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Articles 1721 through 1820 of 10500:
- Treehouse Stay In Dandeli (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
We continue our reader-driven getaway series.
- Reject Maharashtra's Claim Over Our Villages, State Urges . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
30-member all-party delegation led by Kumaraswamy calls on Manmohan Singh .
- Reject Maharashtra's Claim, Karnataka Urges Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
"Implement Mahajan Commission recommendations on border dispute"
- 33-Lakh Affected By Floods In Ap, Gujarat (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
The flood situation was grim on Tuesday in Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh, with nearly 33 lakh people affected by rains and swollen rivers in both states even as an alert was sounded in Maharashtra's Marathwada and Vidarbha regions after 70 people died . . .
- Fanfare To Fizzle (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 09, 2006)
National Rural Health Mission yet to take off
Whether it’s urban renewal or rural health, national missions ~ the UPA dispensation’s buzzword for reaching out to the people ~ ironically reflect the dead hand of government.
- Tata Tea Eyes U.S. Firms, Sees Sales Grow (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Tata Tea Ltd., the world's second-largest branded tea firm, said on Tuesday it expects consolidated turnover to more than double in three years and is eyeing acquisitions to expand abroad.
- Crops And Rain (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 09, 2006)
The current monsoon rains should hopefully benefit various crops like rice, sugarcane and maize.
- Flood Situation In Country Finds Echo In Rs (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
The worsening flood situation in various parts of the country and the plight of farmers had its echo in the Rajya Sabha today with members from various parties asking government to declare it as a national calamity.
- Inspiring Lives Of Preceptors And Saints (Hindu, CHARUKESI, Aug 08, 2006)
The first book covers the lives and times of four Acharyas of the Sringeri Sharada Peetham namely, Sacchidananda Sivabhinava Nrisimha Bharati (33rd), Chandrasekhara Bharati (34th), Abhinav Vidyathirtha (35th) and the present head Bharati Thirtha by . . .
- "Give Us A Price, Not A Package" (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Aug 08, 2006)
Vidharbha's farmers are unhappy with the "relief packages" announced by the State and the Centre. They want the larger issues driving the suicides addressed.
- The Buddha Of The Fast Lane (Indian Express, SUBRATA NAGCHOUDHURY, Aug 08, 2006)
Six months is an extraordinarily long time in politics. On January 8 West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee had held US President George W. Bush guilty of the world’s “worst organised murder” during a massive election rally at . . .
- Cob Cornucopia (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 08, 2006)
As the cloudy skies break into a shy shower I creak open the refrigerator, putting a stubby cob of corn upon the gas grill.
- Crop Diversification Vital For Distress Alleviation (Tribune, S.S. Johl, Aug 08, 2006)
Since the submission of the report on restructuring of agricultural production patterns for productivity and growth in Punjab in 2002, some hard-boiled opponents of diversification are putting forth arguments that are not tenable in any respect.
- India Tells Usa To Rein In Pakistan (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Aug 08, 2006)
India today conveyed two things directly to the United States — neither being music to ears of the “strategic partner”.
- Indian Dam Flooded By Democratic Values (Daily Times, Simon Denyer, Aug 08, 2006)
‘For the construction of the dam, some people will have to suffer but there will be many benefits’
- Unadulterated Lies (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 08, 2006)
'The attendant propaganda -the abuse of language and eternal hypocrisy - has reached its nadir in recent weeks,' says John Pilger of the undiluted lies discharged daily by the western media since the beginning of the Lebanon crisis.
- Groundwater Not The Culprit (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Aug 08, 2006)
The cola companies are taking the consumers for a ride in developing countries, giving false excuses.
- Weathering Through (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 08, 2006)
It looks like a normal kharif
- Rld Issues Chargesheet Against Up Government (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
The Rashtriya Lok Dal on Monday staged dharnas at all district headquarters in Uttar Pradesh to protest against the failure of the Mulayam Singh government in solving the problems of farmers and acquisition of land for capitalists.
- Cup That Despairs (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 08, 2006)
Irresponsible trade unionism in tea gardens
However much a well-meaning Chief Minister may try to treat it as a closed chapter, irresponsible trade unionism seems likely to plague West Bengal for some time yet despite the paradigm shift in Marxist . . .
- The Noose Of Debt (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Aug 08, 2006)
The single most important cause of farmer suicides is their inability to pay back the loans they have taken, often from private moneylenders. This age-old problem is yet to be resolved in a durable fashion.
- Half A Million Homeless In India Floods, Mumbai Hit (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Rescuers in India stepped up efforts on Sunday to help hundreds of thousands of people forced from their homes by floods in a southern state as torrential rain hit the country’s financial capital.
- Quality And Price — The Basic Factors (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 07, 2006)
An action plan to reduce the cost of doing business is stated to have been finalised by the ministry of industries and production, something urgently needed to make the economy globally competitive.
- 'The Elephants Have To Lead' (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
'The package is at risk, failure of talks will hit the vulnerable countries the most'
- Do Mix Your Drinks (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 07, 2006)
Don’t mix your drinks, they used to say. Like all adages this one may be outdated. Coffee, Tea or Me was the name of a saucy book written by two air-hostesses in the 1960s era of civil aviation.
- India: Looking Back And Forward (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 07, 2006)
I came to India four years ago at an exciting time in India’s recent history. Change was palpable and a new sense of confidence was in the air.
- Exclusive - Sri Lanka Rebels Say New Shelling A War Declaration (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Renewed government shelling after a Tamil Tiger offer to defuse a 12-day bout of fighting in the island's east is a declaration of war, the rebels warned on Sunday.
- Analysis - Passions Rise As Flagship India Dam Fills (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Aug 07, 2006)
It is held up as a flagship for the development of modern India, and reviled as a symbol of how the rights of the poor are trampled upon.
- The Precedence Principle (Business Standard, Bibek Debroy, Aug 07, 2006)
There is a law in economic policy-making. For every silly policy, there is a precedence somewhere in the world. Indians should be flattered that the Indian Drug Price Control Order (DPCO) of 1955 is being cited by the Philippines and Malaysia, in an . . .
- ‘Weapon Of Politics’ (Deccan Herald, Vimala RamaRao, Aug 07, 2006)
"If politicians would allow us, we could write ‘Indian’ instead of whatever caste we come from. But will they let us? Abandoning a caste-based life does not suit many."
- Centre Creating Problems For State Govt (Tribune, Sarbjit Dhaliwal, Aug 07, 2006)
Instead of extending a helping hand to its own government in Punjab at this crucial stage when the Assembly poll is not too far, the Congress- led UPA Government at the Centre is creating one problem after another for the state government.
- Lands And Ways Of Life (Telegraph, ABHIRUP SARKAR, Aug 07, 2006)
The author is professor of economics, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta
Second, how far should the government indulge itself in the act of acquiring land, by force if necessary, from farmers and hand them over to profit-maximizing investors?
- Sustainable Growth (Tribune, B.G. Verghese, Aug 07, 2006)
Suicide deaths, growing indebtedness, wheat imports and stagnant food production coupled with declining crop productivity signal a farm crisis that can no longer be ignored.
- Not For Grab (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 07, 2006)
As the government is encouraging the setting up of special economic zones (SEZs) on the Chinese model, private companies are acquiring large chunks of land. There is a boom in the housing sector due to low interest rates, easy availability of finance . .
- Dmk, Aiadmk `War' Over Farmers' Security Scheme Intensifies (Hindu, S. Dorairaj , Aug 07, 2006)
AIADMK activists hold protest meetings throughout the State
DMK, some farmers' associations term the AIADMK protest `political stunt'
"AIADMK opposed move to revive farm labourers board with an eye on polls"
DMK, some farmers' associations . . .
- The Conflict Will Damage Lebanese Workers (Hindu, Heather Stewart, Aug 07, 2006)
The damage to infrastructure in Lebanon is The damage to infrastructure in Lebanon is estimated to cost at least ś13 billion to repair.
- "Narmada Valley Projects Will Be Completed On Schedule" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
M.P. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan chairs review meeting
- Economy Builds New Sinews (Hindu, P. A. SESHAN, Aug 07, 2006)
But for high oil prices and heavy subsidy burden, growth impulses remain active
Fiscal and monetary policies have to be designed to enable heavy outlays in close cooperation with Indian and foreign interests in the private sector.
- Brinda Karat Joins Issue With Pawar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Wheat import leading nation into `food insecurity' trap
- Waiting For Award (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 07, 2006)
The tribunal needs to be reasonable and fair to all states
- Rajnath To Lead Yavatmal Rally Against 'Failed' Pm Package (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Bharatiya Janata Party president Rajnath Singh would lead a massive agitation on August 9 in Yavatmal in Vidarbha of farmers against the failed package of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declared last month for the cotton farmers, committing . . .
- Colas And Farmer (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 07, 2006)
Soft drinks in face of hard truths ---- For the second time in three years, a Delhi-based environmental NGO has tested samples of popular colas and found them contaminated by pesticides at levels that are deemed dangerous for human consumption.
- Lebanese Fishermen Devastated (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 07, 2006)
The men walked sombrely past the skeletons of bombed buildings, shards of broken glass and charred metal crunching under their feet.
- Independence Day Celebrations (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil has said the district government has finalised arrangements to celebrate Independence Day on August 14 with national enthusiasm and traditional fervor.
- 152 Rebels Slain, Claims Lanka (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
At least 152 Tamil Tiger rebels were killed in air attacks by the Sri Lankan security forces in the island’s northeast as the troops took full control over the Muslim coastal town of Muttur...
- Indian Gang Strikes Terror In Nepal (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Stone walls do not a prison make, especially if they harbour Bihar’s notorious gang lords.
- It’S A Political Theatre Of The Absurd (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 06, 2006)
"Governance demands back-breaking work that calls for vision, application, contemplation; not politics of expediency"
- Farm Sector Growth Is A Mission Possible (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 06, 2006)
"We have to learn to convert information into knowledge and that knowledge into equity" -Mangla rai
- The Green Revolution : Soils Being Depleted (Daily Excelsior, Satyendra Pratap Singh, Aug 06, 2006)
Is the green revolution depleting the very soil on which the high yielding varieties of seeds are planted?
- Quota Move May See 54% Seat Expansion: Panel (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
The Oversight Committee, set up to prepare a roadmap for reservations for OBCs in elite educational institutions, has projected an additional student intake of 80,557 with a 54 per cent capacity expansion of seats to implement the new quota.
- Steady Decline Of Water Table In Punjab (Tribune, G.S. Dhillon, Aug 06, 2006)
Punjab is passing through its worst ecological decline. Its water resources are under grave threat.
- Israel Bombs North Beirut, Severs Strategic Road Link (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Dozens of civilians reported buried in rubble after airstrikes, aid struggles to reach Beirut after bridges, roads destroyed
- Sun Shines On Hill Towns, Thanks To Delhi (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
If you thought Infosys founder NR Narayanamurthy’s driver is India’s only millionaire chauffeur, here’s a surprise. “My driver is a million- aire too,” chuckles Arun Rawat, owner of Kanha Biogenetics, a tiny drug making unit in Baddi, a small town . . .
- Tigers Halt Operation Amid ‘Humanitarian Disaster’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
No ceasefire declared yet
Govt accuses Tigers of massacring 100 refugees
- Tigers Halt Attack, Pull Back (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels said they had halted an offensive on a government-held town in the east today and were pulling back, a sign that conflict on the island may be easing off.
- Kumaraswamy Surveys Flood-Hit Areas On Banks Of Krishna, Bhima (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Compensation paid to flood victim's family
- U.S. Sikhs Win Battle To Build Gurdwara (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
In a major victory for Sikhs in the United States, a San Francisco court has held that the community has the right to build a gurdwara in its neighbourhood.
- Sri Lanka Battles Rebels As Displaced Flee To Safety (Reuters, Peter Apps, Aug 05, 2006)
Tamil Tigers and troops exchanged mortar and artillery fire on Saturday in the 11th day of fighting in Sri Lanka's restive east, as the military sought to move thousands of displaced civilians out of harm's way.
- Three Biogas Power Plants On The Anvil In Krishna (Hindu, K.N. Murali Sankar, Aug 05, 2006)
Some 500 units of power a day will be generated from them
Converting gas into electricity is a new concept that the Union Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources is encouraging
The Ministry, through NEDCAP, is offering a subsidy of 40 per . . .
- Protect Forest Wealth Of Kanyakumari District: Forum (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
"10,000 acres of forests have been encroached upon''
- Tourism Fete A Big Draw In Kolli Hills (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Take concerted efforts with officials to stop felling of trees, Minister tells people
- President Stresses Incentives For Small Farm (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf on Friday stressed the need for providing small farmers with incentives to increase agricultural and livestock production to help alleviate poverty at the grass roots level.
- A Vexatious Issue (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 05, 2006)
The fertiliser industry in India is passing through an uncertain phase in the absence of any effective policy both for nitrogenous fertilisers (urea) and phosphatic fertilisers (DAP and NPK).
- Reliance Retail In Hunt For 15 Mn Sq Ft (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 05, 2006)
Reliance Retail has kicked off the second round of land acquisition in 24 states and union territories. The target is to acquire 15 million sq ft of retail space for convenience stores and hypermarkets alone.
- After Tobacco, Ramadoss On Anti-Cola Drive (Pioneer, Yoga Rangatia, Aug 05, 2006)
Under the attack for deliberate delay in setting standards for pesticides residue in aerated drinks, Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss is expected to make a statement in Parliament next week.
- 'Free-Market' Propaganda Through 'Planning'? (News International, Praful Bidwai, Aug 05, 2006)
The writer, a former newspaper editor, is a researcher and peace and human-rights activist based in Delhi
- Report Leak Will Be Probed: Dasmunsi (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Aug 05, 2006)
``Strong and firm action will be taken against the guilty''
Finance Ministry to prepare action taken report
Entire House was upset at leak: Minister
Advani remark an "insult" to Pathak
- Strikes Hit S. Beirut Suburbs, Highway Bridges; Five Killed (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Israel pounded Hezbollah’s southern Beirut strongholds with missiles early on Friday and, in a sharp expansion of its bombing of Lebanon, blasted highway bridges for the first time in the Christian heartland north of the capital during morning rush hour.
- Parmar: Proud Pahari And Able Leader (Tribune, Ambika Sharma, Aug 05, 2006)
Fondly remembered as the architect of Himachal for his feat in earning Himachal full statehood on January 25, 1971, Dr Yashwant Singh Parmar was a personality to reckon with.
- Unsafe For Children (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 05, 2006)
Six school children died and survivors were traumatised after a school bus fell into a canal near Sonepat on Tuesday.
- Nato’S New Role In Afghanistan (Tribune, Anita Inder Singh, Aug 05, 2006)
On Monday, 31 July, NATO took up its first military combat role since its founding in 1949 – not in Europe, for the security of which it was established during the Cold War, but in Afghanistan.
- Bjp Singles Out Aamir For Soft Drink Ads (Times of India, Mohua Chatterjee, Aug 04, 2006)
With Coke and Pepsi coming under the pesticide scanner again and Parliament debating the issue with full steam, BJP on Thursday used the opportunity to attack actor Aamir Khan for appearing as the brand ambassador for Coca Cola.
- Fis Take Hit In Morepen’S Rs 750-Cr Debt Revamp (Indian Express, George Mathew, Aug 04, 2006)
At a time farmers are committing suicide across the country over loan repayment, banks and financial institutions have written off a huge amount of nearly Rs 400 crore in the debt reschedulement of Morepen Laboratories which defaulted over Rs 900 . . .
- 'India First Country To Constitute Ndma' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
India was the first country to constitute a National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) soon after the Tsunami struck the coastal areas of the country in December 2004, a top official of the NDMA said here.
- Mobilizing Youth For Rural Extension Work (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 04, 2006)
Nearly 70 per cent of the rural population in India is beset with cumbersome problems like poverty, ignorance, illiteracy, resource-poor, liquor/drug addiction, superstitions, beliefs, etc.
- Us Reels Under Unprecedented Heat Wave (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Oppressive humidity coupled with high temperatures have made life miserable for residents in the eastern states of United States as power suppliers struggled to meet the record demand for electricity.
- Mole Draws A Hole (Daily Excelsior, Indranil Banerjea, Aug 04, 2006)
Accusations without substance are irresponsible. An accusation to play petty politics is another name for opportunism.
- Agricultural Growth (Tribune, Yoginder K. Alagh, Aug 04, 2006)
The Dutch disease is known to economists as a fall in agricultural profitability as a consequence of macro developments.
- Subgroups Cite Reasons For Staggered Quota Implementation (Tribune, Smriti Kak Ramachandran, Aug 04, 2006)
Even as the formula for the implementation of quotas for the OBCs in higher educational institutions is being devised, the government’s earlier stand of executing the reservation in one go has met with opposition from all five subgroups set up by . . .
- Delay In Implementing Obc Quota Will Spark Trouble: Ramadoss (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
"Fallacy to argue that nation cannot afford quota implementation "
Wants Irani panel recommendations rejected
Asks Jayalalithaa to retire from politics.
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