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Articles 7221 through 7320 of 22438:
- Rs 274b Punjab Tax Free, Surplus Budget (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Punjab government Wednesday presented Rs 274 billion tax free budget for the financial year 2006-07, which sets a revenue target of Rs 191 billion, with a revenue surplus of Rs 82 billion. The budget carrying Rs 82 billion surplus revenue carries . . .
- Cbr’S New Role Recognized (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 15, 2006)
In recognition of his meritorious services, the Government has elevated Mr Abdullah Yousuf, Secretary Revenue Division and Chairman Central Board of Revenue (CBR) as Secretary General of the Division and Chairman of the Board.
- Plan Targets China, Korea Growth Path (Indian Express, Kandula Subramaniam, Jun 15, 2006)
Approach Paper for inclusive growth, sets 9.5% target for last years
- A Tale Of Two Polls (Dawn, S. M. Naseem, Jun 15, 2006)
The gloom that has been hanging over the nation for the past five years is showing some signs of being dispelled.
- A Public Health Challenge (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 14, 2006)
Over the past decade, a number of vector-borne viral diseases have acquired renewed virulence in Asia.
- State Government Getting Ready To Control Donation Menace (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
The State government is contemplating on taking steps to control donation menace in schools, said Primary and Higher Education Minister Basavaraja Horatti.
- Govt Forms 2 Panels, Seeks Formula Within 2 Days (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
In an effort to find a solution with regard to seat-sharing, fees and other related issues related to professional courses, the State Government on Tuesday constituted a separate medical and engineering committee to come out with a formula within . . .
- Bhutan Through Political Reforms (Daily Excelsior, Sondip Bhattacharya, Jun 14, 2006)
Thirty-two years rule of King Jigme Singye Wangchuk has ushered in a new era of democracy.
- Anti-Quota Agitation Gains Momentum (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
The anti-reservation agitation by students of the Indian Institute of Technology here gathered momentum with industrial associations and traders deciding to go on a day’s token hunger strike on June 18 in support of students and teachers.
- Caste Vs Class (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 14, 2006)
Even as government prepares its response to Supreme Court's query on the rationale behind 27 per cent reservation for OBCs, one thing is clear:
- A Year In Us: 16,912 Murders; 92,837 Rapes (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
FBI statistics on Monday confirmed what big cities like Philadelphia, Houston, Cleveland and Las Vegas have seen on the streets: Violent crime in the US is on the rise, posting its biggest one-year increase since 1991.
- Coalition Partners' Stand On Bmic Project Drives Government To . . . (Hindu, K.N. Venkatasubba Rao , Jun 14, 2006)
Cabinet skips discussion on project; BJP, Janata Dal (S) Ministers hold separate meetings
Cabinet meeting scheduled for 4 p.m. was held at 8.30 p.m.
Kumaraswamy, Yediyurappa tight-lipped about discussions at meeting
- Nepal's Rough Road Ahead (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Jun 14, 2006)
How many zeroes does it take to make Girija Prasad Koirala smile? At least three - quipped a wag, as mandarins in the Ministry of External Affairs sweated in the Delhi heat to create an aid package that would meet the expectations of India's neighbour . .
- School Apologises For Hitler Quotes (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 14, 2006)
A US high school has apologised for publishing a yearbook in which two students had chosen quotations from Adolf Hitler’s book Mein Kampf to appear under their photographs.
- Nabard To Invest 2,000 Crore In Bihar To Boost Its Economy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Chairman appreciates changes in the state's economic scenario
80,000 Aganwadi Centres to be opened in the State
`Target to raise Bihar's ranking in terms of investment by NABARD from 16th position at present to 6th in the next three years'
- Tackling Threats (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 14, 2006)
Raising more Central forces is not the best solution
- Development For All? (Deccan Herald, Alok Ray, Jun 14, 2006)
Development means people graduating from lower paid jobs to higher-valued jobs over time
- Biblical (Telegraph, Stephen Hugh-Jones, Jun 14, 2006)
Among the merits of an English boarding-school education 60-odd years ago was an unlikely one:
- Record Allocation For Development: No New Tax In Punjab (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
The Punjab government will lay before the provincial assembly its revenue budget of Rs274 billion — indicating a current expenditure of Rs191 billion and carrying a surplus of Rs83 billion — for the fiscal year 2006-07 on Wednesday.
- Nwfp Spent Only 38.7pc Of Adp In Nine Months: Foreign-Funded Plans Affected (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
The NWFP government is set to miss the Rs21 billion development expenditure target under its 2005-06 annual development programme as its spending stood slightly over Rs8.1 billion, 38.7 per cent of the total size of the ADP, at the close of first . . .
- Population Welfare To Be Included In Syllabus (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
The Sindh government has decided to introduce population welfare as a subject in the syllabus of secondary and higher secondary education, says Sindh Population Welfare Department Secretary Mohammad Mohsin Qureshi.
- Sco A New Model Of Successful Tie-Up (News International, Vladimir V. Putin, Jun 14, 2006)
As the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), one of the youngest international entities, is turning five on June 15 and preparing for the anniversary session of its Heads of State Council in Shanghai, I would like to share my thoughts and . . .
- People Participation In Agricultural Development (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 14, 2006)
This fact has been proven time and again that the success of any agricultural development programme depends to a large extent on the intended beneficiaries.
- 'Endorse, Reinforce N-Deal' (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Michael A Levi is the lead author of US-India Nuclear Cooperation: A Strategy Moving Forward, a Council On Foreign Relations report, which could define the fate of the India-US nuclear deal now being debated in the US Congress.
- Picking Up The Resettlement Gauntlet (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Jun 14, 2006)
Mr Raghuvansh Prasad Singh will need to be wary in drafting the Bill on the issue of resettlement of project-affected people.
By planning to bring before Parliament a Bill on the resettlement of people displaced by land acquisitions for various . . .
- Hats Off, Imf! (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 14, 2006)
If a competition were to be held to adjudge which of the international organisations has the most admirable grasp of the obvious, the prize will easily go to the IMF.
- 'Dalits Have Not Benefited From Quotas' (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Professor P Radhakrishnan of the Madras Institute of Development Studies is a well-known social scientist. Some of the key areas of his research include affirmative action; agrarian problems; backward classes and reservations; backward class . . .
- Educating Without Long-Term Vision (Pioneer, Asheesh Shah, Jun 14, 2006)
The head-start that West has over India is in education, and the tragedy is despite ample opportunities, we have failed to make use of them, says Asheesh Shah
- Labourers’ Killer Among 6 Militants Killed (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Six militants including a killer of nine labourers were killed in separate encounters at Pampore, Handwara and Uri today while as militants shot at and injured a BSF trooper in Sopore.
- Haryana Considering Setting Another Bench Of Consumer Commission (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
With growing awareness about rights of consumers in Haryana, the State Government is considering a proposal to set up an additional bench of the State Commission for early disposal of pending cases before the State Consumer Dispute Redressal . . .
- Of Gandhian Ideals (Deccan Herald, A J Thomas, Jun 14, 2006)
...and human relationships that have not really changed much in their essence.
- Where Leaders Come To Learn (Deccan Herald, Manu N Kulkarni, Jun 14, 2006)
The country's political and academic institutions must take firm efforts to groom future leaders
- Joining The War (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Jun 14, 2006)
Canada has joined the counter-terrorism club. Should India, which has paid dearly in the fight against terrorism for at least two decades, say “Welcome!”?
- Taxman Cites The Law On Bachchan (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
The income-tax department today refused to confirm or deny if any fresh notices had been sent to Amitabh Bachchan and his family members, but said an “aggrieved” party could always approach the courts of law.
- Us Bets On India's Boom, Frets Too (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Jun 14, 2006)
The Sensex may be headed south and the Nifty anywhere but north, but as far as the west is concerned, the world economy is devolving on the east -- India being the current favorite.
- Don’T Let The Branding Iron Go Cold (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 14, 2006)
Corporates build brands over years, spending considerable time, energy and cash so that one day that brand would allow the company to charge a premium for its products and enhance cash flow.
- Exam System Needs Overhauling (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 14, 2006)
Exams shouldn't just be the final evaluation of a single test, but should be a continuous assessment
- Obc Quota Not In One Go: Panel Chief (Times of India, Akshaya Mukul, Jun 14, 2006)
If the chairman of the committee set up to oversee implementation of OBC quota in educational institutions has his way, Central varsities like Delhi University, JNU and Jamia Millia would start having OBC reservations only from year 2008.
- In Quota’S Defence (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 14, 2006)
There are no fewer than five pieces on reservations in the latest issue of People’s Democracy including one on ‘the dark world of the media’ that focuses on the ‘upper caste domination in the media’.
- Tnpl Pulpwood Consumption To Go Up To 3.50 Lakh Tonnes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
After implementation of Rs. 556-crore mill development plan
Company to intensify implementation of Farm Forestry and Captive Plantation Schemes
The schemes, being implemented in nine districts, will be extended to six more
NGOs, progressive . . .
- A `Temple Of Learning' Inaugurated (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
Sri Jnanakshi Vidyaniketan gets a new building
- Nlc Inks Pact With German Company And Iit-Madras (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
The research collaboration is to replenish ground water level
"Simple rainwater harvesting technique will not serve the purpose"
NLC has already adopted a technology successfully to recharge water level at two natural points
- Imam's Call To Party (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 13, 2006)
Bukhari dreams of Muslim votes----Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari of Delhi's Jama Masjid is being truthful when he says that 'secular' parties have treated India's Muslims as nothing more than a vote-bank to be tapped at the time of elections through . . .
- Administrative Reshuffle In Delhi Govt. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
The Delhi Government has carried out a reshuffle in the administration appointing Secretary (Urban Development) O.P. Kelkar as the new Home Secretary.
- One Killed In Blast At Digboi (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Jun 13, 2006)
Security intensified, borders sealed in Assam
Five of the injured have been shifted to Dibrugarh Medical College Hospital
Members of ULFA-appointed People's Consultative Group likely to meet on Tuesday
- "Harness Atomic Energy For Food Security" (Hindu, T.S. Subramanian, Jun 13, 2006)
Swaminathan's call at BARC golden jubilee
- Us Could, India Can (Pioneer, Surajit Dasgupta, Jun 13, 2006)
It is not only military belligerence and arm-twisting economics that has raised the US to the pinnacle of political power. It is also for the fact that there was a time when that country embraced all.
- Can India Fix Its `Macro`? (Business Standard, Govindraj Ethiraj, Jun 13, 2006)
What does the average Chinese businessman think of India? I put this question two months ago to an Indian trader I met in China’s textile capital Shaoxing, some four hours south-east of Shanghai.
- The Wrong Aroma (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 13, 2006)
The commerce ministry’s move to notify “Super Basmati” (developed originally in Pakistan) as an approved Indian variety of Basmati for export may have gone down well with exporters, who sense a new trade opportunity, but it is fraught with certain . . .
- Russy’S Brother Baji (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 13, 2006)
There were two Parsis who made news, literally, in the Bombay where I spent my youth in the 1950s — Russy Karanjia and Dosabhai Karaka. Karanjia was editor of Blitz, a progressive, aggressive, raucous, sensation-loving weekly.
- Terror In Jammu, Anantnag (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
One person was killed and 31 were wounded when terrorists hurled three grenades on Vaishnodevi shrine-bound buses at the general bus stand here this morning.
- Don’T Mix Your Drinks: But What About Sports? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 13, 2006)
With the World Cup well and truly on its way, late-night watchers in India of matches which go on till the early hours of the morning, can get overwhelmed by the variety of sports on offer.
- Incumbent Assembly To Elect President, Says (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
PML Secretary-General Mushahid Hussain Sayed has said that the incumbent assembly would elect the president and the election would be held according to the schedule.
- Saddam’S Trial Resumes (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
Saddam Hussein's former intelligence chief was manhandled by guards as they dragged him out of court Monday for arguing with the judge, fuelling defence protests that it is being treated unfairly in the trial of the ouster Iraqi leader and members . . .
- Sense And Sensuality: New Food Writing (Business Standard, Nilanjana S Roy, Jun 13, 2006)
Just a decade ago, food memoirs and histories were as exotic as the cheeses and chocolates kind friends would bring back from “phoren”. Now that even Manchegos, Reblochons and a growing selection of gourmet chocolates are available if you know . . .
- Insensate On Acquisition (The Financial Express, L C JAIN, Jun 13, 2006)
While some displacement due to development projects is unavoidable, the suffering inflicted in the process on the uprooted is avoidable. But we continue to act in an insensitive, if not insane, manner.
- Tcs Focusing On Faculty Development (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
To bridge the corporate-campus gap, TCS conducts faculty development programmes across the country.
- It Can Make Filing I-T Returns Easy (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Jun 13, 2006)
India, home to the globally respected IT professionals and software companies, should not make it difficult to file income-tax returns, as will happen with the new Form 2F. With some thought, filing returns and paying the tax can be made totally . . .
- Treatise On Gaudiya Vaishnavism (Hindu, V.K.S.N. Raghavan, Jun 13, 2006)
This book covers a wide range of topics connected with Chaitanya's philosophy namely, Gaudiya Vaishnavism, besides the systems of Ramanuja, Madhva, Nimbarka and Vallabha.
- On Very Shifty Ground (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 13, 2006)
Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Meira Kumar must know that her ‘wish’ to hike reservations for Scheduled Castes from 15 per cent to 16.23 per cent calls for a constitutional amendment.
- Stone-Age Tools Dug Out Of ‘Tiger Hole’ (Tribune, G.S. Mudur, Jun 13, 2006)
An assortment of stone-age tools buried in a cave in the western coastal district of Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri has provided the first evidence of a cave shelter of human ancestors on India’s coastline.
- International Call (Telegraph, Jyoti Malhotra, Jun 13, 2006)
While most ministers try to escape the Indian summer, a few have more important things on their plate, writes Jyoti Malhotra.
- Sc Asks For Pro-Quota Protest Status Report (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
The Supreme Court today ordered the Centre to ensure that no strike — ‘‘for or against’’ the proposed 27 per cent reservation policy for OBCs in educational institutions — took place and asked it to submit a status report . . .
- Ignore Young People's Protests At Your Peril (Hindu, Gary Younge, Jun 13, 2006)
Forget nostalgia for 1968 — youth activists today have real political savvy, and they are making their governments listen.
- A Hand In The Games (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jun 13, 2006)
As the months roll on, one is rather alarmed by the lack of any fresh, real and appealing initiatives, at the ground level, which could have been actioned virtually immediately, to show some tangible results before the term of this government comes . . .
- Thought-Provoking Essays (Hindu, K. S. Parthasarathy, Jun 13, 2006)
All the 22 articles in this volume are by those who lived in 20th Century India.
- Print Pick (Hindu, KALA KRISHNAN RAMESH , Jun 13, 2006)
Books at Fabmall.com, new and old
- Intimations Of Greatness (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 13, 2006)
Sometimes in sport the cinders of an incandescent future are evident in the grey ashes of defeat. And so they are in the failure of Michelle Wie to become the first woman to play in the U.S. Open — one of golf's most prestigious tournaments.
- Ban On Strike Applies To Quota Supporters Too: Sc (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
The Supreme Court today clarified that its order dated May 31, 2006 banning all sorts of protests, demonstrations, strikes and agitations applies equally to the supporters of the reservation policy of the Government providing 27.5 per cent . . .
- ‘Open Education Sector To Entrepreneurs, Foreign Varsities, Create . . . (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jun 13, 2006)
Students should ask the government for an opportunity to become specialists and superspecialists through creation of additional seats. The government should create additional seats, not 30 per cent but 1,000 per cent, by opening up the education . . .
- Rs 1000 Crore Private Investments For Kerala Tourism (Indian Express, RAJEEV P I, Jun 13, 2006)
The Left government in Kerala has announced it is all set to draw private investment worth Rs 1,000 crore into its tourism sector within this year itself.
- Taxes By The Litre (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Jun 13, 2006)
When world crude oil prices go up, the consumer has to pay higher taxes. Not fair
- Increase In Drug Trafficking (Daily Excelsior, SREEDHAR, Jun 13, 2006)
In the middle of the night on June 1, Rahul Mahajan, son of late Pramod Mahajan and one of his accomplices Vivek Moitra could procure narcotics for personal use in the national capital, surprised every one.
- How Ronaldinho Became Ronaldo (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 13, 2006)
Why do so many Brazilian soccer players go by one name? That’s the Brazilian convention. Nicknames and first names are used in all settings, no matter the gravity.
- Short Stories (Hindu, Prema Nandakumar , Jun 13, 2006)
The word, so holy, is an apt title for this collection of stories from the physically and socially battered womanhood from Sri Lanka.
- Denial Syndrome (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 13, 2006)
Centre must heed Ulfa duplicity
ULFA’s reported denial of having had anything to do with last week’s explosions over three consecutive days that killed six people and injured about 50 must be taken with a pinch of salt.
- Distressing Illness (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 13, 2006)
Bengal Congress must decide where it stands
If the Congress is toying with the idea of a mid-term poll to cash in on the trauma within the BJP, as is suggested by CPI-M leaders on the sidelines of the central committee meeting in Hyderabad, that . . .
- The Perils Of Dissent In U.S. Universities (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Jun 13, 2006)
The quest for sanity should begin by undoing thought-control devices such as the Campus Watch in American universities.
- Marx On India Under The British (Hindu, VENKATESH ATHREYA, Jun 13, 2006)
His essays in The New York Daily Tribune thoroughly expose the hypocrisy of "Free Traders"
- Essays On Gender Issues (Hindu, CAVERY BOPAIAH, Jun 13, 2006)
A wonderful compilation of Amartya Sen's work
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