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Articles 921 through 1020 of 3437:
- Some Fun On The Rocks (Hindu, ROCHI JAMES, Jun 24, 2006)
Turahalli is a rock climber's delight, though it's only a shadow of the tough terrain it once was
- Pak Exporting Terror: Duggal (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jun 24, 2006)
India today decried the continuing export of terrorism by Pakistan and the presence of terrorist training camps on its territory while reaffirming New Delhi’s resolve to continue dialogue with Islamabad within the composite dialogue framework ...
- Celeb Kin Land In Trouble (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Relatives of India’s two most famous writers ~ Arundhati Roy and Vikram Seth ~ have allegedly encroached on land in Pachmarhi, the only hill resort in Madhya Pradesh. Mr Vijay Singh, a tribal native of Baariaam village of Pachmarhi, has accused . . .
- Lesson In Tomato Soup: Don’T Give Up Milk For Tv (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Jun 24, 2006)
When television news moved from animals to vegetables—the perfunctory, almost non-existent reportage on the forest commission’s assessment of tiger reserves to the kitchen wall to kitchen wall coverage of tomato . . .
- Don't Desert The Drylands (Hindu, William D. Dar, Jun 24, 2006)
In 2006, the International Year of Deserts and Desertification, a global initiative called "Oasis" will link and synergise various research efforts for dryland development.
- Blair's Tactical Blunder (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Jun 23, 2006)
Despite last weekend's protest demonstration by 5,000 people, the most remarkable feature of the June 2 episode in the east London suburb of Forest Gate is the restraint so far of those at the receiving end . . .
- Indonesia Searches Sea For Landslide, Flood Victims (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Indonesian search and rescue operations turned to the sea on Friday in the search for missing victims after landslides and floods on eastern Sulawesi island killed at least 215 people.
- My True Name Is A Growl (Telegraph, MADHUMITA BHATTACHARYYA , Jun 23, 2006)
Horatio finally gets a chance to tell his side of the story in “Horatio’s Version”. Chicken Little becomes a tale of global warming in “Chicken Little Goes Too Far”.
- Salman Case Handed Over To Cid (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
After Rajasthan, Salman Khan faces more trouble in Gujarat on the wildlife front. The Gujarat police have registered an offence against the actor in connection with a chinkara poaching case of 1998.
- The View From The Hospital (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 23, 2006)
Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, and its staff have been criticised and maligned by the media over the last few days on its handling of the Rahul Mahajan case.
- Anti-Naxal Force Arrests Teenager (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
He is suspected to have supplied food to naxalites
- Army Finds Huge Weapons Caches Near Loc (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
The Army has busted three huge arms caches near the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir from which terrorists picked up weapons after sneaking into the state, officials said in New Delhi on Thursday.
- Road To Nowhere (Frontline, Ravi Sharma , Jun 22, 2006)
Land acquisition controversies stall the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Project.
- Protecting Indigenous Varieties, Breeds (Tribune, Sarbjit Dhaliwal, Jun 22, 2006)
After holding brainstorming sessions for three days, scientists of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) have set on the course of preparing the intellectual property rights management portfolio of all crops, livestock, aquatic animals . . .
- Hizb "Distt Commdr", Civilian Killed (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Five Amarnathji pilgrims from Rajasthan sustained splinter injuries when militants lobbed a grenade on their carriage at Ganderbal, on Srinagar-Leh Highway today. Meanwhile, Police and security forces have killed a "District Commander" of Hizbul . . .
- Achuthanandan To Pursue Causes Raised Earlier (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Three-day debate on Motion of Thanks
- 150 Die In Indonesian Floods (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Jakarta rushes aid to the affected Sulawesi island
- Middle India Under Siege (Tribune, B.G.Verghese, Jun 21, 2006)
Middle India is under siege along a long-neglected, exploited, underserved, ill-governed, poorly connected poverty belt of forest and hill country covering contiguous areas in nine states “from Pashupati to Tirupati”.
- Seeds And Protests (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Jun 21, 2006)
The UPA government's decision to allow field trials in GM food crops may have human and economic costs.
- Hallmark Of Devotion (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
If the Supreme Being incarnates from time to time to protect Dharma and destroy those who transgress its code, preceptors have been responsible for propagating Dharma through their explanations and interpretations of the recondite Vedas that assert . . .
- Urvi Piramal (Business Standard, Shobhana Subramanian, Jun 20, 2006)
Ashok Piramal group’s chairperson shares her passion for wildlife and plans for her company’s retail venture over sukuidofu and aona goma ae
- Japan Wins Whale Vote, Greens Worried (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 20, 2006)
The International Whaling Commission narrowly voted on Sunday that a 20-year ban on commercial whale hunting no longer was necessary because marine mammals have recovered from near extinction.
- It’S All About Obstruction (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 20, 2006)
On Friday a fortnight ago, I was strolling around KaDeWe (Kaufhaus des Westens, or the west’s shop). It is at Wittenbergplatz, a stone’s throw from the Gedächtniskirche, the bombed ruin of a church which is the symbol of West Berlin.
- India, Pak To Write New Chapter Of Friendship Today (Daily Excelsior, Dinesh Manhotra, Jun 20, 2006)
Initiating one more step in the direction of further strengthening heart to heart relations on two sides of the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, India and Pakistan are all set to launch second Karvan-e-Aman bus service tomorrow.
- Two Militants Among 3 Killed (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
Two militants were killed in separate encounters at different places in the Valley while as police recovered a body from Tangmarg on Monday.
- Behind Ice Lies J&k Govt-Governor Chill (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
The roots of the controversy over the allegedly “man-made” lingam in the Amarnath cave to “compensate” for the lack of a “natural” one lie in the troubled political history of the Amarnath yatra ever since it came under the control of the Shrine . . .
- Letting The Jungle Crumble (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 20, 2006)
The UPA’s political compulsions to enact the Scheduled Tribes (Recognition of Forest Rights) Bill, 2005, couldn’t have been more clear.
- Fire In The Western Ghats (Pioneer, Sudhirendar Sharma, Jun 20, 2006)
How long will our politicians hardsell 'development' projects at the cost of the ecology and human subsistence, wonders Sudhirendar Sharma
- National Wildlife Crime Control Bureau To Be Set Up (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
The government today decided to set up a National Wildlife Crime Control Bureau along the lines of the Narcotics Control Bureau that would have powers to investigate crime related to wildlife.
- Green Alarm In Nilgiris; Sc Panel Finds Evidence (Indian Express, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Jun 20, 2006)
The lush green canopy on the Nilgiris in Nilambur, a bio-diversity hotspot on the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border, was the starting point of environmental litigation in India. In 1996, it was on a petition by TN Godavarman Thirumulpad, a descendant of the . . .
- Who Benefits? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 20, 2006)
The National Forest Commission has performed a very important service by raising an alarm on the UPA government’s proposed new legislation on tribal rights.
- Poor Coordination Among Udf Partners In Assembly (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
Especially between Congress and Kerala Congress (M)
- Rainforests Should Be Forever (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 20, 2006)
The montane forests of the western ghats are among the last remaining global biodiversity hot spots.
- Tree-Planting Drive In Pondicherry (Hindu, Rajesh Nair, Jun 20, 2006)
The Forest Department here has drawn up an ambitious plan to paint the town green. If all goes according to plan, the town and its suburbs should wear a verdant, green look in the not too distant future.
- Wildlife Committee Increases Indian Army’S Burden In Kashmir (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Already stretched with the job of policing in Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian Army may be given yet another responsibility of protecting wildlife.
- Myanmar Minorities Fear Being Dammed And Damned (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
From the ice fields of the Himalayas to the azure waters of the Andaman Sea, the Salween flows undisturbed through some of the most outwardly tranquil territory on earth.
- Wildlife Board To Consider Changes In Conservation Laws (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Even as wildlife lovers await the tiger census, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is scheduled to chair the third meeting of the National Board for Wildlife on Monday.
- Finns Furiously Build Largest N-Reactor (Times of India, RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL, Jun 19, 2006)
In a heavily-forested bay, 400 km west of the Finnish capital, the world's biggest nuclear reactor is being built fast and furiously.
- It’S A Jungle Out There (Indian Express, JAY MAZOOMDAAR, Jun 19, 2006)
This week the Cabinet will probably consider the tribal bill. A joint parliamentary committee (JPC) has worked on it.
- A Conservation Effort In Assam (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Jun 19, 2006)
Vulture decline in the Indian sub continent is the fastest of any species in the world
A 15-year project for breeding vultures
Diclofenac to be phased out for vetirinary use
- Maoist Rebel Leader Among Four Killed In India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
Police killed four suspected Maoist rebels, including a key leader, in shootouts in a dense forest in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, a police officer said on Saturday.
- Police May Let Muslims See Intelligence Reports (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
The London police are considering a proposal to let selected British Muslims examine the intelligence used to mount anti-terrorism raids before they take place.
- Not Nuclear Power Alone (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Jun 18, 2006)
Speaking at the meeting of the Energy Coordination Committee in August, 2005 Prime Minister Dr Man Mohan Singh said, "Atomic energy will have to play a much larger role in the future in our quest for energy security...
- Urban Ecology (Daily Excelsior, Dr Pragya Khanna, Jun 18, 2006)
Healthy forests, streams, and wetlands contribute to clean air and clean water by enabling impurities to settle out or be converted to harmless compounds by plants or soil.
- Desertification In India (Daily Excelsior, G V Joshi, Jun 17, 2006)
There are two deserts in India. The Thar Desert (also known as the Great Indian Desert) is a desert mainly located in the State of Rajasthan in northwest India. It continues into Pakistan as the Cholistan Desert.
- Army To Protect Nation’S Wildlife (Tribune, Vibha Sharma, Jun 17, 2006)
Besides protecting the country’s borders, the Army is now being armed with legal powers to guard the nation’s rich flora and fauna as well.
- Army May Pitch In For Wildlife (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Faced with the increasing menace of poaching and inadequate surveillance, the Centre may offer a pro-active role to the armed forces for keeping an eye on the smuggling of wildlife products and curb illegal killing of animals in reserve forests.
- Is The `War On Terror' Going Out Of Control? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jun 17, 2006)
Governments, especially western liberal democracies with their supposedly more enlightened "values," are expected to get the balance between national security and individual liberties right. But is the `war on terror' descending into a form of . . .
- Dvac Charge Sheets Former Aiadmk Legislator (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
He had assets disproportionate to known income sources
- No Fdi In Retail, Recast Foreign Policy Focus (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
The UPA Government's pro-US foreign policy and its approach to FDI in retail sector had come under severe attack in the nine-page note the Left Front has submitted to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
- Forest Department Officials Spot Two Congress Activists . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
High drama follows after one of them is taken into custody
- Is State Hostage To Three Taluks? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Jun 16, 2006)
As the bmic brouhaha leaves a trail of hazy dust in its wake, a point to ponder for those unaffected by the project---which would be 95 per cent of Karnataka’s population---is whether a State of 27 districts is not being held hostage by three . . .
- Protests Mark Hearing On Athirappilly Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
KSEB says the State is badly in need of such projects
- In Praise Of Citizen Kannagi (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 16, 2006)
Kannagi proved that even a non-native with no money and no family in sight can fight City Hall and win her case — that is inspiring.
- Naxal Blockade: Security Beefed Up In Jharkhand (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Two-day naxal blockade began on Tuesday midnight
- Do Carbon Trades Help? (The Financial Express, KALIPADA CHATTERJEE, Jun 15, 2006)
Under the Kyoto Protocol to the Climate Change Convention, the developed countries (also called Annex-I countries) are committed to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by 5.2% below their 1990 level (base year). The US and Australia, however, have . . .
- Rs 274b Punjab Budget (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Rs 100b for development
* Rs 10b inflation allowance for govt employees
* Opp slams Elahi, boycotts budget speech
- Exit Tax Will Sink India (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 15, 2006)
NRIs set up R&D ventures and participate in welfare contribution back home
- Carbon Credit (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 15, 2006)
Shrinking market shares call for caution
- Rs 274b Punjab Tax Free, Surplus Budget (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Punjab government Wednesday presented Rs 274 billion tax free budget for the financial year 2006-07, which sets a revenue target of Rs 191 billion, with a revenue surplus of Rs 82 billion. The budget carrying Rs 82 billion surplus revenue carries . . .
- Bhutan Through Political Reforms (Daily Excelsior, Sondip Bhattacharya, Jun 14, 2006)
Thirty-two years rule of King Jigme Singye Wangchuk has ushered in a new era of democracy.
- Madhya Pradesh Foams At Maheshwar Block (Pioneer, Rahul Noronha/ Bhopal, Jun 14, 2006)
NBA obstructing State progress, say Cong, BJP ---- The Union Environment Ministry's decision to abruptly order halt to construction work at the 400 MW Maheshwar hydel power project under pressure from Narmada Bachao Andolan has come in for severe criticis
- India To Start Digitally Mapping Territory (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Jun 14, 2006)
The Indian cabinet has approved a liberalised map policy and digital mapping of the country, overruling objections raised by the defence establishment.
- Nwfp Spent Only 38.7pc Of Adp In Nine Months: Foreign-Funded Plans Affected (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
The NWFP government is set to miss the Rs21 billion development expenditure target under its 2005-06 annual development programme as its spending stood slightly over Rs8.1 billion, 38.7 per cent of the total size of the ADP, at the close of first . . .
- The Transformative Power Of Faith (The Economic Times, VITHAL C NADKARNI, Jun 14, 2006)
In his new book Breaking the Spell philosopher Daniel Dennett blames religion for many of the worst evils of our century.
- Tnpl Pulpwood Consumption To Go Up To 3.50 Lakh Tonnes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
After implementation of Rs. 556-crore mill development plan
Company to intensify implementation of Farm Forestry and Captive Plantation Schemes
The schemes, being implemented in nine districts, will be extended to six more
NGOs, progressive . . .
- Rediscovering India (Business Line, Sudhansu R. Das, Jun 13, 2006)
If Amitabh Bachchan drinks a tender coconut in a TV commercial, millions take to the nature's best cool drink. So also if Mahendra Singh Dhoni relishes a glass of buttermilk.
- What Ails The Tiger? (Tribune, Brig Ranjit Talwar (retd), Jun 13, 2006)
Nobel laureate Milton Friedman had once remarked, “If a government were put in charge of managing the Sahara Desert, within five years, they’d have a shortage of sand!” Well, that pretty well sums up the Government of India’s most inept handling of . . .
- British Police Hit On 'Bungled' Terror Raid (Christian Science Monitor, Tom Regan, Jun 13, 2006)
Muslim groups protest 'rising Islamophobia' as government admits to erosion of community trust.
- Insensate On Acquisition (The Financial Express, L C JAIN, Jun 13, 2006)
While some displacement due to development projects is unavoidable, the suffering inflicted in the process on the uprooted is avoidable. But we continue to act in an insensitive, if not insane, manner.
- Turnover Of Haryana Forests Corporation Goes Up (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
Felling, conversion of trees from forests are being checked
- Pirated Vcds Back With A Bang (Hindu, S. Vijay Kumar, Jun 12, 2006)
"In many places, they are delivered at doorstep within minutes of sending an SMS"
Those in the piracy racket do not take the risk of smuggling VCDs of movies from foreign countries
It has also become easy to download movies from websites, the . . .
- Foreign Trade: The Unfinished Agenda (Deccan Herald, Sachin Chaturvedi, Jun 12, 2006)
It’s time India took a policy position with regard to precautionary measures for GM products
- Tiger Land (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Situated in the lap of Agastiyarmalai, which is known as the super hotspot of biodiversity in Tamil Nadu, Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR) is also a tourist hotspot.
- Fusion In The Jungle (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Yesterday I saw a monkey and a Malabar giant squirrel fighting for a jackfruit on top of a tree,” says Rupa Jhaveri, a middle-aged woman from Ahmedabad, sitting in front of her cottage in the Vythiri Resort.
- The Seat Of Esoteric Knowledge (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Most of the colours and emblems used in the robes, carpets and furniture made in Sikkim have a mystic significance and the medallions and thankas are said to ward off specific misfortunes or attract benevolent forces, write Hugh and Colleen Gantzer
- Meaning Of A Yatra (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 11, 2006)
The pilgrimage to Amarnath satisfies the urge to experience spiritual passions of the highest order but extends to the larger issue of cultural unity and vision of India
- The Upsc Challenge (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Coaching centres in Delhi, which have a creditable record, attract civil services aspirants from across the country.
- Fast Track To The Future (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
From the Great Wall to the MagLev, China presents an interesting mix of tradition and modernity.
The MagLev train flies a few inches above the tracks at speeds above 400 kmph...
- Mcd Restructuring Report To Be Submitted By July 15 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Opinion divided on the methodology of restructuring
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