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Articles 2521 through 2620 of 10500:
- The Car Gears Up (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 01, 2006)
Bengal still far removed from a policy
The people’s car project of Tata Motors, which had hit a road-block when the company’s delegation visited Singur in the heady aftermath of the elections, may now start whirring again if Wednesday’s statement . . .
- Farmers Cry For Help Before The Prime Minister (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 01, 2006)
Dhamangaon (Amravati district), Jun 30 (PTI) "Help us out in getting loan to raise a fencing around our farm. My father ended life as he was fed up of the damage to the crop by wild animals.
- Manmohan's Promise To Vidharbha (Hindu, Meena Menon, Jul 01, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday brought some rain along with him, and raised the hopes of the people of Vidharbha with his assurances and concern.
- Pm Assures Of Efforts To Relieve Farmers Of Misery (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 01, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said the Government would make sincere efforts to relieve the misery of farmers of Vidarbha region in Maharashtra, who are reeling under debt crisis.
- Price Blow (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 01, 2006)
The ruling party itself castigating the government for unbridled price rise does not make a very congruous sight but what was said at the Congress Working Committee on Thursday was only the reflection of the frustration felt by the common man reeling . .
- Singh Face To Face With Suicides (Telegraph, Satish Nandgaonkar, Jul 01, 2006)
Ujwala Wairkar told the Prime Minister she would never marry into a farmer’s house.
- ‘Farmers Must Hedge Their Risks’ (The Economic Times, BHANU PANDE, Jul 01, 2006)
Micro credits, micro financing and national agriculture policy are some of the key issues affecting the rural populace.
- Loan Waiver Not Enough (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 01, 2006)
The government appears to have woken up to the problem of acute agrarian distress. In a flurry of activity surrounding the prime minister's visit to Vidarbha, the government has declared its intent to seek remedies for the crisis affecting the . . .
- Tilling The Land (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 01, 2006)
From the Brahmn was born space; from space, air; from air, fire; from fire, water; from water, earth; from earth, herbs; from herbs, food; from food, humans.
Taitreya Upanishad
- Upa Government Accused Of Doubletalk On Price Rise, Farmers' Suicides (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 01, 2006)
Venkaiah Naidu calls for integrated national-level package to counter suicides
- Pm To Announce Package For Farmers Today (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 01, 2006)
On a visit to commiserate with the families of farmers who had committed suicide, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today promised to announce a package tomorrow aimed at improving their lot and providing better irrigation facilities.
- Nato Changing Image With War Games (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2006)
The islanders of Cape Verde are slowly getting used to German armoured vehicles and Spanish helicopters descending on their sun-drenched beaches as US fighter F-16 jets roar overhead.
- 210-Day Academic Year From ’07 (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2006)
The federal education ministry on Thursday notified a new scheme of studies for classes I to XII, extending the number of annual academic days from 170 to 210 and making Islamiyat compulsory from class III-instead of class IV from next year.
- Ban Futures Trading In Commodities? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 30, 2006)
The wholesale price index (WPI) for all commodities has risen steadily through the first six months of this year, particularly of cereals, pulses, milk, edible oils and sugar.
- Pawar Play In Vidarbha (Indian Express, KUMAR KETKAR , Jun 30, 2006)
To understand Sharad Pawar, one has to comprehend the convulsions Maharashtra has gone through in the last three decades.
- Give The Farmer A Chance (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 30, 2006)
Banks were nationalised in 1969 to reach funds to the rural poor. Today, the vast rural banking network has proved unfit for the job.
- Ryot Rehab Package Comes Under Fire (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Jun 30, 2006)
Attacking Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s proposed rehabilitation package to 31 districts where thousands of farmers have committed suicide during the last five years
- For A Better Tomorrow, See The Big Picture (The Financial Express, Jayaprakash Narayan, Jun 30, 2006)
We need comprehensive review of energy policy, delinking the government from oil pricing
- Why Don't They Whip Up The Creamy Layer? (Pioneer, BULBUL ROY MISHRA, Jun 30, 2006)
The unreserved category may have to bear additional financial burden as Government will be unable to meet the running cost of OBC education, says Bulbul Roy Mishra
- Coop. Bank Recoveries Stand At 68.22 Per Cent (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2006)
Karimnagar District Cooperative Central Bank (DCCB), which has launched a special drive for the recovery of long pending loans from the farmers, had been successful with a recovery percentage of 68.22 per cent till date.
- Field Of Dreams (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 30, 2006)
As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives in Vidarbha, to visit the killing fields of Indian agriculture and the suicide zone of Maharashtra's hapless . . .
- Ends And Means (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 30, 2006)
It is reported that the government is close to finalising a system of dual pricing for the public procurement of foodgrains.
- Cong Wants Aiadmk, Allies Banned For ‘Backing’ Ltte (Indian Express, JAYA MENON, Jun 30, 2006)
The first feeble echo of a response to remarks by LTTE ideologue Anton Balasingham, ‘‘deeply regretting’’ the ‘‘monumental historical tragedy’’ of Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination, was heard in Chennai today when Congress-sponsored posters appeared . . .
- Deficit Figure Doubtful (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 30, 2006)
West Bengal Finance Minister Asim Dasgupta’s attempt to please all through his budget while keeping the deficit at Rs 6 crore is commendable although how far this will be practicable remains to be seen.
- Back To Heartland Politics (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Jun 30, 2006)
VP Singh's latest political concoction has the potential to harm Samajwadi Party's electoral prospects in Uttar . . .
- Grameena Bank Aims At Mobilising Rs. 950 Crore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2006)
It is confident of registering a profit of Rs. 16 crore
The bank to increase its advances to Rs. 770 crore
Kisan credit cards to be given to 14,000 farmers
- ``Break Opium-Terrorism Nexus In Afghanistan'' (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Jun 30, 2006)
In this global effort, provide alternative livelihood to farmers
Economic development is the answer
Poor security hits anti-drug programme
Regional information centre coming up in Almaty
- Landing Rights (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 30, 2006)
The recent interest of the Left Front government in acquiring thousands of acres of good agricultural land in different districts of West Bengal has its roots in the New Industrial Policy (NIP) announced by the Front in 1994.
- India To Import Wheat After A 6-Year Hiatus (International Herald Tribune, Saritha Rai, Jun 30, 2006)
In an effort to quell escalating prices and replenish its alarmingly low stockpiles, India is preparing to import wheat for the first time in six years.
- Report: Us-Led Afghan Mission Is Failing (Christian Science Monitor, Tom Regan, Jun 30, 2006)
A report by a Paris-based international security and policy advisory group, the Senlis Council, says that the US-led mission in Afghanistan is failing because US policies on eradicating the Afghan poppy crop aren't working.
- Cwc Members Rap Govt On Price Rise (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Jun 30, 2006)
Members of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) today rapped the UPA government for its failure to check the spurt in prices of essential commodities which, it they felt, had hit the party’s “aam admi” plank and undermined its image.
- Probe Sought Into Allotment Of Land For Bmic Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2006)
In thelegislature 400 acres of excess land has been acquired: MLA
Project is nothing but a big fraud
Promoters were favoured by two successive governments
Land has been mortgaged for loans
- Socialism’S Big Wheel (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 30, 2006)
If Congress ministers can waste funds on dead companies, they can’t blame Left for not reforming
- Shock Therapy (Times of India, SWAGATO GANGULY, Jun 30, 2006)
On August 9, 1965 Malaysia's parliament expelled Singapore from its federation. Does this expulsion by a republic, of a state that once belonged to it, hold any lessons for us?
- Farmed Out (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 30, 2006)
Major changes in any sphere stir up passions. More so if the changes threaten traditional livelihoods of the people.
- Wto: Align With Developing Nations, Cpi(m) Tells Upa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2006)
"That a small group was meeting exposes the undemocratic nature of negotiations"
Proposed cap for domestic subsidies for the E.U., U.S higher than prescribed level
Steep tariff cuts on agricultural commodities to affect India badly
- Final Solutions (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 30, 2006)
Reliance Retail (RR) may well lead India's transition to a broad-based consumer society. The new company plans to invest Rs 25,000 crore, establish a presence in 1,500 towns, and employ a million people over the next few years.
- Senate Panel Backs N-Deal (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2006)
The India-USA nuclear deal today moved a step closer to Congressional approval with another ringing endorsement from a key panel of the US Senate.
- Poor Month For Political Activity (Daily Excelsior, Arun Nehru, Jun 30, 2006)
June was a poor month for political activity and little has changed over the years.
- Sonia Prods Pm On Price Rise (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi today called an emergency party meeting to tell the Prime Minister and finance minister that the soaring prices of essential commodities must be reined in at once.
- Cwc Meet Will Discuss Rising Prices (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2006)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has decided to call a meeting of the party’s working committee on Thursday to discuss the issue of rise in price of essential commodities at a time when the Centre has already undertaken steps to check the price rise.
- Bjp Lambasts Govt On Farmers’ Suicides (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2006)
The BJP today alleged that there was "absolute incoherence" at the highest levels of the Congress-led UPA government and its failure to address the issues relating to cotton growers in the Vidarbha region was glaring.
- 21st Century — The Age Of Charity (Hindu, Simon Jenkins, Jun 29, 2006)
The 19th century was the age of capitalism, the 20th the age of socialism. It seems that the 21st will be the age of charity.
- Voluntary Sale By Singur Farmers (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2006)
Multi-crop land and human settlements will not be disturbed, to the extent possible, while land is acquired for the Tata Motors project at Singur in Hooghly, Bengal industries minister Nirupam Sen said today.
- Address `Development Challenge' Of Wto Talks: Kamal Nath (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2006)
`Livelihood issues different from commercial ones'
Geneva Mini-Ministerial opens today
India wants reduction in farm subsidies
- Imperial Apologists Peddle Poisonous Fairytale (Hindu, Priyamvada Gopal, Jun 29, 2006)
Neocon ideologues are being given free rein by the media to rewrite the history of Britain's empire and whitewash its crimes.
A wilful ignorance of other people's cultures and histories encourages the notion that freedom is intrinsically Western
. . .
- Poor Pakistani Children Head To Sea For A Living (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2006)
A year in an Indian jail hasn't put 13-year-old Rasool Baksh off returning to Pakistan's Arabian sea coast and going back to sea.
- Reduce Government Spending (Daily Excelsior, Ramesh Kanitkar, Jun 29, 2006)
A founding father of modern political science and government, Edmund Burke, in one of his many treatises has written that "too much of Government means the minimum of liberty" for citizens, which is bad for a healthy growth of democracy.
- 20 Per Cent Tax For Air-Conditioners (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2006)
Finance Minister T.M. Thomas Isaac announced an increase in the value-added tax for air-conditioners in the Assembly on Wednesday.
- Mapping India From The Sky (Daily Excelsior, G V Joshi, Jun 29, 2006)
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), launched Cartosat-1 weighing 1,560 kg to its polar orbit in space 600 km above the earth from the newly built second launch pad at Sriharikota using the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) in 2005.
- Assembly Speaker Criticises Government On Performance . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2006)
Chief Secretary, other officials are taking the House for granted, says Krishna
The Speaker was told that departments had failed to provide reports to members
In the absence of the reports, members are unable to discuss issues
Officials' . . .
- Extend Low-Interest Loans To Handloom Weavers, Says . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2006)
Chidambaram, Vaghela asked to look into the issue of debt relief for handloom cooperatives
Loans taken by handloom cooperatives to be either rescheduled or recapitalised
"Promote handlooms as a high-value niche product in global textiles market"
- Rs.521-Crore Scheme For Wayanad Submitted To Centre (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2006)
The State Government has submitted a Rs.521-crore scheme to the Union Government for assistance to revive the crisis-ridden farm sector of Wayanad district.
- Pawar To Accompany Prime Minister To Vidarbha (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , Jun 29, 2006)
A new rehabilitation package for distressed farmers in suicide-prone districts being finalised
- Nabard Urges Banks To Increase Term Loan To Agricultural Sector (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2006)
Rs.1,876 crore disbursed as credit in Shimoga district under the credit plan for 2005-06
- Stage Set For Price Hike War Within Congress (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2006)
The Congress may have persuaded a sulking Sharad Pawar to accompany Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his visit to Vidharbha.
- Reliance Reminder (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 29, 2006)
For all those politicians and academics opposed to allowing foreign direct investment in the retail sector, Mukesh Ambani’s announcement on Wednesday should come as another wake-up call.
- India Infoline: Up On Value Pick (Business Line, Rajesh Abraham, Jun 29, 2006)
Shares of broking outfit India Infoline moved up over 13 per cent on Wednesday on accumulation by some operators, dealers said.
- Fuelling The Retail Boom (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 29, 2006)
India is in the midst of a retail boom.
- Mukesh’S Grand Vision: Implementation The Key (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 29, 2006)
In the course of his speech at the Reliance AGM, RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani often sounded like a politician, albeit of the visionary variety — unselfconsciously linking RIL’s future to that of India and promising to inaugurate an era of rural . . .
- Add Strength To Tenders (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 29, 2006)
"Sealed tenders are invited from Chartered Accountants with three years of auditing experience in autonomous institutions and who are empanelled with the Comptroller & Auditor General of India, for conducting internal audit of the accounts of MANAGE . . .
- Financial Terrors In Dark Databases (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 29, 2006)
The latest issue of AccountingWeb's `Weekly Business Bite' includes a link to an item headlined, `Terrorist Finance Tracking Programme Disclosed.'
- Decline Of Welfare State (News International, Simon Jenkins, Jun 29, 2006)
When the world's second-richest man gives most of his money to the world's richest man we do well to count our spoons.
- Right Dose (The Financial Express, Niraj Bhatt, Jun 29, 2006)
Pfizer has seen its operating profit (including service income) improve by 34.7 per cent y-o-y to Rs 42.64 crore for the quarter ended May 2006, on a 21.1 per cent growth in operating income to Rs 172.88 crore.
- Vs: No Clout, And An Identity Crisis (Indian Express, RAJEEV P I, Jun 28, 2006)
It's a question that would beg for an answer soon in Kerala:
- Tribe Against Tribe, Village Against Village (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 28, 2006)
The landscape of Bastar is gorgeous.
- Ril Floats Arm For Retail Foray (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
A new company called Reliance Retail Ltd, to be fully owned by the parent company RIL with a capital of Rs 10,000 crore would spearhead this revolution.
- The Larger Vision (Tribune, B.G. Verghese for and Sanjay Sangvai , Jun 28, 2006)
The Sardar Sarovar dam is a reality. The Supreme Court will on July10 hear from the Prime Minister the findings of the NSS-assisted Shunglu committee on the progress of R&R in the 111-112 metre reach currently under construction.
- Reliance To Invest Rs 25,000 Cr In Retail (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
India’s largest corporate, Reliance Industries Ltd, said it would invest Rs 25,000 crore over the coming years and employ close to half a million Indians in a new push into the growing retail sector.
- Has Sonia Stolen A March On Pm With Rajasthan Trip? (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
If PM Manmohan Singh was looking to a forthcoming visit to rural eastern Maharashtra to underline his concern over agrarian distress and don "rural" colours, he may well have been upstaged by Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who has gone on a visit . . .
- Reliance Unveils Retail Plan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
A new 100 p.c. owned company Reliance Retail Ltd. will be floated
- Don’T Do It, Pm! (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 28, 2006)
The Musharraf regime gets a lot of flak on many issues. But we must credit it for two things: a relatively free press and a lively oversight-environment in the standing committees of parliament.
- A New Approach To Planning (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 28, 2006)
Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia's move to first evolve a consensus among the States on the approach paper to the Eleventh Five Year Plan, before taking it to the National Development Council (NDC), marks a refreshing . . .
- How Mumbai Came To Discover Vidharbha (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Jun 28, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's upcoming visit to Vidharbha has had an impact even before he's reached the place. It would, however, be a limited and transient impact if he does not see through the charade.
- Vijaya Bank Organises `Adalat' For Borrowers (Hindu, CORPORATE BUREAU, Jun 28, 2006)
The Regional Office of the Vijaya Bank organised "Vijaya Adalat" here on Tuesday to dispose of long-pending cases of non-recovery of loan by offering the benefit of the one-time settlement with certain concessions.
- Documents On Arkavathy Layout Can Be Placed In Assembly, . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
Only 14,000 sites can be allotted owing to controversy, House told
Politicians and officials pressured the Government to denotify their land: Roshan Baig
Farmers have not been compensated for land acquired: Vatal
- On Sonia’S Advice, Pm Becomes More Accessible (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Jun 28, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has taken serious note of Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s repeated suggestion that there should be greater coordination and interaction between the party and the government.
- National Parks: Ecologies In Collision (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 28, 2006)
The urgency of saving the wildernesses of the Western Ghats from death cannot be overemphasised: we are running out of time.
- Govt Borrowing To Remain The Same: Finmin (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
The Government said the overall size of borrowing for this fiscal would remain intact at Rs 1,52,856 crore and it had advanced part of its planned borrowing by raising the size of bonds auction by Rs 4,000 crore on June 22.
- Rs. 400 Crore Farm Loans Waived In Villupuram District (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
Ponmudi issues "no due certificates" to farmers
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