, 2006)
Dhamangaon (Amravati district), Jun 30 (PTI) "Help us out in getting loan to raise a fencing around our farm. My father ended life as he was fed up of the damage to the crop by wild animals.
- Union Planning Ministry To Monitor Projects In States (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 01, 2006)
It is considering a proposal in this regard: Rajasekharan
Ministry of Planning will not hesitate to take certain `harsh' steps to implement development projects
MPS from the State meeting regularly on matters related to Karnataka
- Singh Face To Face With Suicides (Telegraph, Satish Nandgaonkar, Jul 01, 2006)
Ujwala Wairkar told the Prime Minister she would never marry into a farmer’s house.
- Exactly How Many Hiv, Aids Deaths In India? 2 Panels Are Working (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Jul 01, 2006)
Trying to put an end to the endless controversy over exactly how many Indians are living with HIV/AIDS, the government has set up committees to validate the grim data released by UNAIDS early this month.
- Did Singapore Open Cm’S Eyes? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 01, 2006)
It was good to see H D Kumaraswamy undertaking his first foreign tours after becoming chief minister to Dubai and Singapore, the two most successful city-states in the East, at a time when infrastructure development has become the key mantra to . . .
- Upa Government Accused Of Doubletalk On Price Rise, Farmers' Suicides (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 01, 2006)
Venkaiah Naidu calls for integrated national-level package to counter suicides
- Congress Faults Tdp Diatribe Against Sec (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 01, 2006)
`Charges levelled by TDP against A.V.S. Reddy not in good taste'
- Nepal Echoes (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 01, 2006)
As Nepal finally freed itself from the clutches of the monarchy, I heaved a sigh of relief. For entirely selfish reasons. Over the past year, the cooks at our place had belonged to the Himalayan kingdom — and their happiness had become ours.
- Tomb Reveals Flowers, Not Mummies (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 30, 2006)
Archaeologists hoped the first tomb discovered in the Valley of the Kings in 80 years would hold the mummy of King Tut’s mother.
- Congress, Tdp Workers Clash; One Killed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2006)
Former TDP Minister J.R. Pushparaj among 15 persons injured
- Nuclear Deal: Bjp Questions `No Testing' Commitment (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jun 30, 2006)
"Vajpayee made one but Government reserved the right to detonate a bomb"
Deal will bind India; Pakistan free to continue research, test nuclear weapons
Will make India completely energy dependent on U.S.
Nothing should be done to take away . . .
- Pawar Play In Vidarbha (Indian Express, KUMAR KETKAR , Jun 30, 2006)
To understand Sharad Pawar, one has to comprehend the convulsions Maharashtra has gone through in the last three decades.
- `Irda Doesn`t Want More Powers` (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 30, 2006)
Marathi newspapers Loksatta and Maharashtra Times carried front-page news reports on the Mittal-Arcelor deal.
- Ryot Rehab Package Comes Under Fire (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Jun 30, 2006)
Attacking Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s proposed rehabilitation package to 31 districts where thousands of farmers have committed suicide during the last five years
- Coop. Bank Recoveries Stand At 68.22 Per Cent (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2006)
Karimnagar District Cooperative Central Bank (DCCB), which has launched a special drive for the recovery of long pending loans from the farmers, had been successful with a recovery percentage of 68.22 per cent till date.
- Asian Integration: Large Hurdles Still Remain (The Financial Express, MY KHAN, Jun 30, 2006)
If achieved, it will mean more investment, better use of economic resources and economies of sale
- Air Deccan To Fly Twice A Day On Tirupati-Hyderabad Route (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2006)
As part of its winter schedule, Air Deccan will be operating two flights daily between Tirupati and Hyderabad starting July 7.
- Rbi Central Board Reconstituted (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2006)
The Union Government has reconstituted the Central Board of Directors of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) with 13 members, including Azim Premji and Kumar Mangalam Birla. Those who retired include Ratan Tata and N. R. Narayana Murthy.
- Drinking In History By The Cup (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 30, 2006)
Even if I didn’t know soccer, I thought, perhaps I could still enjoy the extraordinary show of geopolitical passion that the sport ignites.
- As China Ages, A Shortage Of Cheap Labor Looms (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2006)
Shanghai is rightfully known as a fast-moving, hypermodern city — full of youth and vigor. But that obscures a less well-known fact: Shanghai has the oldest population in China, and it is getting older in a hurry.
- Probe Sought Into Allotment Of Land For Bmic Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2006)
In thelegislature 400 acres of excess land has been acquired: MLA
Project is nothing but a big fraud
Promoters were favoured by two successive governments
Land has been mortgaged for loans
- Pragathi Grameena Bank Employees Continue Stir (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2006)
The indefinite dharna being staged jointly by the Pragathi Grameena Bank Officers' and Workers' Organisations in front of the head office here to press against their long-pending demands entered the fourth day on Thursday.
Previous 100 Andhra Pradesh Articles | Next 100 Andhra Pradesh Articles
Home
Page
|
