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Articles 1421 through 1520 of 25647:
- Mohan Kanda To Deliver Memorial Lecture On Rural Development (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Cultural programmes will also be held
- Eco-Friendly Idols For Vinayaka Chathurthi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Tight security for the festival Collector asks the public to use idols, which are free from chemicals and easy for immersion .
- Is A People's Army Feasible? (News International, Hafizur Rahman, Aug 05, 2006)
We have a genius for belittling great ideas, noble concepts and inspiring events. We give the sacred name of jihad to a campaign to eliminate those who don't agree with us. Political workers travelling by bus from Rawalpindi to Islamabad to hold . . .
- Protest In A New Theatre (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 05, 2006)
In Marginal Men, his fine history of refugee politics, Prafulla Chakrabarti recounts how Calcutta acquired its by-now-well-founded reputation as a city of protests and protestors.
- Bangladesh–New Hub For Terrorism (Tribune, Selig S. Harrison, Aug 05, 2006)
While the United States dithers, a growing Islamic fundamentalist movement linked to al-Qaida and Pakistani intelligence agencies is steadily converting the strategically located nation of Bangladesh into a new regional hub for terrorist operations . . .
- Minister’S Liquor Mafia Remarks Create A Furore (Indian Express, S M A Kazmi, Aug 04, 2006)
Uttaranchal is in the middle of a political storm over a state minister’s comments about the alleged nexus between politicians and the liquor mafia.
- Implausible Jaunts (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 04, 2006)
Meghalaya practices need to be curbed
Thanks to a notice, filed under the Right to Information Act by a Shillong daily on travelling allowances of ministers and IAS and Meghalaya Civil Service officials, the public now has an idea about how much . . .
- Fighting To Save The Right To Information (Tribune, Smriti Kak Ramachandran, Aug 04, 2006)
Winner of the 2006 Ramon Magsaysay Award for his contribution to India’s right-to-information movement, Arvind Kejriwal, is a worried man.
- Keeping State Secrets (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Aug 04, 2006)
I was speaking to a civil servant the other day who was rather disturbed by the cabinet decision to keep file notings outside the purview of the right to information.
- J&k Sex Racket: Court Defers Hearing (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
A court in Srinagar on Thursday deferred the hearing on bail applications of four persons arrested in connection with the sex racket case as the defence counsel could not reach the court in time.
- Reining In Distorting Subsidies (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 04, 2006)
The World Trade Report 2006 has as its principal focus government subsidies, which may have specific goals of correcting market distortions and . . .
- Harnessing Hate (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Aug 04, 2006)
Lashkar terrorist Syed Abdul Karim `Tunda' has vanished after the Mumbai explosions, but his legacy refuses to disappear.
- Uplift Of The Under-Privileged (Statesman, SUBHAS SARKAR, Aug 04, 2006)
Three of the most significant ingredients of higher education are an uncompromising academic freedom, a critical spirit and examination of ideas and a true intellectual climate.
- What Ails Pakistan? (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 04, 2006)
Another Pakistan Independence Day already! My goodness, how the years have gone by! Ah, yes, the summer of 1947, when Pakistan appeared on the world map.
- India's Spies For All Seasons (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Aug 04, 2006)
My fear about the spy scare - not so much a real scare as exciting gossip that diminishes Mr Jaswant Singh's highly readable memoir A Call to Honour: In Service of Emergent India - is that it might reinforce what he calls American "reluctance to . . .
- The House They All Built (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Aug 04, 2006)
The Bharatiya Janata Party would not be itself if it stopped playing politics with history.
- Farm Crisis Brooks No Delay (Deccan Herald, B G Verghese, Aug 04, 2006)
The problems of farmers are multi-pronged. They face more problems when they try to come out of them.
- Sixth Pay Commission — A Financial Noose Round Government's Neck? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 04, 2006)
It is a puzzle why the Central Cabinet chose to rush in with the announcement of the Sixth Pay Commission when the Central and the State finances are deeply dented, implementing the previous panel's recommendations.
- Activists Oppose Changes To Rti (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Right to Information activists strongly opposed the proposed amendments to the act and circulated a draft of an official bill to amend the law which would render the information commissions as mere advisory bodies.
- Chinese Cos May Give Fipb A Miss (Times of India, Sidhartha Kanungo, Aug 04, 2006)
Chinese companies, facing security roadblocks on their Indian investment plans, are beginning to look at skipping the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) and instead, merely inform the government after investing in the country.
- A Crusader For Justice (Tribune, Chitleen K. Sethi, Aug 03, 2006)
Dr DC Saxena was a one-man army. A crusader who fought relentlessly for righteousness, even if it meant rubbing the high and mighty the wrong way, inviting trouble for himself.
- The Elusive Mole (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 03, 2006)
In the thriller genre, there is none to beat the spy thriller — the cloak and dagger danger missions, the foreign policy twists and turns, the unmasking of the spy in the last pages of the book, all making for a roller-coaster experience.
- World At Their Feet, Iitians Turn To Their Homeland (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
The IIT life story is about to change. The IIT alumni, after going abroad and meeting with phenomenal success, now want to return home.
- ‘Rti Act Is Being Diluted’ (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Aug 03, 2006)
After he won the coveted award – the Asian equivalent of the Nobel Prize, Mr Arvind Kejriwal, in an exclusive interview with Deccan Herald, laments over systematic efforts of the government to dilute the Right to Information Act.
- World At Their Feet, Iitians Turn To Their Homeland (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
The IIT life story is about to change. The IIT alumni, after going abroad and meeting with phenomenal success, now want to return home.
- A Big Step, A Small Move (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 03, 2006)
The incentive structure for public sector bank CEOs is welcome, but nowhere near enough.
- Perpetuating Mediocrity (Business Standard, Arvind Singhal, Aug 03, 2006)
A week after the Mumbai blasts, I had to take a flight out of Delhi to travel to Hong Kong and Singapore.
- Emerging From Shadow (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 03, 2006)
While sure to preserve Communist dictatorship in Cuba, Raul Castro has indicated greater flexibility in the state-controlled economy, says Anita Snow.
- Gender Parity (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 03, 2006)
The armed forces now seek to give equality to women.
- Changing With Times (Frontline, Ravi Sharma , Aug 03, 2006)
Challenges in the form of liberalisation and global competition have steeled the units' resolve to surge ahead.
- Institutional Inertia (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 03, 2006)
Nehru Memorial Museum & Library’s decline shows why political involvement and scholarship don’t mix
- A File’S Sweet Nothings (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 03, 2006)
On files moving up he’d write ‘For orders’, and ‘Immediate’ on those moving down
- Of Moles And Other Species (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Aug 03, 2006)
As Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Jaswant Singh must take the nation into confidence, says Anuradha Dutt
- A Muslim's Shame And Outrage (News International, Shireen M Mazari, Aug 02, 2006)
The angry helplessness keeps growing as one watches the murder of the Lebanese people by the criminal Israeli state, aided and abetted by the US.
- A Pointer To What? (News International, M.B. Naqvi, Aug 02, 2006)
Several former lieutenant generals, MPs, ministers and some academics have written a letter to the president with copies to the PPP and PML-N chiefs. What they say is common ground among democrats; the only remarkable thing about it is who said it.
- Nepal Maoist Chief To Visit Delhi (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Nepal’s top Maoist leader Prachanda will be in Delhi next month for consultations with Indian political leaders.
- ‘I Want The Govt To Give Us Suo Motu Powers’ (Deccan Herald, Ramakrishna Upadhya, Aug 02, 2006)
My target is corruption. Beyond that I have no target...but it may develop in due course. I may have enemies, some people may think I’m targeting them. But if I’m doing something wrong, I’m answerable. I’m prepared to face the consequences.
- Pakistan Urges India To Deal With Festering Issues (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Aug 02, 2006)
Pakistan and India should stop bickering in public and resolve longstanding disputes over Kashmir and other issues instead of learning to live with problems, a top Pakistani official said on Tuesday.
- Bill Gates' Charitable Pretensions (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Aug 02, 2006)
Bill Gates is not only the richest man in the world but also the biggest philanthropist.
- The ‘Dying City’ Vis-A-Vis The ‘National Capital’ (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 02, 2006)
Sir, ~ I have just shifted to Delhi after living in Kolkata for the last forty years and I would like to make a comparative study of the so-called “Dying city of Calcutta” and our “National Capital ~ Delhi”.
- Kashmiri Women Lift The Veil In Silent Awakening (Reuters, Palash Kumar, Aug 02, 2006)
Twenty-five-year-old Saima Farhad is a Kashmiri woman who has shunned the veil and set out to discuss dating in a region where cinemas showing Bollywood romances are hard to find and beauty parlours scorned upon.
- A Critique Of The Private Sector In Pakistan (News International, Mosharraf Zaidi, Aug 02, 2006)
Pakistan's favourite past-time is dissecting and criticising the government.
- Of Old Strengths In A New Era (Frontline, Vijay Prashad, Aug 02, 2006)
Interview with John Bellamy Foster, editor of Monthly Review.
- Power Struggles Stem Our Growth Impetus (The Financial Express, S NARAYAN, Aug 02, 2006)
Even as global uncertainty is curbing India’s business confidence, policy signals are amiss
- Ban On Child Help At Home (Telegraph, Monobina Gupta, Aug 02, 2006)
The Centre has finally outlawed an inescapable home truth 21st century India has learnt to live with: child labour in houses and dhabas.
- Sonia Evades Rti, Nuke Deal (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Having campaigned enthusiastically for the Right to Information Act since the UPA government assumed power, and having showcased it as a major achievement of this government, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday appeared to have abandoned the . . .
- Lessons Of A Failed Intervention (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Aug 02, 2006)
On a midsummer’s day 50 years ago, the new president of Egypt was scheduled to make a speech in Alexandria.
- Don't Play 'I Spy' (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 02, 2006)
End this 'mole' hunt, India is fed up ---- There was something of a Shakespearean tragedy played out in Parliament on Tuesday as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former Foreign Minister . . .
- Bureaucratic Capture Of Market Regulation (Business Standard, M GOVINDA RAO, Aug 01, 2006)
A great thing about Indian bureaucrats is that they take any challenge as an opportunity.
- Tragic Or Comic? (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Aug 01, 2006)
Life in India is like a tragicomic farce, where corruption and all the horrors of bad living blend easily with helpless, nervous laughter because there is nothing anyone can do to alleviate wrong and replace it with integrity and dignity.
- Basu Compels Party To Play Umpire (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
Jyoti Basu today said the CPM secretariat would discuss Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s charges against Jagmohan Dalmiya, pitchforking a battle that has so far been confined to personalities to the party platform.
- Twelve People Injured In J&k Bus Blast (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
Twelve people, including seven pilgrims from Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan bound for the cave shrine at Amarnath, were wounded on Monday when guerrillas chucked a grenade inside their bus in Srinagar.
- The ‘Dying City’ Vis-A-Vis The ‘National Capital’ (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 01, 2006)
Sir, ~ I have just shifted to Delhi after living in Kolkata for the last forty years and I would like to make a comparative study of the so-called “Dying city of Calcutta” and our “National Capital ~ Delhi”.
- Last Ball Six (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 01, 2006)
Dalmiya has proved his point ---- At one level, Mr Jagmohan Dalmiya's victory in the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) election over the weekend - he retained the presidency after defeating Kolkata's Commissioner of Police, Mr Prasun Mukherjee - . . .
- Beyond The `Mole' Muddle (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 01, 2006)
If for six years in government Jaswant Singh did not realise the implications for national interest, he or his party now have no credentials to define it.
- Education Panacea Of All Evils: Dua (Tribune, Amarjit Thind, Aug 01, 2006)
The people of the country seem to have lost the will to assert themselves by consciously choosing to accept the ills plaguing our society. Instead of taking steps to contain corruption and increasing criminalisation in politics, the masses are . . .
- Movement Of Labour Is Inevitable (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 01, 2006)
Sandeep Gopalan, associate professor of law at the Arizona State University, was recently appointed to the American Bar Association's Commission on Immigration. The only Indian on the commission, he tells Harsh Kabra that immigration reforms must . . .
- Kashmiri Women Lift The Veil In Silent Awakening (Reuters, Palash Kumar, Aug 01, 2006)
Twenty-five-year-old Saima Farhad is a Kashmiri woman who has shunned the veil and set out to discuss dating in a region where cinemas showing Bollywood romances are hard to find and beauty parlours scorned upon.
- Wrong Place, Wrong Time (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 01, 2006)
It seems that some political advisers of President Musharraf are managing to do what the opposition parties have failed to so far so far --
- Challenges For The Ajk Govt (News International, Ershad Mahmud, Aug 01, 2006)
Many were predicting that the ruling Muslim Conference would once again form a government in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). Quite a few reasons contributed to this pre-poll pointer.
- New Drivers Of Economic Growth (Hindu, A.V. VEDPURISWAR , Aug 01, 2006)
Synthesises today's emerging trends to give an overall perspective of how the global economy works .
- The End Of The Road In Lebanon (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 01, 2006)
Garbage. Garbage piled on garbage.
- 82 Persons Arrested; Property Worth Rs. 1.17 Crore Recovered (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
CCB arrests 11 members of an inter-State gang and recovers 12 cars
- Jaswant Has Not Named Any Mole: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
``He should disclose the name in public''
Asks Jaswant why he did not share his information with Vajpayee
Manmohan says the letter he received had no signature
- Not One Mole, Mr Prime Minister And Mr Jaswant, But Two! (New Indian Express, S Gurumurthy , Jul 31, 2006)
First, the Kandahar pay-off issue and next, the ‘mole' in PMO. Mr Jaswant Singh's new book seems to have opened a can of worms.
- ‘Risks Covered Up’ (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Jul 31, 2006)
‘GM food risks include unexpected food allergies, toxins in food, hastening the spread of antibiotic-resistant disease. Science has been been made subservient to corporate interests.’
- Residents Protest Against Setting Up Of Mobile Tower (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
The residents of a suburb in the city are urging the Government to stop a private mobile telephone company from setting up a communication tower in their neighbourhood.
- What Ails Our Intelligence? (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Jul 31, 2006)
Every time there is a major terrorist strike, the imprint of Pakistan comes out glaringly. Islamabad, on the contrary, accuses our intelligence agencies of having inspired and perpetrated serious incidents not only in India but also Pakistan.
- Making Monitors Obey Their Own Standards (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jul 31, 2006)
There appears to be a regulation gap of many independent entities with fiduciary responsibility.
- Another Donors’ Conference (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 31, 2006)
AS rehabilitation efforts continue in last October’s earthquake-hit areas of Azad Kashmir and the Frontier, Pakistan has called for a second international donors’ conference to be held in October to further the process.
- India Links Talks With Closing Terror Bases (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
Islamabad given evidence about 52 militant camps: Sharma
Mukherjee rules out Singh visit to Pakistan in near future
- Tn Budget: Politically Adroit, Yet Fiscally Responsible (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jul 31, 2006)
While the Tamil Nadu Budget incorporates the schemes the Chief Minister had unveiled in his manifesto, its estimates have not violated any of the limits laid down in the fiscal responsibility legislation. Blending compassion with fiscal prudence, . . .
- Experts Vouch For Public Health Corps (Deccan Herald, Kavitha Kushalappa, Jul 30, 2006)
Will the recently set up Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) eventually lead up to the revival of the erstwhile Indian Medical Service cadre on the lines of the IAS or IPS? Community Health experts are hoping that it shall be so.
- Music Of The Gods (Hindu, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Jul 30, 2006)
An anecdotal history of an art form that has perhaps not got its due from historians and writers alike.
- On A Crusade (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Jul 30, 2006)
Ela Sangma now fights against trafficking and sexual exploitation of women.
- The Mole And The Fox (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jul 30, 2006)
Did someone in Rao’s PMO leak nuclear secrets to the US? Or were Americans told what Rao wanted them to hear?
- How Best To Reform The Police (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Jul 30, 2006)
Addressing a conference of state chief secretaries, the Prime Minister said, “…You will have to empower your police forces to be able to discharge their functions at higher levels of efficiency.
- Aiims, Heal Thyself (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Jul 30, 2006)
The recent events concerning the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) are a matter of shame.
- Bush Clears The Way For Corporate Domination (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
When George W. Bush says that he wants to spread freedom to every corner of the earth, he means it.
- Letters To The Editor (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
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