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- Put Some Steel Into The Relationship (Pioneer, Asheesh Shah, Sep 28, 2006)
Delhi must do much more to translate French goodwill for India into tangible gains for its economy, says Asheesh Shah.
- Laptop For Every Child (Pioneer, JS Rajput, Sep 28, 2006)
Instead of making tall claims and announcing new schemes Government should focus on compulsory primary education, says JS Rajput
- Gen Learnt To Make Bomb In College (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf learnt the art of making a time bomb when he was in college and got rapped by his warden when he pulled a prank to scare him.
- Sez: Farmers Plan Satyagraha (Hindu, Meena Menon, Sep 28, 2006)
Over 10,000 hectares in 45 villages to be acquired for the project
- Review Quota Regime After 5 Years: Panel (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
Members of the Oversight Committee have proposed a review of the OBC reservation regime after five years and again at the end of a decade of implementation, chairman Veerappa Moily said on Wednesday.
- Gender: It’S A Gray Matter (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 28, 2006)
OFFTRACK- Women speak faster on average: 250 words per minute vs 125 for a typical male. A woman uses 20,000 words per day, while a man uses only 7,000.
- Autonomy Row (Frontline, S. Viswanathan, Sep 28, 2006)
The move to grant autonomy to JIPMER raises fears that the poor will no longer benefit from the Institute's services.
- Guilty’ Schools Put Govt In The Dock (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
Apprehension over the government crackdown on private schools that have violated the language policy reaching its logical end is growing stronger...
- Passing The Buck (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Sep 28, 2006)
The Centre has gone back on its commitment to legislate a Bill guaranteeing the fundamental right to education.
- Parenting Travails (Frontline, Bhaskar Ghose, Sep 28, 2006)
Parenting today faces numerous challenges. Failure to meet these could prove disastrous for society.
- A Foreign Hand (Frontline, C.P. CHANDRASEKHAR, Sep 28, 2006)
Making a commitment under GATS on education could prevent the government from adopting a nuanced policy that can ensure good quality higher education.
- Facing The Truth (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
Pakistan has solved its border problem with China, but India is caught in a prolonged dispute.
- Private Freebooters (Frontline, V.R. Krishna Iyer, Sep 28, 2006)
Private freebooters are holding the talented youth of India to ransom, while the state wastes its funds on luxuries.
- Land-Grabbers To Get Jail Term (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
Those grabbing revenue land will now be liable for imprisonment up to three years. The punishment applies not only to land-grabbers, but also to the officials and others who are hand in glove with them.
- "We Want To Let The People Defeat The Taliban" (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 28, 2006)
Pakistan's PresidentPervez Musharrafdiscussed his new book,In the Line of Fire, and the war on terrorism with members of the Council on Foreign Relations, including Global Viewpoint editor Nathan Gardels. Following are edited excerpts of the . . .
- Why Tony Blair Has To Go (Hindu, Jonathan Freedland, Sep 28, 2006)
Nobody sells New Labour like Mr. Blair, and the faithful are anxious about losing him. For all that, there was no appeal for him to stay.
- Cellphone Concerns (Frontline, R.K. Raghavan, Sep 28, 2006)
While use of cellphones to facilitate crime is serious, of greater concern is the fact that these phones have become a profitable target for street gangs.
- Musharraf Stresses Need To Fight Taliban (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
Underscoring Pakistan’s lead role in the fight against terrorism, President General Pervez Musharraf has said the focus had now been shifted from al-Qaeda to Taliban who were mainly based in Afghanistan and operating under the command of their leader . .
- Executing Justice (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 28, 2006)
The formal issuance of a black warrant by a Delhi court and the announcement that Mohammad Afzal, the Kashmiri terrorist who masterminded the attack on Parliament on December 13, 2001, will be hanged on October 20 is most welcome.
- Bush In Pak-Afghan Tug-Of-War (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
President George W Bush jokes that he'll study the body language of Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf at the dinner table early on Thursday to see how far their relationship has frayed.
- The Captain Sank This Ship (Indian Express, Manpreet Badal, Sep 28, 2006)
As a member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly for the last 11 years and a Punjabi pained by the accelerated administrative downfall in Punjab in the last four and a half years, I have been an anguished spectator as my state has been systematically . . .
- Consensus Crisis On Creamy Layer (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Sep 28, 2006)
The 13-member Oversight Committee which finalised its report on the implementation of 27 percent OBC quota in educational institutions on Wednesday failed to come to a consensus on the issue of creamy layer.
- Sonia Praises Women Of Andhra (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday heaped praise on Andhra Pradesh for encouraging women’s self-help groups and said that "Indiramma would have been extremely proud and happy to see this great moment of women empowerment."
- Revolutionary Reader (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 28, 2006)
Among the revolutionaries of India, Bhagat Singh is probably the most popular. On his martyrdom, he was praised even by Mahatma Gandhi, stating: “The grave blunder committed by the Government has increased our power of winning the freedom for which . . .
- Adverse Publicity Hitting Tourism Day: Govt (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
While World Tourism Day was celebrated like other parts of the world here today, it was felt that in view of the “adverse publicity” there was still much scope for revival of tourism in the Kashmir valley.
- Panel Okays 3 New Iims (Tribune, Smriti Kak Ramachandran, Sep 28, 2006)
The Oversight Committee, after its final meeting here today, opted to leave the contentious issue of the “creamy layer” for the government to decide. It has, however, recommended setting up of three new IIMs in the country and more IIT-like . . .
- Package For Ap Soon: Sonia (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
A major financial package for 16 drought-prone districts of Andhra Pradesh will be announced soon by the Centre, the UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi said today.
- Sack Over Head (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 28, 2006)
The Karnataka government’s move to derecognise 1420 schools for imparting instruction in the English language at the primary level is extraordinary in its short-sightedness, political cynicism and blatant parochialism.
- Getting Competitive (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 28, 2006)
In a ranking of competitiveness, India is ahead of China. Judged on nine parameters, India ranks 43rd in a World Economic Forum survey covering 125 countries.
- Musings Of An Anglicised Punjabi (Tribune, Mulk Raj Anand, Sep 28, 2006)
I was just a child of ten when, one day, I boasted to my silversmith uncle Chacha Piaru that I had obtained ten-out-of-ten marks for reciting an Urdu poem from my textbook.
- Two Cheers For India (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 28, 2006)
Is it time for India to pop the champagne yet? Hardly, it would seem, though there is plenty of room for cheer. The country has emerged as the leader of the ‘BRIC pack’ in the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report 2006. India is ranked . .
- Q&a: No Escape From Racial Profiling (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 28, 2006)
A former vice-chancellor of Oxford University and expert in private international law, Peter North has been associated with legal reforms in UK. Manoj Mitta speaks to North about the debate over racial profiling, which has emerged as the most . . .
- Showman Blair Shines At Farewell (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
Tony Blair set Gordon Brown the challenge yesterday of matching his own political courage, leadership skills and personal rapport with the voters if he is to achieve his ambition of becoming British Prime Minister.
- Under A New Boss (Telegraph, RABINDRA SEN, Sep 28, 2006)
As this year draws to a close, one of the critical issues doing the rounds in the international arena is the election of the new United Nations secretary-general who will succeed Kofi Annan, whose second term expires at the end of 2006.
- Against Reform (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 28, 2006)
Discretion is the worst part of policy. It may now have been decided that prime agricultural land will not be diverted for use as special economic zones, but distortions caused by SEZ policy encompass more than land. SEZs belong to an era when . . .
- Mulayam Late, Girls Faint (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
Nineteen schoolgirls fainted this afternoon waiting for Mulayam Singh Yadav to hand out doles at a Meerut function.
- Religious Pluralism (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 28, 2006)
America is an increasingly pluralistic society, an amalgam of different races, cultures, nationalities, religions. In these conditions Americans can only be grateful for the Constitution's wisdom of erecting a wall of separation between church and . . .
- Who Needs The Military To Muddle Through? (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Sep 28, 2006)
Army rule is believed to strengthen a nation through stability. Not in Pakistan, as recent events and the latest Transparency International survey confirm .
- Beyond Politics (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 28, 2006)
In New Delhi, the special investigation team (SIT) is about to wrap up its report on the omissions and commissions of the police team that investigated the Jessica Lal murder case.
- Blackboard Bungle (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 28, 2006)
It's a paradox, but the most regressive policies are pushed through in precisely those places that are supposed to be the hot spots of India's emergent economy.
- Cities Of Joy (Times of India, Dinesh Mohan, Sep 28, 2006)
At about the same time professionals in Delhi were finalising the First Master Plan for the city in the early 1960s, Jane Jacobs published her book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities.
- Blair Gets A Rock Star Send-Off (Times of India, RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL, Sep 28, 2006)
Tony Blair, the great showman of British politics has finally bid goodbye to his Labour party with the easy high-fiving charm of a rockstar and received in return from Labour's annual conference a send-off dripping with adulation, some tears and angst.
- Savagery Of Israeli Attacks (Dawn, GWYNNE DYER, Sep 28, 2006)
“What they really need to do is to get Syria to get Hezbollah to stop doing this shit, and it’s over,” said President George W. Bush over an unnoticed open microphone at . . .
- Nurses’ Grievances (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 28, 2006)
That there is one nurse for every 35 patients in the country highlights just how pitiful the public healthcare facilities are.
- Development And Discontent (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Sep 28, 2006)
Michael Spence's words of praise for India's performance in increasing its gross domestic product (GDP) would no doubt thrill India Inc.
- 'Nano City Would Be Energy Efficient' (The Economic Times, DINKER VASHISHT , Sep 28, 2006)
He set up Hotmail in 1996 and changed the way the web works. Then he sold it off to Bill Gates and has ever since been the philosopher of the Next Big Thing.
- Let The Digital Revolution Touch All Lives (The Financial Express, Alok Sheel, Sep 27, 2006)
For, empowering the people thus will bring about a dramatic transformation in their lives.
- Mind Your Language (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 27, 2006)
The Chinese have a decade long programme to make their students proficient in English. The Beijing Olympics have been designated as a huge practice session for improving skills in one area China admits India has a head start.
- Malegaon: Fractured Truths (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Sep 27, 2006)
Weeks after the Malegaon terror strikes, the police struggle to determine the identity of the perpetrators.
- Court Holds No Magic Wand (Indian Express, Ajay K. Mehra, Sep 27, 2006)
Veteran communist leader Indrajit Gupta, then Union home minister, prophetically concluded his letter to chief ministers on police reforms and restructuring on April 3, 1997 thus: “if the political executives do not take the desired measures even . . .
- Terror Gets Its First Death Punishment: Oct 20 For Afzal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
A sessions court today ordered that Mohammad Afzal, convicted in the December 13, 2001 Parliament attack case, be executed on October 20.
- De-Recognising Schools Or Children? (Deccan Herald, Vatsala Vedantam, Sep 27, 2006)
If at all children attend schools regularly, it is in the non-government sector which provides an education of sorts.
- Nainital Conclave: Rediscovering The Party (Hindu, Harish Khare , Sep 27, 2006)
There is a realisation among Ministers that inputs from the Congress party need not be treated as irritants. Ideas and policies have to be necessarily synchronised with ground realities and electoral compulsions.
- Senate Likely To Take Up Nuclear Deal In November (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
The U.S. Senate is unlikely to consider the nuclear cooperation deal with India before lawmakers leave for a long break at the end of this week, putting aside one of President George W. Bush's top foreign policy initiatives until at least . . .
- Munna Bhai's Dream Run To Spur Heritage Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
Gujarat Government, Centre embarking on a tourism project to develop Ahmedabad-Dandi highway
- Vhse Conducts Walk-In Interview (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
260 students selected as apprentice trainees, 15 land jobs
- Coop. Bank Registers Record Growth (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
Kozhikode District Cooperative Bank registered a growth of 35 per cent and gained a profit of Rs.2.01 crore in 2005-06.
- Indian American Develops Sensor To Detect E. Coli (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
An Indian American scientist has developed a sensor that can detect E. coli, a bacteria, whose recent outbreak in the United States killed a woman and resulted in the hospitalisation of over 90 people.
- Blair Gets A Rock Star Send-Off (Times of India, RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL, Sep 27, 2006)
Tony Blair, the great showman of British politics has finally bid goodbye to his Labour party with the easy high-fiving charm of a rockstar and received in return from Labour's annual conference a send-off dripping with adulation, some tears and angst.
- Educating Netas (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 27, 2006)
It was back to school for senior party functionaries and chief ministers attending the seventh Congress chief ministers' conclave in Nainital.
- Co-Founder Tells His Side Of Apple Story (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
There was excited chatter as the revolutionaries met in a nondescript garage in Menlo Park, California, but in the beginning few of them really knew how they would change the world.
- Line Of Fire, Circle Of Unreason (Indian Express, Murtaza Razvi, Sep 27, 2006)
Everyone in Pakistan has high expectations of General Musharraf’s In the Line of Fire: the liberal urban minority, the silent majority, the religious fanatics. The book will be interpreted variously as coming from a prophet of boon or of doom, . . .
- Parliament Attack: Afzal To Hang On October 20 (Pioneer, Veena Sunderam, Sep 27, 2006)
Mohammed Afzal, the mastermind behind the Parliament attack of December 13, 2001 will be hanged on October 20 at 6 am in Delhi's Tihar Jail. The court of additional Sessions Judge Ravindar Kaur issued a warrant to this effect on Tuesday to the . . .
- N-Deal Vote Likely To Be Delayed Even Further (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Sep 27, 2006)
The India-US civilian nuclear energy deal is not likely to come up for a vote before the US Senate breaks for the Congressional elections at the end of this week.
- Beyond The Rhetoric (Frontline, Partha S. Ghosh , Sep 27, 2006)
To make NAM a vehicle of South-South cooperation, what is needed is not mere joint statements but their follow-ups in letter and spirit.
- Easy Target (Frontline, Anupama Katakam, Sep 27, 2006)
Despite its history of communal tension, Malegaon has remained calm in the wake of the blasts.
- Caste Terror In Haryana (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Sep 27, 2006)
The September 1 incident in Kila Jafargarh is one in a series of attacks on Dalits in the State in the past one year.
- Parliament Attack: Afzal To Be Hanged (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
Almost five years after the Parliament attack, a special Pota court on Tuesday fixed October 20 for the hanging of Mohammad Afzal, the main convict in the case.
- Made In Cuba, Unmade In Pak (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
Islamabad’s assertion that those wanted by India have a ‘different status’ in Pakistan has put serious question marks on the proposed joint anti-terror institutional mechanism.
- Major Indo-German S&t Initiative Launched (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Sep 27, 2006)
Focal areas for cooperation identified
Angela Merkel regime keen on enhancing partnership
S&T centre will take shape next year
Public-private partnership mooted.
- State Ready To Swap Border Villages With Maharashtra (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Sep 27, 2006)
But it should be as per Mahajan panel report: Kumaraswamy
- Pak Remains Nursery Of Global Terrorism: Pranab (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Sep 27, 2006)
Pakistan “remains a nursery of global terrorism” and has done “precious little to dismantle the infrastructure of terrorism,” Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Monday.
- Science Must Be Harnessed In Full: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
Presents CSIR's Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prizes for 2006 to 13 scientists
- Mohammed Afzal To Be Hanged On October 20 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
He is the mastermind behind the 2001 Parliament attack
- The Burden Of Inequity (News International, Shireen M Mazari, Sep 27, 2006)
Despite the deck being stacked against her, the Pakistani woman shows her true mettle whenever an opportunity is presented.
- 'India Should Integrate With The Global Economy' (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
India's aspiration for continuing growth would depend on a secure and stable environment and its own ability to integrate with the global economy, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said.
- Deep Strike At Sea (Tribune, Girja Shankar Kaura, Sep 27, 2006)
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is planning to arm its Jaguar deep penetration strike aircraft with long range anti-ship missiles, to boost its maritime warfare capability.
- Brake On Sezs (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 27, 2006)
Commerce Minister Kamal Nath has said that special economic zones (SEZs) will not be allowed on prime agricultural land. The Board of Approval will not clear proposals of SEZs coming up on fertile land.
- Infallibility And The Pope (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 27, 2006)
The Church’s absolutist approach explains why Benedict XVI doesn’t want to ask forgiveness.
- Quiz Competition To Promote Tourism (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
Three-member teams from six colleges will be participating
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