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Articles 2721 through 2820 of 22438:
- Does The State Know Its Limits? (Indian Express, RAVINDER KAUR, Sep 16, 2006)
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has announced a scheme to encourage marriages between Scheduled and non-Scheduled Castes.
- Bush, Mush, Karzai Summit On The Cards (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Sep 16, 2006)
US president George Bush is expected to referee the bitter spat between Pakistan and Afghanistan over the Taliban and its terror footprint when he meets with leaders of the two neighbouring countries in the White House next week.
- International Desi (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 16, 2006)
The race for the next United Nations secretary-general is getting hotter. In a straw poll held in the UN Security Council on Thursday, Shashi Tharoor came in second after South Korea's Ban Ki-moon. The result was a repeat of a similar poll held last month
- Repeating Mandal Mantra (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 16, 2006)
As expected, the Bill for OBC quotas was finally introduced in the Lok Sabha on August 25. After going to the Standing Committee, it is expected to be passed in the winter session of Parliament later this year. It is likely to come into effect from . . .
- Bush Admin Expects ‘Strong Bilateral Vote’ On N-Deal (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Sep 16, 2006)
The Bush Administration hopes to get a “strong bilateral vote” from the Senate this month in support of a Bill that would enable civilian nuclear cooperation with India, a senior US official said on Thursday.
- People Not For Labelling (Tribune, Manmohan Kaur, Sep 16, 2006)
Madam, it is not a safe place for you to go. We may even have to inform the police of your visit.
- Deprivation’S Real Language (Indian Express, MADHU PURNIMA KISHWAR, Sep 15, 2006)
Suggestions, both private and official, have inundated the Moily Oversight Committee on OBC reservations in institutions of higher education. The commerce ministry’s call for a liberal education order is the latest in a long line of varied advice.
- Fur And Fury (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 15, 2006)
Dogs come in all shapes and barks. There are dogs that bark in a shrill way. There are others that appear to snarl when they bark. Still other have pert little yaps. Now Brownie, well, he had a loud bark. So loud, in fact, that his first bark . . .
- Iran Claims To Have Discovered Aids Cure (Indian Express, Reuters, Sep 15, 2006)
Iran has claimed that its scientists have discovered a treatment for AIDS with the formula having a two-year effect on patients using it for a three-month period.
- Striking Jipmer Staff Take Case To Lt. Governor (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2006)
Hospital services at the institute continue to be hit for the seventh day on the trot
- Torkham-Jalalabad Road (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 15, 2006)
FOLLOWING President Musharraf’s successful visit to Afghanistan last week, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz followed in his steps on Wednesday to inaugurate the Torkham-Jalalabad road in the presence of President Karzai.
- Falling Immunisation Rates In States A Worrying Factor: Experts .... (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2006)
Falling immunisation rates has emerged as a worrying factor in many states as only 47 per cent of the children in the age group of 12 to 35 months in 43 districts surveyed received full immunisation coverage, say experts.
- Curse Of The Gab (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 15, 2006)
It stands to reason that the 265th head of the Catholic Church will view the relations between the faith he represents and the multi-religious world of the 21st century in a manner very different from many of his predecessors.
- Landing In Trouble (Frontline, R Krishnakumar, Sep 15, 2006)
P.J. Joseph resigns from the Cabinet following an allegation that he misbehaved with a woman co-passenger on a flight.
- Bhopal Lifts Ban On Babus In Shakhas (Telegraph, RASHEED KIDWAI, Sep 15, 2006)
Government employees in Madhya Pradesh will henceforth be able to attend RSS shakhas and participate in their activities.
- Into The Void (Telegraph, AVEEK SEN , Sep 15, 2006)
Vikram Chandra’s masterly new novel — exactly 900 pages long — starts with a white pomeranian, Fluffy, flying out of the window in upper-middle-class Mumbai: “Fluffy screamed in her little lap-dog voice all the way down, like a little white . . .
- Rs 5.15 Cr For Developing Forests And Developmental Activities (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2006)
Jammu and Kashmir Government will spend Rs 5.15 crore for protecting forests and executing developmental schemes during the current fiscal.
- Revitalising Tourism In J&k (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 15, 2006)
Tourism the backbone of Jammu and Kashmir State's economy of late has been accorded top priorities by Chief Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad to be rejuvenated and for this purpose his bold initiatives can be . . .
- Rs.300 Crore To Be Sought From Centre For Wasteland Development . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2006)
For overall development of 60,000 hectares, says Perambalur Collector Anil Meshram
- Building Trust (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 15, 2006)
Public life is getting more and more poisoned by the corrosive effects of distrust playing havoc with organisations and human relationships.
- Law Must Come To The Party (Indian Express, Jagdeep S. Chhokar, Sep 15, 2006)
The Express of September 7, 2006 carried two pieces on the op-ed page on Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh. Varghese K. George’s ‘Enos Ekka and the swing vote’ discussed the political drama in Ranchi that has got a new twist with the resignation of . . .
- Open University (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 15, 2006)
With social sector programmes placing heavy demand on the public purse, higher education may have to look at the FDI option.
- En`titling' The Farmers (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 15, 2006)
Conferring land titles on landless peasants could be the starting point of attempts at eradication of poverty at the grassroots level. Emphasis will have to be placed on the marginal land and a strong support structure would have to be provided . . .
- Harmony: There’S One Way (Deccan Herald, Firoz Bakht Ahmed, Sep 15, 2006)
One could argue that it is a peculiar sense of siege that has played on the Muslim psyche forcing the community to become defensive – and insular.
- Telengana Tantrum (Frontline, S. Nagesh Kumar, Sep 15, 2006)
The Telengana Rashtra Samithi seeks to force the statehood issue with the resignation of its two leaders from the Union Cabinet.
- Rift Within Government Over Foreign Varsity Bill (Times of India, Akshaya Mukul, Sep 15, 2006)
On Saturday, when the Group of Ministers meet to fine tune the Foreign Education Providers Bill, there are strong chances that the differences within the government might not get resolved so easily.
- We Must Reconsider And Question The Meaning Of ‘War On Terror’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 15, 2006)
Five years ago, I watched the unimaginable from my office in Tokyo.
- State, Not Church (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 15, 2006)
The controversial address of Pope Benedict XVI at the University of Regensburg on Wednesday may well be construed as Vatican’s seal of approval on Samuel Huntington’s famous clash of civilisations argument.
- 'Hip Hop Music Fans Have More Sex' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2006)
Fans of hip hop music are likely to have had more sexual partners in the last five years while many of those who prefer classical strains will have tried cannabis, according to a study released on Thursday.
- Sc Issues Notice To Centre, Ec On Office Of Profit (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2006)
The Supreme Court today issued notices to the Centre on a petition challenging the constitutional validity of the amendment to the law on office of profit allegedly aimed to protect around 40 MPs from the disqualification.
- Infrastructure Support To Afghanistan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 15, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Wednesday inaugurated Torkham-Jalalabad Road, reconstructed by Pakistan at a cost of two billion rupees. Speaking on the occasion, he reiterated Pakistan’s resolve to help war-torn neighbouring restore vital infrastructure.
- Moving Up The Ranks, Koda Becomes Jharkhand Cm (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2006)
Patahatu village of Jharkhand is in the spotlight now and it does not take long to find out why. This village surrounded by the iron ore mines of Gua amid the green canopy of Saranda, Asia's largest sal forest, has got its 'Sanghi', Madhu Koda.
- Oop Act Comes Under Sc Scanner (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2006)
The constitutional validity of the amended Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act, 1959 has once again come under scanner with the Supreme Court, which issued notices to the Election Commission that is handling disqualification petitions . . .
- Beating Resistance (Frontline, S. Viswanathan, Sep 15, 2006)
Tamil Nadu government has decided to take up the decade-old challenge from casteist forces of four panchayats in Madurai and Virudhunagar districts to the statutory empowerment of Dalits, with all the seriousness that it deserves.
- Caste And Conflict (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Sep 15, 2006)
The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar is confronted with conflicts as it tries to implement its social development agenda.
- Pope Tells The Truth (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 15, 2006)
Pope Benedict XVI, unlike his predecessor Pope John Paul II, clearly suffers from no illusions about averting the inevitable fullscale clash between civilisations by striking a compact or entering into an accommodation with Islam.
- Maoist Pawns Need A King (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Sep 15, 2006)
No positive outcome can be expected from the present opportunistic partnership between Nepal's seven-party alliance and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). Perhaps the only factor they have in common - shared also by the third party in the . . .
- The Sword Of Islam (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 15, 2006)
Theology is inquiry into the rationality of faith. A reason which is deaf to the divine and which relegates religion into the realm of subcultures, says Pope Benedict XVI, is incapable of entering into the dialogue . . .
- Independents Rule, Jharkhand Roasts (Pioneer, Nityanand Shukla, Sep 15, 2006)
Going against the anticipated drama on the floor test by the BJP-led Arjun Munda Government, the transition of power was a smooth affair in Jharkhand on Thursday.
- Can Science Bring China And India Closer? (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Sep 15, 2006)
For meaningful cooperation aimed at the realisation of both countries' scientific aspirations, a change in mindset will be necessary.
- When Teachers Are Rapists (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 15, 2006)
AS it is, rape is the most heinous of all crimes, considering that it violates not just the victim’s body, but also her psyche and future. When it is committed by a teacher, it becomes all the worse.
- Happiness And Beauty (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Sep 15, 2006)
In the more than half a century since the Lalit Kala Akademi was set up, Sankho Chaudhuri was only the second Bengali to be invited to be its chairman. His passing last month evoked sorrow all over the country.
- Building On The Ruins (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Sep 15, 2006)
The monsoon in Delhi has been weird to say the least. It rains every now and again but there has been no steady watering of this parched land, which needs to have its water table at a decent height for citizens to have an adequate supply of water.
- Oop: Sc Issues Notice To Centre (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notices to the Centre, Election Commission of India, Chief Election Commissioner and two Election Commissioners on a petition challenging the constitutional validity of the Parliament . . .
- Memons Plead For Lesser Term (Hindu, Prachi Pinglay, Sep 15, 2006)
The special TADA court hearing the 1993 bomb blasts case witnessed impassioned speeches as members of the Memon family, convicted on Tuesday under various charges, pleaded for a lesser term.
- Court Will Not Stop Ec From Giving Opinion To President (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2006)
Notice on plea against disqualification amendment Act
Retrospective effect solely to protect 40 MPs
It cannot obliterate incurred invalidity.
- Ford To Offer Buyouts To Over 75,000 Workers (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2006)
Ford Motor Co. will offer buyout packages of up to $140,000 to all of the more than 75,000 workers at its U.S. plants, the United Auto Workers union said on Thursday, a day before the automaker details a revised turnaround plan in response to . . .
- A Woman Caught On The Wrong Side Of History (Telegraph, Chirosree Basu, Sep 15, 2006)
Suparna Gooptu takes on a pariah. Although acknowledged as India’s ‘first woman barrister’, Cornelia Sorabji has evoked a lot of discomfort in a milieu accustomed to viewing the inception of gender politics in India in association with the growth . . .
- Son Fixation Drives Families Mad (Tribune, Gayatri Rajwade, Sep 15, 2006)
Deviki Rana (name changed) is a housewife in Patiala.
- Divisive Issues Wreck Nation-Building (Tribune, Shahira Naim, Sep 15, 2006)
On the morning of September 7, a Muslim boy is teased by his peers at an elite public school in Lucknow. He is asked if he would sing the Vande Mataram at the school assembly a little while later.
- Iran Claims Cure For Aids (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2006)
Iran has claimed that its scientists have discovered a treatment for AIDS with the formula having a two-year effect on patients using it for a three-month period.
- Relief For Families Of Wullar Tragedy (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2006)
The Jammu and Kashmir Government has released Rs 22 lakh for those whose children had died in the Wullar-boat tragedy near Watlab in north Kashmir on May 30 last.
- Pak-Afghan Ties Can’T Be Derailed, Says Aziz (Daily Times, Zulfiqar Ghuman, Sep 14, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Wednesday that Pakistan was committed to Afghanistan’s development since stronger bilateral economic ties would benefit the region, stressing that no one would succeed in creating an environment of mistrust . . .
- Icai Is Not Averse To Opening Up Of The Accounting Sector' (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 14, 2006)
The Indian CA is second to none and we will help our members gear up to face competition not only in the domestic turf but also abroad
- A Welcome For Indian Migrants (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 14, 2006)
There’s a large number of Indians – the fastest-growing group of migrants – heading to Australia.
- Impetus To Manufacturing (Deccan Herald, Alok Ray, Sep 14, 2006)
Indian manufacturing sector must absorb more cheap labour available in the country.
- Commerce To Hrd: For Obc Upgrade, Need Reforms, Fdi (Indian Express, Shubhajit Roy, Sep 14, 2006)
Upgrading higher-education institutions to implement OBC quotas provides the best opportunity for sweeping reforms in a sector where there is high scarcity and high demand. India’s enrolment in higher-education — and expenditure — lag way behind . . .
- Pacifism Works With Middle-Class India (Indian Express, NANDITA PATEL, Sep 14, 2006)
The recent success of Munnabhai’s Gandhigiri shows that in India the concept of pacifism has long carried with it a moral authority that few pragmatists have managed to dent.
- At Ibsa Summit, Quota Lessons For I From B & Sa (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Sep 14, 2006)
As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh leaves for Brasilia to take part in the first India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) summit, are reservations and quotas on his mind? Or maybe the question isn’t entirely quixotic.
- Few Expectations From India-Pakistan Talks (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2006)
A long-awaited summit meeting between the leaders of India and Pakistan this week, their first in a year, is not expected to produce any dramatic breakthroughs with both sides facing domestic political pressure.
- Talibanisation Proceeds Apace (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Sep 14, 2006)
Several developments during the last three weeks indicate that Bangladesh's present coalition Government, led by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party but dominated by the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh (JeIB), is bent upon winning the forthcoming general . . .
- Captured Live (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2006)
Indian literature, both in English and in the regional languages, has recorded the practice of untouchability in great detail.
- Economic Progress And The Challenges (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Sep 14, 2006)
The three top international financial agencies have lauded the economic achievements of Pakistan during the last six years.
- Finding Funds For Ambitious Plans (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Sep 14, 2006)
For the Eleventh Plan's Approach of faster and inclusive growth to happen, the country would need to make enormous investments.
- Us Must Set Iraq Withdrawal Time Frame, Says Annan (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2006)
Most Middle East leaders view the US-led invasion of Iraq as a disaster for the region, the UN secretary-general has said.
- Us Muslim Wins Bid To Us Congress (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2006)
State lawmaker Keith Ellison did not let questions about his past slow down his campaign to become the first Muslim in US Congress.
- Review Internal Security Now (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Sep 14, 2006)
Liberal Muslim leaders must join the Government's efforts to identify and isolate radical Islamists in India
- No One Can Harm Pak-Afghan Ties: Pm (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Wednesday said Pakistan was keen to help Afghanistan develop its communication infrastructure as it believed that stronger economic and trade bonds between the two countries will help bring greater economic . . .
- Dancing Divinity (Hindu, ATHREYAATHREYA, Sep 14, 2006)
Keshav, essentially a political cartoonist, uses striking colours and form to portray Krishna and other deities of the Hindu pantheon as well as episodes from well-known tales
- U.S. Honour For Indian Scientist (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2006)
For pioneering work in cardiopulmonary defects in newborns .
- Aids Survey Throws Up A Few Surprises (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2006)
State AIDS Control Society stepping up campaign; behaviour surveillance report for 2004-2005 released
- Integration Vs. Forced Assimilation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 14, 2006)
THE MOUNTING campaign against multiculturalism by politicians, pundits, and the press, in Britain and across Europe, is neither innocent nor innocuous.
- Kalam: Work For Autism-Free World (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2006)
"Bring sense of equality among children"
- Cmda Commissions Traffic Plan (Hindu, K. Ramachandran, Sep 14, 2006)
Anna University to complete the study for south Chennai region in two months
- Support For India's Nuclear Deal (Hindu, N. Ravi Kumar, Sep 14, 2006)
Brazil would be willing to cooperate on fuel supplies and technology, indicates Lula
- Imf Quota Reform Needs To Be Hastened: Chidambaram (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2006)
Unusual focus on governance and anti-corruption issues'
- Iavi Selects 3 Indian Institutes In Initiative To Combat Hiv (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2006)
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) has selected three leading Indian institutes to be part of the prestigious global network, undertaking two separate path-breaking projects to develop and test microbicides to combat HIV.
- Army Battles To Recruit Officers In Booming India (Reuters, Nita Bhalla, Sep 14, 2006)
The slick, new recruitment advertisement for the Indian army aired on local television channels promises it all.
- Rash Of Indologists In Russia (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 14, 2006)
Russia should pay more attention to Indology, a science which studies about India and different aspects of its culture.
- Drug May Improve Bone Density In Cerebral Palsy (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2006)
Low doses of pamidronate increase bone mineral density (BMD) in children with spastic cerebral palsy with severe movement impairment, according to results of a preliminary study reported in Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology.
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