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Articles 17321 through 17420 of 22438:
- For Children’S Sake (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
THE Punjab Government’s stand that it is unable to implement the mid-day meal scheme in the primary schools of the state because of paucity of funds cannot be accepted at its face value.
- Our Tragedy Is The Bankruptcy Of Leadership! (Greater Kashmir, M. ASHRAF, Aug 27, 2005)
When leaders lose touch with reality as well as masses, history throws up a fresh bunch of leaders and the earlier ones get swept away. Kashmir may be waiting for the same to happen sooner than later, comments
- Whistle-Blowing On Mdbs (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Aug 27, 2005)
This is a story which for me began in the mid 80s when a friend of mino, working as an Economist with the Asian Development Bank in Manila asked me to visit him
- Strategy To Counter Challenges (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has acknowledged that Pakistan is facing the challenges of controlling inflation, developing infrastructure,
- Tunda Alive In Pakistan (Hindu, Devesh K. Pandey , Aug 27, 2005)
The LeT militant was believed to have died in Bangladesh
Tunda is wanted in 33 cases under the Explosives Substances Act in Delhi and nearby States
Was instrumental in brainwashing Jalees Ansari, who triggered over 40 blasts in Mumbai and Hyderabad. .
- Back On The Backburner (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Aug 27, 2005)
There is now little doubt that the Women's Reservation Bill will not see the light of day for some time which, clearly, will be a setback for the United Progressive Alliance Government if one is to go by its Common Minimum Programme (CMP).
- State Allots Rs. 7.7 Crores For School Infrastructure (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
Over 500 teachers to be appointed under SSA
- Rs.100 Cr. Plan For Development Works In Tsunami Hit Areas (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
Proposal to construct a protective wall along the coastal belt
- Novell Sees Big Opportunity In India (Hindu, Anand Parthasarathy, Aug 27, 2005)
To leverage Linux for consolidation; buys out Indian partner
- Guarding The School Gates (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 27, 2005)
Today, as students, my children face the same learning experiences as me 20 years ago.
- Cakes Or Bread (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 27, 2005)
He won’t be removed. He is my nominee.’ Thus spake the ex-CM, who recently lost a state election, of the Governor, who now rules the state in the name of president under the constitution. Does this head of the state rule at the behest of his former Chief
- Outcome: Transparency (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 27, 2005)
Outcome Budget 2005-06 — the first exercise of its kind — is an excellent idea. Presented in Parliament on Thursday, it attempts to link government expenditure to expected outcomes.
- Brand Iit: The People Behind The Image (Hindu, Dinesh Mohan, Aug 27, 2005)
IITs have justly been ranked as the top educational institutions in India and Asia. A little known fact is that more than 80 per cent of their products live and work in India. The next stage is to restructure and reinvent IITs so that they can become. . .
- Sc Notice To Haryana For Not Declaring (Tribune, S. S. Negi, Aug 26, 2005)
The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Haryana Government on a petition challenging the Hooda Ministry’s directive to the Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC)
- Water Harvesting To Become Mandatory In Mangalore Soon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
Model rainwater harvesting unit inaugurated
Civic bodies directed to include rainwater harvesting clause in licence document
Recharging will help improve groundwater quality
- Fighting Legacy Of Partition (Daily Excelsior, Aditya Nath Dar, Aug 26, 2005)
In a changing world order after the end of the cold war a number of issues at the international level will prevent India from pursuing its main national interests
- Tony Blair’S New Game (Dawn, Sayeed Hasan Khan and Kurt Jacobsen, Aug 26, 2005)
After the bloody London bomb attacks British Prime Minister Tony Blair warned, with an underlying touch of authoritarian glee, that “the rules of the game are changing.”
- Action Against Poll Spoilers (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 26, 2005)
Acting on its earlier warning to those seeking to prevent women from participating in the local body polls,
- Governors As Tools (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 26, 2005)
There are very rightly many admirers of Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Union Minister Jagmohan in this State.
- Managing And (Daily Excelsior, Subhash Mansotra, Aug 26, 2005)
Undoubtedly, we as a Nation are developing and growing amidst many maladies and fiscal felonies.
- In The Land Of Hammurabi (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Aug 26, 2005)
"We the people of Iraq, who in all our forms and groupings undertake to establish our union freely and by choice, to learn yesterday's lessons for tomorrow, and to write down this permanent constitution... "
- Chairman Hidayatullah And Humour (Tribune, Sudarshan Agarwal, Aug 26, 2005)
I have had the privilege to serve the Rajya Sabha as Secretary-General when Justice M. Hidayatullah adorned the office of Vice-President of India and Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.
- Will Japan Post Be Parcelled Out To Pvt Hands? (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Aug 26, 2005)
Japan Post is no ordinary postal agency. It is the largest financial institution in the world, with deposits equal to the combined deposits of four of Japan's largest banks.
- Improving Ties With Afghanistan (Tribune, Maj-Gen Himmat Singh Gill (retd) , Aug 26, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Afghanistan can be a turning point for better Indo-Afghan relations. Afghanistan is not just another neighbour, but a buffer to an ever turbulent South Asia where terrorism, religious animosity and civilisational c
- He Wants To Change Latin America's History (Hindu, Richard Gott, Aug 26, 2005)
He's a friend of Fidel Castro, a fierce critic of the war in Iraq, and wants to spread revolutionary fervour throughout South America. Venezuela's President, Hugo Chavez, has long been a thorn in the side of the U.S.
- Excess Quota (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 26, 2005)
It was one of the sharpest rebukes for the government from the highest court of the land
- What We Like To Believe (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Aug 26, 2005)
Let me make an honest but terrible confession. My deep and abiding interest in history began through reading Combat comics.
- Indian, Us Commandos Hold Joint Training (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
Commandos of special forces of India and the US carried out a three-week joint training exercise in the country August 4 to 19 to hone their combat skills in countering modern security challenges, including terrorist threats,
- Maintaining The Balance (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 26, 2005)
There was a time, in the 1970s, when the Supreme Court and the High Courts were under a fierce attack
- Israeli Pullout From Gaza (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Aug 26, 2005)
NOT much notice has been taken of it in this country but the Israeli pullout from Gaza after 38 years of occupation is an important and hopefully promising development.
- Faith In Women Demands That You Trust Them Without Reservation (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 26, 2005)
These are days when almost half the news is reserved for reservation, be it about quota in private colleges, or of seats of power for women.
- To Accommodate The Curious Mind (Telegraph, NIVEDITA MENON, Aug 26, 2005)
To withdraw the national curriculum framework is to silence dissent against orthodoxies — both that of the left and the right, says Nivedita Menon The author is reader in political science, Delhi University
- War Of Words (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
The stand-off is unseemly and does not bode well for both judiciary and legislature
- A Dalit Perspective On Reforms (Deccan Herald, TRILOCHAN SASTRY, Aug 26, 2005)
The Constitutional obligations can be met by giving Dalits a voice in policy-making to help in their upliftment
- Intellectuals Are Scared Of Quota Row (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Aug 26, 2005)
A chilling aspect of the ongoing tussle between the judiciary and the legislature on the issue of reservations in private, unaided educational institutions is the near-complete absence of academic support for the apex court in the dispute.
- Save The Tram : Kolkata Needs Rethinking On Modes Of Transport (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
A lot has been said and heard about the problems of congestion that trams of Kolkata have caused.
- Relieving Their Pain (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
We want to establish dentistry in rural areas and this is the theme of 8th State dental Conference to be held on August 27th & 28th, 2005 by Indian Dental Association, J&K State, writes Dr. H U Malik
- Accord With United States Not To Halt Indigenous Nuclear Programme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
Technology denial forced country to develop facilities for entire nuclear cycle: BARC official
- India Moves To Spread Wealth (Christian Science Monitor, ANUJ CHOPRA , Aug 25, 2005)
A $9 billion plan guarantees the country's rural poor 100 days of work per household every year.
- Don’T Court Trouble (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 25, 2005)
The Supreme Court’s function is to interpret the Constitution as it deems appropriate.
- Giveaway Governance (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 25, 2005)
It must be a sobering thought for P. Chidambaram — indeed for India — that the previous time he was finance minister, in the United Front (UF) government of 1996-97,
- Cancelling Out O’Reilly (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 25, 2005)
When the Vietnam war was going on, a man stood in front of then secretary of defence Robert McNamara’s window at the Pentagon and set himself on fire to protest against the war.
- Sunday Revelation (Deccan Herald, Sudha Narasimhachar, Aug 25, 2005)
We suddenly feel old after our children, who have been the sole purpose of our lives, leave home
- For An Effective Human Rights Commission (Dawn, Omar R. Quraishi, Aug 25, 2005)
In May 2005, the federal government introduced in the National Assembly a bill to provide for the establishment of a ‘National Commission on Human Rights’.
- Managers Have To Resolve The Ethical Debate And Take Decisions (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 25, 2005)
Tapping into the `the world's second largest collection of decision-oriented, field-based business cases' of Ivey Business School, here's David J. Sharp's Cases in Business Ethics, from Sage
- Enactment Of Ega (Daily Excelsior, Sisir Basu, Aug 25, 2005)
The process of enactment of the ambitious National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme' - UPA's pro-poor programme - entered its last lap with a debate in the Lok Sabha on August 18, kicking off a scramble among different players to claim credit for it.
- A Legendary Teacher (Tribune, Darshan Singh Maini, Aug 25, 2005)
A well-known Professor of history during my college days at Khalsa College, Amritsar, was, for over half a century ago, a sturdy, swarthy and Podgy Majha Jat who answered to the name of Prof. Waryam Singh.
- In The Land Of Women (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 25, 2005)
Every Friday, bleary-eyed from lack of sleep the previous night, I arrive at Howrah to board the Ganadevata Express that leaves at five past six in the morning and reaches my workplace after three hours
- This Is How We Perceive The Problem Of Kashmir-Vi (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Aug 25, 2005)
We are concluding the full text of the discussion between Muhammad Yasin Malik, Chairman Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front and Omar Abdullah,
- Musharraf Puts End To Controversy (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 25, 2005)
President General Pervez Musharraf has ruled out the possibility of change in the form of government from parliamentary to presidential.
- Walking On Two Legs (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Aug 25, 2005)
In all schools three subjects should be taught in the regional language and three should be taught in English
- No Conflict With Court, Say Mps (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2005)
The Lok Sabha on Wednesday held a discussion on the Supreme Court's observations made on Tuesday, with the Government and members stressing that there was no confrontation between Parliament and the judiciary.
- Most Attention For The Eldest (Hindu, Joanna Moorhead, Aug 25, 2005)
I have four children, and on my bookshelves sit the 12 photograph albums that chronicle our family life. What that should mean is an average of three albums' worth of pictures per child, but the reality is rather different.
- Accounting's Key Role In Human History Is Of Creating Institutionalised Memory (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 25, 2005)
In Chapter XX, titled `Of the tradesman's keeping his books, and casting up his shop', of The Complete English Tradesman, Daniel Defoe writes about a tradesman who could not write, but could still manage `with so many ingenious knacks of his own'.
- World Watch: A Surging Demand For Education In India (US News & World Report, Divya Watal, Aug 24, 2005)
Before the golden goose of globalization laid its eggs in India, the poor thought twice about sending their kids to school. Sons needed to work to earn extra money for the household. And daughters, they figured, didn't need an education to cook, clean,
- Vanishing Equity In Higher Education (Hindu, M. Anandakrishnan, Aug 24, 2005)
If the Supreme Court judgment on abolition of quota in private unaided colleges comes into force next year, many deserving socially backward students will be deprived of access to higher education.
- Wireless Infidelity Can Fail In Wi-Fi Hotspots To Put You In A Spot (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 24, 2005)
Chennai has always been a political hotspot, it is said, providing lively entertainment to people, what with intense activity in party offices.
- The Ever-Elusive 8 Per Cent Growth Rate (Business Line, Rabi N. Mishra, Aug 24, 2005)
That higher growth is essential to improve the quality of life of the people is no more a topic for debate.
- A Scheme In Search Of A Plan (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Aug 24, 2005)
The employment guarantee scheme is caught in religious debates in Delhi. According to one canonical proposition,
- Modernise Madrasas (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 24, 2005)
President Musharraf has a tough task on his hands
- Walking To School (Hindu, Nicholas Bakalar, Aug 24, 2005)
Walkers have been found to be more active than those who come by car, bus or train.
- How The G8 Lied To The World On Aid (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2005)
World Leaders are now preparing for the millennium summit to be held in New York next month,
- India's Economic Opportunities And Perils (Hindu, Prabhudev Konana, Aug 24, 2005)
The prospects of traditional manufacturing sectors such as textiles have become bright.
- Lopsided Priorities (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 24, 2005)
A senate subcommittee has stressed the need for improving the quality of education by establishing high calibre universities.
- Registration Is A Must (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 24, 2005)
The madressah registration drive is not going to be as easy as previously thought, going by what happened in Islamabad on Monday.
- Is It A Cure For Everything? (Deccan Herald, JAYALAKSHMI K, Aug 24, 2005)
Even as some claim miraculous cures from stem cells, there are others who would wait and watch
- Reining In The Madressahs (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Aug 24, 2005)
Last week the government issued an ordinance requiring all the madressahs in the country to get themselves registered with the authorities.
- Rising India (Deccan Herald, Anand Giridharadas, Aug 24, 2005)
World War II thrust an acute test on India: Should Indians, then under British rule, join what Japan billed as a pan-Asian struggle to expel Western imperialism from Asia?
- A Mother’S Quest For Peace (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 24, 2005)
A couple of years ago, during a rare interlude of optimism occasioned by evidence of a massive international movement aimed at pre-empting the war against Iraq,
- Wanted: A Barefoot Minister (Indian Express, BIMAL JALAN, Aug 24, 2005)
By any reckoning, this is one of the most important pieces of socio-economic legislation in post-Independence India. If the purpose of the amended Bill can be achieved in the next five years, we should be able to reduce poverty to less than 10 per cent...
- India Must Play Mediator Between The Muslims And The West’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2005)
A member of the House of Lords, Bhikhu Parekh has been living in the UK for over four decades.
- Let's Increase Poverty (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2005)
The 55th Round of the National Sample Survey (1999-2000) led to a lot of debate on poverty levels, mostly centred on the method of collecting data compared to earlier rounds. Poverty has many dimensions and income poverty is only one indicator.
- Pak Weaponisation Programme (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Aug 24, 2005)
Three days before Pakistan celebrated its 58th Independence Day on August 14, 2005, it successfully test-fired the Babur Cruise Missile obviously in an attempt to reassure the countrymen that with the military at the helm of affairs their country was. . .
- Asylum And Terror (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 24, 2005)
There is a small but important piece of information coming from London, the latest battlefield of terrorists.
- Churning Of Mind (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2005)
Darul Uloom's latest fatwa asking women to wear veils if they wish to join politics has accelerated the process of churning of minds of the members of the Muslim community across the country.
- Sense And Consensus (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Aug 24, 2005)
Anyone looking at political debate on economic issues recently might be forgiven for thinking that politics in India is all sweetness and light.
- India's Wadia Plans Low-Cost Airline; In Talks With Boeing, Airbus For 50 Jets (National Post, S. Srinivasan, Aug 24, 2005)
India (AP) - Indian industrial conglomerate Wadia group, best known for its textile brand Bombay Dyeing, will launch a low-cost airline in October and is in talks with Airbus and Boeing Co. to buy 50 new jets over the next five to seven years, . . .
- Lollipops Are No Solutions (Dawn, Syed Mohibullah Shah, Aug 24, 2005)
The rising oil prices and the post-9/11 environment, coupled with the success of the industrial revolution now unfolding in major parts of Asia, have been pushing increasingly large investment flows towards Asian markets
- Islamic Seminary Narrows Fatwa's Use (Los Angeles Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2005)
LUCKNOW, India — An influential Islamic seminary has said clerics should not issue religious edicts on political issues or matters that do not concern Islamic law.
- Children Caught In The Crossfire (Deccan Herald, JANARDHAN ROYE, Aug 23, 2005)
In war-torn countries, children lose their lives and some their childhood as they are forced to become combatants
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