|
|
|
|
|
|
Articles 6921 through 7020 of 11253:
- Buddha's Relic To Add Attraction To State Archaeological Museum (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
Archaeologists stumble upon five caskets at Bavikonda
Dalai Lama to inaugurate the 16th enclosure of the museum
A number of Union Ministers and Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy to attend the inaugural
- A.P. Cabinet Nod For Three More Varsities In The State (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
One each for the three regions; expert panel to go into detai
Three new conventional universities — one each in the three regions of Andhra Pradesh — will be set up at Nizamabad, Kadapa and Rajahmundry to start functioning next academic year.
- Stay Away From Media, Bjp Members Told (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Dec 31, 2005)
D elegates at the closing session of the five-day BJP conclave here on Friday were warned by leaders to stay away from the media, desist from appearing on television shows or giving interviews to the print media. Only the official spokespersons should ...
- Hey Ram: Bjp Experiments With Laxman, Hanuman & Vanar Sena (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
Former Prime Minister Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee’s remark while announcing his retirement from electoral politics yesterday hailing Mr LK Advani and Pramod Mahajan as the BJP’s “Ram and Laxman” has set the organisation aflutter.
- Hunt On For Terror Suspects (Hindu, K.V. Subramanya , Dec 31, 2005)
No breakthrough yet in attack on IISc; security tightened for New Year's Eve
- `Enlightened Moderation' In Pakistan, Really? (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Dec 31, 2005)
Local press terming Hindus, Christians and Jews as `enemies of Islam', a general free hand and support to extremist outfits, Shariat courts and blasphemy laws clearly loaded against women and minorities, all make any talk by Gen Pervez Musharraf . . . .
- 2006 — Year Of Agricultural Renewal (Hindu, M. S. Swaminathan , Dec 31, 2005)
During this year, an integrated package of measures should be introduced in every part of the country to increase farm productivity and profitability in perpetuity without associated ecological harm.
- City Police Release Assailant’S Sketch (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
Bangalore Police Commissioner Ajai Kumar Singh said there “are no specific clues” about the suspect involved in the attack at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc).....
- Mass Grave In Gujarat (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 31, 2005)
HC directs DNA test of skeletal remains
The Gujarat High Court has rightly directed the state government to collect samples of the skeletal remains, unearthed from a mass grave in Lunavada village of Panchmahal district, . . .
- No Progress On Kashmir (Tribune, Rajindar Sachar , Dec 31, 2005)
For far too long, the progress on talks between the Government of India and Kashmiri leaders is in limbo. Though Indo-Pak talks are taking place on Sir Creek and Siachen glacier, they do not seem to have made any progress.
- 2005 In Its Own Words (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Dec 31, 2005)
Amid the dizzy year-enders, it’s best to do what the New York Times did. It tried to squeeze 2005 into a handy list of catchwords and phrases. The paper was not unaware that the exercise could turn out to be foolhardy.
- Is He Serious Now? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 31, 2005)
Former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s announcement on Thursday bidding farewell to electoral politics has taken the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by surprise. While expressing his desire to stay away from “power politics” he has said that . . .
- Army ‘Boards Out’ 100 Aids Patients In 2 Yrs (Indian Express, BHAVNA VIJ-AURORA, Dec 31, 2005)
The Army has removed from service nearly 100 of its personnel, infected with AIDS, in the past two years. Though government norms prevent any discrimination against those infected by the disease, the Army says it has no place for them.
- The Camera’S Lies (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Dec 31, 2005)
There is a danger that public morality in Indian will sink into a coarse and vulgar voyeurism.
- Upa Ginger Group Takes Form (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Wracked by dissent and rattled by a debacle in local elections, the Telengana Rashtriya Samiti (TRS) has indicated that it would form a ginger group of non-Congress, non-Left parties in the UPA to act as a “pressure lobby”.
- Science Wakes Up To A Stifling New World (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Dec 30, 2005)
Despite enhanced vigilance, it will not be easy to protect India’s science establishments from terrorist strikes because of their culture of unfettered interaction and openness, scientists and policy-makers said today.
- Another Target (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 30, 2005)
Shock is an inestimably valuable weapon for murderers. A country grown tragically used to terrorism can be made to sit up in new terror when scientists are attacked, injured and killed within their haven when they are peacefully dispersing . . .
- Reclaiming The Earth For All (Daily Excelsior, Deepti Priya Mehrotra, Dec 30, 2005)
Three decades after 1975 - the UN International Year of Women - women are still demanding equality and freedom, both goals having proved elusive! But they are asserting something else as well, even more passionately - the right to save humanity from destr
- Remembering Raja (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 30, 2005)
As Nominated Members to the Rajya Sabha, we were accommodated on a separate bench.
- Nation On High Alert (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Vital scientific and defence installations across the country were on Thursday put under heavy security in the wake of the suspected terrorist attack at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore in which a scientist was killed and four others injured.
- Mass Grave: Hc Asks Cbi To Send Samples For Dna Tests (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Refusing to let Gujarat police examine the exhumed remains of victims of the post-Godhra riots, Gujarat High Court today said that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) should take samples and send them to Hyderabad for DNA testing.
- Chakri Sirindhorn: Honoured For Serving The Mankind (Daily Excelsior, R C Rajamani, Dec 30, 2005)
Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, who received the prestigious Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2004 recently, is an Indologist who has a special love for India and its people.
- "Fidayeen" Attack Explosive Smuggled In From Dhaka (Hindu, Devesh K. Pandey , Dec 30, 2005)
'Conspiracy to target STF office hatched in head office of HuJI'
- Iit Holds No Grudge Against City Police (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) here plunged into sorrow on Thursday over the killing in Bangalore of one of its most respected scientists, but faculty members said they had no complaints against the police over the terror attack.
- Grenades Bear Pakistani Markings (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Dec 30, 2005)
The police made no substantial headway in identifying the terrorists behind the attack on Bangalore’s Indian Institute of Science (IISc) campus on Wednesday but a few leads have emerged — a few grenades found near the site bore Pakistan markings and . . .
- Attack On The Iisc — South India On Terror Cross-Hair (Business Line, B. Raman , Dec 30, 2005)
The Wednesday attack at the IISc does not appear to have been targeted at any scientist but generally at the IT industry for which Bangalore is best known.
- Ap:cm Asks To Expedite Formulation Of Draft Of Water Policy (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
State Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy today directed officials to expedite the formulation of the draft of State Water Policy.
- Centre Stepmotherly, Says Modi (Hindu, ARUNKUMAR BHATT, Dec 29, 2005)
It is "sitting on" Gujarat law to curb organised crime
Gujarat and Jharkhand Chief Ministers Narendra Modi and Arjun Munda on Wednesday complained that the United Progressive Alliance Government was discriminating against the Bharatiya Janata Party- ....
- Andhra Pradesh To File Case Against Monsanto (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Four seed companies to be named respondents in petition
Case to be filed before MRTP Commission
Price of seed at Rs. 1,850 for 450 gm seen as being "very high"
Some other States may join Andhra Pradesh in legal battle
- Danger To The Dialogue? (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 29, 2005)
"The Government of India has been watching with concern the spiralling violence in Balochistan and the heavy military action, including the use of helicopter gunships and jet fighters by the Government of Pakistan to quell it.
- The Swelling `Register Of Deaths' (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Dec 29, 2005)
In Dorli village in Wardha, farmers simply put up signs announcing their whole village was for sale. It worked, with the local MP giving them Rs.10 lakh. Eslewhere, despair only deepens. Farm suicides have begun in rich Western Maharashtra, too.
- Clearance To Uranium Project In Nalgonda District Shocks Environmentalists (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Centre acts in utter disregard to public opinion and human rights'
Movement Against the Uranium Project writes to the Union Ministry
- Hand In Glove (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Ulhasnagar shows how Congress rules Maharashtra. What lies in store for India?
- For Some Cheap Thrills (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Dec 29, 2005)
Among non-Christian Asian countries, Christmas in Hong Kong is legendary for the spectacular way it is celebrated.
- Cbi Probe, Dna Test Sought (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
writ petition was filed in Gujarat High Court on Wednesday by a relative of a post-Godhra riot victim, seeking a CBI investigation and DNA testing on the skeletal remains found in a mass grave in Lunavada village of Panchmahal district of the state.
- Terror Strikes Iis Campus (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Suspected terrorists today barged into the premier Indian Institute of Science (IIS) here and fired indiscriminately, killing a retired Professor of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and injuring three others.
- Enlightened Moderation? (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Dec 29, 2005)
Ever since it was established that the terrorist bombings in New York and Washington were engineered from Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, Gen Pervez Musharraf has constantly proclaimed his goal of making Pakistan a “moderate Islamic country” based on . . .
- Sarpanch Shot At By Maoists; Condition Critical (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
P. Babu, sarpanch of Khajapur village, Chinnasankarampet mandal in Medak district was shot by four men believed to be Maoists on Wednesday night.
- Wasteful Protest (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 29, 2005)
Who’s got it right on bandhs in NE?
The public interest litigation filed by a social worker, a former MP and a journalist in Gauhati High Court seeking a ban on bandhs truly reflects the thinking of the majority in Assam.
- The Bjp's Next Man In (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 28, 2005)
With the question "after Advani who?" reportedly settled in favour of Rajnath Singh, it is time to ask: "Why and how Rajnath?"
- Congress Emerges Winner In Zilla, Taluk Panchayat Polls (Hindu, A Jayaram, Dec 28, 2005)
JD(S) pays for Siddaramaiah's ouster; BJP relegated to third spot
The use of ballot papers and manual counting delay announcement of results
The outcome of the elections is bound to have its impact on the coalition
- Naxal Menace: Military Assistance May Be Sought (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
Jana Reddy extends offer to resume talks with Maoists
- Changing Times (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Dec 28, 2005)
What distinguishes true statesmanship from the run- of-the-mill foreign policy practitioners is the ability to recognise critical changes at international level and exploit them to the advantage of one’s own country.
- Advani To Quit On December 31 (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Dec 28, 2005)
BJP president L.K. Advani will formally quit his post on December 31 at a customary media briefing following the party’s convention, according to BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu.
- Roots Of Terror (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 28, 2005)
CPI-M must show political will to make amends
Damning evidence of how West Bengal has become happy hunting ground for a terrorist network extending from Pakistan to Bangladesh ought to make the Left Front sit up.
- Stigma Bogs Down Pre-Marital Hiv Screening (Hindu, M. Dinesh Varma, Dec 28, 2005)
Infrastructure is in place for anyone who wishes to have a check-up done
- Advani Ready With Defence On Cash Scam (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
Amid moves to oust him also as leader of the Opposition, outgoing BJP chief L.K. Advani is preparing to defend himself against the charge of having defended the cash-for-queries MPs in Parliament.
- Caste Prejudice (Telegraph, André Béteille, Dec 28, 2005)
Contrary to the expectations of forward-looking Indians at the time of independence, the caste system is still with us.
- Kalam Calls For Accurate Monsoon Prediction (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
Accurate and timely predictions about monsoons, earthquakes, energy, healthcare and water management were vital for the development of society, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam said here on Tuesday.
- Naxal Menace: Army Help May Be Sought (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
Jana Reddy extends offer of resuming peace talks with Maoists
- Bjp Leader Steps Down Over Controversial Cd (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 28, 2005)
Controversies are still haunting India’s main opposition, the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), despite a show of strength in Mumbai. The present controversy revolves a compact disc (CD) showing the alleged sex escapades of BJP General Secretary Sanjay Joshi.
- At Mumbai Meet, Bjp Closes Ranks Over Advani’S Ls Post (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Dec 28, 2005)
Before l’affaire Sanjay Joshi exploded in its face, it was another Joshi who triggered a few tremors at the BJP national executive meeting here today.
- Sleaze Cd Hits Bjp As Rss Posterboy Quits Party Post (Deccan Herald, Manini Chatterjee, Dec 28, 2005)
Mumbai meet: Insider job suspected as a sexually explicit CD involving party secy Sanjay Joshi reaches Sangh leaders
- Bjp Attacks Upa Govt's Foreign Policy (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
The BJP today ruled out its chief L K Advani exiting as as the Leader of the Opposition but said it has accepted his desire to step down from the top organizational post.
- Bjp Rules Out Advani Exiting As Leader Of The Opposition (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
The BJP today ruled out its chief L K Advani exiting as as the Leader of the Opposition but said it has accepted his desire to step down from the top organizational post.
- Rail Raid A Naxal Stratagem? (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
The Andhra Pradesh government would not hesitate to use the Army to counter Naxalite attacks, State Home Minister K Jana Reddy has said.
- Metro Project May Be Delayed Further (Deccan Herald, B S Arun, Dec 28, 2005)
The proposed Bangalore Metro project is headed for another round of delay. After the PIB cleared the Rs 5,747-crore urban transport venture, the Union Government has referred the matter to a Group of Ministers.....
- Bjp Meeting Gets A Jolt As Rss Pointsman Resigns (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
The BJP’s silver jubilee celebrations here were marred on Tuesday as RSS pointsman in the party Sanjay Joshi resigned as general secretary following reports of his involvement in a sex scandal.....
- India Prepares Tsunami Alert Centre (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 27, 2005)
A year after the tsunami waves hit Indian shores killing more than 10,000 people,
- Cong Turns Heat On Bjp (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
Even as the BJP national executive began in Mumbai, Congress on Monday sought to direct some political heat on the Opposition party, ...
- Intelligence Abuse Deja Vu (Dawn, Gary Hart, Dec 27, 2005)
Three weeks after I took the oath of office in the Senate in 1975, the then majority leader Mike Mansfield appointed me to a newly created committee — the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations With Respect to Intelligence Activities, . . .
- House Act: Cong Asks For Probe Against 3 Bjp Leaders (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
The Congress here today demanded an impartial inquiry against three BJP leaders—leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Jaswant Singh, party Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu and General Secretary Ananth Kumar—for their alleged acts of omission and commission
- Govt Drags Its Feet On Patents For Aids Drugs (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Dec 27, 2005)
The triple cocktail or combination anti-retrovirals (ARVs), which are considered the most effective AIDS treatment today, might become inaccessible for AIDS patients in the country if the Health Ministry fails to wake up to the patent applications . . .
- Looking Back, Looking Ahead (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
It was a year that saw politics overshadow public good, say Asha Krishnaswamy and Vijesh Kamath as they sift through the archives. Politicians spewed venom and a former prime minister wrote letters even as the common man was left to deal with an . . .
- Hark The Herald (Deccan Herald, Mini Krishnan, Dec 27, 2005)
The carol was very popular with me, and I kept singing it out loud
- U.N. Peacekeeper From India Killed In Congo (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
A United Nations peacekeeper from India was killed and four others injured in a major offensive to clear Northern Congo of Ugandan rebel fundamentalist groups.
- Un Peacekeeper From India Killed In Northern Congo (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
A United Nations peacekeeper from India was killed and four others injured in a major United Nations offensive to clear Northern Congo of Ugandan rebel fundamentalist groups.
- Needed, A Fair Deal For Patent Seekers (Business Line, Uttam Gupta , Dec 27, 2005)
To Handle the situation arising out of a possible outbreak of Bird Flu, a number of pharmaceutical companies are gearing up to produce Oseltamivir, the drug that can effectively tackle this menace. They will have to meet two important regulatory . . .
- Military Justice System Needs Overhaul (Tribune, Col (Dr) P.K. Vasudeva (retd), Dec 27, 2005)
The cases of moral turpitude and corruption are at their highest levels in the armed forces. There have been more than 6000 cases of court-martial since 2000 and more than 10,000 complaints on being superseded in various ranks.
- A.P. Deputes Engineers' Team To Babli Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
Move follows reports on resumption of work at the project site
- "Educate Truckers To Control Aids Virus In The Country'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
They are the relevant "link'' in India's battle against HIV virus'
For most, the two are same and for some HIV and AIDS are two "different diseases"
The study indicates that every third trucker contacted visited a commercial sex worker
- Courting Imbalance (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Dec 26, 2005)
Times change, contexts alter, economic controversies, however, have a way of renewing themselves.
- Maoists Gun Down Four Rpf Men (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
Audacious attack on train at Cooneru in Vizianagaram district; cash looted
- Bjp: From Five-Star To Open Bath (Telegraph, Poornima Joshi, Dec 26, 2005)
The BJP starts its silver jubilee session tomorrow amid speculation about whether the party’s national council would endorse its next president Rajnath Singh’s candidature during the session.
- Vajpayee Turns 81, Leaders Queue Up (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 26, 2005)
BJP leaders today queued up at the Krishna Menon Marg residence of former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to greet him on his 81st birthday.
- Not With A Bang But A Whimper (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Dec 26, 2005)
If any evidence were needed of the poor state of affairs in the BJP and how its president, L.K. Advani, has been made a lame duck before his imminent exit...
- Capitalising On Human Skills (Business Line, Arindam Banik, Dec 26, 2005)
India has to compete through the quality of its human capital, its innovation and its research and development.
- What Is The Mplad Scheme? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 26, 2005)
It was introduced by the the Narasimha Rao government to help MPs execute small works of a local nature to meet the urgent needs of their constituents. It began with an initial annual grant of Rs 50 lakh per MP.
- Choking On Growth (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Dec 26, 2005)
The Master Plan for Bangalore is seriously flawed, and is a recipe for crime and political chaos
- Tsunami Thoughts: Fighting Fit On Boxing Day (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 26, 2005)
Exactly a year ago, on Boxing Day, the tsunami devastated India’s eastern coast. Over 10,000 people lost their lives and close to 2 million livelihoods were wiped out
Previous 100 Andhra Pradesh Articles | Next 100 Andhra Pradesh Articles
Home
Page
|
|
