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Articles 3321 through 3420 of 25647:
- Rs 25 Lakh Fund For Mlas Withdrawn (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
The Punjab Finance Minister, Mr Surinder Singla, today withdrew the provision of Rs 25 lakh made in the state Budget for each MLA for the development of critical infrastructure in his or her constituency on the pattern of Member of . . .
- Hard Laws Of Change (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Mar 17, 2006)
It was a very positive statement which Sonia Gandhi made, rather forcefully, that certain rules and norms pertaining to witnesses and the recording of evidence need to be scrutinized and rectified to make for fair jurisprudence.
- Consumer Yet To Be A King (Daily Excelsior, Sarwar Kashani, Mar 17, 2006)
March 15 was celebrated as consumers day by Governmental and voluntary agencies.
- Hurdles Ahead (Frontline, R. Ramachandran, Mar 17, 2006)
Now that Washington has accepted India's Separation Plan, the next hurdles are Congress and the NSG.
- Nab’S Utility (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 17, 2006)
Anmma leader’s demand that the National Accountability Bureau be abolished does not seem wide off the mark against the background of NAB’s record. Reacting to the bureau’s decision to stop the inquiry into the sugar crisis, Sahibzada Abul Khair Mohammad
- Full Employment Ahead (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 17, 2006)
obs for all, not by sarkari programmes that spend six rupees to deliver one rupee to the target beneficiary, but through economic growth.
- Core Issues In Asian Cities (Dawn, Noman Ahmed, Mar 17, 2006)
One of the key subjects of discussion at the World Social Forum, to be held later in the month in Karachi, will be the contemporary situation of world cities that, owing to several factors, are undergoing tremendous changes at the turn of the millennium.
- Opposition Forces Police Officials' Suspension (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
Osmania University incident rocks Andhra Pradesh Assembly
- Poll Panel Hopes Transfer Will Send Out A Signal (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Mar 17, 2006)
NewsAnalysis It expects a "completely neutral bureaucracy" and "totally free and fair elections"
- Global Democracy (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Mar 16, 2006)
India, Not America, Should Take Lead
- Maoist Siege Fuels Price Rise (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
Nepalis wait for transport at a bus terminus in Kathmandu while soldiers patrol a highway near Kathmandu on Wednesday. (AFP, Reuters)
- Apiic Plans 60-Storeyed Structure Near Hyderabad (Hindu, Craig Gordon, Mar 16, 2006)
It's going to be the signature building of Hyderabad and perhaps the tallest structure in the country -- a 60-storeyed trade tower that will house corporates, star hotels and even entertainment theatres.
- Cleaning Up Democracy (Telegraph, PARTHA CHATTERJEE , Mar 16, 2006)
The author is director and professor of political science, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, . . .
- Cancer Of Corruption (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
The haul of illicitly amassed wealth worth tens of crores of rupees from the residences of a Deputy Superintendent of Police and four inspectors of police in Bangalore by the Lokayukta police once again goes to show how steeped in corruption . . .
- Implementing The Rural Job Plan (Deccan Herald, TRILOCHAN SASTRY, Mar 16, 2006)
The modalities to implement the government employment initiative are critical
- Lankan Refugee's Plea Dismissed (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
The Madras High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a Sri Lankan Tamil refugee challenging a Tamil Nadu Government order regulating his movements and directing him to reside in a secial camp for Sri Lakan refugees at Chengalpattu.
- Ex-Ias Officer To Fight Bhattacharjee (Deccan Herald, Prasanta Paul, Mar 15, 2006)
Cpi (M)’s pillar of success and the Marxists’ proud ‘face of Bengal’ Buddhadev Bhattacharjee will face a retired IAS officer and Trinamool Congress candidate Dipak Ghosh in his bid to gift the ruling Left Front a record seventh successive term in office.
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 15, 2006)
A correction for a correction. Praveen Swami, who wrote the article "Mayhem in the menagerie" (Op-Ed, March 13, 2006) points out that we were incorrect in saying Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was not president (Corrections and . . .
- `Metro Rail Project Will Help Revive Ngef' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2006)
`We have the technology to make electrical equipment needed'
A lot of the equipment used by Kolkata Metro was made by NGEF workers: union president Shivashankar
`The union supports the move to provide 27 acres of NGEF land for the Metro project'
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- Fm's Feel-Good Defence Bounty (Daily Excelsior, Brigadier (Retd.) S. N. Sachadeva, Mar 15, 2006)
Fulfilling a promise made to the Armed forces more than five years ago, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram in his 2006-07 budget, unveiled a big gift to them: the Defence Moder- . . .
- Fm's Feel-Good Defence Bounty (Daily Excelsior, Brigadier (Retd.) S. N. Sachadeva, Mar 14, 2006)
Fulfilling a promise made to the Armed forces more than five years ago, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram in his 2006-07 budget, unveiled a big gift to them: the Defence Moder- nisation Fund.
- Rocket Fuel For Isro (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Mar 14, 2006)
The successful launch of Europe’s most powerful rocket, the Ariane 5-ECA, last week should set Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) officials thinking.
- The Fruits Of Diplomacy (Deccan Herald, Madhur Jaffrey, Mar 14, 2006)
India gets nuclear fuel and America gets the king of fruits, an Indian masterpiece
- Citizen First — Sampark Centres In India — Ishtiaq Ahmed (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Mar 14, 2006)
Under the old bureaucratic system the individual was treated more as a subject on whom state functionaries exercised power to extract taxes, levies and other charges. In return some public services were provided, but since the state . . .
- Taliban Kidnapping Gangs Surface (News International, Ikram Hoti, Mar 13, 2006)
Amid expanding terror situation in Waziristan and the adjoining districts, as Interior Minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao indicated the other day, a new phenomenon of kidnapping has surfaced wherein the tribal businessmen and Maliks supporting the . . .
- Service With Smiles (Telegraph, S.L. Rao, Mar 13, 2006)
The author is former director-general, National Council for Applied Economic Research
- All Those Who Will Make The Difference (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 13, 2006)
Given the highly politicized election personnel in Bengal, fair play will depend on the neutral role of senior supervisors, writes A.K. Chatterjee
- India’S Child (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 13, 2006)
The alarming feature of the latest Unicef report is not so much the data on the crippling malnutrition among mothers and children, but the fact that it may serve to take the lid off a pretty kettle of fish.
- Acquittal In Killing Unleashes Ire At India's Rich (New York Times, Somini Sengupta , Mar 13, 2006)
The crime itself was sensational. A fashion model was shot dead in an unlicensed bar stuffed full of fashionable people.
- Ias Officers Exploit Loophole To Evade (Tribune, Chitleen K. Sethi, Mar 13, 2006)
Over 200 IAS and PCS officers of the Punjab cadre have got more than 50 acres of land registered in the name of a cooperative housing society without paying a single rupee as stamp duty.
- Corruption Can Survive E-Governance (Deccan Herald, Narayana A, Mar 13, 2006)
The Revenue department in Karnataka needs reforms. A minister receiving complaints on his mobile will not end corruption
- Exalting The Myth Of Suffering (Deccan Herald, ROGER COHEN, Mar 13, 2006)
To the last, a solitary death on Saturday in a UN cell near an international court he derided, Slobodan Milosevic clung to the notion that all the Balkan destruction he ignited and presided over was no more than a response to aggression . . .
- Five Killed In Afghan Violence (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 12, 2006)
Two policemen were beheaded and their bodies dumped in a desert after being kidnapped from their homes in the heartland of Afghanistan’s opium poppy region, an official said on Saturday.
- When The Judiciary Exceeds Its Realm (The Financial Express, Malvika Singh, Mar 11, 2006)
The Supreme Court has become the chief executive of India, the operating officer, forcing policy in the realm of social activity.
- Churchill And Moscow (Statesman, Valentin Falin, Mar 11, 2006)
Myths are known to persist, as proved by Winston Churchill’s speech in Fulton in 1946. To this day it is regarded as the “anti-communist manifesto” that unleashed the Cold War and encouraged Stalin to erect the “iron curtain” which cut off a half . . .
- Murder Of Justice (The Week, Suman K. Jha, Mar 11, 2006)
Everything has been said already, but as no one listens, we must always begin again." Justice V.S. Malimath began with this Andre Gide quote while outlining the roadmap for reforming the criminal justice system in . . .
- Amulya Lessons (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Mar 11, 2006)
The despatch of a top US defence official, charged with the reconstruction of Afghanistan, to Anand in Gujarat for a first-hand study of the famous Amul dairy development model is a reminder of the many valuable models we have in our own backyard.
- Less Than Fair Towards Stalin (Statesman, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 11, 2006)
Sir, — I can’t quite agree with the views expressed by Arvin Ghosh in his article “Speech that lifted the lid” (Perspective, 26 February). He has recalled Nikita Khrushchev’s speech to the 20th congress of the CPSU.
- Around The World In 180 Days (The Week, Dnyanesh Jathar, Mar 11, 2006)
Did the Maharashtra government overlook a bird flu warning around three months ago? So it seems. On November 14 last year, Dr Swati Piramal, chairperson of Confederation of Indian Industry’s national committee on biotechnology, cautioned that . . .
- U.K. Helped Israel Get Nuclear Bomb (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Mar 11, 2006)
Records obtained under Information Act
- The Politics Of Patronage (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, Mar 11, 2006)
Other than the senseless, needless deaths of innocent people one of the saddest aspects of last week’s bombings in Varanasi is that the Sankatmochan temple should have been targeted.
- Anatomy Of A Partnership (International Herald Tribune, Henry A. Kissinger, Mar 11, 2006)
President George W. Bush's visit to India has brought relations between the United States and India to an unprecedented level of cooperation and interdependence.
- Let Us Celebrate Ban On Kite-Flying (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 11, 2006)
Ultimately sanity has prevailed and the Punjab Government has taken the right step of banning kite-flying throughout the province. This followed a number of killings and injuries caused by coated string and metal wire during the . . .
- Why Squander A Priceless Opportunity? (The Financial Express, Jayaprakash Narayan, Mar 10, 2006)
Our higher education is in deep crisis. Our human resource structure, instead of a pyramid with ever-increasing skills from base to apex, is more like an hourglass.
- Dampened Curiosity (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Mar 10, 2006)
The ‘sting’ operation which unearthed the can of worms on MPs actually taking money to raise questions in the House has brought some relief to the bureaucracy, says a senior government official.
- Chandigarh: Tale Of Two Cities (Tribune, Ashok Kundra, Mar 10, 2006)
Chandigarh has undergone rapid transformation during the nineties.
- Born Again (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Mar 10, 2006)
All of a sudden the Joint Intelligence Committee — “subsumed” in the secretariat of the National Security Council nearly seven years ago — has been revived.
- Congress Mlas Threaten To Violate Whip On Pac Report (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
Issue likely to put the party in a soup if rebels defy the whip
The whip has come at the instructions of Chief Minister
`The party high command has not been taken into confidence'
- Karnataka Government Staff Strike Near-Total In Many Districts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
The strike was withdrawn two hours after it began
- Myanmar, India Sign Gas Supply Agreement (Reuters, CP Bhambri, Mar 10, 2006)
India has signed a preliminary agreement with Myanmar on buying natural gas from the military-ruled southeast Asian nation, a senior Indian official said.
- Pak Not To Compromise On Deterrence Capability: Musharraf (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf today said Pakistan would not compromise on its nuclear deterrence capability and claimed the world was "astounded" by the test firing of 'Babur' cruise missile last year.
- India, Myanmar Sign Three Accords (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
Taking bilateral cooperation to a higher plane, India and Myanmar today signed three agreements in petroleum, space and education sectors in the presence of President A P J Abdul Kalam and Chairman of the State Peace and Development . . .
- Pakistan To Enhance Deterrence Capability (Pakistan Observer, Aroosa Alam, Mar 10, 2006)
Indo-US nuclear deal and the subsequent alteration in strategic balance in South Asia has compelled Pakistan to expand its nuclear threshold and to enhance its detterence capability.
- Kashmir Involves India & Pakistan: Cbms Progressing: Musharraf (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf said on Thursday that the issue of Kashmir was a bilateral matter involving Pakistan and India and neither party wanted it to become a trilateral or multilateral issue.
- Musharraf Says No Compromise On Deterrence (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf Thursday said that Pakistan is not into an arms race in the region but will never compromise on its strategy of defensive deterrence to safeguard its sovereignty
- Memories Of A Fairy Child (Statesman, Rekha Barua, Mar 09, 2006)
I met her on the flight of stairs inside SSKM Hospital. She had come to see someone in a ward and I had gone to meet a doctor there.
- Making Panchayati Raj Effective In Haryana (Tribune, Ranbir Singh, Mar 09, 2006)
THE enactment and implementation of the Haryana Panchayati Raj Act, 1994, for restructuring the system of decentralised rural governance in Haryana in accordance with the provisions of the 73rd Amendment Act (1993), the devolution of functions . . .
- Kalam Embarks On Myanmar Visit Today (Indian Express, Manraj Grewal, Mar 08, 2006)
A very important visit to a very important neighbour. That’s how Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran described President APJ Abdul Kalam’s visit to Myanmar, beginning tomorrow.
- Annan's Plans For Un Overhaul Prompts Staff Outcry (Reuters, Evelyn Leopold , Mar 08, 2006)
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan outlined on Tuesday a radical overhaul of U.N. procedures, recruitment and training, prompting protests by staff on proposed outsourcing from New York headquarters.
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 08, 2006)
Getting right one of the engagements of the Karnataka Chief Minister — in Bangalore — was probably a task in "Civil servants facing new challenges: Kumaraswamy" (March 5, 2006, page 6). On March 4, he inaugurated not the conference of the UPSC . . .
- 21 Killed In Indian Temple Town Blasts (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Three separate bomb blasts ripped through the Indian city of Varanasi on Tuesday, killing at least 21 people and wounding 62 at a crowded temple and a railway station.
- Humour In Administration (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 08, 2006)
Humour is humour, and administration is administration, and the twain shall never meet, is the popular belief.
- 21 Die In 3 Explosions In Indian Holy City (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Officials fear communal violence
Three separate bomb blasts ripped through the holy Hindu city of Varanasi in India on Tuesday, killing at least 21 people and wounding 62 at a crowded temple and a railway station.
- On Convergence In Accounting Standards (The Financial Express, RAJIV MEMANI, Mar 08, 2006)
The recent ‘roadmap’ agreement between the US Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) and the EU has built the momentum for a worldwide convergence in accounting standards.
- What’S In It For The Us? (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Mar 08, 2006)
“What is in it for America?” That was how the national security adviser, M. K. Narayanan, reacted after the Bush administration proposed the nuclear deal to the Indians at Blair House, the official guest house of the American president, during the . . .
- Indian Englishes (Telegraph, Stephen Hugh-Jones, Mar 08, 2006)
Is British English better than Indian English? The sensible and conventional answer these days is; “What do you mean ‘better’? They’re two branches of one language, each valid in its place.”
- India: An Emerging Power — Ishtiaq Ahmed (Daily Times, Ishtiaq Ahmed, Mar 07, 2006)
In material terms, India has embarked, in a very determined way, upon the path taken by Japan and Germany after World War II to find their fortune in world affairs by developing their industrial strength and technological base.
- Sniffing It Out In India (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Mar 07, 2006)
The celebrated Bush visit is over and children can go to their examination centres on time, citizens can move about their city without traffic stoppages leading to unimaginable snarls, the Manmohan Singh government can clap its hands in glee for . . .
- Ing Vysya Bank, And The Hindu Business Line To Hold `Budgetalk' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2006)
Experts to deliberate on the impact of budget today
- Reminiscences Of A Police Officer (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Mar 07, 2006)
A good reminder to all those concerned with the issues of governance, policing and administration
- Economic Condition Of Muslims (Hindu, Mujibur Rehman, Mar 07, 2006)
Offers insight into the current socio-economic status of Urdu-speaking Indian Muslims
- A Good Sign (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Mar 07, 2006)
A report in this newspaper should cheer inhabitants of this city who are frequently caught in traffic snarls.
- 62 Opposition Members Suspended In A.P. House (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2006)
Sripadsagar project tenders rock Assembly again
- Reporting Armed Conflicts (Daily Excelsior, Swati Ganeshan, Mar 07, 2006)
Defence has been for a long time a 'Holy Cow' for the journalists in our country.
- Intelligence Boost (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 07, 2006)
Are we doing enough?
The revival of the Joint Intelligence Committee would be welcome only in the context of something being done to avert repetition of the intelligence failures that have plagued national security.
- Indo-Us Trade Set To Expand (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2006)
The US companies have highlighted infrastructure and bureaucratic hurdles as major impediments for flow of investment into India, while Indian companies want easier access to US markets and a liberal visa policy.
- N-Deal In Place, Pm Gets Ready To Tell Australia: Time You End Double Standards On Uranium Sale (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Mar 06, 2006)
: Basking in the warm afterglow of the historic nuclear pact with the Bush Administration, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to press the visiting Australian premier John Howard to end Canberra’s double standards on selling uranium to China. . .
- Poor Infrastructure A Major Hurdle: U.S. Ceos (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 04, 2006)
Six priority initiatives for cooperation identified
- `Leadership Change Only If Sonia Desires' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 04, 2006)
Sheila exhorts party MLAs to stand united to take on the Opposition
- Plan To Promote Haryana Literature, Says Hooda (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 04, 2006)
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Friday stated that his Government was formulating a comprehensive plan to promote Haryana's literature, heritage and culture.
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