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Articles 4321 through 4420 of 10500:
- Us Presses Assault On Iraqi Guerrillas (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
US-led forces on Friday pressed on with a highly publicised offensive against suspected guerrilla targets near the northern Iraqi town of Samarra in their latest bid to weaken a raging insurgency.
- Haryana Government Presents A Deficit Budget (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
ALL that remains, now the dead are cremated and the television cameras have begun to disappear, are the detritus of the terror: the fragments of metal and chemical residue laid out on forensic analysts' tables in New Delhi; the video images of the bomber
- Industry Hopeful Of Uniform Tax, Better Infrastructure (Deccan Herald, R Krishnakumar, Mar 18, 2006)
Finance Minister B S Yediyurappa, all through the run-up to his maiden budget presentation on March 20, has maintained that the budget would be pro-people, with a focus on agriculture and infrastructure.
- India, China Plan To Float Ceos Forum (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
India and China, on Thursday, decided to set up up a CEOs (Chief Executive Officers) Forum in order to facilitate in-depth exchanges between the two countries at the business levels.
- India Calls For Joint Efforts To Promote Energy Security (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Mar 18, 2006)
G8 ministers for equitable access of all countries to energy resources
- Government Committed To State's Development, Says Kumaraswamy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
`Plan worked out for improving infrastructure in Bangalore'
- Women Panchayat Presidents Gear Up For Local Body Polls (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
At a State-level convention, they pledge to protect women's rights
They decide to improve public distribution system and balwadis in their villages
Pledge to help Dalits take possession of panchami land and function as centres of information and know
- State Ncp To Go It Alone In Assembly Polls (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
Pondicherry: President of the Tamil Nadu unit of the Nationalist Congress party (NCP) G. P. Sarathy said the party would go it alone in the coming Assembly polls to Pondicherry and Tamil Nadu.
- Fm Should Aim At Equitable Growth (Tribune, Janak Raj Gupta, Mar 18, 2006)
The Union Budget for 2006-07 presents a remarkable continuity of economic policies initiated in 1991 with all attendant risks and opportunities.
- A Soft Budget (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 18, 2006)
Haryana farmer is the gainer
- India Takes Proactive Steps To Contain Bird Flu (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
The Indian government has launched proactive steps to contain the spread of bird flu in 38 districts in Maharashtra after four villages in the state reported fresh avian flu cases this week, even as there were fears of the disease breaking out in . . .
- Rs 25 Lakh Fund For Mlas Withdrawn (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
The Punjab Finance Minister, Mr Surinder Singla, today withdrew the provision of Rs 25 lakh made in the state Budget for each MLA for the development of critical infrastructure in his or her constituency on the pattern of Member of . . .
- International Flower Show Begins In Hosur (Hindu, S. Prasad, Mar 17, 2006)
75 new varieties of roses raised in this region are on display
Breeders from Israel, Kenya, France, Holland, Italy, Spain, Columbia and Australia are participating
All varieties displayed have a high potential in the world markets
Pesticide manufact
- China In Spring Flu Fear (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
China faces an uphill struggle to contain bird flu ahead of an expected spike in infections during spring, hampered by surveillance problems, ignorance and the country’s sheer size, health and government officials said.
- Unequal Partners (Frontline, R. Ramaseshan, Mar 17, 2006)
Many elements in the initiatives in the areas of agriculture and economic cooperation can be harmful to the national interest.
- The Bear Hug (Frontline, John Hepburn, Mar 17, 2006)
The visit of George Bush was marked by huge protest rallies against him and his administration's hegemonic designs.
- Villages For Sale In Vidarbha (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
'Kidney Sale Centre," proclaims a banner sprawled across a ramshackle bamboo tent at Shingnapur village in Amravati district of Maharashtra. The farmers here are threatening to sell their kidneys. "We have invited the Prime Minister and the . . .
- Land Records: E-Governance At Work, Successfully (The Financial Express, S SADAGOPAN, Mar 17, 2006)
A lot of attention has been paid to the computerisation of land records across the country.
- Widening The Door (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Mar 17, 2006)
Another reminder for opening FDI in retail
- Nuclear Power For India Is Good For Us All (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
If the deal to supply India with nuclear technologies goes through, future generations may remember it for quite different reasons than the debate over nuclear proliferation.
- India And China Agree To Study Regional Trade Agreement (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
Bilateral trade to touch $50 b by 2010; investment protection pact proposed
- Bjp-Jds Coalition Govt Unveils Cmp (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
Six weeks after assuming office, the BJP-JDS coalition government today unveiled its Common Minimum Programme, pledging to remove poverty, initiate steps to better the lives of farmers and build on the 'Bangalore Brand' to make the city a . . .
- Short On Substance (Frontline, Editorial, Frontline, Mar 16, 2006)
The Budget is mired in neoliberal orthodoxy. The commitments represent little more than lip-service to the NCMP.
- Nuclear Deal At What Price? (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Mar 16, 2006)
The Manmohan-Bush `understanding' on implementing the July nuclear deal leaves many questions unanswered about the `hidden' costs.
- Development Is The Target, Says Kumaraswamy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
Coalition partners release Common Minimum Programme
CMP incorporates elements of `Vision Karnataka' document
It lays emphasis on the agricultural sector
Six-member coordination committee formed
- Implementing The Rural Job Plan (Deccan Herald, TRILOCHAN SASTRY, Mar 16, 2006)
The modalities to implement the government employment initiative are critical
- Aiadmk Silent On Mullai Periyar Dam (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
If election is the time to spur political parties into responding, the Tamil Nadu government is looking the other way in the Mullai Periyar Dam issue which is quickly spiralling into yet another emotive inter-state water dispute between . . .
- Reaping Post-Quota Benefits (The Economic Times, N A KHAN, Mar 16, 2006)
The multi-fibre arrangement (MFA), which governed global trade in textiles and clothing since 1974, came to an end in December 2004.
- Move For Online Trading In Agricultural Produce (Hindu, Ravi Reddy, Mar 16, 2006)
Screen-based spot trading platform for farm market committees
- Look To Helpline, Land In Jail (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Mar 16, 2006)
Those turning to the Government `helpline' in Mahbubnagar, Andhra Pradesh, learn the hard way what happens when the little farmer of the countryside runs into the large apparatus of the state.
- Crying Out For Water (Hindu, John Vidal, Mar 16, 2006)
largest metropolis, with more than 20 million people, is sinking. Mexico City is built on an ancient lake that has been drained of water, and now the underground aquifers are collapsing
- More Promises Rain On B'lore (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
The chief minister announced that his government would make known its stance on Bangalore City administration – whether to go in for the Greater Bangalore model or adopt some other approach – within a few days. A mass rapid transport system, . . .
- In Search Of Energy Security (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 16, 2006)
Close on the heels of a Memorandum of Understanding with Myanmar, India has signed an MoU with Mauritius to explore for hydrocarbons off the island nation's coast.
- Fresh Outbreak Of Bird Flu Reported In Maharashtra (Hindustan Times, Sanchita Sharma, Mar 16, 2006)
Bird flu has struck chicken in four new villages in Jalgaon district of Maharashtra, about 140 km away from Navapur, which was declared free of bird flu just two weeks ago.
- Pil Against Kmf Admitted (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday admitted a public interest litigation filed by former minister H Vishwanath alleging that land acquired for setting up mother diary by the Karnataka Milk Federation has been misused for other purposes.
- Bjp-Jds Coalition Govt Unveils Common Minimum Programme (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
Six weeks after assuming office, the BJP-JDS coalition government today unveiled its Common Minimum Programme, pledging to remove poverty, initiate steps to better the lives of farmers and build on the 'Bangalore Brand' to make the city a . . .
- Nepal King Ignores Stir As Public Woes Mount (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
People’s woes started mounting as the indefinite blockade of Kathmandu valley and key cities reached its second day with passengers left stranded, farmers unable to send their produce to markets and the sick prevented from reaching hospitals
- Fresh Food-Processing Policy To Be Unveiled Soon (Hindu, Nagesh Prabhu , Mar 15, 2006)
Emphasis to be on providing infrastructure and marketing avenues Policy to be in tune with development agenda outlined by President Kalam
Refrigerated transport, cold storages and residue analysis laboratories envisaged
Private sector participation to
- Wild Elephant Electrocuted In Sivagiri Forest Range (Hindu, P. P. S. Gill, Mar 15, 2006)
It came into contact with an illegal electric fence put up some farmers
Carcass burnt without intimating authorities
Two farm labourers held
Hunt on for landowner
- Cases Of Bird Flu Detected In Jalgaon, No Human Case (Times Union, CR Jayachandran, Mar 15, 2006)
Bird flu that struck India about a month ago in Navapur in Nandoorbag has now been detected in neighbouring Jalgaon district in Maharashtra with government considering culling of 75,000 birds in four affected villages to prevent its spread.
- Free The Fertiliser Market (The Financial Express, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Mar 15, 2006)
The chemicals and fertiliser ministry’s reported move to seek the Prime Minister’s intervention for a hike in fertiliser subsidy outlay for the current fiscal and the next tackles the symptom, not the cause . . .
- Budget Lays The Foundation For Building Castles (Business Standard, Alok Ray, Mar 15, 2006)
It is good to think ambitiously so long as the ground is laid for achieving the objectives. Budget 2006 goes quite a way in doing just that for the country to achieve 10 per cent growth, says ALOK RAY.
- Once A Pest, India Vultures Now Face Extinction (International Herald Tribune, Amelia Gentleman, Mar 15, 2006)
Until recently, the vulture was an integral part of the Indian landscape. Vultures were so abundant that ornithologists never even thought to monitor their population.
- Fresh Outbreak Of Bird Flu Reported In Maharashtra (Hindustan Times, Sanchita Sharma, Mar 15, 2006)
Bird flu has struck chicken in four new villages in Jalgaon district of Maharashtra, about 140 km away from Navapur, which was declared free of bird flu just two weeks ago.
- Kalam Visits Apravasi Ghat (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Mar 14, 2006)
President A.P.J. Kalam on Monday re-visited the shared colonial past of India and Mauritius at the Apravasi ghat (immigrant depot) where over four lakh Indians had landed between the mid 18th and early 19th centuries to work as labourers on . . .
- Water Worries (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 14, 2006)
Quality and quantity declining
- New Industrial Policy Soon (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2006)
The Karnataka Government is planning to come out with a new five-year industrial policy in April as earlier policy would end on March 31 this year.
- Groundwater Isn’T Where It Should Be (Deccan Herald, JAYALAKSHMI K, Mar 14, 2006)
Who knows, for as we keep drilling, instead of water, some of us may well end up with oil in our backyard. If you can’t have bread, then eat cake!
- No More Fresh Taxes, Says Chidambaram (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2006)
“Nothing should be done to hinder the booming investment climate…. We will keep the tax rates stable and moderate,” he said replying to a discussion on the General Budget 2006-07 in the Rajya Sabha.
- A Good Monsoon? (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Mar 14, 2006)
The projection of a normal monsoon this year is a reassuring augury for the country’s economy as it looks ahead to a new financial year and continuation of rapid growth.
- Economy On Growth Path: Chidambaram (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2006)
State Governments urged to spend funds from day one
If States spend the funds the people will have more money: Chidambaram
Ministries not spending 66 per cent of allocation in the first nine months to be penalised
Rich spared, middle-class squeezed
- `Sensitive' List Being Finalised For Free Trade Agreement With Asean (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2006)
FTA scheduled for implementation from January 1, 2007
Sensitive list one of the major hurdles
UNCTAD identifies 583 items
- Jd(s)-Bjp Coalition Plans A Populist Cmp (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Mar 14, 2006)
Vision Karnataka' outlined by the President included in it
CMP scheduled for release on Wednesday
Implementation of CMP to cost not less than Rs. 1,000 crores a year
- Bird Flu Scare In Hyderabad (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2006)
Pakistan is investigating a possible second outbreak of bird flu after poultry farmers threw around 2,000 chicken carcasses on a dumping ground, officials said on Monday.
- Bush In South Asia — Raising A Political Storm (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Mar 14, 2006)
As the US President moved from Afghanistan to India and then Pakistan, he raised political storm clouds. If India was obsessed with the nuclear deal, Pakistan wanted similar treatment and Afghanistan worried about the . . .
- Seeds Of E-Agriculture (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 14, 2006)
The country's inherent IT strengths should be leveraged to address the problems of the agriculture sector.
- Waiting For The Click (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Mar 14, 2006)
Doha round will be fruitful if the world perseveres
- Deliver On Doha (The Financial Express, Sachin Chaturvedi, Mar 14, 2006)
The failure of the G-6 meeting of select WTO members in London is yet another forceful reminder of the fact that the mini-ministerials would not serve any purpose till members agree to meet their obligations at the negotiating table.
- History Moves Kalam No Less Than Science (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2006)
History moves President APJ Abdul Kalam no less than science.
- Govt For Stable Tax Rates (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2006)
Taxing industry more will hit investment: Chidambaram
Looking ahead
Centre's revenues expected to increase by Rs 55,000 crore.
Taxing of farm income outside purview of Parliament.
Farmers to get loans at seven per cent interest.
- Our Opportunity With India (Washington Post, Condoleezza Rice, Mar 13, 2006)
The week before last President Bush concluded a historic agreement on civilian nuclear cooperation with India, a rising democratic power in a dynamic Asia.
- Job-Eating Potential (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Mar 13, 2006)
The Congress won the last election on the platform of the common man. Finance Minister P Chidambaram wants to deliver on the promise.
- Revamp Co-Op Sector: Chidambaram (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
The co-operative credit structure has collapsed and has to be revamped completely, Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram said.
- Trade Powers Fail To Remove Obstacles To Wto Deal (Reuters, Richard Waddington, Mar 13, 2006)
Six of the world's top trading powers made little headway on Saturday in removing long-standing hurdles to a global trade deal, but reaffirmed a commitment to conclude a key part of the pact by the end of April.
- Cellular Telephony In Rural India (Daily Excelsior, Arvinder Kaur, Mar 13, 2006)
The cellular telephony in rural India is in for a big leap, with the finance minister announcing that the Telegraph Act will be amended to extend financial support to infrastructure for cellular telephony in rural areas. At present, the Act only provides
- Once A Wetland, Now A Desert (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 13, 2006)
The delta of the great Colorado River — where once it swept into the Gulf of California — used to be the most wonder-filled wetland in the whole North American continent.
- Experts For Restructuring Plant Breeding Programme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
People would require 325 million tons of foodgrains by 2025'
With the present plant breeding programme, it may be difficult for India to meet its food grains requirement, which is expected to grow to 325 million tonnes by 2025.
- Indian Maoists Claim Government Backs Civilian Paramilitaries (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
Indian Maoists who killed 28 people last month in a landmine blast said on Sunday the victims were government-backed paramilitaries and not civilians.
- Corruption Can Survive E-Governance (Deccan Herald, Narayana A, Mar 13, 2006)
The Revenue department in Karnataka needs reforms. A minister receiving complaints on his mobile will not end corruption
- Musharraf Blasts ‘Anti-Democracy’ Baloch Tribal Chiefs (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 12, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has said that only a handful of "anti-development and anti-democracy" tribal chiefs are creating a law and order situation in Balochistan.
- Crackdown On Ira’S Hidden Wealth (Statesman, David McKittrick, Mar 11, 2006)
Police on both sides of the Irish border have stepped up their pursuit of IRA money and assets with a largescale search and seizure operation centred on the South Armagh area.
- Prison Diary (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 11, 2006)
As George Bush vacationed in the subcontinent pontificating on how to contain terror and Iran, his self-appointed role as an international cop has been reaffirmed with Amnesty International’s latest report on Abu Gharib prison and the . . .
- The Budget's Three-Way Fit (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 11, 2006)
While economic growth and tax revenues have moved in the same direction, government expenditure has gone the opposite way.
- Farm Extension, Key To Second Green Revolution (Business Line, S. Kumarasamy, Mar 11, 2006)
With increasing population and declining per capita land available for agriculture, the future looks bleak. Unless the second Green Revolution is ushered in soon, it will be difficult to sustain the burgeoning . . .
- Farm Sops To Continue: Chidambaram (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
Govt working out ways to provide fertiliser subsidies directly to farmers.
- Nepali Families Fight Poverty With Condoms, Pills (Reuters, Gopal Sharma, Mar 11, 2006)
One of the biggest-selling items in the tiny chemists in the rebel-held Nepali hill town of Tila are condoms -- several hundred a month for a total population of just 2,000.
- Deadly Bird Flu Not (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
The H5N1 avian flu virus has not yet made its way to North America, although many experts believe it will, US government researchers said.
- Budget Ignores Farm Realities (Tribune, Sukhjit Singh Sandhu, Mar 11, 2006)
The Union Budget for 2006-07 has turned out to be another damp squib for the agriculture sector. What the government has omitted in the Budget is far more significant than the small mercies it has purported to bestow.
- Around The World In 180 Days (The Week, Dnyanesh Jathar, Mar 11, 2006)
Did the Maharashtra government overlook a bird flu warning around three months ago? So it seems. On November 14 last year, Dr Swati Piramal, chairperson of Confederation of Indian Industry’s national committee on biotechnology, cautioned that . . .
- Finance Minister’S Plan: Overtake China In Manufacturing Sector (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
Drawing a positive outlook of the economy, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram told the Lok Sabha on Friday that none of the subsidies in key areas would be reduced and the government was aiming for leadership in a dozen areas of the manufacturing sector.
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