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Articles 21321 through 21420 of 53943:
- Terror Scene (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Feb 28, 2006)
How is the terror scene in the country especially in the State? If seen in terms of structure and statistics one will find that the monster of terrorism continues to raise its ugly heads in different manners.
- Water Level And Safety Aspects Of A Century-Old Dam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
The Mullaperiyar dam, known as Periyar dam in Tamil Nadu, was constructed by the erstwhile Madras Government between 1890 and 1895 on the strength of a lease deed executed by the Maharaja of erstwhile Travancore in 1886 in its favour.
- Rajnath: Don't Compromise On Deterrence (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Feb 28, 2006)
"Keep in mind country's energy needs"
With the possibility of an Indo-U.S. deal being inked during the visit of President George W. Bush, the Bharatiya Janata Party has said that while the Government must keep in mind the energy security . . .
- Thrust On Agriculture-Allied Activity For Generating Rural Employment (Hindu, W. Chandrakanth, Feb 28, 2006)
Plan to create additional ayacut of 10 lakh acres by next kharif
The State Government is faced with the daunting task of developing agricultural-allied activity as it could play a vital role in generating rural employment and income.
- Tsunami Early Warning System By September 2007 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
The integration of design and engineering aspects to be indigenised: Goel
- Indian Population May Outrank China's By 2050 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
India, now the second most populous nation, is expected to outrank China with the largest population in 2050, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce's Census Bureau.
- India-Us Relations: Discovering New Colours (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
When US President George W. Bush lands in New Delhi on Wednesday, he will find another American like him injecting colour into India-US relations through his paintings of Texan cowboys and Rajasthani peasants.
- A Stimulating Study (Telegraph, VIMALA RAMACHANDRAN, Feb 28, 2006)
The independent ASER 2005 survey revealed that India’s school system is not geared to help children learn, writes Vimala Ramachandran
- The Changing Needs Of Labour (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 28, 2006)
Extracts from the ILO’s regional high-level tripartite meeting on the Role of Labour Inspections in Combating Child Labour, Harare, 2001
- Hole To Pole, Potential Threats All (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
The US Secret Service is leaving nothing to chance as it goes about its job of protecting the President: it has given its tips to the Indian home ministry but will anyway keep watch from eyes in the sky.
- Singh Outlines Nuclear Deal (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
The Prime Minister today narrated in Parliament the likely shape of a nuclear cooperation agreement that could be reached with the US.
- India, Us Not There Yet But Getting Close, Says Saran (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
India and the US are close to a strategic nuclear deal, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran said today.
- Thank You, Air New Zealand! (Tribune, P. Lal , Feb 28, 2006)
As I slipped my hand into the breast-pocket of the jacket, I froze. I had intended to take out the passport, instead, the fingers felt the plastic key card — the swipe-and-open device with a coded magnetic strip, used widely nowadays to unlock the rooms i
- New Kids On The Block (Telegraph, Chandrashekhar Dasgupta, Feb 28, 2006)
Most analysts of world politics would agree that the prevailing unipolar global order will give way to a multipolar, or a polycentric order by mid-century
- No Retreat On Nuke Plan: Pm (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
Ahead of US President George Bush's visit to India on Wednesday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday emphasised that India will not accept any "limitation" on its strategic programme even as New Delhi negotiates a civil nuclear . . .
- India Offers Better Returns Than China (Tribune, Sudhir Hindwan, Feb 28, 2006)
Due to the pressure of all-round competition inspired by globalisation and liberalisation, comparisons between the economies of China and India have gained an overriding emphasis.
- Where Are Yesterday’S Budget Ideas? (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Feb 28, 2006)
Before today’s budget comes up with another list of new schemes for rural India and the environment, it may be worthwhile to look at where we have progressed with regard to some of the big announcements of earlier budgets.
- Tatas Accuse Birlas Of Breaching Idea Contract (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
Hitting back at the Birlas, the Tatas today said it was Birla group which is breaching the shareholders agreement between them over their stakeholding in Idea Cellular.
- Survey For Bold Steps To Expedite Labour Reforms (Hindu, Ashok Dasgupta , Feb 28, 2006)
Calls for measures to boost the country's infrastructure to global standards
- Campaign Against Bush Visit Gains Momentum (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
Committee says "he is not welcome in India;" marches to be organised in Delhi on March 2 and in Hyderabad the next day
"Bush is topmost official of U.S. imperialism, leading enemy of the sovereignty of nations and the peoples of the world today"
- Manmohan's `No' To Curbs On Fbrs (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Feb 28, 2006)
"All proposals judged on merits"
Nature of safeguards a "pending" issue
Strategic weapons needs taken into account
- Tehelka Case: George Aide Picked Up (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
More than a year after a case into alleged bunglings brought out by Tehelka expose in procurment of Hand Held Thermal Imagers, the CBI arrested former Samata Party treasurer R K Jain under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
- Look Ahead (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 28, 2006)
Unlike the budget, which projects the government’s finances over the next year, the Economic Survey is a review of how the economy fared in the past financial year.
- Fiscal Faith (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Feb 28, 2006)
Government has been unable to create a climate of tax compliance. The finance minister faces a dilemma: How can he ramp up revenues at the Centre to meet investment commitments in coming years? India's tax revenue as a percentage . . .
- "We Cannot Accept Safeguards On Our Indigenous Fast Breeder Programme" (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 28, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says the decision on what facilities may be identified as civilian will be made by India alone, and not by anyone else.
- George Bush Go Home (Hindu, Arundhati Roy, Feb 28, 2006)
It's not in our power to stop Bush's visit. It is in our power to protest it, and we will.
- The Nuclear Deal: What If It Falls Through? (Hindu, Placid Rodriguez, Feb 28, 2006)
The U.S. has more to lose than India if the deal does not come through. America needs Indian scientists and technologists to revive its nuclear sector.
- A Sense Of Complacency (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 28, 2006)
If there is one sentiment that comes through in the pre-Budget Economic Survey presented to Parliament by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, it is a sense of complacency.
- Tamil Nadu Wins Case In Dam Row (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Feb 28, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Kerala Government to raise the water level in the Mullaperiyar dam from 136 feet to 142 feet by permitting its further strengthening as suggested by the Central Water Commission. (Water from the dam, . . .
- `There's No One Way To Teach' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
Carnatic music maestro Balamuralikrishna and his favourite student Rama Varma talk about the guru-shishya tradition and more
- Survey Pegs Growth At 8.1 Pc (Tribune, T.R. Ramachandran, Feb 28, 2006)
Even as the economy is projected to grow at a robust 8.1 per cent in the current fiscal, the 2005-06 Economic Survey cautioned about the risks of inflation, hardening interest rate and fiscal deficit.
- No Erosion Of N-Doctrine, Says Pm (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Feb 28, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today made his government’s first major policy announcement on the Indo-US nuclear deal when he told Parliament that while preparing a Separation Plan, there had been no erosion of India’s Nuclear Doctrine . . .
- Living With Secularism (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Feb 28, 2006)
Secularism in India comes in many shades and colours, but the manner in which the concept is being abused across the political spectrum should set alarm bells ringing. Nothing illustrates this better than the public speech . . .
- Nuke Deal: Country’S Interests First (Tribune, Premvir Das, Feb 28, 2006)
There is a segment of our political spectrum and scientific community which, for good reason or bad, feels that the country’s march towards nuclear capabilities will be severely constrained by the Indo-US nuclear agreement.
- Singh Defends Civilian Nuclear Deal With Us (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday defended a proposed civilian nuclear deal with the United States ahead of a visit by US President George Bush, telling parliament it would not compromise the country’s atomic weapons programme.
- High Growth, Low Inflation... (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Feb 28, 2006)
The American prison camp at Guantanamo Bay is on the southeast corner of Cuba, a sliver of land the United States has occupied since 1903. Long ago, it was irrigated from lakes on the other side of the island, but Cuban President Fidel Castro . . .
- Getting Out Of The Crevice (Dawn, Irshad Abdul Kadir, Feb 28, 2006)
The proverb: “Whom the gods wish to destroy, they first drive mad”, may seem at first to approximate the vandalism visited on Lahore and Peshawar consecutively on February 14 and 15, by radical mobsters protesting against the publication . . .
- N-Ties, Kashmir On Bush’S Pak Agenda (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
Civilian nuclear technology cooperation will be on the agenda of President George W Bush when he meets President General Pervez Musharraf in Islamabad this week.
- Diplomacy May Succeed In Iran-Us Nuclear Row (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 28, 2006)
‘BASIC agreement’ has been reportedly reached between Tehran and Moscow to set-up a joint uranium enrichment facility on Russian soil, Iran’s nuclear chief Gholamreza Aghazadeh said on Sunday.
- India To Host Roadshows For Oil Hunt (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
India will host a series of road shows in major world cities next month aimed at wooing overseas exploration firms to hunt for oil in the country, officials said on Monday.
- Indian Firm Awarded Sugar Tender (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) has awarded a contract to M/s Indian Sugar Exim Corporation Ltd, New Delhi, as the lowest bidder for supplying 50,000 metric tons of refined sugar at a rate of $478 per tonne.
- Iran Forging Ahead With Uranium Enrichment: Iaea (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
Iran is forging ahead with a nuclear fuel enrichment programme in defiance of world pressure and is stonewalling UN probes spurred by fears it secretly wants atomic weapons, a UN watchdog report said on Monday.
- ‘Cashmere For Kashmir’ To Raise Funds For Quake Victims (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Feb 28, 2006)
The Irfan Kathwari Foundation, a charitable group, is sponsoring a fund-raising event in New York next month to help the victims on the October earthquake in Kashmir.
- Pak-Us Talks To Focus On Kashmir, Terrorism: Fo (News International, Mariana Baabar, Feb 28, 2006)
President George W Bush will be paying a two-day official visit to Pakistan later this week, the dates and timings for which are not being announced for security reasons. Both sides will focus on a wide range of issues besides Kashmir, terrorism and ...
- Pakistan To Discuss Civil Nuke Cooperation With Bush (Press Trust of India, K J M Varma, Feb 28, 2006)
Pakistan will seek cooperation in the civilian nuclear field in line with India during talks President Pervez Musharraf would have with US President George W Bush here next week.
- Guantanamo: The Us Gulag (Dawn, Thomas Wilner, Feb 28, 2006)
The American prison camp at Guantanamo Bay is on the southeast corner of Cuba, a sliver of land the United States has occupied since 1903. Long ago, it was irrigated from lakes on the other side of the island, but Cuban President Fidel Castro . . .
- A Coverup Committee (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 28, 2006)
That the United States Senate has a body called the intelligence committee is an irony George Orwell would have truly appreciated. In a world without doublespeak, the panel, chaired by GOP Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas, would be known . . .
- In A Dilemma (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 28, 2006)
The government is admittedly caught in a cleft stick on the cartoons issue. It has been a number of weeks since the protests against the cartoons began, but there seems to be no end to them.
- Time For A Sane Approach (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 28, 2006)
IT IS yet too early to heave a sigh of relief on the Iranian nuclear crisis.
- Self-Governance Being Discussed With India (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
The Foreign Office said on Monday that Pakistan and India were discussing at various levels the proposal of self-governance in Kashmir.
- No Compromise On India’S N-Programme: Manmohan (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Feb 28, 2006)
Indian PM says 65 percent of thermal nuclear reactors to be declared civilian
- The Recipe For A Disaster In The Making (The Financial Express, PRITHVI HALDEA, Feb 28, 2006)
All scams lead to radical, but often unwarranted, changes. The recent IPO demat scam was all about lack of unique identity number which led to a handful of fraudsters misusing the system.
- "Stakes High For Bush, Manmohan" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
Subrahmanyam predicts consensus on separation of civil and military facilities
- One Day To Go, President Bush Visit Still Hush-Hush (Hindustan Times, Nilova Roy Chaudhury, Feb 28, 2006)
The Indian Tricolour and the American Stars and Stripes are aflutter around Vijay Chowk, the Central Vista and freshly painted roundabouts at the heart of India’s capital.
- So That Truth May Indeed Prevail (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
The judiciary has, over the past one week, taken some steps to arrest the erosion of public trust in institutions. But would that be enough? First, a Mumbai special court judge sentenced nine of the 17 accused in the Best Bakery case to life, and . . .
- Budget, Gdp And Unemployment (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Feb 28, 2006)
More people enter the employment market each year but India's growth is not creating enough jobs. The ADB points out that the ratio of employment to economic growth is low. Will the Budget ensure more jobs and happiness?
- Budget Wishlist: For Growth With Development . . . (Business Line, Nilanjan Banik , Feb 28, 2006)
Increasing labour participation, ensuring equal distribution of wealth and firming up infrastructure projects are all aspects of development that determine growth.
- Dramatic Plot With Loose Ends (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 28, 2006)
Reading the Finance Ministry's Economic Survey for 2005-06 — a record of all that transpired in the Indian economy over the fiscal year about to close — is like watching a very good film all over again. The plot is dramatic, the ending a happy one.
- Kashmiri American Council Appreciates Us Stance On Kashmir (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
The Kashmiri American Council has "appreciated" the official stand of the United States towards Kashmir as clarified by the President George W Bush.
- Pakistan Welcomes Bush Push For Kashmir Peace (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
* Musharraf, Bush to discuss civilian N-tech
* FO says missiles named after common heroes
- Iran Acting Difficult: Iaea (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
Iran appears determined to expand its uranium enrichment programme, a key international concern because of fears it could use the activity to make nuclear weapons, the International Atomic Energy Agency said today.
- Aiims On Alert For Bush Visit (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
Though the US President, Mr George W Bush, does not have a history of hypertension, diabetes, tuberculosis, sexually transmitted diseases, stroke or heart disease, the Indian government isn’t leaving anything to chances.
- ‘All’S Well In J&k’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
Alluding to a decision by India and Pakistan to allow merchandise-laden lorries on Jhelum Valley Road, the Governor, Lt-Gen. (retired) SK Sinha, today said it would boost Jammu and Kashmir’s economy significantly.
- Fake Ration Cards (Statesman, SUNANDA SANYAL, Feb 28, 2006)
On coming to power in 1977, the CPI-M hit a gold mine through Bangladeshi infiltration. Many of the Hindus that sought refuge in West Bengal during East Bengal’s fight for independence stayed back.
- Bush Visit To India An Unproductive Exercise? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Feb 28, 2006)
With his words carrying little weight in his own country, being enmeshed in such controversies as illegal wire-tapping, detainees at Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib, his poor handling of domestic issues after the Katrina disaster, and . . .
- Corruption And The Present Society (Daily Excelsior, B M Kohli, Feb 28, 2006)
As the well known saying goes that the corruption and immorality exist together.
- Ap By-Poll: Ec Team Spots Violations (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
The Election Commission (EC) team, which investigated the allegations of irregularities committed by the Congress candidate in the by-election to the Visakhapatnam Assembly seat, has reportedly found evidence of inducements like money and . . .
- New Runway At M’Lore Airport By March 31 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
The construction of the new runway at Mangalore airport will be completed by March 31, 2006, but declaration of the airport as an international airport is contingent on the completion of the entire project including terminal building
- Control Of Indian Ocean Vital, Says Former Army Chief (Hindu, John L. Paul, Feb 28, 2006)
The Indian Ocean is the most important ocean in the world and those who control it control the world, General V. N. Sharma (Retd), who was Army Chief from 1988 to 1990, said.
- Land Of The Rising Space Programme (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 28, 2006)
The M-5 rocket that blasted off from Japan's Uchinoura Space Centre last week did more than just launch the infrared space telescope, Akari (light) into Earth's orbit.
- Pm Takes Firm Line On Atomic Deal With U.S. (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Feb 28, 2006)
India insisted on Monday it must decide the extent of international safeguards on its nuclear reactors and will not compromise its atomic weapons programme as it seeks a landmark deal with Washington.
- Bush India Trip To Spur Undertapped Business Ties (Reuters, Paul Eckert, Feb 28, 2006)
U.S. President George W. Bush will share the spotlight on his trip to India this week with corporate moguls from both countries who will try to cut India's red tape and intensify the country's economic reforms.
- Budget? What Budget? Wonder India's Poor (Reuters, Surojit Gupta, Feb 28, 2006)
When India's finance minister tells parliament on Tuesday how much money he has in the budget to aid millions of poor, it will mean little to many of the people he aims to help.
- Managing Farm Waste- A Golden Step For Vermicomposting (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Gupta, Feb 28, 2006)
In village and cities lot of waste of the farm, kitchen gardens is to be burnt by majority of the people, therefore, wasting large quantity of nutrients which otherwise can be proved as most important ingredient for Vermicomposting.
- Critical Elements Missing In Kashmir Dialogue (Daily Excelsior, O P Modi, Feb 28, 2006)
There is much ballyhoo these days about the future of Jammu & Kashmir.
- Breeding Trust (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 28, 2006)
Don’t forget, this is ultimately about building a strong Indo-US strategic partnership
- Who Lauds India For Bird Flu Measures (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
The World Health Organisation has complimented India for its "quick response" to a threatened bird flu outbreak.
- Bush Told To Avoid Nuclear Compromises With India (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Feb 28, 2006)
A leading US newspaper on Monday asked US President George Bush to avoid compromises that would let Indian continue to mix its military and civilian nuclear programmes.
- 'Reform To Keep Economy Rolling' (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
India could look forward to strong growth in the years to come, though there was an urgent need to address the quality of the government’s spending, said the pre-Budget Economic Survey for 2005-06, tabled in the Parliament by Finance Minister P Chidambara
- U.S., India To Cooperate Even If Nuclear Deal Falters (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Feb 28, 2006)
If the United States and India fail to resolve differences over a civilian nuclear deal when President George W. Bush visits New Delhi this week, cooperation between the two nations will still continue in many other areas, officials and experts said . . .
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