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Articles 37321 through 37420 of 53943:
- World Bank Loan Sought For Power Sector In A.P. (Hindu, M. Malleswara Rao, Sep 03, 2005)
To help AP Transco implement high voltage distribution system
- Rs. 2 Crores For Flood Relief In Udupi District (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 03, 2005)
The Rs. 21,000-crore ONGC project will be implemented in Mangalore, says Deputy Chief Minister
- Inflation Dips To 3.08 Pc (Deccan Herald, PTI, Sep 03, 2005)
Inflation fell for the fifth consecutive week to 3.08 per cent in the week ended August 20 from 3.13 per cent a week ago, mainly due to cheaper non-food items and some edible oils.
- Dalits In Haryana Protest Against Gohana Incident (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
The Haryana chief minister said the damage was being assessed and full compensation would be paid to the affected families.
- Changes In It Act Fine: Nasscom (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
The amendments will do away with the ambiguities related to authorised access to data.
- Pakistan-India Talks To Go On; Agreement On Missiles (Reuters, ZEESHAN HAIDER , Sep 02, 2005)
Nuclear-armed Pakistan and India met to review their slow-moving peace process on Thursday and agreed to continue their dialogue, despite a lack of progress in resolving their bloody dispute over Kashmir.
- Us Removes Certain License Controls For Exports And Re-Exports Of American Nuclear-Related Items To India (India Daily, Kiran Chaube, Sep 02, 2005)
Based on a bilateral pact signed recently, US has removed certain restrictions on the commercial use of nuclear energy in India.
- India And China Meet On Issues Related To Human Rights (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Sep 02, 2005)
Human rights is a major issue in Asia. India and China met to exchange views on the matter.
- India, Pak Agree To Release All Prisoners By Sept 12 (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
India and Pakistan announced on Tuesday the release of all fishermen and civilian prisoners by September 12
- Wake Up, Before It’S Too Late (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Sep 02, 2005)
Are we standing on the brink of a precipice where we need a nudge and we are gone.
- Us Armament Industry Brings Prosperity (Daily Excelsior, Harjeet Singh, Sep 02, 2005)
It is important to analyse the key words of the US Presidential Decision Directive 44, in July 2005, wherein the first feature is to "ensure that US forces (can) continue to enjoy technological advantages over potential adversaries".
- Chidambaram's Path (Daily Excelsior, H C Katoch, Sep 02, 2005)
It is a good exercise and to term it as ''outcome budget'' and further declare it as path of growth-still a promising note;
- Real Mairaj (Greater Kashmir, ZAHIR-U-DIN, Sep 02, 2005)
Last night Shab-e-Mairaj was observed with religious fervour. Muslims stayed awake all night to send salutations on the most revered Prophet (SAAW).
- Pm Worried Over Mounting Fiscal Deficit (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
Expressing serious concern about the country’s financial health, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warned today that economic progress could be hindered if the mounting fiscal deficit of 9 to 10 per cent of the national income was not contained.
- Pakistan Keeps Date With Israel While India Hesitates To Expand Ties (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
India's ties with Tel Aviv have just got a little more challenging as the foreign ministers of Pakistan and Israel met in Istanbul today and set the stage for normalisation of bilateral relations.
- Hurriyat To Send 6 Member Delegation For Talks (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
In a 48 hour long gun battle on Line of Control in Nowgam Sector in Kupwara, nine militants, owing allegiance to Lashkar-e-Toiba militant outfit, were gunned down by the troopers of 15 JAT rifles at Kazinag Phad hills, some 32 kilometers from Handwara ...
- Experts Warn Of Environmental Disaster (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
As the City administrators intensified their campaign against plastic by taking more stringent measures including seizure of the environmentally-hazardous plastic products from shops, this website’s newspapersought to know from the experts on what exactly
- Zoo Deaths: One Whole Year And Cops Have No Clue (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
Who killed four animals at the Mysore zoo last year? The investigators are in no hurry to find out.
- Loss Of Wetlands Spelling Disaster (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 02, 2005)
The worst has happened in New Orleans and not everyone is surprised.
- Burning Casteism (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 02, 2005)
The nasty demon of casteism has defied all attempts to exorcise it. Every now and then it raises its ugly head, leaving dazed victims in its wake.
- India Drops Myanmar-Bangladesh Gas Project (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
India has abandoned the option of bringing in gas from Myanmar through Bangladesh. Instead, it is now proposing a power project in Myanmar while exploring the possibility of an on-land gas pipeline through northeast India.
- Chaos And Fury (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Sep 02, 2005)
The defining moment of the just-concluded monsoon session of parliament, we will be told,
- Pm Reviews Impact Of Surge In Crude Oil Prices (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tonight reviewed the impact of surging international crude oil prices on domestic economy and its impact on oil firms if retail fuel prices were not raised.
- India Attractive For Investment, Says (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
Stating that India was an attractive destination for long-term investments, US Ambassador to India David C. Mulford today called for further removal of restrictions to attract more US investors.
- The Salt And Pepper Set (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 02, 2005)
It was the end of the academic year at the University College in Swansea in Wales. My husband and I had completed a course at the university. It was time to go home and so time to buy gifts.
- Can Musharraf Deliver? (Tribune, Sushant Sareen, Sep 02, 2005)
Reports of terrorists training camps in Pakistan being reopened,
- Inside Iraq (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 02, 2005)
Wednesday stampede in Iraq, leading to the death of nearly 1000 people, is the most telling proof that chaos continues to rule that country.
- India, Pakistan To Continue Dialogue (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 02, 2005)
Joint Commission headed by Foreign Ministers to be revived to give a new impetus to bilateral ties
The third round of the composite dialogue to commence in December
Possibility of two additional bus routes discussed
- India, Pak Agree On Prenotification Of Ballistic Missiles (Tribune, V. Mohan Narayan, Sep 02, 2005)
Taking forward the peace process with Pakistan, India today proposed two additional bus routes between the two countries but firmly ruled out redrawing of boundaries or fixing “artificial deadlines” for resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir issue.
- More Child’S Play (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Sep 02, 2005)
Delhi has been brimming over with strange happenings this last week. The chant from a rather broken down BJP has been, “Chidambaram must go.” Why?
- Our Focus Has Always Been Designing For India' — Mr Arvind Mathew, Managing Director And President, Ford India (Business Line, N. Ramakrishnan , Sep 02, 2005)
Mr Arvind Mathew has taken over as Managing Director and President of Ford India at a time when the company is preparing to launch a premium mid-size car.
- Woman Begins By Resisting A Man's Advances And Ends By Blocking His Retreat (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 02, 2005)
There was an old woman tossed in a basket. Seventeen times as high as the moon; but where she was going no mortal could tell, for under her arm she carried a broom.
- Parliament's Monsoon Meeting — A Session Not Rained Out (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Sep 02, 2005)
The monsoon session of Parliament has just ended, and happily quite some business was done this time unlike earlier sittings, which were stalled by an acrimonious opposition.
- India, Pakistan To Sign Missile Pact In October (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
India and Pakistan met to review their slow-moving peace process on Thursday and agreed to continue their dialogue, despite a lack of progress in resolving their dispute over Kashmir.
- Non-Executive Directors — Board Them From Needless Litigations (Business Line, Amitabhaghosh, Sep 02, 2005)
Both the Government and the regulatory authorities are agreed that the performance of company boards needs to improve to ensure better corporate management and prevent malpractices.
- Power In The Wind (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
With Over 1,100 MW of capacity added in 2004-05 — a 45 per cent growth over the previous year
- India Proposes Two More Bus Routes (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
Taking forward the peace process with Pakistan, India proposed two additional bus routes between the two countries but firmly ruled out redrawing of boundaries or fixing ‘‘artificial deadlines’’ for resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir issue.
- India Planning Devastating Second Nuke Strike (India Daily, Anil Rane, Sep 02, 2005)
India will never use nukes first. But if attacked its nukes will be protected and second strike will be devastating.
- Ludicrous Comparison (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 02, 2005)
Haunted by all the outrageous fibs fabricated against Iraq — possession of weapons of mass destruction, ability to launch them at 45 minutes' notice,
- Back To Work On The Airport (Deccan Herald, R Krishnakumar, Sep 02, 2005)
After a brief lull, Albert Brunner, CEO, Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), is back doing what he modestly calls his ‘work’. Last week, a parliamentary standing committee had flayed the manner in which the engineering procurement contracts...
- A Balanced Scorecard (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 02, 2005)
On the face of it, there is nothing substantially new in the Reserve Bank of India's Annual Report 2004-05 on the state of the economy. The annual report has the dual role of reviewing the macro economy and discussing the working of the central bank. ..
- Elections: Don't Expect Too Much (Hindu, Simon Tisdall, Sep 02, 2005)
As the international political year begins anew, the democratic election season has arrived with a vengeance.
- Pakistan's Religious Parties Losing Ground? (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 02, 2005)
For the first time in decades, Pakistan's religious parties and organisations appear to be seriously threatened by government measures to curtail their influence. This is evident from their increasingly belligerent tone towards President Pervez Musharraf
- The New Vietnam At Sixty (Hindu, Tran Trong Khanh, Sep 02, 2005)
A victim of war, Vietnam looks beyond the past and forward to the future. It has adapted strategically and sensibly to the changing environment. A constructive member of the comity of nations, it is integrating proactively with the world economy.
- Energy Security And The Search For New Options (Hindu, M.R. Srinivasan, Sep 02, 2005)
Efforts have to be stepped up to leverage emerging technologies to tap new and existing sources of energy better.
- Mani Shankar Aiyar In Oslo (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar was here on Thursday for meetings with his Norwegian counterpart, Thorhild Widvey.
- India, France Begin Strategic Dialogue Today (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Sep 02, 2005)
Talks will focus on pending defence contracts, bilateral trade, cooperation in civilian nuclear energy
France uncomfortable with India's increasingly closer ties with U.S.
Unhappy that it might lose on defence contracts to U.S.
- Colombo Rejects Ltte Offer On Venue (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Sep 02, 2005)
Tigers moot Kilinochchi for holding talks
- Musharraf Defends Istanbul Meet (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 02, 2005)
Amid protests of "betrayal of Palestine cause" by religious parties over the Istanbul meeting,
- Chidambaram Hints At Excise Cut On Cars (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
Auto industry for phasing out old commercial vehicles
- Looters Strike After Nature’S Havoc (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , Sep 02, 2005)
In the wake of a hurricane, the US is having to cope with one of the worst disasters in its recent history.
- Hydrogen Fuelled Auto Unveiled (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
A hydrogen-fuel powered auto-rickshaw made its debut at the annual convention of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers here on Thursday.
- Google Service Worries S Korea (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
The teaching of the eternal truth bears repetition because it is by knowing it that man can be liberated from bondage. This can be seen in the Bhagavad Gita wherein Lord Krishna told Arjuna that He was repeating what He had taught earlier out of . . .
- If God Exists, Why Did The Tsunami Happen? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Sep 02, 2005)
After last year’s tsunami, believers have been grappling with a couple of simple questions: How does God allow something so devastating as this to take place? If it was “karma”, how is it that nearly 300,000 people from 46 countries, many of them . . .
- Inmates Take To Computers (Hindu, Vidyashree Amaresh, Sep 02, 2005)
For Nirmal Louis, an inmate convicted for life, the computers installed by the Intel Technology on the prison premises has come as exciting news; the former desktop printer is glad to continue working with ``Adobe Photoshop.''
- Sept 5 Talks: Hurriyat To Raise Kashmir Issue (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
The delegation, to be headed by Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz, will also discuss with the PM issues like human rights violations and troop reduction.
- Pro-Naxal Rally Held In Orissa (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
Daman Pratirodh Manch, a pro-Naxal organisation, held a rally here on Thursday amidst tight security. Nearly 2,000 tribals, all Naxal sympathisers from bordering southern Orissa districts like Malkangiri, Gajapati, Rayagara and Koraput attended the rally.
- A Natural Selection (Dawn, Edward J. Larson, Sep 02, 2005)
The modern neo-Darwinian theory of evolution has taken it on the chin recently.
- State Of Relations With The Us (Dawn, Tayyab Siddiqui, Sep 02, 2005)
Much has been written on the significance of Manmohan Singh’s July visit to the US and on the likely impact of the defence agreements signed in the context of Pakistan’s security environment.
- Humanity In Transition (Deccan Herald, A K MERCHANT, Sep 02, 2005)
“Religion is the greatest of all means for the establishment of order in the world and peaceful contentment of all that dwell therein,” Bahá’u’lláh proclaimed.
- Understanding With India On New Cbms (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
Pakistan and India on Thursday agreed to take bilateral ties forward and implement more confidence-building measures such as opening more bus routes between the two countries.
- Reconstitution Of Plan Panel Soon (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
Mr Sindhia has favoured appointment of eminent economists as the deputy chairperson and members of the reconstituted State Planning Board.
- An Inexplicable Delay (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 02, 2005)
It speaks of the apathy of the government to the dismal state of women in Pakistan that the prime minister’s secretariat has so far not appointed a chairperson for the National Commission on the Status of Women.
- Unending Sugar Crisis (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 02, 2005)
In the wake of persistent rise in the prices of sugar in the open market,
- Unrest In Waziristan (Dawn, Amir Usman, Sep 02, 2005)
Waziristan is once again in the news. Every day there are reports of rocket and missile attacks — 45 in one single night recently — the ambush of army conveys, killings of prominent tribal elders including former senator Malik Faridullah and . . .
- Partial Response To Tn Transport Staff's Strike (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
The call given by seven state transport corporation employees’ unions for a 24-hour state-wide token strike from Tuesday midnight in protest against chief minister J Jayalalitha’s unilateral offer of a wage hike,
- Cause And Effect Of Inequality Syndrome (Daily Excelsior, Sisir Basu, Sep 01, 2005)
India is on the path to sustained growth. But India’s poor are many and their incomes and consumption are not rising as fast as those of the rich. Our administrative apparatus and procedures have failed in delivering opportunities to them.
- Japan Likely To Fund Modernisation Of Rivers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
Rs. 5,600 crores earmarked for irrigation projects in State
- A New Mother's Agony (Deccan Herald, Celia W Dugger, Sep 01, 2005)
Just as the painful ordeal of childbirth finally ended and Nesam Velankanni waited for a nurse to lay her squalling newborn on her chest, the maternity hospital’s ritual of extortion began.
- Pok Nationalists Highlight Human Rights Violation (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Sep 01, 2005)
Kashmiri nationalist freedom fighters, who have been forced to flee Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) to sojourn in the West, get a chance every year to tell the world of oppressive,
- Manmohan Singh Invites Hurriyat For Peace Talks (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Sep 01, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh invited the Hurriyat Conference, Kashmir's main political separatist alliance, on Wednesday for peace talks, aiming to resume a dialogue stalled for a year, and the group accepted his invitation
- Case After Case, Quota Tangle Gets Knottier (Deccan Herald, K N Bhat, Sep 01, 2005)
The Central Government should make laws in consultation with persons experienced in the field of education. A government with a will alone can solve the problems involved.
- Ford Proposes Vedic Planetarium In Bengal (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
ABF International, one of the companies run by US billionaire conglomerate Ford, declared in Kolkata on Wednesday its desire to set up a Rs 176 crore Vedic planetarium besides a village industrial park and a tourism hospitality centre at Mayapur in Nadia
- Indo-Pak Foreign Secretaries Begin Two-Day Talks In Islamabad (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
The Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan today held talks here to review the progress in the Composite Dialogue Process and to chalk out a strategy to give a further push to the peace initiatives.
- Communalism, Casteism Threat To Nation: Manmohan (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
Asserting that communalism, insurgency and violence would be dealt with firmly, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said there is no grievance that cannot be redressed through democratic means and dialogue.
- Dal Romances (Tribune, Prashant Sood, Sep 01, 2005)
Unlike the quiet walls of his houseboat on the Dal lake, Javed has nothing staid in his life. He has spent years wooing women from distant lands who have been his guests on the houseboat.
- In Our Backyard (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
There have been quite a few significant developments that highlight the proximity of our country as a whole and this State in particular with the erstwhile Soviet Union.
- Pm To Meet Hurriyatleaders On Sept 5 (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
Carrying forward his peace initiative in Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today invited the moderate Hurriyat Conference leaders for talks here on September 5, marking the separatist group’s first highest-level interaction with the Centre.
- Indo-Pak Foreign Secretaries’ Talks Today (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
India and Pakistan will review the progress of the second round of the Composite Dialogue process and chalk out the future course of the peace maneuvers during the two-day Foreign Secretary level talks beginning in Islamabad from Thursday.
- Day Of The Disappeared (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Sep 01, 2005)
The day of the disappeared persons was observed August 30 across the globe.
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