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Articles 1121 through 1220 of 10500:
- 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.
- Uncertain Break (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 08, 2006)
If Bengal’s communists have changed their old ways, should Ms Mamata Banerjee be far behind?
- Diplomatic Firestorm As Jairam Scores Self-Goal, Trashes Pm’S Brazil Summit (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Sep 08, 2006)
Just two days before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh leaves for Brazil to attend the IBSA (India-Brazil-South Africa) Summit, Minister of State for Commerce Jairam Ramesh has set off a diplomatic firestorm sending officials scurrying to . . .
- Make Vande... Fundamental Duty’ (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Sep 08, 2006)
The BJP on Thursday demanded that the Constitution be amended to accord ‘Vande Mataram’ a status akin to the National Anthem and be made a part of the fundamental duties.
- Get Ready For Snap Poll: Rajnath (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Sep 08, 2006)
UPA Government unable to deal with problems through any cohesive policy'
- Pay Commission: Farmers Left Out (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Sep 08, 2006)
The Government must ensure that each farmer gets a monthly remunerative income.
- Cm Visits Flood Affected Areas, Assesses Damage (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
Directing the administration to show promptness in collection and compilation of flood damage details so that necessary succour is provided to the affected, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said that on the basis of these details adequate Central . . .
- Rupee Convertibility (Daily Excelsior, Sisir Basu, Sep 07, 2006)
The much hyped capital account convertibility (CAC) report has been dealt its first blow. The left is planning to step up pressure on the Manmohan Singh Government against allowing full CAC, which it says it going to lead to "currency crisis and . . .
- Wonder Plant (Tribune, Kuldeep Chauhan, Sep 07, 2006)
The Himalayan-friendly sea-buckthorn (SBT), a native wonder plant, has succeeded where vast, expensive, engineering structures and check dams have failed.
- A Gentleman Politician (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 07, 2006)
Nawab Akbar Shahbaz Khan Bugti was the kind of person one would normally find in folklore. He generated excitement and controversy whenever his name was mentioned. Better known as the Tiger of Balochistan, and in spite of having fierce looks, . . .
- Controlling Pesticide Use (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 07, 2006)
Pakistan's first pesticide manufacturing plant, expected to open later this month near Lahore, will reportedly save the country nearly four billion rupees a year in foreign exchange.
- Expansive India Sets Trading Sights On West Africa (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
Mangoes stand piled high in red, orange and green stacks, a traditional sight on the roadsides of Senegal during the harvest season.
- A Template Approach To Eleventh Plan? (Business Line, M. R. Venkatesh, Sep 07, 2006)
The Planning Commission has approached the Eleventh Plan with `mundane templating', ignoring the issues on the ground. India deserves something bigger, better and fresh.
- Land For Sezs — Government As Real-Estate Broker (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Sep 07, 2006)
Even granting, as the Commerce Ministry claims, that new Special Economic Zones will draw investment of Rs 1,00,000 crore over the next three years, with huge employment potential, there are several grey areas in the way land is acquired for these Zones.
- Urban Lament (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 07, 2006)
Nowadays I dread meeting people my own age in Chennai. Not because we exchange a litany of woes about our aches and pains of osteoporosis or our sacrifice of pickles and papadams.
- Coalition Woes In Jammu And Kashmir (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Sep 07, 2006)
The Congress and the PDP are trapped in a miserable but mutually profitable marriage.
- Pawar Denies Telgi Charge (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
Names of prominent politicians such as Union agriculture minister and NCP supremo Sharad Pawar and Maharashtra minister for public works Chhagan Bhujbal have now cropped up in the tapes which were recorded while fake stamp papers case prime . . .
- India, Brazil, S Africa To Sign Fta (The Economic Times, G Ganapathy Subramaniam & Jayanthi Iyengar, Sep 07, 2006)
India, Brazil and South Africa will sign a trilateral framework agrevsement for trade cooperation at the first IBSA Summit in Brazil next week. The framework agreement will pave the way for a preferential trade agreement (PTA), or a full-blown . . .
- Russia Could Put Wto Bid On Backburner (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 07, 2006)
Russia could put its WTO bid on the backburner if the accession talks with the United States of India fail to make any headway, a top Kremlin aide has said.
- Ranchi Roulette (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 07, 2006)
Jharkhand has been politically unstable ever since its formation and its government now faces a crisis that the ruling BJP-led coalition is trying hard to play down and the Congress doesn’t seem to be overly enthused about though very probably . . .
- Prospects For Kannur Airport Brighten (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
The Centre is willing to make an exception for Kerala in the stipulation that all new airports of the country should have a second runway. An assurance to this effect was given to Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan by Union Minister of State . . .
- 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 . . .
- Jharkhand Shadow Over Bjp's Meet (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Sep 07, 2006)
Party may find it counter-productive to harp on Vande Mataram issue.
- Telgi Admits To Bribing Top Politicians Including Pawar (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
Fake stamp paper scam kingpin Abdul Karim Telgi had reportedly confessed to having bribed top politicians including Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, who, however, denied the allegation on Wednesday.
- Bjp Demands Probe Into Telgi's Allegations (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
"Release official results of narco-analysis test"
Telgi had made allegations against some top politicians
"Imported wheat will cost much more" .
- 11th Plan To Focus On Inter-Linking Of Forest Managements (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
Management planning for protected areas would be a priority in the Eleventh Five-Year Plan and each sanctuary or national park would be facilitated to maintain a database of information on its biodiversity and habitat status.
- A Tale Of Two Rates Of Growth (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Sep 06, 2006)
Reforms pepped up enterprise in the industrial and service sectors but not in agriculture and that explains the high rate of GDP growth and low rate of agricultural growth.
- 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.
- Grecian Impressions (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
Wander through enchanted, poppy-animated landscapes of Greece, steeped in myth, culture and history.
- Packaging The Tatas’ Project (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 06, 2006)
With the party in West Bengal trying to convince Left allies about setting up development projects on agricultural land, it was perhaps expected that the CITU rally in Singur, where the Tatas plan to set up their small-car plant, should focus on the . . .
- Vande Mataram: Obligatory In Schools (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 06, 2006)
Finally, after more than half-a-century of singing Vande Mataram we have suddenly realised that the song that kept freedom fighters’ adrenaline level high, is insulting our god. All thanks to the All India Sunni Ulema Board.
- Special For Whom? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 06, 2006)
The wide-ranging dissent that Special Economic Zones have generated of late has forced parties to sink their political differences to examine the socio-economic implications of promoting untrammelled capitalism in primarily agrarian societies.
- North-East-From Guns To Flowers (Daily Excelsior, Som Dutt, Sep 06, 2006)
Once trouble-torn North East Region (NER) has today become a vital hot spots for exploring valuable production horticulture sector. The socio-economic upliftment of the local inhabitants is seen everywhere.
- 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.
- Americans Not Eating Enough Fruits, Veggies (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
The US Government recently bumped up its recommendations for fruit and vegetable consumption, and a new study suggests it's very likely Americans aren't keeping up.
- Another Ill-Timed Move (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 06, 2006)
The waiver of duty on wheat imports undertaken by private parties, announced by the food and agriculture minister Sharad Pawar even before the finance ministry could issue the notification, is another of the series of mis-timed moves by the . . .
- Mid-Term Evaluation Of Upa (Pioneer, BULBUL ROY MISHRA, Sep 06, 2006)
Government has performed miserably on almost all fronts, the most glaring of them being its inability to tackle terrorism and crime, says Bulbul Roy Mishra.
- Wheat Imports (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 06, 2006)
The UPA government’s decision to waive the 5 per cent import duty on wheat is unlikely to cool the prices. The step, described by traders as too late, is aimed to help biscuit and bread manufacturers import wheat.
- Government Measures Inadequate: Jayalalithaa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
Claims 150 persons have succumbed to Chikungunya
- Grain Of Truth (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 06, 2006)
Agriculture minister Sharad Pawar's sympathy for biscuit makers is not misplaced, but he should not lose sight of larger issues.
- Flood Alert As Bhakra Level Rises (Tribune, Kiran Deep, Sep 06, 2006)
Keeping in view the possibility of heavy floods in the Sutlej and other seasonal rivulets, the district administration today sounded a flood alert in all the villages and other important places situated along the river.
- Software Mooted For Resolving Cauvery Dispute (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
It allows integrated approach to water resources planning
Various scenarios can be projected using WEAP
It will analyse data and come up with solutions
Can be used at household, village, river basin level.
- War Ends But Not Lebanon's Misery (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Sep 06, 2006)
Unexploded ordnance and bombed out power stations make life miserable.
- Ball With The Wild (Indian Express, JAY MAZOOMDAAR, Sep 06, 2006)
Dinkum bloke. The moment the news of the crocodile hunter’s death flashed on the ticker, I remembered a group of ragtag Australians I’d met at Corbett.
- 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.
- Wheat Import To Be Allowed Till Year-End (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
After a day of high drama, including PM Manmohan Singh's intervention, government on Tuesday said it would allow duty-free import of wheat by private players till the end of the year to check a surge in domestic prices.
- Kalam Advocates Functional Autonomy For Varsities (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam today praised the University of Madras for building a virtual university system in the country and urged the Tamil Nadu Government to integrate all other universities in the state to be part of this pioneering initiative.
- When Napoleon Won At Waterloo (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 05, 2006)
Napoleon won the battle of Waterloo. The German Wehrmacht won World War II. The United States won in Vietnam, and the Soviets in Afghanistan. The Zealots won against the Romans, and Ehud Olmert won the Second Lebanon War.
- Draft National Policy For Farmers: Seeking An Ever-Green Revolution (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Sep 05, 2006)
The 48-page draft National Policy for Farmers is comprehensive, with its suggestions, recommendations and guidelines covering all aspects of, and activities related to, agriculture.
- 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.
- India To Focus On Latin America, Africa (Daily Excelsior, Pallab Bhattacharya, Sep 05, 2006)
In his Independence Day speech this year, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said one of the thrust areas of India's foreign policy would be Latin America and Africa. This has been on the cards for quite some time and Singh's announcement could not have . . .
- Hungry Planet: Food Crisis Looming (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 05, 2006)
As stocks run out and harvests fail, the world faces its worst food crisis for 30 years. New figures show that this year’s harvest will fail to produce enough to feed everyone on Earth, for the sixth time in the past seven years. Humanity has so far . . .
- Duty-Free Wheat May Cost Govt Rs 90 Cr (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
Agriculture minister Sharad Pawar could end up raising wheat prices further and cost the exchequer an estimated Rs 90 crore.
- Kalam Lauds Indian Bank’S Success Turnaround (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
President A P J Abdul Kalam on Monday hailed the turnaround of the Indian Bank from near bankruptcy to become one of the best performing banks in just 10 years, saying that this achievement must be a lesson that is taught in management schools in . . .
- Give Varsities Autonomy: Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
Urges State government to integrate all varsities under the virtual university system
Wants high bandwidth made free
Recalls his university days.
- Jd (U) To Launch Agitation Against Sezs (Hindu, CP Bhambhri, Sep 05, 2006)
The Janata Dal (United) on Monday criticised the Centre for promoting tax-free Special Economic Zones (SEZs) by selling off fertile agriculture land to big industrial houses and demanded that the activity be stopped immediately as it would . . .
- China Seeks To Roll Back The Sands (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Sep 05, 2006)
The livelihoods of 400 million people are threatened by the spread of the Gobi and Taklimakan deserts.
- Kalam Asks Indian Bank To Set Higher Growth Targets (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
Promote business through enterprising youth and continue financing SHGs'
- Kumaraswamy’S Home Jahgir Gets All The Goodies (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
When Mr H D Deve Gowda was the prime minister, his political opponents used to dub him the “Prime Minister of Holenarasipur” for the kind of attention he used to devote to his home constituency, even while presiding over the Dilli darbar.
- Govt Waives Duty On Wheat Imports (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Monday announced that the Centre has allowed duty-free wheat imports by private traders.
- Helping Farmers (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 04, 2006)
TO reap the political benefits from the package for farmers in 31 worst-affected districts announced by the Prime Minister recently, Congress leaders from Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala met Dr Manmohan . . .
- Indian Farmer Suicides Rise Unabated (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 04, 2006)
More than 100 cotton growers killed themselves in India’s richest state in August, marking the highest monthly number of suicides in five years by farmers whose mounting crop loans drive them to death, activists said.
- Quo Vadis West Bengal? (Telegraph, Dipankar Dasgupta, Sep 04, 2006)
The simultaneous appearance of two news items in The Telegraph (August 19) symbolizes a debate that is baffling the state of West Bengal.
- Fight Hatred In Order To Fight Terror (Tribune, SUBHASH GATADE, Sep 04, 2006)
The latest US Congressional Report on terrorism has come out at a very inopportune time as far as US President Bush and his team of neo-con advisers is concerned.
- Cash And Creed (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Sep 04, 2006)
The interference of religious leaders in softer and short-term issues like who should sing the Vande Mataram or which temple or mosque should be demolished to make way for development has been accepted by Indian society as a given.
- Pondy Assembly Speaker All Praise For Members (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Before adjourning the budget session of the Pondicherry Assembly on Friday (September 1), the Speaker, R. Radhakrishnan, was all praise for members for maintaining decorum during the entire session.
- Shelter For The Urban Poor (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 04, 2006)
The Supreme Court order to remove all the slums from Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and other metropolitan cities does not seem to be realistic.
- Don’T Take Support For Granted: Karat (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
The CPI-M here today warned the UPA government it will have to pay a price if it deviated from the common minimum programme or did not meet the demands of the Left parties.
- Govt Deputes Ministers In Flood Hit Areas, (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Four persons including three members of a family were killed and two others were injured when their houses collapsed due to landslides triggered by heavy rains in Jammu region while the Government today sounded an alert on flood threat with Chenab . . .
- Punjab Polls: Manmohan To Be Congress Trump Card (Pioneer, Akhilesh Suman, Sep 04, 2006)
With Chief Minister Amrinder Singh battling against five years of anti-incumbency, the Congress plans to project Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as "pride of Punjab" to turn the electoral tide.
- Anomie In Ujjain (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Sep 04, 2006)
Those who remember bloody episodes of student politics across Indian universities during the 1970s and 1980s may be forgiven for thinking that the gruesome killing of Prof Sabharwal in Ujjain is not so much a marker of a new crisis of . . .
- Sonia Promises Package For Karnataka Ryots (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Get ready to bring Congress back to power in State, party workers told
UPA will be responsive to plight of farmers in debt'
Centre plans to bring Hubli-Dharwad under National Urban Renewal Mission.
- Asian Development Bank Official To Review Tsunami Assistance Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
South Asia Department Director-General to arrive in Chennai today
- Morgan Stanley Ups India Gdp Forecast (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Global investment banking & equity research major — Morgan Stanley has raised its forecast for India’s economic growth in the current fiscal following stronger than expected surge in first-quarter corporate revenues, industrial production and . . .
- Tirupur Industry Growing, At What Cost? (Hindu, M. Gunasekaran, Sep 04, 2006)
The growth of the Tirupur knitwear industry in leaps and bounds may augur well for the Government as it brings millions of dollars and makes exporters prosperous. But its rapid growth may hurt other sectors in the region.
- Centre Must Change Tax Structure: Karat (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Criticises Government for importing 55 lakh tonnes of wheat
- Congress President Promises Package For Farmers In State (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Get ready to bring Congress back to power in Karnataka, Sonia tells party workers
- Cbi Probe Finds Twist In Punjab Girl's Love Story (Times of India, Vishwa Mohan, Sep 04, 2006)
A girl leaving her rich parents' house in search of love may not be new for Bollywood. But this one is a real life story straight from the CBI's probe.
- Sonia Dubs Jd(s)-Bjp Ministry Opportunist (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi, making her first visit to Bangalore on Sunday after the JD(S)-BJP government was formed, described the coalition as “an opportunistic alliance for power” and asked her party workers to expose the new combine and . . .
- Pollution, Aerosols, And The Climate (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Sep 04, 2006)
Aerosols in the atmosphere are not invariably a bad thing. But those released by pollution may alter the climate adversely.
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