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Articles 12821 through 12920 of 53943:
- Terror At Nagpur (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
A major attempt to attack the RSS headquarters here was foiled when three heavily-armed militants were shot dead in an encounter with the police while trying to enter the heavily-guarded sprawling premises in the wee hours today.
- Look Who’S Speaking (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 02, 2006)
The upside of pressure-cooker diplomacy is that there’s always some space to let off steam.
- Gdp Figures Underline Importance Of Reforms (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jun 02, 2006)
If the economy's performance is to sustain, more reforms are needed, as the Finance Minister has called for.
- National Assembly, Senate Begin Stormy Budget Sessions Today (Dawn, Raja Asghar, Jun 02, 2006)
Both houses of parliament will meet on Friday to begin what are likely to be tense budget sessions that will be keenly watched for government-promised relief in the face of one of the severest price hikes prevailing in the country.
- From `Volumes` To `Value` (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 02, 2006)
Brands and marketers should start tapping the opportunity at the top of the pyramid.
- Who Killed Munir Sangi? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 02, 2006)
International media watchdog organisations are correct in asking the Pakistan government to investigate the death of a TV cameraman, Munir Sangi, who was shot dead on Monday while covering clashes in Larkana.
- Jamal Mecklai: Let`s Hear It For Clause 49! (Business Standard, Jamal Mecklai, Jun 02, 2006)
Since compliance with Clause 49 of Sebi’s listing agreement became mandatory on April 1, 2005, all listed companies have, in their March 2006 accounts, certified that the CEO and CFO “have evaluated the effectiveness of the internal control systems . . .
- Volatility Is The Only Certainty (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 02, 2006)
It’s the season of mixed signals. Analysts in the US are unable to discern any definite direction from the minutes of the last Fed meeting, and, Indian investors are being confronted by falling markets and record gross domestic product (GDP) growth.
- A Health Check For Indian Hospitals (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 02, 2006)
As the Indian healthcare sector grows at a frantic pace transforming into a $17 billion industry with an annual growth rate of 13% a year, what is clear is a picture of the Indian healthcare industry which is no longer limited to only hospitals and . . .
- A Wake-Up Call Once Again (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 02, 2006)
Prudent policies key to sustained capital inflows
- Gingerly Advance (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 02, 2006)
Central banks are known to be stolid, maybe even a little archaic. But the times they are a’changin.
- Iran Ready To Talk (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Iranian foreign minister Mr Manouchehr Mottaki today welcomed direct talks with Washington but rebuffed a US proposal that Teheran must suspend uranium enrichment as a condition of such talks, state-run television reported.
- Buoyant Economy (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 02, 2006)
Reforms are needed to sustain the GDP growth
- Ht Gets Bigger, Better & Brighter (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Starting today, we're making two innovations in the Hindustan Times. Simultaneously, we've also expanded and revamped every section of the paper to give you quality coverage.
- Contract Farming Is Not The Panacea (Pioneer, Sudhirendar Sharma, Jun 02, 2006)
Unless there is a policy shift in favour of cooperative farming, our impoverished farmers will continue to commit suicide, says Sudhirendar Sharma
- India Set To Undertake Study On Hiv Resistance (Times of India, Kounteya Sinha, Jun 02, 2006)
Fearing that the Indian strain of the deadly HIV virus is fast becoming resistant to anti-retroviral drugs — the only effective way to treat HIV — India is undertaking south Asia's largest multi-centre study to ascertain the type and extent of resistance.
- Police Foil Terror Bid On Rss Hq (Deccan Herald, AMRISH HERDENIA, Jun 02, 2006)
A large number of RSS workers converged to the headquarters as the news of the attack spread. During the day, the city went about its business usually. In the evening, the BJP held a public meeting at the spot.
- Govt Wants Peace, To Refrain From Military Action: Rajapakse (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Sri Lanka's president on Thursday told the United States that his Government sought peace with separatist rebels and would not opt for a military solution to the conflict.
- Japan Not To Consider Curbs Over N-Issue (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Japan is not considering economic sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, Tokyo's top diplomat said on Thursday.
- Us Close To Deal For Iran; Tehran Remains Defiant (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
World powers converged on Vienna on Thursday for talks on how to resolve the Iran nuclear crisis, strengthened by a US decision to join in direct talks with Tehran if it agrees to suspend uranium enrichment.
- Raha Regrets 'Deliberate Distortion' Of Ongc's Performance (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Pained at what he termed as "deliberate distortion" of ONGC's performance, Subir Raha, before demitting office as the company's chairman, had hit out at the Oil Ministry saying: "The truth should not be drowned in prejudice."
- Nagpur Terror Attack: Bjp Blames Upa's Soft Approach (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
The abortive attack on RSS headquarters on Thursday left the BJP and the Sangh parivar shocked and fuming against the UPA Government's soft approach towards terrorism.
- Opening Doors To Islamists (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Jun 02, 2006)
After sealing the fate of Indian academics with 27 per cent reservation, Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh is off on a nine-day trip to the Gulf to explore possibilities of cooperation in academics between the two countries.
- Clinton Gains Delegates’ Support For Re-Election (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
With her husband sitting a few feet away, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton accepted her party’s unanimous re-election endorsement on Wednesday — even as state Democrats denounced the ‘‘error’’ of invading Iraq, an action Clinton strongly supported . . .
- Haditha's Lessons (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 02, 2006)
Mere apology will not suffice ---- The findings of the United States military investigation into the Haditha incident of November 2005, which resulted in the death of 24 Iraqi civilians, could not have come at a worse time for President George W Bush.
- Kashmir Mulls Insurance Cover For Tourists (Pioneer, Satrajit Moitra, Jun 02, 2006)
In a bid to instil confidence in tourists who have been the target of terrorist attacks, the Jammu and Kashmir Government is mulling an insurance cover for both domestic and international travellers to the region.
- Civil Unrest (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 02, 2006)
East Timor needs to concentrate on nation-building
- Dog Show With A Difference (Deccan Herald, LALITA CHANDRASHEKHAR, Jun 02, 2006)
Without belonging to well-known pedigrees, stray dogs make it up with their intelligence and agility
- Something’S Missing In The Jigsaw (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Jun 02, 2006)
There seems to be unexplored ideas in spite of the new human, diplomatic and political situation at present
- Golden Ghoos (Times of India, NARAYANI GANESH, Jun 02, 2006)
Arjun Munda, Jharkhand's chief minister, is faced with a dilemma.
- Falling Prey To E-Scams (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 02, 2006)
This morning I received, among other e-mails, one from a former “princess” of Zimbabwe, no less, pleading for help in retrieving a few million US dollars stashed away by her father secretly before he got killed.
- Good Schooling Need Not Be Expensive (Deccan Herald, Damodar Agrawal, Jun 02, 2006)
International schools: there’s a need to look at the larger picture.
- Nepal Maoists Revile All Things Indian (Pioneer, Akhilesh Suman, Jun 02, 2006)
Even after the establishment of an interim government in Nepal with support from Indian soil in various forms, Nepal's Maoists (Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist) are still pursuing their agenda of removing Indian influence from Nepal politics and . . .
- Iran Rejects Us Conditions For Nuclear Talks (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Iran on Thursday rejected US conditions for talks over its disputed atomic programme, saying it was ready for negotiations but unwilling to freeze sensitive nuclear work.
- Substantial Agreement Reached On Iran: Us (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Six major powers meeting in Vienna have reached "substantial agreement" on a package of incentives and threats for Iran over its nuclear program, a senior US official said.
- Terror At Sangh Sanctorum Gate (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Militants disguised as policemen tried to storm the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s headquarters in Nagpur shortly before dawn today but were gunned down in their car outside the gates.
- Nagpur Cops Received Tip-Off From Mumbai (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
The Mumbai-based Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) had information about Thursday's impending terror attack on the RSS headquarters in Nagpur and tipped off the Nagpur police about the same, which helped foil the attack.
- Reserve And Destroy (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jun 02, 2006)
As the populism fire rages, Indian forests are under profound threat.
- Rule And Ruin (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Jun 02, 2006)
This is the story of a day that shook India as few other events have done since 1947.
- Two Brands That Have Taken The Market By Storm (Telegraph, Raju Mukherji, Jun 02, 2006)
David Beckham is among the best known names in the world today. The surname rings more bells than those of kings or prime ministers, politicians or authors.
- Being Famous Is Not Enough (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 02, 2006)
There are three reasons. First, far too many books are being published and an author cannot be just another face in the crowd.
- The Da Vinci Code Leads Students Astray On Exams (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
It's thick with some big words and makes reference to history — but that doesn’t make The Da Vinci Code a textbook. Even so, some high school students in Britain have been mistaking fiction for fact — and using the blockbuster to support arguments . . .
- One Answer To 5 Tricky Questions (Indian Express, M. Rama Jois, Jun 02, 2006)
The on-going controversy over OBC reservations raises some important questions: is reservation on the basis of the decades old OBC list really in favour of socially and educationally backward classes? Is reservation at the post-graduate level justified?
- Law On Medical Staff Transfers (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Assam is planning a legislation to make it mandatory for medical teaching staff to work for a “certain minimum period” in each of the three colleges in Guwahati, Dibrugarh and Silchar.
- Buddha Takes A Brief Break (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Vacation after victory is but natural. Only, in the case of Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, victories are more frequent than vacations.
- Boredom’S Great (Indian Express, NAMITA KOHLI, Jun 02, 2006)
For most school kids in the country, it’s vacation time now. Which takes me back to those two months of lazing around as a kid.
- Terror Attack On Rss Hq Foiled, 3 Lashkar Men Shot Dead (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
The Centre breathed a huge sigh of relief after Nagpur police foiled a plot to trigger large-scale communal violence across the country with a terror attack on the RSS headquarters.
- No Illusions (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 02, 2006)
India’s relationship with China is never free of baggage: faith or mindless hostility.
- Ways To Defeat Ourselves (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 02, 2006)
On the face of it the two have no correlation. Fourth Generation Warfare (4GW), which has kept strategic thinkers engrossed for the last decade and a half, is about the what, why, where and how of future conflicts and possible responses.
- Why Pakistan Should Look At Nigeria, Nepal (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Jun 02, 2006)
Recent developments in Nepal and Nigeria offer an example for Pakistan on how to overcome entrenched authoritarian structures through popular mobilisation and thoughtful political action.
- The Wrongs In Land Rights (Indian Express, SUDIPTA DATTA , Jun 02, 2006)
The PM wants changes in land ownership laws, so does his party president yet the government has sat on suggestions it called for 19 years ago
- Call Off The Wild (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Jun 02, 2006)
What else is the financial services industry if not wild? It’s growing at a wild pace.
- Bush’S Historic Talks Offer Betrays Few Options Left To Him (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
After 27 years in which the US has refused substantive talks with Iran, President George W Bush reversed course on Wednesday because it was made clear to him by his allies, by the Russians, by the Chinese, and eventually by some of his advisers that . . .
- Maoists Accuse Nepal Govt Of Reneging On Promises (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Maoists in Nepal today charged the government of Prime Minister G P Koirala with going back on promises and trying to push the country back into conflict .
- Ruthless Merit (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 02, 2006)
There is an English disease, peculiar to a particular class, of using language to mask feelings rather than express them.
- Car Had Red Light But No Escort: Alert Policemen Saw The Red Flag (Indian Express, Vivek Deshpande, Jun 02, 2006)
At 3.45 am, the special squad was on a routine patrol when they noticed a white Ambassador car entering the Mahal area from adjoining Gandhibagh. But the patrol realised something was wrong: cars with red lights usually have escort vehicles but this . . .
- Terror Is Stopped Within Striking Distance Of Rss Headquarters (Indian Express, Vivek Deshpande, Jun 02, 2006)
In a pre-dawn encounter today, the Nagpur police shot dead three heavily-armed militants trying to storm the RSS headquarters in the Mahal area of the old city.
- Strike And After (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 02, 2006)
It is in the nation’s interest that the anti-reservation agitation by medicos has been called off although after a stern warning of the Supreme Court.
- Terror Alert (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 02, 2006)
While India and Pakistan were reiterating “their commitment to fight terrorism in all its forms and manifestations” in Islamabad on Wednesday, terrorists were busy executing their plans on this side of the divide.
- Growth Surge (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 02, 2006)
If there were still some sceptics left about the Indian growth story, they can slink away into the shadows.
- True Cost Of Elections (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 02, 2006)
To date, there have been no authentic, overarching studies assessing the cost of elections in India.
- Salahuddin Rejects Singh’S ‘Come Home’ Call (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
The Pakistan-based commander of Kashmir’s biggest militant group rejected on Wednesday an appeal by India’s prime minister for militants to return to their homes, saying New Delhi must first leave the territory.
- New Delhi Submits List Of 35 Wanted Fugitives To Islamabad (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jun 01, 2006)
Home Secretary-level talks represented a sincere commitment to resolve all issues"
Islamabad has agreed to go through the wanted list with all its seriousness
Pakistan handed over a list of 58 fugitives it wants traced by India
- Pakistan Blocks Full Nam Support For Afghan Moves To Curb Taliban (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
An objection from Pakistan has prevented the Non-aligned Movement (NAM) from throwing its full support behind Afghanistan’s efforts to prevent former Taliban from taking refuge in neighbouring countries.
- R E G I O N: Germany Worried About Afghanistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
Foreign forces in Afghanistan lack a clear vision’
- The Flight Of Merit (Statesman, Usha Mahadevan, Jun 01, 2006)
Do Doctors Serve The System That Subsidised Their Education?
- Medicos End Stir (Tribune, Smriti Kak Ramachandran, Jun 01, 2006)
Bringing to an end their 18-day- long hunger strike, medicos protesting against reservation have decided to comply with the Supreme Court’s directive to call off their stir.
- Ban On Tobacco Ads, Hike In Prices Can Curb Smoking: Experts (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
A ban on tobacco products advertisements coupled with an increase in their prices are some of the measures which can reduce harmful habits like smoking and chewing of tobacco, say experts.
- Checks And Imbalances (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Jun 01, 2006)
President Kalam’s return of the Office of Profit Bill raises three questions.
- Pakistan And India To Trade 500 Prisoners (Daily Times, Shahzad Raza, Jun 01, 2006)
Pakistan and India agreed on Wednesday to exchange 500 civilian prisoners and fishermen by June 30, 2006 during the third round of Pak-India secretary-level talks on terrorism, drug trafficking and civilian prisoners.
- Government Will Stop Undue Inflation: Pm (Daily Times, Sajid Chaudhry, Jun 01, 2006)
Aziz says budget will benefit the poor
Govt hiring foreign agriculture experts
- Nepal Again Plans To Humble King (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Jun 01, 2006)
The king will no longer be the appointing authority of ambassadors and chiefs of constitutional bodies like the chief justice and chief election commissioner.
- Just What The Sc Ordered: Doctors Get Back To Work (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
Hours after the Supreme Court ordered them to resume work “forthwith” and called for restoration of normalcy in hospitals within three days, doctors and medical students in Delhi and Kolkata, protesting OBC reservation in premier education . . .
- Utopian Norms For Idrs Call For Revision (The Financial Express, PRITHVI HALDEA, Jun 01, 2006)
Thanks to rigid eligibility norms announced two years ago, no IDR issues have come up
- Nam On Iran (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 01, 2006)
The Non-Aligned Movement's unequivocal backing of Iran's right to "develop, research, produce and use atomic energy for peaceful purposes" is welcome even if it is unlikely to bring an end to the ongoing stand-off between Tehran and Washington.
- A Gruesome Act (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 01, 2006)
The disfigurement of Ayesha Baloch of Multan, whose husband slit her upper lip and part of her nose for bringing the family's name allegedly into disrepute, is a most gruesome act and a stark reminder of the warped sense of 'honour' that permeates . . .
- Circular Trains For Cities (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 01, 2006)
It is hard not to view with some misgivings federal railway minister Shaikh Rashid’s statement that circular train services will soon be started in eight major cities.
- Reversing The Drop-Out Trend (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 01, 2006)
Just how elusive the goal of achieving universal primary education by 2015 proved to be for Pakistan was underscored by Education Minister Javed Ashraf Qazi the other day when he admitted that 45 per cent of students drop out of school at some stage.
- Soccer Speculations (Deccan Herald, L SUBRAMANI, Jun 01, 2006)
Fans are gearing up for soccer's grand finale in Germany
- New Look At Adult Education (Deccan Herald, SUDHA MADHAVAN, Jun 01, 2006)
Learning for adults has to be experiential. It must help them find meaning in life
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