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Articles 3321 through 3420 of 22438:
- State In Top 5 Of Hiv-Infected List (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
For every 1,000 people in Karnataka, 16 are affected by HIV/AIDS, 30 per cent of whom fall between the age group of 15 - 25 years.
- Expand Dpco Coverage (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Sep 04, 2006)
Minister for Chemicals Ram Vilas Paswan has suggested that the number of drugs covered under the Drug Pricing and Control Order (DPCO) may be increased from present 74 to 354. This is opposite to the direction being followed in the recent years.
- Arjun Sees No Opposition To Quota Implementation (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh today said he did not foresee opposition from any of the UPA allies while implementing the 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in higher educational institutions in the country.
- Keep It Up (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 04, 2006)
It is to be welcomed that Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, his predecessor Farooq Abdullah, moderate Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Moulvi Umar Farooq and Jammu-Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Yasin Malik have been seen together at . . .
- Gandhi, A Second Coming (OutLook, Editorial, Outlook, Sep 04, 2006)
A 100 years after he conceived the satyagraha, a breed of neo-Gandhians goes beyond the khadi and charkha to coopt Bapu in whole new ways.
- Nothing Religious About It (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 04, 2006)
Those who claim that singing Vande Mataram is a threat to their religion, say so without giving the matter due thought, says Maulana Waheeduddin Khan.
- Creamy Layer Matters (Business Standard, Sunil Jain, Sep 04, 2006)
Though the Moily Oversight Committee on OBC reservations appears to be split on the issue of what to do with the “creamy layer”, or the well-to-do amongst the OBCs, the government is likely to stick to its decision to allow the . . .
- Indian Author Taps Outsourcing Boom To Weave A Tale (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
It’s a story basically saying that globalisation works in mysterious ways and in India it is causing a lot to change’
- Learning Experience (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 04, 2006)
Believe nothing, O monks, merely because you have been told it... or because it is traditional, or because you yourselves have imagined it.
- India Matters (Tribune, B.G. Verghese for and Sanjay Sangvai , Sep 04, 2006)
The monsoon session of the Lok Sabha concluded far from proudly, with something approaching fisticuffs. Nothing warranted or can ever justify such disgraceful conduct.
- From Dariya To Nullah (Tribune, R. Vatsyayan, Sep 04, 2006)
Most of the ancient civilisations grew on the banks of rivers. Even today millions of people all over the world live near the rivers and depend upon them for their survival.
- Hu's Mao? (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 04, 2006)
Move over Arjun Singh. Compared to your one-nut-here-and-one-bolt-there modifications in school history books, China’s leaders have dropped wars, dynasties and, hold your breath, communist revolutions from their high-school history textbooks.
- No Problem With Quota Bill: Arjun (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
The Centre does not foresee any problem in implementing the Bill granting 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in elite educational institutes, Union human resources development minister Mr Arjun Singh said today.
- Cash And Creed (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Sep 04, 2006)
The interference of religious leaders in softer and short-term issues like who should sing the Vande Mataram or which temple or mosque should be demolished to make way for development has been accepted by Indian society as a given.
- Pondy Assembly Speaker All Praise For Members (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Before adjourning the budget session of the Pondicherry Assembly on Friday (September 1), the Speaker, R. Radhakrishnan, was all praise for members for maintaining decorum during the entire session.
- Sez Approval Burst On State (Telegraph, S.P.S. PANNU, Sep 04, 2006)
In the middle of a raging controversy over the rush to set up special economic zones (SEZs), it has come to light that as many as 11 such projects in Bengal have already received formal central approval and six more have been cleared in principle.
- Teaching Schools A Lesson (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 04, 2006)
To see private schools citing the fate of students, in an attempt to be spared MCD’s sealing drive, is an approach one would associate with wily politicians. Some 1920 private pre-primary, primary and secondary schools have been listed by the MCD . . .
- Russia Remembers Beslan Victims (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 04, 2006)
Russia today observed a minute’s silence and marked the “Day of Solidarity in Combat Against Terrorism” in the memory of the victims of the Beslan school carnage in which 333 people, including 186 school children were killed.
- Govt Deputes Ministers In Flood Hit Areas, (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Four persons including three members of a family were killed and two others were injured when their houses collapsed due to landslides triggered by heavy rains in Jammu region while the Government today sounded an alert on flood threat with Chenab . . .
- Punjab Polls: Manmohan To Be Congress Trump Card (Pioneer, Akhilesh Suman, Sep 04, 2006)
With Chief Minister Amrinder Singh battling against five years of anti-incumbency, the Congress plans to project Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as "pride of Punjab" to turn the electoral tide.
- 6 Dead As Flood, Snowfall Hits J-K (Indian Express, MIR EHSAN, Sep 04, 2006)
Kashmir is facing its worst ever flood crisis in two decades with hundreds of villages and even parts of Srinagar completely marooned after three days of incessant rains.
- Anomie In Ujjain (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Sep 04, 2006)
Those who remember bloody episodes of student politics across Indian universities during the 1970s and 1980s may be forgiven for thinking that the gruesome killing of Prof Sabharwal in Ujjain is not so much a marker of a new crisis of . . .
- Citizenship Isn’T A Split Decision (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 04, 2006)
Should cosmopolitan nations prohibit dual citizenship at a time when integration is very important?
- Education Is Forgotten (Deccan Herald, K Sundara Raj, Sep 04, 2006)
‘Are we throwing our young minds to the unscrupulous wolves that the ruling classes are in a corrupt world? These are the issues that need to be addressed by teachers.’
- Flood Situation Grim In J&k (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Sep 04, 2006)
Water level in all rivers and streams crosses the danger mark; schools, colleges closed
- It’S A Passion, Not A Job (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 04, 2006)
Instead of being havens of positive influence, schools have become breeding-grounds for violence and pessimism. Young minds should be nurtured.’
- Public Health, Why Now? (Deccan Herald, Manu N Kulkarni, Sep 04, 2006)
The Govt’s public health initiatives seem to favour the MNCs more than the people.
- A Tribute To My Teacher (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 04, 2006)
A lasting bond sometimes develops between a teacher and his student.
- Theerthabhisheka Mahotsavam Performed To . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
`Sahasra Narikela Theerthabhisheka Mahotsavam' was performed to Vepanjeri Sri Lakshminarayana Swamy at the S.V. Children's High School premises in Bhavani Nagar here on Sunday.
- `Islam Does Not Preach Terrorism' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Education, hard work can end poverty of Muslims
- Children From Villages Shine At Knowledge Festival (Hindu, Meera Srinivasan, Sep 04, 2006)
NGO Aid India organised the two-day event
- E-Tutoring A Boon For Travel-Weary Students (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
There is a high degree of personal interaction in this system
The programmes are tailored to suit each student's needs
- `Chief Minister Has Launched Works Without Getting Nod' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
MLA threatens to move court if approval is not obtained within a day
- Karunanidhi To Lay Foundation For Information Technology Institute (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Chief Minister and Arjun Singh discuss stand on reservation legislation
- Madhya Pradesh Directive To Sing Vande Mataram (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Recitation to be voluntary in Nagaland
- Quota Bill Will Not Face Opposition: Arjun (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
The Centre did not anticipate any opposition in the Parliament to the Bill implementing staggered reservation quotas for OBCs, Union Minister for Human Resources Development Arjun Singh said on Sunday.
- Congress President Promises Package For Farmers In State (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Get ready to bring Congress back to power in Karnataka, Sonia tells party workers
- Business School At Gju Planned (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
The state government has decided to set up a Haryana Business School on the premises of Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology here.
- Towards Full Convertibility (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Sep 04, 2006)
The report does not speak about the advantages of full convertibility but suggests streamlining of it.
- Ah, Quite (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 04, 2006)
When it comes to instant repartee, Meleveetil Damodaran, chairman, Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), is in a delightful class.
- Iraqi Killings Shock Hyderabadi Shias (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
The two lakh strong Shia community in Hyderabad is shocked at the killing of three of their fellow community men in Iraq while they were on a pilgrimage to Karbala, the holiest of Shia pilgrim places.
- Controlling Growth Of Disparity (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Sep 04, 2006)
In an FAQ on curbing variance, rich-poor, urban-rural, P. V. INDIRESAN suggests certain rule-based controls instead of the current ad hoc solutions that are neither transparent nor have in-built checks and balances.
- A Roof Of Their Own, At Last For Bidi Workers (Hindu, Meena Menon, Sep 02, 2006)
Our dreams are fulfilled... and to us it's more beautiful than heaven. It is our Taj Mahal: beneficiary
Largest housing project for women workers in Asia
Each worker will get a single-storey 255 sq. ft. house
Anti-tobacco laws have reduced . . .
- A 1,000-Year-Old Temple In Ruins (Hindu, K. Manikandan, Sep 02, 2006)
The list of historical monuments in and around Chennai is not restricted to Kancheepuram and Mamallapuram towns.
- Good Governance (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 02, 2006)
The remarks made by Dr Ishrat Husain, chairman of an official commission on government reforms, in a speech made at the recent launch of the Human Development in South Asia (2005) Report that a qualitative change in governance would help solve . . .
- Bugti Buried In Secrecy (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Pakistan’s combined Opposition observed “a successful black day” in various parts of the country on Friday, even as the army buried the body of slain Baluch leader Akbar Khan Bugti at his ancestral Dera Bugti cemetery amidst tight security and . . .
- Sureesh Mehta To Be New Naval Chief (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
In key appointments in Armed Forces, seniormost naval officer and fighter pilot, Vice Admiral Sureesh Mehta was today named as the country's new Chief of Naval Staff and Let Gen Thomas Mathew along with Let Gen Arvind Mahajan were appointed Adjutant . . .
- Manmohan Lays Stone For Strengthening Power Grid (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today laid the foundation stone of one of the largest grid strengthening schemes for the western region.
- Needed, A Policy For Human Capital (The Financial Express, YRK REDDY, Sep 02, 2006)
Prime Minster Manmohan Singh recently stressed the need to convert people into national assets while releasing a report on Person-to-Person Advocacy with parliamentarians on population issues.
- Jews Who Hate The Jewish State (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 02, 2006)
If they (Jews) all gather in Israel, it will save us the trouble of going after them worldwide." - Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, Hizbullah commander.
- Care Delayed Is Care Denied (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 02, 2006)
Nirmal Sandhu visits Patiala’s Rajindra Hospital, where animals stray into the emergency ward and a shortage of space, staff and equipment can result in fatal delays in treatment.
- Reap What You Sow (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 02, 2006)
Prem Kumar, son of my Dahi Bhalla friend, the late Kishen Lall, founder-proprietor of Hotel Rajdoot, is a very fat man.
- Flights To Leh Being Increased To Promote Tourism: Azad (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Trying to put the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir on the international tourism map, the State Government is taking slew of measures to develop the connectivity and infrastructure to the untapped scenic region of mountain passes.
- Pm Envisages 8 Lakh Mw Power Generation In 25 Years (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Stating that no industrial development was possible sans electricity, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said power generation in the country would have to be increased six-fold to eight lakh MW in the next 25 years to match the growing needs.
- The Cruel Grind (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 02, 2006)
Where there is a will there is a way. So goes the age-old saying.
- Police Provide Additional Security To Eyewitness (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Security for Komal Singh Sengar, an eyewitness to the death of professor H S Sabharwal following violence in college elections here, was enhanced on Friday in view of threat perceptions, a senior police officer said.
- Not A Day Too Soon (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 02, 2006)
There is no doubt that mounting public anger against the manner in which the perpetrators of the gruesome death of Professor Harbhajan Singh Sabharwal were let off, forced Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan to transfer . . .
- Forbes Lists Nooyi As More Powerful Than Sonia (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Chief executive-designate of Pepsico Indra Nooyi and ICICI bank's Lalita Gupte and Kalpana Morparia, are on Forbes magazine's list of 100 most powerful women in the world.
- Needed Dynamic (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 02, 2006)
It would be a pity if the various local initiatives to involve industry in upgrading skills of vocational students aren’t linked nationally. This is one of the more exciting developments in contemporary India, partly pushed by occasionally . . .
- Slain Mp Teacher’S Son Plans Web Fight For Justice (Asian Age, Sudhir K. Singh, Sep 02, 2006)
Slain Ujjain professor Harbhajan Singh Sabharwal’s son Himangshu Sabharwal has decided to set up a website to ensure that his father’s alleged "killers" — the two members of the Akhil Bharatiya . . .
- Azad May Ask Deputy To Quit (Asian Age, Yusuf Jameel, Sep 02, 2006)
With the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leadership refusing to budge and options for chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad becoming dry, Jammu and Kashmir deputy chief minister Muzaffar Hussein Beigh seems to have been left down on his luck.
- China Media Censors "Blacklist" Tibetan Princess (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
China is censoring media reports about the daughter of Tibet's 10th Panchen Lama, industry sources said, apparently worried that her popularity would eclipse that of her father's disputed successor.
- Wrong Choices (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 02, 2006)
Enabling environment versus paternalism
- A Pot Of Gold On The Horizon (The Economic Times, J BRADFORD DELONG, Sep 02, 2006)
For quite a while now — certainly since the terrorist attacks on the US of September 11, 2001, and before as we watched the slaughters in Kosovo, Sarajevo, Srebrenica, Rwanda, and Congo on our televisions — the news has been dominated by war and . . .
- Bush-Bashing Teen Can Keep Shirt On (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Zachary Guiles knew he was being provocative when he showed up for school two years ago in a T-shirt that accused George Bush of being a war-mongering draft-dodger, a drunkard and a drug addict.
- Gone Is Lover’S Lane (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 02, 2006)
What happened to Lover’s Lane? The walls have risen to the height of a fort,” said Jai Pratap Singh, looking out of the car window towards the boundary wall adjoining the hostel of Government College for Girls, Sector 11. We were last week . . .
- Retired Sbi Employee, Was Awaiting His Fourth Grandchild (Indian Express, LEKHA AGARWAL, Sep 02, 2006)
Living at his elder daughter Prabha’s house in Goregaon as his wife Lakshmi was away, Krishnan used the opportunity to do what he loved doing — spoil his grandchildren, nine-year-old Akshay and five-year-old twins Abhishek and Ashwin.
- Role Of A Powerful Medium (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 02, 2006)
Let me begin by saying that in my view television in India has played an important and beneficial role.
- Merkel Overtakes Rice As World's Most Powerful Woman: Forbes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Indra Nooyi,, Sonia Gandhi, Lalita Gupte and Kalpana Morparia, Vidya Chhabria among Indians on list.
- 'Today's Child Is Tomorrow's Citizen' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 02, 2006)
The 7th International Children's Festival of Performing Arts is on in the capital.
- War Tactics For The Markets (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 02, 2006)
Daryl Guppy offers The 36 Strategies of the Chinese for Financial Traders to help overcome your two biggest enemies in the markets. Vijay Singal provides tips on `stock market anomalies and low-risk investing' in Beyond the Random Walk.
- Nooyi, Sonia Among World’S Powerpuff Women (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi has been listed as the 13th most powerful woman in the world in the annual Forbes listing, headed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
- Warmer Soils Will Add To Climate Change: Expert (Hindu, David Adam, Sep 02, 2006)
Global temperatures could go up by 1.5 degrees centigrade.
- Kalam Sends Lab Equipment For Durban School (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Fulfiling his promise, President A P J Abdul Kalam has sent a consignment of laboratory equipment worth $ 200,000 to a high school in a poor black residential area here.
- ‘Indians Are Fastest Growing Asian Community In America’ (Indian Express, Jayanth Jacob, Sep 02, 2006)
Indian-Americans are the fastest growing Asian community in the US in the last five years, according to the US Census bureau, says consulting and communications agency Kang & Lee.
- Ba Pass, Otherwise Fail (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 02, 2006)
A lot of hand-wringing on thuggish student politics has followed the murder of a professor in Ujjain. Student politicians have been asked to behave better.
- How The Channels Lost The Plot On The Campus Drama (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Sep 02, 2006)
As an education migrant who fled a Left-dominated, politicised university in the then Calcutta for a Left-dominated, politicised university in Delhi, I have a theory on student politics, an activity that graduated to murder this week and . . .
- Islam In China: No Longer Insulated (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Sep 02, 2006)
Greater orthodoxy amongst Chinese Muslims is on the rise. Nonetheless, they retain unique characteristics.
- Spreading Awareness Of Aids On A Cycle (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Somen Debnath, 23, of Sunderban Village in West Bengal, has been cycling his way to eliminate the world of AIDS by 2020. Mr. Debnath, on his way to Kannur, reached Kozhikode on Monday.
- Heavy Rains Lash Madhya Pradesh, Alert Sounded In Bhopal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Flight operations affected in the State capital as water inundates part of the runway at Raja Bhoj airport; death toll mounts to 134.
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