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Articles 6921 through 7020 of 22438:
- Recruitment Of Teachers `Done Transparently' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
Candidates will be given choice in postings: Minister
- Congress Asked To Help Develop University (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
Minister sees nothing wrong in becoming Chancellor; claims 50 universities have such life-long post
- Quota Lessons From World Cup 2006 (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
The Oversight Committee, preparing a roadmap to implement the 27% quota in higher education, seems to have drawn inspiration from the ongoing soccer World Cup. At least in terms of the diversity quotient of participating nations.
- Drawing Quota Lessons From World Cup (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
The Oversight Committee, preparing a roadmap to implement the 27% quota in higher education, seems to have drawn inspiration from the ongoing soccer World Cup. At least in terms of the diversity quotient of participating nations.
- Who Benefits? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 20, 2006)
The National Forest Commission has performed a very important service by raising an alarm on the UPA government’s proposed new legislation on tribal rights.
- Strikes: Handing The Baton? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 20, 2006)
The Left-led all-India protests against the fuel price hike makes the headlines in the latest issue of People’s Democracy.
- Cia Warned Uk Of July Bomber: Book (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
US intelligence officials had warned Britain as early as in 2003 that the alleged leader of the 7 July London bombings was a potential threat after they discovered his involvement in a plot to attack synagogues in the USA, a new book has claimed.
- Nwfp Budget (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 20, 2006)
Following in the footsteps of the other federating units, the NWFP has also come out with a budget that is purported to be tax-free.
- Safety Commission: Another Stunt (News International, Dr Farzana Bari, Jun 20, 2006)
The long-due constitution of the National Safety Commission (NPSC), as envisaged in the Police Order of 2002, has finally been announced by the interior minister.
- Of Bad Artists (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 20, 2006)
Why is it that in this country no bad or indifferent painter/artist is born? The only exception is Zubeida Agha, who at the inception of Pakistan shot out like a meteor. At the time she had had no formal training.
- Journalists Observe Black Day (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 20, 2006)
The journalist community observed Black Day on Monday throughout the country to protest against the gruesome killing of tribal newsman Hayatullah Khan.
- Shifting Sands Of Shanghai (Deccan Herald, Srikanth Kondapalli , Jun 20, 2006)
SCO meeting is another indication of China's aspiration to be a major regional player....
- Women In Uniform (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 20, 2006)
Military should create compatible conditions for women
- The Mask Slips, The Real Cm Revealed (Deccan Herald, Venkat Krishnan, Jun 20, 2006)
After all the hype about H D Kumaraswamy being a 'people's CM', his original face is slowly becoming visible
- Neha's Body Bore Marks Of Sexual Assault (Pioneer, Vijaita Singh, Jun 20, 2006)
The body of 19-year-old Jesus and Mary College student Neha Kakkar who fell to her death from the upper sixth floor of the District Centre in Janakpuri on Saturday evening bore telltale signs of sexual assault.
- Us Soldier’S Mother Fears For His Safety In (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
In his calls and notes from Iraq, Army Pfc Kristian Menchaca told relatives about his dangerous assignment at military checkpoints. His family is now hoping for the 23-year-old Houston soldier’s safe return after learning he was one of two . . .
- Frontier Budget (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 20, 2006)
On the face of it, the NWFP finances for 2005-06 look much better than in previous years, having a record outlay of nearly Rs 96 billion and a development fund of Rs 26.63 billion.
- More Than Compassion For Refugees (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 20, 2006)
For millions of uprooted people, World Refugee Day on June 20 is a day like any other spent waiting in remote camps and settlements for a chance to go home.
- Pakistan, Kuwait To Boost Bilateral Ties (Pakistan Observer, Aroosa Alam, Jun 20, 2006)
Pakistan and Kuwait have signed an agreement for economic and technical cooperation to impart fresh impetus to their multifaceted bilateral ties.
- Living Through Horror (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
Each communal attack only worsens the poverty and marginalisation of Muslims... A nuanced narrative from the heart of the ghettos
- Childhood Memories (Hindu, Sarojini Premchand, Jun 20, 2006)
In this novel, the author's first, the story is told from the perspective of a seven year-old girl,Vardhani.
- Where Statistics On Indian Elections Speak (Hindu, K. V. PRASAD, Jun 20, 2006)
For students of politics, elections are always important events.
- Tree-Planting Drive In Pondicherry (Hindu, Rajesh Nair, Jun 20, 2006)
The Forest Department here has drawn up an ambitious plan to paint the town green. If all goes according to plan, the town and its suburbs should wear a verdant, green look in the not too distant future.
- Sri Lankan Navy Burnt Boats, Say Tamil Refugees (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
Their number has come down after the crackdown on rebels at Mannar, Paysalai
"We were staying in a church and a school for the last 15 days to find boats to come to India"
The offensive of the Navy began on Friday night itself
A handful of Navy . .
- Revived Taliban Waging 'Full-Blown Insurgency' (USA Today.com, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
In their biggest show of strength in nearly five years, pro-Taliban fighters are terrorizing southern Afghanistan — ambushing military patrols, assassinating opponents and even enforcing the law in remote villages where they operate with near impunity.
- In Tribal Pakistan, A Tide Of Militancy (Washington Post, Pamela Constable, Jun 20, 2006)
Influence of Taliban Said to Be Spreading Beyond Border Areas Near Afghanistan
- Targeting Teachers (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 19, 2006)
The targeted killing of two teachers and their two children by unidentified gunmen in Orakzai Agency in the tribal areas could only be the handiwork of those extremists who do not want education and its associated benefits to be passed on to the . . .
- Resolution Of Kashmir, Siachen Disputes: (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that no progress has been made so far with the Indian government on the resolution of Siachen, Kashmir and other vital issues, but hoped that outstanding issues will be resolved soon if the dialogue between the . . .
- Govt Yet To Discuss Obc Quota With Deemed Varsities (Tribune, Smriti Kak Ramachandran, Jun 19, 2006)
Although Oversight Committee Chairman M. Veerappa Moily has asserted that private and deemed universities will not be outside the ambit of reservation, the Ministry of Human Resource Development, headed by Mr Arjun Singh, and the University Grants . . .
- J&k Governor 'Holds Keys' To Mystery Of Shivlingam (Hindustan Times, Arun Joshi, Jun 19, 2006)
No one wants to own up to creating the 'man-made Shivlingam' at Amarnath cave this year. And with all the heat it has generated, rest assured no one will -- not unless a probe pins responsibility.
- Gandhara Name Proposed For Pak Airport (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Pakistan may name a new airport to be built in the capital after Gandhara, the ancient province known as the cradle of Buddhism in the sub-continent, apparently seeking to shed its image as a hardline Islamic country.
- Pro-Quota Body Seeks Removal Of Aiims Director (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Condemning the signature campaign for the removal of Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramdoss, a pro-reservation doctors’ association today sought the removal of AIIMS Director P. Venugopal and some senior doctors for allegedly being behind the . . .
- Guns Fall Silent In Somalia’S Capital (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 19, 2006)
The thugs manning the roadblocks are gone. The warlords are on the run. And the guns in a city long regarded as among the world’s most heavily armed have fallen silent. Most, in fact, have disappeared from view.
- “Tamatar” (Tribune, Harish Dhillon, Jun 19, 2006)
Why is it that people whom you’ve spent a sizeable chunk of time with and have been close to, never come into your life again once you have moved away, while others, whom you meet only fleetingly seem to cross your path again and again?
- Year Of The Farmer (Tribune, M.S. Swaminathan, Jun 19, 2006)
To restore farmers’ faith in farming, the National Commission on Farmers (NCF) has recommended that the agricultural year 2006-07 (June 1, 2006, to May 31, 2007) may be observed as the Year of the Farmers.
- Pakistan Fine With Indo-Us N-Deal But… (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has said that the recent nuclear deal between the United States and India is a bilateral arrangement but Pakistan should be treated on equal basis for maintaining geo-strategic balance in the region.
- No Us Pressure On Ipi Gas Line Project: Pm (Pakistan Observer, John Thakur Das, Jun 19, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Sunday set aside the impression about involvement or pressure of a third country in negotiations and discussions on the gas pipeline from Iran through Pakistan to India.
- Israel To Launch Tauvexii Aboard India's Gsat-4 By 2007 (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Israel is likely to launch its 18.2 million USD-worth TauvexII scientific telescope for astronomical research of the galaxies aboard India's GSAT-4 satellite by mid next year.
- Sonia: Replicate Rae Bareli Victory (Hindu, Atiq Khan, Jun 19, 2006)
Says it will decide whether rule of law will prevail in State
Accuses State Government of obstructing development of Rae Bareli
Rahul Gandhi assures speedy development and resolution of water scarcity
- 23 Killed, 26 Injured In Bus Accident On J&k Highway (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
At least 23 people, mostly labourers from Bihar and Nepal, were killed and 26 others injured when the bus they were travelling in skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge near Ramban on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway today, a police . . .
- Falling Standard Of Education (Daily Excelsior, Shiv Kumar Sharma, Jun 19, 2006)
As most of the people in Education know that the word ‘Education' has been derived from the word ‘Educe' which means to draw out all the best that is there in a child.
- Smooth Sailing (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jun 19, 2006)
Whenever one discusses Mendhar-born Congress leader Choudhry Mohammad Aslam one always gets the impression as if he has never got his due.
- Pau Inks Mous With Two Us Universities (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Punjab Agricultural University has signed agreements of cooperation with two American Universities to enhance academic interchange and to further the development of basic scientific and technological research and faculty-student exchange programmes.
- 23 Killed, 23 Injured As Bus Plunges Into Gorge (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
In a tragic road accident, 23 persons, mostly labourers from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Nepal were killed and 23 others received injuries, 13 of them critically, when a bus carrying them skidded off the road and plunged into deep gorge near Kela . . .
- Medha Patkar Alleges Conspiracy To Crush Nba (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , Jun 19, 2006)
"Time has come for political parties to take a position on equitable development" "If you get power from big dams, but have no farm land how would you feed growing population?"
"World Bank now wants land-for-land policy to be finished"
Shunglu . . .
- State To Raise Health Sector Issues With Anbumani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Approval for Theni Medical College may also be taken up
- Electronics City Does A Bill Gates (Times of India, PRASHANTH G.N., Jun 19, 2006)
As though taking a cue from Microsoft's Bill Gates who's now set to become a full-time philanthropist, Bangalore's Electronics City too has decided to do its bit for the community.
- Sonia Asks Party To Gear Up For Up Polls (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Sunday urged party workers in Uttar Pradesh to prepare for next year's Assembly elections by making a firm resolve to ensure that their opponents were "wiped out".
- Congressmen Back Indo-Us N-Deal (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
The US-Indo nuclear deal has won critical support from two key Congressmen heading foreign relations committees of the two Houses of the US Congress days before it comes up for review before the lower House panel.
- Quota Dialogue To Focus On Institution Building (Times of India, BHASKAR ROY, Jun 19, 2006)
The National Dialogue on July 3, being organised by the Oversight Committee to reconcile various viewpoints on the quota conundrum, will primarily focus on institution building.
- Citizen Gates (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 19, 2006)
Bill Gates, after having reinvented the computer industry, has just reinvented himself. The man closely identified with Microsoft and the PC revolution has just announced that he will disengage from day-to-day running of the company by 2008, after . . .
- Sonia Asks Partymen To Gear Up For Up Poll (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Congress President Sonia Gandhi virtually swung into election mode today, urging party workers in her constituency to replicate her record win and wipe out opponents.
- Is The Congress Being Ignored By Its Ministers? (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Jun 19, 2006)
The Congress party has no proper institutional mechanism for interaction with its Central Ministers.
- Market Musings In These Volatile Times (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jun 19, 2006)
After the roller-coaster ride in the capital market last week, only the very bold or extremely foolish would dare to predict what the coming week will bring. In the last fortnight, the Indian market has bounced up three times with a dazzling . . .
- It’S A Jungle Out There (Indian Express, JAY MAZOOMDAAR, Jun 19, 2006)
This week the Cabinet will probably consider the tribal bill. A joint parliamentary committee (JPC) has worked on it.
- The Magic Of That Old School Tie (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jun 19, 2006)
Fifty four per cent of Britain's top newspaper and television journalists were educated at expensive private schools.
- First World War's Secret Weapon: A Friendly Chat (Hindu, David Smith, Jun 19, 2006)
We have ways of making you talk, but they do not involve a bright light, dripping tap or thumbscrews.
- `Software, Hardware Must Develop In Parallel' (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Technology, for the sake of it, is not useful in the long run, says ARM COO
- Microsoft Initiative To Promote Indian It Market (Hindu, Shanthi Kannan, Jun 19, 2006)
Strategy aims at developing tools, technologies and training
The attempt is to change India from renting intelligence quotient to owning intellectual properties.
- Chechen Separatist Leader Neutralised (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Russian special forces killed the leader of Chechnya’s separatists on Saturday, officials said.
- Learning To Live (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
By and large, we all lead mechanical lives. We simply exist because we are alive. But, to enjoy life, we should take efforts to learn how to live.
- It's Crazy - But It Works (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 19, 2006)
The way to make politics less boring is to have wars, but we've done that before and everybody dies - so that's not good. Instead, we have the European Union, where everybody talks and talks and argues and cajoles and persuades and shouts - but . . .
- It Is Not The Way Out (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 19, 2006)
A rude awakening, yet another morning. I wake to a stinging cheek of practicality. It’s not easy -a student’s life.
- Are The Young On The Edge Of A Precipice? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 19, 2006)
The glamorisation of suicide needs to be countered by a campaign that is courageous, direct for not only the at-risk category but also for those who will be left behind’ — Uma Nair
- Quota Bill Seeks Right To Interfere With Iits, Iims (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Jun 19, 2006)
‘‘The UPA government will ensure that all institutions of higher learning and professional educational retain their autonomy,’’ says the National Common Minimum Programme (NCMP) of the ruling alliance.
- Defence Planning (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 19, 2006)
An unprecedented situation is being faced by Indian people at the dawn of 21st century.
- Poojary Sure Of Jd(s)-Bjp Coalition’S Safe Delivery (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Though members of the JD (S) and BJP may have concern about the future of the coalition government in the wake of the difference over BMIC project, senior Congress leader and MP Janardhana Poojary is optimistic that the government will complete . . .
- Popular Culture-I (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 19, 2006)
Adhering To The Dictates Of Market Globalism
- Rs. 60 Crores For Technical Education (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Bid to strengthen infrastructure for better campus placements
- Docs Refuse To Buy 'Fatal Fall' Story This Time (Pioneer, Vijaita Singh, Jun 19, 2006)
Since Sept 2005, five deaths at Janakpuri District Centre ---- With doctors refusing to conduct an autopsy on the body of 19-year-old Neha Kakkar who, according to the police fell to her death in Janakpuri on Saturday the mystery has deepened . . .
- Manmohan May Have To Labour On Policy (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Jun 19, 2006)
The approach papers of the XIth Plan requires the UPA Government to undertake a range of politically sensitive measures to achieve the objective of high growth target.
- Musharraf's Quite Strategy For His Re-Election (Daily Excelsior, M. Rama Rao, Jun 19, 2006)
While two former prime ministers, Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif are busy cementing their new found alliance to take on President Musharraf, he is quietly consolidating his position to ensure his ‘smooth re-election’ for another term.
- Up Govt ‘Not At Fault’ For Power Crisis (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
The day after Congress President Sonia Gandhi came down on the state government for cutting down electricity supply to her constituency Rae Bareli, the Power Corporation Chairman Ashok Khurana....
- Re-Caste The Problem (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 19, 2006)
A poorly paid, unmotivated and continuously politically interfered with bureaucracy will sell pretty much all the bits of paper the government gives out and citizens need or want.
- What Women Want (Pioneer, Shailaja Chandra, Jun 19, 2006)
More than reservation, Indian women need equal opportunities in educational and professional fields for their collective . . .
- Centre To Focus On Children With Hiv (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Jun 19, 2006)
For the first time in three decades, the Government is likely to give specific attention to HIV-positive children in the upcoming third stage of the National AIDS Control Programme.
- Nwfp To Create Over 13,450 New Jobs: Rs95.9bn Budget With . . . (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
Provincial Senior Minister Sirajul Haq on Saturday presented Rs95.987 billion budget for the year 2006-07 in the NWFP Assembly with a total development outlay of Rs26.630 billion.
- Award Is Final, Change By Consensus: It’S Constitutional: Adviser (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
Prime Minister’s Adviser on Finance Dr Salman Shah has said no province can disown the interim National Finance Commission Award announced by the president because it has been given under a constitutional amendment.
- Sack Ramadoss (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 18, 2006)
He is a risk to India's health sector ---- Ever since taking charge as Union Health Minister with the advent of the UPA Government, Mr Anbumani Ramadoss, whose credentials as a medical practitioner do not merit comment, has been going about . . .
- The Playing Fields (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 18, 2006)
Exactly 191 years ago on this day, Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated once and for all in the Battle of Waterloo.
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