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Articles 6121 through 6220 of 11253:
- Jaswant Skips Jinnah Mausoleum (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Feb 07, 2006)
The former External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh on Monday left Karachi without paying a customary visit to the Jinnah Mausoleum despite his staying in the city for over six days.
- Managing Transfers (Tribune, K. L. Sharma, Feb 07, 2006)
Every year the fear of transfer hangs like the sword of Damocles over the head of government employees. Aspirants of transfers converge at the state capitals with a flock of well-wishers for the furtherance of their cause.
- Pm Keeping Foreign Ministry Port Folio (Daily Excelsior, Sita, Feb 07, 2006)
It should come as no surprise that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has chosen to be his own external affairs minister. Not having inducted a successor to Kunwar Natwar Singh in the last Sunday's cabinet changes, he also said that he is ''not overburdened''.
- Expulsion Of Mps: The Speaker And The Courts (Hindu, Mahendra P. Singh, Feb 07, 2006)
Even though the expelled MPs deserve no sympathy or leniency in punishment whatsoever, for upholding the rule of law the Speaker should respond to the notices of the Supreme Court.
- Suspected Maoists Kill Two Policemen, Injure Eight In India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Suspected Maoist rebels blew up a police station early Monday in central India and fired on policemen, killing two and wounding eight more, a news report said.
- Extraordinary Mission, Extraordinary Auction (Hindu, Mandira Nayar, Feb 07, 2006)
The stars of this "Mission Kashmir" will be some of the biggest names in the art world.
- Disaster Management Body In Hyderabad Soon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Objective to check the occurrence of major disasters
Plea to make disaster management integral part of development planning
Delhi model of fire services to be studied
- Model Villages In Three Years, Says Ysr (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy has promised transformation of all villages and municipalities in the State into model villages and towns within three years.
- It’S All About Politics, Mr Pm (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Feb 07, 2006)
Judge me by my actions. That was Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s response in his press conference last week to the argument that he was the weakest prime minister India had ever seen.
- Maoists Kill 13 Policemen In Chhattisgarh (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh killed thirteen policemen, including 10 from Nagaland Armed Police (NAP), in two separate attacks on Monday.
- No Ordinance To Stop Delhi Demolitions (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
"But we are working on something that would provide relief to minor violators"
- Kannada In Times Of Americanisation (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
The demands and issues raised by the 72nd Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana need to be discussed at all cultural forums and the government must muster political courage to resolve seemingly intractable problems, writes Ramesh Mysore.
- All About Dementia (Hindu, MADHUMITHA BALAJI, Feb 07, 2006)
A user-friendly review of the current knowledge on dementia
With the advent of modern medicine and thereby a growth in the elderly population worldwide, dementia poses a major concern to the international community of today.
- Terror? We Are Better Off (The Week, Sachidananda Murthy, Feb 06, 2006)
Shivraj Patil has been a key member of the Congress think tank ever since Sonia Gandhi became Congress president. His long experience as Speaker, Deputy Speaker and deputy leader of the opposition has made him a leading light of the Manmohan Singh . . .
- The Chairman Is Watching (Telegraph, ARITRO GANGULY, Feb 06, 2006)
K.J. Rao’s rechristening is an indication of Mao Zedong’s place in the Bengal communist pantheon
- Guarding Brides And Grooms (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Feb 06, 2006)
Elaborate cuisine, VVIP presence, expensive outfits and exquisite jewellery if you think these are the only ways to flaunt wealth and status at weddings, you’re still not with the “hip” crowd in the Capital. For the latest fad is hiring bodyguards . . .
- Trial And Error (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Feb 06, 2006)
It’s easy to tell the difference between the trial of Saddam Hussein and the Nuremberg tribunal.
- Iran In The Dock (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 06, 2006)
Defiance won’t work
AS expected, the efforts to avoid a vote on the Iranian nuclear issue at the International Atomic Energy Agency’s extraordinary session that ended on Saturday did not succeed.
- In A Difficult Phase (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Feb 06, 2006)
The author is an independent researcher. He has recently co-edited the book, Battles over Nature
- No Compromise On National Sovereignty (Daily Excelsior, Sanchet Barua, Feb 06, 2006)
The Naga ceasefire that was to expire on February 1 has been extended for another six months by the government and the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isaac-Muivah). The decision was taken after four-day long discussions between . . .
- Over 10 Lakh Pilgrims Expected For Gunadala Mary Matha Fete (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
Three-day festival begins on February 9; shrine being decked-up
Grand holy mass will be held on Bishop Grassi High School grounds
City police to arrange outpost; special APSRTC counters for people
- Congress Remarks On `Padayatra' Irks Tdp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
Selection of job scheme beneficiaries by Congress alleged
Congress urged to stop campaign against TDP
NREGP termed a modified version of several schemes
- Regulatory Body Needed (Tribune, Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, Feb 05, 2006)
In the history of game shows on Indian television, no season has witnessed as many controversies as the current one.
- Rahul Gandhi Waiting To Step In! (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Feb 05, 2006)
The irrepressible clamour at the Hyderabad AICC session for induction of Rahul Gandhi either in the union cabinet or at a top party position speaks volumes about the apparent indispensability of this young Nehru-Gandhi scion in running . . .
- Twilight Of The West (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 05, 2006)
Niall Ferguson From the Daily Telegraph © Niall Ferguson
The author is Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University www.niallferguson.org
- Kalam Mission Is To Get Nurses Their Due (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , Feb 05, 2006)
President A P J Abdul Kalam now has a new mission that will ensure that the profession of nursing will not only get its due respect but also nurses will be empowered to attain positions of power in medical profession. Driven by his mission, . . .
- Andhra Pradesh Can Afford To Give Free Power: Shinde (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
Says Andhra Pradesh is in a position to do it so
Free power, as a national policy, is not viable: Union Power Minister
Says effective distribution system and check on pilferage made it possible in Andhra Pradesh
- Swan Song Of A Pm Cum Linguist (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
This is a beautifully produced bi-lingual edition of poetry, translated from Telugu to English. It presents a beautiful rendering of the original Telugu poems by Jayaprabha, deftly transformed into English by the translator, P V Narasimha Rao.
- `Karnataka Developments Augur Well For Bjp' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
Party to go it alone in the forthcoming polls in two States: Venkaiah Naidu
- Graphic Graffiti (Hindu, Aditi De, Feb 05, 2006)
Like a photograph, a brilliant drawing or a graphic impression can prove more eloquent, more potent and memorable than a thousand words. Poet-graphic artist Arun Kolatkar's offering — in visuals sans words this time — makes one do a double take . . .
- Global Nature Of Protest (Hindu, Mike Marqusee, Feb 05, 2006)
A look at the significance of February 15, 2003.
Many demonstrators who hoped to deter the invasion of Iraq probably underestimated what they were up against ... ."
- Urban Transport Tangle: Some Solutions (Hindu, M. RAVIBABU, Feb 05, 2006)
To develop patronage for transit, private transport has to be restricted and made costly
- India, Israel Sign Secret Deal On Anti-Missile System (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Feb 04, 2006)
India is said to have signed an agreement for the joint manufacture of the ship-borne Israeli Barak II anti-missile system at Hyderabad for both the Indian and Israeli navies.
- Ten Naxalites Surrender In Andhra Pradesh (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
Ten naxalites have surrendered before police in Andhra Pradesh, police said on Friday.
- Cabinet Shuffle In India (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Feb 04, 2006)
I may be reading too much into the cabinet reshuffle in New Delhi. But the changes effected make me believe that Congress president Sonia Gandhi has begun the exercise of choosing her party candidates for India’s president and vice-president, . . .
- Lotus Blooms As Son Rises In Karnataka (Tribune, Jangveer Singh, Feb 04, 2006)
The father and the son were the cynosure of all eyes during the week-long political drama in Karnataka. Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda and his son HD Kumaraswamy provided all the sound bytes, besides seeming to be masters of the situation.
- Don’T Call It Sycophancy (Indian Express, Jayanthi Natarajan, Feb 04, 2006)
Look again at the AICC session, you will find a party proud of its leader
If the world had indeed been there, it would have understood, at least partly, what the Congress party is all about.
- Gowda Skips Son’S Bash (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
Janata Dal (Secular) rebel leader H.D. Kumaraswamy was today sworn in as Karnataka chief minister on the steps of Vidhana Soudha, the state’s seat of power, in a ceremony watched by thousands of ecstatic supporters who had crowded into . . .
- Guaranteed Jobs (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 04, 2006)
Guard against pitfalls
THE National Rural Employment Guarantee Act has come into force with the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, launching it at Anantapur in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday.
- Hands And Heads (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Feb 04, 2006)
Gandhi, Nandy and Bhatt: three critiques of modern science
Shelley once claimed that poets were “the unacknowledged legislators of the world”. In the decades and centuries since he said this, it has been scientists rather than poets who have . . .
- A Slippery Friendship (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Feb 04, 2006)
I am glad we asked King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia to be the chief guest at our Republic Day celebrations.
- Bush Men On Recce Visit To India (Hindustan Times, Sutirtho Patranobis, Feb 04, 2006)
US President George Bush is sending his men ahead of his visit to India in March. A high-level US delegation, headed by Under Secretary in the US Energy Department, David K. Garman, will be in town between February 8 and 10.
- Eyebrows Raised As Kerala Cpm Does A Volte-Face (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
The party which is preparing to return to power this May now says that loans from the Asian Development Bank are welcome and that the 507-km-long Express Highway project is not a ‘monster’ but a necessity.
- A Battle Won (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Feb 04, 2006)
The prevalence rate of less than 1 per 10,000 population is a significant milestone for India in its fight against leprosy.
- Self-Help Groups Told To Focus On Social Development (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
Deputy General Manager (DGM) State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH) S.V. Hanumantha Rao on Friday stressed the need for self-help groups (SHGs) to take up activities related to social development.
- Ground These Protests (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Feb 04, 2006)
There is not a single rational contention to the government’s awarding of Delhi and Mumbai airport modernisation contracts, though irrational ones are neither serious nor escapable.
- 2 Cr. Sanctioned For Water Scheme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
Plans being finalised to cover villages left outside the scheme
A third filtration plant and connecting well are proposed in the next phase.
Separate scheme to cover 30 villages in Srikakulam rural mandal
- Jd(s), Bjp Form Coalition Government In Karnataka (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Feb 04, 2006)
Kumaraswamy sworn in Chief Minister, Yediyurappa Deputy Chief Minister
Coalition agrees to share power for the remaining 40 months on the Jammu and Kashmir model
Constitution of a full-fledged Ministry to take time
Vote of confidence on February 8
- National Rural Employment Guarantee Act In Place (Hindu, K. Venkateshwarlu , Feb 03, 2006)
It will help us to get rid of the scourge of poverty, says Manmohan
"Match outlays and outcomes"
"Create productive assets"
"Implement guarantee in true spirit"
- What Do Godmen Have To Do With Govt? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Feb 03, 2006)
Amid all the hype and hyperbole, hope and hoopla over the formation of a new coalition government, has there been a more alarming sight than the chief minister-designate, and his deputy, falling at the feet of assorted godmen across and beyond the State?
- Sonia All Praise For Shgs (Hindu, B. Chandrashekhar, Feb 03, 2006)
Manmohan puts searching questions on their functioning
Women of self-help groups drawn from 13 districts in which the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme is being implemented in the State and a few sarpanches had a lively interaction with . . .
- In His Guru's Footsteps (Hindu, M. SURYA PRASAD, Feb 03, 2006)
It is good news for Carnatic music, that youth in general and software engineers in particular are evincing lot of interest in it and have been able to win big audiences all over.
- When Stones Speak (Hindu, SUBASH JEYAN , Feb 03, 2006)
The landscape is expressive, speaking its own visual language.
Hampi is overwhelming, in the scale and splendour of its conception and construction and in the tragedy of its destruction and desolation.
- New Power Play Begins Today (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
The stage is set for opening a new coalition chapter in State politics with the Karnataka High Court on Thursday clearing legal hurdles for the swearing-in of the Janata Dal (Secular)-BJP coalition government.
- Grandmom Of Laughter (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
Some interesting reads in Kannada
T. Sunandamma, who passed away last week, is a pioneer in her own right. She was the first woman writer in Kannada to establish herself in the genre of humour writing.
- Easy Way To Liberation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
Chanting the Divine name has been advocated in the scriptures as the easiest and the most efficacious of the means to liberation in this Kali age. What is the reason for this?
- Job Guarantee Rolls Out, Ray Of Hope In New Delhi Shadow (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Feb 03, 2006)
At three this afternoon, Mahesh Kumar, 28, became the first citizen closest to the national capital to register under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005, the largest-ever employment intervention scheme in the world.
- This Is How Aai Unions Revamp Their Airport (Indian Express, ANUBHUTI VISHNOI, Feb 03, 2006)
One more day of this strike and the terminal 1 B lounge will become the epicentre of an epidemic,’’ fumed A Raja S. Solomon, an advocate waiting for his Hyderabad-bound flight.
- Air Deccan Launches Tiruchi-Chennai Service (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
New connectivity, a boost to tourism industry: travel agents
Air Deccan on Thursday launched its daily services on the Chennai-Tiruchi-Chennai sector amidst buoyant expectations of major growth prospects for the air travel industry here.
- Atom Agency Seen Reporting Iran To Security Council (Reuters, MARK HEINRICH, Feb 03, 2006)
Driven by rare consensus between Western powers and Russia and China, the U.N. nuclear watchdog looked set on Friday to report Iran to the U.N. Security Council over fears it may be after atomic bombs, Western diplomats said.
- Kumaraswamy To Take Oath Today (Tribune, Jangveer Singh, Feb 03, 2006)
Decks were cleared for the enthronement of Janata Dal (Secular) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy as Chief Minister of Karnataka today. While the reprieve from the high court, which rejected a petition seeking the disqualification of his Legislators, . . .
- Battered By Vat (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Feb 03, 2006)
The Centre’s growing economic power and political weakness
- Pm Launches Job Guarantee Scheme (Tribune, Ramesh Kandula, Feb 03, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has today launched the ‘revolutionary’ National Rural Employment Guarantee (NREG) Scheme in the presence of National Advisory Council Chairperson Sonia Gandhi.
- Airport Staff Continue Stir (Tribune, Girja Shankar Kaura, Feb 03, 2006)
As the strike by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) employees entered the second day and the flight schedule of most of the airlines remained unaffected, the employees resorted to other measures like blocking the roads to the airport . . .
- Modernisation Air Pockets (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 03, 2006)
The Government's decision to hand over the Delhi and Mumbai airports to private parties has led to a strange development — the CPI(M) and Reliance seem to be speaking in the same voice. In the beginning, . . .
- In The Budget Session, Will There Be A Fair Deal? (Indian Express, SUNITA THAKUR, Feb 02, 2006)
Rotating reserved constituencies makes no sense. But neither does shelving the entire plan for women’s reservation in Parliament, says SUNITA THAKUR
- Karnataka Petition Worries Bjp (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Feb 02, 2006)
Senior BJP leaders left wondering
The Karnataka Chief Minister-designate, H.D. Kumaraswamy, failed to keep his date with Bharatiya Janata Party leaders here on Wednesday.
- The Governing Principle (Indian Express, S.K. JAIN, Feb 02, 2006)
The recent Supreme Court verdict has indicted the Buta Singh for acting unconstitutionally and misleading the union cabinet into recommending the dissolution of the Bihar assembly.
- Kumaraswamy Skips Delhi Date (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
Karnataka BJP cites ‘exhaustion’, says it has nothing to lose in JD(S) alliance
- `It Tower' To Come Up Near Gannavaram Town (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
Some 40,000 professionals in the field to get jobs
Cabinet approves transfer of land
One out of four techies in Silicon Valley is from Vijayawada
A slew of concessions announced for the IT Tower
- Hc Notice To Hdk, Mlas (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday ordered the issue of notice to Chief Minister-designate H D Kumaraswamy and 35 JD(S) MLAs on a petition seeking a direction to the Assembly Speaker to disqualify the JD(S) legislators for allegedly defying . . .
- Air Deccan Launches First Flight To Chennai (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
Air Deccan launched a two-way daily flight between Chennai and Vijayawada on Wednesday. The 40-seater ATR aircraft carried 15 passengers on its maiden flight from Chennai to Vijayawada.
- E-Governance Initiative In Ranga Reddy District Makes Waves (Hindu, Ravi Reddy, Feb 02, 2006)
Petitioners never had to make rounds to the offices
Programme has given practical shape to Right to Information Act
The scheme has changed the fortunes of many
- 7.56 Lakh Acres To Come Under Irrigation After Projects' Completion (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
Minor sources contribute 66,000 acres of ayacut
- 3 Dozen Journalists Arrested In Nepal (Press Trust of India, Shirish B Pradhan, Feb 02, 2006)
Three dozen journalists were arrested in Nepal today as they held demonstrations to protest against the curbs imposed on media after King Gyanendra's assumption of absolute power a year ago.
- Krishna Water Project Phase Ii Hits A Block (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
Central Excise levy on steel used for manufacturing pipelines; Nov. deadline unlikely
Project unlikely to meet the November 2006 deadline
Central Excise levy on pipelines amounts to Rs. 24 crores
- Talks Are On For Poll Alliance, Says Jayalalithaa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
AIADMK starts issuing applications for party ticket to contest Assembly elections
Jayalalithaa disagrees with the view that Supreme Court has indicted her government for the stampede
Describes the arrival of refugees from Sri Lanka as "alarming"
- Scope For Diplomacy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 02, 2006)
SO, finally, the Iranian nuclear proliferation issue is being referred to the UN Security Council.
- Memorable Journey (Deccan Herald, D B N Murthy , Feb 02, 2006)
The Jagdalpur - Visakhapatnam route over the Eastern Ghats offer scenic sights
- Find Right Remedy (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 02, 2006)
Only the naïve and the ill-formed will be surprised by a report that lakhs of persons have applied for over 5000 Government posts advertised by the Service Selection Board (SSB).
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