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Articles 921 through 1020 of 25647:
- When Government Falls Prey To Businessmen (The Financial Express, Malvika Singh, Sep 09, 2006)
For instance, the Haryana government is willing to hand over vast tracts of land to an Indian MNC
- Vande Mataram (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 09, 2006)
September 7 has passed with some people singing Vande Mataram and a vast majority without singing it.
- Courting Disaster (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 09, 2006)
Another horrendous chapter has been added to the long history of coalmine disasters in India with the suspected death of 50 workers after the roof of a state-owned coalmine collapsed following an explosion in Dhanbad district of Jharkhand on Thursday.
- The Telgi ‘Creators’ Shouldn’T Go Scot Free (Deccan Herald, Ramakrishna Upadhya, Sep 09, 2006)
How and why did a “confession” statement made three years ago suddenly surface now and what could be the motive of those behind the deliberate leak could certainly be debated.
- Regulate Foreign Providers (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 09, 2006)
The commerce ministry’s proposal to circulate a discussion paper on liberalising higher education and changing domestic regulations to attract FDI in the sector is welcome. Tertiary education should certainly be envisaged as a legitimate . . .
- Muslims Join Mass Recitation In Gujarat (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
Many minority institutions voluntarily organise group singing
- `Assess Impact Of Change In Pluto Status' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
Rajasthan Governor Pratibha Patil has urged Indian scholars to study and assess the possible impact of recent changes in the status of Pluto as a planet on the astrological calculations.
- What The Heart Does Not Feel, The Eye Cannot See (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Sep 08, 2006)
After 15 years of a battering from hostile policies and governments, the world of the peasant has turned highly fragile. But the onus of changing is on the farmer. Not on those driving a cruel process and system.
- Collective Guardianship (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Sep 08, 2006)
The murder of Prof Sabharwal in a college campus should make us think about the role of politics in educational institutions
- Bridge The Digital Divide (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 08, 2006)
Development agencies, the United Nations, poor countries and now the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are clamouring for the wonders of information and communication technology (ICT) to cure the ills of the developing world: Rich people have . . .
- Up, Up And Away (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 08, 2006)
Jeh Wadia, the youthful managing director of GoAir, does live upto his firm’s name.
- Employment Scheme (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 08, 2006)
The president's 'rozgar' or employment scheme is an ambitious project which if properly implemented could generate sustainable income opportunities for unemployed youth, women and underprivileged people from backward areas.
- Minor 'Scuffle' In Kashmir Politics (Daily Excelsior, Arun Nehru, Sep 08, 2006)
Politics rarely takes a holiday and events in Kashmir are of interest as there is a minor 'scuffle' for control and clearly it did not succeed.
- Retire At 60 (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 08, 2006)
The Punjab Cabinet on Wednesday appointed a committee of ministers to look into the employees’ demand for enhancing their retirement age from 58 to 60. Indications are that the demand will be accepted.
- Cut The Flab (Times of India, SWAGATO GANGULY, Sep 08, 2006)
Food and fertiliser subsidies are sacred among the pro-poor brigade. Take these away, one is told, and mass starvation will break out.
- Those Who Cared (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Sep 08, 2006)
The new conservation policy for keeping tigers alive and multiplying seems to be out, and the government is trying to get it into operation.
- Bjp Waiting For Spring (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Sep 08, 2006)
The Bharatiya Janata Party is yet to discover a strong Central leader since losing power.
- Cruise Control (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 07, 2006)
The absence of a long-range cruise missile in India’s arsenal constitutes a gap in our strategic capabilities. The prospect of a deal with France, which might include not only the purchase of ready-made missiles but also transfer of technology is . . .
- Munda Gets A Week To Prove Majority (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
Meets Governor Syed Sibtey Razi, expresses confidence about winning trust vote
Opposition has 42 MLAs on its side
Congress may give outside support to alternative government; Madhu Koda lobbying for support.
- Too Much Irony (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 07, 2006)
Sad as it is, Nawab Akbar Bugti's passing away has raised a plethora of questions about the political scene in Pakistan and the role of foreign elements in governing our state.
- There Can Be Another 6th Of September (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 07, 2006)
The Defence of Pakistan Day was commemorated on Wednesday to rejoice Pakistan’s victory over a much stronger enemy in the 1965 war.
- Pakistan Vows To Help Kabul Crush Taliban (Reuters, SAYED SALAHUDDIN, Sep 07, 2006)
Pakistan, criticised by some Afghan leaders over cross-border infiltration by the Taliban, vowed on Wednesday to help its neighbour fight terrorism as Afghanistan battles its worst violence in five years.
- A Gentleman Among Politicians (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Sep 07, 2006)
For a while my residential address in Patna was “behind Satyendra Narain Sinha’s house”. His was the most elegant house on Boring Road, though high walls blocked its visibility.
- Spirituality For Governance (Deccan Herald, A K MERCHANT, Sep 07, 2006)
An important teaching of Bahá’u’lláh which is perhaps less known is the loyalty to the government of the country where each member of the Bahá’í community resides.
- Baluchis Will Rise Again (Deccan Herald, G S Bhargava, Sep 07, 2006)
The tribals have undoubtedly suffered a setback in the armed struggle. But the psychological aspect of the Balochi struggle continues as the president of the Baluchistan National Party, Sardar Akhtar Mengal, has poignantly pointed out, “after . . .
- Price Control And The Media (Pioneer, ASHOK MALIK, Sep 07, 2006)
TRAI's Rs 5-a-month ceiling on pay channels is, in a sense, a product of India's anti-intellectualism
Socialism or liberalism, nationalisation to globalisation - whatever the era, whatever the prevailing wisdom, the unerring ability of Indian . . .
- Pawar, Roshan Baig Feel Telgi Heat (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
The can of worms opened by the belated release of VCDs of fake stamp racket kingpin Abdul Kareem Telgi’s “confessions” during a narco analysis test three years ago, continued to rock the political and police establishment mainly in Maharashtra . . .
- Resilient Munda Fights Back (Pioneer, Navin Upadhyay, Sep 07, 2006)
The political drama in Jharkhand is poised to go through many exciting twists and turns before September 15, the deadline fixed by Governor Syed Sibte Razi for Chief Minister Arjun Munda to prove his majority in the State Assembly.
- Nation's Pride Or National Disgrace? (Pioneer, Saugar Sengupta, Sep 07, 2006)
Outrageous though it may sound the paternal house of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee at Kathalpara in North 24 Parganas where the writer created Vande Mataram was in a state of neglect till 1999.
- Civil Differences (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 06, 2006)
Bhubaneswar Club president Priyabrata Patnaik, a senior IAS officer, sparked a controversy when he had the club’s entry door slammed on a membership application from the state’s commercial tax commissioner, Tara Datt, also a senior IAS . . .
- Keep This Pace (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 06, 2006)
The concerned staff of the public health engineering department deserves the gratitude of dwellers of the old city especially. It has mitigated the effect of a severe drinking water crisis that unexpectedly emerged on Monday.
- Nda Watches Jharkhand Slipping Away, Cong Waiting (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
Battling dissidence for months, the BJP’s coalition government in Jharkhand was tottering today after four ministers resigned and reduced the Arjun Munda government to a minority. This prompted the Opposition UPA to step up moves to oust the government.
- Nitish’S Tight Rope Walk (Indian Express, Shaibal Gupta, Sep 06, 2006)
On August 24 Nitish Kumar completed nine months as chief minister of Bihar. A day earlier, the HSBC (Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation) inaugurated its 44th branch in Patna; two days later, the tenders for building the roads of Patna were opened.
- Harvard, Duke And Syracuse Will Help Upgrade Ias Officers (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
Three top US universities offering courses in governance and leadership will tie up with three Indian institutions to help upgrade the skills of India’s top bureaucrats in what is the first-ever official mid-career training programme meant to . . .
- Bjp Warns Congress Against Destabilising Arjun Munda Govt (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Sep 06, 2006)
The meeting of the BJP's core group on Tuesday evening discussed the political developments in Jharkhand at length, but not at the cost of crucial national executive meeting of the party in Dehradun on September 7-9.
- Long And Short Of Semiconductors (Business Standard, Subir Roy, Sep 06, 2006)
The long attempt to bring semiconductor manufacturing to India (currently India is non-existent in this field) has received a fillip with a successful visit by a delegation of the Taiwan Semiconductor Association. A couple of deals are expected to be . .
- Blow For Justice (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 06, 2006)
The Supreme Court has dealt a blow for justice by shifting the trial of 14 accused in Srinagar's high-profile "sex scandal" to Chandigarh. This will come as a major relief to those who feel that they have been wrongly implicated.
- Enforcement Wing For Rtc To Be Created (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
New set-up to check illicit plying of contract carriages ; corporation permited to close depots in losses
- One More Day (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 06, 2006)
One more Teacher’s Day has come and gone. There were the usual platitudes about the role teachers play in moulding the future of the country. But does it occur to anyone how much value the teacher holds in today’s society?
- Waziristan Taliban Sign Peace Deal With Government (Daily Times, Iqbal Khattak, Sep 06, 2006)
Militants agree not to launch cross-border raids, shelter foreigners
Govt to remove checkpoints, free prisoners and return weapons.
- Magnificence Restored (Hindu, S. MUTHIAH , Sep 06, 2006)
How Chennai's Senate House, a beautiful landmark building in the Indo-Saracenic style, was restored to its original glory.
- 4 Ministers Quit Munda Govt (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
The Arjun Munda-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in Jharkhand was reduced to a minority as four of its ministers resigned on Tuesday and announced they were parting ways with the ruling alliance.
- Sonia Raps Sheila On The Knuckles (Times of India, Himanshi Dhawan, Sep 06, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi has conveyed her strong displeasure to Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit. The provocation: the CM "giving the impression" that she had taken up the issue of demolitions in the Capital with the Congress president on Monday evening.
- S S Menon, Who Served In Israel, China And Pak, Is New Foreign Secy (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Sep 06, 2006)
In appointing India’s current envoy to Pakistan, Shiv Shankar Menon, as the next Foreign Secretary, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has engineered a rare moment in the South Block.
- Life’S Savings Given To School (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
For 60 years, a high school just 180 km from Calcutta has been holding its classes within walls made of mud and under a thatched roof.
- Mattoo Case:vital Proof Ignored By Trial Court, Cbi Tells Hc (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
Contending that the trial judge overlooked two crucial and irrefutable pieces of evidence, the CBI today told the Delhi High Court that even otherwise various other evidence produced by the prosecution firmly established accused Santosh Singh’s . . .
- Too Late For Havana (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Sep 06, 2006)
The announcement last week that Shiv Shankar Menon would become the next foreign secretary on October 1 was the right decision at the wrong time.
- The Great American Oligarchy (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 05, 2006)
I never thought I'd ever hear the United States of America called an "oligarchy”. But now I have. My dictionary says an oligarchy is a form of government where most or all political power effectively rests with a small segment of the society.
- Arjun Munda Might Just Get More Time To Beat The Drums (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
The renewed efforts of the UPA in collaboration with three NDA deserters to topple the Arjun Munda government in Jharkhand on Monday hit a roadblock over a dispute about the alternative chief minister, thereby giving the beleaguered chief . . .
- In Defence Of National Autonomy (Pioneer, CP Bhambri, Sep 05, 2006)
India has surrendered its democratic right to regulate its economy by accepting the dictates of the new global economic regime, says CP Bhamhbri.
- Sc Moves J&k Sex Case To Chandigarh, Slams The Bar (Indian Express, R VENKATARAMAN, Sep 05, 2006)
In a stinging indictment of the J&K Bar Association which had passed a resolution denying any legal aid to the accused in the Srinagar sex scandal, the Supreme Court today ordered that trial of 14 of the 18 accused be shifted from Srinagar to Chandigarh.
- Anticlimax? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 05, 2006)
The Tarapore report on capital account convertibility (CAC) is tantamount to fence-sitting, a subdued balancing act with the ifs and buts of liberalising India’s financial markets.
- Headless Chicken (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 05, 2006)
In the fitness of things, more on the costs of transportation, and on roads and highways in India. From the cheque-book point of view. If you’ve complaints about the potholes in Mumbai, be happy, at least you have potholes to fill.
- 3 Ministers May Resign Soon, Cm Likely To Fall (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
The Arjun Munda government in Jharkhand may fall any time if three of his ministers — Enos Ekka, Hari Narayan Roy and Madhu Okra, now camping in the national capital, resign from the state Cabinet.
- Sc Shifts Trial Of 14 Accused To Chandigarh (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
With no lawyer in Srinagar willing to defend the 14 accused persons, including two former Ministers and some senior police officers and bureaucrats, in Srinagar sex scandal, the Supreme Court today while pulling up Kashmir Bar Association for . . .
- Through The Third Eye (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 05, 2006)
Check-up, not check-in, is the new buzzword at ITDC’s flagship Hotel Ashok. The PSU’s chairman and managing director, Parvez Devan, has done something no hotel in India has thought of: tie-ups that would enable the hotel to provide its guests . . .
- Sc Comes To Aid Of Accused, Trial Shifted To Chandigarh (Pioneer, Abraham Thomas, Sep 05, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Monday came to the aid of the high-profile accused in the Srinagar sex-scandal case by ordering shifting of trial in 14 cases to the court of District and Sessions Judge, Chandigarh.
- Inquiry Report Blames Greed For Kumbakonam School Fire (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
A mixture of avarice, dishonesty and a blatant disregard of safety standards caused a devastating fire in a school in Kumbakonam two years ago in which 94 young children died, an inquiry commission found.
- On Teachers’ Day, Let’S Draw Up Some New Timetables (Indian Express, Kanti Bajpai, Sep 05, 2006)
On this special day, let’s ask ourselves: why does teaching not attract more talent? We proclaim great respect for teachers.
- The Reforms Experience (Hindu, S.L. Rao, Sep 05, 2006)
This is a clearly written and well-argued book, with a section at the end of each chapter summarising the involved arguments, a rare and welcome feature.
- J&k Bar Association Pulled Up (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
"Keep the judiciary away from politics"
Press release threatened "to show the real face of India in Kashmir"
"Make allegations with a sense of responsibility" .
- A Way Forward For Higher Education (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Sep 05, 2006)
After the introduction of neo-liberal reforms, various sectors of the economy have grown at a rapid pace, generating great demand for trained manpower.
- Sex Scam: Sc Pulls Up J&k Bar For Statement (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
The Supreme Court today took a serious view of a press statement of the Jammu and Kashmir Bar Association in the sex scandal case for its separatist tone and tenor.
- Reminiscences (Hindu, B. R. P. Bhaskar, Sep 05, 2006)
by P.C. Alexander, Translated by Pala SK. Nair, Current Books, Round West, Kottayam-686001. Rs. 240.
- Human Rights At Risk As Pakistan Gives Way To The Taliban (Daily Times, Akhtar Amin, Sep 04, 2006)
Human rights violations are on the rise with the ever-increasing Taliban influence in the country’s north, writes the chairman of a non-governmental human rights institute in Peshawar.
- Coalition Dharma (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 04, 2006)
By quitting as Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister, Mr Muzaffar Hussain Beig, the man in the eye of the Congress-PDP storm, may have saved the alliance from immediate danger but the episode has raised vital questions about the dynamics of . . .
- Culture Of Percentage (Pioneer, RAHUL RAMAGUNDAM, Sep 04, 2006)
Bihar has proved that corruption leads to fragmentation of society and is the number one social evil, says Rahul Ramagundam
- Floods Leave 1.5 Mln Homeless In Orissa; Alert In Kashmir (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Flooding triggered by monsoon rains in the past few days has left 1.5 million people homeless and damaged thousands of acres of paddy crop in Orissa, officials said on Sunday.
- From Here To Eternity (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 04, 2006)
The second committee on “fuller” capital account convertibility (CAC-2) was hurriedly set up by the Reserve Bank when the Prime Minister surprised everyone by bringing convertibility back on the front burner in March.
- Now In Reverse Gear (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 04, 2006)
It is an indication of how far the country has moved from a reform mindset that, in one sector after another, anti-reform measures get mooted and even accepted, with little or no protest.
- Officials Blocking Rti Go Scot-Free (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
If you thought babus coming between you and your right to information or making you run around unnecessarily would finally get punished, you were mistaken.
- Munda Govt In Danger As 3 Legislators Eye Upa (Indian Express, Manoj Prasad, Sep 04, 2006)
Chief Minister Arjun Munda’s government appeared to be on shaky ground today after three of the five Independent MLAs supporting him turned hostile.
- Paisa Wise, Rupee Foolish (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Sep 04, 2006)
Belying its attractive title and the optimistic media headlines it has generated, the report on Fuller Capital Account Convertibility largely endorses what the RBI is already doing.
- ‘Un Is Both Stage And Actor’ (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Sep 02, 2006)
Shashi Tharoor, India’s candidate in the race to replace Kofi Annan as the next Secretary-General, is busy knocking on the doors of key Security Council members for support.
- Good Governance (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 02, 2006)
The remarks made by Dr Ishrat Husain, chairman of an official commission on government reforms, in a speech made at the recent launch of the Human Development in South Asia (2005) Report that a qualitative change in governance would help solve . . .
- Plutonic Love (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 02, 2006)
Hi dear! As I am penning these few words, you must be shedding tears in your oblong orbit in the far away Kuiper Belt. I understand that 70 years of existence in the planetary list is too inconsequential a period in the cosmic calendar.
- No Political Meddling In Sex Scam Probe: Cbi (Times of India, Dhananjay Mahapatra, Sep 02, 2006)
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday informed the Supreme Court that it has proceeded against the high and mighty found involved in the Jammu and Kashmir sex scandal case and that there had been no political pressure on it to act in a . . .
- Care Delayed Is Care Denied (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 02, 2006)
Nirmal Sandhu visits Patiala’s Rajindra Hospital, where animals stray into the emergency ward and a shortage of space, staff and equipment can result in fatal delays in treatment.
- Ustad Bismillah Khan (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Sep 02, 2006)
A little bit of each one of us died the day Ustad Bismillah Khan breathed his last in mid-August.
- Manmohan & Nam (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 02, 2006)
Will the PM be able to define an Indian position?
The last job Dr Manmohan Singh held in his career as an Indian bureaucrat was to head the Geneva-headquartered “South-South” Commission conceived by Julius Nyerere of Tanzania.
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