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- Targeting Teachers (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 19, 2006)
The targeted killing of two teachers and their two children by unidentified gunmen in Orakzai Agency in the tribal areas could only be the handiwork of those extremists who do not want education and its associated benefits to be passed on to the . . .
- The Central Banker's Puzzle (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jun 19, 2006)
Different central bankers have their own national experience and policy objectives to go by in determining their anti-inflation stance. While maintaining a reasonable threshold for inflation levels, Governor Reddy has to keep in mind the need to . . .
- When Life Becomes Difficult... (Pioneer, Vishvjit P Singh, Jun 19, 2006)
Since it isn't very difficult to declare a healthy person terminally ill, Government needs to tread carefully before legalising euthanasia, says Vishvjit P Singh
- Corpn Blames Centre For Rae Bareli’S Power Crisis (Tribune, Shahira Naim, Jun 19, 2006)
If Rae Bareli is not getting enough power, it is the fault of the Centre and not because it is being given stepmotherly treatment by the state government, clarified the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) today.
- Army To Strengthen Stress Counselling: Pranab (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
The Ministry of Defence has decided to strengthen stress counselling for the armed forces following the alleged suicide of Army officer Lieut Sushmita Chakraborty.
- 'No Major Wedge Among Coalition Partners On Bmic Project' (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
BJP today maintained that there were no "major differences" between the party and its ruling coalition partner JDS on the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) project, an issue that has put relations between them under severe strain for . . .
- Is The Congress Being Ignored By Its Ministers? (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Jun 19, 2006)
The Congress party has no proper institutional mechanism for interaction with its Central Ministers.
- Session: Coalition Faces Nice Rage (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
It is not going to be a “nice” time for the ruling JD (S)-BJP combine in the legislature session commencing on Monday. The Opposition Congress is all set to exploit the differences between.....
- Ai, Indian See Opportunities In Merger (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Benefits include dominant market position and economies of scale; the new airline will also get ample scope to create joint ventures
- Hyderabad Dmcs Told To Ensure Quality Uplift (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
District Naib Nazim Zaffar Rajput, who is also convener of the District Council Hyderabad, has said the district monitoring committees (DMCs) of the council would be further strengthened and equipped with office and communications facilities to . . .
- To Save Government, Gowda, Son Back Off (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Jun 19, 2006)
The Janata Dal (Secular), coalition partners of the BJP in the Karnataka government, has backed down on its move to push through legislation for government takeover of the Bangalore Myore Infrastructure Corridor Project, the country’s first private . . .
- Marie Antoinette: Martyr Or Saint? (Deccan Herald, ELAINE SCIOLINO, Jun 19, 2006)
France is a republic, but it still takes the story of its royals very seriously, especially if the story happens to be retold by an American.
- Blacklisted Firm Got Drdo’S ‘Super-Sensitive’ Contract (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Jun 19, 2006)
Shoghi: DRDO’s project now stuck after fraud concerning blacklisted firm; crucial equipment gathers dust at Customs
- Congress Committed To Obc Quota, Says Apcc Chief (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Says stir on the issue in northern States reflects degeneration in politics
- Rs. 8.11-Cr. Action Plan For Dakshina Kannada (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Training programme conducted on cashew and ginger cultivation
- Bmic: Jd(s), Bjp Stick To Their Guns (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
While the JD (S) is pushing for legislation, the BJP is against the takeover of the project
- Government Urged To Bring All Regional Rural Banks Under One Umbrella (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Sponsor banks implementing rules in different ways, lacking uniformity
Small workshop set up, complete with all carpentry tools
Restoration work on for the last eight months
Over nine artisans putting in best efforts to bring buggies to their . . .
- Quotas Are Unconstitutional (Pioneer, MC Joshi, Jun 19, 2006)
India's smug, selfish, self-centred, satiated middle class, fattened on the fruits of the booming economy, is positively hostile to any policy which sets out to empower the poor.
- Centre To Focus On Children With Hiv (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Jun 19, 2006)
For the first time in three decades, the Government is likely to give specific attention to HIV-positive children in the upcoming third stage of the National AIDS Control Programme.
- No Concrete Solution In Sight (Pioneer, Kanchan Lakshman, Jun 18, 2006)
Prime Minister's wavering over an Islamabad visit is intended to send a message to Pakistan that its policy of simultaneously pursuing the 'peace process' and promoting cross-border terror is unacceptable to New Delhi.
- Maoist Rebel Leader Among Four Killed In India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
Police killed four suspected Maoist rebels, including a key leader, in shootouts in a dense forest in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, a police officer said on Saturday.
- Major Initiative To Revamp Handloom Sector In The Offing (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
It includes Rs 100-crore effort for launching `handloom mark'; funds to come from tech upgradation fund
- Game In Shanghai (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 18, 2006)
Ignore SCO, but not Central Asia ---- In criticising Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for not attending the fifth summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), the Indian Left has yet again made evident its craven surrender to blind . . .
- Over The Top (News International, Masood Hasan, Jun 18, 2006)
The wonderful thing about pulling off a scam in Pakistan is that everything and everyone works for you and thus there are no hurdles.
- Eyecatcher (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
In 2000, a group of ordinary people undertook an extraordinary journey to one of the most isolated parts of the world: Far West Tibet. From Lhasa in the east, they travelled west across the Tibetan plateau on the forgotten Tasam Highway.
- Mobile Conservation Laboratory Inaugurated (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
It is aimed at conserving the rare manuscripts at Kodi Math
- Krushi Bank Chief To Be Extradited (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
CID team leaving for Bangkok on June 20
- Two Flavours Of Nationalism (Hindu, INDIVAR KAMTEKAR, Jun 18, 2006)
A visit to Jallianwala Bagh and Wagah raises questions about the transformation of national feeling in India.
- A Dream Takes Shape (Hindu, Prachi Pinglay, Jun 18, 2006)
Amisha Jedhe is finally fulfilling her brother's dream of building a peace park on the Indo-Pak border.
- Village Development Committee Auctions Seat For Rs. 1.80 Lakhs (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
State Election Commission stops poll process in Anksapur MPTC
Nizamabad Collector asked to file FIR
VDC allegedly warns prospective candidates against filing nominations
- Desert Symphony (Hindu, MITA KAPUR, Jun 18, 2006)
Regal and majestic, the past comes luxuriously alive in Deogarh
jungle lore and terrace dinners bring the Garh of "devs" alive. What stays in the mind is the warmth and caring.
- Naidu Sees Cracks In Upa (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
The disintegration of the UPA has started, observed the BJP former president and MP M. Venkaiah Naidu. UPA is an alliance formed without any common agenda or an agreement except anti-BJP stand, and after two years of its formation the internal . . .
- Three Naxals Killed In Andhra Encounter (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
Three Maoists, including a woman, were killed in an encounter with the police in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh on saturday, police said.
- New Cec Has Strong Passion For Astrology (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jun 18, 2006)
India will be a sham democracy if the very foundation of a democratic polity, namely free and fair elections, are missing from the scene”.
- Defence No To Naxal Duty (Pioneer, Rahul Datta, Jun 18, 2006)
Army should train State forces instead ---- The demand for deployment of Army to combat the overgrown Naxalite-Maoist menace has been put on hold with the Defence Ministry not favouring any such move.
- Seat-Sharing Accords Elude All Parties (Hindu, W. Chandrakanth, Jun 18, 2006)
CPI complains to All-India Congress Committee against State Congress
- Karunanidhi, Kumaraswamy Agree On Linking Of Ganga And Cauvery (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Jun 18, 2006)
Karnataka Chief Minister suggests presenting a joint proposal to the Centre
- A Lion's Share For Own Tn, With Love From Ramadoss (Pioneer, Yoga Rangatia, Jun 17, 2006)
State gets funds for 8 hospitals, despite failing to reveal earlier accounts ---- Charged with nepotism in premier institutions, Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss has flouted guidelines to favour his home State with Central funds.
- Sensex Breaks 5-Week Losing Streak (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Following a record 616 points rally on Friday coupled with strong world market the Sensex opened with a huge positive gap of 158 points at 9703 and then did not bother to look back.
- Ominous Signs For Upa Government (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Jun 17, 2006)
The Congress-led UPA government is in trouble as its allies are pulling in different directions.
- Aiims Row: Anbumani Warns Of Action (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Says he only acted as the ex-officio president
- Heaven And Hell (Deccan Herald, Swami Sukhabodhananda, Jun 17, 2006)
India is a possibility, a vision rather than geography. Hell and heaven are lifestyles, not geography.
- ‘The Phobia Felt By Dalits Is Very Real’ (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Jun 17, 2006)
Chandra Bhan Prasad is a Dalit columnist and writer. In his latest book, Dalit Phobia: Why do they hate us? he argues that Dalit phobia is passed on from generation to generation....
- Beyond The Windows (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 17, 2006)
Lesson 1.0 from Bill Gates for Indians in high profile public positions: know when to quit. Arguably the world’s best-known entrepreneur could easily have carried on.
- Pawar Ploy To Enter Bajaj In Rajya Sabha Fits Upa Allies’ Gameplan (Indian Express, Inder Malhotra, Jun 17, 2006)
Once Sharad Pawar played his cards with his usual skill, outsmarting the Congress, the entry of Rahul Bajaj—one of the captains of industry and Pawar’s long-time personal friend—into Rajya Sabha had become a foregone conclusion.
- From 'India Shining' To 'India Snorting' (News International, Praful Bidwai, Jun 17, 2006)
The writer, a former newspaper editor, is a researcher and peace and human-rights activist based in Delhi
- Game In Shanghai (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 17, 2006)
In criticising Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for not attending the fifth summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), the Indian Left has yet again made evident its craven surrender to blind anti-Americanism.
- Make Vat Rates Flexible (Business Line, R. Sthanumoorthy, Jun 17, 2006)
Diversion of trade is generally commodity specific
VAT rate autonomy for States is desirable because it enables them raise revenues according to their varying and changing expenditure requirements.
- Fuel Prices: What's Going On? (Rediff on the Net, T V R Shenoy, Jun 17, 2006)
Petroleum Minister Murli Deora has asked every state government to follow the Maharashtra model, and cut sales tax rates on petrol and diesel. Alas for the harassed minister, his cherished Maharashtra model is falling apart.
- No Concrete Solution In Sight (Pioneer, Kanchan Lakshman, Jun 17, 2006)
Prime Minister's wavering over an Islamabad visit is intended to send a message to Pakistan that its policy of simultaneously pursuing the 'peace process' and promoting cross-border terror is unacceptable to New Delhi ----
- Bank Employee Arrested For Harassment (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
The MKB Nagar police on Thursday arrested a collection agent of a private bank on charges of harassing schoolgirls.
- Offer By Sugar Mills (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 17, 2006)
The offer by the Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) to sell their stocks to the government at the price at which sugar is being imported into the country merits close scrutiny. The PSMA made the offer in an extraordinary meeting held in Lahore . . .
- The Choice For Iran (Boston Globe, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
It took awhile, but the Bush administration has wisely joined with European allies, Russia, and China in making an offer to Iran so valuable that Iran's rulers can reject it only at the price of confessing to the world that they are lying about . . .
- If Anyone Wants To Resign He Is Free To Do So: Anbumani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
My only interference in AIIMS is that I got Rs. 500 crore released for it'
- Sit And Watch Others (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jun 16, 2006)
While watching a television programme on Abu Dhabi and its plans for development and growth, one realized how backward and silly India is being in relation to the tourism industry.
- Dr Ramadoss Plays The Boss, Pushes Aiims Chief To Brink (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Jun 16, 2006)
The nation’s premier medical institute may not have recovered from the bruising quota controversy but is now subject to another round of strong-arm political treatment.
- Price Rise In Petroleum Products Products (Daily Excelsior, Ramesh Kanitkar, Jun 16, 2006)
After striking discordant notes over the contentious fuel price hike issue in public for several days, the ruling Congress party and the Manmohan Singh government have now started moving in tandem to tackle the issue, especially its political fallout.
- Aiema Signs Mou With Sri Lanka Chamber (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Over 17 per cent of Sri Lanka's imports are from India' ``Over 17 per cent of Sri Lanka's imports are from India''
- Strange Bedfellows Of Politics (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Jun 16, 2006)
CPM's alliance with TDP in Andhra Pradesh could destabilise the UPA if the experiment succeeds in the panchayat election, says Kalyani Shankar
- India And Free Trade In Asia (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Jun 16, 2006)
Why should consumers pay higher prices for tea, spices and rubber? Is it not time to treat agriculture like the industrial sector, to help it become globally competitive?
- Top Army Man Wants Afspa Back (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Even as a controversy rages over whether the Centre had rejected the Justice Jeevan Reddy recommendation to scrap the Armed Forces . . .
- Rift In Coalition Over Bmic Project Termed Minor (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Kumaraswamy, Yediyurappa will iron out differences, says Naidu
LIDKAR to come under Social Welfare Department
Silk units at Chamarajanagar and Kollegal to be revived
Handicrafts exhibition-cum-training centre to be set up
- Forest Department Officials Spot Two Congress Activists . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
High drama follows after one of them is taken into custody
- Getting Serious About Power (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 16, 2006)
The Central Government has held forth enough on penalties and pulling up States for non-performance in the arena of power sector reforms. It is time for it to act.
- Politics And World Cup: An Unbridgeable Divide? (Indian Express, Vikram S Mehta, Jun 16, 2006)
I was in Europe the morning the newspapers headlined “US strike kills Zarqawi” and the general populace woke in eager anticipation of the commencement of the football World Cup.
- Aiims Director Proceeds On Leave (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
"If anyone wants to resign, he is free to do so," says Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss
- Aiims Rises To Defend Autonomy (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Director, faculty protest Minister's meddling ---- The doyen of cardiac care could not have been more humiliated in the twilight of his illustrious career. On Thursday, Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said that the Director of the . . .
- Unfit To Print (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 16, 2006)
---- The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has notched one more medallion from its political master, the Human Resource Development Ministry.
- A Government And A Party In Combat Mode (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Jun 16, 2006)
Two years after Sonia Gandhi famously declined the crown, the man to whom she handed power remains the outsider in a party congenitally attached to the first family and unable and unwilling to accept the work division between a non-Gandhi Prime . . .
- Germany Will Not Join Afghan Offensive (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
German troops stationed in Afghanistan will not take part in a US led offensive against the Taliban in their southern heartland for now, Germany’s defence minister said on Thursday.
- Foul Play Suspected In City Student's Death In Us (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Body found in apartment swimming pool
- Telengana Caught In Power Politics (Daily Excelsior, G.S.Bhargava, Jun 15, 2006)
Failure to redeem the promise to carve a separate Telengana State out of incumbent Andhra Pradesh sticks out like a sore thumb in the two-year record of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
- Dubious Gesture (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 15, 2006)
A birthday gimmick from Lalu
Lalu Prasad, like many politicians, has never been known to look beyond his own interests.
- When News Came, Pappu Yadav Got A Hug, Inmates Sweets (Pioneer, Vijaita Singh, Jun 15, 2006)
Out of Tihar Jail and reunited with his family, Rahul Mahajan refused to speak to the world. After being whisked away from the rear gate of Jail Number 3, Rahul clad in a white shirt and blue jeans, stepped out of his steel grey Toyota Camry at . . .
- Rs. 5,800 Cr. Capital Investment Plan For Mumbai Airport Upgrade (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
The airport development will be executed in three phases
20-year Master Plan for Chhatrapati Shivaji airport
Changi Airport of Singapore to review the Master Plan
- Epic Battle (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 15, 2006)
Mr Lakshmi Mittal’s takeover battle for the European steel giant, Arcelor, is fast assuming epic proportions.
- Project To Create Aids Awareness (Hindu, Divya Ramamurthi, Jun 15, 2006)
Young people being trained to become peer educators
UNICEF and some NGOs training young people
Project initiated in Bangalore, Mysore, Raichur, Dharwad, Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts
The aim is to facilitate a discussion on HIV/AIDS
- Bridging The Infrastructure Gap Through Ppp (The Financial Express, AJAY KHANNA, Jun 15, 2006)
With the government’s resources being limited, these can help meet India’s infrastructure needs.
- Redesign Federalism For Better Governance (The Financial Express, NIRVIKAR SINGH, Jun 15, 2006)
One way to put India into perspective for those in the West is to point out that India’s states have populations comparable to European countries.
- It Is Witch-Hunting Of Doctors: Apollo Chairman (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
This is the statement issued by Pratap C. Reddy, Chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group, on Wednesday:
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