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Articles 7621 through 7720 of 22438:
- The Code Needs Dressing Down (Deccan Herald, Manika Ghosh, Jun 05, 2006)
‘Codes, rules and discipline may often give way to excesses. But, if students follow the dress patterns that respect our sensibility, there won’t be the need for the code.’
- Words From A Tree Top (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 05, 2006)
People tend to think it is easy work to be an organ grinder - basically, turn the crank, count the money - and that drives Joe Bush crazy....
- Ex-Ips Officer Shot In Train Near Patna (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
An armed gang shot dead a retired IPS officer and looted cash and valuables from passengers in an air-conditioned coach of the Rajendra Nagar-Lokmanya Tilak Superfast Express near Patna junction here today, an official said.
- British-Indian Doctors Challenge Rules (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Doctors of Indian origin have initiated legal action against Britain’s health authorities for the recent changes in employment rules that has threatened the future of thousands of doctors from the Indian sub-continent and elsewhere.
- Confusion Over Use Of Drugs By Rahul (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Was it a deep-rooted conspiracy or a case of drug overdose that claimed the life of 38-year-old B.B. Moitra and sent Rahul Mahajan, son of the slain BJP leader, Pramod Mahajan, to hospital? This is the question that the detectives of the Delhi . . .
- 21 Die In Iraq Selective Killing (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Gunmen killed 21 people ,including many high school students and wounded one today after dragging passengers off buses northeast of Baghdad, officials said. Four Sunni Arabs on board were spared and the dead were all either Shiites or Kurds.
- Loan Spending Priorities (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 05, 2006)
The $6.5 billion loan approved by the World Bank for Pakistan for spending on infrastructure building over the next four years has come with well-defined priorities laid down by the bank.
- Is It A Backward Step? (Deccan Herald, Devika Raman, Jun 05, 2006)
‘When we feel proud about Bangalore’s progress as a global city, is it fair to restrict students to just the ethnic wares in campuses?’
- The Need For Hard Data (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 05, 2006)
It’s becoming increasingly clear that the government did virtually no spadework before deciding on quotas in central educational institutions. There is, for instance, no reliable evidence on the proportion of students from among the OBCs currently . . .
- Indian Doctors Abroad Also Needed At Home (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh has reminded ethnic Indian doctors serving abroad that they are also needed at home, the Ministry has reported from Saudi Arabia where he is on a visit.
- Iims Say Increasing Seats Unfeasible; Mute On Obc Quota (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Majority of the elite institutes of higher education across the country are 'mute' on complying with the Government's reservation policy for OBCs but raised doubts over increasing the seats with the IIM-Bangalore saying bigger classrooms may lead . . .
- Denial Won't Help (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 05, 2006)
The United Nations report on the status of the global HIV/AIDS epidemic seems to have both positive and negative portents.
- Environment Day: Afforestation Is The Mantra (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
With "Deserts and Desertification" as the focus of the World Envrionment Day , State Governments and NGOs are undertaking massive tree plantation drives, all with an aim to restore the dwindling forest cover.
- Recent Strides In Education (Daily Excelsior, K.K. Khullar, Jun 05, 2006)
Of the eight ‘Flagship Programmes’ of the Government, two programmes namely ‘Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan’ and Mid-day Meal Scheme’ directly relate to the Education sector while the other six, in particular, the ‘Integrated Child Development . . .
- Elite Institutions Mute On Reservation (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
The majority of the elite institutes of higher education across the country are ‘‘mute’’ on the question of complying with the government’s reservation policy and its proposal to go ahead with 27 per cent reservation to OBCs in higher education.
- The Rope Trick (Times of India, MUKUL SHARMA, Jun 05, 2006)
A skipping rope without a rope may sound as goofy as gobi Manchurian without the gobi but to inventor Lester Clancy it makes a lot of sense to have just a pair of handles with no interfering cord in between connecting them.
- Gunmen Kill Twenty Two Villagers In Baghdad (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Gunmen attacked two mini buses, killing 22 people and injuring three on late Saturday in a village near Baquba, 60 km northeast of Baghdad, an Iraqi security source said.
- Iraq Turmoil Continues (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Gunmen killed 21 people, including a dozen high school students, after they dragged them off buses north-east of Baghdad.
- Policy Must Respond To Local Conditions (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jun 05, 2006)
We can’t have a market where policymakers and bourses work with foreign-educated academics
- Govt In A Spot Over Quota, Profit Bill (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
The “impressive” progress card of UPA’s two years in office that was brought out in costly and glossy booklets hardly received any notice as it was swamped by the continuing mess over the office of profit bill and the OBC quota issue.
- Pro-Quota Groups To Stage Rallies In Tamil Nadu (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
A group of pro-quota organisations will stage rallies and demonstrations across Tamil Nadu on June 6 to demand promulgation of an ordinance to provide 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in higher educational institutions.
- Boomtime For Bpos, Institutes » (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
From bantawallahs to your friendly neighbourhood grocer, everyone is an admissions expert during this time of the year. There is professional help too.
- 'Nri' Part Of Plot To Blow Up Canadian Parliament (Hindustan Times, S Rajagopalan, Jun 05, 2006)
One of the 17 suspects rounded up by Canadian authorities while uncovering the country's first major terrorist bomb plot goes by the name Steven Vikash Chand alias Abdul Shakur.
- Students 'Executed' In Iraq Bus Attack (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Gunmen killed 28 people, including a dozen high school students, after they dragged them off buses northeast of Baghdad. The gunmen spared four Sunni Arabs in one of the worst sectarian atrocities in recent weeks.
- Improve Quality Of Education, Panel Tells Arjun (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Jun 05, 2006)
A recent report of Parliament Standing Committee that - the higher education has grown in quantity but lacked in quality - may be an eye-opener for Human Resource Develop- ment Minister Arjun Singh.
- Mayawati Tells Obcs To Beware Vote Politics (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Predicts fall of UPA Govt before Monsoon Session ---- Terming the move to provide reservation to OBCs in higher educational institutions as "vote politics", BSP supremo Mayawati appealed to the OBCs to beware the plans of Congress and BJP on the issue.
- That Familiar Feeling (OutLook, PAVAN K. VARMA, Jun 05, 2006)
Does not tell us anything startingly new, but at least covers known ground in readable, even simplistic ways - a useful, honest, sincere, and unpretentious contribution.
- Will You Step Into My Arbour? (OutLook, Khushwant Singh, Jun 05, 2006)
Excellent tracing of Delhi's Grand Trunk Route. A must in every educated house, school, college and library.
- Former Dig Dies Holding On To Train Robber (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Robbers shot dead a former DIG on a Mumbai-bound train this afternoon, minutes after it pulled out of Rajendranagar station, barely 3 km from here.
- Moving Backward (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 05, 2006)
Caste-based reservation in India has nothing to do with raising the lot of the poor, and everything to do with garnering votes, says Peter . . .
- Campaign Goes Up In Smoke (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 05, 2006)
The annual ‘No Tobacco Day’ has become little more than a ritual. To say that the rite is meaningless may be pitching it too strong, but the fact is that the impact of the observances are, sadly, negligible.
- Luxury Becomes Necessity (Pioneer, K Govindan Kutty , Jun 05, 2006)
Thomas Friedman might well have second thoughts revisiting Bangalore; while the world is certainly flat in these parts, it's also uneven and potholed ---- Queen Regent Kempananjammanni spent less than Rs 42 lakh almost a hundred years ago, to build . . .
- Statue Symbolises Culture, Says Chief Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
It was reinstalled amid playing of nagaswaram
- Collector For Coordinated Approach To Development (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
Silver Jubilee celebrations matter of pride, he says
Road accident rate dipped with harmony of transportation sector
City has to enter fast-track mode of development
- Indian Banks Are Among The Most Profitable (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
They enthuse equity markets on strength of performance
"Banks should upgrade human skills and resources"
"They should induct quality workforce at the entry level"
"PSBs needed to focus on campus recruitment and offer competitive salaries"
- A Master's Vision (Hindu, ANAND HARIDAS, Jun 04, 2006)
A rare collection of O.V. Vijayan's political cartoons and writings provides a glimpse of his genius.
- Quota Report To Govt By 31 August, Says Moily (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
The chairman of the Oversight Committee on reservations, Mr M Veerrappa Moily, today said five sub-committees constituted by him on the matter would submit their reports by 31 July.
- An Unusual Self-Portrait (Hindu, R. KRITHIKA, Jun 04, 2006)
Truly, this is a story of courage under fire.
- Through Country Roads (Hindu, KISHORE IYENGAR, Jun 04, 2006)
Rolling meadows, dream villages and rugged coasts. Devon's celebrated countryside makes an ideal destination.
- Quest For Lacquer (Hindu, AMRITA SHETTY, Jun 04, 2006)
Hunting for a Vietnamese lacquer painting threw up a wealth of information.
- Cultivate Creativity (Hindu, MITA KAPUR, Jun 04, 2006)
`Through my art I want to work towards peace,' says theatre actor Salim Shah.
Theatre is not dead yet. Every time oxygen is in short supply, it has been supplied.
- Galbraith The Green (Hindu, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Jun 04, 2006)
Galbraith's 1958 essay throws up issues which may turn out to be fundamental ones in the 21st century.
- Notification Issued For First Phase Of Civic Polls (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
Election in Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam regions on June 24
Election for commune panchayats, presidents, ward members of village panchayats
Second phase on June 27, third phase on July 1
- A Head For Numbers (Hindu, V. Gangadhar, Jun 04, 2006)
For some, Maths is a breeze. For others, a part of childhood nightmares.
I would hesitate to fly with a pilot who is more qualified in Sanskrit and Philosophy than Maths.
- Queen Rania Launches Jrf In Uk (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
Her Majesty Queen Rania attended the launch of the Jordan River Foundation (JRF) in the United Kingdom last week, where channels of collaboration were established between the foundation and several British institutions.
- Briefly (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
A total of Rs.12,19,302 contributed on the occasion of the 83rd birthday of Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi would be remitted to the Chief Minister's Public Relief Fund, an official release said here on Saturday.
- Charge Sheets Against Former Ministers Filed (Hindu, K.T. Sangameswaran, Jun 04, 2006)
Cases registered against them a decade ago
- Factors Behind The Rally (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 04, 2006)
Friday's rally in Karachi, organised by the Pakhtun Action Committee, succeeded in bringing life in the city to a standstill, but whether it accomplished any of its goals will depend on how the city administration will address the issues at stake.
- Musharraf Markets Pakistan At Silicon Valley Conference (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 04, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf said on Saturday that high growth and friendly policies had made Pakistan an ideal destination for world entrepreneurs.
- Taliban Have Safe Havens In Pakistan, Says Afghan Envoy (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Jun 04, 2006)
The Afghan ambassador to the United States, Said Jawad, was quoted here on Saturday as having stated that the Taliban have been emboldened by more advanced weaponry and greater mobility within the country and across the porous border to terrorist . . .
- Cabinet Expansion On Cards In J&k (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
Much awaited Cabinet expansion in the State is on the cards. The issue of expansion also figured during a meeting Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad had with UPA chairperson and Congress president Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi today.
- Federal Budget Envisages Youth Employment Scheme (News International, Khalid Mustafa, Jun 04, 2006)
The government will announce a comprehensive employment scheme for youth in the forthcoming federal budget 2006-07 to be announced tomorrow (Monday), a senior government official told The News.
- This Opus Dei Member Says Thank You, Ron Howard (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 04, 2006)
Code has helped me to explain my faith, and its coexistence with my material side, and helped others to understand it
- People Stories And The Public Interest (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Jun 04, 2006)
If President Kalam were media-obsessed — there’s absolutely no suggestion of this in this most serious-minded head of state —
- President’S Re-Election: Legal Aspects (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 04, 2006)
It may be recalled that the last general elections in Pakistan were held during the fourth quarter of the year 2002.
- Raise In Teachers’ Salary (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 04, 2006)
Educatio Minister Javed Ashraf Qazi has indicated that the Government might increase the salaries of the teachers in the new budget. Talking to a delegation of teachers, he also hinted at the possibility of special teaching allowance for them.
- Our Pattern Of Budget-Making (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 04, 2006)
Successive governments in Pakistan have tended to use the annual budgets to gain political mileage rather than promote any particular economic plan or strategy.
- First Impressions (Hindu, Suchitra Behal, Jun 04, 2006)
When Ismail flees his fly-ridden, dirt-encrusted little village, he is on a journey to nowhere.
- What About Women’S Reservations? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 04, 2006)
Good things done with wrong intentions by politicians who are otherwise perfectly wise, are bound to have adverse repercussions. Every politician weighs benefits in terms of caste votes and then makes aggressive or guarded statements accordingly.
- Pakistan-Us Ties Moving Well: Karamat (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
Ambassador Jehangir Karamat Friday evening said Pakistan-US relationship was on a positive track and “it’s moving well in several divergent facets.”
- Centre Approves Gmc Jammu Upgradation Project (Statesman, Sanjeev Pargal, Jun 04, 2006)
The Centre Government has approved prestigious Rs 120 crore project for upgradation of Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu on the pattern of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
- A Rounder Definition (Hindu, KALA KRISHNAN RAMESH , Jun 04, 2006)
What does it means to be an expat in Bangalore?
- Three Killed In Naxal Attack In Jharkhand (Pioneer, PTI, Jun 04, 2006)
Naxalites struck for the second time in three days killing three inhabitants of Hadian village in Jharkhand's East Singhbhum district in the wee hours of Saturday.
- Drug Conduit Sahil Zaroo Pretends Innocence (Pioneer, Khursheed Wani, Jun 04, 2006)
He was biting his lips, repeatedly moistening them with his drying tongue but still wearing a smile on his clean shaven face to float the impression that he was not what he is perceived to be.
- Grim Picture Of Armed Conflict And Violence (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Jun 04, 2006)
There seems turmoil and unrest all around. The Annual Report of 2005, just published by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Geneva, paints a grim picture of the impact of armed conflict and violence on civilians.
- The Maoist-Turned Democrat (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jun 04, 2006)
Maoists have been calling the shots in Nepal. And now Prachanda, the Maoists’ Supremo is himself leading the peace talks with the Koirala Government.
- Choices Are With The Community (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Jun 04, 2006)
Most of my air travels are by national carrier. This time, as the flight timing suited the commitment I had, I decided to travel by one of new-non-national airline.
- Hormonal Imbalance (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 04, 2006)
Dr. D. Pushpalatha, Chairperson, Family Welfare Committee, Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India, Hyderabad, replies to this week's questions.
- A Place Like Any Other (Hindu, Uma Mahadevan-Dasgupta, Jun 04, 2006)
Set in Thailand, the stories focus on hopes, disappointments and everyday struggles.
- Quietly Affirmative (Hindu, Gowri Ramnarayan, Jun 04, 2006)
The Grip of Change is a work of literature, not a manifesto.
- Angrau Biotech Centre To Receive U.S. Assistance (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
`MoU to this effect has already been signed'
Centre expected to be functional by 2009
Ratio of assistance to be 25:75
Research to be taken up on biotechnology aspects of rice, sesamum, horticultural crops
- When Language Becomes Informal (Hindu, ANAND BODH, Jun 04, 2006)
The vast number of emails in response to May's Wordspeak ("Echoes in Language") took me by surprise.
- Memories Of Tarn Taran (Tribune, Manohar Singh Gill, Jun 04, 2006)
June 1, 2006 is a happy day for me and all who have some connection with Tarn Taran. In the last 20 years, six new districts have been created by different governments, almost all south of the Satluj.
- U.S. Affirmative Action & Our Reservation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 04, 2006)
In that country, fixing quotas or awarding preferential extra points is not allowed
- Pakistan’S Allies~i (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Jun 04, 2006)
From the 1846 Treaty of Amritsar creating the State of Jammu & Kashmir until the collapse of the USSR in 1991, Britain and later the USA becoming increasingly interested in the subcontinent’s Northwest.
- Time Yet To Relent (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 04, 2006)
UPA must reconsider quota policy ---- By calling off their strike and returning to work, doctors in Delhi and other cities across the country have done the right thing. Now that the . . .
- Protecting Rights Of Minorities (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 03, 2006)
West Bengal Amendment Bill Will Hit Education
- ‘No Politician’ Pm (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Jun 03, 2006)
Remember Manmohan Singh, the man of impeccable credentials, of utmost humility, a do-gooder who will do no wrong, not knowingly, his admirers will tell you.
- Alternative To Communal And Casteist Politics (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jun 03, 2006)
The stark reality of the Indian politics has moved it's full circle: Congress brand of socialism and secularism to the BJP's communalism, and, now it is the turn of casteism.
- Suspects Surrender, Mystery Deepens (Pioneer, Vijaita Singh, Jun 03, 2006)
After midnight visitors, Bibek Maitra dead, Rahul Mahajan on ventilator----- Even as Rahul Mahajan battled for his life, in a dramatic turnaround, three of the four prime suspects wanted in connection with the death of Bibek Maitra, late BJP leader . . .
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