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Articles 3921 through 4020 of 22438:
- Is The Backdating Fraud Big In India Too? (The Financial Express, PRITHVI HALDEA, Aug 23, 2006)
Corporate America is in the grip of a major stock market scandal of backdated stock options Options are popular in India and there’s scope for misuse here .
- Inequality Or Interest-Group Politics? (The Economic Times, Arvind Panagariya , Aug 23, 2006)
Professor Pranab Bardhan of the University of California at Berkeley has recently resurrected inequality as the key explanation for the impasse on the reforms (Financial Times, August 8, 2006).
- Teacher In The Dock (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 23, 2006)
The Supreme Court has rightly upheld the conviction of a schoolteacher in a case of rape that took place on March 6, 1987.
- Putin Is Nobody’S Poodle (Tribune, Rajan Menon, Aug 23, 2006)
The Bush administration’s imposition of sanctions on two Russian companies this month for selling military technology to Iran certainly sends the Kremlin a message – but it won’t be the one the White House has in mind.
- Dying Shisham And Kikar Trees Worrying (Tribune, Ambika Sharma, Aug 23, 2006)
The large-scale mortality of kikar and shisham trees has become a cause of concern for the foresters in Punjab. Young and mature plants have been affected alike with shisham facing mortality ranging from 61 to 82 per cent while kikar has suffered . . .
- ‘Vande Mataram’ Issue Rocks Parliament (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Both Houses of Parliament today witnessed uproarious scenes and adjournments as the ruling coalition and Opposition members clashed over the government’s statement that singing of the national song ‘Vande Mataram’ on September 7 was voluntary.
- A Burden Long Shed (Telegraph, Stephen Hugh-Jones, Aug 23, 2006)
What do the names Macaulay and Kipling mean to you? It’s an odd question to raise, you may think, as India enters its 60th year of independence. Yet it wasn’t I but an Indian who raised it.
- Upa Allies To Protest 'Creamy Layer' Issue (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Aug 23, 2006)
The issue of 'creamy layer' among other backward classes (OBCs) is set to snowball into a major confrontation between the allies of the UPA after the Government cleared the decks for 27 per cent quota for them in the Centrally funded institutes of higher
- A Village Of Hope Comes Alive In Tsunami Land (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
It is called Nambikainallur, 'a village of hope' that several hundred tsunami victims got this week-almost two years after their homes were washed away by the Dec 26, 2004 killer waves in southern India.
- Bhadarwah, Wah, Wah! (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 23, 2006)
Nobody should grudge Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad the satisfaction of exploring tourism potential of Bhadarwah.
- Quota In Doses (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 23, 2006)
The Union Cabinet’s clearance of the Bill providing 27 per cent reservation for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in government-aided institutions of higher education, including the IIMs and IITs, . . .
- Nobody Can Be Compelled To Sing National Song: Lalu (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Adding fuel to the Vande Mataram controversy, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad today said nobody can be compelled to sing the National Song.
- Seats Of Strife (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 23, 2006)
Nowhere do the pitfalls of ‘social justice’ make themselves as sharply felt in India as in the case of quotas in higher education. Yet this is also the sphere where the most definitive thinking and action are almost entirely politically or . . .
- Double Shift System Has Yielded Good Results: Cm (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today said the double shift system introduced for working of the engineers and other staff to execute developmental works in the State has started yielding good results.
- Hitting Some Minor Chords (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 23, 2006)
There are two issues concerning the latest harrumphfest being conducted over India’s national song, Vande Mataram. One, is Vande Mataram a ‘religious’ song pertaining to Hindu nationalism?
- Muslims Question Pm ‘Inaction’ (Telegraph, RASHEED KIDWAI, Aug 23, 2006)
Muslim leaders who heard Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s speech yesterday are asking why he has been unable to act on his “good intentions”.
- Optional Mataram (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 23, 2006)
In 1986, in a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court exempted two children of the Jehovah's Witness sect from singing the National Anthem at their school in Kerala.
- Institutional Sub-Literacy (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 22, 2006)
Sarva Sikhsha Abhiyan a colossal failure
- Malaysia Pushes To Speed Up Asean Single Market (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Southeast Asia nations should speed up plans to create a single market by 2015 -- five years ahead of target -- or risk losing its appeal to foreign investors, Malaysia's prime minister said on Tuesday.
- Cabinet Gives Nod For Bill Seeking 27% Obc Quota (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 22, 2006)
The cabinet on Monday decided to stagger the introduction of OBC reservation in higher educational institutes over a three-year period and exclude the 'creamy layer' from the benefit of quotas.
- The Paradigm Of (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 22, 2006)
The term geo-politics came into vogue with the consolidation of colonial empires and imperialist expansion in Europe. Conquests and wars in Eurasia and Latin America, indeed across the world in the 18th and 19th centuries, resulted in the use of . . .
- Cabinet Clears University Quota Bill (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
The cabinet approved on Monday a draft law to boost the number of university places for lower caste candidates to nearly 50 percent.
- War Not Lost, It's Just Begun (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 22, 2006)
Between two schools of thought in Islam on suicide, wisdom undoubtedly is on the side that proscribes it, says Bulbul Roy Mishra .
- Mba: Needs Of The Modern Day (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 22, 2006)
Each student comes from a different background and hence the priorities vary.
- ‘Nimage Ellarigu Aadarada Swagatha’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Kalam took the audience by surprise by starting his speech in Kannada. “Nimage Ellarigu Aadarada Swagatha,” he said to a rousing applause...
- Cabinet Clears Quota Bill For Obcs (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
The Union Cabinet on Monday cleared a bill that proposes to provide 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in government-aided Central educational institutions.
- Wrong To Blame Particular Community For Terrorism: Pm (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Seeking to allay apprehensions of the Muslim community, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said it was wrong to blame any particular community for terror acts and action against terrorists should be based on concrete evidence.
- Pm Inter-Acts With J&k Youths (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Observing that even after 59 years of country’s independence several tasks still remained to be accomplished, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today asked the youth to work unitedly for the nation’s overall progress.
- Obc Quota Bill Gets Cabinet Nod (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
The Union Cabinet on Monday night cleared a Bill providing 27 per cent reservation for other backward classes (OBCs) in Government-aided institutions of higher education from the next academic year without creamy layer concept.
- Rescued From The Abyss (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Aug 22, 2006)
In the first of a three-part analysis of the Indo-US nuclear deal, Arun Shourie argues that credibility has passed from the political class to professionals and entrepreneurs. And that the prime minister was wise to engage with the scientists’ misgivings
- Arjun Tries To Wriggle Out Of Vande Mataram Row (Indian Express, Shubhajit Roy, Aug 22, 2006)
Under fire from the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on the Vande Mataram issue, a red-faced Arjun Singh is making a desperate bid to come clean.
- A Gold Mine Waiting To Be Tapped (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Aug 22, 2006)
There is a large market for Hindi films in China that can be exploited.
- Dull Dogma Doesn’T A Syllabus Make (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Aug 22, 2006)
It would be a shame if the parliamentary furore over NCERT textbooks provides yet another occasion for a display of anti-intellectualism and partisan crossfire.
- No Quick Troop Pullout From Iraq: Bush (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Aug 22, 2006)
President George Bush has repeatedly declared there will be no quick US exit from Iraq while he remains in office, despite repeated concerns among leading analysts that the country is in a state of civil war.
- Quotas In Only Govt Aided Bodies Irk Cpm (Indian Express, ANANDA MAJUMDAR, Aug 22, 2006)
Having supported the implementation of OBC reservation in all educational institutions at one go, the CPM had a lukewarm reaction to the Cabinet’s decision to introduce the Bill for reservation in aided institutions alone.
- 59 Years: A Sense Of Insecurity (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 22, 2006)
If you look at the list of people arrested after the train bombings in Mumbai you will see the names of doctors, teachers and software engineers. What further proof do we need of radicalisation of our own Muslims?
- A Peru Link To A Roman Numeral In India? (Deccan Herald, Harsh Kabra, Aug 22, 2006)
A feature on a hillock in Kutch district, Gujarat, has got archaeologists excited about a possible link to signs found in Peru.
- Pm Has His Way, Quota Bill Cleared, Aided And Staggered (Indian Express, Shubhajit Roy, Aug 22, 2006)
Bill will be introduced this session and likely to go to Standing Committee, the one on unaided institutions goes back to HRD
- Pm To Ulemas: Help Us Help You Become Stakeholders In Progress (Indian Express, Seema Chisti, Aug 22, 2006)
In a nuanced address to nearly 150 Muslim religious scholars (Ulema) this evening, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made it clear that, in his opinion, the road ahead for 15 crore Indian Muslims lay only in empowerment through education, . . .
- Create Right Atmosphere For Women Scientists: Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
``Government needs to be generous in recognising and nurturing them''
- Memories Of A Professor (Telegraph, Tapas Majumdar, Aug 22, 2006)
Last month I had gone to Calcutta for the Panchanan Chakraborty centenary seminar. For me it was basically sentimental time-travel, back to the MA economics (group A) class of 1948-49.
- Loud And Clear (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Aug 22, 2006)
Finally, Manmohan Singh has asserted himself and his position on the nuclear deal with America.
- Quota Bill Rolls, Clash Brews (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
A fresh confrontation over quotas looked set to unfold with the cabinet tonight clearing a bill to introduce 27 per cent reservation for students in aided higher education institutions.
- Vande Mataram Not Must: Arjun (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, Aug 22, 2006)
Human resource development minister Arjun Singh today said singing Vande Mataram is not mandatory and those who don’t want to sing it are not “unpatriotic or anti-national”, but there is no need to make a song and dance about it.
- Plight Of Punjab’S Farmers (Tribune, Sucha Singh Gill, Aug 22, 2006)
Punjab is one of the most deserving states for a package to distressed farmers. It has been brought out by the 55th round of the NSS that Punjab farmers are third at the all-India level in terms of percentage of farmers under debt.
- Manmohan's Assurance To Muslims (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Aug 22, 2006)
``Chief Ministers' meeting to address their concerns of being targeted''
- `Vande Mataram': Bjp Wants Arjun To Explain (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Centenary of the song is being celebrated this year .
- Take Steps To Revive Peace Talks In Sri Lanka: Cpi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Sri Lanka conflict heading towards war: D.Raja
Sri Lankan Government, LTTE should adhere to 2002 ceasefire agreement
"Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi will handle the situation in a mature manner."
Party will take steps to bring out commemorative . . .
- Prime Minister To Visit Gujarat (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today assured a delegation of Gujarat MPs that the Centre would extend all possible help to the people of the state badly affected by floods and heavy rains and indicated that he may soon visit the Western Indian state . . .
- I Have Proof Of Cm’S Corruption: Sukhbir (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MP Sukhbir Badal today claimed that he had concrete proof of corruption against Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, which would be revealed in the coming months, adding that the SAD would take immediate legal action against . . .
- Vande Mataram Loses Out To Vote Mataram (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Mother, I bow to thee!
Rich with thy hurrying streams,
Bright with thy orchard gleams,
Cool with thy winds of delight,
Dark fields waving. Mother of might,
Mother free.
- Aso Announces Candidacy For Pm (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Japanese foreign minister Mr Taro Aso officially announced his candidacy today to replace Prime Minister Mr Junichiro Koizumi next month, despite polls that show him trailing far behind the front-runner, his office said.
- Cong Endorses Arjun Singh's Views On Vande Mataram Recital (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Endorsing Union HRD Minister Arjun Singh's views, Congress on Monday said the direction to educational institutions on recitation of Vande Mataram in educational institutions was not mandatory but "voluntary in nature" and any community was free . . .
- Quota Issue: Divisive Responses In North & South India (Pioneer, K Venkataramanan, Aug 22, 2006)
Sometimes, divisive issues invite divided responses. At other times, responses like strikes and protests tend to make issues seem divisive, even when they are not.
- Another `Natwar Lal' Held For Cheating (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
An old man allegedly involved in over 100 cases of cheating, forgery and fraud, has been arrested by the Special Staff of the North-West Delhi police in connection with car thefts.
- Speed Up Obc Quota Plan: Bhujbal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Opposition from the forward castes expected, says NCP leader
OBCs put together is 54 per cent of the population
Commission sought to monitor OBC reservation.
- Medicos Plan March Today (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Students of five leading medical colleges in the Capital will conduct a flag march from Jantar Mantar to Janpath tomorrow in protest against the Union Cabinet’s decision to clear the OBC quota in government-aided elite institutions.
- No Quotas, Please (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 22, 2006)
The proposed system of caste-based reservations is not the correct approach to solving the problems of socio-economic inequity.
- Cabinet Okays Staggered Quota (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
The Union Cabinet tonight cleared the politically sensitive legislation providing for 27 per cent reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in government-run higher educational institutions, including AIIMS, IIT and IIMs in a staggered manner.
- Quota Bill: Docs To Launch Agitation From Tuesday (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Terming as "unfortunate" the Centre's decision to introduce a bill in Parliament providing for reservation in anti-quota medicos on Monday night said they would launch an agitation on Tuesday to mark their protest.
- Religion As Currency (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Aug 22, 2006)
Archbishop Mar Varkey Vithayathil recently startled India's intellectual elite with his call for more babies to arrest the decline of Kerala's Catholic community.
- ‘Build A Strong, Ethical Employment Brand’ (Deccan Herald, Sangeetha Chengappa, Aug 22, 2006)
The recent fraud uncovered in companies like HSBC, Mphasis, IBM Daksh and Barclays Bank have jolted the IT, ITES and BFSI sectors out of their complacence because the perpetrators happened to be their own employees.
- Bjp Raps Arjun Over Vande Mataram (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
BJP on Monday accused HRD minister Arjun Singh of surrendering to anti-national forces by declaring that there was no compulsion on schoolchildren to sing "Vande Mataram" on September 7 - the centenary of its adoption as the national song.
- Quota For Creamy Layer: Cabinet Clears Phased Rollout (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
The Union Cabinet on Monday cleared the Bill proposing to reserve 27% seats in all educational institutions, barring specialised ones, run and aided by Central government after quota hawks stubbed out the suggestion to keep the rich and affluent . . .
- Memoirs Of A Diplomat (Hindu, R. K. Raghavan , Aug 22, 2006)
A British ambassador's candid and controversial account laying bare the underside of the `war on terror'
- Ustad Bismillah Khan Dies, Aged 90 (Hindu, Atiq Khan, Aug 22, 2006)
``He gave a new meaning to shehnai and did not go abroad in search of greener pastures'' .
- Bill On Quota For Obcs This Week (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Cabinet gives approval for Bill
- Congressional Rebuke (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 22, 2006)
The latest congressional report should provide food for thought for those who are running America’s war on terror.
- Indian Cabinet Clears University Quota Bill (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
The Indian cabinet approved on Monday a draft law to boost the number of university places for lower caste candidates to nearly 50 percent.
- Indians Rush To Temples To Feed ‘Thirsty’ Idols (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Thousands of people flocked to temples across India on Monday following reports that idols of Hindu gods were drinking milk given by devotees as sacred offerings, witnesses said. Teenagers, adults and the aged stood in long lines with garlands . . .
- Economic Policy: Mid-Term Report (Business Standard, Shankar Acharya, Aug 22, 2006)
In a few weeks the UPA government will reach the mid-point of its five-year term.
- Rural Development And Planned Urbanisation Are Fully Compatible (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Aug 22, 2006)
At the present juncture in the development history of the country it is perhaps right to pause and seek agricultural development with well-planned urban growth.
- Mr Murthy`s Next Innings (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 22, 2006)
If N R Narayana Murthy had simply led and built such an extraordinarily successful company as Infosys Technologies then that itself would have been enough to put his name in the history books.
- Missing Textbooks (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 22, 2006)
Even though the new academic year has commenced in Sindh many textbooks are still not available in the market.
- Education And Culture (Hindu, K. S. Parthasarathy, Aug 22, 2006)
Though the title suggests a thematic presentation on the sanguine relationship between education and culture, the collected articles here remain independent of one another.
- The Art Of Fund-Raising (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 22, 2006)
There are social issues galore which act as gigantic brakes. The problems are vast and getting bigger each year. And the population explosion is adding to the already vast numbers of ‘have-nots’.
- Every Dog Has Its Day (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 22, 2006)
Om Prakash has been with us for over eight years. I still remember the day we moved into a larger university house and found him near the gate. We chased him out as we did not want a stray dog around.
- Tearful Adieu To Bismillah Khan (Deccan Herald, Puja Awasthi, Aug 22, 2006)
At 5:30 pm, the skies could no longer bear it. Huge blobs of water began to beat down on the Raj Narain Smarak Park where Ustad Bismillah Khan’s body had lain since the afternoon.
- Cardinal Virtues (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Vijayalakshmi, Vanathi Pathippagam, 23, Deenadayalu Street, T. Nagar, Chennai-600017. Rs. 50.
- Strategising Success (Hindu, M. S. S. Varadan, Aug 22, 2006)
Challenges companies to break out of the `red ocean' of competition .
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