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Articles 7121 through 7220 of 22438:
- Ramadoss’S Aiims (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Jun 17, 2006)
My country has been kind to me and has asked me to do many things, but the job I loved the most was being vice-chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University.
- ‘Missing’ Journalist’S Body Found (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
A tribal journalist missing for about seven months has been killed. His body was found lying outside a village in Mirali in the restive North Waziristan tribal region on Friday afternoon.
- Maudhany To Be Admitted To Coimbatore Hospital (Hindu, V.S. Palaniappan, Jun 16, 2006)
Prison authorities asked to identify facilities, provide security
- No, Papa (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 16, 2006)
Madhya Pradesh has come up with an absurd idea. It has banned English nursery rhymes in schools "to reduce western influence on children".
- Sit And Watch Others (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jun 16, 2006)
While watching a television programme on Abu Dhabi and its plans for development and growth, one realized how backward and silly India is being in relation to the tourism industry.
- National Test For Ites-Bpo Industry (Tribune, Jangveer Singh, Jun 16, 2006)
ITES (Information Technology Enabled Services) and BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) may not remain buzz words for the haloed few any longer.
- Dr Ramadoss Plays The Boss, Pushes Aiims Chief To Brink (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Jun 16, 2006)
The nation’s premier medical institute may not have recovered from the bruising quota controversy but is now subject to another round of strong-arm political treatment.
- Militant's Kin Among 3 Killed (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Unidentified gunmen, believed to be militants, have killed three civilians in Kashmir valley since last evening.
- Blow To Harmony (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 16, 2006)
That a Hindu temple has been demolished in Lahore in Pakistan does not give a cause of comfort.
- Nepal Rebel Chief To King: Abdicate Or Face Execution (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Jun 16, 2006)
A ceremonial monarchy will never work in Nepal and if the king does not abdicate he could end up facing trial and even execution, the Himalayan nation's powerful Maoist rebel chief said on Thursday.
- Where The Economy Is Being Chained (The Financial Express, Jayaprakash Narayan, Jun 16, 2006)
The delivery of services is poor and this has to change to put public money to good use
- Iriver Maker, Microsoft Join Forces To Challenge Ipod (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
South Korea's digital audio player maker Reigncom Ltd is teaming up with Microsoft Corp. and MTV to challenge Apple Computer Inc.'s iPod.
- Reservation Policy (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 16, 2006)
India’s first Census was conducted in 1901 under the leadership of WW Hunter.
- Researchers Find Missing Link In Bird Evolution (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 16, 2006)
Dozens of fossils of an ancient loon-like creature that some say is the missing link in the evolution of bird have been discovered in northwest China.
- Outsourcing, Of Course! (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 16, 2006)
Competition is good, and so is globalisation. Some British students, it seems, haven’t needed a course in liberal economics to learn this.
- Go For Rural Development! (Tribune, S. Raghunath, Jun 16, 2006)
EVEN after 58 years of independence and throwing off the brutish colonial and imperialist yoke, India is still a basket case going round the world with a begging bowl and with 80 per cent of her population wallowing under the absolute poverty line . . .
- Rbi Employees To Oppose Outsourcing (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
The decision to outsource the Reserve Bank of India's core functions has met with strong opposition from the bank's employees and economists.
- Surplus Punjab Budget (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 16, 2006)
A Rs 274 billion tax-free, surplus and development oriented Punjab budget was presented in the provincial assembly in Lahore on Wednesday for the year 2006-07 with the total expenditure of Rs 191.38 billion.
- Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 16, 2006)
A time now tv report says it all. The madhya pradesh government has decided to scrap ye olde nursery rhymes in all state-run schools and replace them with stuff penned by those living in 21st century Bharat. Not everyone is amused.
- Social Security In Islam (Dawn, Sidrah Unis, Jun 16, 2006)
An efficient system of social security is one of the main features of a welfare state.
- Punjab Finances (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 16, 2006)
A measure of how Punjab is run came on Tuesday, when the chief minister made next fiscal year’s budgetary allocations public — a day before the provincial budget was presented in the Punjab Assembly.
- Sindh Budget Proposes Salary, Pension Raise (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Provincial Senior Minister Syed Sardar Ahmad presented in the Sindh Assembly on Thursday Rs193.1 billion budget for the year 2006-07 that shows a small surplus of Rs302.24 million.
- Why Deve Gowda Is Bad For Bangalore (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Bangaloreans must banish H D Deve Gowda if they wish to see any developmental works come to fruition.
- Kashgar Bus Service (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 16, 2006)
The introduction of a bus service between Gilgit in the Northern Areas and Kashgar in China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region could help reverse the sharp decline in international tourism in the country.
- Punjab Budget (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 16, 2006)
Punjab Finance Minister Hasnain Bahadur Dareshak presented a Rs274 billion surplus and ostensibly tax-free budget (meaning that there are no new taxes) for 2006-07 in the Punjab Assembly on Wednesday.
- Racket In Sanctioning Freedom Fighters' Pension (Hindu, Y. Mallikarjun, Jun 16, 2006)
Investigation by Vigilance and Enforcement Department detects fraud
- Sc, St Education Schemes Will Continue (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
The 11th Five-Year Plan proposes to continue with redoubled efforts at provision of educational facilities to the Scheduled Castes (SCs), the Scheduled Tribes (STs) and minorities.
- Aiims For Glory (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 16, 2006)
First class institutions can’t remain so if political interference becomes the norm
- Bus Explosion Kills 64 In Lanka, Triggers Army Bombs In Tiger Areas (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
A powerful land mine ripped through a packed bus in northern Sri Lanka on Thursday, killing at least 64 people in the worst act of violence since the 2002 cease-fire, the Army said.
- Who Makes The Rules? (Deccan Herald, Sakuntala Narasimhan, Jun 16, 2006)
The refusal to sell a kilo of salt because it’s ‘not worth the trouble’ sounds like a funny argument...
- Bsnl Announces Reduced Tariff For Itcs (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited has announced a reduction in the tariff for new India Telephone Cards (ITC), effective from May 1, 2006.
- Aids Programme For Hotel Workers Inaugurated (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
The group needs special attention and care: Health Minister They need special attention and care: Health Minister
- Don't Talk To Ulfa (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 16, 2006)
By carrying out a series of terror bombings across Assam, targeting both innocent people, including school children, and symbols of the state, for instance oil . . .
- Bihar Formula (Times of India, Shanti Bhushan, Jun 16, 2006)
Not many are aware that 12 years before V P Singh introduced reservation for OBCs in 1990, the issue had cropped up in a virulent form in Bihar in 1978. Karpoori Thakur, then chief minister of Bihar, was heading a Janata Party government in which . . .
- Assembly Resumes Sitting Today; Stormy Session Likely (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Governor R.L. Bhatia set to deliver policy address in the House
- Tech Nobel Goes To 21st Century Edison (Times of India, RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL, Jun 16, 2006)
It isn't quite the worldwide web. But Finland swears that its somewhat underwhelming decision to hand on Thursday the world's largest, most lucrative high-tech award, the bi-yearly, one-million-euro Millennium Technology Prize, to a diminutive . . .
- Jihadi-Islamist Compact (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Jun 16, 2006)
Former world chess champion and then Fidé president Max Euwe had reportedly exclaimed, after being defeated by a Nepalese competitor in the late 1970s, "Alekhine lives in Nepal!"
- Is State Hostage To Three Taluks? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Jun 16, 2006)
As the bmic brouhaha leaves a trail of hazy dust in its wake, a point to ponder for those unaffected by the project---which would be 95 per cent of Karnataka’s population---is whether a State of 27 districts is not being held hostage by three . . .
- Terrorists Are Holy Warriors: Cleric (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Why use bombs in a non-conflict zone, preaching is enough”, the 68-year-old cleric said...
- Why Do We Have Just One Aiims? (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Jun 16, 2006)
We ignore the necessity of expanding and upgrading our institutional infrastructure at our own peril, says Rajeev Ranjan Roy
- Interim Report On Quota By July 10: Moily (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
At a meeting here on Thursday, the committee decided that reservation should be implemented in one go in all centrally-funded institutions, including IITs and IIMs from 2007-08.
- Unfit To Print (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 16, 2006)
---- The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has notched one more medallion from its political master, the Human Resource Development Ministry.
- Be Affirmative (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 16, 2006)
Study Sri Lanka and Malaysia to learn how quotas need not limit economic growth
- How Stem Cells Can Turn Back Biological Clock (Hindu, Ian Sample , Jun 16, 2006)
The discovery of an ingredient that gives stem cells the power to grow into any tissue in the human body paves the way for radical changes.
- Wrath Of The Pro-Israel Lobby (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Palestinian Prime Minster Ismail Haniyeh has tried to move the conscience of the West through an article in the British press.
- Mahajan's Killing, Rahul Case Linked: Pravin (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Giving a new twist to the murder of BJP leader Pramod Mahajan and his son Rahul's alleged involvement in a drug abuse case, the late leader's brother Pravin Mahajan, accused of killing him, on Wednesday claimed the two incidents were inter-related.
- Support For Rahul, Scorn For Father (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Praveen Mahajan today claimed the shooting of his brother Pramod — to which he had reportedly confessed to police — and the drug controversy involving Rahul Mahajan were linked but provided no explanation.
- Foul Play Suspected In City Student's Death In Us (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Body found in apartment swimming pool
- Care For Health (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 15, 2006)
The report of more than 100 people falling sick after consuming ice-cream at the outskirts of this city must have turned many stomachs upside down.
- From Violence To Non-Violence (Daily Excelsior, Lt Col R K Langar, Jun 15, 2006)
We call twentieth century as the century of violence. We saw two world wars during that period and in each of them millions of people have died and many more injured.
- Indian Agency To Facilitate Placement Of Saudi Students (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
As a follow-up to HRD Minister Arjun Singh's visit to Saudi Arabia to strengthen academic ties between the two countries, a state-run educational consultancy agency has been asked to facilitate the placement of Saudi students in Indian universities.
- Too Old To Bat (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 15, 2006)
Purge India’s sclerotic gerontocracy
No major country in the world is as gerontocratic, or as sclerotic in its politics, as we are in India.
- Oversight Panel To Decide On Hrd's Quota Proposal (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Oversight Committee chairman M Veerappa Moily will have a decisive say in the OBC quota proposal for central higher-education institutions — and not HRD Minister Arjun Singh, whose initial announcement had led to the anti-quota agitation and put the . . .
- 8.5 P.C. Growth Target Set For 11th Plan (Hindu, Sushma Ramchandran, Jun 15, 2006)
Approach paper sent to Chief Ministers, all Union Ministers before the NDC meeting
Growth path ``feasible but not inevitable''
Focus on agriculture, social sector and manufacturing
NDC likely to meet in August
- Tumbling After (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 15, 2006)
Politics is the gateway to omniscience — at least in India. Academics and specialists in children’s education are quite superfluous in the country.
- Project To Create Aids Awareness (Hindu, Divya Ramamurthi, Jun 15, 2006)
Young people being trained to become peer educators
UNICEF and some NGOs training young people
Project initiated in Bangalore, Mysore, Raichur, Dharwad, Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts
The aim is to facilitate a discussion on HIV/AIDS
- Ramadoss Moots Separate Police Wing To Deal With Rowdy Elements (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
"Reservation should be fixed on the basis of caste-wise census"
- Indonesia Sets Free Islamic Cleric (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Jun 15, 2006)
An imprisoned Islamic cleric, Abu Bakar Baasyir, was set free by the Indonesian authorities in Jakarta on Wednesday. Mr. Baasyir, who was convicted for his role in "a sinister conspiracy to cause a fire or explosion resulting in deaths," was . . .
- Rescuing Modern Medicine From Its Traps (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 15, 2006)
Modern medicine desperately needs to rediscover the human touch. It needs to blend modern techniques with the art of compassionate healing.
- India To Back Tharoor For Un Sec General (Rediff on the Net, Sheela Bhatt, Jun 15, 2006)
India will support the candidature of United Nations Under Secretary General Shashi Tharoor as the next secretary general, senior government sources in New Delhi told rediff.com today. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's term ends on December 31, 2006 . . .
- Rs. 12.5 Crore To Improve Cuddalore Municipal Roads (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
As many as 326 road works to be taken up
- Foul Play Suspected In Death Of Hyderabad Student In U.S. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Ajmaluddin was said to have drowned in a swimming pool on June 9
It is a clear case of murder as he does not know swimming, says his mother
His father alleges that some persons known to Ajmaluddin must have killed him
- Rs 274b Punjab Budget (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Rs 100b for development
* Rs 10b inflation allowance for govt employees
* Opp slams Elahi, boycotts budget speech
- Protest Farce (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 15, 2006)
The editorial in the latest issue of Organiser on the fuel price hike has already made headlines. Entitled “Protest, but honestly” it slams the UPA government’s decision to hike petrol and diesel prices for the seventh time in two years.
- Indonesia Cleric To Be Freed After Terror Jail Term (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Hardline Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir will walk out of a Jakarta jail today after serving time for involvement in the 2002 Bali bombings, returning to an Islamic school once dubbed the ''Ivy League'' of militants.
- Plan For Human Development (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jun 15, 2006)
It is time the concept of public-private partnership is tried at primary and secondary education levels, with social empowerment and equality as the guiding principles.
- Minister Asks Celebrities Not To Promote Colas And Junk Food (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Health Ministry planning to start awareness campaign
"I can only appeal personally to them"
Youth will be targeted, says Union Health Minister
- Dmk Script Now Playing In Tn, 1 Cr Tvsets In 4 Yrs, At Rs 2,000 Cr (Indian Express, JAYA MENON, Jun 15, 2006)
Come September 15, when the DMK celebrates the Mupperum Vizha — three celebrations including the birth anniversary of Dravidar Kazhagam founder Periyar, the party would have made a token gesture of fulfilling its main poll promise by providing 25,000 . .
- Low Politics In Higher Education (Indian Express, Philip G. Altbach , Jun 15, 2006)
Increasing the retirement age of medical professors, as has been reportedly promised by the government, is yet another official response to the quota debate; the aim here is to make easier larger intake in elite institutions.
- Exit Tax Will Sink India (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 15, 2006)
NRIs set up R&D ventures and participate in welfare contribution back home
- Vouching For Change (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 15, 2006)
We commend the Planning Commission’s Approach Paper to the XI Plan for advocating vouchers to finance some basic social services.
- Punjab Liquor Shops Use Legs To Sell Pegs (Pioneer, Sunil Kumar, Jun 15, 2006)
Posters of semi-nude women advertising alcohol pasted over shops are evoking all kinds of responses from customers and residents. Some of the posters advertising 'leg with peg', a common sight in Punjab, have made residents furious.
- Hu Firm On Anti-Terror Efforts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
China to promote cooperation with Uzbekistan in economy, trade and energy
- Virtual Universities (Times of India, Arvind Verma, Jun 15, 2006)
If government keeps its promise of increasing student intake to offset the 27 per cent reservation for OBCs, all the IITs, IIMs, medical and engineering colleges will have to find ways of accommodating hundreds if not thousands of extra students . . .
- Universities And Schools (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 15, 2006)
The author is chairman, Indian Council for Social Science Research
In the course of the 20th century, universities throughout the world have become socially more and more inclusive.
- Senior Citizens Savings Scheme Taxable (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
The Government on Wednesday clarified that the Senior Citizens Savings Scheme that gives 9 per cent interest rates on investments up to Rs. 15 lakh, is taxable and that tax would be deducted at source for elderly people who came under the tax net.
- No Recognition For Entrance Tests Conducted By Managements (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Kerala Government to be stern with self-financing colleges
Charges against Public Works Minister under examination
Compensation to mother of Udayabhanu who died in police custody enhanced
- At Least 30 Dead In Sri Lanka Blast (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels blasted a civilian bus on Thursday, officials said, with up to 30 feared dead.
- Looking Backwards (Tribune, Darshan Singh Maini, Jun 15, 2006)
IN old age, one is prone to ponder the past, for the future is so uncertain, so unclear.
- Indonesia Frees Cleric Linked To Bali Bombing (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, the alleged leader of Al-Qaeda linked group Jemaah Islamiyah, has been freed after serving nearly 26 months in prison over the 2002 Bali bombings.
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