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Articles 6621 through 6720 of 22438:
- Adding Value To Education (Deccan Herald, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Jun 26, 2006)
Only an education that can nourish inbuilt virtues can impart true intelligence.
- Non-State Actors In International Terrorism (Daily Excelsior, B Raman, Jun 26, 2006)
Counter-terrorism agencies are facing a new strategic threat to which they do not have a response and they are unlikely to have a satisfactory response in the short and medium terms.
- Arunachal Wants China Trip To Get Tips On Bamboo (Indian Express, Rajeev Bhattacharyya, Jun 26, 2006)
The movement on the border talks between India and China may have been slow but that has not stopped Arunachal Pradesh from seeking to leave the unpleasant past behind.
- Salute To Garima (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 26, 2006)
Garima godara is the daughter of a lowly police constable.
- What The Rebels Think Today (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 26, 2006)
The Battle for Bastar Ramachandra Guha Part I: Revolutionaries This is the first part of a four-part article
- Attack On Dervish (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 26, 2006)
In 1947 when the rest of the sub-continent had burnt in communal fire the Kashmir region remained remarkably calm. Jammu too had been besmirched in the inferno. In the late 1980s the Valley started losing its well-kept reputation of peace and harmony.
- Deliver On Pledges To Africa: Blair (Hindu, Ned Temko, Jun 26, 2006)
The British Prime Minister joins the stars to persuade the G8 leaders to fulfill their Gleneagles trade promises.
- Humane Hasina Laps Up Mother Teresa Award (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
Former Bangladesh prime minister and Leader of Opposition Sheikh Hasina Wajed was on Sunday conferred the Mother Teresa Lifetime Achievement Award at Calcutta University.
- A Surprise Guest At Bsp Meeting (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
A senior Congress leader at an office-bearers’ meeting of the Bahujan Samaj Party! It was former railway minister C K Jaffer Sharief who was the surprise guest at the BSP gathering.
- Quietly, In English (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Jun 26, 2006)
A Harvard undergraduate, daughter of Indian expatriates, was recently in the news.
- Singh, Sonia To Push Own Agendas (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, Jun 26, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi are both expected to have their way in the monsoon session of Parliament.
- Mp Police Will Raise Rani Durgawati Unit (Asian Age, Sudhir K. Singh, Jun 26, 2006)
To restore adivasi pride and protect the dignity of women, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan on Saturday announced that the state police would soon have an all-women battalion named after Rani Durgawati, the 16th century Gondwana . . .
- Drugs Don't Really Work (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Jun 26, 2006)
More than legislation, what Government needs to check drug peddling is political will, says Joginder Singh.
- Map Of Human Intelligence (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Jun 26, 2006)
Technology is as good as the minds using it; if terrorists try to deploy it to their advantage, it can also be used to beat . . .
- Ramadoss Is The Symptom (Pioneer, MC Joshi, Jun 26, 2006)
The Pioneer has, in a sense, been unfair to Union Health Minister, Anbumani Ramadoss by singling him out for criticism and describing him as a risk to India's health sector (editorial, "Sack Ramadoss", June 17).
- Don't Belittle Nehru (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 26, 2006)
Sycophants do gross injustice to him ---- In their own lifetime, stalwarts who led India's struggle for independence made little effort to hide their abhorrence for idolatry and dislike of craven sycophancy.
- ‘India, Pak Should Cut Defence Budget’ (Asian Age, Anil K. Joseph, Jun 26, 2006)
India and Pakistan should simultaneously reduce their defence budgets, relax visa regimes and open up borders for tourism so as to promote friendly ties and develop their economies, Pakistan tourism minister Nilofar Bakhtiar said here.
- National Security Redefined (Dawn, Javid Husain, Jun 26, 2006)
IN an earlier article on the subject of national security, I suggested that we must implement a comprehensive national security policy taking into account its military, economic, diplomatic and internal dimensions in an optimum mix, rather . . .
- Education: Lopsided Emphasis (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 26, 2006)
The Higher Education Commission might be serious about its plan to increase the number of doctoral graduates who have earned their degrees in Pakistan to 1,500 a year.
- Nri Student Gets Newsweek Award (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
Indian-American Benita Singh, a Yale university student, is among 15 US citizens and organisations chosen by 'Newsweek' magazine for its annual 'Giving Back Awards' - honouring those who use fame, fortune and heart to devote themselves to helping others.
- Mirror, Mirror On The Wall? (Business Standard, T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan, Jun 25, 2006)
If you can't get it right after 16 attempts, how can you say your method works?
- Villagers Oppose Proposed Waste Treatment Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
A large number of them led by Sajjan Kumar meet Deputy Commissioner
- Rectify The Alarming Mismatch (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 25, 2006)
The Centre’s proposal to enforce reservations in all educational institutions and the demand for reservation in private sector jobs should be viewed as expression of serious concern.
- Phase Out Mercury (The Financial Express, Ravi Agarwal, Jun 25, 2006)
Even as the world is moving towards eliminating one of the most toxic heavy metals in everyday use, mercury, India unashamedly continues to freely trade and use this potent poison.
- Karachi City Budget (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 25, 2006)
The Karachi city budget announced by nazim Mustafa Kamal is the first budget presented by the Haq Parast panel which came into office following the local bodies elections last year.
- Quota Row: No Logic In Anti-Reservation Stir, Says Balagopal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
Against instigating hate campaign for quota
Neglected sections need to get upper hand to end social injustice
OBC reservation to be raised proportionate to its population: Satyapal
- Kumar Suresh Singh (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Jun 25, 2006)
Kumar Suresh Singh's stewardship of the People of India project yielded an excellent anthropological profile of the country.
- Bhaskar Ghose: Determining Excellence (Frontline, Bhaskar Ghose, Jun 25, 2006)
It is cruel to evaluate the intelligence and knowledge of children through decimal points and cut-off marks. A more humane system is the need of the hour.
- Hopes Of It Development In Hosur Soar (Hindu, S. Prasad, Jun 25, 2006)
Salubrious climate and proximity to Electronics City has made Hosur an ideal IT destination
District administration is preparing a Hosur Vision document
- R.K. Raghavan: Profiling Terrorists (Frontline, R.K. Raghavan, Jun 25, 2006)
The life of Abu Musab Al Zarqawi, who was killed in a U.S. attack in early June, is an index of the stuff of which terrorists are made.
- Politically Incorrect And Unapologetic (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
The book’s greatest strengths are in its poetic descriptions, painstaking research and unexpected humour.
- Army Captain, 2 Hizb Militants Killed In Pulwama Gunbattle (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Jun 25, 2006)
Schoolboy dies in exchange of fire, Baramulla protesters set fire to police station
Probe into killing of schoolboy
Many houses damaged in Mirbagh encounter
- No Comic Relief Here (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
The comic book is re-inventing itself with an imaginative plunge into the big, bad world of the adult.
- 61 Officers Transferred (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
The State Cabinet today ordered a major reshuffle in the administration with transfers and postings of 61 senior officers.
- When Rock Came To Visit The Hills (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
It took a white man to bring rock to the hills of Garhwal. Prem Paul Ninan finds out more about the tourist who stayed...
- Tata Group Bags Usibc’S Award (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
In yet another feather to its cap, the Tata Group has been awarded ‘India’s Most Respected Multinational Business Conglomerate” by United States-India Business Council (USIBC).
- Praful Bidwai: Bull-Headed About India (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Jun 25, 2006)
Current Western euphoria over India's growth betrays total ignorance of realities like the 100,000 farmers' suicides.
- Bjd Protests Nalco Disinvestment Plan (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
Orissa’s ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Saturday staged a demonstration in front of the corporate office of National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) here, protesting the Central Government’s recent decision to disinvest ten per cent equity of . . .
- Quotas For Obcs Need-Based, Says Veerappa Moily (Tribune, Smriti Kak Ramachandran, Jun 25, 2006)
As the Chairperson of the Oversight Committee set up by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, M. Veerappa Moily says his task is to find the means for the proper and practical . . .
- After Aiims, Ramadoss' Aim Is School (Times of India, Kounteya Sinha, Jun 25, 2006)
Having sent shockwaves through AIIMS, health minister A Ramadoss is set to ruffle feathers at the Public Health Foundation of India by announcing that one of its Rs 100-crore health schools will come up in his home state, Tamil Nadu — before the . . .
- Raje Reviews Progress Of Mid-Day Meal Scheme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
"Public-private partnership would facilitate an effective and broad-based execution"
- Art Of The Royals (Hindu, KAUSALYA SANTHANAM, Jun 25, 2006)
The palace of the former rulers of Ramanathapuram still displays vestiges of regal splendour.
- Of Tharoor & Collateral Damage (Pioneer, Swapan Dasgupta, Jun 25, 2006)
For a civilisation that is yet to fully overcome the disabilities of prolonged servitude, the importance attached to international recognition can hardly be overstated. Rabindranath Tagore was widely regarded as an . . .
- Where Was The Digest During Last Year’S Floods? (Indian Express, KUMAR KETKAR , Jun 25, 2006)
For those like me who have spent more than 50 years in Mumbai, it was a rude shock to learn that we are the “rudest” people in the world.
- Charity Beyond Home (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 25, 2006)
Charity hardly ever begins at home. Charity begins with the self. It is an extension of the ego:
- A Step Forward In E-Administration (Hindu, Mandira Nayar, Jun 25, 2006)
All information about DU students to be kept and accessed electronically
- Bane Of Reservations (Tribune, Virendra Kumar, Jun 25, 2006)
The policy of reservation, as originally conceived by the founding fathers of the Constitution, was adopted as a singular strategy to dismantle social structure based on caste.
- Manmohan's Efforts Lauded (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jun 25, 2006)
Musharraf's remarks more positive
Claims that Pakistan is not trying to internationalise issue
"Comfortable" holding two offices
- The Celeb They Make Fun Of (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
If a globally acclaimed university’s representatives, astonished by the Indian Railways’ projected turnaround, have a set a visit to New Delhi for November to find out how it has been achieved in two years with Mr Lalu Prasad in control, management . . .
- Acutely Disgraceful (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 25, 2006)
More distressing thoughts on the girl child
- Are The Best Entering Into Medical Colleges ? (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Jun 25, 2006)
Are the best entering into medical colleges ? With the admission season in progress, this question once again crops up....as it does annually year after year but remains conveniently unaddressed.
- Iran On The Potomac (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
As the Bush administration frets over Iran's nuclear program, Iranian dissidents are descending on Washington, seeking help in fostering regime change back home. Just one problem: The exiles can't agree on a strategy.
- Ubi Plans Asset Recovery Branches (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Union Bank of India which plans to open four asset recovery branches this fiscal, has pegged to take the volume of business to Rs 1,60,000 crore in 2006-07, Chairman and Managing Director M V Nair said here on Friday.
- Ah, Mussoorie! (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Travel Mussoorie may have lost much of its pristine beauty. But the air here is as crisp as ever and draws tourists
- Mrs Vyas, What About The Meenas? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 24, 2006)
In the twenty years I have covered politics and government one of the things I have learned is that the fundamental flaw of Indian governance is that our institutions of government waste taxpayers’ money doing the wrong things.
- Us Senate Passes Bill To Block Aid To Palestinian Government (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
The United States Senate passed a bill that blocks United States aid from going to the Palestinian government, headed by Hamas movement, but gives humanitarian relief to the Palestinian people and supports Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas . .
- Karachi Budget (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 24, 2006)
The record Rs44.21 billion tax-free budget presented by Karachi’s City District Government represents a 0.9 per cent increase over the original outlay for fiscal 2005-06 and includes a surplus of over Rs121 million.
- Muslim World Stuck In Backwardness (Dawn, Shamshad Ahmad Khan, Jun 24, 2006)
Anti-americanism is today a universal phenomenon reflecting the general reaction to US might and power, to its self-righteousness, and . . .
- Consensus On Seats To Be Surrendered (Hindu, A. Subramani , Jun 24, 2006)
No single window system and rule of reservation for management quota seats
Minority colleges to surrender 50 per cent of sanctioned seats
Non-minority colleges to hand over 65 per cent of total seats
- World Bank Prescription For Malnutrition (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Jun 24, 2006)
A World Bank report on malnutrition among India's children calls for drastic reforms in the Integrated Child Development Services.
- Suspension Of Sindh Legislators (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 24, 2006)
Speaker of the Sindh Assembly has suspended membership of the PML lawmaker Eshwar Lal, who was at the centre of the controversy and trouble that the House has been witnessing during the last two days, for the whole session while membership of four . . .
- At Gun-Point, Crores For Hungry Villages (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
The government today announced a Rs 50-crore special allocation for underdeveloped rural areas, many of which are now in the grip of Maoist extremists.
- Bill Opens The Gate Of Social Responsibility (Tribune, Roopinder Singh, Jun 24, 2006)
When the richest man says he is stepping aside, the world takes notice, as it did when Bill Gates announced recently that he has left the day-to-day running of Microsoft to his executives and is going to devote himself wholeheartedly to his . . .
- India And Us Vow To Fight Terror Together (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Jun 24, 2006)
US Vice President Dick Cheney told the US-India Business Council’s Leadership Conference here on Thursday that the US-India partnership was based on democratic values, common interests, strong commercial ties and a climate of trust and good faith.
- Pak Exporting Terror: Duggal (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jun 24, 2006)
India today decried the continuing export of terrorism by Pakistan and the presence of terrorist training camps on its territory while reaffirming New Delhi’s resolve to continue dialogue with Islamabad within the composite dialogue framework ...
- Signs Of The Times (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 24, 2006)
Short and not always sweet — that is a fair enough description of many words derived from Old English and ‘time’ is no exception.
- Indo-Nepal Relations On New High (Daily Excelsior, Ajay Kaul, Jun 24, 2006)
India's gesture of announcing a Rs 1000 crore package for reconstruction and development of cash-strapped Nepal during the recent visit of Prime Minister G P Koirala amply proves that a friend in need is a friend in deed.
- Asian Labourers Toil To Build Uae For Meagre Returns (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Construction worker B. Lal arrived in the affluent Gulf Arab city of Dubai more than a year ago, hoping to end the grinding poverty of his family in India.
- Certificates Of Excellence (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 24, 2006)
It may be an accidental coincidence that on the eve of the celebration of 150 years of its establishment, Calcutta University has been awarded the prestigious certificate of national excellence.
- Policy Adrift (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
The PM must sack his Foreign Minister
Mr Shashi Tharoor is not an Indian diplomat and has never represented India’s foreign policy interests. He is a New York-based NRI academic who did a doctoral degree at Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Diplomac
- High Court Bench Comes Down On Officials For Disobeying Its Order (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Over a writ petition filed by a part-time Government schoolteacher from Kanyakumari
- Nalco Employees Halt Work To Oppose Selloff (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Production at Nalco's Angul plant came to a grinding halt on Friday when employees boycotted work in protest against the Centre's decision to disinvest 10% equity of the aluminium major.
- Quotas ‘A Must’ For Bcs: Meira Kumar .......... (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
As the debate over reservations for Backward Classes in higher education continues, Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Meira Kumar today said such quotas are "a must for the development of the country".
- Sbi To Advance Rs. 92 Crore Home Loan This Year (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Erode district branches of State Bank of India (SBI) will advance Rs. 92 crore home loan this year, which is Rs. 30 crore more than the previous year's sanction, said the Assistant General Manager, Coimbatore, G. Rita, here on Friday.
- People's Trust In Lawyers, Courts Fast Eroding, Laments Supreme . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Says they are taking the help of musclemen to resolve issues
- Benefits Of Technology Should Reach Rural Poor: Lakhera (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Lt Governor M.M. Lakhera has called for utilisation of modern technologies to promote the welfare of the masses particularly those living in rural areas.
- World Bank Calls For Consensus On Social Development Programmes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Report analyses 31 `success stories'
- Aiims: Venugopal Leave Ends, May Resume Work (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Jun 24, 2006)
AIIMS Director Dr P Venugopal is likely to resume work tomorrow. He had been on leave, according to many a ‘‘protest leave’’, since June 15, the day he alleged political meddling in institute affairs.
- Women Commit 33% Crime In Meerut: Study (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
A recent study conducted by a PhD student has found that 33 per cent of crimes recorded in this city during the past three years were committed by women.
- Japan Top Court Rejects Suit On Pm Shrine Visits (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
The last few decades were the warmest on Earth in the past 400 years, and may well have been warmer than any comparable period since the Middle Ages, US scientists reported.
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