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Articles 1421 through 1520 of 3437:
- The Gods Play Again (Hindu, PREMA MANMADHAN , Mar 26, 2006)
Years ago in a `clean-up operation', the 16th and 17th Century murals in Madurai's Meenakshi Temple were painted over. Today, Vinod T. and his team are restoring them panel by panel.
- Sustainable Banking, Anyone? (The Economic Times, V RAGHUNATHAN, Mar 25, 2006)
Perhaps it is premature to talk of sustainable financing in India. But one thing is for sure — it may well be on its way. And as a country that is quick to grab the letter (literally) rather than the spirit of such terms, you can bet Tendulkar’ . . .
- The Vanishing Tiger (Tribune, Lt Gen Baljit Singh, Mar 25, 2006)
The recorded history of faunal extinctions in India began in the latter half of the 19th century.
- Govt Drops Proposal To Amend Universities Act (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
The State government on Friday announced that it has dropped its earlier proposal of amending the Universities Act to nominate members of its choice to the university syndicates .
- Maoists Storm Jail In Orissa, Free 40 Prisoners (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Three officials taken hostage from police station
Morning raid by extremists, supporters lasts over two hours
Simultaneous attack on police camp, jail, treasury and tehsil office
Second major Maoist attack in southern Orissa in recent years
- A Terrorist Organisation Rises Again (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Mar 24, 2006)
The Harkat-ul-Mujahideen's revival makes it clear that Pakistan's Islamist armies have no intention of joining in adétentewith India that promises them only their obliteration.
- Bsnl To Raise 3g Toast In $5 Bn Gsm Tender (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
Bsnl’s $5 billion (Rs 20,000 crore) tender for 60 million GSM lines has kept a 25 per cent capacity for 3G services in the hope of a policy thaw.
- Making Development A Way Of Life (Business Line, Sudhansu R. Das, Mar 24, 2006)
The economy of a nation is like a living being. Its growth must be planned on the basis of a clear understanding of the impact on society. Cultural and economic activities and people's dependence on environment should be understood properly.
- Death Knell For Bhadra (Deccan Herald, PRAVEEN BHARGAV, Mar 23, 2006)
A relook is needed at the Upper Bhadra project which is a ‘ludicrous’ but ‘lucrative’ Rs 3000 crore project
- China Can't See Forest For The Chopsticks (Washington Times, Richard Spencer, Mar 23, 2006)
China's growing environmental consciousness has hit the heart of its culture, with the government yesterday announcing a 5 percent tax on disposable wooden chopsticks.
- The Peace Of God (Deccan Herald, Usha Muliyil, Mar 23, 2006)
Have you noticed that many saints and ascetics do not have families of their own? In Vedanta, this is known as a release from the desire for home, spouse and children.
- Women In Agriculture (Daily Excelsior, Prof R D Gupta, Mar 22, 2006)
When women move forward, the family moves, the village moves and the Nation moves’’,
- Scaling Up Kurien (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Mar 22, 2006)
One statistic captures the change brought by Dr Verghese Kurien in India’s villages.
- New Mining Policy Soon, Promises Hdk (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
The State government will announce a new mining policy soon to check illegal mining and vehicles unauthorisedly transporting the minerals without valid permits, Chief Minister H D Kumaaraswamy told the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday. Replying . . .
- Anp’S Bold Stand On South Waziristan (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Mar 22, 2006)
Asfandyar Wali, parliamentary leader of the Awami National Party (ANP), said in a debate on the Balochistan and Waziristan issues in the Senate on Monday that Afghan interference in North and South Waziristan was to blame for the deteriorating law . . .
- Internet Solution To Recycling Problem (Tribune, Martin Hickman, Mar 21, 2006)
MOVE over eBay, a new internet site is attracting the interest of tens of thousands of computer-literate trendsetters.
- Soil And Water (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Mar 21, 2006)
To many it may come as a surprise that forest cover in the State has gone up by 30 square kilometres. According to the latest available official statistics it is up from 21237 sq kms in 2001 to 21267 in 2003.
- India, B'desh Set For Talks As Border Issues Loom (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2006)
Neighbours India and Bangladesh begin talks on Tuesday that are expected to focus on New Delhi's concerns over illegal immigration and Islamic militants operating from Bangladeshi soil.
- Tackling Naxal Menace (Daily Excelsior, Ravindra Shukla, Mar 21, 2006)
With the Maoists threat-ening to set up a "Red Corridor" from "Pashupatinath temple in Nepal to Tirupati in south India", the Planning Commission has approved an additional Plan package of Rs 313 crore for Chhattisgarh to combat Naxalism . . .
- Right To Survive (Statesman, KISOR CHAUDHURI, Mar 21, 2006)
Many political ecologists tend to remain rigid in judging poverty as the prime factor in environmental degradation overlooking the effects of trade reforms in countries like India where, to match the global industrial pattern, there is increased . . .
- J & K: Infiltration Bid Foiled, Two Militants Killed (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2006)
An infiltration attempt by a group of militants was foiled in Poonch sector, while two militants and a civilian were killed and a woman injured in separate incidents in Kupwara, Rajouri and srinagar districts of Jammu and Kashmir since last night.
- Beyond The Round Table (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Mar 20, 2006)
The Indian nation is a segmented entity
- Centre Plans Incentive To Tackle Naxal Violence (Statesman, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 20, 2006)
Worried over the increase in Naxalite activities, the Centre is planning to give special incentives to police forces fighting Naxalism and those engaged in helping security forces to check it.
- Angkor Vat And Much More (Statesman, Nivedita Ganguly, Mar 20, 2006)
“Temple fatigue’’ gripped my husband and me on the third day of our tour of Angkor Vat.
- Strategic Errors (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 20, 2006)
"America is at war.” So begins President Bush’s introduction to his administration’s National Security Strategy, which was unveiled on Thursday.
- Blueprint For Greener Bangalore (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 20, 2006)
This project will sure make other cities green with envy. If all goes well, verdant Bangalore will turn greener under the ‘Greener Bangalore’ project, which aims to refurbish the city’s urban space. Rose gardens, lotus ....
- Help Of Software Companies Sought To Protect Trees In Kodagu District (Hindu, P. Manoj, Mar 20, 2006)
Deforestation is affecting flows into the Cauvery
Firms will be requested to adopt trees in Kodagu villages
The Kodagu Model Forest Trust has identified villages
Financial incentives will be sought for retention of native trees
- Seeking Sabah And Sarawak (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 19, 2006)
B V Prakash writes about an interesting feature of the Deer Cave in Sarawak: the silhouette of a natural rock formation across the passage which looks exactly like the profile of Abraham Lincoln!
- Land Of Mystic Splendour (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 19, 2006)
The Khang chen dzonga seems to reach the heavens, in the first rays of sunlight it is golden white, standing majestically. The other mountains appear dead in comparison, says B V Prathyusha after her trip to Sikkim.
- The Long Wait For A Wildlife Service (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 18, 2006)
The long wait for a wildlife service
- Bsnl Gets Flak Over Hazardous Waste (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
Environmentalists might have been successful in forcing the French to stop the asbestos-laden Clemenceau before it made it to the shipbreaking yards in Gujarat, but our own BSNL seems to be adding to the danger posed by hazardous waste in the country.
- Kerala Cpm At War, Politburo Steps In (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
The faction feud in the Kerala CPM, being fought out in the party offices as much as through the web, leaflets, SMS and email messages, has got the central leadership worried about the party’s chances in the Assembly polls.
- Women Panchayat Presidents Gear Up For Local Body Polls (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
At a State-level convention, they pledge to protect women's rights
They decide to improve public distribution system and balwadis in their villages
Pledge to help Dalits take possession of panchami land and function as centres of information and know
- Killing Of Intellectuals In Iraq (Dawn, Asma Rashid, Mar 18, 2006)
Ali Hussein al-Khafaj, dean of the engineering college at Al-Mustansiriya University in Baghdad, was kidnapped on March 7. Before him, Dr Ali Abdul Razaq al-Naas, a Shia political analyst at Baghdad University’s school of information and an outspoken crit
- Ec Gets Tough (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 17, 2006)
Police chief shifted for praising Amma
- Ec Transfers Chennai Police Commissioner (Tribune, Arup Chanda, Mar 17, 2006)
It is now a case of sheer embarrassment for the Tamil Nadu Government as the Election Commission ordered that it shift the most prestigious police officer of the state, the Chennai City Police Commissioner R. Nataraj for violating the "model code . . .
- Growing Threat Of Maoist Violence (Hindu, K. Srinivas Reddy, Mar 17, 2006)
The recent hijacking of a passenger train in Latehar, Jharkhand, and the attacks on tribals in Chhattisgarh and Bihar point to the naxalites upping the ante. So much so that the death toll in naxalite violence has begun to rival that in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Election Commission Shifts Chennai Police Chief (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Mar 16, 2006)
State Government may seek a review of the order
- Star Of Hills (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Mar 16, 2006)
Leopard is one of the rare stars of the State especially its hills.
- Rebels Quit Hijacked Train, Cops Clap (Telegraph, SALMAN RAVI, Mar 16, 2006)
Engaging armed Maoists at night would have been foolhardy, Jharkhand police said today, seeking to justify their inaction on Monday night when a passenger train was held hostage for 10 long hours.
- Reaping Post-Quota Benefits (The Economic Times, N A KHAN, Mar 16, 2006)
The multi-fibre arrangement (MFA), which governed global trade in textiles and clothing since 1974, came to an end in December 2004.
- Ec Orders Police Chief’S Transfer (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
The Election Commission on Wednesday directed the Tamil Nadu government to immediately transfer Chennai Police Commissioner R Nataraj for violating the model code of conduct by speaking out in praise of Chief Minister J Jayalalitha after the notification
- Ode To A Ringtone (Deccan Herald, L SUBRAMANI, Mar 15, 2006)
Keats sang an ode to a nightingale, another poet might sing to the ringtone
- Board Of Trade Wants All Tax On Exports Neutralised (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2006)
New scheme to replace DEPB for Cabinet clearance
- `Preserve Environment To Protect Poor People' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2006)
Vice-Chancellor worried over pollution in Tunga
- Naxalites Abandon Train, Passengers Unharmed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2006)
Police and not the passengers were the real targets of the CPI(Maoist) activists
Train carried hundreds of security men
It was seized between Barkakhana and Kumundih stations
"No incident anywhere in the Palamu division"
- Wild Elephant Electrocuted In Sivagiri Forest Range (Hindu, P. P. S. Gill, Mar 15, 2006)
It came into contact with an illegal electric fence put up some farmers
Carcass burnt without intimating authorities
Two farm labourers held
Hunt on for landowner
- Jharkhand: Naxalites Release Train, Passengers Safe (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2006)
Naxalites this morning released the passenger train that they had seized last evening in a thick forest area in Jharkhand, without causing any harm to the passengers.
- Chhattisgarh Tribe Takes Up Bows, Arrows To Fight Maoists (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Mar 14, 2006)
Clutching their bows and arrows, a group of tribesmen and young boys mill around outside a crude refugee camp in the forests of central India.
- Post Haste To The Past (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Mar 14, 2006)
The latest farce being enacted by the government at the Centre is structured around ‘courier services’.
- Groundwater Isn’T Where It Should Be (Deccan Herald, JAYALAKSHMI K, Mar 14, 2006)
Who knows, for as we keep drilling, instead of water, some of us may well end up with oil in our backyard. If you can’t have bread, then eat cake!
- Naxalites Seize Train In Jharkhand (Times of India, Sonali Das, Mar 14, 2006)
Even as the bandh call given by CPI (Maoist) extremists in Jharkhand’s Latehar and Palamu districts failed to evoke any response on Monday, the Naxalites struck late in the evening and stopped the Barkakana-Daltonganj-Mughalsarai . . .
- The Fruits Of Diplomacy (Deccan Herald, Madhur Jaffrey, Mar 14, 2006)
India gets nuclear fuel and America gets the king of fruits, an Indian masterpiece
- Naxalites Seize Train In Jharkhand (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2006)
Armed activists of the CPI (Maoist) on Monday night captured a train, carrying more than 100 passengers, and beat up the driver near the Heyagarha station in Jharkhand's Latehar district, about 100 km from here.
- Jd(s)-Bjp Coalition Plans A Populist Cmp (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Mar 14, 2006)
Vision Karnataka' outlined by the President included in it
CMP scheduled for release on Wednesday
Implementation of CMP to cost not less than Rs. 1,000 crores a year
- N-Energy Clean, Says Delhi (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2006)
India today emphasised that nuclear energy should be considered under the clean development mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change as it was one of the “cleanest sources of energy”.
- India Slow To Wake Up To Growing Maoist Menace (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Mar 13, 2006)
Kanker, India (Reuters) - Shouting "commando", police in camouflage uniform and black bandanas pour down from the sky on ropes. Others clamber over rocks, shooting from the shoulder as targets pop up all around them.
- Finland Pm On Three-Day Visit To New Delhi (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen arrived in New Delhi on Sunday from Chennai.
- The Road Less Travelled (Tribune, B.G. Verghese, Mar 13, 2006)
The Indo-US agreement should see a turning point not only in India’s position in the world but also in its perception of itself.
- Centre Planning Wildlife Crime Bureau, Says Raja (Hindu, R.K.Radhakrishnan, Mar 13, 2006)
It will be a statutory body like the Narcotics Control Bureau
- Mayhem In The Menagerie (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Mar 13, 2006)
New conflict between the United Jihad Council and President Pervez Musharraf reflects a crisis in Pakistan's political life.
- Add To Bush's Mistakes Destruction Of Nature (Hindu, Henry Porter, Mar 13, 2006)
The despoilment of the Appalachians is typical of the U.S. President's bankrupt environmental policies.
- Just 1,200 Tigers Left? (Tribune, Brig (retd) Ranjit Talwar, Mar 11, 2006)
Is the tiger crisis for real? It certainly is! And what makes it worse and more threatening is the fact that the government continues to not only ignore, but to outrightly reject this stark reality by calling it a mere hype created by some NGOs . . .
- A Green View (Hindu, SOUMYA NARAYAN ACHARI, Mar 11, 2006)
For some history lessons just around the corner in Kolar
- Evergreen Magic Of The Steam Engine (Hindu, Simon Jenkins, Mar 11, 2006)
The train was once a revolutionary force, bringing romance and power to the world.
- Science And Society (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Mar 11, 2006)
Developmental activity should not degrade the environment but has to sustain the earth
- Pakistan Keen To Export Jute Goods To India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
Alternative use for jute has emerged
- Organic Agriculture (Daily Excelsior, Dr K C Bhagat, Mar 09, 2006)
Agriculture is the key human profession as it is linked with the entire process of environment (that is comprising air, water, land, climate, biodiversity, forest etc) on the one hand and constitutes the life line of human species . . .
- Getting A Bank Loan (Deccan Herald, SUBRAMANYA PATTABHI, Mar 08, 2006)
His simple, but effective life in the wilderness won wider appreciation among the villagers.
- Catch The Poacher (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 08, 2006)
A separate bureau will help in curbing wild life poaching
- A Million Voices For The Tree (Daily Excelsior, Ratnadhar Jha, Mar 08, 2006)
Like nuclear warheads, destruction of tropical forest has become ‘domestic to our century’.
- Issues Remain Unaddressed In Budget (Hindu, Subramanian Swamy , Mar 08, 2006)
The 2006-07 budget has no solutions for the pressing problems of the economy. Instead, we find a tax on kitchen tiles, packaged software, and share transactions just to make budgetary ends meet and not for dynamic policy.
- Join Brazil In Planting Oil (Hindu, LUIZ INACIO LULA DA SILVA, Mar 08, 2006)
The 21st century will be marked by a crucial debate: how can we make economic and social development compatible with the preservation of our natural environment?
- Sc Allows Development Of Mumbai Mill Lands (Business Line, J. Venkatesan, Mar 08, 2006)
Plan does not violate BIFR requirements'; HC order set aside
- A Fake Bargain With Iran (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Mar 08, 2006)
If it is to build its own nuclear weapons, the next technological challenge Iran faces will be to construct a system of connected centrifuges known as a cascade.
- Tax Free, Zero Deficit Budget Worth Rs 14436-Cr (Daily Excelsior, Sanjeev Pargal, Mar 07, 2006)
Deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Hussain Baig, Incharge Finance and Planning didn’t impose any fresh taxes nor increased or reduced the existing taxes in his fourth successive zero deficit and revenue surplus budget worth Rs 14,436 crore presented . . .
- Problem Of Numbers (Business Line, K. Gopalan, Mar 07, 2006)
Robert Malthus, famous for his pessimistic predictions on the future of humanity, warned of the consequences of a reckless population growth.
- Colossal Beauty (Deccan Herald, Jyothi Natarajan, Mar 07, 2006)
Nature in the Himalayas is spectacularly different from the rest of India.
Thanks to bad Bangalore roads, I was able to withstand the most tortuous tour through the Char Dhams of Uttaranchal. You may not believe the legend that the Dhams . . .
- Seeing The Ordinary As Extraordinary (The Financial Express, Mahesh Bhatt, Mar 06, 2006)
I’m on my way to Pune to deliver a talk on the significance of creativity and innovation in our ever-changing world to the executives of LG Electronics.
- Leave Armed Forces To Commander (Tribune, Jagdeep S. Chhokar, Mar 04, 2006)
The safety, honour and welfare of your country come first; always and every time. The honour, welfare and comfort of the men you command come next. Your own ease, comfort and safety come last, always and every time”.
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