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Articles 721 through 820 of 22438:
- Golden State (Times of India, R Edwin Sudhir, Nov 02, 2006)
When Bangalore emerged as India's information technology capital, it was promptly dubbed the Silicon Valley of the country.
- India-Sri Lanka Forum To Discuss Economic Pact (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
The Joint Business Council likely to recommend an early partnership agreement
Sri Lanka is India's major trading partner in South Asia
Delegation going to Colombo to take part in JBC meeting
- Literacy: Gap Between Others, Obcs (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
It is lowest among Scheduled Castes, says NSSO report
Number of chronically unemployed highest in Others category in rural areas
Proportion of households sans a literate adult higher among SCs, STs
- Lula Bounces Back (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 02, 2006)
With the re-election of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as President of Brazil with about 60 per cent of the vote in his favour, it hardly seems to matter that he had to go through the inconvenience of a second round run-off.
- Bmp May Reintroduce Pay-And-Park System (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
Jairaj says he will implement government's instructions
Two packages likely to be offered to parking contractors
13 roads selected for re-introducing pay-and-park system
- Flowering In Chaman (Tribune, Shiela Gujral, Nov 02, 2006)
Beli ram and Kirpal Singh started a modest timber business in Jhelum. Beli Ram being senior in age and also semi-educated was the dominant figure in the firm.
- Vikasa Soudha Dream Remains Unfulfilled On Rajyotsava Day (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
Removal of saffron flag sparks tension in Ganpat Galli; 20 arrested
Minister Shashikant Naik flags off procession
Cultural programmes held at Ranga Mandir
- Infosys Names Brand Ambassadors (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
Salome Koruthu of All Saints' College and Rejini Sarah Philip of Mar Ivanios College have been selected brand ambassadors of Infosys.
- Importance Of Reading Newspapers Stressed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
College Day was celebrated at Sri Bharathi College of Education and Sri Subabharathi Teacher Training Institute for Women at Kaikurichi near Pudukottai recently.
- A Challenge Before Europe (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Nov 02, 2006)
The 27 member European Union, stretching from the shores of the Atlantic to the Baltic republics, encompasses a region where economic integration and a growing consensus on foreign and security challenges are replacing old animosities and prejudices.
- The Challenge Lies In Not Rejecting The Whole (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 02, 2006)
Women of all faiths, and of no faith, need to discuss and draw strength from each other
- Arts: It’S A Brand Too (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 02, 2006)
The changing concept of arts: the classical can be redefined to suit changing lifestyles.
- Though State Is Way Ahead It’S Uneven In Growth (Deccan Herald, Bala Chauhan, Nov 02, 2006)
While Karnataka is ahead of other states in development, technology, IT and BT, the growth among sectors and across regions have not been balanced
- Two Koreas Too Many (Indian Express, Ruchir Sharma, Nov 02, 2006)
There is a limit to how far a country can sustain a disconnect between economic and corporate performance
- Karunanidhi Urges Allies To Work With Government (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
"To achieve the aim of having Tamil in all spheres"
- Pm Takes A Dig At Left On Foreign Policy (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
Choosing Left-ruled Kerala to answer critics of his government’s foreign and economic policies, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said globalisation does not cause agrarian crisis.
- Europe Unites To Fight Jihad (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Nov 02, 2006)
The twenty-seven member European Union, stretching from the Atlantic to the Baltic Republics, encompasses a region where economic integration and a growing consensus on foreign and security challenges are replacing old animosities and prejudices.
- Khajipet Mandal Is Free From Child Labour, Says Information Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
3,700 child labourers enrolled in 35 bridge schools
4000 students admitted to schools under `Badibaata'
Ten more residential bridge schools on the anvil
- Ambala Medical Student Kidnapped In Bangalore (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
Two medical students including an Ambala-based doctor’s son were kidnapped in Bangalore.
- Upa’S Petrol Scam (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 02, 2006)
The lead story in the Organiser , ‘Profiteering in petrol’, slams the UPA government for not reducing the petrol prices despite the “steep fall” in the international crude oil price from an all time high of $79 per barrel on August 8, 2006, to below . . .
- Bush Wades Into Kerry’S Iraq Remark (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
Election Run Up: ‘If you don’t get education you get stuck in Iraq. Ask President Bush’
- Arbiters Of Morality (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Nov 02, 2006)
The French have long believed in themselves as one of the supreme arbiters of the moral history of humanity, as exercising a unique civilising mission on less fortunate parts of the world, and the ardour with which they cling to an exalted vision of . . .
- Traders’ Strike: Day 3 Sees Chaos And Violence (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
Day three of the traders’ strike started off on a violent note on Wednesday with protest rallies, road blockades and incidents of buses being stoned and windowpanes getting smashed in several parts of the Capital.
- No Standards Needed For Ix Schedule Insertion: Centre (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Nov 02, 2006)
Parliament can include any law without curbs
- Prime Minister For Political Consensus For Development (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
He hopes that `next century will be Kerala's century'
- Kerry Offers Apology; Cancels Appearances (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
issued two apologies for remarks that seemed to impugn U.S. troops and abandoned his public schedule yesterday, but he denounced what he called the "campaign of smear and fear" against him as the surreal sequel to the 2004 presidential election . . .
- Pricing The Pol Less Painfully (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Nov 02, 2006)
President Musharraf has stressed the need to facilitate the common man’s access to resources through broadening the economic opportunities.
- Valiant Translator Finishes Virgil Epic (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 02, 2006)
Robert Fagles, a retired professor of comparative literature at Princeton University, feels he has come to know the poet Virgil as well as anyone in history after spending ten years translating his epic The Aeneid.
- Capital’S Punishment (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 02, 2006)
It’s not everyday that we drag out a dead wag to illustrate the situation in the national capital.
- Some Data To Chew On (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 02, 2006)
The National sample Survey Organisation’s (NSSO) count of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) has confirmed two facts.
- Tut, Tut, Those Hedonists (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 02, 2006)
The ruins of a temple in Luxor in Egypt point to a discovery that could be the ultimate excuse for any teenager facing the music the day after a night out.
- Let The Tribals Speak For Themselves (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Nov 02, 2006)
The National Tribal Policy should be based on opening up tribal societies and giving their members the freedom to choose the lifestyle they would like to lead.
- Pm Joins Kerala Birthday Bash (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today laid the foundation stone for a new terminal and inaugurated Air India’s maintenance base unit for its new fleet of low-cost airline ~ Air India Express ~ to West Asia.
- Indian Army Acquiring More Land In Kashmir (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Nov 02, 2006)
The Indian Army is acquiring more land for cantonments and bases in Jammu and Kashmir amid calls for demilitarisation of the state to curb tensions and build trust.
- Wider Dimensions Of Security (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 02, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf hit the nail on the head when he told a seminar in Islamabad on Tuesday that national security depended on pursuing defence, foreign and domestic policies in line with the needs of the regional environment.
- Stubborn Afrikaner, Unabashed Defender Of Apartheid (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 02, 2006)
South Africa's last hard-line White President Pieter Willem Botha, who till his last day remained a "symbol of apartheid," died on October 31 at his home in the wilderness on the south coast. He was 90.
- Kerry Remarks Add Fuel To Intense Iraq Debate (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
Debate over the Iraq war reached a new level of intensity Tuesday, with Republicans accusing Senator John Kerry of insulting rank- and-file American troops and Kerry, a Massachusetts Democrat, lashing back at some of his tormentors as "assorted . . .
- Babble Of Babel (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Nov 02, 2006)
On golden jubilee of language-based states celebrate freedom of choice, not just diversity
- China Throws Open Its Doors To Africa (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Nov 02, 2006)
China is hosting the leaders of more than 40 African nations in Beijing from November 3 to 5. This underscores its attempts to increase economic and diplomatic clout with a continent often ignored by the rest of the world.
- Brain Drain Or Mutual Gain? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 02, 2006)
In an increasingly shrinking world, we need a more sophisticated understanding of the national-international dynamics at work, at the workplace.
- Training Teachers From Scratch (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 02, 2006)
Tibet, where the literacy rate was less than five per cent four decades ago, now has 890 primary schools and 1,568 teaching stations.
- Delhi’S At The Mercy Of The Mob (Indian Express, Inder Malhotra, Nov 02, 2006)
All those who had believed that the three-day Delhi bandh sponsored by the traders aggrieved by the Supreme Court-ordered sealing of illegal shops and commercial buildings would have their say peacefully, especially in view of the unanimous support . . .
- Kerry Quits Campaign After Iraq Gaffe Seized On By Rivals (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
John Kerry, the former Democratic presidential candidate, has been forced to apologise for a "botched joke" that has been ferociously seized on by Republicans desperate for an opening with which to attack their seemingly ascendant rivals just days . . .
- Market Boom Doubles Stt Collection (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
The boom in the stock market has made the Government coffers swell with Rs 2,556 crore in securities Transaction Tax till October 28 this fiscal, almost double the Rs 1,304 crore mopped up in the year-ago period.
- Metrobus Sheds Light On Early, Late Riders (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
Metro yesterday issued thousands of blinking red lights to bus riders, hoping to emphasize pedestrian safety as daylight wanes and officials count an increasing number of accidents involving buses.
- Pm's Vow To Tackle Global Warming Hit By Plans To Treble Flights (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
Britain's airports are planning to treble the number of flights by 2030, despite the recent Stern report's grave warnings about the environmental effects of expanding air travel in the UK.
- In China, A Dog's Life Comes Into Vogue (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
In most cities, taking your dog for a walk in the dead of night could be seen as a personal quirk or a byproduct of insomnia.
- Iraqi Prime Minister Asserts Independence (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
Shiites from the crowded Baghdad district of Sadr City are reveling in what they deem their "victory" over American forces after Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Tuesday ordered the dismantling of US and Iraqi checkpoints surrounding the area.
- How North Korea Fulfilled Its Nuclear Dream (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
For two years in the mid- 1980s, Kim Dae Ho produced propaganda on North Korea's efforts to become a nuclear power.
- Negative Ads Are Top Issues In Key Senate Races (US News & World Report, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
Negative advertising certainly is nothing new in competitive political races. But this season, two states with hypercompetitive Senate races–in Tennessee and Missouri–have seen two of the season's most controversial ads.
- 'I Do Not Let People Die On Me' (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
Petty Officer Third Class Dustin Kirby clutched the wounded marine's empty helmet. His hands were coated in blood. Sweat ran down his face, which he was trying to keep straight but kept twisting into a snarl.
- Pakistan School Raid Sparks Anger (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
Funerals have been held in Pakistan for people killed in a helicopter strike on an Islamic school which the government says was used by militants.
- Royal Madrassa Trip Called Off As Storm Grows Over Air Strike (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
The Prince of Wales’s controversial visit today to a madrassa in the border town of Peshawar has been cancelled over fears for his safety, after calls by Islamic leaders for revenge for a Pakistani airstrike that destroyed another religious school about 6
- South Africa's New, And Few, Black Rich (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
Fifteen years ago, during apartheid, Lemao Motaung was a medical technician in a research lab, testing blood samples for the state hospital and watching her white colleagues move past her up the career ladder.
- What Would Dems Do About Iraq? (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
In poll after poll, prospective voters name Iraq as the No. 1 issue in the upcoming midterm elections.
- Pakistan Attack Sets Back Border Peace (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
Missiles rained down Monday on what the military said was an Al Qaeda hideout in Bajaur district, a restive tribal area along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan.
- Pakistan Kills 80 In Raid Against Militants (International Herald Tribune, Salman Masood, Oct 31, 2006)
The Pakistani military said Monday that it had destroyed a religious school used for training militants in the Bajur tribal area, which straddles the border with Afghanistan.
- Protect Scribes From Libel Action (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 31, 2006)
Indian scribes, like their counterparts in Britain and the USA, deserve protection from libel proceedings in their investigative journalism, especially involving public figures.
- In Brazil, A Landslide But No Rest For Da Silva (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
By winning re- election Sunday with 60.8 percent of the vote, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva nearly matched the landslide performance that made him president of Brazil four years ago.
- Islam-Christianity Relationship (Dawn, Qazi Faez Isa, Oct 31, 2006)
Joseph ratzinger became Pope Benedict XVI and we have come to know of a man very different from his much loved predecessor Pope John Paul II, a man of God.
- Accounting Standards — Debits And Credits Of Harmonising (Business Line, R. Narayanaswamy, Oct 31, 2006)
That Indian accounting will converge with International Financial Reporting Standards can be good news only if accompanied with radical institutional reforms.
- Coming: National Agri Mission (The Economic Times, Raja Awasthi, Oct 31, 2006)
The Centre would soon set up a national agricultural and technological mission as part of the UPA government’s efforts to revive the farm sector, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has said.
- Muslims, New Underclass? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 31, 2006)
The Justice Sachar committee — set up to figure out the educational, social and economic status of Muslims in India — is yet to submit its report, but some of its findings disclosed to the media have confirmed long-held suspicions.
- 72-Hour Trade Bandh In Delhi (Tribune, Smriti Kak Ramachandran, Oct 31, 2006)
Shops in all major markets here remained closed today as traders put up the shutters to protest against the resumption of the sealing drive here on Supreme Court orders.
- Blow To Justice (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 31, 2006)
The recent decision of the Supreme Court that upheld various provisions of the reservation policy raises several questions. The judgment places SC/STs on par with the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) for which the creamy layer was introduced while . . .
- Unprecedented Security At Assembly (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
Leads to a major traffic jam near Majnu Ka Tila due to lack of proper diversion arrangements
- Special Article (Statesman, Jagmohan , Oct 31, 2006)
Today (October 31) is Sardar Patel's birth anniversary. Warm tributes will be paid to him for his manifold services to the nation. But few may remember the great contribution he made in the field of civic administration.
- Puducherry Launches Rs.95 Lakh Free Umbrella Scheme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
Students asked to make use of the government's various welfare projects
- Poonam Mahajan Joins Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
Pramod Mahajan's daughter Poonam Mahajan Rao on Monday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- Malappuram To Launch Aids Control Scheme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
Malappuram is the best place to experiment. Whether it is IT or health, any project can be successfully implemented in Malappuram.
- Interest In Hindi Growing In China (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Oct 31, 2006)
Five years ago, Jiang Jingkui of the Centre for India Studies at Peking University had trouble filling up his classes. Today, he finds courses oversubscribed.
- Haryana To Set Up Rural Development Authority (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
Move to strengthen panchayati raj institutions in the State
For the first time, 1,000 villages would be provided Rs.10 lakhs for development
Rs.40 crore has been earmarked for construction of stadiums in the rural areas
- Violence Flares Up In Iraq (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
At least 80 persons were killed or found dead in Iraq on Monday, including 33 victims of a bomb attack on labourers lined up to find a day's work in Baghdad's Sadr city Shia slum.
- Challenge And Response (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 31, 2006)
Both the Mysore Police and the Intelligence Bureau deserve credit for preventing what could have ended in one more of the horrific acts of urban terrorism in India.
- British Sikhs And Multiculturalism (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 31, 2006)
Are there any lessons that Muslims can learn from the Sikh experience? The `war on terror' may have complicated matters.
- Globalisation & Schools (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 31, 2006)
Back in 1979, the average worker with a college degree earned 75 per cent more than the average high school graduate in the US. Because of technology and globalisation, the gap has leapt to 130 per cent.
- Traders' Strike Hits Life In Delhi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
Massive demonstration near Delhi Assembly; BJP joins protest
- `The Development Divide Is Widening' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
Regional disparities in Karnataka are a legacy of history, as well as the consequence of agro-ecological variations.
- Priyadarshini Mattoo Case: Death For Santosh Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
For a crime of this sort he deserves no other sentence but death: Delhi High Court
"Mitigating circumstances" not found to be enough
Crime belongs to rarest of rare cases: Additional Solicitor-General
- Missing Soldier Wed Iraqi College Student (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
A US soldier kidnapped last week in Baghdad was married to an Iraqi college student and was with his wife and her family when hooded gunmen dragged him out of a house, bound his hands and threw him in the back seat of a white Mercedes, a woman . . .
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