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Articles 13621 through 13720 of 22438:
- Why Exempt Minority Institutions? (Hindu, Swami Agnivesh, Dec 23, 2005)
The 104th Constitution Amendment could prove a curse if turned into an alibi for unbridled profiteering and commercialisation in education.
- Passed At Last (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 23, 2005)
Amendment widens the scope of quota
THE Lok Sabha has passed the Constitution (104th) Amendment Bill, 2005, to reserve seats for socially and educationally backward classes, besides the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, . . .
- Amid War Fears, Sri Lanka's North Longs For Autonomy (Reuters, Simon Gardner, Dec 23, 2005)
Watching a fish auction in Sri Lanka's tsunami-battered north, closely watched by troops, ex-London disc jockey Mahendrakumar Visvanathapillai is sick of what he sees as the military occupation of his homeland.
- Parliamentary Panel Urges Firing 10 Mps For Taking Cash (Reuters, Terry Friel, Dec 23, 2005)
An Indian parliamentary committee on Thursday urged the sacking of 10 members filmed taking cash for putting up questions in parliament, the latest in a series of corruption scandals in the world's largest democracy.
- Inviting Sleaze (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 23, 2005)
The emerging consensus among senior politicians for scrapping the MPLADS scheme is welcome. The scheme is full of flaws. Besides facilitating corruption, it violates the spirit of the Constitution which envisages separate roles for the legislator and ...
- Ensure Cultural University Status For Kalamandalam, Says Governor (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Year-long Platinum Jubilee celebrations of the institution on
- Bio-Fuel Plantation Farm Set Up (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
A model farm to promote cultivation of plants among farmers in rain-fed areas
- Micro Planning Process Begins For Unicef Project In Krishnagiri (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
It will focus mainly on health-related aspects
- Financing Higher Education (Business Line, Jandhyala B. G. Tilak, Dec 23, 2005)
Post Independence, India has made significant progress in the field of education.
- Doubts Over Bird Flu Drug (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Virus develops resistance to Tamiflu
- Teach Human Rights In Schools, Says Shivaraj Patil (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
People should be aware of the importance of human rights and prevent violations'
- How To Re-Engineer The Civil Services (Business Line, Sumit K. Majumdar, Dec 23, 2005)
A 21st century Indian economy, on the fast growth track, needs a forward-looking administrative organisation, and the creation of a second Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC-2) is an excellent opportunity to bring about substantial organisational ....
- Why Growth Requires Greater Equity (The Economic Times, FRANCISCO FERREIRA, Dec 23, 2005)
In his recent review of the World Bank’s World Development Report 2006 — on equity and development — which was published in The Economic Times, (October 19), Arvind Panagariya levelled three criticisms which are worth addressing.
- Sonia Wants Mps To Follow Code Of Ethics (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Even as Parliament mulled on the action to be taken against MPs allegedly exposed for graft in the recent sting operations by television channels, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday asked party MPs . . .
- We, The Law-Abiding Losers (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Dec 23, 2005)
For the past 18 months, I’ve been trying to buy a house in Delhi. In vain. I, therefore, have many stories to tell. On how we’ve had to reject a beautiful, well-located, parking-friendly DDA flat that had been turned into an encroached palace . . .
- Lathis For Love (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 23, 2005)
The Meerut case was another case of hideous moral policing in this country.
- A Merry Charioteer (Deccan Herald, Mrittika Sen, Dec 23, 2005)
City autos are a menace, but once in a while drivers shock us with their nobility.
- The Real Meaning Of Christmas (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
What would you do if all your Christmas gifts vanished? Marianne de Nazareth finds out more about...
- Reconstruction Of Tsunami-Hit Areas A Major Challenge: Un (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
The United Nations has said that reconstruction of tsunami-hit areas will be a major challenge the affected countries would face in the coming year and that its special envoy, former American President Bill Clinton, would focus on ensuring . . .
- There Is A Mixed Message From Mecca (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Dec 23, 2005)
Sudheendra Kulkarni analyses the refreshing as well as the disturbingly routine news from the OIC summit, the Muslim countries’ ‘mini-UN’
- View From The Left (Indian Express, ANANDA MAJUMDAR, Dec 23, 2005)
Flexibility is a dirty word for the Left when it is refers to the labour market. People’s Democracy tells you why in a report on the Prime Minister’s “servile resonance of employers’ chants” on labour market reforms at the recent Indian Labour Conference.
- Father, Dear Santa (Indian Express, GEETA CHADHA YADAV, Dec 23, 2005)
As a child I read somewhere that Father Christmas, or Santa Claus, lives in Korvatunturi, in northern Finland — north of the Arctic Circle and that children and adults from all over the world send letters to him.
- Under A Cloud (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 23, 2005)
The storm in the petridish is turning into a hurricane. Having shot to fame in a very short time, Korean stem cell researcher Hwang Woo-suk now stands exposed in the portals of science and research with a team member accusing him of faking his data.
- Tying An Early Knot On Life (Indian Express, SUNIL MEHRA, Dec 23, 2005)
A high court ruling earlier this year considered the willful consent of a 15-year-old girl to marry as legally valid. This has set the cat among the pigeons for those working to end the scourge of child marriages.
- Par Approves Bill For Reservation In Unaided Educational Insts (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Parliament today approved the Constitutional Amendment Bill providing reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in unaided private educational institutions with Rajya Sabha passing the bill with near unanimity.
- The Little Emperors (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
They will always rule your heart. But are today’s children annexing their parents’ territory by steering major decisions at home in their favour? And to what extent will this conquest lead to a happy state of affairs, wonders Dipti Nair.
- Make Jammu And Kashmir A Federation (Daily Times, M Y TARIGAMI, Dec 23, 2005)
We believe that proposals for political autonomy for both parts of Kashmir, self-governance and joint India-Pakistan control over the state should be discussed seriously. However we also believe that whatever solution is evolved should respect . . .
- Law As Subject (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 23, 2005)
It is good to see the State fast emerging as a centre of teaching law as a subject.
- Relief Deals A Blow To Tsunami-Hit Families (Deccan Herald, R Krishnakumar, Dec 23, 2005)
A year after the tsunami, the district administration here is still waking up to new challenges. On the surface, the government and the NGOs do look in control of the entire gamut of rehabilitation measures.
- Parliament Passes Reservation Bill (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
172 vote in favour; two against the Bill
- Maoists Call 7-Day Bandh From 8 Feb (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
After four months of peace, Nepal seemed headed for widespread violence in the new year with Maoist supremo Pushpa Kamal Dahal aka Prachanda today announcing a seven-day bandh from 5 February in a bid to disrupt the civic elections called . . .
- Rape Of Constitution (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 23, 2005)
Legal circles are shocked over reports published in a section of the press that preparations are afoot to bring about yet another amendment in the constitution just to benefit the sitting Senators. Feedback suggests that this highly abhorrent plan,
- Fighting "Hidden Hunger" (Daily Excelsior, B.S.Padmanabhan, Dec 23, 2005)
Of late media reports have highlighted the problem of malnutrition, especially among children, in different parts of the country.
- Study Debunks View That India Producing More Engineers Than Us (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Dec 22, 2005)
The common belief that India is producing more engineers than the United States has been disproved by a study done at an American University recently.
- Soft Power Assets Key To A Nation's Success' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 22, 2005)
Mira Kamdar is a senior fellow at the World Policy Institute, The New School, New York. She spoke with Gurmeet Kanwal on India's soft power and its potential as a tool of diplomacy:
- Cash-For-Questions Scam — Implications For Democracy And Society (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 22, 2005)
The time has come for both the classes and masses of the country to face up to, and do something about, a progressively deteriorating polity.
- Criminal Conduct Could Be Concealed In A Thicket Of Detail' (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 22, 2005)
In theaccounting terrain, it is just one more routine day. Because there are enough stories of accounting going astray in recent news, as if to match the crime reports in the city pages. For instance, "Visco, false accounting will be `yet another scandal'
- How Rational Is A Ban On Smoking In Movies? (Hindu, Madhu Purushothaman, Dec 22, 2005)
Responsible for millions of deaths worldwide, tobacco use is certainly the most important preventable public health problem in the world today. Banning smoking in movies takes the public health battle to the doorsteps of not only the tobacco industry, ...
- Us Judge Bans ‘Intelligent Design’ Teaching (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
A courtroom battle seen as a test case for the teaching of science in America ended in a decisive victory for evolution on Tuesday.
- Time For Stories, Salt Tea In Kashmir (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 22, 2005)
Traditional recipes — with chicken and turnips — and folk tales weave a blanket of warmth over Kashmir during the cold winter days.
- The Quake And After (Greater Kashmir, Dr. Manzoor Hussain Tantray, Dec 22, 2005)
The earthquake has given birth to a social crisis which is to be dealt with to restore normalcy to those hit by the disaster, Dr. Manzoor Hussain Tantray makes a survey
Will all affected people get justice and rehabilitation with diginity, ...
- Kalam Draws Up Roadmap For 10-12 (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Undeterred by increasing number of corruption cases in Indian politics, President APJ Abdul Kalam put great hopes in the young generation, asking them to strive for to achieve 10-12 per cent GDP growth rate to make India a developed nation by 2020.
- A Debt Repaid (Times of India, Raj Chatterjee, Dec 22, 2005)
He was our maths teacher. Winter or summer, we never saw him dressed in anything but his impeccably white khaddar churidar pyjamas, a long white kurta of the same material and a sleeveless jacket which, later, Jawaharlal Nehru made famous.
- Primacy Of A Democratic Framework (Dawn, Taliban, Dec 22, 2005)
For over six years General Musharraf, first as Chief Executive and then as president, while retaining his position as COAS, has been the sole arbiter of the destiny of Pakistan.
- Kalam Roadmap For 12% Growth (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam today urged India Inc to target a growth of 10-12 per cent to make the country a developed nation by 2020.
- Betab: A Restless Soul Goes Out To Have Rest For Ever (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 22, 2005)
Having portrayed life in all its beauty and colour, the man now shifts to the landscape of no return, Muhammad Shafi Khan (Shopian) remembers a celebrated Kashmiri poet Muhammad Ayub Betab who is no more
- Oic At The Crossroads (Dawn, Tayyab Siddiqui, Dec 22, 2005)
The two-day extraordinary summit of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) concluded on December 9 in Makkah with a declaration and a 10-year plan of action to revitalize the organization and meet the aspirations of the Ummah.
- Stem Cell Storm Again (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
A former colleague of embattled South Korean scientist Mr Hwang Woo-suk said today he has asked his university to widen its investigation into the stem-cell researcher’s work and review earlier purported breakthroughs.
- The Plot Thickens (Indian Express, NALINI SINGH, Dec 22, 2005)
One afternoon in the early ’70s the phone rang in the manager’s office in Patna’s Pearl cinema, which was reputed to be raking in profits.
- To Silence Bjp, Arjun Refers To Advani’S Jinnah Remark (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Dec 22, 2005)
BJP benches plunged into an embarrassed silence and their leader was left red-faced when Union HRD Minister Arjun Singh, in one pithy rejoinder, revisited L K Advani’s ‘‘Jinnah is secular’’ thesis in the Lok Sabha this evening.
- Bjp Rolls Back Dissent, Quota Bill Clears Ls (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Dec 22, 2005)
The UPA government’s first Constitution amendment bill, a landmark legislation to ensure reservations for SCs/STs and OBCs in private unaided educational institutions had a smooth sailing in the Lok Sabha this evening after the BJP went back on its
- Snippets (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Ramesh Terdal, a Bangalore-based artist, received the Camlin Art Foundation award. He won Rs 25,000 for his oil painting ‘Idol of Mahatma Gandhi’.
- Bridge, Women And Champagne (Deccan Herald, VIJAY NAMBISAN, Dec 22, 2005)
K R Narayanan did not become the President because he was a Dalit, but in spite of it.
- Lok Sabha Passes Quota Bill (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Reservation in private unaided educational institutions
Of 381 members present, 379 vote in favour
BJP amendment rejected
- Ties Of Time (Indian Express, Humra Quraishi, Dec 22, 2005)
For most people, Aligarh conjures us images of the university. For me, it is a city of endless surprises. For instance, I met in Aligarh at least two well-to-do Muslims who talked very nostalgically about their Rajput forefathers.
- New Regulations For D.Litt, D.Sc. Approved (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Bharathidasan University is the fifth varsity to offer these two degrees
- Asi To Remove Encroachments Near 50 Heritage Sites (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Illegal structures around two Villupuram temples removed recently "Urban development pressures should be taken into account by agencies and officials"
- One Lakh Students To Be Screened For Hepatitis-B (Hindu, K. Manikandan, Dec 22, 2005)
About 10 lakh people die of HBV complications
- Curb Indiscipline At Workplace With An Iron Hand: Apex Court (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Dismissal of lecturer of a Karnataka college upheld In view of the change in economic policy, it may not be proper to allow employees to break discipline with impunity.
- `Foreign Policy To Depend On Balance Of Power' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
China to be the biggest trade partner of India in two years, says strategic affairs expert
He says India has to stand for some value
`Foreign policy is no longer the monopoly of Delhi'
`Interesting foreign policy aspects in Kerala villages'
- `Schools Must Inculcate Values In Students' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Deva Matha Central School, Banaswadi, celebrated its 16th Annual Day recently. Chief guest Catrina Hastings, headmistress of Frank Anthony Junior School, stressed the importance of parents' interaction with children. She said schools must inculcate . . .
- Melting Permafrost Threatens Homes And Roads (Hindu, David Adam, Dec 22, 2005)
A major change in climate is expected by the end of the century.
- Quota Bill Sails Through (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
The Constitution (104 Amendment) Bill providing for reservation to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in unaided private educational institutions sailed smoothly after the Lok Sabha debated it for more than five hours on Wednesday.
- Kalam Wants Industry Leaders To Be Creative (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Identifies five areas of core competence for integrated action
Bring ICT sector to rural areas
Banks asked to play pioneering role
Venture capital to generate new enterprises
FIIs find India attractive
- Unequal Gains (Telegraph, Achin Vanaik , Dec 22, 2005)
The author is professor of international relations and global politics, Delhi University
- Gandhi & Ambedkar-I (Statesman, SUBRATA MUKHERJEE, Dec 22, 2005)
With the establishment of the Indian National Congress in 1885, the social discourse which began with Raja Rammohan Roy in the 1820s slowly moved towards the political.
- Cash For Questions (Daily Excelsior, Deepayan, Dec 21, 2005)
The cash-for-question members of parliament are out in the dock, thanks to a TV sting operation.
- Mid-Year Review — Setting The Economic Priorities (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Dec 21, 2005)
The economy appears well-set for a sustained high-growth path, judging by the average of 7 per cent recorded three years in a row (2003-06) and all indicators pointing to a continuing boom in investments and soaring business confidence derived from ...
- `Our Relationship With India Transcends Politics And Economics' — Mr Dominique Girard, Ambassador Of France In India (Business Line, Sankar Radhakrishnan , Dec 21, 2005)
"I think India is a country that is so complex, so diversified, so rich, so paradoxical that it is a treat. There is not one day when I did not discover something I was totally ignorant of. Here, in India, when you open your eyes, you really learn,"
- Education For A Livelihood (Hindu, Xavier Alphonse, S.J., Dec 21, 2005)
The alternative system of community colleges aims at helping the disadvantaged find employment in collaboration with the local community and industry.
- Cong Accuses Bjp Of Playing Partisan Politics On Reservation (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Congress today accused BJP of playing partisan politics on the Constitutional amendment bill providing reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in unaided private educational institutions and requested all parties to support . . .
- Reservation Bill Tabled In Lok Sabha (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Slated for discussion today
BJP voices protest
We are opposed to Bill on a constitutional point: CPI (M)
- The Death Of Science (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Dec 21, 2005)
It is a pity that science which is the antidote to irrational thinking and obscurantist behaviour is being slowly strangled to death in Pakistan, that is if we presume that it had a modestly glorious existence in the past in this country.
- Ji Hind Dispatches 10, 800 Gi Sheets To Quake-Hit Districts (News International, Javed Aziz Khan, Dec 21, 2005)
Indian chapter of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) has dispatched 10,800 GI sheets via Wahga border for construction of 480 houses in the quake-hit districts of NWFP.
- Let’S Have More - Ii (Greater Kashmir, Dr. M P Gupta, Dec 21, 2005)
Dr. M P Gupta on Research Extension linkage for optimizing Agriculture production.
- Grooming Lawyers (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 21, 2005)
Needed a law varsity in the North
The Punjab Government’s proposal to set up a law university near Chandigarh is most welcome.
- Bumbledom And Bumblebee (Tribune, Raj Chatterjee, Dec 21, 2005)
Its inertia is its saving virtue because it limits the damage that incompetent rulers can do.”
- ‘Problems Should Not Defeat Me. I Should Defeat The Problems And Succeed’ (Indian Express, VARGHESE K. GEORGE, Dec 21, 2005)
From the imposition of President’s rule in Bihar, to the valiant sacrifices of India’s Manjunaths and Satyendra Dubeys, President A P J Abdul Kalam fielded questions as diverse as they were pointed at the India Empowered Conclave
- Evolve System To Disqualify Dubious Politicians: Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
"Election officer can glean track records " "The core of empowerment for prosperity of one billion Indians was connectivity and partnership between governmental and multiple institutions in the public and private domains"
- Power, Health, Education Need Immediate Attention: S.L. Rao (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Former FKCCI presidents felicitated for getting Rajyotsava award
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