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Articles 2321 through 2420 of 22438:
- Poor Captaincy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 23, 2006)
Worse than the behaviour of the police in Ludhiana on Thursday has been the response of the Chief Minister, Captain Amarinder Singh.
- Govt Pushes Delhi Bailout Law In Sc (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
The notification allowing mixed land-use in some areas of the capital was a valid legislation under the Delhi Development Act 1957, the Centre said in an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court today.
- 'Buy The Book!' (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Did Armitage threaten to bomb Pakistan back into the stone age? Did Mush buckle under that? Would Bush launch strikes into Pakistan? No answer, just usual book promotion that seems to be the new flavour of the week.
- Not A Walk In The Park (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 23, 2006)
Walking may not be enough to experience significant health benefits, a study has found. “Generally, low-intensity activity such as walking (on its own) is not likely going to give anybody marked health benefits compared to programmes . . .
- China's Welfare Plan For Senior Citizens (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
China plans to boost social welfare and medical services for its senior citizens as the country starts to feel the pressure from its huge elderly population.
- Not By Force (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 23, 2006)
The Karnataka government has triggered needless turmoil and even panic among lakhs of school-going children and their parents across the state by its sudden decision to de-recognise thousands of schools on the ground that they have violated the . . .
- Twiggy’S Girls (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 23, 2006)
The message must be clear — Twiggy is as bad for health as tobacco.
- Number Of Internet Users In India Reaches 37 Million (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Smaller cities and towns are increasingly embracing the Internet
Youth are the main users of the Internet
User base will cross the 40 million mark by March 2007.
- Age, Money And Record Will Matter (Hindustan Times, SATYA PRAKASH, Sep 23, 2006)
Elections in colleges and universities will not be the same any more. On Friday, the Supreme Court accepted the report of the JM Lyngdoh Committee on elections to students’ unions.
- Pmk Design To Change Jipmer Status, Free Medical Care Alleged (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Leaders of political parties hold a demonstration to protest autonomy decision
Apolitical activities interrupted although other sections given full liberty, say leaders
Centre had not responded to Chief Minister's efforts to revoke suspension orders.
- Quiet Restfulness (Telegraph, Malavika Karlekar, Sep 23, 2006)
In the summer of 1857, Debendranath Tagore found himself almost trapped in Simla. There were rumours of Gurkhas on the rampage...and Meerut suddenly seemed quite near.
- Mind Your Language Politics (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 23, 2006)
The Minister for the Preservation of Local Languages is a portfolio that Basavaraj Horatti seems to be hankering for. No such ministry exists yet, but that hasn’t stopped him, as Karnataka’s Education Minister, from issuing a diktat to strike out . . . .
- Maharaj Hari Singh -A Visionary (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 23, 2006)
On 23rd September 1895, Raja Amar Singh Ji was blessed with a son. Little was known at that point in time, that, this child would, one day, rule the State of Jammu & Kashmir and emerge as the leader of all the Princely States of India.
- We’Ll Hunt Taliban, Qaeda: Musharraf To Bush (Daily Times, Rana Qaisar, Sep 23, 2006)
US president says Musharraf committed to fighting terrorism
Musharraf committed to holding free and fair polls in 2007
US and Pakistan want long-term broad-based strategic relationship
US willing to help resolve Kashmir
- Reckless Breeding Must Stop (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Sep 23, 2006)
There must be times when you get seriously worried over the state of affairs in our country and think, if you could help in changing them for the better, what would you do? I think it is the duty of every citizen to ponder over questions like why . . .
- ‘I Can, I Must, I Will’ (Deccan Herald, Sarjit Ramesh, Sep 23, 2006)
Thirty-eight-year-old Digambara Jain muni Tarun Sagar, the “revolutionary saint”, keeps his precepts for good living clearly off the beaten track.
- Multiculturism Is A Way Of Life (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 23, 2006)
Sweden's traditional tolerance, neutrality and generous welfare may appear attractive to many newcomers. But the language is a big hurdle for most and in Malmo the unemployment rate among immigrants is much higher than the national average.
- Praying To Be Secular (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Sep 23, 2006)
Ever since she became CM Rajasthan, Vasundhara Raje seemed to be in constant communication with the Gods. Every time the state needed a divine intervention to end human misery, she was at the doorstep of some temple or the other making a public . . .
- West, Islam In "Conflict Of Ignorance" - Aga Khan (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Sep 23, 2006)
Ignorance and rejectionism lie at the heart of the conflict between the Western and the Islamic worlds, the Aga Khan, spiritual head of the world's more than 15 million Shia Ismaili Muslims, said.
- Staying Positive (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 23, 2006)
A person’s efforts, whether in the office or home, should be to open up the higher centres to receive the higher vibrations of life.
- Pakistan Is Training Snake: Karzai (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said Pakistan is ‘training a snake that can also bite the trainer.’
- First Woman To Win Sword Of Honour (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Aviation cadet Saira Amin on Friday became the first woman cadet in the history of the country’s defence forces to win the Sword of Honour at a passing-out parade at the Pakistan Air Force Academy in Risalpur.
- Upa Govt Creating Hurdles In Up’S Development: Mulayam (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Accusing the Congress-led UPA Government of creating hurdles in the state’s development, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav today said the funds for many centrally-sponsored schemes were yet to be released.
- Barbs Of Truth (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 23, 2006)
Kurt Vonnegut is like Mark Twain or Chekhov, extremely funny when depressed.
Imagine there’s no country,
It isn’t hard to do.
Nothing to kill or die for,
And no religion too, John Lennon
- Today's Hit Is Tomorrow's Niche (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 23, 2006)
Hits are not quite the economic force they once were, declares Chris Anderson, in The Long Tail, explaining why the sales that go with Number Ones are not what they used to be.
- Videocon Gets Nod To Set Up It, Biotech Sezs In Wb (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
The Videocon group has finalised its proposed IT and bio-tech special economic zones (SEZs) with the West Bengal government. The consumer electronics and home appliances major is also keen to set up three more SEZs in the state.
- Funding E-Access (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 23, 2006)
Get on with it. And never forget this is only a tool for the real thing. The reference is to the Union Cabinet’s formal approval to the earlier-announced plan for one lakh ‘common service centres’ in rural areas as part of the new National . . .
- Grist For The 'Degree Mills' (News International, Praful Bidwai, Sep 23, 2006)
The writer, a former newspaper editor, is a researcher and peace and human-rights activist based in Delhi
- Special Article (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 23, 2006)
Representation Of The Marginalised
- Realisation Dawns On Hrw (Pioneer, Hari Om, Sep 22, 2006)
The US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) acknowledged that there is "considerable evidence that Islamabad has provided Kashmiri militants with training, weapons, funds and sanctuary".
- Unresponsive To Minorities (Pioneer, Ahtesham Qureshy, Sep 22, 2006)
Why did Delhi Government set up Minorities Commission when it has no power to safeguard the rights of the minorities, asks Ahtesham Qureshy.
- Indian Market Is Gathering Pace (Business Line, N. Ramakrishnan , Sep 22, 2006)
To increase localisation in the City and the Civic, we need to get involved with Indian suppliers.
- Rbi Sticks To Inflation, Growth Estimates (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday said that it would stick by its projected estimates for inflation and economic growth for the current fiscal.
- Mirage At The Bottom Of The Pyramid (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 22, 2006)
We need to view the poor primarily as producers, not as consumers, and emphasise buying from them, not selling to them.
- Pepsi Versus Poverty (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 22, 2006)
There's something deeply disturbing when one compares the Kerala government’s abject failure, as reported in this newspaper on Thursday, on implementing the jobs guarantee programme to the prompt proscriptions it had issued earlier against cola companies.
- Quota In Higher Education — Must Not Be In Perpetuity (Business Line, Jandhyala B. G. Tilak, Sep 22, 2006)
Equality of opportunities in education has been one of the most important policy objectives in civilised societies. Equity and diversity in education are noble ideals of any strong and vibrant education system and they need to be constantly nurtured.
- It Was A March To Nowhere (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 22, 2006)
It was the invite for the midnight march by women that did me in — “come in something you always wanted to wear on the streets but could not”.
- Towards Efficiency In Doing Good (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 22, 2006)
If giving is seen not as charity but more as allocation of resources, the question of efficacy and measuring the results is critical.
- Coalition Dharma In Karnataka (Hindu, PARVATHI MENON, Sep 22, 2006)
What is it that cements the alliance between the Janata Dal (Secular) and the BJP?
- 76th Anniversary Of The National Day Of The Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Today, 23rd September, (1st day of Libra) every year the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, its Government and people celebrate a great historical anniversary, the National Day anniversary on which the proclamation of unification of the Kingdom of Saudi . . .
- Schools Closure: Govt Stands Firm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Hardening the government’s stand on the closure of 1,414 schools across the State for allegedly flouting the language policy, Primary and Secondary Education Minister Baavaraj Horatti has convened a meeting here on Saturday to discuss the issue of . . .
- Special Article (Statesman, DIPAK BASU, Sep 22, 2006)
As the reservation system India is based on caste, the government has not been able to improve the lot of the backward or the poor as they may not belong to the castes or tribes entitled to receive aid from the state.
- School For Oligarchs (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 22, 2006)
Russia’s love-hate relationship with the rich and powerful of its business world is to scale new heights with the opening of the world’s first school for aspiring oligarchs in Moscow.
- Thai Generals Cement Grip (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Thailand’s ruling generals cemented their grip on power today, as ousted Prime Minister Mr Thaksin Shinawatra said he would take a break from politics and called for national reconciliation.
- Training Teachers For Quality Education (Daily Excelsior, K.K. Khullar, Sep 22, 2006)
Of the famous four pillars of education teacher education occupies the prime position, the other three being pedagogy, objectivity and commitment.
- Major-Gen Gets 3 Yrs In Liquor Scam (Tribune, Vijay Mohan, Sep 22, 2006)
About a week after it commenced, a general court martial ordered by the Army against Major-Gen Gur Iqbal Singh for alleged siphoning off canteen liquor has held the officer guilty for his alleged crime.
- Yale Courses Now On The Net For Free (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Yale University said on Wednesday it will offer digital videos of some courses on the Internet for free, along with transcripts in several languages, in an effort to make the elite private school more accessible.
- Game Of Musical Chairs (Daily Excelsior, Arun Nehru, Sep 22, 2006)
The game of political 'musical' chairs continues in Jharkhand as the NDA and Arjun Munda is thrown out and Madhu Kode a independent MLA becomes the Chief Minister as the game of 'numbers' in a coalition structure pushes the state from one disaster to . .
- 5 Killed, 58 Injured As Bus Falls Into Gorge (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Five persons were killed while at least fifty eight others including a dozen students injured, when a bus skidded off the road and fell into a gorge near village Rihan on Rajouri-Kotranka road here this afternoon.
- Spread The Butter, Not Non-Usable Nukes (Indian Express, JAGAT S. MEHTA, Sep 22, 2006)
If the aftermath of the Bush-Singh agreement on civil nuclear cooperation has been tortuous, with the US Senate set to vote on it today, it may be an apt moment to recall that the original principles behind the Non-Proliferation Treaty were . . .
- Crossing The English Channel (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Sep 22, 2006)
National language or not, I guess more than half our readers will require a translation, so here it is: “If you speak a hodgepodge lingo, you will receive a hodgepodge reply.”
- Delights Of A Reunion (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 22, 2006)
Old friends who meet after decades would revive childhood memories.
- President Kalam Leaves For Tamil Nadu (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
President APJ Abdul Kalam left Thiruvananthapuram on Friday morning for Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu after an overnight visit to the state capital.
- Bengal Shares Its Madarsa Reform Secret With Pak (Indian Express, Jayanth Jacob, Sep 22, 2006)
A ‘socialist society,’ enrolment of girls, professional management, sufficient funds_here are some tips on madarsa reforms from the West Bengal Government to Pakistan.
- Nod For Massive E-Governance Scheme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Private sector to pick up Rs. 4,093 crore
- Riding Into The Dark With The Cowboys (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 22, 2006)
Douglas Giles] used to teach a class on world religions at Roosevelt University, Chicago….Last year, Giles was ordered by his head of department…not to allow students to ask questions about Palestine and Israel….Students, being what they are, . . .
- When The Size Matters (Telegraph, RAVI VYAS, Sep 22, 2006)
Sensible, scholarly books still get published but the market rewards the sort you can judge by the cover.
- Thai Opposition Calls For Fast-Track Polls (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
A day after the military shut down the city in the interests of maintaining calm, Bangkok traffic was back to the familiar near-gridlock, while coup leaders worked on fulfilling a promise of a civilian prime minister in two weeks.
- Leaders Being Falsely Implicated, Says Abvp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Holds protest demonstration
- Rural Policing: First Line Of Defence (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Sep 22, 2006)
Director General J K Sinha of the Central Reserve Police Force recently suggested that strong rural policing would suitably tackle the escalating Naxalite threat engulfing the country.
- Right To Education To Be A Reality By 2007: Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has said right to education would be a reality by 2007. He had given assent to the Bill seeking to make education free and compulsory to children up to the age of 14.
- Aids Control Society Chief Dubs Trafficking A Silent Scourge (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Very little action being taken to curb it in the absence of data
- Kalam: Make Use Of Convergence Of Technologies (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Calls for further studies in the treatment of heart disease
- Urgent Tasks On The Polio Front (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 21, 2006)
Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss' decision to call an emergency meeting of Health Ministers and officials of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Uttaranchal, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and . . .
- What A University Ought To Be (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 21, 2006)
What is the point of going to university? To learn and to get a degree, of course. But a university should be much more than that.
- Real-Life ‘Iqbal’ Lets His Pace Bowling Do The Talking (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Shreyas Talpade did it on screen for Nagesh Kukunoor’s film Iqbal last year. Now, Fahimuddin has done it in real life, as a deaf-mute who’s a probable on the Delhi Under-22 squad.
- Trust The Lies (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 21, 2006)
Is Hungary moving up or down the spiral of history?
- Afghan Imbroglio And Indo-Us Relations (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 21, 2006)
Even after five years since September 11, 2001, the situation in Afghanistan looks similar to what it was before. The problems of security, stability, putting democratic order in shape and rising tide of Taliban resurgence remain.
- The Probability Game (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 21, 2006)
Around 1997, I got an interesting opportunity to work in an expert group appointed by the ministry of human resource development.
- Up Is Andher Nagri, Chaupat Raja: Sonia (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Congress President Sonia Gandhi descended on Bareilly’s Government Inter-College grounds on Wednesday to address a rally.
- 3 Killed In Delhi Clashes (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Pressure mounted on the Congress-led UPA Government at the Centre and the Sheila Dikshit’s Delhi Government as three people, including a 7-year old boy were killed in the capital in the anti-sealing protest by traders that turned violent on Wednesday.
- Why Such A Drastic Step At This Time Of The Academic Year, Ask . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
We had no choice on initiating action against schools, says Horatti
- Challenges In The Eleventh Plan (Deccan Herald, Manu N Kulkarni, Sep 21, 2006)
The Draft Outline of the Eleventh Plan can be described, at best, as the eleventh version of the First Five Year Plan because the same old paradigm and plan and non-plan schemes and Centre-state fiscal responsibilities etc are repeated.
- Oversight Panel Seeks Ministries' Intervention (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Final report delayed by a month
- World Bank’S Focus On Youth (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Sep 21, 2006)
GERMANY led by Chancellor Angela Merkel is initiating a move to promote a free trade area between Europe and the US — the world’s largest if it materialises. Called the Trans-Atlantic Free Trade Area (Tafta) it will be the economic equivalent of . . .
- Rustic Knowledge (Deccan Herald, S V Vijayan, Sep 21, 2006)
Some people’s abilities are intrinsic and have nothing to do with formal education.
- The Right To Be Wrong (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 21, 2006)
Already, angry Palestinian militants have assaulted seven West Bank and Gaza churches, destroying two of them.
- 'Digital Media Business Is Our Focus' (The Economic Times, SAMIDHA SHARMA, Sep 21, 2006)
Samsung India is unfazed by the slowdown in the white goods industry and is instead focusing on technology-led products across categories.
- An Unequal Kind Of Growth (The Financial Express, JAYANTA ROY, Sep 21, 2006)
India ranks poorly in terms of inequality indicators; this can change by reviewing the tax system.
- Reservations Will Apply To Fgn Institutions: Arjun Singh (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Even as consensus eluded on the entry of foreign universities in the country, Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh today indicated the reservation policy will apply in these institutions.
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