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Articles 821 through 920 of 10500:
- There Will Be No Dy. Prime Minister: Sonia (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Sep 25, 2006)
Speculation in political circles scotched; says she is satisfied with Manmohan Singh's performance
- Now When World Oil Prices Have Slided! (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 25, 2006)
AS the international oil prices have gone down considerably, the prices of gas will also hopefully come down.
- Hot And Cold In The Same Breath (Business Standard, Bibek Debroy, Sep 25, 2006)
Sensible suggestions made by the Working Group on Land Relations in various areas have been undermined by those in others.
- Cpm Meet To Focus On Upa Govt Failure (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
The CPM leaders are likely to come down heavily on the UPA government for its “failure” to take corrective measures on various issues of public concern including price rise raised jointly by the Left parties.
- Upa Has Not Let Down Trs: Sonia (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
`No consensus yet on issue; Government committed to finding solution to problem'
Sonia Gandhi says Congress' doors still open for KCR
Telangana issue not a monopoly of TRS: YSR
Chief Minister says he is satisfied with Nainital meeting
- Sonia Stands Up, Speaks Out For Pm (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Sep 25, 2006)
At the end of the Congress chief minister’s conclave on Sunday, party chief Sonia Gandhi made an emphatic statement:
- Learn How To Wow The Tourists (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 25, 2006)
I have made all efforts to get information on the courses offered at CFTRI, Mysore.
- Cong Hints At A Review Of Centre's Sez Policy (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi indicated on Sunday that her party may seek a review of the norms governing land acquisition for setting up Special Economic Zones.
- Centre Ready To Discuss All Issues With J&k People: Pm (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
Noting that there had been a "trust deficit" between India and Pakistan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the two countries have to find ways and means to tackle their problems including terrorism.
- Australia Says No Change In Uranium Ban For India (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
The Australian government said on Monday it was considering a new push by New Delhi to buy Australian uranium but it had not changed a policy that bans uranium sales to India.
- Cong Cms Plough On For More Relief From Finmin (The Economic Times, C L MANOJ, Sep 25, 2006)
A section of the party leadership and chief ministers, which fear the loss of their farmer votebank ahead of the coming assembly elections, on Sunday demonstrated their determination to force the government to redraw its fund-allocation plans.
- Bengal Blues (Statesman, AK SEN SARMA, Sep 25, 2006)
Commentators over the years have often lamented the sense of deprivation that Bengal occasionally suffers. This is embedded in the insensitivity of the rest of India to the crippling blows suffered by Bengal, particularly between the 1930s and the . . .
- Farmer Suicides, Terror Stalk Cong As Party Gets Ready For Election-07 (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Sep 25, 2006)
The Congress overdrive to woo farmers and Muslims during the two-day conclave of the Chief Ministers of 14 Congress-ruled states that concluded here on Sunday let the cat out of the bag.
- Under Fire, Pm Misses Pranab (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
The government of India came under attack but the defence minister was missing.
- Pm: Joint Mechanism Won’T Mean Softening Of Stand On Terrorism (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Sep 25, 2006)
Defending his decision to initiate a joint mechanism on terrorism with Pakistan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said this will not lead to any softening of the Indian stand on terror.
- Landing With Sonia (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 25, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi is right up to a point in saying anti-terrorist police action mustn’t polarise minorities or that land for special economic zones mustn’t be acquired at the cost of farmers and agriculture.
- Sez Rush Expected To Cool Down (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
The rush by business groups to put up Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and the red carpets rolled out for them by various states could face speed breakers following the complaints about the way lands of farmers were sought to be grabbed for the SEZs.
- ‘Our Young Country Needs New Jobs, And Sezs Are A Major Engine . . . (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 25, 2006)
Hello and welcome to Walk the Talk. I’m in a small factory in a special economic zone in NOIDA, on the outskirts of Delhi, and my guest today is one of the most visible faces of the UPA cabinet. Kamal Nath, welcome to Walk the Talk.
- Fresh Setback To Doha Round (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Sep 25, 2006)
It is disappointing to note that the trend of progress in the Doha Round negotiations has been reversed once again, in the process strengthening the hands of those who have always held that the Doha Round (and perhaps also the WTO) is terminally ill.
- Sonia Rules Out Deputy Pm (Asian Age, Venkatesh Kesari , Sep 25, 2006)
Congress president and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi made it crystal clear here on Sunday that there would be no deputy prime minister in the UPA government.
- Pm Warns Of Terror Strikes, Asks Cms To Tone Up Intelligence (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
A grim warning about "further intensification" of terrorist attacks involving greater use of fidayeen elements to target religious, economic and other "sensitive objects" was the centrepoint of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's address to the . . .
- Violence Level Down In J&k, Infiltration Diminishes: Pm (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said infiltration across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir had diminished and his Government was sincerely pursuing dialogue with Pakistan and the people of the State in its endeavour to give them a . . .
- Sonia Voices Concern Over Terror Strikes In J&k (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Recalling the Congress’ support to the previous NDA Government, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today said as a political party Congress has always advocated dialogue with Pakistan even while being in opposition.
- Sonia Takes Up Cudgels For Farmers (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Sep 24, 2006)
Besides taking up the case of minorities, Congress president Sonia Gandhi also sought to refurbish her party's "pro-farmer" image today as she expressed serious concern about the government's policy on Special Economic Zones (SEZ), which has become . . .
- Pm Warns Of Terror Attacks (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Sep 24, 2006)
Obviously concerned at their party's dipping popularity among the minorities, both Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today took up cudgels for the minority community and asked the security agencies and state . . .
- Concern For Muslims Overrides Terror Talk (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Sep 24, 2006)
A grim warning of a more intense terrorist strike and the need for maintaining communal harmony formed the focal point of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi's addresses to the party Chief Ministers conference that . . .
- Protect Farmers' Interests, Go Slow On Sezs, Says Sonia (Times of India, BHASKAR ROY, Sep 24, 2006)
The ongoing controversy over special economic zones took a new turn on Saturday with Congress chief Sonia Gandhi disfavoring acquisition of farmlands for other purposes, setting the stage for a course correction by the Centre and party-ruled states.
- Go Slow On Sezs, Sonia Gandhi Tells Congress (Times of India, BHASKAR ROY, Sep 24, 2006)
The ongoing controversy over special economic zones took a new turn on Saturday with Congress chief Sonia Gandhi disfavoring acquisition of farmlands for other purposes, setting the stage for a course correction by the Centre and party-ruled states.
- Kalam Lays Stress On Women's Role In Nation Building (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
"You should dream and work with devotion"
- Pm Warns Of Terror Strikes (Deccan Herald, Utpal Borpujari, Sep 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Saturday warned that there could be more “externally-sponsored” terrorist attacks targeting a wide a range of religious, economic and sensitive places...
- Advertisement On Community Radio Likely (Hindu, Anita Joshua, Sep 24, 2006)
Ministry proposes allowing educational institutions to run radio stations
- Nabard To Fund Innovative Projects (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
In farming, non-farming and micro finance sectors
- Matching Credit And Debit (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 24, 2006)
Higher spending upsets budget projections
- Poultry Litter To Fetch Carbon Credits (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
A unique Indian project involving poultry litter has been registered at the UN as a clean development mechanism to earn carbon credits.
- Rationalising Drug Prices (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 24, 2006)
A matter of pressing concern was highlighted in Karachi on Friday when a leading physician stressed the need to “end the human greed” that is pushing the cost of life-saving medicines beyond the reach of ordinary citizens.
- `Bhoomi Puja' Conducted For Kalasa-Banduri Nala Scheme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Rs. 100 crore will be released immediately for work to begin, declares Yediyurappa.
- Pawar Meets Sonia To Pre-Empt Fireworks (Times of India, BHASKAR ROY, Sep 23, 2006)
In a move to pre-empt an assault on him and his agriculture ministry at the Congress chief ministers' conclave in Nainital over the weekend, Sharad Pawar has personally explained to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi the causes aggravating the agrarian crisis.
- Poor Captaincy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 23, 2006)
Worse than the behaviour of the police in Ludhiana on Thursday has been the response of the Chief Minister, Captain Amarinder Singh.
- Centre's Economic Policies Identical To Nda's: Dasgupta (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Gurudas Dasgupta, CPI leader in the Lok Sabha, on Friday warned of a "much bigger confrontation" with the Union Government if it failed to listen to the Left parties.
- Karunanidhi Writes To Manmohan On Katchathivu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
"Work out perpetual lease with Sri Lanka to benefit fishermen"
Restore traditional fishing rights
Sri Lankan Navy attacking fishermen, preventing fishing.
- Mulford Hopeful Of Senate Nod For Bill (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
The United States Ambassador, David C.Mulford, on Friday termed the civilian nuclear agreement between his country and India the most important diplomatic initiative in the past 50 years.
- Reckless Breeding Must Stop (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Sep 23, 2006)
There must be times when you get seriously worried over the state of affairs in our country and think, if you could help in changing them for the better, what would you do? I think it is the duty of every citizen to ponder over questions like why . . .
- Today's Hit Is Tomorrow's Niche (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 23, 2006)
Hits are not quite the economic force they once were, declares Chris Anderson, in The Long Tail, explaining why the sales that go with Number Ones are not what they used to be.
- Matching Credit And Debit (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 23, 2006)
The impressive growth in the first two instalments of advance tax paid by corporate assessees reflects overall buoyancy. Also reflected in collections of most other major taxes,
- Sonia, Pawar Meet Amid Cong-Ncp War Of Words (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
In the middle of the Congress-NCP war of words over coalition management, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and NCP chief Sharad Pawar met at 10 Janpath on Thursday night.
- Karzai Should Better Mend His Own House (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 23, 2006)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said that destruction of terrorist sanctuaries beyond Afghanistan and networks that recruit, train and arm terrorists can help bring peace to his country. In his address to the UN General Assembly in New York, he . . .
- Crop Portends (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 22, 2006)
Though tentative, the crop numbers are not encouraging and can have an adverse fallout.
- 76th Anniversary Of The National Day Of The Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Today, 23rd September, (1st day of Libra) every year the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, its Government and people celebrate a great historical anniversary, the National Day anniversary on which the proclamation of unification of the Kingdom of Saudi . . .
- Soft Murmurs In Silly Season (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Sep 22, 2006)
Like subterranean eddies barely discernible on the surface of a sluggish stream, the so-called marginal players of Indian politics and their seemingly minor discontents remain largely invisible to the metropolitan eye.
- Tn Land Reforms Get An Eve’S Twist (Statesman, Radhika Giri, Sep 22, 2006)
The current round of land reforms in Tamil Nadu has an eve’s twist to it. Women rather than their husbands have been made the beneficiaries of the wasteland distribution scheme.
- Special Article (Statesman, DIPAK BASU, Sep 22, 2006)
As the reservation system India is based on caste, the government has not been able to improve the lot of the backward or the poor as they may not belong to the castes or tribes entitled to receive aid from the state.
- Cong Conclave To Focus On Agararian Crisis (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
The cooler climes of Nainital are expected to become hot for some Union Ministers and Chief Ministers when a Congress conclave gets underway here tomorrow to focus on the agrarian crisis which saw a spate of farmers' suicides in at least four states.
- Karzai Should Better Mend His Own House (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 22, 2006)
AFGHAN President Hamid Karzai has said that destruction of terrorist sanctuaries beyond Afghanistan and networks that recruit, train and arm terrorists can help bring peace to his country.
- Cong Conclave To Focus On Agrarian Crisis (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
The cooler climes of Nainital are expected to become hot for some Union Ministers and Chief Ministers when a Congress conclave gets underway in Nainital on Saturday to focus on the agrarian crisis which saw a spate of farmers' suicides in at least . . .
- Political Promiscuity (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Sep 22, 2006)
On Monday the Madhu Koda ministry of Jharkhand — the third in less than two years, and the fifth in the six years since the state’s formation — was sworn in.
- The Conscientious Carnivores (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 22, 2006)
It is said that since every good movement needs a motto, what about: Eat the farm.
- Congress Chief Ministers Conclave From Tomorrow (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Sep 22, 2006)
To discuss crisis in agriculture sector and internal security
- Nod For Massive E-Governance Scheme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Private sector to pick up Rs. 4,093 crore
- Bangla Storm: 73 Dead (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
The Coast Guard and civil administration recovered most of the bodies from different points on the coast stretching from Patuakhali to Khulna, the sources said adding adverse weather was hampering rescue work.
- Thai Opposition Calls For Fast-Track Polls (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
A day after the military shut down the city in the interests of maintaining calm, Bangkok traffic was back to the familiar near-gridlock, while coup leaders worked on fulfilling a promise of a civilian prime minister in two weeks.
- For A Touch Reality (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Sep 21, 2006)
Probably the only village in Andhra Pradesh to have gone completely organic — no chemical fertiliser or pesticides is used — Yenabavi has taken the route to sustainable living.
- I Spy; Doesn’T Everyone? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 21, 2006)
digital technology has made uncovering secrets such a painless, antiseptic process that the boundary delineating what is permissible in a relationship appears to be shifting.
- 76 Yrs After March, Dandi To Find Place On Tourism Map (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Seventy six years ago, Mahatma Gandhi and his followers took 24 days to walk cross five districts to break the salt law on the Arabian sea, near Dandi in Gujarat, by making it themselves after boiling sea water.
- New Norms For Sez Development Soon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Board of Approvals to meet today to advise States
- Challenges In The Eleventh Plan (Deccan Herald, Manu N Kulkarni, Sep 21, 2006)
The Draft Outline of the Eleventh Plan can be described, at best, as the eleventh version of the First Five Year Plan because the same old paradigm and plan and non-plan schemes and Centre-state fiscal responsibilities etc are repeated.
- Oversight Panel Seeks Ministries' Intervention (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Final report delayed by a month
- Encounter At Sea (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 21, 2006)
The frigate was at sea some 150 miles east of Chennai that blustery November morning. A cyclone had lashed the coast five days earlier. Many fishing craft were still missing. The lookout spotted a dark object about a mile away.
- Rbi Puts Sez Exposure On Par With Realty (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Concerned over mushrooming of special economic zones across the country, the Reserve Bank of India has said that all banks must consider SEZ financing as exposure to the commercial real estate sector.
- An Unequal Kind Of Growth (The Financial Express, JAYANTA ROY, Sep 21, 2006)
India ranks poorly in terms of inequality indicators; this can change by reviewing the tax system.
- Norms On Land Acquisition For Sezs Shortly (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Faced by criticism on its SEZ policy, the Centre is preparing guidelines for acquisition of land from farmers for setting up Special Economic Zones (SEZs).
- Kannur University To Host Science Congress Next Year (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
A special theme session on paddy cultivation in Kerala will be held
Nearly 500 papers will be presented in the congress
A Young Scientist Award will be given to best paper in each subject .
- ‘Take Our Land, But Give Us A Place To Live’ (Tribune, Maneesh Chhibber, Sep 21, 2006)
The biggest problem that landowners, whose land is compulsorily acquired by the government, face is resettlement and earning a livelihood.
- Sez Should Prove A Good Mechanism' (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Sep 21, 2006)
`Despite all the controversy it has raised, the Special Economic Zone should ensure high growth and remove regional imbalances. If there is misuse, it is our responsibility to see this is corrected... ' — MR S. N. MENON, COMMERCE SECRETARY
- 40 Feared Dead As Naval Ship, Boats Capsize (Deccan Herald, Hassan Shahriar, Sep 21, 2006)
At least 40 people are feared dead and nearly 1,200 fishermen and 40 navigators, including a naval commander went missing as 25 boats, 350 trawlers and a naval ship capsized in the Bay of Bengal during a storm that battered Bangladesh’s southern . . .
- Thaksin Shinawatra Could Face Prosecution (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Coup leader claims endorsement from the King
- Manufacturing Needs A Policy Crank-Up (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Sep 20, 2006)
India can become a global manufacturing base, notably in automobiles, components, electronic hardware and pharmaceuticals.
- Lalu's Miracle (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 20, 2006)
The Railway Minister, and a cult figure in politics, Mr Lalu Prasad, has been making waves as management's new icon. Specialists in the field have adjudged the record of achievements by the Indian Railways (IR) under his stewardship as truly impressive.
- Development Of Infrastructure Is Chauhan's Priority Area (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan is enthused by the "fastest moving State" award he received from President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam at a function in Delhi recently.
- V.P. Presents Memo To Kalam (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
Former Prime Minister V.P. Singh, accompanied by CPI general secretary A.B. Bardhan and rebel SP MP and actor Raj Babbar, noted jurist Rajendra Sachchar several notable socialists like Surendra Mohan and Lok Jan Shakti Party leader Ranchandra . . .
- Question Of Development (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
The three books under review deal with important questions using development economics as the focus.
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