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Articles 6621 through 6720 of 11253:
- Traders In Deceit (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 13, 2006)
A few decades ago there was a widespread activity in this city. There was hardly a street that did not have a signboard announcing the presence of a finance and chit fund company.
- Liberalize The Welfare Sector (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Jan 13, 2006)
The UPA Government is implementing the Employment Guarantee Scheme (EGS) to provide relief to the poor. But the experience of Maharashtra EGS has not been very positive. At a seminar organized by SAP - India, following problems were mentioned . . .
- Well-Oiled Diplomacy (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 13, 2006)
The Petroleum Minister, Mr Mani Shankar Aiyar, is in China this week and will need to use all his diplomatic skills to forge any meaningful tie-up between Indian and Chinese oil companies. India and China have emerged as two front-runners in the hunt....
- Polavaram Project Gets Tacit Consent (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Second all-party meeting held on the project concludes on a positive note
- Ysr Announces Rs. 400-Crore Boon For Anantapur District (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
State will remove the shadow of drought from the perennially drought-hit district, says Chief Minister
10 ttmcft allocation for PABR
Rs. 250 crores for canal modernisation
Rs. 150 crores for dairy development
Raghuveera leads a team to meet YSR
- Inclusion Of Human Rights In School Curriculum Favoured (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Participants at an open debate on human rights organised by the Karimnagar police on Thursday stressed the need for an awareness campaign on the issue. Students of various private and Government degree and junior colleges and representatives of voluntary
- Amend The Act (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Phone tapping for political reasons should not be allowed
- Demolition Drives: Dramas Of The State? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 13, 2006)
To each his own An American, a Russian, a Chinese and an Israeli are standing at a street corner when they are approached by a pollster. “Excuse me, what is your opinion of the meat shortage?” asks the pollster. The American says, “What’s a shortage?
- Meet To Review Steps To Combat Naxalism (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Focus on streamlining of efforts to strengthen security
The 19th Coordination Centre meeting on naxalism will be held here on Friday to review and coordinate the steps being taken by the naxal affected States to combat the menace.
- Saudi King As R-Day Guest (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Jan 13, 2006)
New Delhi's decision to invite King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia to be the guest of honour at India’s Republic Day celebrations is not off the cuff but a considered one. In the past, that country has been a source of irritation, . . .
- Farmers Driven To Despair (Tribune, Tarvinder Singh Chahal , Jan 13, 2006)
Suicides among farmers is a countrywide phenomenon. The cases of suicide by farmers have been reported from several states of India, including Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tripura.
- Where’S The Cold Light Of Reason? (Indian Express, R.K. PACHAURI, Jan 13, 2006)
It’s never been so cold in 70 years, the Met office has told us. Before that we were told that it’s rarely been as rainy as it did get in Mumbai first and the souhern cities later.
- Stop Polluting The Environment, Cry Children (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Young ones take out a rally against burning non-degradable materials on Bhogi
- Icici Bank Forays Into Sri Lanka (Hindu, V. S. Sambandan, Jan 13, 2006)
The bank will tap inward and outward remittance markets
ICICI Bank on Thursday started operations in Sri Lanka, its 12th location outside India.
- Congress' Challenge In Hyderabad (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Jan 13, 2006)
At its plenary, the AICC will have to strike a balance between the pressure to expand and strengthen its pan-India presence and the sensitivities of its alliance partners.
- Track 2, On Track (Indian Express, YOGINDER SIKAND, Jan 13, 2006)
Rail links between India and Pakistan in the Sindh-Rajasthan sector are due to be resumed early next month.
- A New Mumbai, Still Born (Indian Express, Reshma Patil, Jan 12, 2006)
MR Wadhwa lives in a little city of joy—Ulhasnagar—a young 13.5 sq kms township. ‘‘It was a jungle, chori day and night, no place to stay,’’ the 80-year-old garment trader recalls a time in 1948 when he left Pakistan forever, making his way . . .
- Mous On 657-Cr. Investment In It Sector (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
GITEX inaugurated; eight companies will set up ventures in Hyderabad and seven in Vizag
Government planning to create SEZs exclusively for IT sector
Quality of education needs improvement
Gap between Hyderabad and Bangalore very high in IT exports
- Probe Officials Must Adhere To Time Limit, Says Cbi Chief (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Jan 12, 2006)
Urges agency to think big and out of the box to face challenges
Nearly a month after taking over, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director Vijay Shanker has outlined a "larger vision'' for the country's premier investigation agency, . . .
- Anna Varsity Signs Water Management Agreement (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
MoU marks start of Rs 2.4 crore international project It will facilitate exchange of staff and students among partner institutions and field-level research projects
- All Gas In The Pipeline (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Jan 12, 2006)
India’s oil diplomacy is still in spats between the petroleum ministry and the foreign office. China meanwhile is clinching key energy deals, finds C. Raja Mohan
- View From The Right (Indian Express, Ramdev versus Reds, Jan 12, 2006)
The front-page article in the issue dates January 15 is devoted to the controversy raised by CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat over the Ayurvedic medicines produced by Swami Ramdev’s Divya Yoga pharmacy.
- Of Tapped Phones And Pravasi Lectures (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jan 12, 2006)
The tapping of the phone of Samajwadi Party General Secretary, Mr Amar Singh, which met a surprising mine-too chorus from non-UPA politicians, and the NRI jamboree in Hyderabad were the two highlights of last week.
- Telangana Not On Aicc Plenary Agenda, Says Keshava Rao (Hindu, W. Chandrakanth, Jan 12, 2006)
'Any reference to region to be confined to developmental issues'
No change in Congress' stand, says APCC chief
UPA sub-committee awaiting consensus on issue
Plenary to discuss balanced development of all regions
- Indian Tourism: Reaching New Heights (Daily Excelsior, Arvinder Kaur, Jan 12, 2006)
Tsunami failed to dampen the spirit of tourists with the year 2005 witnessing new heights in Indian tourism. It recorded a growth of about 13.5 percent in arrivals and about 20 per cent in foreign exchange earnings.
- Choose And Chop (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 12, 2006)
Mrs G backtracks on inner-party democracy
It is an index of the bankruptcy and cringing cronyism that now plagues the party that brought the country freedom that a non-entity’s exclusion from the highest policy-making body should become a matter . . .
- Food For Thought (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 12, 2006)
The Central Government's decision to place on hold the raising of foodgrain prices under the public distribution system (PDS) is welcome, but not enough
- Students Told To Spread The Word On Right To Info Act (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
`It aims at correcting the functioning of officials, public representatives'
`Act will empower the people'
Kakatiya University to make public the valued answer sheets of students
- Experts' Team In Shravanabelagola (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
Members of the team inspected the statue of Bahubali for close to two hours
Rs. 3.5 crores to be spent on cable-car
ASI has accorded temporary permission for cable-car
State Government wants the facility retained even after the event
- P. C. Thomas Defends Severing Ties With Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
P. C. Thomas, MP, on Wednesday said that he and his colleagues in the Indian Federal Democratic Party (IFDP) had decided to leave the NDA, dissolve the party and merge with the Kerala Congress (Joseph) when they sensed that the BJP would adopt . . .
- `Congress Ready For Polls In Karnataka' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
Railway gate at Kankanady is closed for 612 minutes every day, causing traffic snarls'
Railway station situated between NH 48 and Bajal
About 30 passenger trains and 20 goods trains pass through the rail gate every day
- Don't Stymie Services-Led Growth (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Jan 12, 2006)
The rapidly-growing service sector, of which IT is only a part, currently accounts for nearly half of the GDP. In this segment, the role of the non-corporate sector, represented by millions of partnerships and proprietorships firms, has been pivotal . . .
- Bharat Sarkar, All Ears (Indian Express, Inder Malhotra, Jan 11, 2006)
Governments of all political hues have tapped phones in India, and got away
- Rajnath And Up’S Slow Churning (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Jan 11, 2006)
The meaning being read into Rajnath Singh’s elevation as BJP president obscures the more obvious reality that the choice is a function of the total confusion in the party, particularly at its higher reaches.
- Tried And Tested In The Congress (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 11, 2006)
The more the Congress changes, the more it remains the Grand Old Party steeped in its past. Belying the buzz preceding the event, the revamp of the All-India Congress Committee turned out to be a tame affair
- Nitish Kumar And The Importance Of Muted Hope (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Jan 11, 2006)
He cannot be a saviour only because he is not Laloo. The Bihar chief minister must temper his promises with realism,
- Draft Patents Rules (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 11, 2006)
The Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce and Industry...
- A Journey Into The New American Century (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Jan 11, 2006)
Recent pronouncements by Condoleezza Rice and Nicolas Burns offer clues to the way Washington wants the global system reordered. But will the rest of the world go along?
- Chidambaram: Budget Focus On Farming Sector (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 11, 2006)
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday assured agriculturalists that the United Progressive Alliance Government's concern over poor infrastructure and emphasis on boosting the farm sector would be reflected in the Budget.
- Tapping Party Lines (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 11, 2006)
Everybody who is anybody these days just has to announce that his or her phone lines are being tapped.
- Role Call (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 11, 2006)
Stealing the vote can take many forms. Violence during elections is the crudest of them. In Bengal, electoral frauds seem to have struck deep roots, thanks to the ruling Marxists’
- Political Resolution To Reflect Cong’S Dilemma (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Jan 11, 2006)
When Congress leaders met for a brainstorming session in Pachmarhi over eight years ago, the party said a resounding “no” to coalitions, the catchline being “ekla chalo”.
- Rajnath To Discuss New Team Composition With Rss (The Economic Times, DEVESH KUMAR, Jan 11, 2006)
In an attempt to finalise the composition of its new team of officebearers, the BJP top brass is likely to hold discussions with the RSS next week
- Terrorists Target Centres Of Growth (Tribune, Jangveer Singh, Jan 11, 2006)
THE terrorist attack on the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore on December 28 has disturbed the peace of the Garden City. The economic importance of Bangalore as also of Chennai and Hyderabad is sure to attract the attention of terrorist outf
- Let's Put Bihar On Track, Nitish Pleads With Rivals (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 11, 2006)
Keen on accelerating Bihar’s development, chief minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday sought cooperation from his political rivals Ram Vilas Paswan and Lalu Prasad Yadav.
- Golfing Buddha (The Financial Express, Golfing Buddha , Jan 11, 2006)
For a capitalist, what could be a better gift than an island with a do-it-yourself golf course?
- Govt To Exit Maruti (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 11, 2006)
Pouring cold water on the hopes of four crore subscribers, the government today notified 8.5 per cent interest on the Employees Provident Fund for 2005-06.
- Rise Of The Homegrown Terrorist (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 10, 2006)
The Bangalore police haven't yet released a picture of Abdul Rahman, the man suspected to be the mastermind of the attack at the Indian Institute of Science.
- Working To Close N-Deal, Upa Fights Last-Minute Jitters From Within (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Jan 10, 2006)
With US Under-Secretary of State Nicholas Burns arriving in India on January 19 for talks with his counterpart Shyam Saran, the top UPA leadership is working overtime to arrive at a political decision to close the July 18 nuclear deal before . . .
- Caves Of Antiquity (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Sanjay Biswas and Shubha Chacko are mesmerised by the ancient temples and sculptures of Aihole that silently speak of people who lived fifteen hundred years ago.
- Boost To Agriculture (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 10, 2006)
The Science Congress grappled with the problem of making science work for agriculture
- Advani's Phones Were Tapped During Volcker Controversy: Bjp (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Jumping into the bandwagon, BJP today joined Samajwadi Party and other parties to claim it was also a victim of phone tapping alleging the landlines of Leader of Opposition L K Advani were under surveillance and demanded a probe into it.
- Cut Red Tape (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 10, 2006)
Not very long ago a fairly well-known industrialist family of a western state after setting up a unit at the outskirts of this city ran into bureaucratic hurdles. It discovered that the official commitments made to it were not being honoured.
- Supreme Court Notice To Mulayam And His Family (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
PIL seeks CBI probe into ``disproportionate assets''
Charges that Mulayam, his sons acquired properties worth crores of rupees
Corruption has reached even Prime Minister's office, says petitioner
- Bjp Demands Inquiry In Phone Tapping (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Controversy over the issue of phone-tapping of senior Opposition leaders gathered momentum today with the BJP alleging that the telephone of Leader of the Opposition L K Advani was being bugged
- The $4 Bn Industry That Is America’S Guilty Secret (Tribune, Rupert Cornwell, Jan 10, 2006)
Lobbying is Washington’s grubby secret. Some say it is part of the democratic process. Others claim it is legalised bribery, even corruption. But love it or loathe it, it is the way Washington works.
- Overseas Indians Unsettled Over Delhi’S View Of Them (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Say government should be open to their ideas and innovation, not just their money
* Troubled by governmnet’s emphasis on money and investment
- Accused Tells Tape Tale (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Anurag Singh, one of the accused in the Amar Singh phone-tapping case, has told police that Bhupendra, the first to be arrested, asked him to sell the CD containing recorded conversations of the Samajwadi Party leader to his political rivals.
- Kalam Sees Indian Minds Shining (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam today said the sun would never set on the “Empire of the Indian Mind”. “It would not be an exaggeration, if I say that today the sun truly cannot set on the Empire of the Indian Mind.
- Kalam Calls Them India's Societal Ambassadors (Hindustan Times, Sajjan Singh Thakur, Jan 10, 2006)
"Be wherever you are. But adopt one village of India, because each one of you belongs to one."
- India’S Political Freedom In Question – Bjp Finds Foul In Phone Tapping Of Leaders –politicians Look For Supreme Court’S Help (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Jan 10, 2006)
India may be silently experienced loss of political freedom while preaching the same to Nepal and other countries.
- Terror Kept Nris Away: Govt (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Minister of State for Overseas Indian Affairs, Oscar Fernandes, on the sidelines of the 4th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, explains how the mega event this year was different from the previous ones, instead of being a carnival to a . . .
- Meet The Pravasi Samman Winners (Hindustan Times, Sajjan Singh Thakur, Jan 10, 2006)
Prominent Indian-American physician, Sudhir Parikh, Indian-origin agriculturalist Eliyahu Bezalel from Israel, Mauritius Vice President Raouf Bundhun and Newsweek International magazine Editor Fareed Zakaria are among the 15 NRIs and . . .
- Behind Bangalore: The Origins Of The Long Jihad (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jan 10, 2006)
The first part of an investigation into how the Lashkar-e-Taiba's terror campaign against India was born, and the forces that drive it today
- Building Bonds (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 10, 2006)
OCI scheme is the first step towards conferring full citizenship rights on NRIs.
- Bones Of Contention (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
The dictates of reason suggest that the key question in l'affaire Swami Ramdev is whether the ayurvedic `herbal' medicines manufactured by his Divya Yoga Pharmacy meet the requirements of law and public health.
- Mayiladuthurai-Villupuram Gauge Conversion To Be Over By March 2007 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
No proposal from TN for public-private participation projects: Velu
- No Intention To Cause Hurt To Manmohan: Amar Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Claims telling Dr. Singh about phone tapping for a year
Alleges that phones of Congress' rivals were tapped by RAW and CBI
- Behind Bangalore: The Long Jihad Today (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jan 10, 2006)
The second and concluding part of an investigation into the Lashkar-e-Taiba networks that operate across India.
- Protest Marks End Of Pravasi Divas (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Protest and controversy marked the presentation ceremony of Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards at the concluding function of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2006 today.
- Persons Of Indian Origin Honoured (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards presented by President Abdul Kalam
- Protest Mars Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award Function (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
A group of overseas Indians opposes selection of US-based doctor for honour
Kalam attends Pravasi Bharatiya Divas valedictory
Police seize placards and detain three
11 overseas Indians given the prestigious award
President releases special postal
- Abdul Kalam Supports Manmohan's Call For Second Green Revolution (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Says foodgrains production will double to 400 million tonnes
Seeks integration of technology upgradation in harvest operations
Calls for incremental growth rate of two per cent annually in GDP
- Sbi To Merge Five Grameena Banks (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Decision taken to ensure effective management of financial institutions
Profit earned for 2004-2005 was Rs. 13.10 cr. and Rs. 6.30 cr. till Dec
Deposits and lending stood at Rs. 380 cr. and Rs. 293 cr. respectively
- On The Wings Of Freedom (Hindu, AMBIKA ANANTH, Jan 10, 2006)
This novel, which received the first prize in a competition held by the Telugu Association of North America (TANA), truly deserves the accolades and rave appreciation it has received and can be hailed as a `landmark' in the genre of Telugu novel.
- Needed Measure (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jan 10, 2006)
The Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (Sebi’s) decision to ask stock exchanges to impose a 50% circuit filter on the day of listing is both wise and warranted.
- Feting The Nri (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
For the third year in a row, non-resident Indians (NRIs) were feted at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas jamboree, this time in Hyderabad, with all the unctuousness that marks occasions like this.
- Significance Of The Oic Summit (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Jan 09, 2006)
THE usual diversity of assessments has followed the Third Extraordinary Summit of OIC held at Makkatul Mukarrama on December 7-8 2005.
- After Reaching Permissible Limit In Banking Stocks — Fiis Find Alternative In Benchmark Etf (Business Line, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jan 09, 2006)
FOREIGN institutional investors, who have reached the permissible limit in banking stocks, appeared to be tapping alternative bank-specific equity investment schemes.
- Needed A Soil, Not Green, Revolution (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Jan 09, 2006)
Agriculture can never be salvaged with a "trickle down" approach, which stands debunked now after four decades of the so-called Green Revolution.
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