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Articles 2921 through 3020 of 10500:
- Pm Rules Out Rupee Devaluation (Dawn, Raja Asghar, Jun 16, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz told the National Assembly on Thursday that there would be no compromise on national defence and ruled out rupee devaluation as the government came out strongly to defend the new federal budget against bitter opposition . . .
- Why Deve Gowda Is Bad For Bangalore (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Bangaloreans must banish H D Deve Gowda if they wish to see any developmental works come to fruition.
- Tarbela Calling: Eight Days Of Water Left! (News International, Khalid Mustafa, Jun 16, 2006)
Pakistan is staring at another setback with massive cut in water supplies. Only eight days supply of water is left in the Tarbela dam, The News learnt on Thursday.
- Punjab Budget (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 16, 2006)
Punjab Finance Minister Hasnain Bahadur Dareshak presented a Rs274 billion surplus and ostensibly tax-free budget (meaning that there are no new taxes) for 2006-07 in the Punjab Assembly on Wednesday.
- India And Free Trade In Asia (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Jun 16, 2006)
Why should consumers pay higher prices for tea, spices and rubber? Is it not time to treat agriculture like the industrial sector, to help it become globally competitive?
- Vat Panel Puts Fuel-Price Ball In Centre Court (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Quibbling between the Centre and the states on who should provide more relief to consumers on fuel prices intensified.
- Call To Implement Kalasa-Banduri Nala Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Chief Minister should take an all-party delegation to the Prime Minister, says Basavaraj Bommai
The project will solve drinking water problem in taluks of Dharwad, Belgaum, Gadag and Bagalkot
Goa has delayed the execution of the project, says MLC
- Dindigul Gets Rs.1.57 Cr. For Development Schemes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Meant for the welfare of Adi Dravidars, especially self-help groups
- 'Illegal Workforce Is Important In Us' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 16, 2006)
David Randolph is Border Coordination Officer, Arizona-Mexico Commission, an organisation attached to the government of Arizona. Arizona's population of illegal migrants, at six million,accounts for half the estimated population of undocumented . . .
- Nice All Set To Open Road, Govt Says It Can’T (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Even as the promoters of the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Project were firm on inaugurating a stretch of the peripheral road on Friday, the State government shot off a letter on Thursday asking them to desist from opening the stretch . . .
- Behind Mirrored Images (Hindu, BAGESHREE S. , Jun 16, 2006)
Some interesting reads in Kannada
- Sensex’S Biggest Single Day Gain, Closes Above 9k (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
BSE Sensex on Thursday surged to 9545.06 points on active bargain hunting by investors, recording biggest-ever single-day gain of 616 points compared to the previous close of 8929.44.
- Food Safety Management System (Daily Excelsior, L.C. Ponnumon, Jun 15, 2006)
Food reaches consumers via supply chains that may link different types of organizations and that may stretch across multiple borders. One weak link can result in unsafe food that is dangerous to health.
- Too Old To Bat (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 15, 2006)
Purge India’s sclerotic gerontocracy
No major country in the world is as gerontocratic, or as sclerotic in its politics, as we are in India.
- 8.5 P.C. Growth Target Set For 11th Plan (Hindu, Sushma Ramchandran, Jun 15, 2006)
Approach paper sent to Chief Ministers, all Union Ministers before the NDC meeting
Growth path ``feasible but not inevitable''
Focus on agriculture, social sector and manufacturing
NDC likely to meet in August
- Maharashtra Cuts Vat On Petrol, Diesel (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Revenue of State will not be affected, says Deshmukh
Reduction of 80 paise and 30 paise in petrol and diesel prices
Demand for diesel would fall by three per cent
- Jakhar Warns Sonia Against Wheat Import (Tribune, Manoj Kumar, Jun 15, 2006)
The Bharat Krishak Samaj (BKS), headed by Governor of Madhya Pradesh Balram Jakhar, in a letter to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, has alleged that the UPA government had placed an order of 5 lakh tonnes of wheat with the scam-tainted AWB Ltd of . . .
- Q&a: 'Illegal Workforce Is Important In Us' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 15, 2006)
David Randolph is Border Coordination Officer, Arizona-Mexico Commission, an organisation attached to the government of Arizona. Arizona's population of illegal migrants, at six million,accounts for half the estimated population of undocumented . . .
- Rs 274b Punjab Budget (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Rs 100b for development
* Rs 10b inflation allowance for govt employees
* Opp slams Elahi, boycotts budget speech
- Embarrassment For Karnataka Government (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Even as differences surfaced between the ruling BJP-Janata Dal (Secular) coalition partners on the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) project, the Karnataka Government suffered a loss of face after a Rs 5 lakh cheque issued to the . . .
- Left Leaders To Meet Their Upa Counterparts Tomorrow (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
After presenting a virtual chargesheet against the government on its performance so far, top Left leaders would meet their UPA counterparts here tomorrow and focus on implementation of 'pro-people' policies and promises made in the Common Minimum . . .
- Rs 274b Punjab Tax Free, Surplus Budget (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Punjab government Wednesday presented Rs 274 billion tax free budget for the financial year 2006-07, which sets a revenue target of Rs 191 billion, with a revenue surplus of Rs 82 billion. The budget carrying Rs 82 billion surplus revenue carries . . .
- Plan Targets China, Korea Growth Path (Indian Express, Kandula Subramaniam, Jun 15, 2006)
Approach Paper for inclusive growth, sets 9.5% target for last years
- Towards Asian Common Market (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Jun 15, 2006)
The joke doing the rounds in South Block now is that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is ever so keen to visit Pakistan because he finds it easier to deal with General Musharraf than his Cabinet colleagues.
- Protest Continues, Bmic, Govt Keep Safe Distance (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
The farmers’ agitation against the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor entered its third day on Tuesday at Hemmigepura in Talaghattapura police station limits.
- Ysr Hails Crisil Rating For Power Utilities (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy on Tuesday hailed the CRISIL rating of State power utilities as `vindication' of his `path-breaking' initiative of providing free power to the agriculture sector as an input subsidy.
- Bjp To Intensify Stir Against Price Hike (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
The BJP today said that the party along with its NDA allies is going to intensify its agitation on the fuel price hike issue and condemned the Centre's proposed move to increase PDS grain prices along with a cut down in the quantum of grains being . . .
- Petrol Cheaper By 67 P, Diesel 21 P In Haryana (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
The Haryana Government will not charge value added tax (VAT) on the element of increase in the prices of petrol and diesel. This was decided at a meeting of the state Cabinet, which met under the chairmanship of the Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder . . .
- Coalition Partners' Stand On Bmic Project Drives Government To . . . (Hindu, K.N. Venkatasubba Rao , Jun 14, 2006)
Cabinet skips discussion on project; BJP, Janata Dal (S) Ministers hold separate meetings
Cabinet meeting scheduled for 4 p.m. was held at 8.30 p.m.
Kumaraswamy, Yediyurappa tight-lipped about discussions at meeting
- Hike In Prices Of Pds Foodgrain On The Anvil: Bjp (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
After castigating the Centre over its “failure” to check recurring fuel price hikes, BJP today fired another salvo at the ruling UPA over its “decision” to increase issue price of food grains distributed through the public distribution system . . .
- Coalition Government In Crisis; Differences Crop Up Over Bmic (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Jun 14, 2006)
Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister attempt to save Government
- Nabard To Invest 2,000 Crore In Bihar To Boost Its Economy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Chairman appreciates changes in the state's economic scenario
80,000 Aganwadi Centres to be opened in the State
`Target to raise Bihar's ranking in terms of investment by NABARD from 16th position at present to 6th in the next three years'
- Congress To Spend Rs.30 Crores On Campaign: Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Party to complain to EC on 'violation of code' by Congress
CPI(M) flayed for tying up with the TDP even after describing its chief as World Bank agent
CPI(M)'s truck with the TDP aimed at gaining political power
- Development For All? (Deccan Herald, Alok Ray, Jun 14, 2006)
Development means people graduating from lower paid jobs to higher-valued jobs over time
- Record Allocation For Development: No New Tax In Punjab (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
The Punjab government will lay before the provincial assembly its revenue budget of Rs274 billion — indicating a current expenditure of Rs191 billion and carrying a surplus of Rs83 billion — for the fiscal year 2006-07 on Wednesday.
- Nwfp Spent Only 38.7pc Of Adp In Nine Months: Foreign-Funded Plans Affected (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
The NWFP government is set to miss the Rs21 billion development expenditure target under its 2005-06 annual development programme as its spending stood slightly over Rs8.1 billion, 38.7 per cent of the total size of the ADP, at the close of first . . .
- People Participation In Agricultural Development (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 14, 2006)
This fact has been proven time and again that the success of any agricultural development programme depends to a large extent on the intended beneficiaries.
- Inflationary Discomfort (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 14, 2006)
If any evidence of inflation concerns was needed, the RBI provided it by raising the repo and reverse repo rates.
- Picking Up The Resettlement Gauntlet (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Jun 14, 2006)
Mr Raghuvansh Prasad Singh will need to be wary in drafting the Bill on the issue of resettlement of project-affected people.
By planning to bring before Parliament a Bill on the resettlement of people displaced by land acquisitions for various . . .
- World Cup Unity In West Bank (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 14, 2006)
It is about the only issue Israelis and Palestinians can agree upon. The TV subscription rates to watch the football World Cup are too high.
- Crisis Blows Over As Coalition Government Defers Discussion . . . (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Jun 14, 2006)
Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister and others spend four hours on Tuesday trying to save the Government
The partners are not seeing eye-to-eye on the issue
Cabinet meeting commences five hours late
- Jd(s), Bjp Spar Over Mysore Corridor Project (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Differences appear to have cropped up between ruling alliance partners JD(S) and BJP over the proposed legislation on the Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC).
- In Its Own Mess (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 14, 2006)
While an increase in global crude oil prices should be transmitted in the form of increases in domestic petroleum product prices, the Centre has itself to blame for the economic and political mess it has got into.
- Bharat Inc. (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 14, 2006)
The results of the Fifth Economic Census, by far the most reliable count of enterprises and economic activity in the country, have only underscored the trend thrown up by the latest growth data released recently.
- Tnpl Pulpwood Consumption To Go Up To 3.50 Lakh Tonnes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
After implementation of Rs. 556-crore mill development plan
Company to intensify implementation of Farm Forestry and Captive Plantation Schemes
The schemes, being implemented in nine districts, will be extended to six more
NGOs, progressive . . .
- Tourism Minister Inspects Farmers' Market (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
Tourism Minister N.Suresh Rajan and Collector Sunil Paliwal inspected the functioning of farmer's market at Vadaserry on Monday.
- Choice Is Clear (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 13, 2006)
Kumaraswamy's way, or highway----It is typical of the infuriating ironies of Indian politics that the Golden Quadrilateral, the highway development programme that is contemporary India's showpiece infrastructure project, has swiftly seen a change . . .
- Kumaraswamy Ready For Debate With Nice On Bmic Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
Company accused of unleashing a hate campaign against Government
Chief Minister says...
I am ready to surrender my land if it falls in BMIC project area
My Government will allow the project according to the original agreement
- "Harness Atomic Energy For Food Security" (Hindu, T.S. Subramanian, Jun 13, 2006)
Swaminathan's call at BARC golden jubilee
- The Wrong Aroma (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 13, 2006)
The commerce ministry’s move to notify “Super Basmati” (developed originally in Pakistan) as an approved Indian variety of Basmati for export may have gone down well with exporters, who sense a new trade opportunity, but it is fraught with certain . . .
- Free To Profit (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 13, 2006)
Whether it is industry or agriculture, the only way to run it profitably is on sound business principles.
- Outright Dishonesty (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 13, 2006)
In the politics of petrol, reason has no place. The circumstances in which the Manmohan Singh government increased the price of petrol by Rs 4 and diesel by Rs 2 per litre are well known, the international price of crude oil having crossed the $70-mark.
- Russy’S Brother Baji (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 13, 2006)
There were two Parsis who made news, literally, in the Bombay where I spent my youth in the 1950s — Russy Karanjia and Dosabhai Karaka. Karanjia was editor of Blitz, a progressive, aggressive, raucous, sensation-loving weekly.
- Rediscovering India (Business Line, Sudhansu R. Das, Jun 13, 2006)
If Amitabh Bachchan drinks a tender coconut in a TV commercial, millions take to the nature's best cool drink. So also if Mahendra Singh Dhoni relishes a glass of buttermilk.
- Too Much At Stake (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 13, 2006)
Biotechnology is not merely a business proposal
- Land Acquisition Problems.. (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 13, 2006)
With the private sector setting up an increasing number of greenfield projects, infrastructure facilities and special economic zones (SEZs), it has become imperative for the Union government to come out with a comprehensive land acquisition policy . . .
- India-Japan Ties: More Hay To Make From The Rising Sun (Business Line, AJAY KHANNA, Jun 13, 2006)
Given India Inc's newfound confidence in its ability to compete globally, it can look at Japan as much as a market as a source of knowhow and finance. "Incredible India" is finding increasing resonance in Japan, too.
- International Call (Telegraph, Jyoti Malhotra, Jun 13, 2006)
While most ministers try to escape the Indian summer, a few have more important things on their plate, writes Jyoti Malhotra.
- Long On Promises, Short On Delivery: The Budget For 2006-07 (Dawn, Shahid Kardar, Jun 13, 2006)
The manner in which the budget speech in the National Assembly was delivered the other day, one was left wondering if it was connected with the budget for the year 2006-07 or an act of mocking at the performance of previous civilian governments with . . .
- Rs 1000 Crore Private Investments For Kerala Tourism (Indian Express, RAJEEV P I, Jun 13, 2006)
The Left government in Kerala has announced it is all set to draw private investment worth Rs 1,000 crore into its tourism sector within this year itself.
- Increase In Drug Trafficking (Daily Excelsior, SREEDHAR, Jun 13, 2006)
In the middle of the night on June 1, Rahul Mahajan, son of late Pramod Mahajan and one of his accomplices Vivek Moitra could procure narcotics for personal use in the national capital, surprised every one.
- Biography Of A Kathak Exponent (Hindu, JAYA RAMANATHAN, Jun 13, 2006)
A rare biography today that does not have the almost mandatory kicker "authorised biography". To narrate the story of a living persona cannot be easy; with the protagonist breathing down the writer's neck, the tome could well morph into a hagiography.
- Turnover Of Haryana Forests Corporation Goes Up (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
Felling, conversion of trees from forests are being checked
- Stars Rally To Save Farm (Hindu, Paul Harris, Jun 12, 2006)
The stereotype of the ecological protester, sitting up a tree and refusing to budge, has stringy hair, poor personal hygiene and colourful, ancient clothing. But in Los Angeles they might just be a glamorous movie star.
- Social Malaise That Needs Sensitive Coverage (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 12, 2006)
It was a reader who alerted me to a significant news report buried in one of the inside pages ("Agrarian crisis, wheat import discussed", May 19, 2006): over one lakh farmers committed suicide in the six years from 1998.
- Vidharbha: Slowing Down The Suicides (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Jun 12, 2006)
There are several immediate steps both the Centre and the Maharashtra Government could take to ease the situation in Vidharbha. These would not solve the long-term crisis, but would surely slow down the farm suicides that continue to rise.
- The Spiritual Quest Within Us All (The Economic Times, K VIJAYARAGHAVAN, Jun 12, 2006)
The Bible (Mathew – 4,4) reminds the seeking spirit, “Man shall not live by bread alone.” An ancient Sanskrit aphorism also points out that he alone lives, on whose account many others are also enabled to live, as contrasted to the crow, which merely . .
- Vat Breather For Fertilisers (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 12, 2006)
The Cabinet secretariat has proposed to categorise naphtha, fuel oil and LNG — key inputs for the fertiliser industry — as declared goods, and levy a flat 4% VAT on them.
- Hau Certification Made Must For Sale Of Bio-Products In Haryana (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
Sale of bio products in Haryana
- Search For The Elusive Simple Tax Return (Hindu, S. Rajaratnam, Jun 12, 2006)
Task made difficult as the form has to provide for the numerous requirements and artificial provisions of a complex law
The cash flow statement now proposed is poorly designed and will not serve the purpose of reconciling net increase in cash flow . . .
- China’S Westland (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
Before the highway arrived last year, threading a strip of black pavement across a moonscape of pale sand, this town in central Xinjiang province was among the lonelier places on earth.
- Land Of His Father (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 12, 2006)
Not even Congress and BJP national leaders have the guts to speak for urban regeneration
- Kuruvai Transplantation Going On In Full Swing In Cauvery Division (Hindu, K. Subramanian, Jun 12, 2006)
Efforts made to raise paddy crop on 34,000 hectares this year
Farmers in Vennar division awaiting Mettur water
Transplantation in Cauvery division to be over in a week
- Planning Punjab’S Future (Tribune, B S Thaur, Jun 12, 2006)
The Punjab government was on cloud nine a while ago. Big industrialists appeared, descending on the state.
- Muslims Demand Share In Politics, Jobs (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
"Reservation on basis of population"
Resolution to this effect passed at the Maharashtra Muslim Convention
Also demand reservation in the police, bureaucracy, local bodies and private institutions
- Jammu Lakes (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 12, 2006)
An article in this newspaper recently makes a thought-provoking reading. It refers to the fact that little has actually been achieved to suitably preserve a few lakes of the Jammu region.
- India, Bangladesh Troops Exchange Border Fire (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
gladesh accuses India of unprovoked attack
*India shot a Bangladeshi smuggler
- Setting Our House In Order (Frontline, Bhaskar Ghose, Jun 11, 2006)
The dynamism of India's parliamentary democracy is vitiated by the blatant misuse of institutions meant to preserve law and order.
- Food Fright (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 11, 2006)
Check distortions to improve grain supply
- Losing Security Over Agricultural Resources (Daily Excelsior, Satyendra Pratap Singh, Jun 11, 2006)
The seeds Act 2004, has not received much public attention, despite the impact it will have on the lives of 726 million Indian farmers and the billion Indians who consume what these farmers produce.
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