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Articles 3621 through 3720 of 22438:
- Nris Get Lifer For Murder Of 8-Year-Old (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Two Dubai-based NRI brothers were on Monday sentenced to life imprisonment for kidnapping and murdering the eight-year-old son of a city businessman in 1992.
- Flower Power (Times of India, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Aug 29, 2006)
Tens of thousands of women in Nepal's feudal society protested on the streets and organised all-women's rallies. The image is powerful; and the impact strong enough to win a people their democracy.
- Riots Continue Across Balochistan, Karachi (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Punjabi barber killed in Naushki, eight protesters injured in Pasni
Sindh-Balochistan highway blocked
10 injured in violence in Karachi
- Saga Of Oppression (Hindu, K. Kunhikrishnan, Aug 29, 2006)
This novel deals with the history of the pathetically downtrodden Pulayas of north Malabar.
- Nice Laurels He Has Got (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Aug 29, 2006)
The prime minister’s Independence Day address had about 5,329 listeners at Red Fort. Of them, 3,000 were schoolchildren.
- Birth Of A Definition (Telegraph, M.R. Venkatesh, Aug 29, 2006)
M.R. Venkatesh looks at how the concept of ‘caste’ evolved in the South, where the first OBC movement had originated.
- They Call Us, But We Ignore... (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Cenotaphs, that carry tales of our glorious past, are almost in ruins. Isn’t it time we listened to their silent cry of agony, asks Rajiv G H
- Allow Muslims To Sing Vande Mataram On Sept 5, Bjp Urges Speaker (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
The controversy boiling over the compulsory recital of Vande Mataram to mark the conclusion of the year-long celebrations of the national song on September 7 is refusing to die down.
- End Of A Legend (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 29, 2006)
Shamsur Rahman's death is a blow to the literary world as well as forward thinking forces in Bangladesh, says Sandip Mukharji.
- Abuse Of Domestic Child Labour Alarming: Study (Tribune, Vibha Sharma, Aug 29, 2006)
A new study has revealed shockingly high levels of emotional, physical and sexual abuse among children working as domestic help in Indian homes.
- Delivery Of Public Services (Hindu, Madhura Swaminathan, Aug 29, 2006)
Case studies prepared for a World Bank report on the improvements in public service delivery in India .
- Capitalism With A Human Face (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
An account of modern economic policy from a classical liberal perspective — a contribution to the globalisation debate .
- Propagation Of Tamil (Hindu, S. N. Kandaswamy, Aug 29, 2006)
Membaadu + Payanpaadu = Valarchi: V.C. Kulandaiswamy, Bharathi Pathippagam, 126/108, Usman Road, T. Nagar, Chennai-600017. Rs. 190.
- Programme Launched To Encourage Literacy Among Women (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Cash awards distributed to 60 meritorious students
- Maintain Sanctity Of Contracts: Chidambaram (Hindu, Staff Reporter , Aug 29, 2006)
Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has said that the sanctity of contracts and strict enforcement of laws were the need of the hour to make India a global leader.
- The Balochistan Cause Gets A Martyr (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 29, 2006)
The killing of Akbar Khan Bugti has angered Balochistan. It has also sent shock waves through political circles in Pakistan.
- Jiddu Krishnamurti On Education (Hindu, Sarojini Premchand, Aug 29, 2006)
Jiddu krishnamurti the renowned thinker said, "The highest function of education is to bring about an integrated individual who is capable of dealing with life as a whole."
- 28 Killed In Sri Lanka (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 29, 2006)
Thousands of displaced persons in the east of Sri Lanka, lodged in schools and colleges of Trincomalee district, are facing yet another displacement with the educational institutions scheduled for reopening. In the east alone, there are over . . .
- ‘Iims Can Implement Obc Quota At One Go’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
As the government proposes to introduce reservation for OBCs in higher education in a staggered manner, a founder director of IIM, Bangalore, has said there was adequate infrastructure to add the necessary seats at one go in the elite management . . .
- Revenge Of The Creamy Layer (Indian Express, RAVINDER KAUR, Aug 28, 2006)
The quota bill, cleared by the cabinet and tabled in Parliament, provides for staggered implementation.
- Rajasthan's Flood Its Worst In 200 Years, 300 Dead (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
First drought, now the deluge. In the midst of the Thar desert, Barmer district of Rajasthan, the worst-hit, is struggling to cope with the flash floods in which 300 people are believed to have died. More than 1,000 people are marooned on sand . . .
- Fountain For The Poor, Beaches For The Rich (News International, Khusro Mumtaz, Aug 28, 2006)
The federal minister for ports and shipping, Babar Khan Ghouri, like all his fellow ministers and ministers of state and the illustrious citizens of this country with the status of minister (the combined number of which is so astronomical you . . .
- Cpm Asks For Leash On Private Quotas (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
The CPM has urged the Centre to “immediately introduce” a legislation to regulate fees and management quotas in private institutions.
- A Significant Sixty (Telegraph, S.L. Rao, Aug 28, 2006)
N.R. Narayana Murthy represents a new breed of middle-class (some even lower middle-class) Indians who in the last 20 years have used their brains and their enterprise to build fabulous businesses in their lifetimes.
- Tiger Of Balochistan Killed In Lair (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
A photograph of Nawab Akbar Bugti sitting with a gun in a well-guarded cave in Balochistan and vowing to carry on an armed struggle against Pakistan's military to achieve autonomy for his over-exploited province sent shock waves across Pakistan and . . .
- Post-Mortem Report Says Professor’S Ribs Were Broken (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Aug. 27: Two students belonging to the Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) were arrested today for allegedly manhandling a professor and throwing mud at him during students’ union elections at a college here even as one of the teacher’s former . . .
- Us Jet That Crashed Took Wrong Runway: Official (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Aug 28, 2006)
A US commuter jet that crashed in Kentucky yesterday killing 49 people used a shorter runway that was not allowed for passenger jets, a federal official has said.
- J&k Enjoys Highest Degree Of Self-Rule: Governor (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Saying that the concept of autonomy of a State is in no way a threat to national unity, Governor Lt Gen (Retd) S K Sinha today asserted that Jammu and Kashmir is enjoying highest degree of self rule in the country.
- Governor Not In Favour Of Self-Rule In J&k (Tribune, Ehsan Fazili, Aug 28, 2006)
Asserting that democracy was thriving in Jammu and Kashmir, Governor S.K. Sinha said here today that the idea of self rule would not be introduced though there was scope of improvement in different ways.
- Shady Stuff (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 28, 2006)
Humankind's ignorance about the amazingly complex structure of the universe just got proved.
- Remove Derogatory References To Jats In Ncert Books: Karat (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Ms Brinda Karat, MP and a member of the CPM Politburo, today assuaged hurt feelings of Jat community by seeking immediate deletion of all derogatory references to the community in the books published by the NCERT.
- Britons Seek Online Tuition From India (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
In the latest example of growing online interaction between Britain and India, British pupils are paying nearly 10 pounds an hour for online tuition on various subjects from teachers based in India.
- Exclude Creamy Layer (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 28, 2006)
The Manmohan Singh government could finally table the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Bill, 2006, in the Lok Sabha, despite divisions among UPA coalition partners like the DMK and the PMK.
- Psus Sold Cheap? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 28, 2006)
The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India has accused the NDA government of undervaluing nine public sector units (PSUs) during their disinvestment.
- Riots Spark After Akbar Bugti’S Killing (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Curfew has been imposed was imposed in Quetta for indefinite period of time on Sunday due to unprecedented violence, which erupted after killing of Jamhori Watan Party (JWP) Chief Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti and his men.
- Lions Club Launches Project In Ajk (Dawn, TARIQ NAQASH, Aug 28, 2006)
The Lions Clubs International has initiated a project for rehabilitation of earthquake victims which envisages construction of 150 model houses, mosques and schools in mountain villages of district Muzaffarabad.
- Achieving Literacy Targets (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 28, 2006)
It is all very well for President Musharraf to say that the government will offer the required funds to achieve an 85 per cent literacy rate by 2012.
- Understanding & Fighting Terrorism (Dawn, Talat Masood, Aug 28, 2006)
The news of the terror plot in Britain in which some British citizens of Pakistani origin and a few Pakistanis were allegedly involved came soon after the regrettable Mumbai train explosion that had the Indian leaders and media pointing fingers . . .
- Paying A Tribute To Castro (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Aug 28, 2006)
Every once in a while a writer gets the urge to fly off the handle and have a crack at his critics, especially when he believes they have been unfair and unnecessarily provocative.
- 49 Die In Us Passenger Plane Crash (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
A Comair flight carrying 49 people crashed a mile from Lexington’s airport Sunday morning shortly after takeoff, the Federal Aviation Administration said. At least one person survived.
- Children Of Lesser God (Pioneer, RAHUL RAMAGUNDAM, Aug 28, 2006)
Apart from poverty, inaccessibility to schools and lack of quality education are other causes of unchecked child labour, says Rahul Ramagundam
- Us Crash Kills All But Pilot (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
An airliner carrying 50 people crashed and burst into flames today shortly after taking off from Lexington’s Blue Grass Airport, killing all those on board except one of the pilots.
- Lanka Evacuates Trapped Foreigners (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
The first foreign nationals and aid workers to be evacuated from Sri Lanka’s besieged north sailed into this eastern port today, only to be met by volleys of rockets and artillery amid fresh fighting.
- Changing Mindset Of Men (Pioneer, Shailaja Chandra, Aug 28, 2006)
Family planning is essential for women's empowerment and it can be achieved in a patriarchal society like ours only if men change their mindset about women
- 3 Killed As Riots Rock Balochistan, Karachi (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Scores of buildings and vehicles on fire
Curfew imposed, lifted in Quetta
Punjabis attacked
Nationalists announce 15-day mourning and strike today
- At Least 93 Dead In Floods In India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
At least 93 people were killed and dozens more are missing in massive floods caused by monsoon rains that have swamped the normally drought-prone desert state of Rajasthan, reports said Sunday.
- Incensed Baluchis Rise In Revolt (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
The killing of a top tribal chief by Pakistani troops sparked widespread violence and rioting on Sunday and raised fears that a decades-old conflict in the country's volatile southwest could widen.
- ‘Iims Can Implement Obc Quota At One Go’ (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
As the government proposes to introduce reservation for OBCs in higher education in a staggered manner, a founder director of IIM, Bangalore, has said there was adequate infrastructure to add the necessary seats at one go in the elite management . . .
- Copying Script To Success (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Aug 28, 2006)
The unabashed and blatant use of unfair means, both during examinations and in marking, is a shocking reminder of the fact that our educational and examination system has decayed.
- Pm Visit Effort To Derive Political Mileage: Bjd-Bjp (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
A day before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Orissa, the ruling BJP-BJD alliance today said it was “an attempt to derive political mileage”.
- A ‘Class’ Apart (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Anecdotes and a richly personal style make the intimidating subject of classical music less daunting.
- Home Ministry Warning Against Govt Websites On Private Servers (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Central Ministries and departments have been warned against hosting their official websites on servers owned by private companies, particularly those located outside the country.
- Excellence In Higher Education? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 28, 2006)
It is a dismal scenario we have at present and the reforms required for this are basic
- No Creamy Layer In Quota Bill (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Avoiding the contentious issue of “creamy layer”, the Centre on Friday tabled the Bill that provides for the implementation of 27% quota for other backward classes (OBC) in a “staggered manner” over a period of three years from the next academic . . .
- Govt Must Invest For More Jobs: Cpm (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Concerned over declining employment rate, CPM has asked the UPA government to make a ‘paradigm shift’ in its policy prescription for economic reforms by infusing higher doses of public investment to increase job opportunities and purchasing power . . .
- Regulator For Petroleum, Civil Aviation & Railways Under Consideration: Fm (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Finance Minister P Chidambaram, on Sunday said in Banagalore that the Government was considering to setting up regulatory authorities for petroleum, civil aviation and railways.
- Countering Cunningness (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Aug 26, 2006)
Those opposing reservations on the basis of equality are not advocating equal opportunities for all.
- Where Is ‘Fatty’? (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
Every time I read another report on the tragic civil war in Sri Lanka, I think of Fatty. Where is he now? What does he look like? Has he lived up to his childhood physical promise and turned into an obese middle-aged man? And more importantly, is he safe
- State, Isro Renew Cooperation (Hindu, Special Correspondent, Hindu, Aug 26, 2006)
Satellite-based communication network in distance education, farm extension, SHGs
- The World Of Those On The Move (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
The greatest percentage increase in the unauthorised immigrant population to the US between 2000 and 2005 was from India reveals World Migration 2005: Costs and Benefits of International Migration. International Social Work: Issues, Strategies, and Progra
- Nie Launched In Chittoor Town (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
To the question on what constitutes a newspaper, one can expect a high school student to refer to it merely as a medium that communicates day-to-day happenings around the world to its readers.
- Military Commanders In War (Daily Times, Shaukat Qadir, Aug 26, 2006)
Let us first take up the question of why peacetime leadership does not necessarily succeed in war.
- Rights & Justice Must Go Together (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
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- `Education Important For Women' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
The former Minister for Women and Child Development Motamma has underscored the importance of education for women.
- Race Relations Going Off The Rails In Malaysia? (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
Malaysians are confronted with the obvious question: where is the country heading should things remain the way they are? For a nation that is barely half a century old, Malaysians remain stuck in the quagmire of the past
- Quoting Shlokas, Pranab Defines Hinduism, Hindutva For Bjp (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
As the Leader of the Lok Sabha and the most reliable “No. 2” to both Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh in all matters relating to politics and government, Union Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee wears many hats.
- Quota Bill Tabled, No Mention Of Creamy Layer (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
Human Resources Development Minister Arjun Singh on Friday introduced the controversial quota Bill in the Lok Sabha, to provide for 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in Central educational institutions...
- 'Agriculture Lending Is Profitable' (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
At one time, Indian Bank was considered as a basket case in the domestic banking industry.
- Are Banks Neglecting Mass Education? (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
Newspapers report that the parliamentary standing committee on human resource development finds our higher education ‘pro-rich and urban’.
- New Development Projects (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
THE Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) has approved 30 development projects estimated to cost Rs130 billion. The first priority has been given to infrastructure development with a hefty share of Rs81.7 billion for 15 . . .
- Voices From The Reading Class (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
Not many children cherish school these days. Neither did we in our time, but there were interludes that were fun while they lasted. One such was the reading class.
- Introspect And Reform (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Aug 26, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh might consider his speech at the recent conference of Muslim ulemas in New Delhi as "bold".
- A Horst Wessel? (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Aug 26, 2006)
True, Rabindranath Tagore who set Vande Mataram to music had reservations about the song from the Hindu-Muslim angle.
- Letters To The Editor (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
Sir, ~ I had an opportunity to meet West Bengal’s health minister, Surya Kanta Mishra, when he was in Toronto from 12 to 19 August to attend the world AIDS conference.
- Why Buy Facile Peace? (Pioneer, ARIF MOHAMMED KHAN, Aug 26, 2006)
Tasleemat, maan tasleemat/ tu bhari hai meethe pani se/ phal phoolon ki shadabi se/ dakkin ki thandi hawaon se/ faslon ki suhani fizaaon se/ tasleemat, maan tasleemat/ teri raaten roshan chand se/ teri raunaq sabze faam se/ teri pyar bhari muskan hai/ ter
- Man Gets 15 Years Prison Term For Aiding Let (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
A 29 year old Maryland man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for providing support to Pakistan-based terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba.
- Spare A Thought (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
Women and children continue to be two vulnerable sections of society. This stark reality hardly bears any reiteration.
- My Loss Of Honour» (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 26, 2006)
It all began in the middle of the night with the phone ringing incessantly.
- Storm In A Cola Bottle» (Hindustan Times, BARUN MITRA, Aug 26, 2006)
It is said that when history repeats itself, it usually ends in a farce. Tragically, the farce is behind the façade in the present rerun of the debate over pesticide in your soft drink bottle.
- Have No Fears (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 26, 2006)
With reference to Termites and telescopes (August 23), the PM has already stated that any curb on India’s military options in the nuclear field will not be accepted.
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