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Articles 1321 through 1420 of 22438:
- 'Quota Not To Be Implemented Till Proper Law Is Enacted' (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
In a significant development, the government on Monday informed the Supreme Court that the 27 percent quota for other backward classes (OBCs) in higher educational institutions will not be implemented till a proper law is enacted by parliament.
- Strike Over Manipur Abuses Greets President Kalam (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
A strike to protest against human rights abuses by security forces greeted Indian President A.P.J. Kalam when he visited the troubled northeastern state of Manipur on Monday.
- Centre To Consult Law Ministry On Sc Order On Obc Reservation (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
The Centre will consult the Law Ministry on the Supreme Court direction that a report of Parliamentary standing committee examining the issue of 27 per cent OBC reservation in central elite education institutions be placed before it.
- Rajyotsava Bonanza: No Hike In Power Tariff (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
In a bid to decongest Bangalore by encouraging relocation of industries to other parts of the State, the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) on Monday reduced power tariff for ...
- Slamming Govt On Quota, Sc Asks For Mps’ Report On Bill (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
Questioning the Centre on its policy for 27 per cent OBC reservation in institutes of higher education “without full data”, the Supreme Court today asked the Government to place before it the report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee which was . . .
- Raising The Standards Of Research (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Oct 17, 2006)
Needed are special rewards for academics who publish in top international journals, especially in the areas of mathematics and science.
- Uk Varsities To Spy On ‘Asian-Looking’ Students (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
British government has drawn up a plan to ask lecturers and university staff across the country to spy on “Asian-looking” and Muslim students.
- Fundamental Principles Of Economics Can Be Written On One Page (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 17, 2006)
Milton Friedman concludes his essay in Lives of the Laureates by declaring that economics is `a fascinating discipline', arguing that its fundamental principles are so simple that they can be written on one page.
- Reflections On China (Business Standard, Deepak Lal, Oct 17, 2006)
The essential problem facing the Communist Party is to maintain its legitimacy with the growing marketisation of the economy.
- Poverty And Peace (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 16, 2006)
The significance of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2006 is that it acknowledges a vital link.
- Sectarian Violence Rocks Iraq (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
Suspected Shia militiamen killed at least 46 Sunni Arabs in a weekend rampage of revenge killing in a city north of Baghdad, an Interior Ministry official said on Sunday, raising the toll in the latest sectarian bloodletting there to 63.
- New Insurance Schemes Launched (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
The Rajasthan State Insurance and General Provident Fund Department has released two new insurance schemes, Nachiketa and Upmanyu, for students of private educational institutions.
- Veil Row: Minister Wants Muslim Teacher Sacked (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
The controversy over Muslim women wearing veils escalated today with Britain’s Race Minister Phil Woolas demanding the sacking of a Muslim teaching assistant who insisted on wearing the garment.
- Navy To Act Against Boat Tragedy Accused (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
The Navy will soon take action against personnel indicted by an inquiry for the death of 20 students and two staff of a school in a boat capsize in Wullar lake in May this year.
- When Hp Lost Its Way (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Oct 16, 2006)
Large public companies receive public funds. Shareholders assume that the company is doing its best to use the money profitably and operates legally.
- Institutionalise Financial Education (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
`The reform era had made it imperative for policy makers to look at and impart financial education in the widest sense possible'
- Congress Trying To Dislodge My Government: Mulayam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
He wants Hardwar, Udham Singh Nagar restored to U.P.
- "Wage Board To Be Set Up Soon" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
A new wage board for journalists and non-journalists working for newspapers and news agencies would be constituted soon, Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment Chandra Sekhar Sahu said on Sunday.
- Nam Change, Anyone? (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Oct 16, 2006)
On the eve of the NAM summit in Havana, that Vatican of anti-Americanism, go to Google and see how many cities in the entire world still have a boulevard, or a landmark named after Tito.
- Veil Triggers Row In U.K. (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 16, 2006)
Britain's controversy-prone Muslim community was on Sunday facing a fresh row after a Minister called for a Muslim woman teacher to be sacked for refusing to remove her veil in the classroom, and a senior Conservative leader accused the community . . .
- Reduce Army, Expand Air Force And Navy (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Oct 16, 2006)
Former Air Force Chief, Air Chief Marshal Tipnis has criticised the account of the Indian defence efforts on the Kargil conflict as presented by the then army chief, General V. P. Malik in his book “Kargil: From Surprise to Victory.”
- Oye, Oye Heptachloride (Telegraph, Ruchir Joshi, Oct 16, 2006)
All of us who have growing children need to put aside a little for their college education, and I suppose Amir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan are no different. Scratching my head as I am, I cannot find any other way of understanding these guys’ ongoing . . .
- ‘I Want To Come Out Of College At The Age Of Eighty And Say . . . (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 16, 2006)
He’s been called the Bad Boy of Bollywood’s reigning Khan trinity. Salman Khan talks to Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief,The Indian Express, on NDTV’s Walk The Talk programme, about weathering the cases and controversies, his kind of films, and being . . .
- White Tiger Dies At National Park (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
Karan was popular among visitors
- 50 Automatic Weather Stations For N-E: Sibal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
IMD will also set up Doppler weather radars
- Rehab Eludes Quake-Hit Kashmir (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Oct 16, 2006)
It has been a year since Kashmir’s devastating earthquake, which had led to a massive outpouring of sympathy and support from across the country.
- Question Is, Can Bihar Run? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 16, 2006)
Last week this paper reported on the Nitish Kumar government’s efforts to revive Bihar’s sugar industry (IE, October 10). Fifteen new green field sugar complexes have been cleared. The government has formulated an attractive sugar policy, giving . . .
- Second Phase Relatively Peaceful (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
The second phase of local body elections in Chennai's suburbs on Sunday was relatively peaceful.
- Church Council Lists Out `Offending Clauses' In Professional Colleges Act (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
The Inter-Church Council for Education has written to Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan seeking deletion of the provisions in the Kerala Professional Colleges or Institutions (Prohibition of Capitation Fee, Regulation of Admission, Fixation of . . .
- Development Authority To Function From October 23 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
Cultural complexes will be built across the State: Shettar
- Polling In Tiruchi Corporation Areas Peaceful (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
AIADMK candidate's car catches fire near polling station; scuffle between DMK and MMK cadres Tiruchi recorded an average polling of 60 per cent
- Oscar Mein Rang (Times of India, SHARMISTHA GOOPTU, Oct 16, 2006)
Rang de Basanti, a film that generated controversy at the time of its release for being anti-state and anti-democracy, has been nominated as India's official entry to the Oscars in the foreign film category.
- No Assignments (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 16, 2006)
I asked the reception desk at VIMHANS hospital in Delhi, "Where have you shifted Amit Kumar Mall?" The receptionist checked the records and said, "Second floor, bed number 19".
- Trading Places (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 16, 2006)
The European Union (EU) wants a trade and investment deal with India, but with labour and environment standards thrown in.
- Panel To Review Development In Hill Districts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
Areas are autonomous bodies
- The Royal Way To Holistic Life (Pioneer, Acharya Mahaprajna, Oct 16, 2006)
People in order to escape quotidian tasks are involved in materialistic pursuits which further complicate their lives. They must meditate
- Unity Of Formand Content (News International, Prof Khwaja Masud, Oct 16, 2006)
There can be no form without content and there can be no content without form. One cannot exist without the other.
- Getting Out Of Iraq (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 16, 2006)
The new UK army chief’s remarks about a British withdrawal from Iraq “soon” have caused a political storm across the Atlantic, even though Gen Richard Dannatt said nothing that could be called dramatic.
- ‘Vision For Balochistan’ (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 16, 2006)
Balochistan's troubles stem primarily from the neglect it has suffered over the years.
- Conduct Most Unbecoming (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 16, 2006)
The Lahore police have failed to stop a group of angry Punjab University students from blocking the city’s main arteries, causing commuters and transporters hardship and distress over the past week.
- Walking On One Leg (The Economic Times, Prabhu Ghate, Oct 16, 2006)
Indian microfinance is not on its last legs — far from it, it is a strapping youngster rapidly coming of age and ready to run.
- Nuclear Dominos (News International, Nasim Zehra, Oct 16, 2006)
analyst and adjunct professor at SAIS Johns Hopkins University, Washington DC
- Accept Your Faults And Be Empowered (The Economic Times, K VIJAYARAGHAVAN, Oct 16, 2006)
It was rightly said that the greatest fault is being conscious of none. Human nature instinctively shies from realising and owning one’s own faults and imperfections and instead gloats over one’s own contribution, accomplishments and merits often . . .
- ‘Clinton’S N-Hoax Forced Pakistan To End Kargil War’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
A former Pakistan foreign official has accused the Clinton administration of playing a “hoax” to put “pressure” on Islamabad to withdraw its troops and end the 1999 Kargil conflict with India.
- Cadet Hit By Bullet During Training, Dies (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
A 20-year-old NCC cadet died after he was accidentally hit by a bullet fired by another cadet practicing at the Gujarat College firing range in the city on Sunday morning.
- We Are Not Wanted (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 16, 2006)
The elderly mull over the changes in their life... In their words: ‘Many of us live alone, either because the children are away or because they do not want us. We experience a sense of loss and loneliness.’
- Emergence Of A Plethora Of Video Tutorials (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
A huge collection of links to videos related to a range of subjects is hosted
- Mega Prize For Micro Banker (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 16, 2006)
Peace Nobel for Mr Muhammad Yunus, who has proved that poor, rural women are not unworthy of bank finance.
- Thinking Out Of The Fiscal Box (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 16, 2006)
The RBI and the Centre should put on their best thinking caps and arrive at reasonable limits which take into account the various implications of a rigid fiscal cap.
- The Private Equity Boom (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Oct 16, 2006)
Private equity is classified under FDI, but the way it is growing, it will soon outpace traditional FDI.
- Sezs: How To Land A Good Deal (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Oct 16, 2006)
If SEZ developers plan large, comprehensive settlements, of a thousand hectare or more, on uncultivable or degraded land, and introduce quality transport services, build hospitals, schools, and offer such other services, they will be welcomed with . . .
- Public Health Fiasco (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Oct 16, 2006)
The government may not want to concede it, but the country seems headed towards one of its worst outbreaks of vector-borne viral and other diseases.
- Reviving The Tea Gardens Of India (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 16, 2006)
The situation has been looking up lately with the involvement of the government.
- Delink Teachers’ Wages From Govt Scales: Oversight Panel (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2006)
Expressing concern about the decline in popularity and status of the teaching profession, the Oversight Committee has recommended that the remuneration package for teachers be reviewed and delinked from the government pay scales as laid down by the . . .
- Why Not Education For All? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 15, 2006)
If the concept of `free and compulsory' education is to become a reality, the big losers will be those who depend on cheap labour.
- The Centre Cannot Hold (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 15, 2006)
Take a look at the broad thrust of headlines in India's national dailies on any representative day, and you will find a litany on lawlessness, crime, terrorism, disease, corruption, core shortages, and the ambience of a headlong hurtling towards disorder.
- Prize Money (Business Standard, T N Ninan, Oct 15, 2006)
The Nobel Peace Prize does not usually go to a businessman, but Mohammed Yunus is a money-lender with a difference, and so is his Grameen Bank in Bangladesh.
- Do Governments Learn? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 15, 2006)
Keeping the problem alive and blaming the previous government is seen as politically more profitable than solving it
- Yunus Says Bangladesh's New Found Unity Must Extend To . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2006)
The nation rejoices the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to the "banker to the poor"
- Facilities For Ryots At Rail Stations (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2006)
Cold storage, transport to be provided, says Railway Minister Lalu Prasad .
- Bank On Peace (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 15, 2006)
By awarding this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to Bangladesh’s Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank, the prize committee has attempted a new definition of what constitutes ‘peace’.
- Army Admits To Torturing Ulfa Suspect (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2006)
The Indian Army engaged in anti-insurgency operations in Assam is once again mired in a row over torture in custody of a separatist suspect, forcing authorities to apologise and order a court of inquiry.
- Nobelity 2006: Versatility Of The Genius (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2006)
In a country born in 1971 after a war of independence and with much of its history strewn with coups and natural disasters, some hoped the Nobel Peace Prize – the first in any category for a Bangladeshi – would help usher in a less troubled future.
- Rice: Global Warming Hits Productivity (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Oct 15, 2006)
In what may emerge as a big threat to the food security in future, scientists have found early evidences of how global warming and climatic changes are impacting rice productivity in the vast swathes of Asia including India.
- Pope Meets Prodi And Dalai Lama (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2006)
Pope Benedict XVI met Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi for the first time on Friday since the Italian center-left government took office in May. The pontiff also met the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, according to the Vatican . . .
- ‘To Protect The Dignity Of The Poor, Give Them Credit Not Charity’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2006)
The winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, Muhammad Yunus, is a familiar name and face in India. In an interview with this newspaper, given five years ago (IE, February 4, 2001), he spoke about how his Grameen Bank model is extremely relevant for countr
- English Pupils To (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 15, 2006)
Pupils can obtain A grade passes in their English GCSE exam without ever having read a single book cover to cover, according to a report published yesterday.
- Iits Retain Rank As World's Third Best Tech Varsities (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2006)
The prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have retained their number three rank among the world's 100 best technology universities, where the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) also find a place.
- Over The Top (News International, Masood Hasan, Oct 15, 2006)
It seems to be the rage -- excuse the pun, for men in Pakistan to burn women at the slightest pretext. It has been going on for many long years and the disease shows no sign of abating. In fact it is registering a healthy increase.
- Capital Suggestion (News International, Editorial, The News International, Oct 15, 2006)
Knowledge is power. Knowledge is 'possession of information, facts, ideas, truths and principles.' If knowledge is power then who has knowledge has power.
- State Of Denial (News International, Editorial, The News International, Oct 15, 2006)
Seven years after he took charge of the country, President General Pervez Musharraf is still engaged, in a sense, in replaying the opening sequence. It does seem a long time ago when he arrived on the scene as an admirer of Kamal Ataturk and was . . .
- Liked Rang De Basanti? Prove It (Business Standard, Devangshu Datta, Oct 15, 2006)
Let’s start with a disclaimer—the last Hindi movie I watched through at a hall was Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak the day after it premiered. My niece, who has since completed her PhD, asked me to escort her to QSQT as a treat after she sat for a tough . . .
- A True Man Of Peace (News International, Editorial, The News International, Oct 15, 2006)
"I work with real people in the real world. The night before a woman is going to get her thirty-five dollars from the bank, she will be tossing and turning to decide whether she is really going to be able to repay the loan.
- The Real-Life Economist (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Oct 15, 2006)
Muhammad Yunus is incomparably the most honoured social activist of our era. He has received so many awards that prize-givers vie not to be left behind.
- White Nights And Magic (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2006)
So what if it’s summer,’’ I insisted. ‘‘Aren’t we talking Russia?’’ My husband stood by patiently, even as I shoved our borrowed shawls, jumpers, and mufflers and gloves into my already bulging case. Russia was always cold, or so I was told.
- Arduous Task Ahead For New Un Chief (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Oct 15, 2006)
What should be the qualifications for outgoing UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, once described as “the most impossible job of the world”?
- Where The Politicians Call The Shots (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 15, 2006)
Today, the police are accountable only to the political executive at the district or state level. There is absolutely no departmental accountability whatsoever. Had the police been accountable to the law, there would have been no terrorism in Punjab . .
- ‘To Protect The Dignity Of The Poor, Give Them Credit Not Charity’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 14, 2006)
The winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, Muhammad Yunus, is a familiar name and face in India.
- Seven Years On, Pervez Remains Power Hungry (Tribune, Syed Nooruzzaman, Oct 14, 2006)
Another October 12 has come and gone with Pakistan still waiting to get rid of a government controlled by the army.
- Bank On Peace (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 14, 2006)
By awarding this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to Bangladesh’s Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank, the prize committee has attempted a new definition of what constitutes ‘peace’.
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