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Articles 3421 through 3520 of 22438:
- Law On Obc Quota In Institutions Sought (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Pondicherry Assembly passes a resolution
Parliament had introduced a Bill in this regard on August 25 paving the way for the reservation
Assembly adopts another resolution urging the Centre to sanction approval of the draft Bill
"Exams by . . .
- Supreme Court Upholds Death For Two Killer Sisters (Times of India, Dhananjay Mahapatra, Sep 01, 2006)
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the death penalty to two sisters who killed nine of 13 children they kidnapped during 1990-96. The court described the duo as a menace to society.
- The Aiims I Know (Indian Express, C P Bhambhri, Sep 01, 2006)
Health Minister of India Anbumani Ramadoss recently launched a tirade against the management and functioning of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.
- Is Peacekeeping Good For India? (Indian Express, Ramesh Thakur, Sep 01, 2006)
The big question: will we stay and even expand our contribution to the UN Interim Force in Lebanon, or will we pull out? More importantly, on what basis should we make such a decision?
- Women’S Quota Bill In Next Session: Pm (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
Expressing hope that a legislation to reserve seats for women in Parliament can be brought forward in the Winter Session, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, however, was quick to point out that legislative and administrative initiatives to . . .
- Harsh Lessons In College Politics (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 01, 2006)
When I made Haasil in 2003, I was drawing on my immediate environment but I never anticipated that student politics would become politicised to this extent.
- Angry Kya? It May Harm Your Lungs (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
Lung power normally declines as a person ages but being angry and hostile can speed up the process, researchers said on Thursday.
- History As Farce (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 01, 2006)
After more than a week of intense debate over whether it should be compulsory for schoolchildren to sing Vande Mataram on September 7, we now know that this particular date has no significance.
- Rewrite The Book (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 01, 2006)
Discussions on higher education in India rarely acknow-ledge that there is a world beyond IITs and IIMs.
- Campus Sport (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 01, 2006)
To the innumerable factors that threaten life in India, add another — student politics.
- Chained Wife Forced To Drink Urine (Telegraph, G.S. RADHAKRISHNA, Sep 01, 2006)
A man who locked up his wife in a room for three years and made her drink her own urine for opposing his bigamy has been arrested.
- As If In A Bad Dream (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Sep 01, 2006)
Is India in the throes of a nightmare? Is the horror we witness day in and day out for real or is it a mirage? Whatever it is, one thing is for sure, it is unacceptable.
- They Need Aid! (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 01, 2006)
About our ‘well informed’ MPs
While the two Bills (Clinton and Gates) recently wowed audiences at the XVI International AIDS Conference at Toronto with their passionate involvement in dealing with the world’s most dreaded and fast mutating . . .
- Alas, There's No G-Spot! (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 01, 2006)
Research can't get more esoteric than this. One only has to visualise the picture of 15 nuns in a lab trying to get connected with God to understand that the research would have got nowhere.
- Women's Reservation Bill In Next Session : Pm (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said he hoped that a bill aimed at providing reservation for women in Parliament and State legislatures would be introduced in Parliament in its next session.
- J&k Needs Balanced, Equitable Development (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 01, 2006)
The relevance of 'Development' as an instrument of change particularly to build on peace dividends is widely recognized.
- Sri Lankans Flee Horror For Poverty, Safety In India (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Sep 01, 2006)
Fisherman Chinnathambi Ravikumar was returning home from a fishing trip when a sea-battle broke out between the Sri Lankan navy and Tamil Tiger rebels.
- China Media Censors "Blacklist" Tibetan Princess (Reuters, Benjamin Kang Lim, Sep 01, 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.
- Names People Play With (Statesman, Sarah Cassidy, Sep 01, 2006)
People named Riddle, McRae, Granger or Crabtree have the most adventurous ancestors who are most likely to have emigrated from Britain to across the globe over the last 125 years.
- Healthy Societies May Not Be God Given (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Sep 01, 2006)
Religious leaders belonging to different religions actually have one thing in common (besides of course their belief in God) and that is, they think atheists are a corrupting influence on society.
- Shiv Shankar Menon Named Foreign Secy (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Sep 01, 2006)
Shyam Saran special envoy on Indo-US N-deal
- Bush-Mocking Shirt Ok To Wear: Court (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
A US student who sued school officials after he was made to censor his T-shirt that labelled president George W Bush "Chicken-Hawk-In-Chief" and a former alcohol and cocaine abuser won an appeal on Wednesday to wear the T-shirt to school.
- Students To Continue Stir Against Quota (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
Five of the 40 junior doctors and engineering students fasting in hospitals and colleges in Kolkata, Durgapur and Siliguri, respectively, since August 26 against the new reservation policy fell sick seriously today.
- A Sweet Sorrow (Deccan Herald, VARALOTTI RENGASAMY, Sep 01, 2006)
Some partings in life are unforgettable. But they build our confidence.
- Bill For Obc Quota In Unaided Universities Soon: Arjun Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
Including unaided deemed varsities within the present Bill would not be legally tenable'
- Murder Most Vile (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 01, 2006)
The death of an Ujjain college professor after he was brutally set upon by a group of students suspected to be from the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad is a grim reminder that in Bharatiya Janata Party-run Madhya Pradesh, elements of the Sangh . . .
- Battles Within Before The Big Fight (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Sep 01, 2006)
Just eight months before the French Presidential elections, the question of who will be the final candidate is still not clear: neither among the socialists nor among the conservatives.
- Selling English To The "Natives" (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Sep 01, 2006)
Beware the hype over what is "new" in the latest dictionary at the neighbourhood bookshop.
- Institutions Told To Sing It On Sept 7 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
The order signed by secretary, Department of Public Instruction on August 21, has directed educational institutions to make the students assemble at 11 am on September 7 and sing two stanzas from Vande Mataram.
- Corporate Design (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
The growing trend of corporate bigwigs entering Parliament has become a matter of serious discussion.
- More Than A Song (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 01, 2006)
Though the song 'Vande Mataram' was mired in controversy during the freedom movement and in later years, it was first thought to be inspirational in its native Bengal and across the nation.
- Terror In Twilight (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Sep 01, 2006)
Is the Hizbul Mujahideen preparing to come to the negotiating table?
- We Must Return To The Roots Of The Indian Press And Defend Its Strengths: N. Ram (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
There are people "constantly trying to confuse public opinion" by egging on the Government and pressurising it ideologically
- Urdu & Secularism (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Sep 01, 2006)
A clutch of new books focus on the progressive nationalist tradition of Urdu poetry.
- Indians Who Disgrace India (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Sep 01, 2006)
From swatting flies to crushing protesters under tanks, the Chinese Government holds a world record in disciplining people.
- Song Sung Blue (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 01, 2006)
Songs are usually sung by the happy, the sad, the devout or the lovelorn. Sometimes, in circumstances that are either dangerous or absurd (or both), they are sung because politicians want them sung.
- Political Brew (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
THE overt involvement of big business in politics, and even more so in governance, is a post-1990 phenomenon in Karnataka. Prior to this, business was viewed primarily as a source of funds to political parties and individuals, particularly during . . .
- Land Of Privileges (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
IN December 2005, when the Congress government in Haryana led by Bhupinder Singh Hooda arrived at an understanding with Reliance India Limited (RIL) to set up a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in the State, it was least expected that the deal would . . . .
- Living In The War Zone (Frontline, Editorial, Frontline, Sep 01, 2006)
Instilling in the young qualities such as character and comradeship is one way to defeat the temporary triumph of terrorists.
- Saran To Be Pm’S Envoy On Nuke Deal (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
The Union government on Thursday appointed Mr Shiv Shankar Menon as the new foreign secretary. The 57-year-old officer of the 1972 batch of the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) is currently India’s high commissioner to Islamabad.
- I'm British, But... (Frontline, Vijay Prashad, Sep 01, 2006)
The book shows what attracts Muslims particularly those who live in Western societies, to a radical Islamic world-view.
- Make The Poor More Productive (The Financial Express, Jayaprakash Narayan, Sep 01, 2006)
Subsistence employment with low wages will neither reduce poverty nor stimulate demand. Eventually, unemployment will retard both growth and social cohesion.
- Confident Pm Hints At Bill On Women’S Quota Next (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday indicated that a Women’s Reservation Bill will be brought in the coming Winter Session of Parliament.
- In Death, An Islamist (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 01, 2006)
Egypt's outlawed Islamist opposition on Thursday joined leading Muslim clerics in mourning for Nobel Prize-winning author Naguib Mahfouz, some of whose work was condemned by Islamist extremists as sacrilegious during the writer's lifetime.
- In Hinterland, Campuses On The Boil (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Two days after a college teacher slapped a student for “daring” to speak on a mobile in her presence, the authorities and students have worked out a “truce” that allows restricted use of cellphones on campus.
- Much Ado About A Song (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 31, 2006)
There is something mysterious about the current furore around the compulsory singing of Vande Mataram in schools. No mystery of course about why the BJP has enthusiastically taken up the issue, and already made it compulsory in Chhattisgarh, . . .
- Cooperative Living (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 31, 2006)
In the early 1990s after the debilitating and insidious Cold War ended symbolized by the unification of the two Germanys and fall of the gigantic USSR, people started visualizing a 'New World Order' as George Bush Sr christened it hoping that the . . .
- London Given A Kashmir Label (Telegraph, Amit Roy, Aug 31, 2006)
London, which is already called “Londonistan” in some circles, could also be disparagingly nicknamed “Kashmir on the Thames”, it was suggested by a writer who was given airtime on BBC Radio 4’s flagship Today programme.
- Lalu To Teach Management At Iim Ahmedabad (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
He may be the quintessentially rustic politician whose 15-year-rule in Bihar as Chief Minister was dubbed by critics as ‘jungle raj’ but RJD president Lalu Prasad is set for an image makeover when he dons the role of lecturer at the Indian Institute . . .
- Trouble In The Class (Telegraph, Ardhendu Chatterjee, Aug 31, 2006)
With uncertainty staring aspiring teachers of West Bengal in the face, this year’s Teachers’ Day celebrations will seem hollow for them.
- Lady Muftis Breach Male Bastion (Telegraph, G.S. RADHAKRISHNA, Aug 31, 2006)
Sania Mirza’s short skirts may have hogged global headlines, but city teenager Amina Batool perhaps better represents the rise of woman power in India’s Muslim society.
- Upa's Social Agenda Doesn't Suit Fm's Pocket (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Aug 31, 2006)
The UPA Government's tall talk of massive social sector investment in the XIth Plan may not meet its objectives because of lack of resources at the disposal of the Centre.
- Muslims And Modernity (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 31, 2006)
To enjoy social dignity as rest of India, Muslims will have to switch over to modern education, says Ather Farouqui.
- Government Abetting Regression (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Aug 31, 2006)
Tradition coerces Muslim girls into early marriage and UPA Government intends to turn the clock further back by selective reforms, says Anuradha Dutt.
- Thrall Of Terror (Business Line, Raghu Dayal , Aug 31, 2006)
A diabolical plot to blow up the trans-Atlantic airliners thwarted just in time by M-15 in the UK earlier this month caused much fear and despair.
- Nda Allies Distance Themselves From Bjp (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
With the BJP’s stress on Hindutva, the NDA allies have rapidly started distancing themselves from the saffron camp. After the Janata Dal (United), led by Mr Sharad Yadav, opposed the BJP’s move to support the ban on religious conversions, the . . .
- On A Mole's Trail (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 31, 2006)
Accountants know well about intangible assets and secret reserves. Here is Secret Asset by Stella Rimington, from Hutchinson (www.randomhouse.co.uk). A thriller that takes the reader `into a world where no-one can be trusted and nothing is what is seems.'
- ‘Singing Of Vande Only Suggestion’ (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Union human resources development minister Arjun Singh said on Wednesday that he had given a suggestion to the states, and not a directive, regarding the singing of Vande Mataram in schools.
- Highways Blocked; Quetta Calm But Tense (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Activists of the four-party Baloch Alliance blocked highways in the province to protest against the killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti while Quetta remained calm but tense on Wednesday.
- Journalist’S Brother Killed In Wana (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
A 14-year-old brother of Dilawar Khan Wazir, correspondent of Daily Dawn and BBC Urdu Service in the South Waziristan Agency, was killed by unidentified assailants in Wana on Wednesday.
- Freedom Of Speech — And Action (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 31, 2006)
Speakers at a Karachi University seminar on promoting the “culture of discussion” were of the opinion that freedom of speech is a basic requisite of a democratic society.
- Containing Rural Migration (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 31, 2006)
Providing valuable insight into how migration from rural areas puts enormous stress on the urban infrastructure, speakers at a recent seminar in Karachi said that the deteriorating socio-economic conditions in Pakistani cities could be attributed . . .
- Death Of A Teacher (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 31, 2006)
Professor Harbhajan Singh Sabharwal's 'televised' death has had a profound impact on the nation's conscience because it is perhaps the first time ever that reality television has captured the essence of student politics in Indian campuses.
- Balochistan Cut Off From Rest Of Country (News International, Muhammad Ejaz Khan, Aug 31, 2006)
The Baloch-dominated areas of Balochistan remained tense on Wednesday in protest against the killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti as hundreds of protesters blocked the main highways with boulders, crudely built barriers and trucks, literally disconnecting . . .
- Rights, Development And Security (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 31, 2006)
The latest edition of the much-valued report on Human Development in South Asia was launched in Islamabad the other day.
- Lok Ayukta Invites Ideas From People On Fighting Corruption (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Lok Ayukta N. Santosh Hegde has invited public opinion in fighting corruption in the State and called for an awakening among the people to voice their views against corrupt officials. He was speaking after inaugurating the five-year LLB course in . . .
- Man Held On Job Racket Charges At Vadapalani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
The City Crime Branch (CCB) police arrested Kamlesh Kumar (54) of Vadapalani, who had allegedly taken Rs 8.03 lakh from seven persons, under the pretext of getting lucrative teacher jobs in government run schools.
- Violent, Not Gradual, Change (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 31, 2006)
Scientists fear that global warming will bring climatic turbulence, with changes coming in big jumps rather than gradually.
- Bill For Obc Quota In Unaided Universities Soon: Arjun Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
The Government will bring a separate Bill to provide reservation to Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in unaided deemed to be universities.
- Bjp Calls Off Plan To Sing Vande Mataram In Parliament (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Aug 31, 2006)
Somnath denies permission for BJP minority cell members to sing the national song
Congress playing vote bank politics: BJP
Centre charged with compromising on security for Ayodhya complex.
- Cuba: Brief Break (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Aug 31, 2006)
Cuban President Fidel Castro, recovering from an illness, is expected to be back at work very soon.
- Two Abvp Leaders Surrender In Ujjain (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
In case relating to assault on professor Nath; CID begins probe into Sabharwal's death
- Question Mark Over Fate Of 1,700 Delhi Schools (Hindu, Sandeep Joshi, Aug 31, 2006)
Shadow of Operation Sealing looms large as deadline set by Supreme Court approaches
- Jailed On Return From India, Iranian Scholar Ramin Jahanbegloo . . . (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Ramin Jahanbegloo, a prominent Iranian political philosopher and the current occupant of the prestigious Rajni Kothari chair in Democracy at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) in New Delhi, has been set free in Tehran after . . .
- Imperfect Sympathy (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Aug 31, 2006)
The ban on child labour in eateries and households may not become effective in the absence of adequate rehabilitation mechanisms.
- Starving Childhoods In Sheopur (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Hunger-related deaths among children continue to afflict the tribal population of Sheopur.
- Hyderabad Youth Pulled Off Us-Bound Plane In London, Returned . . . (Indian Express, Karn Kowshik, Aug 31, 2006)
A Hyderabad youth, who claimed he was on his way to the US for an MBA in Rhode Island, was pulled off a plane in London, detained by police on August 25 and sent back to India.
- Murder, Murder (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 31, 2006)
In the years of yore, Ujjain was a seat of learning. Today the town is notorious for the virtual lynching of a professor by his own students for no other reason than that he had to postpone elections to the students union.
- At Russia’S Woodstock, The Times They Have A-Changed (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 31, 2006)
Try free-associating the words “Russian” and “Woodstock” for a few seconds, and you’ll likely have a fair idea of the scene. Mud. Vodka. Pouring rain. Grumpy police. Imperfect to nonexistent sanitation.
- Surely You’Re Joking, Dr Ahluwalia? (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Aug 31, 2006)
Montek Singh says getting money for planned programmes is much more important than fiscal responsibility, but unless the Planning Commission recognises that the problem is not lack of funding, but of accountability, we will just be throwing more . . .
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