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Articles 3821 through 3920 of 22438:
- Ckp To Seek Action Against S M Krishna, Others (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
The 16th Additional City Civil & Sessions Judge, Bangalore has struck down the election of the office-bearers of the Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath (CKP) for the term 2004-06 as null and void.
- ‘Caste-Based Reservation Not For Development’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
There are poor people in all castes. Everyone must come forward for the development of all of them, said Legislator Kumar Bangarappa. He asserted that caste-based agitations would not help.
- Marlboro Lights To Go Up In Smoke? (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
They are the world’s best-selling cigarettes, a fashion prop for celebrities, an icon of marketing and the preferred smoke of millions.
- Discordant Notes (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 24, 2006)
Song and dance over Vande Mataram
- Ngos Should Practise What They Preach (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Aug 24, 2006)
NGO activity being largely voluntary, overheads in such organisations should be minimal.
- Nation & States: Iii (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 24, 2006)
UP's economic resurgence cannot be brought about merely by bringing into the state a few industrialists or entrepreneurs.
- Mba: Needs Of The Modern Day (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 24, 2006)
Each student comes from a different background and hence the priorities vary.
- Dreaming Up A Vision (Deccan Herald, Terry Reis Kennedy, Aug 24, 2006)
Recently, I had a strange dream. Sri Sathya Sai Baba, dressed in his customary flame-coloured silk robe, came up to me and whispered in my right ear that I was going to become blind.
- Illusions On Sale (Deccan Herald, Don Lee , Aug 24, 2006)
In this populous city of fanatical shoppers, Plaza 66 is what some locals call a gui gouwu zhongxin — a ghost mall. The prices are so high that no one buys much. But then, no one really cares.
- Reverse The Ban On Teacher Unions (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 24, 2006)
The treatment meted out by the police in Karachi to teachers who were demonstrating peacefully against a ban imposed by the Sindh government on teacher unions in provincial government-run schools and colleges was most unnecessary and bordered on the . . .
- Quota Stir: Docs To Increase The Dose (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
The medical fraternity’s confrontation with the government over the 27% reservation for the other backward classes (OBCs) in centrally-funded educational institutions appeared to be intensifying with the resident doctors of the All India Institute . . .
- Globalisation: Seizing The Opportunities (The Financial Express, JAYANTA ROY, Aug 24, 2006)
Expedite work on trade facilitation reforms, innovative regional pacts and trade in services
- Sez Numbers Game (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 24, 2006)
The 46 new special economic zones (SEZ) cleared by the government takes the total to 150, the ceiling set by the empowered group of ministers. The government is still to decide on the many remaining proposals.
- Assay The Promise (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 24, 2006)
Did navratna status change any PSU?
- Need For A Political Approach (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 24, 2006)
The lull in acts of terror and subversion in Balochistan should not lead to a sense of complacency in the government.
- Curdling Social Justice (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 24, 2006)
So the Union Cabinet has cleared a draft Bill on reservations for OBCs in higher educational institutions that will include members from the ‘creamy layer’ of the category.
- 16 Die As Bus Falls Into Gorge (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
As many as 16 persons were killed and 35 were injured when their bus rolled into a 250-feet deep gorge in the border district of Rajouri today.
- Consumer Culture (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 24, 2006)
In the old days, when communist central planning suffocated China's economy, fixed-asset investment was the regime's measure of economic progress.
- Biblical Water System Found (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 24, 2006)
Archaeologists in Israel have unearthed an ancient water system which was modified by the conquering Persians to turn the desert into a paradise.
- Education For All Programme (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 24, 2006)
The strength and vitality of a nation emanates from its literate populace. Literacy begins from home and takes a formal shape in schools that lies in public domain.
- Shameful Indeed (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 24, 2006)
It is a matter of deep regret and shame that close on the heels of the Srinagar sex scandal another instance of exploitation of women has come to light in the State.
- Transform People Into Social And National Assets: Pm....... (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the essence of India’s population policy must be one of transforming people into social and national assets and asked Parliamentarians to play an active role in this direction.
- Mumbai Gets Ready To Celebrate Ganeshotsav (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
As the ten-day Ganesha festival draws near, the idol-makers in the metropolis are busy giving final touches to the deity with a passionate zeal.
- Upa Holds Country To Ransom (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Aug 24, 2006)
Congress fails to realise that so far as appeasement is concerned, it's better to draw a line than to sign on the dotted line, says Anuradha Dutt.
- Happy Birthday, Calcutta (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 24, 2006)
Very few cities in the world were founded on a particular date or by a particular individual. Cities do not generally have dates of birth and/or a founder.
- Quota Tempo Rises, Aiims Docs On Leave Today (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Protesting the introduction of reservations in elite institutions, resident doctors of AIIMS have decided to go on mass casual leave on August 24. As a build-up, on Wednesday, medicos across the Capital observed black day against police action on . . . .
- Quota Protests Continue As Doctors Observe 'Black Day' (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Resident doctors of Delhi's medical colleges were marking Wednesday as a black day and declared they would go on mass leave on Thursday to protest the decision to implement caste-based quotas in central universities and institutes.
- Japan’S Ito Gets 1st Gauss Prize (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Japanese mathematician Mr Kiyoshi Ito has won the first Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize for Applications of Mathematics, the International Mathematical Union said.
- Bush To Raise Funds For Indian Baiter (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
President George W. Bush has no reservations about raising money for a Republican Senator under sharp criticism for calling a rival-campaign worker of Indian descent “macaca,” the White House said today.
- Without Any Strings Attached (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Aug 24, 2006)
“Help for pregnant girlfriend” read the title of the message on the expat internet forum. “Need to find a clinic...we aren’t ready to start a family and it’s getting urgent.’’
- Bjp Mulls Case Against Arjun (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Stepping up its attack on Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh over the Vande Mataram issue, the BJP yesterday said it was contemplating legal action against him for “insulting” the national song by declaring there was no compulsion . . .
- 50 Children Held Hostage In Philippines (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
A group of unidentified gunmen have been holding about 50 school students hostage in Kabasalan town, Zamboanga Sibugay province in southern Philippines since Wednesday afternoon, according to local media reports.
- China Struggles With Cultural Revolution (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Li Qingyou vividly recalls the day 40 years ago when Mao Zedong launched the Cultural Revolution that killed millions of people and ravaged China’s body, mind and soul.
- For A Song (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 24, 2006)
There is something ridiculous as well as pathetic about senior political leaders getting mired in debates over banal non-issues.
- 'No Place For Casteism In Islam' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Terming the United Democratic Front (UDF) as a "combined organisation" of all castes, Tarik Bukhari, brother of Ahmed Bukhari, the Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid, has said that there is no place for casteism in Islam.
- The Nuke Fall Out? (OutLook, Ashish Kumar Sen, Aug 24, 2006)
A "weak" PM may suddenly have become "strong" with his speech in Parliament, but has he painted himself into a corner by publicly spelling out a rigid stance on the deal? Will Bush be able to swing the US Congress along? Hear it from the experts in . . .
- Aiims Docs On Mass Casual Leave Today (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Thursday is going to be a not-so-pleasant deja vu for patients at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
- Indian Activists Plan Coca-Cola, Pepsi Blockades (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
An Indian environmental group said on Wednesday it would temporarily paralyse the supply of Coca-Cola and Pepsi products in the country after another group said it had found dangerous levels of pesticides in their drinks.
- India Deflects Tamil Calls To Mediate In Sri Lanka (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Aug 24, 2006)
Their black gowns flapping in the traffic, scores of Indian lawyers form a "human chain" around the red-brick court building while other protesters burn Sri Lankan flags or stage symbolic fasts.
- Organised Riots & Structured Violence In India (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 23, 2006)
What are called Hindu-Muslim riots in India are, in fact, more like pogroms, and have recently, in Gujarat and elsewhere, taken the form of genocidal massacres and local ethnic cleansing as well.
- Wi-Fi Alliance Selects Wipro For Pre-Certification (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Texas-based Wi-Fi Alliance has selected Wipro Technologies to become an authorised pre-certification test lab.
- Mysore City Development Plan To Be Submitted To Centre Soon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Revised plan will incorporate heritage component, says D.T. Jayakumar
CDP to be submitted within 60 days
This is necessary for JNNURM funds.
- Robbers Target Lone Woman In House (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
She suffered injuries in forehead and arm; relieved of jewellery .
- Students Threaten Anti-Quota Stir (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
"Government cannot introduce the Bill when the matter is still sub judice"
- How The Cabinet Lined Up On Obc Quota (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 23, 2006)
Final decision will reflect Prime Minister's three concerns
T.R. Baalu makes a case for complete changeover to new quota regime for OBCs
Kapil Sibal points out legal difficulties and problems.
- Controversy Over Singing Of "Vande Mataram" Rocks Both Houses (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
BJP, Shiv Sena allege bid by Government to appease minority community
Singing of national song not compulsory: Arjun Singh
Electoral politics behind change in stand: Manohar Joshi
No question of disrespect to national song: Somnath .
- Democracy Wrestles With Clerical Authority (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Aug 23, 2006)
With a vibrant and often polarised political culture, Iran is arguably more tolerant of debate than many countries in the region. But there are also limits.
- Pro-Quota Doctors Slam Govt For Diluting Reservation Policy (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Pro-quota medicos today attacked the government for "diluting" the provisions of the proposal for reservation for OBCs in elite educational institutions by excluding the creamy layer from the ambit of the policy.
- Fresh Protests Erupt In India Over College Quotas (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Police fired tear gas and used water canons to disperse student protesters in New Delhi on Tuesday as a fresh outcry erupted over a government move to reserve more college places for lower caste candidates.
- India Says Cola Pesticide Charges Not Proven (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Health minister Anbumani Ramadoss said on Tuesday an environmental group that said soft drinks produced by Coca-Cola and PepsiCo contain high levels of pesticides had failed to prove its claims.
- Nsui Holds Rally On North Campus (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
In a show of strength in the run-up to the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) polls, the National Students' Union of India (NSUI) organised a "Chhatra Adhikar Rally" on the North Campus on Tuesday.
- Bid To Spread Awareness About Aids In Mp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Red Ribbon Club for students launched .
- Selling For A Song (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 23, 2006)
Could HRD Minister Arjun Singh have been so swayed by his own project to articulate state-authorised history texts that he actually thought he could escape the experience of his Congress party on holding any . . .
- Illusions On Sale (Deccan Herald, Don Lee , Aug 23, 2006)
In this populous city of fanatical shoppers, Plaza 66 is what some locals call a gui gouwu zhongxin — a ghost mall. The prices are so high that no one buys much. But then, no one really cares.
- It Was Congress' Battle Cry Against British: Dasmunsi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi deplored the "narrow partisan attitude" of the Bharatiya Janata Party on the issue of "Vande Mataram," pointing out that long before the BJP was born the Congress had used the national song as a . . .
- Plutonic Debate (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 23, 2006)
What defines a planet is open to debate now.
- Dreaming Up A Vision (Deccan Herald, Terry Reis Kennedy, Aug 23, 2006)
Recently, I had a strange dream. Sri Sathya Sai Baba, dressed in his customary flame-coloured silk robe, came up to me and whispered in my right ear that I was going to become blind.
- Graft: There’S A Way Out (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 23, 2006)
A TV channel recently held a debate on ‘How to prevent or stop corruption?’ Many distinguished speakers participated, including a minister. Many of the points that were made were purely academic in nature and nothing concrete emerged.
- Happiness Industry Zeroes In On Youth (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 23, 2006)
Can happiness be bought off the shelf? Everything seems to be up for sale from free happy classes to self-help books.
- School Attacked In Jharkhand (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
A group of armed miscreants attacked a missionary school, critically injuring a Christian priest and the institution director, in Jharkhand’s Lohardaga district on Monday night
- Vande Mataram: Arjun In Line Of Fire (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Having got a pet 'nationalist' issue to attack the government with, opposition BJP on Tuesday stepped up its offensive against the UPA government on the Vande Mataram controversy in Parliament and plans to continue the campaign outside the House too.
- New Zealand Governor-General Is Anand Satyanand (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
First person of Asian descent to hold the post
Governor-General has constitutional functions, an important ceremonial role
He will bring many personal strengths to the role of Governor-General: New Zealand Prime Minister.
- The Orphaned Shehnai (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 23, 2006)
When asked about why he chose to stay on in India despite the numerous offers to play and live in America that came his way when he was younger, Ustad Bismillah Khan had several answers.
- Mumbai Muslims Targeted (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 23, 2006)
Is it a crime to be a Muslim in Mumbai?” That was CPM MP Brinda Karat’s question in the Rajya Sabha following reports that Muslims were being specifically picked up for interrogation by the police in the aftermath of the 7/11 blasts.
- Anti-Reservation Stir Comes Back To Life (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
If April was the cruellest month for anti-quota protesters in the Capital, Tuesday signalled an August replay.
- Anti-Quota Stir Comes Back To Life (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
If April was the cruellest month for anti-quota protesters in the Capital, Tuesday signalled an August replay.
- Iimc Says Pepsico Ceo Indra Nooyi Was An Average Student (Times of India, MUKUL SHARMA, Aug 23, 2006)
It's become fashionable to downplay the role of academic achievement while considering a person's success in later life.
- Subsidising Ills (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 23, 2006)
It is not a good idea for business to masquerade as philanthropy. Both the state and promoters of multi-speciality hospitals need to come to terms with this fact.
- Governance And Local Government (News International, IMTIAZ GUL, Aug 23, 2006)
August 13 was another rainy day in Karachi, another experience of submerged roads and streets. And yet more power outages forcing the people of Qayyumabad and several other areas near Defence out onto the streets in protest.
- Gender Bias In Schools (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 23, 2006)
In the research on gender bias in schools of Pakistan, I found limited, but relevant information about Pakistan. A point to note here is that I could not find as much literature on Pakistan, as I had envisioned.
- Three Inches Of Incompetence (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 23, 2006)
The rains Karachi received on Thursday last week measured a total of 91 mm at the highest point which roughly translates into 3.5 inches.
- Bismillah Khan (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 23, 2006)
Bismillah Khan's death robs the subcontinent of a true maestro. This year already saw one giant of a musician -- Naushad Ali -- pass away and now one is thoroughly saddened to hear of Bismillah Khan's death.
- Battling The Hiv Scourge (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 23, 2006)
A recent World Bank study estimates that about 60 per cent of the 5.5-6 million people in South Asia infected with HIV/AIDS live in India. With its concerns on the potential huge economic cost in terms of economic growth, the review provides a basis . . .
- Misuse Of Funds (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 23, 2006)
Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh will be recalled by future generations as the man who destroyed education at all levels in this country.
- Code Of Responsibility In Governance (Business Line, S. Subramanyan , Aug 23, 2006)
Report rightly seeks to fix responsibility on both.
Politicians and civil servants are the two eyes of the government. Each complements the other and both are equally vital for an effective parliamentary democracy. The Administrative Reforms . . .
- Do Reality Tv Shows Dehumanise? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 23, 2006)
The past 30 of the hardly 60 years history of broadcast television has been distinguished by a more fundamental question: “Does TV itself dehumanise?”
- The Obc Screw (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 23, 2006)
Try now to irrigate the quota
- Public Service Law (Pioneer, Shailaja Chandra, Aug 23, 2006)
The much berated civil services could do with greater support from the legislature and judiciary in order to be more effective
- Distorting History (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 23, 2006)
Politicisation of education in the name of detoxification, will give birth to a generation of ignoramuses, says JS Rajput
- Al Qaeda May Have Been A Resort! (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economist, Aug 23, 2006)
In her sensational autobiography Diary of a Lost Girl, Sudanese poet-cum-novelist Kola Boof claims to have been Osama bin Laden’s sex slave and privy to his fantasies of wanting singer-actress Whitney Houston, to the extent of taking out her hubby . . .
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