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- Maharashtra Cuts Vat On Petrol, Diesel (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Revenue of State will not be affected, says Deshmukh
Reduction of 80 paise and 30 paise in petrol and diesel prices
Demand for diesel would fall by three per cent
- Foul Play Suspected In Death Of Hyderabad Student In U.S. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Ajmaluddin was said to have drowned in a swimming pool on June 9
It is a clear case of murder as he does not know swimming, says his mother
His father alleges that some persons known to Ajmaluddin must have killed him
- Charges Absurd, Says Apollo Chairman (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
New Delhi: Refuting the allegations of tampering with evidence and misleading the investigation in the Rahul Mahajan case, the Chairman of the Apollo Hospitals Group, Pratap C. Reddy, said it was absurd that so much falsehood should be provided to . . .
- Flawed Fundamentals (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 15, 2006)
The free fall of the Bombay Stock Exchange sensitive index gives cause for concern. But what is more disturbing is the fact that reforms have hit a roadblock. On the first, it is clear that foreign institutional investors (FIIs) call the shots on the . .
- Rahul Mahajan Gets Bail (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
A city court today granted bail to Rahul Mahajan in connection with a case of alleged drug abuse.
- Scaling Up Microfinance In India (The Economic Times, VINOD KHOSLA & VIKRAM GANDHI, Jun 15, 2006)
The impressive recent growth of certain sectors of the Indian economy is a necessary but insufficient condition for the elimination of extreme poverty.
- Saddam Trial: Defence Part Comes To End (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
The chief judge in Saddam Hussein's trial declared an end to the defence phase of the proceedings on Tuesday, shrugging off protests from the former Iraqi leader's lawyers that they have not had a fair chance to present their case and want to put . . .
- Ncp Relents, Maha Reduces Vat On Petrol, Diesel (Pioneer, TN Raghunatha, Jun 15, 2006)
Notwithstanding the ruling Nationalist Congress Party's initial reservations about waiving incremental sales tax on petrol and diesel, the Congress-NCP led Democratic Front (DF) government on Wednesday formally decided to reduce the rate of Value . . .
- A Bit Of A Joke (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
The penalty imposed by the Monopoly Control Authority on errant sugar mills which failed to provide data about their production, sale and cost prices is a bit of a joke with the people of this country.
- Maoists Protest Human Rights’ Violations (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Trains were halted and shops shut in parts of eastern and central India on Wednesday after Maoist rebels called a strike to protest what they called a human rights’ catastrophe orchestrated by the state.
- Towards Asian Common Market (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Jun 15, 2006)
The joke doing the rounds in South Block now is that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is ever so keen to visit Pakistan because he finds it easier to deal with General Musharraf than his Cabinet colleagues.
- Protecting Freedom And Artistic Creativity (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 14, 2006)
With the Supreme Court making it clear that there is no legal basis to bar the screening of The Da Vinci Code, States such as Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Nagaland, and Meghalaya, which had rushed to prohibit its screening, would be well . . .
- A Public Health Challenge (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 14, 2006)
Over the past decade, a number of vector-borne viral diseases have acquired renewed virulence in Asia.
- Govt Forms 2 Panels, Seeks Formula Within 2 Days (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
In an effort to find a solution with regard to seat-sharing, fees and other related issues related to professional courses, the State Government on Tuesday constituted a separate medical and engineering committee to come out with a formula within . . .
- Tdp, Cpi(m) Stage Joint Protests Against Petrol Price Hike (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
CPI(M), TDP together stage demonstrations in Tirupati
- Ysr Hails Crisil Rating For Power Utilities (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy on Tuesday hailed the CRISIL rating of State power utilities as `vindication' of his `path-breaking' initiative of providing free power to the agriculture sector as an input subsidy.
- Andhra Bank Ties Up With Hmt (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Andhra CMD, K. Ramakrishnan has said they have fixed a target to finance 3,000 tractors in the current fiscal under a tie-up with HMT Tractors.
- Telugu Desam, Left Hold Protest Rallies (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
After over seven years, yellow and red flags fluttered high jointly as the Telugu Desam and the CPI(M) came together to organise protest rallies, "rasta" and "rail roko" agitation at some towns in the State on Tuesday against the hike in petroleum prices.
- Sonia’S Summer Of Discontent (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
An in-house rebel in Haryana, a tremor in the Northeast, disquiet in the heartland, a jolt in Andhra.
- Bjp To Intensify Stir Against Price Hike (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
The BJP today said that the party along with its NDA allies is going to intensify its agitation on the fuel price hike issue and condemned the Centre's proposed move to increase PDS grain prices along with a cut down in the quantum of grains being . . .
- Left Takes To The Streets (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
The Left parties, joined by regional forces like the Samajwadi Party and Telugu Desam Party, today staged street protests to demand the rollback of the hike in fuel prices as the Communists said the UPA government could not take their support for granted.
- Andhra Pradesh Rated Best In Power Sector (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Report places Gujarat, Delhi in the second and third places
- Hike In Prices Of Pds Foodgrain On The Anvil: Bjp (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
After castigating the Centre over its “failure” to check recurring fuel price hikes, BJP today fired another salvo at the ruling UPA over its “decision” to increase issue price of food grains distributed through the public distribution system . . .
- Price Of Power (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 14, 2006)
Congress paints itself into a corner ---- The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has once again done it! While extending support to the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance Government at the Centre without participating in it, it has joined . . .
- 'Buddhist' Bengal Durbars At Boeing Doorstep (Pioneer, Saugar Sengupta, Jun 14, 2006)
aChief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has said he is prepared to go shopping to the US provided there are positive signals. He was clarifying his stand on the possibilities of US investment in the aviation sector.
- Bogged Upa May Call Ndc Meet By June-End (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Threatened by growing restlessness in the Opposition as well as among its key allies, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government is going to call a meeting of National Development Council (NDC) for a consensus on the issues of petroleum prices . . .
- Congress To Spend Rs.30 Crores On Campaign: Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Party to complain to EC on 'violation of code' by Congress
CPI(M) flayed for tying up with the TDP even after describing its chief as World Bank agent
CPI(M)'s truck with the TDP aimed at gaining political power
- Blood In Kashmir (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 14, 2006)
The sudden spurt in terrorism in Jammu & Kashmir cannot be wished away as the annual spike that occurs with the onset of summer.
- One Dollar Is One Dollar (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Jun 14, 2006)
The US is assumed to have practised a strong dollar policy and presumed to have been content to let the dollar drift down so that exports would become cheaper and imports more expensive.
- Politics And Football: Bridgeable Divide? (Rediff on the Net, Vikram S Mehta, Jun 14, 2006)
More than any other public event, the ongoing world cup is witness to the brotherhood of merit.
- Left Protests Against Oil Price Hike (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Restructure customs and excise duties; do not pass on the burden to States: Karat
- Where Leaders Come To Learn (Deccan Herald, Manu N Kulkarni, Jun 14, 2006)
The country's political and academic institutions must take firm efforts to groom future leaders
- In Its Own Mess (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 14, 2006)
While an increase in global crude oil prices should be transmitted in the form of increases in domestic petroleum product prices, the Centre has itself to blame for the economic and political mess it has got into.
- Mahajan Jr Case: Police May Question Apollo Ceo (Hindustan Times, Sobhana K., Jun 14, 2006)
Apollo CEO Pratap Reddy and administrator Raji Chandru may soon have to answer some uncomfortable questions from the police in the Rahul Mahajan case.
- ‘4 Lakh Aids Deaths In India Last Year, Highest In World’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
This shows real face of the disease in India, says UN; Govt says need to check how, its own death figure likely this month
- Bsnl To Set Up 24-Hour Help Desk (Hindu, Santosh Patnaik, Jun 13, 2006)
To provide information and clarifications sought by customers
Required infrastructure is in place and will be operational in two months
Complaints can also be booked through the Help Desk
Response by voice will be available from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- China Media Criticises Japan Defense Agency Plans (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
A Chinese state newspaper has criticised Japan's plans to upgrade its Defense Agency into a fully fledged ministry, calling the move a step in the wrong direction.
- New Fronts Open In Quota War (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Jun 13, 2006)
Quota within quota row in Andhra ---- Even as the debate rages on reservation in academic institutions and private sector employment, the beneficiaries of caste quota are busy fighting among themselves to corner maximum advantage.
- "Harness Atomic Energy For Food Security" (Hindu, T.S. Subramanian, Jun 13, 2006)
Swaminathan's call at BARC golden jubilee
- Cpi(m) Gesture To People Of Palestine (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
Appeals to all citizens to donate money
Concerned over `illegal and immoral financial blockade' imposed by U.S., E.U.
Palestinians facing a serious assault on basic rights, livelihood
- Going Beyond Kansas (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 13, 2006)
Forecasters are famously advised never to predict both an event and its timing. This was certainly the approach adopted by ancient soothsayers and oracles, who, like Alan Greenspan, added ambiguity and obscurity to their counsel.
- Outright Dishonesty (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 13, 2006)
In the politics of petrol, reason has no place. The circumstances in which the Manmohan Singh government increased the price of petrol by Rs 4 and diesel by Rs 2 per litre are well known, the international price of crude oil having crossed the $70-mark.
- Digesting The Rbi’S Unexpected Rate Hike (The Financial Express, Rajeev Malik, Jun 13, 2006)
The portents are clear for at least another hike between now and the end of the calendar year.
- Saddam’S Trial Resumes (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
Saddam Hussein's former intelligence chief was manhandled by guards as they dragged him out of court Monday for arguing with the judge, fuelling defence protests that it is being treated unfairly in the trial of the ouster Iraqi leader and members . . .
- The Case Of The Curious Rate Hike (The Financial Express, Mythili Bhusnurmath, Jun 13, 2006)
The timing of last Thursday’s interest rate hike suggests more of politics than economics.
- Insensate On Acquisition (The Financial Express, L C JAIN, Jun 13, 2006)
While some displacement due to development projects is unavoidable, the suffering inflicted in the process on the uprooted is avoidable. But we continue to act in an insensitive, if not insane, manner.
- It Can Make Filing I-T Returns Easy (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Jun 13, 2006)
India, home to the globally respected IT professionals and software companies, should not make it difficult to file income-tax returns, as will happen with the new Form 2F. With some thought, filing returns and paying the tax can be made totally . . .
- Educative In Nature (Hindu, AMBIKA ANANTH, Jun 13, 2006)
This book is collection of essays published in the popular weekly "Andhra Jyothi" for three full decades, starting from 1960 to 1990, under the same title "Illali Mucchhatlu".
- Thought-Provoking Essays (Hindu, K. S. Parthasarathy, Jun 13, 2006)
All the 22 articles in this volume are by those who lived in 20th Century India.
- ‘Open Education Sector To Entrepreneurs, Foreign Varsities, Create . . . (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jun 13, 2006)
Students should ask the government for an opportunity to become specialists and superspecialists through creation of additional seats. The government should create additional seats, not 30 per cent but 1,000 per cent, by opening up the education . . .
- Left, Right Vs Centre (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 13, 2006)
Politics of hypocrisy over oil price hike. And only the RSS making some sense!
- No Rate Hike On Rbi Radar: Fm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
Finance Minister P Chidambaram, on Monday, said he does not expect the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to hike interest rates in July review of monetary policy as feared by various quarters after the recent 0.25 per cent increase in overnight rates.
- Biography Of A Kathak Exponent (Hindu, JAYA RAMANATHAN, Jun 13, 2006)
A rare biography today that does not have the almost mandatory kicker "authorised biography". To narrate the story of a living persona cannot be easy; with the protagonist breathing down the writer's neck, the tome could well morph into a hagiography.
- Distressing Illness (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 13, 2006)
Bengal Congress must decide where it stands
If the Congress is toying with the idea of a mid-term poll to cash in on the trauma within the BJP, as is suggested by CPI-M leaders on the sidelines of the central committee meeting in Hyderabad, that . . .
- Re-Energising The Gulf Bilaterals (Indian Express, P.R. KUMARASWAMY, Jun 13, 2006)
When Shaikh Sabha al-Ahamd al-Jaber al-Sabah arrives in India on Wednesday for a six-day state visit, he would be marking a new phase in Indo-Kuwaiti relationship.
- World Bank Reviews Rehabilitation Work (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
Team apprised of work done in tsunami-hit villages
Revised action plan to be drawn for construction of 5,096 houses
Need to strengthen sea protection system at Dubrayapet: Selvaraj
- Core Group To Monitor Aids Awareness Campaign Mooted (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
Governor calls for effective programmes in all schools, colleges
- Films And The Politics Of Convenience (Hindu, A. Srivathsan, Jun 12, 2006)
Suspending screening of The Da Vinci Code carries the seeds of worrying overreach.
- Congress, Dmk Continue Talks (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
Aicc secretary coordinating the parleys
- Us Aid Cut:an Eye-Opener (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 12, 2006)
The US House of Representatives has substantially reduced military and economic aid for Pakistan for the next financial year. The cut, which, according to some reports, is in the range of 200 to 350 million dollar has been made on the pretext of the . . .
- Reds Planning To Smash And Grab (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 12, 2006)
Congress must realise that CPM's ultimate aim is to capture power at the Centre, not to float a Third Front, says Prafull Goradia.
- Much Ado About Reservation (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 12, 2006)
Social justice can be ensured by rearranging the starting blocks rather than interfering with the race. This is the method adopted by JNU, where the underprivileged are allowed some grace marks while competing with others.
- Two Wasted Years (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 12, 2006)
UPA regime has not only failed to stem the growth of terrorism and corruption, but also given fillip to casteism and communalism, says YK Sharma.
- Coalition Or Arm-Twisting? (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Jun 12, 2006)
The tragedy for the Mahajan family continues as Mr Rahul Mahajan is in custody and his father's secretary Bibek Maitra is dead.
- Quit Protest Over Fuel Price Hike, It Lacks Honesty (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Jun 12, 2006)
A day before the BJP embarks on a high-profile “satyagraha” under the NDA banner to protest the hike in fuel prices, the RSS made its disapproval known, saying such “protests lack intellectual honesty”.
- Fuel Price Roll Back (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 12, 2006)
Sonia loyalists do what UPA can't ---- The announcement by the Congress-NCP Government in Maharashtra, closely followed by similar declarations by Congress Governments in Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi, that it would be forgoing possible . . .
- Secularism Under Attack (Times of India, Gurpreet Mahajan, Jun 12, 2006)
There has been a spectacular increase in the number of institutions seeking minority status in the recent past.
- Cbi Probe Into Navy War Room Leak Hits Roadblock (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
The CBI's probe into the Navy war room leak has hit a roadblock, as British authorities have not confirmed the presence of Ravi Shankaran, one of the accused and kin of Naval Chief Admiral Arun Prakash, in that country.
- Proposal For Aids Shelter To Be Submitted To State (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
Project in association with New York-based VoA to extend counselling, education, nutritional support, medical services
The move aims at preparing the afflicted to fight the stigma
Housing, food and medical services will be provided to . . .
- Snub To Cong In Hug For Desam (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
The CPM today tied up with the Telugu Desam Party for the June 28 state panchayat polls over Congress protests, sending its central ally a stern signal amid the fuel price standoff.
- Fiasco In Presidency (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 12, 2006)
Authorities play footsie with SFI
A bumbling principal’s office has on occasions been responsible for the collapse of administration in Presidency College, Kolkata. Either the incumbent has been wimpish or finds it expedient to genuflect in the . . .
- Rbi Governor Reddy Says Watching Prices (Reuters, V. Ramakrishnan, Jun 12, 2006)
Reserve Bank of India governor Y.V. Reddy said on Saturday the country's price situation would require greater "sensitivity", and global factors would play an increased role in monetary policy.
- Rbi Asserts Autonomy: Rate Hike Captures Real Economy (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 11, 2006)
The near-simultaneous hike in interest rates by several central banks, seven at the last count, indicates inflation is now the top priority for banking regulators.
- Needed, Sterner Governance System For Ngos (The Financial Express, YRK REDDY, Jun 11, 2006)
This will ensure transparency and accountability of NGOs and check misuse of trust reposed in them
- Bjp States Say No Cutting Fuel Tax (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
As Congress-ruled States sought to subdue public outrage against the UPA Government's petrol price hike by announcing marginal reduction in the sales tax charged by them, Opposition BJP on Saturday ridiculed the gesture as a "diversionary tactic".
- Pro-Quota Activists Heckle Bajaj (Pioneer, TN Raghunatha, Jun 11, 2006)
Ahead of the June 15 Rajya Sabha polls in which he is contesting, NCP-Shiv Sena-BJP sponsored Independent candidate, noted industrialist Rahul Bajaj faced protests from a group of pro-reservation activists at a function convened here on Saturday . . .
- Netaji Controversy Revived (Daily Excelsior, Tukoji R Pandit, Jun 11, 2006)
Once again the controversy surrounding the last days of Subhash Chandra Bose has been revived, thanks to the Mukherjee Commission declaring that there is no evidence that he had died in a plane crash in Taipei on August 18, 1945.
- Gastro Outbreak (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 11, 2006)
The latest outbreak of gastroenteritis in various parts of the country has once again brought into focus the hard fact that millions of people's lives are at risk because of lack of access to clean drinking water.
- The Upsc Challenge (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Coaching centres in Delhi, which have a creditable record, attract civil services aspirants from across the country.
- Rbi Governor Reddy Says Watching Prices (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Reserve Bank of India governor Y.V. Reddy said on Saturday the country's price situation would require greater "sensitivity", and global factors would play an increased role in monetary policy.
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