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Articles 1721 through 1820 of 3437:
- The Tiger Deserves Better (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 19, 2006)
The announcement that a 13-member National Tiger Conservation Authority with the Union Minister for Environment and Forests as its head will be formed to protect India's national animal is a step forward, but only a feeble one given the nature and . . .
- Polavaram Irrigation Project Proposal For Wildlife Board (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Environment and Forests Ministry sends proposal for clearance
- Tiger Kills Buffalo, Creates Panic In Kodagu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Close on the heels of a tiger killing a man at Pulleri in the vicinity of the Nagarahole National Park in Kodagu recently, another incident of a tiger killing a buffalo came to light at Nallur in Virajpet taluk on Wednesday.
- Protection Of Forests (Daily Excelsior, G L Khajuria, Jan 19, 2006)
Like varieties of culture, custom and creed, India is vested with a variety of forests extending from the Himalayas to Kanya Kumari in North South and from Assam to the desert of Rajasthan in the East-West. These forests occur in different . . .
- Rare Honour For ‘Jumbo King’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
The 64-year-old majestic pachyderm is the reigning ‘king’ of the 62-member elephant sanctuary of Guruvayur temple in Thrissur and has some of the best features known to Asian elephants.
- On Hunt For Carnivorous Animals (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
700 forest beat officials will carry out the exercise in the State
Study to be taken up in 17 `tiger states'
Cost involved is Rs. 5.6 crores
Rs. 26 lakhs to be spent in Andhra Pradesh,
- Clemenceau: Egypt Didn't Consult India (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jan 18, 2006)
No effort made to get fresh certificates that would have highlighted the present situation
Old certificates issued by the Indian authorities and sent by a tugboat company relied upon
- Australia-India Partnership — Natural Complementarities (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 18, 2006)
Energy and resources are the drivers of the India-Australia relationship, with India importing billions of dollars worth of gold and coal, apart from diamonds and food items.
- Tiger Census Under Way In Bandipur, Nagarahole (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
The exercise follows a disaster at Sariska in Rajasthan
The enumeration exercise will go on till January 31
It will incorporate techniques such as camera trapping and prey density estimation
- Rs.82.2-Cr. Nabard Aid For Rural Development In Madurai District (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Areas for infrastructure development identified
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has identified certain core areas in Madurai district having potential for promoting infrastructure development in a big way by the . . .
- Two Political Activists Among 4 Arrested (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
A day after killing two Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants near Trikuta Hills under the jurisdiction of Reasi police district, police today arrested four persons including two political activists who had planned an attack on Mata Vaishnodevi shrine.
- Given Our Resources, We’Ve To Adopt A Lifestyle That Leaves A Smaller Footprint On Nature Than West’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 17, 2006)
The greatest threat to our and future generations is not terrorism—it’s climate change. Dr R K Pachauri runs the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and, yes, he’s a fellow Indian.
- Central Queries On Desalination Plant Project Answered (Hindu, T. Ramakrishnan, Jan 17, 2006)
"Studies show there will be no adverse impact, either on marine system or fisherfolk"
- In The Cause Of The Tiger (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Jan 17, 2006)
A valuable corpus presenting current perspectives mixed with the historical perception of the tiger
- The Canvas Of Anthropology (Hindu, Shereen Ratnagar, Jan 17, 2006)
Collection of 40 papers documenting the wide sweep of anthropology
This is a collection of 40 papers in three sections — archaeological anthropology, physical anthropology, and social anthropology— dedicated to D.K.Bhattacharya who distinguished . . .
- Target Practice (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Jan 17, 2006)
The Maoists’ kindling of tribal discontent is likely to create more situations like the one in Kalinga Nagar, writes Sumanta Sen
- Tribal Culture Threatened By Rss-Sponsored Kumbh (Tribune, Satish Misra, Jan 16, 2006)
Gujarat continues to be the laboratory of Hindutva for the Sangh Parivar as the RSS begins its latest experiment in the tribal district of Dang where a three-day long “Shabri Kumbh” will begin on February 11.
- Nepali Troops On High Alert After Rebel Raids (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
Nepali troops were on high alert Sunday after attacks around Kathmandu by Maoist rebels killed 12 policemen, an army officer said.
- Nepal On High Alert After Rebel Raids (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
Nepalese troops were on high alert on Sunday after attacks around Kathmandu by Maoist rebels killed 12 policemen, an army officer said.
- Red Alert In W Bengal In View Of Bandh By Maoists (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
Red alert has been sounded in the border areas of West Bengal and Jharkhand and police patrolling intensified in the three South Bengal districts of Purulia, Bankura and West Midnapur in view of a 24-hour bandh called by CPI(Maoists) from 6 am on Monday.
- Rebel Raids Put Nepal On Alert (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
Nepali troops were on high alert on Sunday after attacks around Kathmandu by Maoist rebels killed 12 policemen, an army officer said.
- Fourteen Leopard Skins Seized In Uttar Pradesh (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Police in north India have arrested five people and seized 14 leopard skins and one skin of a civet cat from them in what could turn out to be a big poaching racket, a senior police official said on Saturday.
- Narrow Escape For Policemen As Naxals Trigger Landmines (Hindu, STEEN JORGENSEN, Jan 14, 2006)
Maoists triggered a series of landmine blasts targeting a special police party combing the forests of Murmur village in Wajeedu mandal on Friday.
- The Blood Of Innocents (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 14, 2006)
Piggeries occupied the part of Singapore where we used to live until a stroke of the executive pen banished pigs and pig farmers to another island to make way for a blissful estate of neat bungalows in their own gardens.
- Mla’S Driver Held For Militant Links (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
In a major success, Jammu Police and Special Operations Group (SOG), Jammu today arrested a Hizbul Mujahideen militant from New Plot, who was posted as an official driver with Darhal MLA and former Minister of State for Forests Puran Singh.
- Karnataka Panels On Land Regularisation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
In compliance with the Centre's guidelines, the Karnataka Government has decided to constitute four-tier committees to identify and ascertain facts before initiating measures to regularise encroached forestlands.
- Timely Operation (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 12, 2006)
At times unconventional situations call for unconventional remedies. The post-midnight raid carried out by Minister of State for Forests Tariq Hamid Qarra in the Kangan region in Srinagar district on Monday will come exactly in this category.
- Official Tiger Census To Begin Next Month (Hindu, VANI DORAISAMY, Jan 12, 2006)
It will cover national parks, wildlife sanctuaries
NGOs, educational institutions will also be involved
Capacity-building sessions being held for Forest department personnel
Both the Central and State Governments will fund the exercise
- Forest Minister Launches Crackdown On Timber Mafia (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Jan 10, 2006)
In a high drama operation of post-midnight raids, Forest Minister Tariq Hameed Qarra has seized over 1,000 cft of illegally felled timber, alongwith seven wood poachers, in Kangan area of Srinagar district even as some Government officials involved . . .
- Wise Move (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 10, 2006)
If ever a count is taken our State will doubtless top in this sphere. No other region of the country is afflicted by such high number of mysterious fires as ours.
- The Mobile Revolution: Global Scale Is Critical (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
From the 1910s to the mid-1990s, the United States dominated the mobile business. It was the delay in the commercialisation of the cellular technology — from 1947 to 1983 - that opened the window of opportunity to mobile challengers in Europe and Asia.
- Water Wars Everywhere - Ii (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 10, 2006)
Land disputes have ended paving way for battles over water resources, Zahid Samoon (Abraham) responds to Saadut Hussain’s article Water Wars
- Forest Department `Reclaims' M.M. Hills (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Top official camped in the area for two days
Fifteen more anti-poaching camps sought
Government urged to recruit 270 forest guards
Orders to clear encroachments issued
- Water Wars Everywhere - Ii (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 09, 2006)
Land disputes have ended paving way for battles over water resources, Zahid Samoon (Abraham) responds to Saadut Hussain’s article Water Wars
- Yechury Condemns Killing Of Tribals (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
"Don't evict them by use of force in the name of industrialisation"
- Yechury Condemns Killing Of Tribals (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
"Don't evict them by use of force in the name of industrialisation"
- Bhasha Dam, The Northern Areas And Pakistan (News International, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jan 09, 2006)
Storage of river water in a large reservoir is vital for the survival of Pakistan.
- Bangladesh, India Border Forces Discuss Smuggling, Terrorism (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
The border conference between Bangladesh and India at the deputy director-general and inspector-general level ended today, 7 January, in Sylhet.
- Conserving A Priceless Heritage (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
People should be aware of the value of the Ambarnath Shivalaya in Maharashtra and help beautify it, Dr Kumud Kanitkar, winner of the Justice K T Telang Fellowship in Indology, tells Vimla Patil.
- Ancient City Modern Hues (Deccan Herald, Soumya Sitaraman, Jan 08, 2006)
What’s in a name? Plenty, it seems, if the impassioned debate surrounding the renaming of Bangalore as Bengaluru is anything to go by. Soumya Sitaraman looks back on a time when the city was, indeed, called Bengaluru.
- Incursions Of Hindutva (Times of India, HARSH MANDER, Jan 07, 2006)
Tribals in the forested interiors of India today face a grave, new threat. Already dispossessed of land and forest, grappling with debt, hunger, exploitation and bondage, the tribals now face incursions of radical Hindutva, . . .
- The Net And Nostalgia (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Jan 07, 2006)
My conscious memories of Bangalore/Bengaluru go back to the year 1962. For the next thirty years I visited the place once a year, sometimes twice, staying for a few weeks or a few months each time.
- Query On Inquiry (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jan 07, 2006)
Some years ago Justice R.S. Sarkaria was approached for his reaction to the delay in the implementation of his voluminous report on the Centre-State relations.
- Cbi To Investigate Tiger Poaching In Ranthambhore Reserve (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
Government today said it would ask the CBI to investigate tiger poaching cases in the Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve of Rajasthan.
- India Begins Count Of Tigers (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Jan 06, 2006)
Armed with radio collars and high-tech cameras, hundreds of wildlife experts fanned out across a vast mangrove in India's east on Thursday as part of the world's largest census of the endangered tiger.
- Centre Stalling Desalination Plant Project: Jayalalithaa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Accuses Union Environment Minister A. Raja of "surreptitiously blocking" it
- Uphold Righteousness (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
The entire creation is sustained by Dharma and human beings have a moral responsibility to uphold righteousness for the sake of the welfare of the entire world.
- Second Green Revolution (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 05, 2006)
Scientists have to lend a helping hand
The Prime Minister’s call to scientists, while addressing the Indian Science Congress in Hyderabad on Tuesday, to play a role in creating rural jobs and making technologies affordable to small farmers . . .
- Don’T Exhibit Power, Provide It (Greater Kashmir, Er. Ghulam Rasool Dar, Jan 05, 2006)
There is a way we can cope up with the growing problem of electricity, provided we see professionalism and dedication from those who matter. Let Kashmiris not suffer anymore as they have been suffering for so long, writes Er. Ghulam Rasool Dar (Eddi)
- Reaching Science To The Farm (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 05, 2006)
From the podium at the Indian Science Congress, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called for a second Green Revolution to follow the one that three decades ago turned the country from an abject importer of foodgrain to a self-sufficient producer.
- Ramachandran Divested Of Pollution Control (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
In protest, he keeps away from Cabinet meeting: Sujanapal sworn in Minister
- Get Funds For Railway Projects, State Told (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Southern Railway GM says railway zone for State not feasible
GM says land acquisition a major hurdle in State
Promises that Palakkad division will be retained
Blames KSEB for delay in electrification work
- No More An Elite (Deccan Herald, T R SHASTRI, Jan 05, 2006)
From a bookkeeper to a discontented salesman, the profile of a manager has changed
- Bangladesh Releases Meghalaya Forest Officials (Indian Express, TILAK RAI, Jan 05, 2006)
After a month in captivity in Sylhet jail, three Meghalaya forest officials were released by Bangladesh Rifles last evening and were handed over to the Border Security Force at the Dawki outpost.
- Some Green Light (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 05, 2006)
That second green revolution, Prime Minister, needs crucial changes in policy
- Greenpeace Members Held After "Toxic" Ship Protest (Reuters, Reuters, Jan 04, 2006)
Police detained around a dozen Greenpeace activists in New Delhi on Tuesday during a protest over the planned scrapping in an Indian yard of a French aircraft carrier they said contains tonnes of highly toxic material.
- Maoist Training Camp Busted (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
The Jharkhand police have busted one of the biggest training camps of the Maoists in the Saranda forest area after a major operation, which lasted for 72 hours.
- Pm Seeks A Second Green Revolution (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today said the nation needs a second Green Revolution as the technologies and strategies unleashed by the first Green Revolution have run their course.
- Trees Planted At Bio-Park (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
The B.V.K. College, in association with the Dolphin Nature Conservation Society and R.C.D. Government Hospital, organised a tree plantation programme at the bio-diversity park at the hospital premises on Monday.
- The Rule Of Lawlessness (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Jan 04, 2006)
Politicians who have several illegal activities have been opposing the Delhi demolitions
- Protests Against French Ship’S Journey To India (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
As the Clemenceau, the decommisioned French military ship, starts its journey from France to India for dismantling at Alang in Gujarat, Greenpeace activists demonstrated outside the French Embassy here today before being detained by the police.
- Green Revolution Ii Must: Pm (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , Jan 04, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called upon scientists to usher in a Second Green Revolution that would “forever end the divide between Bharat and India” and one that would increase rural incomes, agricultural productivity and the quality of rural life.
- Environment Ministry To Soon Declare Agastyamalai A Biosphere Reserve (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Spread over 1,300 sqkm on the Western Ghats, it is a classified biodiversity hotspot
- Maoist Designs (Statesman, JR MUKHERJEE, Jan 02, 2006)
With Maoists from Nepal to Tamil Nadu subverting the government machinery and gaining control in a wide corridor across 13 states through a campaign of terror, their activities have become a serious threat to national security.
- New Path For Bihar (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Jan 02, 2006)
Darling of the World Bank Chandra Babu Naidu paid for his love by losing power. Nitish Kumar appears to be moving in the same self-destruct mode. A World Bank team has already visited Bihar.
- Pesticide Resurgence In J&k (Daily Excelsior, Dr. R.K.Gupta, Jan 02, 2006)
Ever since the dawn of history, man has been plagued with numerous pest species - some devastating his crops, causing injury to domestic animals or destroying his property, others attacking him directly, sucking his blood, causing annoyance . . .
- Employees' Future Bleak As Sun Sets On Kiocl (Hindu, A. Jayaram, Jan 02, 2006)
There is a fear that closure of the mines may encourage naxalism
- Agriculture Department Asked To Help Stop Use Of Endosulfan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
The District Development Council has asked the Agriculture Department to take steps to stop use of the pesticide Endosulfan in mango orchards and vegetable farms in the eastern parts of the district, such as Chittur, Muthalamada and Nelliampathy.
- Crpf Raises Special Squad To Combat Naxals (Indian Express, SUDHI RANJAN SEN, Jan 02, 2006)
Unable to carry out sustained operations against the Naxals, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) deployed in all states affected by leftist extremism has raised a Special Operations Group within itself.
- Hoping The New Year Will Usher Change — For The Better (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Jan 01, 2006)
Anyone writing a column that appears on the first day of a new year is forced to reminisce about the last one. Squashed on this page between N K Singh and Sudheendra Kulkarni, I can only hope they take a kinder, more philosophical view of 2005 so . . .
- In Pakistan Quake Zone, Mild Optimism As Winter Closes In (Reuters, Robert Birsel, Jan 01, 2006)
Villagers in the remote Allai Valley in the high mountains of northern Pakistan are used to hard winters and this year they need to be.
- Forests To Be Greener With People's Help (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
Measures to protect tribals' interest
Various conservation and forest protection activities will be taken up at an estimated cost of Rs.1 crores in the district to increase forest cover with the participation of people, Minister for Transport and ....
- Hundreds Of Trees Pruned For Kalam’S Visit (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
Severe pruning of hundreds of trees as part of a beautification drive for the visit of President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam here Friday has irked environmentalists.
- 2006 — Year Of Agricultural Renewal (Hindu, M. S. Swaminathan , Dec 31, 2005)
During this year, an integrated package of measures should be introduced in every part of the country to increase farm productivity and profitability in perpetuity without associated ecological harm.
- Now & Again: Member Of The Family (Statesman, Raj Chatterjee, Dec 30, 2005)
A little over twenty miles from Kalka, on the way to Shimla, there is a small wayside station called Barog.
- Area Of Darkness (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 30, 2005)
The rule of law must still be an alien idea in some parts of Assam. But wherever that is the case, the responsibility must squarely lie with the government.
- Reclaiming The Earth For All (Daily Excelsior, Deepti Priya Mehrotra, Dec 30, 2005)
Three decades after 1975 - the UN International Year of Women - women are still demanding equality and freedom, both goals having proved elusive! But they are asserting something else as well, even more passionately - the right to save humanity from destr
- Terror Strike (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 30, 2005)
The IISc attack has put the city on the terrorist map
- Kerala Telecom Scores Another Point (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
What do you do when you end a particular year in a blaze of glory? Start the new year with a song on your lips.
- Congress Mla To Join Oommen Chandy Cabinet (Hindu, Girish Menon, Dec 30, 2005)
This may help Chief Minister manage coalition equations
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